>England maybe? where they have.. lip reading cameras...
Oh man, don't give Blair ideas - he'd love that one. Thank God he's going soon, not that Brown's much better mind.
I was on Microsoft Live's maps last night (first time) enjoying the birds eye view of my house (really impressed, can see individual items in the garden and my car parked outside). I then wondered how much sensitive stuff was allowed so I scrolled over to a military research place near where I live. Almost nothing is known about his place apart from its existence and that it's something to do with testing & research. Well, it was all there. I spent an hour looking at the bunkers, tanks, gun emplacements, various buildings, roads, railways etc. I was amazed I was allowed. I then moved over to an island nearby that is shared between military and farmers - non residents need a pass to visit. That was all there too.
With a bag of goodness like that online, I just don't know where to 'snoop' next!
>have since 1984 (when ST last played)
They've played quite a few times since then. Did the Albert Hall in London a few years back. Missd out on the tickets - they sold out real fast.
There's a second ST movie which most people seem to miss. Got it on laserdisc.
>I'm sure they appreciate Slashdot forwarding them advertising impressions though.
1. Put up a really stupid and ill informed article
2. Put up a really well researched nay definitive article.
3. Make sure Google put ads for 2 on 1.
4. Get 1 on to/.
5. Hoards of people read 1, think 'this sucks - hey, there's a link to a better one!'
6. Obligatory ????
7. Profit!!
>I am sick and tired of camera snobs thinking that more money = better pictures.
Hardly. Anyone that genuinely thinks that is an idiot. A good camera with a good user = good pictures. A great camera with a bad user = mediocre pictures. A great photographer can work magic with a $10 disposable.
>I've never met a dSLR that does digital zoom, do such things exist?
Nope. You buy a dSLR for quality/flexability. Digital Zoom = low quality so there would be no point. Any manufacturer that added that would get laughed off the map.
>the n95 image has better white balance, so it's the better image
Most dSLR users I know shoot RAW anyway so the white balance is neither here nor there. However, any half competent user would spot the white balance error and set it manually if needed.
to explain how bad this article is. Oh, OK then.
1. Comparing what is effectively a P&S to a dSLR is bogus - totally different markets. If you only need P&S functionality, buy a P&S.
2. The person taking photos can't even get the white balance right.
I'll stop there otherwise I'll be typing all day - an utterly useless and ill researched article but TBH, typical of anything cNet put out.
At the moment, they're 100% oil dependent for power. They can see the oil running out in say 40 years time and need to start gearing up for a replacement power source to keep their light bulbs going. Only seems sensible to me.
Back in the day, Sinclair in the UK used to advertise their ZX80 as being powerful enough to run a nuclear power station. This software, does it need a ZX80 emulator to run it or have power stations received updated kit in recent years?
Have a deep breath and try again. Reasoned fact backed argument is what works (more often), not calling someone names. It might make you feel better for 30 seconds but it doesn't advance the debate too much.
I think it's now reasonably well understood that Japan was actively trying to negotiate a peace treaty that would allow them to save face but the US was determined to go ahead with both nukes to show the rest of the world and Russia primarily that not only did they have nukes but that they could do it more than once i.e. it wasn't a one off trick.
Trouble is, they need to sell oodles of CPUs and the Linux market isn't going to help that much. It might give all the/.'ers a warm muzzy feeling but 90% of PCs get sold to people who have a vague idea it has to have an Intel inside because the TV tells them that and haven't even heard of non-Windows OS's, let alone Linux.
It scares me how many support calls I deal with for people that somehow manage to use a PC based on the tiniest snippets of knowledge. They don't know what version of Windows they have (even the question has no meaning to them), think Word is part of Windows and download everything they get told to by each and every bit of junkmail.
Strangely enough, this was what made me swap from Intel to AMD some years back - I got sick of my Intel mobos not taking their latest CPUs - remember those cards for plugging newer CPUs into slot 1 mobos? Funny, Intel seemed to have learned that one...
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>1998's not old
If it's your birthdate, no, if it's your age then...
>Download USAPhotoMaps
This may come as a shock but there's actually other people and places outside the USA so this is a partial solution at best.
>England maybe? where they have.. lip reading cameras...
Oh man, don't give Blair ideas - he'd love that one. Thank God he's going soon, not that Brown's much better mind.
