What you're probably seeing is Amazon's new "Omakase" ads. They've been beta testing them for a little while. Apparently they take into account the user's Amazon search history (have you searched for widgets on Amazon or affilates?), the site's referral sales history (have ads on the site resulted in widget sales before?) and the site's content (is the site about widgets?). I've been using them on my blog -- not sure if they are more or less effective than regular ads, but I do like that their appearance is more customizable and can be made less in-your-face and more Google Adsense like.
Hmm, that also exposes the real motivation for this project: by 2020 the Japanese government will have concreted every riverbed, tunneled every mountain and build every road and bridge conceivably possible in their tiny country. In order to keep the system of political graft with the construction industry afloat, they'll have to start expanding to other worlds, so a moon base is the next logical step. Never thought political corruption would be the saviour of humankind...
What I'm saying is that iTunes will let you do exactly what you originally desired to do: use music from more than one computer on a single iPod. No need for additional software. Copying the music off is an extra feature not related to this original issue.
No, but circumventing DRM is different than you not knowing how to use iTunes (your original objection was "...you can only install iTunes onto one computer otherwise it will try to delete the music you've put on the iPod from the other computer.").
I've stayed at a couple capsules, they're surprisingly comfortable so long as you're under about 6 foot or so. I'm even a little put off by tight spaces and it really didn't bother me. I could also kinda sit up if I wanted to. Prices of the ones I stayed at were about half the price of regular business hotels (which these "coffin" hotels come closer to: a bed, a bath, a desk/fridge/tv and enough room to walk between them). The capsules I stayed at were getting kinda old, so my impression is that they are a bit of a left-over of the popped Bubble Economy. I see far more new business hotels. On love hotels, there are a few catches (overnight pricing begins around 10-11PM & no reentry). You'll also probably need a bit of Japanese skill at checkout ("No, I didn't drink any of the sake in the fridge, please let me out."). They are usually about the same price as business hotels on the low end but usually a lot more room (queen bed, big tub, etc). More interesting stuff on the in-room TV too... >;)
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...try Mercury Messenger for MSN+webcam support on Windows, Linux & MacOSX. Its done multi-platform webcam for awhile. It also supports receiving video conferences on Mac & two way video conferencing on Win/Linux. It also has a ton of other features.
Get an appropriate degree in ESL instruction and use that with your techie knowledge to teach English to the Indians techies that all the jobs are being outsourced to...
Sigh, that was one of the saddest parts of working at JSC, driving every morning by the world's most expensive lawn ornament -- with pigeons roosting in it... 8-(
What we really need here is for OS's to allow home directories to be seamlessly stored on removable media like memory cards and iPods. Just plug in the device and the fast user switching asks if you'd like to log in as that user. Also need for aps to accept being installed in such home directories and the OS to handle privileges in a sensible way (e.g. is this a guest user or someone that is acknowledged as a regular user). Sorta sneakernet NFS...
I pretty much gave up reading Usenet on a regular basis probably about 3-4 years ago due to the volume and noise. Dejanews at least provided me with a way of looking for specific info when I needed it. Granted, for that kind of use a shorter, year length history is usually fine. However, the much longer history has proved indispensible on a number of occasions when dealing with older systems. One particular project I worked on was upgrading the version of Tcl/Tk from one of 5 years ago (when the project's software & hardware were frozen) to the current version. There were a number of major changes in the language & libraries in that time, but instead of having to find all the difficult migration issues (some of which the docs didn't mention) myself, I did a bit of searching on Dejanews and saved weeks of time and considerable fustration. One is rarely the first to have a problem -- and interactive knowledgebase of Usenet often provides the solution. I'm really disappointed by deja cutting back this resource and would love to see a more complete & better archive out there!
Also, aside from the practical aspects, the contents of the archive are a valuable bit of.net history & group memory -- it'd be a shame to lose it...
