Not really, its not a lot to pay for someones work, I think the prices are very fair online for this material.
My biggest problem is Eleanor was saying her the parents would not let her use a Credit Card to order the Music. This is HOG Wash, she could trek her self down to the Local 7-11, Wall Mart, Gas Station or where ever and pickup a Pre Paid Visa or Mastercard to order the stuff online.
Yes but it was very rare to have massive failures like this, I have machines that are Pre 2002 that are working as well as they day I bought them back in 1997 even some older than that.
That Time Frame 2003-2006 saw a slew of bad parts and failed computers. I was just examining a failed computer from about 2004, Not only were most of the capacitors on the mother board leaking who knows what, on opening up the power supply I found the same thing. These faulty parts were everywhere.
Just about everything I had from that time frame has failed or forced into retirement.
They have a tool you can create from a working installation, it creates a boot-able CD (PE) that you can clean a system with, I found it works very well. I would imagine it could be installed on boot-able flash disk as well.
I have found it useful when you don't want to boot up a infected system.
Its is able to update virus/malware definitions if it has the necessary network driver available.
I am rather New to the Ham thing, I thought about it 20 years ago and never did anything about it.
Last year I took the plunge found a local club that was running a course and took it.
In the past year I have encountered a new group of friends now granted most of the club has hit the retirement age, but still new people are being added to the ranks.
It isn't all just boring RF communications, and me being somewhat young compared to the demographic of our club, have shaken things up a bit.
Modernizing some services, in the past 12 months I have added EchoLink and I.R.L.P. (Internet Radio Linking Protocols) to the clubs repeaters, now these guys can talk to the world just with simple VHF and UHF radios there is a Echolink software which is available even on a Iphone now that can link your Iphone via IP to another EchoLink Station/repeater and you can use it as a Two way radio.
Many members do not have the facility to put up large HF antenna's to communicate around the world anymore. However now they can simply key up the mike dial some DTMF tones and our repeater is linked another one or conferenced with many around the world.
Its really helped to get a lot of members active again who can no longer run HF radio's or living in apartments. Talk to the world on a simple hand held radio. And those members that can't run Radio's where they reside can use ECHOlink on a PC to connect them to the clubs repeater.
I don't believe the Internet has ever put a dent in HAM, HAM has been dieing out for a lot of reasons, technology changes times change think about it, HAM came from the do it your self era. Some of you may remember say the first computers from the late 70's (TRS-80 and all), you had a have a good idea how to fix it and put it together.
Now a day...well not so much if its broken they buy a new one. I would say most of modern communication systems found a birth place in Ham radio, cellular, mobile broad band for example.
My concern these days is that kind Innovation is dead.
HAM old days. two guys wanted to send a data message to each other, they had to figure out how to make it happen in Radio.
Modern Day those two same guys would send a text message, saying "Wazup!" neither one of the cares why or how it works only that it does, and they care when it doesn't work but don't know why it doesn't work.
Sorry about the Spam let me make it up to you, I have arranged a special offer to make up for his wrong doing on my part, the chance to purchase some magic beans from a guy named Jack at $49.95* **
* shipped from India, Your credit card will be charged in Kazakhstan, an official receipt and warranty will be issued from Nigeria, please allow 4-6 months for shipping. Not responsible for Beans that fail to Grow or Grow out of Control.
**Free Shipping for the first 500 people that respond because you know we can't do this all day. -- Death by Unga Bunga!
Great how am I going to make my Boot Leg Beta Max tapes and sell them at the local Flea Market?
PA-HA-lease!
It seems to me these people are living a house made of Glass from a old industry that made them lots of money, I think if they keep throwing these stones at everyone something is going to get broken.
The amount of resources that they throw at projects like this, would be better put to selling the content in more inventive ways useful ways.
Give the Consumer what they want at a reasonable price
I think the other thing that will result with Reality B, Despite a World Ruled by Overlords.
Is a Drastic reduction in population that will likely happen, those that can not keep warm in the winter will freeze, and a Society Gone to Hell will take care of the rest.
Those that know it is coming can plan for it and Have the Juice will prevail and live out lives in castles for a few more generations before all the resources are gone.
-- I can deal with running out of oil in 2022 cuz were done for in 2012 anyway.
No it already happened, we just have not realized it yet, Friday September 13 1999 when the nuclear waste dump on the moon blew up and the Moon was torn from orbit, Remember?
The Gravitational sheer tore the planet apart.
We were all converted to Pure Energy and we formed a network of consciousness so our minds can live on called slashdot.
Yes they do have USB ports thats one thing that bugs me about my xbox360 a Microsoft Product.
Its a closed system I don't hold that against them, the box can't have support for everything 3rd party, however you can't even use there own hardware with it.
I can't plug in my Microsoft Xchat headset to my xbox360 and use it. It would be great to be able to use something like that rather than headset that comes with it, it takes away from the game experience when your one ear is covered.
