While we're building a wish list - I'd like to see a small keyboard (to use with Opera) that plugs into the WiiMote and uses the WiiMote's bluetooth interface.
11) So all that justifies:
a) A legal vendetta against a disabled single mom, children, dead people, etc.
b) Treating out customers like criminals
c) Trying to extort money from and/or destroy any channel the industry does not
control (like Internet radio).
d) Bribing lawmakers to extend copyrights ad infinitum.
e) Attempting to eliminate the legal concept of 'fair use'.
First read the glowing reviews of the product on several tech sites. Then type the name of the product into Google followed by the word "sucks". Read those "reviews". The truth is normally somewhere in between.
I'd rather see a software upgrade to support SMB. Then my Wii could access files on my server. While we're at it, they could add a DivX channel for video playback. Oh yeah, and a Java VM... and a pony.
You want to rebuild a house in an city built below sea level on the coast in a hurricane prone region. Where the city is protected by levees maintained by corrupt politicians and backed up by incompetent federal bureaucrats. And your biggest concern is which electronic gadgets to buy?
You could make a similar argument for Baltar surviving the nukes on Caprica, as well as his 'merged' consciousness with Caprica 6. So what if they both the fifth Cylon (and everyone else).
(Non-spoiler as it's a wild guess) - We've seen four of the final five Cylons. The remaining unknown Cylon comes in multiple sizes, shapes, and genders. And comprises the remainder of the 'colonial fleet'.
I watched a NASA film of an experiment they did on the Great Lakes in conjunction with the US Coast Guard. Over a distance of several miles (line of sight) they still managed to get over 1 Mb/sec with a WiFi connection. It was standard WiFi equipment, though I believe they were using non-standard antennas (NOT pringle cans).
No, the BBC used to be an icon of good journalism. They've gone downhill dramatically the past few years. What really saddens me, is that the same is true of "The Economist". I was a long time subscriber, but finally gave up about a year ago.
"Violent games can increase violent tendencies, which may have an overall effect of increasing societal violence when systematically applied to a large population."
I agree with the game critics here. At least for some small segment of the population (certainly not everybody). I'd add that violent movies can increase violent tendencies in some small group of people. So, can violent TV and books. Guns, knives, garden tools, and cars can be used by violent people to kill and harm people.
Where the critics and I differ, is I don't think we should ban violent games / TV / movies. Or guns, knives, and garden tools. I believe that for most of the population, violent games, etc. DON'T increase violence, and for the rest, they need to exercise free will and personal responsibility. If they are psychotic - well, society needs to deal with THAT, and not secondary issues.
The solution is really very simple. Make all the cameras accessible to anyone on the Web. Now you've eliminated the state-run "Surveillance Society". Of course, you've just created the "Voyeur / Stalker Society".
Most US corporate R&D centers (Bell Labs, IBM, RCA Sarnoff, Xerox PARC, etc.) are either long gone or a mere shadow of their former selves. (And no, that doesn't bode well for the future of the USA). If you want an R&D position related to science and math in the US - your options are academia or government. These don't pay as well as corporate used to. Also, government R&D is subject to funding cuts, cancellations, etc. (I've been told that NASA is having serious morale problems at it's R&D centers). Academia might be your best bet. The pay may not be great, but (if you get tenure) your position is very secure.
[Queue scary music] Did you know that the radiation from WiFi is almost the same as X-Rays and Gamma Rays from Nuclear Reactors?!!! (although at a lower frequency)
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While we're building a wish list - I'd like to see a small keyboard (to use with Opera) that plugs into the WiiMote and uses the WiiMote's bluetooth interface.
They left one out:
11) So all that justifies:
a) A legal vendetta against a disabled single mom, children, dead people, etc.
b) Treating out customers like criminals
c) Trying to extort money from and/or destroy any channel the industry does not
control (like Internet radio).
d) Bribing lawmakers to extend copyrights ad infinitum.
e) Attempting to eliminate the legal concept of 'fair use'.
This is rapidly becoming absurd. I'm going to go get a San Miguel Beer.
