When I was in the Navy we used to have drills on Magnesium fires. The fear was that one it was ignited, it was incredibly hard to put out and could burn through decks before it was put out. I remember a demo drill where they actually lit a large piece up. We watched it go through three simulated decks in a very short time.
In metropolitan ares, tons of companies/individuals have 802.11 networks. Could he use this to have free access just about anywhere? I think Starbucks is installing 802.11 in all their stores. This would be nice.
for learning to speed read. I like this model personally. I might not want to subscribe to Salon.com for a year, but I might pay a buck to have ulimited access for a day if I ran across some content that was really compelling.
I doubt this will work very well for ebooks though. The average consumer is too used to owning (books, CD's, DVD's, tapes, etc.). It will take a real shift in consumer habits to pull this off successfully and I think we've already seen how resisitant people are (DIVX DVD's for example).
I bet Gasse is kicking himself in the ass right now. The main reason Apple went shopping with NeXT was because Be thought it had Apple over a barrel and was demanding HUGE amounts of cash. Dumb fucker deserves to BK.
When you can download. I also never buy Windows of any kind. I always find friend with a CD. I'd rather die than give MS a friggen dime. (Guess I'll have to jack up a delivery truck to get my XBOX).
It seems like they feel the need to justify thier jobs by writing new laws that protect us from ourselves. Here's and idea, I'll vote for a politician that will spen his time abolishing bad laws. We need fewer laws, not more.
It amazes me people still use NetSol. Two hour hold times (if you don't get a busy signal), domain squatting, and problems transfering. What gets me the most is that they view domains as a phone number. They own it, we just pay for the right to use it. When that went down, I thought people would leave NetSol in droves. I guess the average consumer just does not care enough to find out who they are really doing business with. I guess that would also explain why people by MSFT.
it scares the crap out of me. This thing just looks unstable. They are talking about doing a trans-Atlantic race. All I have to say is the crew of that thing has some cajones. Sure is beautiful though.
They are mildly sticky, but don't hurt when you take them off. A physical therapist used the same technology on me when I was having wrist trouble.
By the way, these things have very intense patterns that can be programmed. Wave, pulse, rythmic... combined with intensity.
It would be interesting to see how programmers make use of different patterns of shock to indicate different events in the game.
I think Science Fiction is a great genre for satirical works. Although I can't stand the Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard's Mission Earth was a brilliant piece of work. Absolute must reading for any PR person (but after you get done, you might reconsider your career).
Does anyone else besides me question whether we need 3d in RTS games. I for one, think these new 3D strategy games look much worse than their 2D counterparts. I loved Dune 2000 and the original Dune 2, but this game looks plastic to me.
I can't believe how people are gushing over this movie. Dull animation, no story, unispired performances by the voice talent. It had a few cute moments, but even the matinee price made me feel as if I'd wasted my money.
Go see A Knight's Tale instead.
that they were able to get this past the city government. As the article states, it is a brave move approving this. The mere fact that people are afraid of what will end up on the blackboard makes the monument a living testament to the idea it represents.
Schedule a meeting. Show them the risks. Don't pitch them. Give em the info they need to call the other shop to task. Even if word does not spread, they will remember.
Well, um... great concept, but I think you're ignoring the fact that most of the good humor on Slashdot depends on the context of the discussion. I don't really think most of the +5 funny posts would stand on thier own.
There was a product like this for mac years ago called Radar something or another by Connectix. It was cool, but it was marketed for monitoring your office. It never really took off. The joke among webmasters was that if the crooks manage to get in, they'll grab the computer with the images on it. Hence, no benefit.
I just love this tactic. Volunteer to let the government "safeguard" your sensitive personal data. Lets all rush to fill in the holes in the government's database to ensure that "authorized" government agents have easy access to the details of our private lives.
This is about as stupid as Microsoft thinking that millions of users will let MS "safeguard" thier files and financial information via web apps.
The thing that scares me is that the average Joe just might be that stupid.
The slippery slope is becoming a precipice for lemmings.
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When I was in the Navy we used to have drills on Magnesium fires. The fear was that one it was ignited, it was incredibly hard to put out and could burn through decks before it was put out. I remember a demo drill where they actually lit a large piece up. We watched it go through three simulated decks in a very short time.
In metropolitan ares, tons of companies/individuals have 802.11 networks. Could he use this to have free access just about anywhere? I think Starbucks is installing 802.11 in all their stores. This would be nice.