Its not like they would have to go looking for the product they already make and sell it.
A good stereo headset at least to play, and chat would be nice Microsoft how hard could it be to use there own products.....But I digress
Locking out existing 3rd party Memory modules is silly. The 512mb modules that Microsoft supplies are small, if a person has more storage, they are more likely to buy more online content if they have somewhere to store it.
They should have closed the 3rd party memory usage at the beginning.
I agree with you conservation can only go so far, power production also MUST be increased as the population grows there will be nothing left to conserve. So they need to get moving right now and start creating more energy production.
Conservation is giving us some time, if we don't use this time. We will have massive problems in the not to far future I would think.
I have a old TV I rarely use in thing its a about 20 inches I have had it since 1995 it still works fine. I noticed that it says it requires over 600watts!
I have a Rear projection TV that I purchased in about 2001 43 inch, it only requires 480 on surge to startup and it looks less than 190 watts to run.
I ran it off a Voltage inverter and a car battery during long winter blackout, I never gave a second thought to how much power the TV used and I was VERY surprised and thankful at how little it did use during that time of emergency.
I have new a 24 inch HD LCD monitor I have never seen anything so clear and bright and sharp and the bonus is that it draws about <65watts!
Why are they legislating this?
When things are already moving in the correct direction, how much lower can you go?
Sure there is money for Private Enterprise in space, if T-Mobile put the satellites for communication relay think of the ROAMing rates they could charge NASA and the Martians that might ROAM onto there network!
Don't forget Astronauts could use SideKicks to communicate!
" However, 44 companies — including Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia — have sent a letter to the FCC saying new regulations could hinder the development of the Internet."
Don't these companies have a Traffic Shaping solution?
I suggest it more about the Hindering of there Pocket Books not the Internet.
Slashdot Mirror
They could have used Mighty Puddy!
We will be back to CB radio in no time Prince, don't worry.
Why is CA so screwed up? Dude because they need to look like they actually accomplished something.
I find it funny that such a thing as a State Rock exists!
I wonder if the State Rock Band is Twisted Sister?
Zarf
PS. No proof as been shown that Twisted Sister is the cause of any form of cancer.
Not really, its not a lot to pay for someones work, I think the prices are very fair online for this material.
My biggest problem is Eleanor was saying her the parents would not let her use a Credit Card to order the Music. This is HOG Wash, she could trek her self down to the Local 7-11, Wall Mart, Gas Station or where ever and pickup a Pre Paid Visa or Mastercard to order the stuff online.
Yes but it was very rare to have massive failures like this, I have machines that are Pre 2002 that are working as well as they day I bought them back in 1997 even some older than that.
That Time Frame 2003-2006 saw a slew of bad parts and failed computers. I was just examining a failed computer from about 2004, Not only were most of the capacitors on the mother board leaking who knows what, on opening up the power supply I found the same thing. These faulty parts were everywhere.
Just about everything I had from that time frame has failed or forced into retirement.
"I Swear if you send me another Farmville Invitation I will slaughter your Cows"
http://tinyurl.com/252stgq
http://www.kaspersky.com
They have a tool you can create from a working installation, it creates a boot-able CD (PE) that you can clean a system with, I found it works very well. I would imagine it could be installed on boot-able flash disk as well.
I have found it useful when you don't want to boot up a infected system.
Its is able to update virus/malware definitions if it has the necessary network driver available.
I am rather New to the Ham thing, I thought about it 20 years ago and never did anything about it.
Last year I took the plunge found a local club that was running a course and took it.
In the past year I have encountered a new group of friends now granted most of the club has hit the retirement age, but still new people are being added to the ranks.
It isn't all just boring RF communications, and me being somewhat young compared to the demographic of our club, have shaken things up a bit.
Modernizing some services, in the past 12 months I have added EchoLink and I.R.L.P. (Internet Radio Linking Protocols) to the clubs repeaters, now these guys can talk to the world just with simple VHF and UHF radios there is a Echolink software which is available even on a Iphone now that can link your Iphone via IP to another EchoLink Station/repeater and you can use it as a Two way radio.
Many members do not have the facility to put up large HF antenna's to communicate around the world anymore. However now they can simply key up the mike dial some DTMF tones and our repeater is linked another one or conferenced with many around the world.
Its really helped to get a lot of members active again who can no longer run HF radio's or living in apartments. Talk to the world on a simple hand held radio. And those members that can't run Radio's where they reside can use ECHOlink on a PC to connect them to the clubs repeater.
I don't believe the Internet has ever put a dent in HAM, HAM has been dieing out for a lot of reasons, technology changes times change think about it, HAM came from the do it your self era. Some of you may remember say the first computers from the late 70's (TRS-80 and all), you had a have a good idea how to fix it and put it together.
Now a day...well not so much if its broken they buy a new one. I would say most of modern communication systems found a birth place in Ham radio, cellular, mobile broad band for example.
My concern these days is that kind Innovation is dead.
