One of the major concerns is bogs -- they account for a relatively small percent of total surface space, but have a large amount of carbon locked up.
They also have a fair number of bogmen in them. Thanks to the highly acidic and low oxygen environment of bogs, the softer parts of animals (skin, hair, organs) remain intact while the bones dissolve. What you end up with is essentially a nice "sack of meat." Totally offtopic, but pretty fascinating stuff, imho.
How are they displaying the 1.85 stuff? I've certainly seen plenty of 4:3 stuff displayed "fathead" style on widescreen TVs in stores, but I don't think I've ever seen them screw up the 1.85 stuff (it's essentially 16:9).
The site says they use wmv files. I'm assuming the recently mentioned FairUse4WM will work on them. Looks like I might need to check out one of their $3.99 (-$1.99 first time user discount) movie "rentals" to see how well it works (FairUse4WM, not Amazon Unbox).
Oh, I know that. Point being that even with specialized hardware, it still requires a fair amount of horsepower to even function as a standalone device.
Second, the macs use EFI or OpenFirmware instead of BIOS, meaning the video card needed to support all three types of firmware.
I thought it was a matter of endianness, and not an issue with the bios/firmware. PPCs are big endian while x86 chips are little endian. Now that Macs are running on little endian chips, nothing special needs to be done with the card other than writing a driver for the OS.
And then they can take everything and put it all in a big case with the a monitor and speakers and a special panel with the controls on it. And then all you need to do is put a slot in the front that says $1.
While I agree with the premise of your post, I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon did offer the DVD extras. Keep in mind that they try to offer value-added services with their "digital lockers" (PDF manuals for hardware purchases, book excerpts, etc).
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I didn't know Stephen Colbert read slashdot...
That probe has caused Dell to delay its financial reporting and raised the possibility of needing to restate previous quarters' earnings.
There they go, copying Apple again...
Now all we gotta do is find a videogame franchise to tie it to. I nominate Syberia.
One of the major concerns is bogs -- they account for a relatively small percent of total surface space, but have a large amount of carbon locked up.
They also have a fair number of bogmen in them. Thanks to the highly acidic and low oxygen environment of bogs, the softer parts of animals (skin, hair, organs) remain intact while the bones dissolve. What you end up with is essentially a nice "sack of meat." Totally offtopic, but pretty fascinating stuff, imho.
How are they displaying the 1.85 stuff? I've certainly seen plenty of 4:3 stuff displayed "fathead" style on widescreen TVs in stores, but I don't think I've ever seen them screw up the 1.85 stuff (it's essentially 16:9).
If you must know, there is a nice list here. Among many other things, in German history that was the night of Kristallnacht.
Exactly! Glad to see someone understands where I'm coming from...
A hack like this is only truly useful if you can watch two different movies on the two screens at the same time...
Ahhh, I see SCO has finally found another revenue stream--consulting for the RIAA...
Supposedly FairUse4WM 1.2 includes video support.
Patched, and then broken again...
The site says they use wmv files. I'm assuming the recently mentioned FairUse4WM will work on them. Looks like I might need to check out one of their $3.99 (-$1.99 first time user discount) movie "rentals" to see how well it works (FairUse4WM, not Amazon Unbox).
Oh, I know that. Point being that even with specialized hardware, it still requires a fair amount of horsepower to even function as a standalone device.
What is a new HD DVD set top box going to look like, a cray supercomputer?
Nope. It's going to look like a 2.5GHz P4 with 1GB RAM and a USB card running Red Hat.
I hear they were quite tasty, too, which must be why Churchill ordered them all to be "destroyed."
Second, the macs use EFI or OpenFirmware instead of BIOS, meaning the video card needed to support all three types of firmware.
I thought it was a matter of endianness, and not an issue with the bios/firmware. PPCs are big endian while x86 chips are little endian. Now that Macs are running on little endian chips, nothing special needs to be done with the card other than writing a driver for the OS.
Yeah, but none of that matters at all unless he has pixel-perfect headphones...
What, the TDK logo didn't give it away?
And then they can take everything and put it all in a big case with the a monitor and speakers and a special panel with the controls on it. And then all you need to do is put a slot in the front that says $1.
Who is Al and why do I want him controlling everything in my games?
While I agree with the premise of your post, I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon did offer the DVD extras. Keep in mind that they try to offer value-added services with their "digital lockers" (PDF manuals for hardware purchases, book excerpts, etc).
Why is the parent post still marked as "informative" even when there are posts underneath it pointing out the inaccuracies in it?
Funny, it's displaying this for me: "NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB SDRAM [Add $125]"
Why would I give good money to Google for something that I can get from Slashdot for free?
Did they even make hard drives for the C64?