I for one; have seen the movie Sandlot, and like other my age used tinker toys and legos to try and do the same kind of stuff. Kids in the ages of 5-10 should be able to make some sort of "object" that performs a "function." But it might not be a robot. Giving them specific goals will help, like build a machine that can throw a ball, kids that age like structure.
You're the reason companies have to put on limits because you're taking up their bandwidth. How much more porn can be out there for you to download? You haven't gotten it all yet?
On a side note, I think artificial limits on speed are crap and that they charge you for "power boost" is bull shit.
I guess that's why it isn't getting beamed up to somewhere else.
I'm sure enough nerds sending in 10 dollars can save it. I should start a fund.
And while I'm at it I'll hit up other religions; if you send me $9.95 God will forgive your souls.
So you guys never heard of the Star Trek experience? That really surprises me, it's pretty huge. Read "Least I Could Do" the webcomic this last week all took place there.
Actually I have a buddy who broadcast using a server in Sweden, they don't care and if anyone busts in the bunker to get to the servers they explode, yeah they're hard core about server rights.
It's such a joke. we aren't going to have free radio anywhere anymore. Hardly anyone listens to XM or Sirus (hence the merger) and the radio already has so many ads that it takes more effort than its worth to constantly flip stations.
I was going to start using Pandora off my iPhone at work and on the way to work along with my normal playlists, but I'm afraid that web radio stations aren't going to make it after this price point.
I'm sure Pandora will stick it out since 30% of it's profit, will still be profit, but most places with limited ads on their sites will either have to increase their ads or ad revenue to stay afloat and knowing how little companies like to pay for advertising space this wont work out well for them.
I'm sorry everyone who listens to music for free, but doesn't download illegally, it looks like the music industry knows no bounds in how to FUCK PEOPLE OVER.
Actually, global warming is a wash for the United States. When you look at where our country is you can see most places will be better off. Global warming causes more rain so the great plains, and areas of desert like Colorado and Wyoming will be better off.
In the north we will be able to grow more plants longer so Montana can become a powerhouse of food production, and then Maryland can grow oranges.
Alaska will be the only state to worry since their permafrost wont be so permanent anymore.
And Canada, yes it too will be much better off. Lots of other locations in the world will be screwed over.
As you can see, global warming is really a conspiracy by the white man to ruin everywhere they don't control and make their land more valuable.
Last time I checked I could run my credit card through the phone attached to the seat in the middle of the plane and complain away. Also some Arabic airline was saying they were going to allow cell phones and internet access onto planes. Whoa, you mean I can't steer or cause a plane to crash by using my phone, cd player, laptop, or gameboy?
You're just mad at cheerleaders because you never got to date one, and they probably made fun of you. You would have said some annoying girl or teenage drama queen or the such.
Actually it isn't very expensive to enter the market anymore thanks to the thousands of miles of lines laid down in the nineties during the internet boom, that's why it costs so little to make phone calls across the world compared to before the boom.
The costs come from other things such as getting lines to neighborhoods and fighting bidding and cost cutting wars. The initial infrastructure is there, its the small things that will add up. And regulations from the FCC really stop rich people from getting involved in a market that changes constantly.
I have T-mobile dash and it has the ability to view and edit Word, Excel, and Power Point. I'm not sure if it can connect to projector, but I can use the EDGE network and connect my laptop through it, so I mean heck if you have a cord that connects to a mini usb port it might be what you need.
Or I could be totally wrong. (And I'm going to the iPhone so I don't want everyone getting their anti-Microsoft panties in a bunch, Android isn't out yet and I don't want the first iteration of it when it comes out; while being the coolest guy for being first, I get burned on that too)
Unfortunately yes, I do believe this will change things. More higher rates, or more hidden "fees/rates." Further down someone talks about the jacking up of text messaging prices, think about it; most people my age and under (I'm 23) text a lot. I have t-mobile (voicestream oldschooler and Duetchtelecom customer from living in Germany too - 10 years with a cell and I'm leaving for the iPhone) and I send over between 6000 and 9000 texts a month, so I use my unlimited texts (Google how I love texting you). I have 1000 mins and fluctuate wildly between none and most of them from month to month.
My only question is how much does it really cost to connect my call and keep me connected or send me sms or mms to someone? Does anyone work deep enough in a phone company out there to know the true cost? Not like adding in setting up new towers, but like maintaining initial ones etc.
Does anyone else feel like phone companies are just fleecing people here? I mean I personally look at phone rates and see almost zero differences in them, or the services they provide. Alltel has less service coverage and they cost less to make up for it obviously, but look at the major companies, its like an oligarchy; and it is costly to enter the cell phone market.
