Project the screen on the bathroom wall and use voice-recognition to page through the book. At least, that's what I'd do, but I only have a shower. Waterproof touchscreen computer, here I come!
Two birds, one stone. I like it. Make rich pricks subsodize your costs.
My feelings on this are that eventually, gas prices will be high enough that hydrogen/methane/whatever will be an excellent alternative. At that time, the research dollars will be there. Prices will come down as more and more companies are able to produce cheap, highly efficient engines. The less oil we're able to produce, the more hydrogen research will be done. Oil companies will shift their strategies. They will become Hydrogen companies. Life will go on, and in the long run, you and I won't have to worry about running out of oil.
Nah, the people that would care about getting the album on mp3 would realize that 1) they aren't going to give you the album on mp3. period. wma if you're *lucky*. a completely proprietary format if you're not. 2) any added benefits they give you will still be outweighed by the loss of fair use rights. 3)
Upside to Linux for masses: more apps, more drivers, more everything else. Your TV card will be more likely to work in VDR 2.0. Wider is better. More is more good. Downside: you're not an uber-geek anymore, you're just another guy running linux. That Linux sticker on your honda went from unique to trendy. So it's a trade-off, but the end result is that it's still a free, open-source operating system, written by and for the people. More people coding for it can only be a good thing. That's my opinion.
12 drives is unlikely, but 6? There are six connectors, and while you can connect two drives to each... connector... Only using one will offer you performance benefits. I have 2 HDs, a DVD and a CDRW, and I use my built-in RAID as well as the non-raid connectors, only I only use one driver per device. Be sure and get rounded cables tho, it gets busy in there real quick!
The system's also got optical outputs, so while it won't work for 3d-sound-enabled games, it'll do for just about anything else. It may not be an extigy, but it's not going to kill you to shelve the SB Live if you need the PCI slot. So you could get by with two PCI slots, if you had USB 2.0 and Firewire, couldn't you? I've got an Abit NV7-133R sitting in the box that comes with what is probably the same audio setup they talk about, sitting here by my desk. I'm still waiting for the case, so admittedly I have not listened to it, but if it is as I'm told it is, you won't complain. Mine has optical input and output, minijacks for mic and line-in and one each for front left/right, rear left/right, and center channel/subwoofer. I'm going to have to buy another set of speakers, because my SB Live Value card only does front/rear left/right, so I don't have a center channel. So you're down to your TV Card. Even though I'd rather not use their drivers for the sound card, I still hope your TV card's this: Creative's Video Blaster Digital VCR That TV card encodes mpeg-2 in real time, and you can schedule record times. I bought one of those and a couple of 80gb HDs I'm going to stipe together--the board's got built-in RAID via HighPoint HPT372! (And the thing was only $137 w/second day air!). I figure at 1.1mbps, I can fit over 300 hours of TV shows. Or if I figure out a way to convert to divx via a batch file, I might pull 500 hours. And then there're CDs. Did you ever just want to have your own library of TV at your fingertips? South Park, Saturday Night Live, Movies, MST3k(saturday mornings!!), MTV, a complete season of Broncos Football, whatever flips your cookie. And it's not even unethical. Total cost to me: $300 for TV card and HDs, plus CDRs, which are cheeeep. I'm building the full system for $900, Monitor and all, and it's got an Athlon XP 1800+ and GF2 video. while I could easily pay more for things such as an Extigy, it's not worth so much more money when these new motherboards are so good.
How about MSN Instant Messenger then? Running XP? MSN IM will open whenever Outlook Express is open. Even if you have it set not to open. If you try to close it, it will say that it cannot close, as OE is using it. Even if it's not logged in, it will open. You cannot disable this in MSN IM or OE. It will open on startup, it will try to connect all by itself, and it will bug you and bug you until you disable it. Which is not easy to do. You can set a local machine policy to never load it, but when you do that, Outlook Express, by design or bug, takes like 10 seconds while it waits for MSN IM to open before OE will open. The way you fix it is by denying yourself NTFS permissions to access the file, or otherwise keeping yourself from accessing it (rename, delete, etc). That's all you can do! You can't uninstall, you can't tell it to STFU, because it's Microsoft, and even though it's your computer, it's their operating system, and they seem to think that they can do whatever they want with their OS, as opposed to doing what you want. They aren't concerned with pleasing the customer, they're concerned with keeping the customer. Just like any other monopoly company, their only motivation is to preserve said monopoly.
