Speed of subject, frames (images) per second, and time of exposure per frame dictate how much blur there will be present. A fast moving subject at 48FPS with an exposure of 1/48 may also have motion blur. The chariot scenes in gladiator come to mind for the opposite effect at 24FPS. Scott set his exposure to 1/2000 or higher which even at a low FPS results in VERY crisp shots with no blur, you just need boatloads of light for an exposure time that short.

I think that could be taken as generally true, particularly with RAM and CPU but I'm still seeing fallout from the electrolytic fluid/capacitor debacle from the 2000s. Power supplies and main/daughter boards are still failing unpredictably in older hardware. Even newer equipment has suffered as "new old stock" components were integrated in equipment manufactured after 2006. The tolerance of the capacitors was close enough to get them past the initial failure period but off enough to eventually cause problems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

Also the same reason PAL is 50hz, Europe uses a different AC frequency. Both NTSC and PAL were synchronized to our respective power systems.

"Some would say that the earth is OUR moon but that would belittle the name of the moon, which is, the Moon" - ignignokt. long live the moon.

You are joking of course. I've been shopping at amazon almost exclusively for the past 4 years and I'm a Washington resident; been paying my sales tax all along. The main reason why I don't shop locally is because I don't want to deal with people/traffic/time wasting looking for something when I can do it from my couch. I never use local shops as try before you buy, I never get that far, amazon's return policy is such I don't feel like there is any risk. I don't even buy my clothes locally anymore. While I may sound like a shill (or shut in) I am in no way affiliated with amazon, I just prefer to shop somewhere that has earned my business and works with my lifestyle. Driving anywhere in seattle sucks.

I have a boy but in that same age range. I too have been frustrated with the lack of quality apps. Mermaid waters is pretty good with math and matching games, math train is also decent as is superwhy but the best app I've found is Word Wizard. It is the speak and spell you always wanted. Very high quality app. The very best app I've seen is Redshift. Beats all the other star maps hands down. It is pricey but worth every penny. And before anyone gets uptight, no I am not associated with any of the developers in any way.

I grew up in a place where median home price was in that range and for some reason, everyone in town seemed to have a fully loaded/lifted truck, a 5th wheel, dirt bikes, classic car, you name it. These were blue collar working class folk. A fully loaded pickup with mods is a good $50,000 easy these days and I see plenty of people in rural/suburban areas ponying up that kinda cash. I'm not sure how a luxury car (and 60k is barely that) is any different than a pickup. They both suck up gas at the same rate, have about the same horsepower but just appeal to different crowds. Cost of housing in an area is no way to measure this stuff.

Jones soda is brewed, bottled and headquartered in Seattle, at least, it used to be.

each application should be appropriate to the dish and many have more than one. Salsa with roasted jalapenos on the side when eating carne asada for example.

I was in the same boat as you. I am a musician and wanted a stand up desk for my audio workstation to make it easier to play guitar and record. I already had an X-type keyboard stand sitting around so I bought a second platform for it to make it a two tier stand. I put my laptop on the second tier using a scrap piece of lumber. Works great and cheap. This is basically exactly what I have.
http://www.amazon.com/On-Stage-Stands-Deluxe-2-Tier-Keyboard/dp/B0002M3OUO/ref=sr_1_9?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1346966758&sr=1-9&keywords=onstage+keyboard+stand

Here here.When I was in Vietnam a few years back documenting a charity bike ride for the treatment of land mine victims and I would ask people there how they felt about the US. The most common answer I heard was that the US was there for such a short time, we barely register in the history books. Same goes for the French. Where they did manage to hold a grudge was for the Chinese who they have been fighting with for thousands of years. Vietnam is a beautiful country with some of the kindest and happiest people I have ever met in my travels. There is a lot to be said for having nothing. Ho Chi Minh City on the other hand was the same sort of major metropolis you'd find in any other country. I had no love for it.

Atwood is pretty good at depressing, even if she doesn't consider herself a sci-fi author. If you like Margaret Atwood, I suggest you DO NOT listen to this interview. She apparently isn't familiar with the work of Orson Scott Card.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129324791

Which is why I for one welcome our new (benevolent) robotic overlords. It's the only way to be sure.

FTFY. The saddest part of the human condition is every generation thinking that their experience is new. Here on slashdot, there was a quote from a greek philosopher (I forget which) disparaging the dangerous and uncontrollable youth of the day and pining for yesteryear. The only thing that changes in the technology.

Truth be told we haven't gotten that far yet. I built an HTPC this summer to pull all the same (plus extra) duty the xbox was handling for media viewing and game playing. I've been snatching up all the humble bundles and been playing a few steam games with the controller solo (space marine). Steam (I SWEAR I don't work for Valve) has a few dozen titles that have local co-op but that is certainly where consoles shine though even that is fading. Many have bemoaning the lack of console games supporting local co-op and now that so many consoles are online I imagine the trend will continue.

I will not weigh in here on the ethical implications of emulators but if you are willing to play in the console back catalog almost all emulators support multiple controllers. It is borrowing heavily on the legacy of consoles but as I stated in my first post, I'm pro-console. I'm just not sure they are delivering on the same promise of turn key gaming like they used to and the value proposition isn't what it used to be now that PC games are so inexpensive (comparatively). What we have been playing together on the PC has been things like bookworm (PopCap) and Railroad Tycoon and Railworks which is a train simulator.