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What you're probably seeing is Amazon's new "Omakase" ads. They've been beta testing them for a little while. Apparently they take into account the user's Amazon search history (have you searched for widgets on Amazon or affilates?), the site's referral sales history (have ads on the site resulted in widget sales before?) and the site's content (is the site about widgets?). I've been using them on my blog -- not sure if they are more or less effective than regular ads, but I do like that their appearance is more customizable and can be made less in-your-face and more Google Adsense like.
Hmm, that also exposes the real motivation for this project: by 2020 the Japanese government will have concreted every riverbed, tunneled every mountain and build every road and bridge conceivably possible in their tiny country. In order to keep the system of political graft with the construction industry afloat, they'll have to start expanding to other worlds, so a moon base is the next logical step. Never thought political corruption would be the saviour of humankind...
"There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes."
-- The Doctor, in "Robot"
What I'm saying is that iTunes will let you do exactly what you originally desired to do: use music from more than one computer on a single iPod. No need for additional software. Copying the music off is an extra feature not related to this original issue.
No, but circumventing DRM is different than you not knowing how to use iTunes (your original objection was " ...you can only install iTunes onto one computer otherwise it will try to delete the music you've put on the iPod from the other computer.").
Or you can just manage your music manually...
"There are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare." - Blair Houghton
I've stayed at a couple capsules, they're surprisingly comfortable so long as you're under about 6 foot or so. I'm even a little put off by tight spaces and it really didn't bother me. I could also kinda sit up if I wanted to. Prices of the ones I stayed at were about half the price of regular business hotels (which these "coffin" hotels come closer to: a bed, a bath, a desk/fridge/tv and enough room to walk between them). The capsules I stayed at were getting kinda old, so my impression is that they are a bit of a left-over of the popped Bubble Economy. I see far more new business hotels. On love hotels, there are a few catches (overnight pricing begins around 10-11PM & no reentry). You'll also probably need a bit of Japanese skill at checkout ("No, I didn't drink any of the sake in the fridge, please let me out."). They are usually about the same price as business hotels on the low end but usually a lot more room (queen bed, big tub, etc). More interesting stuff on the in-room TV too... >;)
...try Mercury Messenger for MSN+webcam support on Windows, Linux & MacOSX. Its done multi-platform webcam for awhile. It also supports receiving video conferences on Mac & two way video conferencing on Win/Linux. It also has a ton of other features.
...they threatened "this will go on your permanent record" and it terrified your young, naive soul? Now they mean it...
Get an appropriate degree in ESL instruction and use that with your techie knowledge to teach English to the Indians techies that all the jobs are being outsourced to...
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Sigh, that was one of the saddest parts of working at JSC, driving every morning by the world's most expensive lawn ornament -- with pigeons roosting in it... 8-(
What we really need here is for OS's to allow home directories to be seamlessly stored on removable media like memory cards and iPods. Just plug in the device and the fast user switching asks if you'd like to log in as that user. Also need for aps to accept being installed in such home directories and the OS to handle privileges in a sensible way (e.g. is this a guest user or someone that is acknowledged as a regular user). Sorta sneakernet NFS...
I pretty much gave up reading Usenet on a regular basis probably about 3-4 years ago due to the volume and noise. Dejanews at least provided me with a way of looking for specific info when I needed it. Granted, for that kind of use a shorter, year length history is usually fine. However, the much longer history has proved indispensible on a number of occasions when dealing with older systems. One particular project I worked on was upgrading the version of Tcl/Tk from one of 5 years ago (when the project's software & hardware were frozen) to the current version. There were a number of major changes in the language & libraries in that time, but instead of having to find all the difficult migration issues (some of which the docs didn't mention) myself, I did a bit of searching on Dejanews and saved weeks of time and considerable fustration. One is rarely the first to have a problem -- and interactive knowledgebase of Usenet often provides the solution. I'm really disappointed by deja cutting back this resource and would love to see a more complete & better archive out there!
Also, aside from the practical aspects, the contents of the archive are a valuable bit of .net history & group memory -- it'd be a shame to lose it...
Some more lightly recommended reading, but on a more positive note... The Guy's Guide to Geek Girls by Lisa Michaud and A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys by Mikki Halpin and Victoria Maat.