Not only that, but what about the compilation albums? Weren't they just an attempt to sell more records with minimal work? How were they put together?
Have they actually done any compilation albums? I'm not aware of one, and TFA seems to agree.
I can think of two. Who Made Who and the Iron Man 2 soundtrack.
...submitting that the group's albums were designed to be listened to from beginning to end
So, where was all the outrage when radio stations were playing one song at a time? You know, the one or two good songs that people actually wanted to listen to?
Not only that, but what about the compilation albums? Weren't they just an attempt to sell more records with minimal work? How were they put together?
NOVA and Nature are two that I enjoy. But they're on PBS, so I guess they don't count since no one watches PBS.
What a non-story. It says in the article that they began using this technology in the 2010 Vancouver Games.
" Beginning at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, OMEGA switched to the current "silent" pistol technology, erasing the thousandths of of a second that stood between runner nine and runner one."
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is in Maryland, and Glenn Research Center (GRC) is in Ohio. There is also GISS (which is technically part of GSFC) in New York.
I used the random number generator from truerandom.org to make all of my choices for a quick game. 20-5-14, I won. I figured that if the computer was trying to analyze my previous moves to predict future performance, I'd give it something to chew on. I think the statistical analysis that the computer does assumes some sort of rational play by the human.
Even if it could detect the 'random play', the human could try to fool the computer by using RNG for a while, and then switch to his own choice, and back (randomly, of course).
And if I don't have hard drives full of ripped movies? I obviously can't rip BluRay disks to the hard drive with a Mac Mini, and even DVDs are becoming a real pain to rip.
The main sources of my video are television and NetFlix. The Mac Mini helps me with neither. The only source of video that I get with the Mini is the iTunes store.
I don't torrent stuff illegally, so that's not even an option.
Unless I'm missing something, this seems like a really stupid mistake that would be a deal breaker for any use in the living room.
"and if you have a separate sound system, you can use the audio out 3.5mm jack (no real surround sound here, unfortunately) for your home cinema."
It seems they made a mistake in the description. Wouldn't the HDMI cable also carry the 7.1 audio (if available)? If you have a true surround sound system with HDMI inputs, you can plug the HDMI cable into that, and have the output from the audio receiver send video to the TV.
Blu-Ray is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. Remember, Apple doesn't plan a couple quarters ahead, it plans years ahead. And it knows that you can already stream an HD movie or TV show faster than you could get up off your couch and go buy or rent it physically. Also, there's nothing to stop you buying an external BD player. Newegg has 'em under $150.
Right now, BluRay disks have much better quality than streaming movies does. I watch a lot of NetFlix streamed to my PS3, and I get RluRays in the mail as well. If the Mini could take the place of a PS3, It'd be worth the price.
I also have an older computer hooked up to the TV that records television off of the analog cable channels (I haven't gotten a digital tuner card yet). The Mac can't do that without yet another box (EyeTV).
The Mini would actually be a good deal for me if it could replace either of the boxes already on my entertainment center. As it sits now, it replaces neither. But it does have an HDMI connector to eliminate one audio wire.
Without a BluRay player, even as an option, its a deal breaker. If the only way they expect me to get content onto the device is to go through iTunes, then I'm not buying.
Even something like EyeTV for recording television seems like a half assed solution, when Apple has the opportunity to do it right.
I don't know if manufacturers would put a cut off system in manual cars. It certainly doesn't make a lot of sense. But if the cutoff is there in the 'base' (read: automatic) configuration, is it worth taking out? I would personally say 'yes', but I don't know about the manufacturers' lawyers.
I find you lack of faith in the forth dithturbing. - Darse ("Darth") Vader
