These numbers aren’t arbitrary, they are from different base numbering systems.
60 can easily divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10.
12 can easily divide by 2, 3, 4, and 6 (notice how much overlap there is).
10 only divides easily by 2 and 5. Common fractions like 1/4 or 1/3 now require decimals.
Basically, base 12 and base 60 make it significantly easier to think and work in common fractions.
It is also historically significant, as base 12 used to be more common than modern base 10. Our timekeeping system dates back to the ancient Babylonians, who worked in base 12. This influence is still felt in other places, such as the fact that eleven and twelve have unique names in many languages rather than following the same pattern as everything that comes after them.
SAG and WGA want people to watch the new content. Their members still make money from it during the strikes, and continued demand is further evidence that their work is worth the money. If nobody goes to the movies or watches TV, then it gives the AMPTP more reason to say that actors and writers shouldn’t be paid so much.
You have to use new assets for these old games if you really want to make the most out of ray tracing because PBR materials are necessary to better simulate the way light and reflections bounce off a surface.
What are you transcoding from, and what is your reason for wanting to do this? It might not be worth th effort. Lossy to lossy transcoding is already not ideal, and hardware encorders end up trading either size or quality in exchange for speed. I've played with NVENC h.265 a lot and found the end results weren't really any smaller than what x264 gives me for similar quality, so I just use x265 and deel with the slower encodes.
Purchases of new games on the Xbox 360 console itself. You will still be able to purchase Xbox 360 games on a newer console or their website then download them to your 360 console.
DRM-protected music stores went extinct over a decade ago, following Steve Jobs' open letter to the music industry on the topic. By 2009, iTunes music was completely DRM-free and alternative stores had to follow suit to remain competitive.
That doesn't really fix the "somehow matches your interests" part of their need. Your torrent software isn't able to track your listening habits and recommend things that other people with similar habits also liked.
Apple also rolled out a really good seaparate app specifically for browsing and listening to classical music.
Classical music doesn't organize easily into "bands/albums" the way most works from the last 80 years do. Most music players tend to fall apart when you try to organize a library of classical music in any coherent manner. So they solved this problem by desiging a completely separate UI for it.
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I am disappointed that some people don't seem to get this joke.