I wonder how a TRS-80 is going to handle the Slashdot effect...
for learning to speed read. I like this model personally. I might not want to subscribe to Salon.com for a year, but I might pay a buck to have ulimited access for a day if I ran across some content that was really compelling.
I doubt this will work very well for ebooks though. The average consumer is too used to owning (books, CD's, DVD's, tapes, etc.). It will take a real shift in consumer habits to pull this off successfully and I think we've already seen how resisitant people are (DIVX DVD's for example).
Yep! How ya doin Doug man!
The titanium Powerbook is a sweet laptop. Beautiful screen. Runs OSX. Runs linux under Virtual PC. Sexy as hell.
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I bet Gasse is kicking himself in the ass right now. The main reason Apple went shopping with NeXT was because Be thought it had Apple over a barrel and was demanding HUGE amounts of cash. Dumb fucker deserves to BK.
When you can download. I also never buy Windows of any kind. I always find friend with a CD. I'd rather die than give MS a friggen dime. (Guess I'll have to jack up a delivery truck to get my XBOX).
It seems like they feel the need to justify thier jobs by writing new laws that protect us from ourselves. Here's and idea, I'll vote for a politician that will spen his time abolishing bad laws. We need fewer laws, not more.
"The more laws, the more corrupt the state."
more large custom portal sites... "it gives you the tools for creating large custom portal sites."
It amazes me people still use NetSol. Two hour hold times (if you don't get a busy signal), domain squatting, and problems transfering. What gets me the most is that they view domains as a phone number. They own it, we just pay for the right to use it. When that went down, I thought people would leave NetSol in droves. I guess the average consumer just does not care enough to find out who they are really doing business with. I guess that would also explain why people by MSFT.
Good point. I can see it now.
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it scares the crap out of me. This thing just looks unstable. They are talking about doing a trans-Atlantic race. All I have to say is the crew of that thing has some cajones. Sure is beautiful though.
If male humans had this, the California power crisis would not exist. Every male would be "turned on" 24 hours a day.
Don't have to think hard for an actress that would not need padding....
Jeri Ryan from Deep Space Nine. I'd pay 8 bucks to see how those things move when they are not constrained to a Starfleet uniform...
They are mildly sticky, but don't hurt when you take them off. A physical therapist used the same technology on me when I was having wrist trouble. By the way, these things have very intense patterns that can be programmed. Wave, pulse, rythmic... combined with intensity. It would be interesting to see how programmers make use of different patterns of shock to indicate different events in the game.
I think Science Fiction is a great genre for satirical works. Although I can't stand the Scientologists, L. Ron Hubbard's Mission Earth was a brilliant piece of work. Absolute must reading for any PR person (but after you get done, you might reconsider your career).
Does anyone else besides me question whether we need 3d in RTS games. I for one, think these new 3D strategy games look much worse than their 2D counterparts. I loved Dune 2000 and the original Dune 2, but this game looks plastic to me.
I can't believe how people are gushing over this movie. Dull animation, no story, unispired performances by the voice talent. It had a few cute moments, but even the matinee price made me feel as if I'd wasted my money. Go see A Knight's Tale instead.
that they were able to get this past the city government. As the article states, it is a brave move approving this. The mere fact that people are afraid of what will end up on the blackboard makes the monument a living testament to the idea it represents.
BTW, read the article. Well written.
Schedule a meeting. Show them the risks. Don't pitch them. Give em the info they need to call the other shop to task. Even if word does not spread, they will remember.
Well, um... great concept, but I think you're ignoring the fact that most of the good humor on Slashdot depends on the context of the discussion. I don't really think most of the +5 funny posts would stand on thier own.
There was a product like this for mac years ago called Radar something or another by Connectix. It was cool, but it was marketed for monitoring your office. It never really took off. The joke among webmasters was that if the crooks manage to get in, they'll grab the computer with the images on it. Hence, no benefit.
I just love this tactic. Volunteer to let the government "safeguard" your sensitive personal data. Lets all rush to fill in the holes in the government's database to ensure that "authorized" government agents have easy access to the details of our private lives.
This is about as stupid as Microsoft thinking that millions of users will let MS "safeguard" thier files and financial information via web apps.
The thing that scares me is that the average Joe just might be that stupid.
The slippery slope is becoming a precipice for lemmings.