...comes with a Rechargeable 1800 mAh Lithium Ion Battery Pack. I don't know much about batteries, but I suppose all you do is just plug this in and it recharges?
What are you, a Mennonite? You don't know how lithium batteries recharge, yet you found your way to/. and you have your own/. account and domain named after it(or vice versa)? I mean, sure you have to transform the power, and I admit I don't know(care) specifically what goes on there, but we're talking semantics. Lithium Ion batteries recharge when you plug them into the little socket with the three prongs. As opposed to making you buy new ones.
A couple of years ago, Toshiba demo'd us a Libretto, and some other company outfitted us with wireless ethernet. We could do exactly that from the comforts of a briefcase, anywhere in the (5,000 plus capacity) building. This was extremely trick, as it was before the time of handhelds and 802.11b. Libretto, liberate, kinda fitting. Wonder what happened to those...
Think of all the people you could scare if you had your own submarine!
You could sneak up on a nice quiet beach... And surface. Then you could fire water-balloons at the beach-goers, and retreat back underwater before they could get to you.
It looks like a boat when it's surfaced. You could pace another Yacht about 100yds to one side, then slowly submerge. They'd think it was sinking.
You could line yourself up directly with a stopped boat like 15 feet in front of you, and slowly emerge, like a crocodile. Then go right back under.
Personally, if it was me, I'd drive that thing where just the top of it was out of the water, but the rest was underwater. And I'd drive right under boats, like 10 feet down or something. I'd aim straight for them and submerge just before I hit them.
Well, this really puts it in perspective. If they notified everybody, then gave it 60 days, I suppose I can deal with that. I'm still plenty upset, but instead of deleting my account, I think I'll just add rd.yahoo.com to my hosts file instead.;)
I don't wave my gun around, I keep it locked up nice 'n tight, where nobody knows where it is.
We, as a world, have moved beyond guns to bombs to some extent, but should I ever need it, I like to know it's available. It's not a deal-breaker, but it's like not being able to lock your doors.
How's the weather there? I mean, does it get really cold in the winter? Can you get cheap broadband? Would I have to learn a new language? Can I own a gun? How about taxes? How's the job market, specifically the tech sector? I wanna move. I'm tired of this damn country. If I can use Kazaa and smoke up every now and again without having to fear Big Brother, I'm all in!
What it all comes down to is that I pirate music because it's easier than going to the store. I can listen to a song music at my convenience. I'd be okay with paying for it, but in the format of my choice. You provide me with the music for a fee, no strings attached, and I'm all in, if the fee is reasonable. But don't try and dick me around, because there are others that won't. And they don't charge me, and you don't get paid. I'm okay with paying for music, but if I pay for music and don't get to listen to it at my convenience, then I'm simply not going to pay for it. Two scenarios: 1)I pirate music, get to listen to it where and when I want, and don't pay for it (wallet thanks me, but conscience says, "boo-earns!") 2)I don't pirate music, get to listen to it where and when you want ("at my computer", and "when I pay you a monthly fee"). My wallet looks at me funny now(we still aren't on speaking terms after the stripper incident), and my conscience says, "well, I didn't mean you had to become their bitch..."
All the copy-protection schemes don't amount to a hill of beans, because the benefits they give you (can't be copied, whoopee!) are negated by the fact that you also distribute your music in insecure formats (CD). So it's not like the music isn't going to be available in an insecure format anyway. And if it is, what is it going to hurt to sell me your music in a format I can actually use? These services are extremely poorly thought-out. I mean, even the Pressplay, where you can burn ten tracks a month or whatever, you can just rip those tracks to MP3, and there you go! All the copy protection and investment and buying laws in the world just did you NO good. Why do they even try? Seriously, why? They're not going to be able to eradicate all rogue mp3s from the planet, so why not embrace the format and make some damn money?