Free ride? Imagine if you were part of one of the companies; you probably got laid off, lost all your stock options (but they're worthless anyways), and now have no one in your industry highering. Sure other banks bought these mortgage companies, but they're floundering too like Bank of America, Fannie May, or Freddie Mac. Remember the government which is bailing them out also encouraged them to take on riskier loans, which birthed this problem we are in, and the loose government regulations on home loans at the time. There is nothing free here, just different levels of damage.
I open this up to everyone, how much would you pay for a movie that was not high quality, lets say downloaded in a reasonable amount of time to your computer, could only be used on one computer (extra for more?), and did not let you burn it? My personal say is $2.50. Not because that's how much the Lockness Monster wants, but because I only buy movies for around $10. When they have no bonus features, but come in a box, and I can view them on any machine capable of playing DVDs, and can let my friends borrow them for free (oh shit, is that illegal now?); I feel they are worth $10. I only pay $16 or $17 for new releases at Target or BestBuy etc, but they come with lots of cool stuff and the chance to buy other movies only slightly related to the one I purchased for $5. So $2.50 is how much I'd pay for my laptop to play DVDs, why use my iMac when I have a tv? The only reason I'd download these movies is to play them on my IBM laptop with zero battery life (I hate how an older laptop becomes a desktop, you know?)
This has been discussed over and over again, now we attach some old astronaut to it and suddenly people should care again. NASA has been working on other means to gently nudge asteroids seen coming towards Earth when they are very far away. People are just afraid of nuclear fall out from the smaller bits of the asteroid after the explosion, but odds are the pieces would burn up in our atmosphere. It's ridiculous that this is still being talked about. I've seen Armageddon and Deep Impact, we're gonna send John Glenn into space with some young cocky people and some mining team - they'll save us all and get high schools named after them.
I think that Steve Jobs shouldn't have to reveal or talk about anything personal to his company or investors. "He could die, and our stocks could fall," yeah and he could get hit by a car too; that's the reasoning I see them using. I'm sure you can find other random arguments against secrecy, but seriously, is nothing private anymore? Sure if he suddenly dies of cancer everyone will jump ship, but that's only because no one knows who else can invent things at Apple - they need to put other people on display.
Remember a few days ago there was an article about paint being able to help absorb sunlight for use on solar panels, well combining the two could actually work with absorbing light and heat energy from the sun.
I was going to the University of Colorado for computer science before switching to econ (get your jokes in now - at least it wasn't history) and I had Prof. Main who has his own text book; which he did the coding in, another Prof. did the text. CU also did a lot of work on the library for different languages and other schools (who also do the same thing) and informed companies know this, but that doesn't matter, what matters is that you understand computing and can easily learn a new language. Different schools have their advantages in being recognized and can give you a step up in getting in the door to an interview, but now with the internet any school can be researched or looked into instantly, gone are the days when only schools in the Princeton Review are important or schools on television for sports are the ones we know.
Lego and Duplo are owned by the same people, remember we all started with the Duplo train set, then we were all too poor to afford the electric powered Lego train set.
I had to reread the article, at first I thought he was saying people do this, not that people should do this. That's the most idiotic (I would have said retarded, but that offends people, yet in this case...) thing I've ever heard. I have a friend at an Apple Store's genius bar in Boulder, I know that would tick him off. I'm glad to see most people on here think that this would anger customers not at Apple, but at the FSF instead.
The Internet has its share of problems, which I won't get into, but the fact that people believe anything on here is a major one. Stuff on facebook is not definitive if it was I really am Superman. That account got closed for being fake, I was the first hero to get closed, I had more friends than Jesus. But I'm off topic, I agree he should be sued, and so should facebook because I'm sure they were informed it was fake but didn't remove it in a timely manner.
I had a prof back in college at the University of Colorado, he worked on a team that was creating an auto drive highway and interstate system (like in irobot, the sixth day, or minority report). It was going to have sensors on the road and cars to drive the car without any input from the user. All you had to do was get on and off the ramps and highways. Well people are idiots as I'm sure you've all seen driving around and that was the hardest part that caused accidents dealing it impossible. These robocars would suffer from similar problems like not everyone can afford new cars, so imagine all the unpredictable and irrational drivers out there with cars trying to assume their next move at any speed this would cause accidents.
