I may be mistaken, but I think he was talking about the "wicka-wicka-wicka-wicka" type of scratching, and not the "sskkrrreeeeaccccchhhh" kind of scratching.
As someone who has about 600 7"s, I can completely understand the reasoning behind this (although it's a bit hard to explain). For one thing, a 7" can typically only hold 2-4 songs, which means that the band putting it out usually needs to ensure that the songs that are committed to vinyl are their better ones (this usually excludes major acts releasing 7" singles for the "cred" that comes with it). Also, they usually only cost about 3 or 4 bucks (it's gone up in recent years though), which means that it's a very small investment to make to find out about new bands. Finally, as others have mentioned, there's the tactile aspect to the whole thing. A 7" has a decent sized sleeve that can contain a fair bit of information. It can easily be a 7"x14" folded double-sided cardstock with tons of notes, scribbles, drawings, etc, and it can easily include any number of inserts. I really don't think the 7" is going anywhere among certain types of fans.
"HD Ready" identifies whether it is simply a monitor or if a tuner is included. If it includes an HD tuner, it is a full HDTV. As to whether it's "HD" or not, if it displays a minimum of 1280x720 (720p), then it is HD.
I suspect we won't hear anymore from pjr.cc now that he's actually looked up the specs of his TV and looked at the specs of the broadcast signals he's receiving.
At the suggestion of a friend, I decided to check out some of Nintendo's "bit Generation" series of games for the GBA (Japanese only at the moment, but there's no text in the games anyways). The games are designed to be pseudo-retro in terms of graphics and gameplay (read: simplistic), but man are they fun! I highly recommend everyone try out Orbital. For a game that only uses two buttons (more gravity, less gravity), it certainly is engaging (and frustrating). As long as there are companies out there that are willing to keep things simple for those of us who like games they can just pick up, then the golden age will continue for a long time.
They've got some good news in the pipeline: since all of these battery recalls are costing them so much, they're planning on raising the price of the PS3. As everyone knows, we are each going to buy one (Sony execs told us so!), which will finally help Sony balance themselves out a bit. It's looking like the year is going to end very well for Sony!
Well, as others have mentioned, one of the valid complaints about gas prices is that they also increase the cost of many other goods through increased transportation costs, etc.
Yup, same here. That's why I clicked the link for the slideshow. Unfortunately, all I got was an upright fax machine (and a bunch of things I've seen before)...
As I mentioned yesterday, until I read otherwise, I'm going to assume that the sharing feature only works with tracks that are bought from the iZune Music Store (and hence can be bought by recipients of the shared track).
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I take it you haven't seen a 7" in about 20-25 years. They stopped coming in plain paper sleeves a long time ago.
I may be mistaken, but I think he was talking about the "wicka-wicka-wicka-wicka" type of scratching, and not the "sskkrrreeeeaccccchhhh" kind of scratching.
As someone who has about 600 7"s, I can completely understand the reasoning behind this (although it's a bit hard to explain). For one thing, a 7" can typically only hold 2-4 songs, which means that the band putting it out usually needs to ensure that the songs that are committed to vinyl are their better ones (this usually excludes major acts releasing 7" singles for the "cred" that comes with it). Also, they usually only cost about 3 or 4 bucks (it's gone up in recent years though), which means that it's a very small investment to make to find out about new bands. Finally, as others have mentioned, there's the tactile aspect to the whole thing. A 7" has a decent sized sleeve that can contain a fair bit of information. It can easily be a 7"x14" folded double-sided cardstock with tons of notes, scribbles, drawings, etc, and it can easily include any number of inserts. I really don't think the 7" is going anywhere among certain types of fans.
"HD Ready" identifies whether it is simply a monitor or if a tuner is included. If it includes an HD tuner, it is a full HDTV. As to whether it's "HD" or not, if it displays a minimum of 1280x720 (720p), then it is HD.
Have you ever noticed, anybody who has less wires running through their home than you is a newbie, and anyone who has more wires is a maniac?
Oh good. That means I'm a perfectly experienced sane person.
I suspect we won't hear anymore from pjr.cc now that he's actually looked up the specs of his TV and looked at the specs of the broadcast signals he's receiving.
Well, if they ever release an HDMI cable for the 360 you'll be in luck...
At the suggestion of a friend, I decided to check out some of Nintendo's "bit Generation" series of games for the GBA (Japanese only at the moment, but there's no text in the games anyways). The games are designed to be pseudo-retro in terms of graphics and gameplay (read: simplistic), but man are they fun! I highly recommend everyone try out Orbital. For a game that only uses two buttons (more gravity, less gravity), it certainly is engaging (and frustrating). As long as there are companies out there that are willing to keep things simple for those of us who like games they can just pick up, then the golden age will continue for a long time.
They've got some good news in the pipeline: since all of these battery recalls are costing them so much, they're planning on raising the price of the PS3. As everyone knows, we are each going to buy one (Sony execs told us so!), which will finally help Sony balance themselves out a bit. It's looking like the year is going to end very well for Sony!
Should they merge what would the new company be called? Gootenple? Goopledo? Ningoople?
Well, as others have mentioned, one of the valid complaints about gas prices is that they also increase the cost of many other goods through increased transportation costs, etc.
I'm more shocked by the people who bitch about gas prices while chugging away on their third $4.00 cup of Starbucks that morning.
Well that does it. From now on I'm going to put all my new CDs and DVDs in the microwave for a few minutes first.
Yeah, but she has all her ports open when you pick her up!
I think I've been to that website.
What? No zombo.com?
A perfect example is the number of people that call Internet Explorer "the internet".
Thankfully my kid set me straight on that one. Now I know that the internet is that cute little fox that's on fire.
I'm confused. What exactly am I supposed to do with it?
Presumably, actual information will be released once the trial begins.
I don't know if I'd make that assumption anymore. (see SCO v. IBM)
Now I have to go do a search on it...
:-x
Here's a tip for you. Don't do a GIS for "ball clip."
Yeah, but do they have a clip on top, too? Wait, don't answer that...
Yup, same here. That's why I clicked the link for the slideshow. Unfortunately, all I got was an upright fax machine (and a bunch of things I've seen before)...
As I mentioned yesterday, until I read otherwise, I'm going to assume that the sharing feature only works with tracks that are bought from the iZune Music Store (and hence can be bought by recipients of the shared track).
Unless you're dealing with a ridiculous number of John Williams recordings, the RIAA isn't going to care...
Quick, someone report them to stopbadware.org!