One more thing: the RIAA holds the copyright to the music, so you're technically stealing, but since they don't want to provide you with the service you want, and the only way to get that service is by stealing, so be it. The RIAA can either provide the public with the services they desire, or it can go *kerplunk*, deep deep down to the bottom of the lake. What it all comes down to is that I pirate music because it's easier than going to the store. I can listen to a song, and if I don't like it, I don't have to keep it. I'd be okay with paying for it, but in the format of my choice. You provide me with the music for a fee, no strings attached, and I'm all in. But don't try and dick me around, because there are others that won't. And they don't charge me, and you don't get paid. I'm okay with paying for music, but if I pay for music and don't get to listen to it at my convenience, they I'm simply not going to pay for it. Two scenarios: 1)I pirate music, get to listen to it where and when I want, and don't pay for it (wallet thanks me, but conscience says, "boo-earns!") 2)I don't pirate music, get to listen to it where and when you want ("at my computer", and "when I pay you a monthly fee"). My wallet looks at me funny now, and my conscience says, "well, I didn't mean you had to become their bitch..."
It's not just perfection, it's reproduceability. I can make a perfect copy of a lossy mp3, but I can only make a good copy of a perfect tape. And the copy of the copy is of lesser quality still. So if there's no degradation, there's no reason to buy another version from them. And despite the fact that MP3s are, technically, lossy, a well-encoded MP3 is all but indistinguishable from a CD. So if you can make a perfect copy of that MP3 ad infinitum, you are depriving the RIAA their right, which is that since they own the copyright, they should be able to provide you with that music. This has all been discussed a thousand times, but if you're going to rehash that side, I may as well put this side up for show.
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Project the screen on the bathroom wall and use voice-recognition to page through the book. At least, that's what I'd do, but I only have a shower. Waterproof touchscreen computer, here I come!
I don't get it.
Much as the avalanche of spam in the 1990s prompted action from legislators and regulators
Yeah, I'm glad we got that taken care of back in the 90s...
Of course they claim that it will run with 1.8 TB of RAM, but everybody will tell you that you'll barely be able to boot with anything less than 3 TB.
Two birds, one stone. I like it. Make rich pricks subsodize your costs.
My feelings on this are that eventually, gas prices will be high enough that hydrogen/methane/whatever will be an excellent alternative. At that time, the research dollars will be there. Prices will come down as more and more companies are able to produce cheap, highly efficient engines. The less oil we're able to produce, the more hydrogen research will be done. Oil companies will shift their strategies. They will become Hydrogen companies. Life will go on, and in the long run, you and I won't have to worry about running out of oil.
Nah, the people that would care about getting the album on mp3 would realize that 1) they aren't going to give you the album on mp3. period. wma if you're *lucky*. a completely proprietary format if you're not. 2) any added benefits they give you will still be outweighed by the loss of fair use rights. 3)
Upside to Linux for masses: more apps, more drivers, more everything else. Your TV card will be more likely to work in VDR 2.0. Wider is better. More is more good.
Downside: you're not an uber-geek anymore, you're just another guy running linux. That Linux sticker on your honda went from unique to trendy.
So it's a trade-off, but the end result is that it's still a free, open-source operating system, written by and for the people. More people coding for it can only be a good thing.
That's my opinion.
12 drives is unlikely, but 6? There are six connectors, and while you can connect two drives to each... connector... Only using one will offer you performance benefits. I have 2 HDs, a DVD and a CDRW, and I use my built-in RAID as well as the non-raid connectors, only I only use one driver per device. Be sure and get rounded cables tho, it gets busy in there real quick!
BTW, they're just selling the motherboard, not the case.
+1 - Zing!
The system's also got optical outputs, so while it won't work for 3d-sound-enabled games, it'll do for just about anything else. It may not be an extigy, but it's not going to kill you to shelve the SB Live if you need the PCI slot. So you could get by with two PCI slots, if you had USB 2.0 and Firewire, couldn't you?