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I for one; have seen the movie Sandlot, and like other my age used tinker toys and legos to try and do the same kind of stuff. Kids in the ages of 5-10 should be able to make some sort of "object" that performs a "function." But it might not be a robot. Giving them specific goals will help, like build a machine that can throw a ball, kids that age like structure.
You're the reason companies have to put on limits because you're taking up their bandwidth. How much more porn can be out there for you to download? You haven't gotten it all yet?
On a side note, I think artificial limits on speed are crap and that they charge you for "power boost" is bull shit.
I guess that's why it isn't getting beamed up to somewhere else.
I'm sure enough nerds sending in 10 dollars can save it. I should start a fund.
And while I'm at it I'll hit up other religions; if you send me $9.95 God will forgive your souls.
So you guys never heard of the Star Trek experience? That really surprises me, it's pretty huge. Read "Least I Could Do" the webcomic this last week all took place there.
Actually I have a buddy who broadcast using a server in Sweden, they don't care and if anyone busts in the bunker to get to the servers they explode, yeah they're hard core about server rights.
It's such a joke. we aren't going to have free radio anywhere anymore. Hardly anyone listens to XM or Sirus (hence the merger) and the radio already has so many ads that it takes more effort than its worth to constantly flip stations.
I was going to start using Pandora off my iPhone at work and on the way to work along with my normal playlists, but I'm afraid that web radio stations aren't going to make it after this price point.
I'm sure Pandora will stick it out since 30% of it's profit, will still be profit, but most places with limited ads on their sites will either have to increase their ads or ad revenue to stay afloat and knowing how little companies like to pay for advertising space this wont work out well for them.
I'm sorry everyone who listens to music for free, but doesn't download illegally, it looks like the music industry knows no bounds in how to FUCK PEOPLE OVER.
*sad face*
*middle finger* (D.C. beltway style)
Actually, global warming is a wash for the United States. When you look at where our country is you can see most places will be better off. Global warming causes more rain so the great plains, and areas of desert like Colorado and Wyoming will be better off.
In the north we will be able to grow more plants longer so Montana can become a powerhouse of food production, and then Maryland can grow oranges.
Alaska will be the only state to worry since their permafrost wont be so permanent anymore.
And Canada, yes it too will be much better off. Lots of other locations in the world will be screwed over.
As you can see, global warming is really a conspiracy by the white man to ruin everywhere they don't control and make their land more valuable.
Last time I checked I could run my credit card through the phone attached to the seat in the middle of the plane and complain away. Also some Arabic airline was saying they were going to allow cell phones and internet access onto planes. Whoa, you mean I can't steer or cause a plane to crash by using my phone, cd player, laptop, or gameboy?
You're just mad at cheerleaders because you never got to date one, and they probably made fun of you. You would have said some annoying girl or teenage drama queen or the such.
Actually it isn't very expensive to enter the market anymore thanks to the thousands of miles of lines laid down in the nineties during the internet boom, that's why it costs so little to make phone calls across the world compared to before the boom.
The costs come from other things such as getting lines to neighborhoods and fighting bidding and cost cutting wars. The initial infrastructure is there, its the small things that will add up. And regulations from the FCC really stop rich people from getting involved in a market that changes constantly.
I have T-mobile dash and it has the ability to view and edit Word, Excel, and Power Point. I'm not sure if it can connect to projector, but I can use the EDGE network and connect my laptop through it, so I mean heck if you have a cord that connects to a mini usb port it might be what you need.
Or I could be totally wrong. (And I'm going to the iPhone so I don't want everyone getting their anti-Microsoft panties in a bunch, Android isn't out yet and I don't want the first iteration of it when it comes out; while being the coolest guy for being first, I get burned on that too)
Unfortunately yes, I do believe this will change things. More higher rates, or more hidden "fees/rates." Further down someone talks about the jacking up of text messaging prices, think about it; most people my age and under (I'm 23) text a lot. I have t-mobile (voicestream oldschooler and Duetchtelecom customer from living in Germany too - 10 years with a cell and I'm leaving for the iPhone) and I send over between 6000 and 9000 texts a month, so I use my unlimited texts (Google how I love texting you). I have 1000 mins and fluctuate wildly between none and most of them from month to month.
My only question is how much does it really cost to connect my call and keep me connected or send me sms or mms to someone? Does anyone work deep enough in a phone company out there to know the true cost? Not like adding in setting up new towers, but like maintaining initial ones etc.
Does anyone else feel like phone companies are just fleecing people here? I mean I personally look at phone rates and see almost zero differences in them, or the services they provide. Alltel has less service coverage and they cost less to make up for it obviously, but look at the major companies, its like an oligarchy; and it is costly to enter the cell phone market.
