Rant/
Am I the only one that think that this car will deserve the name Stratos only after doing some serious rallying in the mud?
Otherwise, this is just a Ferrari in disguise.
Old man in a suit driving on a flat circuit leaves me cold.
/Rant
Am I the only one that think that this car will deserve the name Stratos only after doing some serious rallying in the mud?
Otherwise, this is just a Ferrari in disguise.
Old man in a suit driving on a flat circuit leaves me cold.
/Rant
@sonny001: And then the jeep owner tried to make a turn...
I live in France, and appart from hudge presence on the shelves, there is a simple answer for their answer: They do the best hardware, period.
If you want a simple device to make call and text, with long lasting batteries and that you won't have to replace every year, Nokias are the best.
I currently own a Sony Ericson X10 mini, but whenever Nokia releases an Android smartphone, that would be my next handset.
You could say that iPhones have the best interface, user experience etc... they are simply too fragile for me.
If you want a simple device to make call and text, with long lasting batteries and that you won't have to replace every year, Nokias are the best.
I currently own a Sony Ericson X10 mini, but whenever Nokia releases an Android smartphone, that would be my next handset.
You could say that iPhones have the best interface, user experience etc... they are simply too fragile for me.
@N@tedog: And for that reason, Nokia who bet early on the GSM standard became the leader. Motorola who was far far ahead during the analogue days, lost the game on the handsets. Samsung became only recently 2nd worldwide, but during the late 90s, early 2000, most of the players were European.
On the network side, the leaders were Ericson, Nokia, Alcatel and Siemens, Lucent and Motorolla kept going only because of the sheer size of the US market.
Now of course, the picture has completely changed and Chinese competition of Huawei plus the techno bubble burst of 2001 have forced concentration in the industry.
On the network side, the leaders were Ericson, Nokia, Alcatel and Siemens, Lucent and Motorolla kept going only because of the sheer size of the US market.
Now of course, the picture has completely changed and Chinese competition of Huawei plus the techno bubble burst of 2001 have forced concentration in the industry.
@geistkoenig: There are ugly in the meaning that the tooling use to form the bodywork was outadated and taken from Renault factories, the global form is absolutely utilitarian.
There's a kind of 90's feeling to it trying to be as discrete as possible, so I guess the "ugly" part will vanish with time as people stop feeling this as outdated and see it as "vintage".
There's a kind of 90's feeling to it trying to be as discrete as possible, so I guess the "ugly" part will vanish with time as people stop feeling this as outdated and see it as "vintage".
@geistkoenig: From what I could get about it - I live in France and those Dacias are becoming a huge part of Renault sales here - the Dacia are:
- Ugly,
- Reliable,
- Honest,
- Did I say ugly again ?
My father wants to replace his 20 year old Passat wagon that blew up it motor twice, but another second hand VW Wagon, I'm trying to convince him to buy a new Dacia for the same price, but somehow he doesn't want a cheap car.
If I needed a daily driver that just does the job, I would definitively consider Dacia.
- Ugly,
- Reliable,
- Honest,
- Did I say ugly again ?
My father wants to replace his 20 year old Passat wagon that blew up it motor twice, but another second hand VW Wagon, I'm trying to convince him to buy a new Dacia for the same price, but somehow he doesn't want a cheap car.
If I needed a daily driver that just does the job, I would definitively consider Dacia.
To put on the full story GSM initially meant "Groupe Special Mobile" and was developed in the early 80's French state operator PTT (later France Telecom)
Then European Union decided to initiate an effort for a standard mobile communication network on the exact contrary of the past habit to make national protocol (even the digital land line protocol ISDN had national iterations more or less incompatible with its neigthbors)
The American industry (Motorola) refused to join this open protocol and ended up with CDMA. But the FCC didn't rule which technology an operator shall choose on the contrary of Europe (which forced the use of GSM) so some American carrier chose GSM as the network and the handsets where much cheaper as they were produced on a much larger scale.
The 3rd generation of network (gen 1 being analogue, gen 2 digital voice with GSM and CDMA) was an attempt at unification. The ways the data is transmitted are similar between CDMA2000 and UMTS (so the coverage thing is mostly an issue of carrier implementation of their network) but from layer 2 and above the protocols are different.
Anyway, this is also the story why the biggest players in mobile telecom hardware are not American.
Then European Union decided to initiate an effort for a standard mobile communication network on the exact contrary of the past habit to make national protocol (even the digital land line protocol ISDN had national iterations more or less incompatible with its neigthbors)
The American industry (Motorola) refused to join this open protocol and ended up with CDMA. But the FCC didn't rule which technology an operator shall choose on the contrary of Europe (which forced the use of GSM) so some American carrier chose GSM as the network and the handsets where much cheaper as they were produced on a much larger scale.