I've got an Abit NV7-133R sitting in the box that comes with what is probably the same audio setup they talk about, sitting here by my desk. I'm still waiting for the case, so admittedly I have not listened to it, but if it is as I'm told it is, you won't complain. Mine has optical input and output, minijacks for mic and line-in and one each for front left/right, rear left/right, and center channel/subwoofer. I'm going to have to buy another set of speakers, because my SB Live Value card only does front/rear left/right, so I don't have a center channel. So you're down to your TV Card.
Even though I'd rather not use their drivers for the sound card, I still hope your TV card's this: Creative's Video Blaster Digital VCR
That TV card encodes mpeg-2 in real time, and you can schedule record times. I bought one of those and a couple of 80gb HDs I'm going to stipe together--the board's got built-in RAID via HighPoint HPT372! (And the thing was only $137 w/second day air!). I figure at 1.1mbps, I can fit over 300 hours of TV shows. Or if I figure out a way to convert to divx via a batch file, I might pull 500 hours. And then there're CDs.
Did you ever just want to have your own library of TV at your fingertips? South Park, Saturday Night Live, Movies, MST3k(saturday mornings!!), MTV, a complete season of Broncos Football, whatever flips your cookie. And it's not even unethical. Total cost to me: $300 for TV card and HDs, plus CDRs, which are cheeeep.
I'm building the full system for $900, Monitor and all, and it's got an Athlon XP 1800+ and GF2 video. while I could easily pay more for things such as an Extigy, it's not worth so much more money when these new motherboards are so good.
How about MSN Instant Messenger then? Running XP? MSN IM will open whenever Outlook Express is open. Even if you have it set not to open. If you try to close it, it will say that it cannot close, as OE is using it. Even if it's not logged in, it will open. You cannot disable this in MSN IM or OE.
It will open on startup, it will try to connect all by itself, and it will bug you and bug you until you disable it. Which is not easy to do. You can set a local machine policy to never load it, but when you do that, Outlook Express, by design or bug, takes like 10 seconds while it waits for MSN IM to open before OE will open.
The way you fix it is by denying yourself NTFS permissions to access the file, or otherwise keeping yourself from accessing it (rename, delete, etc). That's all you can do! You can't uninstall, you can't tell it to STFU, because it's Microsoft, and even though it's your computer, it's their operating system, and they seem to think that they can do whatever they want with their OS, as opposed to doing what you want. They aren't concerned with pleasing the customer, they're concerned with keeping the customer. Just like any other monopoly company, their only motivation is to preserve said monopoly.
$200 rolex? what did you get, the minute hand?
So you're a troll?
...comes with a Rechargeable 1800 mAh Lithium Ion Battery Pack. I don't know much about batteries, but I suppose all you do is just plug this in and it recharges?
/. and you have your own /. account and domain named after it(or vice versa)? I mean, sure you have to transform the power, and I admit I don't know(care) specifically what goes on there, but we're talking semantics. Lithium Ion batteries recharge when you plug them into the little socket with the three prongs. As opposed to making you buy new ones.
What are you, a Mennonite? You don't know how lithium batteries recharge, yet you found your way to
A couple of years ago, Toshiba demo'd us a Libretto, and some other company outfitted us with wireless ethernet. We could do exactly that from the comforts of a briefcase, anywhere in the (5,000 plus capacity) building. This was extremely trick, as it was before the time of handhelds and 802.11b.
Libretto, liberate, kinda fitting. Wonder what happened to those...
Think of all the people you could scare if you had your own submarine!
You could sneak up on a nice quiet beach... And surface. Then you could fire water-balloons at the beach-goers, and retreat back underwater before they could get to you.
It looks like a boat when it's surfaced. You could pace another Yacht about 100yds to one side, then slowly submerge. They'd think it was sinking.
You could line yourself up directly with a stopped boat like 15 feet in front of you, and slowly emerge, like a crocodile. Then go right back under.
Personally, if it was me, I'd drive that thing where just the top of it was out of the water, but the rest was underwater. And I'd drive right under boats, like 10 feet down or something. I'd aim straight for them and submerge just before I hit them.
Big Evil Corporations don't pay taxes. We do.
