Well, the MacBook Air did create the market for CULV (Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage) based laptops, which seem to be slowly killing off the netbook as they're more powerful but are still thin, light and have decent battery life.
I think the MacBook Air is pretty shit too, but I wouldn't mind one of those nice Toshiba CULV laptops to replace my ASUS Netbook next time around.
query: (distance derby london) divided by 6ft
answer: 101,377
I got 16+
Is this a new form of ePeen waving? Anyway, I think I was only unique out of 83k hits because of the strange resolution of this laptop (1440x1050) and combination of addons/plugins I have installed
2100 points for 28EUR minus 19% VAT (28/1.19) is 23.53EUR or ~33.11USD: 33.11 / 2100 = 1.58ct per point
Still quite a lot higher (~32%) than 1.2ct per point.
That only works if the IP you're planning on exporting isn't already public domain in the countries you plan on exporting to.
In this instance the IP is public domain in the UK (as I understand it) and you would think the UK would probably be one of the largest markets for Sherlock Holmes stories.
...and some high-end TVs have a 'game mode' that amongst other things switches the interpolation off to avoid the delay you speak of. Specifically, I think some Samsung models have this feature.
There is a related point though which is the fact that a number of TVs/LCD Displays claim to be 100Hz or even 120Hz but can't actually accept a 100/120Hz input. Supposedly the coming generation of '3D ready' displays will rectify this since for a comfortable 3D viewing experience 60 FPS to each eye is required.
Get an Underground Overground tube map. You can buy these from dispensers on the underground platforms. They show the actual physical route and actual physical distances the tube trains take; the traditional symbolic map doesn't demonstrate the real distances between stops. You can waste a lot of time trying to take a particular tube to a particular station, when you could have just taken a simpler journey and ended up only two blocks' walk away. Not as convenient as the popout map, but good for planning your day.
I would agree with this; better yet if you have an iPhone, get the London Tube app - it will tell you the nearest tube stop using GPS and plot the fastest route from one station to the other. Finally, changing at Bank for Monument and vice versa on the tube is to be avoided if at all possible, especially during rush hour!
There are dispensers where you can buy Oyster cards in a lot of the tube stations (think they're £3 or so). Some flights also sell them on the way in these days with pre-loaded credit.
The card will work on the tube, buses and a lot of the national rail services within London - national rail services going out of London are a bit of minefield pricing wise so you're better off asking at the station for the cheapest fair at the time you are travelling.
The cheapest way to get around London is to buy a 7 day travelcard and have it loaded onto the Oyster card at the machine/kiosk, you probably only need zone 1 depending on where you're staying.
(P.S. I would agree with visiting the British Museum and the Science Museum; the National History Museum is an amazing building and the dinosaurs are cool but the rest of the exhibits are a bit boring, however it's next door to the Science Museum and they're all free so you might as well stick your head round the door.)
If it's £50 in the UK it will probably be closer to $50 in the US. We always get screwed on the exchange rate (and quoted prices in the UK include tax).
An xbox game at launch is typically £35-40 over here (the RRP of Modern Warfare 2 was even higher, but I don't think that's a phenomenon unique to the UK).
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