D'accordo.

Ishould be more precise... I do really like the flat pizza in Italy, my American wife doesn't though. I enjoy plain bread dipped in olive oil though. However, American pizza is more fun. It's totally unhealthy with the amount of cheese and other crap that is on top.

Un altro nome? No, just keep the name "pizza" for both versions and realize that it tastes different in different countries.

For Americans visiting Italy expecting to find the greatest pizza ever... fogetta boutit. You will probably be dissapointed. However, if you are open minded and wanted really good flavored bread with tomatoes, oil, and spices, you will be greatly rewarded.

And as mentioned in another post... try the arancini while you are there. You'll love them.

LOL, I was born in Italy and have visited relatives many, many times. Yes, the pizza is different, and I don't like it. It's good as flavored bread, but as a "pizza" it is terrible.

BTW, in pizza restaurants in Italy they often serve arancini, fried rice balls:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/arancini/Detail.aspx

I make a version called "supli" that isn't so elaborate (no peas, plain white rice in tomato sauce with a mozzarella ball in the middle and breadcrumbs). They are delicious, much better than mozzarella sticks, mushroom or pepper poppers, or other appetizers you get in pizza places in the US.

Well, I think that I did say that in the US I do avoid Pizza Hut. It sucks here. I'm too far from NY style pizza restaurant but usually sample the local places until I find one that I like. Currently I have found an acceptable one, but it is far from the best in the US that I have ever had.

The pizza that I had at the Pizza Hut in Germany used all fresh ingredients. The bread, the sauce, even the oil (definitely extra virgin olive oil) simply had a lot more flavor.

I'm Italian but live in the US. Having been to France, Germany, and Italy I can tell you that of these countries the US has the best pizza overall. The pizza in general in the listed European countries is more like flat bread with spices. Even with cheese and sauce it doesn't have the fun flavor factor of an American made pizza. America has perfected the pizza IMO.

However, my wife and I once went to a Pizza Hut in Mainz, Germany. I avoid Pizza Hut in the US, but for this one time it was the only place to get US style pizza. We ordered a 4 cheese pizza. They made it like they would in the US (lots of cheese, medium crust, oil on the outer crust, tomato sauce, etc.) but with REALLY fresh ingredients. It tasted like the mozzarella was made that day. It was wonderful. Both my wife and I agreed it was probably the best pizza that we ever had.

Which do you fear more:

Spider

OR

Flower

I disagree it was the kid's fault. The cop was responding to a "disturbance call without starting his lights and sirens" and he "sped around a short curve". So he was speeding to the call without putting on the safety devices that allow him to break normal traffic laws. He caused the accident by driving carelessly on a dangerous road. A 1 day suspension for what is basically reckless endangerment is laughable.

I wish I could do this more. I just transferred job locations. Previous location used many electronic forms and it was great. New location (same company) they insist on paper. It really less efficient. Making duplicate requisitions is much more of a pain. Also, their instructions on creating SAP records is horrendously long that I simply printed it out since I got tired of ALT-TAB between it and SAP.

He also said, "this is the way I have been waking up for the last 4 years."

Reminded me of the quote from Triumph, "you will die alone."

You're right, if you want advanced features then you have to include a microcontroller. Although I have used the LM3914 with a CD4538 per line to do peak level indication. If you want to only do peak level indication for the upper few lines then this would be easy enough. However, doing more than a few lines and doing other stuff you mentioned then of course a microcontroller would be easier.

Point is there are many ways to do this simple project, and it is beyond what should be showcased by MIT and here on slashdot. How about doing something a little more interesting like audio spectrum by having the micro also do FFT? If you cram all these features into the project then perhaps I would make it slashdot worthy. But as is it is far from it.

LM3914 can handle 10 LED's per chip and can be cascaded for more. Add an amp for signal conditioning on the front end, and then hookup lots of LED's per line if you use a transistor to drive a bank of LED's.

They need a micro because their display is too complex for the job. But, make the display simple and you can make the whole design simple. Yet, since this is MIT's it has to be complex for some reason.

The 360 and Win7 combo isn't as feature rich as XBMC on an original Xbox. The only benefit I can see is that the 360 can support HD content whereas the original Xbox's hardware cannot.

XBMC, an old Xbox, and a NAS with Samaba or SMB and you have a great media setup. I have ripped all my children's DVD's and put them on the NAS for playing directly from XBMC. It boots fast and it's easy to use.

XBMC also does Internet streaming from Youtube. There is even a Hulu plugin that worked for a while until Hulu broke the functionality. For a little while my wife was able to steam some of her favorite shows off of Hulu directly to the TV. The user interface is easy for her to use as well.

The original poster is correct, XBMC is years ahead of what is coming out now. I have been using it for the past 6 years. It has practically every obscure codec out there so you can play practically everything.

There are some who call me, "Tim".

I would be willing to pay $5-$10 (includes shipping) for a replacement disk. I send them the original scratched disk and they send me a replacement. They can even send it back in a generic box.

Google reports that google.com is malware!

It should be fixed by the time most people read this.

There is an even easier fix... MS should just install foam pads. See here:

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEyyyZFZAuDOQEAioX.php

There is also do-it-yourself guides on xbox-scene, but it involves voiding the warranty by opening the box.