I read through much of the threads on the forums mentioned in the abstract, and what is terrible about this thing is that even after installing the game, the "driver" remains. Remove it manually and it returns later like spyware! And what is most disturbing is that one user received an uninstaller after he complained to the company--only the uninstaller didn't uninstall the thing either!
get these closed-back studio headphones - AKG 271
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The AKG 271 studio headphones are $180. They offer good frequency response, are lightweight, and are "ideal for all applications where no sound must leak from the headphones."
"Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend) releases its 1.8 USB 2.0 portable hard drive this month, April 2004. Although roughly the size of a standard business card, it has more than enough capacity (20GB/40GB) for your data storage needs. No need to carry around another troublesome power brick either; it is powered directly from the USB port. This pocket drive is perfect for the person always on the go."
"Data transfer rate is up to 480 Mbps (USB2.0). This device is fully compatible with USB2.0 and backwards compatible with USB1.1 specifications. Unlike CD-RWs, which require special software, pocket drives will appear as just another hard drive. There isnt any extra driver software to worry about (except for Win98SE). Using the included ExBoot software, your entire computer can be backed-up and restored at a moments notice. Weighing only 4.2oz (118g) for the 20GB HDD and 4.6oz (130g) for the 40GB HDD. Transcends portable hard drive is as rugged as it is lightweight. Smaller and more convenient than a 1.44MB floppy diskette, this hard drive is ready to go wherever and whenever you need it."
As the poster mentions, non-ie browsers get rejected by the Telus service.
"Thank you for visiting Puretracks from TELUS" Currently our website supports Internet Explorer 5.0 and above on the Windows operating system (Win 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / 2003), and is available to Canadian residents only."
"We value our Mac audience, however the Windows Media player for the Mac platform is not currently compatible with Microsoft protected audio content."
No mention of other OS users. It still really bothers me that companies are too stupid to write websites that are standards-compliant and work on all platforms.
This is a great camera website. Click on the name of an SLR camera in the list to get a review, specs, sample images, etc... This website also has other reviews of other types of X megapixel digicams as well.
You know, it's things like this that really infuriate me. Rather than destroy these computers for the thrill of it, how about these people donate their computers to schools or to the less-fortunate. This is a country where 4% of the populace in on the internet, according to the article, so the overall number of people who even own computers cannot be that much higher. So rather than destroy these machines in some barbaric rage, these machines could instead benefit a young person etc...
Loomis
Famous last words on their message board
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#126 - Slashdotter - Aug 8, 2003 02:58 Slashdotting, coming your way....
#127 -/. - Aug 8, 2003 03:04 Here comes the flood of Slashdotters....Prepare for server meltdown
This writer is really good. A strong spam-is-a-bacteria spin/fud method is used successfully throughout the article. It raises fear and anxiety in the reader akin to that of a virus, perhaps more poignant in these times of SARS:
"Unsolicited commercial email is a spreading plague that feeds[. ..]."
"[. ..]pollution of the email ecosystem."
"Bringing Spammers into the Sunshine," "isolation," "epidemic."
With the aid of Microsoft I will, according to the author's true message, be eating a diet of good email, exercising, and going outdors so to speak, and thus be protecting myself (or recovering) from the disease that is killing oh so many email users.
I know it's commonplace in newswriting, but the contradictory style of the author is particularly annoying in this review:
"A $200 Computer Can Perform, Barely" [emphasis added]
"[. ..] but they generally worked surprisingly well and offered room to grow"
And soforth. Why not just put a positive headline as opposed to putting a negative headline and contradicting it throughout your article? I know I know, negative headline increases readership. Feh.
I do a lot of geocaching, and thus have become pretty adept with my GPS. Although the articles contain official statements along the lines of "nothing more than miles traveled would be tallied etc" it would, as you know, require little effort to also transmit paths/routes that the vehicle drove in.
Certainly X gas corporation would be demographically interested in learning (buying data) detailing which gas stations drivers frequently skip in order to fill up at a competetor's station etc, for example. In my opinion the whole thing is quite scary, and I am not usually one of those Big Brother is watching you types.
Just a friendly reminder to try your local national public radio stations. Although these stations aren't typically going to play current new music, often they do indeed run programs which feature new artists in various genres. Their website's music section, which lists upcomming scheduled music radio programs, reviews, and other things, is here.
At NPR's website, one can enter their zip code and your local NPR frequency will be shown to them.
On a side note, Clear Channel. Good Lord. Anyone here from Cleveland or familiar with the once-mighty WMMS? It was, during the late 60's and throughout the 70's and 80's, a great station. After several takovers and a seeming going-off-the-air-forever-stunt, Clear Channel picked them up. Today it is this pop-metal station that is the same format in every city. It is a really sad skeleton of a once-revolutionary radio station.
From what I've read, people have had 50/50 success with getting flash working correctly. Sort of the same thing that's been haunting Firebird/Phoenix.
So my question is, have you gotten Flash to run correctly under the new Opera, and more importantly, why are there so many problems with these fringe browsers and Flash?