The 3rd generation of network (gen 1 being analogue, gen 2 digital voice with GSM and CDMA) was an attempt at unification. The ways the data is transmitted are similar between CDMA2000 and UMTS (so the coverage thing is mostly an issue of carrier implementation of their network) but from layer 2 and above the protocols are different.
Anyway, this is also the story why the biggest players in mobile telecom hardware are not American.
@Knight: Samsung released with the previous NX10 a 30mm/f2 pancake which is reported as being very decent.
So for now they have 20mm & 30mm, they only need a 60ish lens to get most usages covered.
So for now they have 20mm & 30mm, they only need a 60ish lens to get most usages covered.
@smackela: Funny enough, this used to be called a Renault Nevada in France (the wagon version)
It was very very popular, and it still not uncommon on French roads.
It was very very popular, and it still not uncommon on French roads.
@OSOFAST: While I don't think making a 500 000$ is that bad taste as Group B protos were in that territory, I have another reason to have a bad feeling regarding this car.
The territory of a stratos is mud and bad tarmac of some mountainous road, not a close made on purpose circuit. While in many other cars, the Ferrari bits are something to be proud about, here it is something to be worried about.
The Stratos needs technologies that come from the Rallie de Monte-Carlo, not the Grand Prix of Monaco.
I want to see that car covered with mud at insane speed, flying over a bump, on Monza, it's just a Ferrari under disguise.
The territory of a stratos is mud and bad tarmac of some mountainous road, not a close made on purpose circuit. While in many other cars, the Ferrari bits are something to be proud about, here it is something to be worried about.
The Stratos needs technologies that come from the Rallie de Monte-Carlo, not the Grand Prix of Monaco.
I want to see that car covered with mud at insane speed, flying over a bump, on Monza, it's just a Ferrari under disguise.
@fhrblig: "Merde" is the material an "Etron" is made of.
@John Azzinaro: No Muira was actually crashed during the movie making, they used the body that was crashed by some oil sheick.
If you look again at the scene, you see an explosion, then the crashed car pushed from the cliff.
If you look again at the scene, you see an explosion, then the crashed car pushed from the cliff.
Ok, lets start, this list is far too American centric. Only two in the list are not American (or English speaking) Metropolis and Gost in the Shell.
While I liked Inception and think it's a very good action movie and will age well, it should have been replaced by Paprika, which is almost on the same subject and much more creative. You see, Inception is too rational for something that happen in dreams. Paprika brings in just the little level of madness needed for such theme.
Stayin in the Japanese anime theme, Kaze no tani no Nausica and Akira are also very important SciFi pieces with deep reflexion on human excess and its consequences.
I recently watched extracts of Avatar and I'm happy it wasn't included into the list. It was flashy, vulgar and crypto-colonialist Pocahontas style of story. Aesthetically, if a computer generated image movie was to be retained for achievement in realism (in opposition to Tron) it must be Final Fantasy (the 2001 one, "The Spirit Within")
Now, my biggest complain is "Why no Tarkovsky ?" Solaris and Stalker are as big SciFi landmark as Kubrik's 2001.
If movie where to be removed, I would remove : Matrix (Blade Runner did much better in term of Cyberpunk) Primer and The Incredible, but I admit the 2 later are much more debatable.
While I liked Inception and think it's a very good action movie and will age well, it should have been replaced by Paprika, which is almost on the same subject and much more creative. You see, Inception is too rational for something that happen in dreams. Paprika brings in just the little level of madness needed for such theme.
Stayin in the Japanese anime theme, Kaze no tani no Nausica and Akira are also very important SciFi pieces with deep reflexion on human excess and its consequences.
I recently watched extracts of Avatar and I'm happy it wasn't included into the list. It was flashy, vulgar and crypto-colonialist Pocahontas style of story. Aesthetically, if a computer generated image movie was to be retained for achievement in realism (in opposition to Tron) it must be Final Fantasy (the 2001 one, "The Spirit Within")
Now, my biggest complain is "Why no Tarkovsky ?" Solaris and Stalker are as big SciFi landmark as Kubrik's 2001.
If movie where to be removed, I would remove : Matrix (Blade Runner did much better in term of Cyberpunk) Primer and The Incredible, but I admit the 2 later are much more debatable.
@SarcasticJoe: Or you can install a windows with a dual boot for when you want some gaming.
All operating systems have their strength and weakness, Windows is better for Games, Linux is better for server and Mac is better for graphical works like Photoshop or Final cut.
Not that they are incompetent for other tasks, just that's where their strength is.
All operating systems have their strength and weakness, Windows is better for Games, Linux is better for server and Mac is better for graphical works like Photoshop or Final cut.
Not that they are incompetent for other tasks, just that's where their strength is.
@meatbag_pussrocket: At the current exhibit : "Crime & Punishment" at the Musée d'Orsay, there's a Guillotine exposed is a purposely made installation.