I was on Microsoft Live's maps last night (first time) enjoying the birds eye view of my house (really impressed, can see individual items in the garden and my car parked outside). I then wondered how much sensitive stuff was allowed so I scrolled over to a military research place near where I live. Almost nothing is known about his place apart from its existence and that it's something to do with testing & research. Well, it was all there. I spent an hour looking at the bunkers, tanks, gun emplacements, various buildings, roads, railways etc. I was amazed I was allowed. I then moved over to an island nearby that is shared between military and farmers - non residents need a pass to visit. That was all there too.
With a bag of goodness like that online, I just don't know where to 'snoop' next!
>Anyone else see this too?
:-)
No but you're correct - that's where they started.
Did I mention I've got a Spinal Tap glow-in-the-dark plectrum?
>I wonder what Tipper thinks of "Blow Me (Like the Wind)"?
Dunno - the copy I have is Break like the Wind.
And this time, let's hope the stage set isn't in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.
>have since 1984 (when ST last played)
They've played quite a few times since then. Did the Albert Hall in London a few years back. Missd out on the tickets - they sold out real fast.
There's a second ST movie which most people seem to miss. Got it on laserdisc.
>I'm sure they appreciate Slashdot forwarding them advertising impressions though. /.
1. Put up a really stupid and ill informed article
2. Put up a really well researched nay definitive article.
3. Make sure Google put ads for 2 on 1.
4. Get 1 on to
5. Hoards of people read 1, think 'this sucks - hey, there's a link to a better one!' 6. Obligatory ????
7. Profit!!
>I am sick and tired of camera snobs thinking that more money = better pictures.
Hardly. Anyone that genuinely thinks that is an idiot. A good camera with a good user = good pictures. A great camera with a bad user = mediocre pictures. A great photographer can work magic with a $10 disposable.
>I've never met a dSLR that does digital zoom, do such things exist?
Nope. You buy a dSLR for quality/flexability. Digital Zoom = low quality so there would be no point. Any manufacturer that added that would get laughed off the map.
>the n95 image has better white balance, so it's the better image
Most dSLR users I know shoot RAW anyway so the white balance is neither here nor there. However, any half competent user would spot the white balance error and set it manually if needed.
to explain how bad this article is. Oh, OK then.
1. Comparing what is effectively a P&S to a dSLR is bogus - totally different markets. If you only need P&S functionality, buy a P&S.
2. The person taking photos can't even get the white balance right.
I'll stop there otherwise I'll be typing all day - an utterly useless and ill researched article but TBH, typical of anything cNet put out.
It was a show of strength "we can use these and we are willing to use them on civilians. Mess with us and this is what happens"
>the Jews still deserve to live there.
No-one deserves to live anywhere. The guy with the biggest stick wins and that's that.
>I am a normal citizen of the United States
Given the rest of your post, this in itself is a worry.
At the moment, they're 100% oil dependent for power. They can see the oil running out in say 40 years time and need to start gearing up for a replacement power source to keep their light bulbs going. Only seems sensible to me.
I'd be curious to hear the thought processes that occurred between the OP and your response because I'm having trouble tying them up.
Back in the day, Sinclair in the UK used to advertise their ZX80 as being powerful enough to run a nuclear power station. This software, does it need a ZX80 emulator to run it or have power stations received updated kit in recent years?
Have a deep breath and try again. Reasoned fact backed argument is what works (more often), not calling someone names. It might make you feel better for 30 seconds but it doesn't advance the debate too much.
I think it's now reasonably well understood that Japan was actively trying to negotiate a peace treaty that would allow them to save face but the US was determined to go ahead with both nukes to show the rest of the world and Russia primarily that not only did they have nukes but that they could do it more than once i.e. it wasn't a one off trick.
Do you have a ref for the nuclear weapons a religious crime angle? I've had a quick Google and couldn't find anything substantive.
Nothing to do with the 1947 UN Partition Plan then?
Trouble is, they need to sell oodles of CPUs and the Linux market isn't going to help that much. It might give all the /.'ers a warm muzzy feeling but 90% of PCs get sold to people who have a vague idea it has to have an Intel inside because the TV tells them that and haven't even heard of non-Windows OS's, let alone Linux.
It scares me how many support calls I deal with for people that somehow manage to use a PC based on the tiniest snippets of knowledge. They don't know what version of Windows they have (even the question has no meaning to them), think Word is part of Windows and download everything they get told to by each and every bit of junkmail.
Strangely enough, this was what made me swap from Intel to AMD some years back - I got sick of my Intel mobos not taking their latest CPUs - remember those cards for plugging newer CPUs into slot 1 mobos? Funny, Intel seemed to have learned that one...