Free ride? Imagine if you were part of one of the companies; you probably got laid off, lost all your stock options (but they're worthless anyways), and now have no one in your industry highering. Sure other banks bought these mortgage companies, but they're floundering too like Bank of America, Fannie May, or Freddie Mac. Remember the government which is bailing them out also encouraged them to take on riskier loans, which birthed this problem we are in, and the loose government regulations on home loans at the time. There is nothing free here, just different levels of damage.
I open this up to everyone, how much would you pay for a movie that was not high quality, lets say downloaded in a reasonable amount of time to your computer, could only be used on one computer (extra for more?), and did not let you burn it? My personal say is $2.50. Not because that's how much the Lockness Monster wants, but because I only buy movies for around $10. When they have no bonus features, but come in a box, and I can view them on any machine capable of playing DVDs, and can let my friends borrow them for free (oh shit, is that illegal now?); I feel they are worth $10. I only pay $16 or $17 for new releases at Target or BestBuy etc, but they come with lots of cool stuff and the chance to buy other movies only slightly related to the one I purchased for $5. So $2.50 is how much I'd pay for my laptop to play DVDs, why use my iMac when I have a tv? The only reason I'd download these movies is to play them on my IBM laptop with zero battery life (I hate how an older laptop becomes a desktop, you know?)
You get what I'm saying
This has been discussed over and over again, now we attach some old astronaut to it and suddenly people should care again. NASA has been working on other means to gently nudge asteroids seen coming towards Earth when they are very far away. People are just afraid of nuclear fall out from the smaller bits of the asteroid after the explosion, but odds are the pieces would burn up in our atmosphere. It's ridiculous that this is still being talked about. I've seen Armageddon and Deep Impact, we're gonna send John Glenn into space with some young cocky people and some mining team - they'll save us all and get high schools named after them.
I think that Steve Jobs shouldn't have to reveal or talk about anything personal to his company or investors. "He could die, and our stocks could fall," yeah and he could get hit by a car too; that's the reasoning I see them using. I'm sure you can find other random arguments against secrecy, but seriously, is nothing private anymore? Sure if he suddenly dies of cancer everyone will jump ship, but that's only because no one knows who else can invent things at Apple - they need to put other people on display.
Remember a few days ago there was an article about paint being able to help absorb sunlight for use on solar panels, well combining the two could actually work with absorbing light and heat energy from the sun.
I was going to the University of Colorado for computer science before switching to econ (get your jokes in now - at least it wasn't history) and I had Prof. Main who has his own text book; which he did the coding in, another Prof. did the text. CU also did a lot of work on the library for different languages and other schools (who also do the same thing) and informed companies know this, but that doesn't matter, what matters is that you understand computing and can easily learn a new language. Different schools have their advantages in being recognized and can give you a step up in getting in the door to an interview, but now with the internet any school can be researched or looked into instantly, gone are the days when only schools in the Princeton Review are important or schools on television for sports are the ones we know.
The only reason to create your own "league" is because you can't compete with everyone else.
wow, my comment is redundant
I think he meant as in a vertical plane, not that they stuck together, but that they didn't just fall forward onto the cobble stone,
Lego and Duplo are owned by the same people, remember we all started with the Duplo train set, then we were all too poor to afford the electric powered Lego train set.
I had to reread the article, at first I thought he was saying people do this, not that people should do this. That's the most idiotic (I would have said retarded, but that offends people, yet in this case...) thing I've ever heard. I have a friend at an Apple Store's genius bar in Boulder, I know that would tick him off. I'm glad to see most people on here think that this would anger customers not at Apple, but at the FSF instead.
The Internet has its share of problems, which I won't get into, but the fact that people believe anything on here is a major one. Stuff on facebook is not definitive if it was I really am Superman. That account got closed for being fake, I was the first hero to get closed, I had more friends than Jesus. But I'm off topic, I agree he should be sued, and so should facebook because I'm sure they were informed it was fake but didn't remove it in a timely manner.
I had a prof back in college at the University of Colorado, he worked on a team that was creating an auto drive highway and interstate system (like in irobot, the sixth day, or minority report). It was going to have sensors on the road and cars to drive the car without any input from the user. All you had to do was get on and off the ramps and highways. Well people are idiots as I'm sure you've all seen driving around and that was the hardest part that caused accidents dealing it impossible. These robocars would suffer from similar problems like not everyone can afford new cars, so imagine all the unpredictable and irrational drivers out there with cars trying to assume their next move at any speed this would cause accidents.