Even if its view is absolutly chilling, I perfectly understand the reason to keep it. And "great" absolutly applies, it's quite a tall an intimidating mecanism (understatement)
Even if its view is absolutly chilling, I perfectly understand the reason to keep it. And "great" absolutly applies, it's quite a tall an intimidating mecanism (understatement)
@Solarisphere: I agree here, I bought an Asus netbook, installed Ubuntu the day I got and everything including WiFi and SDHC reader are working fine.
Installing programs from the dedicated app are even easier than in Mac environment.
Now I work on a Windows PC, I surf and retouch pictures at home on a MacMini and surf and watch videos on an Unbuntu netbook.
For basic stuff, Ubuntu is certainly on par with the competition, I wouldn't mind using one at work, the most complicated thing I have to use is an excel like program.
Now, at home, I use picture retouching and management programs, and the offer don't come close to what I need. When calibrating probe drivers and programs, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and DXO will be available, I may consider switching. (And no, uraw and gimp are not up to the task and as easy to use)
Installing programs from the dedicated app are even easier than in Mac environment.
Now I work on a Windows PC, I surf and retouch pictures at home on a MacMini and surf and watch videos on an Unbuntu netbook.
For basic stuff, Ubuntu is certainly on par with the competition, I wouldn't mind using one at work, the most complicated thing I have to use is an excel like program.
Now, at home, I use picture retouching and management programs, and the offer don't come close to what I need. When calibrating probe drivers and programs, Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and DXO will be available, I may consider switching. (And no, uraw and gimp are not up to the task and as easy to use)
Ben, being French, I think I get the reasoning here.
A sexy woman hitchhiking on the side of the road scream "hooker !" on one's mind. Unless of course, that woman is very prudishly dressed (well for French, lets keep the cultural background here)
There's few details on the study in the source link, but my guess is that the woman was dressed lightly enough so that motorist could see the difference.
Interestingly, Women were not influenced. The study didn't say if the men who stopped for the "bigger breast"one where more alone than for the "smaller breast" one.
So many hypothesis to explore, so few information.
A sexy woman hitchhiking on the side of the road scream "hooker !" on one's mind. Unless of course, that woman is very prudishly dressed (well for French, lets keep the cultural background here)
There's few details on the study in the source link, but my guess is that the woman was dressed lightly enough so that motorist could see the difference.
Interestingly, Women were not influenced. The study didn't say if the men who stopped for the "bigger breast"one where more alone than for the "smaller breast" one.
So many hypothesis to explore, so few information.
Giving Ultraviolet and Equilibrum as references doesn't really help to gain confidence in that movie.
Maybe I'm a nerd with a bizarre fixture on accuracy but when someone in a movie get a "Mona Lisa" painted on canva out of some hideout, wave some random hand-held instrument and says it's the true one. It means that some writer is ignorant and was too lazy to check his facts (Mona Lisa was actually painted on wood and is really small) Then when a fighter shut down servers by exploding the screens, you don't think to yourself "What a brave ! What a rebel !" You just think "F*cking violent moron !"
Sincerely, getting those facts right would have been easy, cheap, and not less spectacular, getting them wrong just show that you're lazy. And I feel lazy to see those kind of movies. Because there are some people who actually care to get the details right with the big picture.
So unless this "Salt" movie is described as a great movie by all critics in unison. I will save my time and my money.
Maybe I'm a nerd with a bizarre fixture on accuracy but when someone in a movie get a "Mona Lisa" painted on canva out of some hideout, wave some random hand-held instrument and says it's the true one. It means that some writer is ignorant and was too lazy to check his facts (Mona Lisa was actually painted on wood and is really small) Then when a fighter shut down servers by exploding the screens, you don't think to yourself "What a brave ! What a rebel !" You just think "F*cking violent moron !"
Sincerely, getting those facts right would have been easy, cheap, and not less spectacular, getting them wrong just show that you're lazy. And I feel lazy to see those kind of movies. Because there are some people who actually care to get the details right with the big picture.
So unless this "Salt" movie is described as a great movie by all critics in unison. I will save my time and my money.
Didn't know it was the 1st of April
Hi,
Found in a French blog ([acrossthedays.com]), the post is about an electronica group called Team Gost (one member is also from the M83 duo)
The bit that is interesting for you is the little video clip. This is a teaser for an upcoming movie by Stéphane Bénini ([www.stephanebenini.com]) who looks like a good source for racing motor pr0n.
Anyway I enjoyed a lot this clip. The music fits to the pictures and it changes from bad heavy metal.
Hope you'll enjoy it as well.
#tips
Found in a French blog ([acrossthedays.com]), the post is about an electronica group called Team Gost (one member is also from the M83 duo)
The bit that is interesting for you is the little video clip. This is a teaser for an upcoming movie by Stéphane Bénini ([www.stephanebenini.com]) who looks like a good source for racing motor pr0n.
Anyway I enjoyed a lot this clip. The music fits to the pictures and it changes from bad heavy metal.
Hope you'll enjoy it as well.
#tips