I don't get it. Popular website for spreading propaganda - priceless?
Well, this really puts it in perspective. If they notified everybody, then gave it 60 days, I suppose I can deal with that. I'm still plenty upset, but instead of deleting my account, I think I'll just add rd.yahoo.com to my hosts file instead. ;)
I don't wave my gun around, I keep it locked up nice 'n tight, where nobody knows where it is.
We, as a world, have moved beyond guns to bombs to some extent, but should I ever need it, I like to know it's available. It's not a deal-breaker, but it's like not being able to lock your doors.
How's the weather there? I mean, does it get really cold in the winter? Can you get cheap broadband? Would I have to learn a new language? Can I own a gun? How about taxes? How's the job market, specifically the tech sector?
I wanna move. I'm tired of this damn country. If I can use Kazaa and smoke up every now and again without having to fear Big Brother, I'm all in!
Kinda like what Microsoft is doing...
What it all comes down to is that I pirate music because it's easier than going to the store. I can listen to a song music at my convenience. I'd be okay with paying for it, but in the format of my choice. You provide me with the music for a fee, no strings attached, and I'm all in, if the fee is reasonable. But don't try and dick me around, because there are others that won't. And they don't charge me, and you don't get paid. I'm okay with paying for music, but if I pay for music and don't get to listen to it at my convenience, then I'm simply not going to pay for it. Two scenarios:
1)I pirate music, get to listen to it where and when I want, and don't pay for it (wallet thanks me, but conscience says, "boo-earns!")
2)I don't pirate music, get to listen to it where and when you want ("at my computer", and "when I pay you a monthly fee"). My wallet looks at me funny now(we still aren't on speaking terms after the stripper incident), and my conscience says, "well, I didn't mean you had to become their bitch..."
All the copy-protection schemes don't amount to a hill of beans, because the benefits they give you (can't be copied, whoopee!) are negated by the fact that you also distribute your music in insecure formats (CD). So it's not like the music isn't going to be available in an insecure format anyway. And if it is, what is it going to hurt to sell me your music in a format I can actually use? These services are extremely poorly thought-out. I mean, even the Pressplay, where you can burn ten tracks a month or whatever, you can just rip those tracks to MP3, and there you go! All the copy protection and investment and buying laws in the world just did you NO good.
Why do they even try? Seriously, why? They're not going to be able to eradicate all rogue mp3s from the planet, so why not embrace the format and make some damn money?
One more thing: the RIAA holds the copyright to the music, so you're technically stealing, but since they don't want to provide you with the service you want, and the only way to get that service is by stealing, so be it. The RIAA can either provide the public with the services they desire, or it can go *kerplunk*, deep deep down to the bottom of the lake.
What it all comes down to is that I pirate music because it's easier than going to the store. I can listen to a song, and if I don't like it, I don't have to keep it. I'd be okay with paying for it, but in the format of my choice. You provide me with the music for a fee, no strings attached, and I'm all in. But don't try and dick me around, because there are others that won't. And they don't charge me, and you don't get paid. I'm okay with paying for music, but if I pay for music and don't get to listen to it at my convenience, they I'm simply not going to pay for it. Two scenarios:
1)I pirate music, get to listen to it where and when I want, and don't pay for it (wallet thanks me, but conscience says, "boo-earns!")
2)I don't pirate music, get to listen to it where and when you want ("at my computer", and "when I pay you a monthly fee"). My wallet looks at me funny now, and my conscience says, "well, I didn't mean you had to become their bitch..."
It's not just perfection, it's reproduceability. I can make a perfect copy of a lossy mp3, but I can only make a good copy of a perfect tape. And the copy of the copy is of lesser quality still. So if there's no degradation, there's no reason to buy another version from them. And despite the fact that MP3s are, technically, lossy, a well-encoded MP3 is all but indistinguishable from a CD. So if you can make a perfect copy of that MP3 ad infinitum, you are depriving the RIAA their right, which is that since they own the copyright, they should be able to provide you with that music. This has all been discussed a thousand times, but if you're going to rehash that side, I may as well put this side up for show.