Posts by LaeMing

I assume op meant

It /looked/ on par with iPad - untll they tried to use it in the real world.

Wouldn't you like to know!

:-P

They generally look better

side-on than end-on.

Though because of the way the tail orients relative to the solar wind rather than behind the direction of travel, getting hit on its return loop might be rather interesting.

Best thing is

after the commet goes past and they are not harmed, they can't claim it didn't work!

Media type

Was the WinXP disk a writable (or even RW, for shorter life still)?

The Win95 disk was most likely a stamped disk (lasts practically forever).

A CD is not a CD-R is not a CD-RW, even if they all read on the same drive.

Give me an Arduino and payment for my time developing the device,

and I will read your punch cards fine. (Technically, learning to read them by eye should be no harder than depyphering any obscure ancient language we still have some references for).

Poor choice of example, but the point in general is more sound, though, building a crude but working DVD-reading device would be well within the capabilities of any undergrad EE student provided a record of how the thing works is postered on the archive wall somewhere (if there are no EE students by that time, then it is unlikely anyone will really be interested in the disk contents anyway).

Except

Stamped media (such as the recording indurtry generally sells) lasts even longer (if looked after). Their problem will be with all the downloaded rip disks lasting longer.

"The riot is coming this way - get away now!"

"Your tweet has been blocked as it contains retricted phrases. The police will pick you up later. Thank you."

Nope

It will reduce the /apparent/ size of what the kinect 'sees', which is what you want, because you are going to be standing closer, which makes your apparent size bigger again to compensate. Using it without moving closer to the device would, of course, do as you suggest, but that is not the point.

A better analogy than 'binoculars backwards' would be macro-mode on a digital camera - it still has the same k-pixels in the image, but the subject has to be a lot closer to the lense to fill the frame.

Obscene? Doubtful.

Stupid-looking, most certainly.

But the supression of stupid, while on the surface may seem like a great idea, likely has deeper consequences that are not so great.

But

Janet's nipple is a woman's bits, therefore a tool of Satan. Swinging testicles are just... manly.

Looks like it to me

Though as he has the origional moulds, only he can claim 'genuine' I imagine.

I imagine he was going for a good bit more than that.

Possible attempt to stop the first before the many realise they can do the same? How many more people from small moulding operations to mega-toy-makers are now checking if they actually have to pay a royalty for what SW-related products now!

Yes

Contracts are for clarifying rights/responsibilities under the law. They are not accepted to replace the law or any parts of.

Same reason most click-through EULAs are not worth the paper they are printed on - they are either re-iterating existing law or contradicting it, neither of which means much in a court.

Um :-)

CS5 requires a 64-bit OS (XP-64 is as flakey as a certain yellow-wrappered chocolate bar).

I know your comment was in jest (and it made me snigger). I am just bitter at having to manage two labs of PCs running ancient Adobe software until the IT department convinces itself Win7 is not going to go all Vista on them.