HAM old days. two guys wanted to send a data message to each other, they had to figure out how to make it happen in Radio.
Modern Day those two same guys would send a text message, saying "Wazup!" neither one of the cares why or how it works only that it does, and they care when it doesn't work but don't know why it doesn't work.
I have rambled on enough!
73's
Craig VA3DTF
Contact Via
Repeater VE3WOM 147.150+ 103.5
IRLP 2255 Echolink VA3DTF-L #490033
Ok You win, that is worse than anything I have seen.
It really can't be worse than Mark Hamill on the Muppet Show can it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMPdDa90pLY
The Force is not with this video.
Dear Sir's,
Sorry about the Spam let me make it up to you, I have arranged a special offer to make up for his wrong doing on my part, the chance to purchase some magic beans from a guy named Jack at $49.95* **
* shipped from India, Your credit card will be charged in Kazakhstan, an official receipt and warranty will be issued from Nigeria, please allow 4-6 months for shipping. Not responsible for Beans that fail to Grow or Grow out of Control.
**Free Shipping for the first 500 people that respond because you know we can't do this all day.
--
Death by Unga Bunga!
Great how am I going to make my Boot Leg Beta Max tapes and sell them at the local Flea Market?
PA-HA-lease!
It seems to me these people are living a house made of Glass from a old industry that made them lots of money, I think if they keep throwing these stones at everyone something is going to get broken.
The amount of resources that they throw at projects like this, would be better put to selling the content in more inventive ways useful ways.
Give the Consumer what they want at a reasonable price
I agree with what you say Eldavojohn.
I think the other thing that will result with Reality B, Despite a World Ruled by Overlords.
Is a Drastic reduction in population that will likely happen, those that can not keep warm in the winter will freeze, and a Society Gone to Hell will take care of the rest.
Those that know it is coming can plan for it and Have the Juice will prevail and live out lives in castles for a few more generations before all the resources are gone.
--
I can deal with running out of oil in 2022 cuz were done for in 2012 anyway.
I see another fake Moon Shot happening! 8-)
--
Ah say, son, you're about as sharp as a bowlin' ball.
I Should have listened to Chris de Burgh, I paid the Ferryman, bad things happened.
No it already happened, we just have not realized it yet, Friday September 13 1999 when the nuclear waste dump on the moon blew up and the Moon was torn from orbit, Remember?
The Gravitational sheer tore the planet apart.
We were all converted to Pure Energy and we formed a network of consciousness so our minds can live on called slashdot.
Sure you are your right here.
My credit card will be paid off by then making Minimum payments.
If you think thats bad Archon, think of the Minstrels singing "One night in Bangkok".
Folk is not a type of music its just what people are listening to at the time.
-- Ivan from Men Without Hats
Yes they do have USB ports thats one thing that bugs me about my xbox360 a Microsoft Product.
Its a closed system I don't hold that against them, the box can't have support for everything 3rd party, however you can't even use there own hardware with it.
I can't plug in my Microsoft Xchat headset to my xbox360 and use it. It would be great to be able to use something like that rather than headset that comes with it, it takes away from the game experience when your one ear is covered.
Its not like they would have to go looking for the product they already make and sell it.
A good stereo headset at least to play, and chat would be nice Microsoft how hard could it be to use there own products.
Locking out existing 3rd party Memory modules is silly. The 512mb modules that Microsoft supplies are small, if a person has more storage, they are more likely to buy more online content if they have somewhere to store it.
They should have closed the 3rd party memory usage at the beginning.
Trout007
I agree with you conservation can only go so far, power production also MUST be increased as the population grows there will be nothing left to conserve. So they need to get moving right now and start creating more energy production.
Conservation is giving us some time, if we don't use this time. We will have massive problems in the not to far future I would think.
Really how low can the energy requirements go?
I have a old TV I rarely use in thing its a about 20 inches I have had it since 1995 it still works fine. I noticed that it says it requires over 600watts!
I have a Rear projection TV that I purchased in about 2001 43 inch, it only requires 480 on surge to startup and it looks less than 190 watts to run.
I ran it off a Voltage inverter and a car battery during long winter blackout, I never gave a second thought to how much power the TV used and I was VERY surprised and thankful at how little it did use during that time of emergency.
I have new a 24 inch HD LCD monitor I have never seen anything so clear and bright and sharp and the bonus is that it draws about <65watts!
Why are they legislating this?
When things are already moving in the correct direction, how much lower can you go?
Sure there is money for Private Enterprise in space, if T-Mobile put the satellites for communication relay think of the ROAMing rates they could charge NASA and the Martians that might ROAM onto there network!
Don't forget Astronauts could use SideKicks to communicate!
" However, 44 companies — including Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia — have sent a letter to the FCC saying new regulations could hinder the development of the Internet."
Don't these companies have a Traffic Shaping solution?
I suggest it more about the Hindering of there Pocket Books not the Internet.