First read the glowing reviews of the product on several tech sites. Then type the name of the product into Google followed by the word "sucks". Read those "reviews". The truth is normally somewhere in between.
I'd rather see a software upgrade to support SMB. Then my Wii could access files on my server. While we're at it, they could add a DivX channel for video playback. Oh yeah, and a Java VM ... and a pony.
I'm not making much headway against Rudy, Romney. (and Thompson), so I need some REALLY big campaign donations.
Add a control room and a StarGate to that and you've got Cheyenne Mountain.
You want to rebuild a house in an city built below sea level on the coast in a hurricane prone region. Where the city is protected by levees maintained by corrupt politicians and backed up by incompetent federal bureaucrats. And your biggest concern is which electronic gadgets to buy?
You could make a similar argument for Baltar surviving the nukes on Caprica, as well as his 'merged' consciousness with Caprica 6. So what if they both the fifth Cylon (and everyone else).
(Non-spoiler as it's a wild guess) - We've seen four of the final five Cylons. The remaining unknown Cylon comes in multiple sizes, shapes, and genders. And comprises the remainder of the 'colonial fleet'.
In Soviet Russia, Intel's 80 core processor imagines a Beowolf cluster of you!
Hacking tools are more like guns: make them illegal and only the criminals will have them.
True, but not an effective argument to make to a European government.
A discussion of altruism on Slashdot, and no one's quoted from "Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn" yet. Must be 'too obvious'.
I watched a NASA film of an experiment they did on the Great Lakes in conjunction with the US Coast Guard. Over a distance of several miles (line of sight) they still managed to get over 1 Mb/sec with a WiFi connection. It was standard WiFi equipment, though I believe they were using non-standard antennas (NOT pringle cans).
normally is an icon of good journalism
No, the BBC used to be an icon of good journalism. They've gone downhill dramatically the past few years. What really saddens me, is that the same is true of "The Economist". I was a long time subscriber, but finally gave up about a year ago.
Hidden Fortress by Akira Kurosawa is 49 years old. Hidden Fortress, a film set during Japan's feudal civil wars was the inspiration for Star Wars.
"Violent games can increase violent tendencies, which may have an overall effect of increasing societal violence when systematically applied to a large population."
I agree with the game critics here. At least for some small segment of the population (certainly not everybody). I'd add that violent movies can increase violent tendencies in some small group of people. So, can violent TV and books. Guns, knives, garden tools, and cars can be used by violent people to kill and harm people.
Where the critics and I differ, is I don't think we should ban violent games / TV / movies. Or guns, knives, and garden tools. I believe that for most of the population, violent games, etc. DON'T increase violence, and for the rest, they need to exercise free will and personal responsibility. If they are psychotic - well, society needs to deal with THAT, and not secondary issues.
We're setting up a new group to funnel money to incumbents prior to the '08 election.
The solution is really very simple. Make all the cameras accessible to anyone on the Web. Now you've eliminated the state-run "Surveillance Society". Of course, you've just created the "Voyeur / Stalker Society".
Jack Thompson and Steve Ballmer star in "Alien vs. Predator II".
Most US corporate R&D centers (Bell Labs, IBM, RCA Sarnoff, Xerox PARC, etc.) are either long gone or a mere shadow of their former selves. (And no, that doesn't bode well for the future of the USA). If you want an R&D position related to science and math in the US - your options are academia or government. These don't pay as well as corporate used to. Also, government R&D is subject to funding cuts, cancellations, etc. (I've been told that NASA is having serious morale problems at it's R&D centers). Academia might be your best bet. The pay may not be great, but (if you get tenure) your position is very secure.
"Nice Internet radio station ya got here. Maybe we'll take a smaller cut from youse ... to start with. Right, Rocko?"
[Queue scary music]
Did you know that the radiation from WiFi is almost the same as X-Rays and Gamma Rays from Nuclear Reactors?!!! (although at a lower frequency)
Film at 11.
It all depends on how corrupt Congress is ... we're in deep trouble!
Ok, but what will the interface for those Linux devices look like?
Probably look similar to the interface on my Zaurus. The Zaurus runs Linux with QT for the GUI.