You are paying $500 for a 600MHZ PowerPC G3 motherboard at the entry level. Not exactly a bargain by any stretch. We're talking Celeron-esque performance here for considerably more money, not something that's going to attract a lot of customers in my opinion. This is similar to the problem we saw in an article here awhile ago about building one's own Macintosh: high cost of parts made the project rather unreasonable for anyone other than financially-stable tinkerers. And moreover, judging from the author's conclusions, the OS isn't exactly stable either. Someday, in a happy world, there will be inexpensive Mac clones and we will even be able to build them ourselves from a vast and inexpensive selection of parts.
As a previous poster briefly mentioned, what exactly is a blog? Would Slashdot forums be considered a blog? What about the myriad of ezboard message board forums out there, as well as other discussion websites? If the answer is no, it would be seemingly difficult and perhaps only of minor benefit to seperate just the true "blog" sites while ignoring the other sites.
And what about ebay? Quite often I am searching for info on an old piece of electronics I've picked up someplace, and I do a goole search, hoping to find information about the item. Well, all I get in return are ebay links to a similar item that was sold on ebay a few months ago. And even then, I click on the link, hoping to see what the item sold for (and thus get an appraisal), but the auction has been removed from the database due to it being several months old. Why index ebay pages? It's really frustrating.
Was this not a couple years ago to be a sierra and/or codemasters project that ultimately got canned, much to the dismay of many people? Wasn't this, if I remember correctly, a sort of nail in the coffin for Sierra and much of their staff?
First off, I can almost see this being successful in the sense that an administrator could carry it in his wallet and therefore use the cd to repair machines.
However, cd's are thick and hard (get your mind out of the gutter) so I really wouldn't want to put one in my wallet; nor would I want to sit down if I had one in my wallet, for it would surely crack in half.
Lastly, remember picture-disc shaped LP's? They never caught on. It's seems that abnormally shaped media is viewed by the public as a novelty and soon rejected.
So they own several patents concerning the transmission of audio and video over the Internet. I didn't read the patents in detail, but are they referring to tre transmission of streamed media only, or the transmission of any audio or video file?
If the patents are for streamed content, how does this factor in with things like Real Audio/Video, or other streamed content?
Slashdot Mirror
I read through much of the threads on the forums mentioned in the abstract, and what is terrible about this thing is that even after installing the game, the "driver" remains. Remove it manually and it returns later like spyware! And what is most disturbing is that one user received an uninstaller after he complained to the company--only the uninstaller didn't uninstall the thing either!
The AKG 271 studio headphones are $180. They offer good frequency response, are lightweight, and are "ideal for all applications where no sound must leak from the headphones."
Here are some for sale
Loomis
"Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend) releases its 1.8 USB 2.0 portable hard drive this month, April 2004. Although roughly the size of a standard business card, it has more than enough capacity (20GB/40GB) for your data storage needs. No need to carry around another troublesome power brick either; it is powered directly from the USB port. This pocket drive is perfect for the person always on the go."
"Data transfer rate is up to 480 Mbps (USB2.0). This device is fully compatible with USB2.0 and backwards compatible with USB1.1 specifications. Unlike CD-RWs, which require special software, pocket drives will appear as just another hard drive. There isnt any extra driver software to worry about (except for Win98SE). Using the included ExBoot software, your entire computer can be backed-up and restored at a moments notice. Weighing only 4.2oz (118g) for the 20GB HDD and 4.6oz (130g) for the 40GB HDD. Transcends portable hard drive is as rugged as it is lightweight. Smaller and more convenient than a 1.44MB floppy diskette, this hard drive is ready to go wherever and whenever you need it."
As the poster mentions, non-ie browsers get rejected by the Telus service.
"Thank you for visiting Puretracks from TELUS" Currently our website supports Internet Explorer 5.0 and above on the Windows operating system (Win 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP / 2003), and is available to Canadian residents only."
"We value our Mac audience, however the Windows Media player for the Mac platform is not currently compatible with Microsoft protected audio content."
No mention of other OS users. It still really bothers me that companies are too stupid to write websites that are standards-compliant and work on all platforms.
A profound quote from the Google vs. Gates article examining why Microsoft is so obsessed with Google as Longhorn draws nearer:
"Microsoft looks at Google and sees its own past, full of promise."
http://steves-digicams.com/cameras_digpro.html
This is a great camera website. Click on the name of an SLR camera in the list to get a review, specs, sample images, etc... This website also has other reviews of other types of X megapixel digicams as well.
Loomis
You know, it's things like this that really infuriate me. Rather than destroy these computers for the thrill of it, how about these people donate their computers to schools or to the less-fortunate. This is a country where 4% of the populace in on the internet, according to the article, so the overall number of people who even own computers cannot be that much higher. So rather than destroy these machines in some barbaric rage, these machines could instead benefit a young person etc...
Loomis
#126 - Slashdotter - Aug 8, 2003 02:58
/. - Aug 8, 2003 03:04
Slashdotting, coming your way....
#127 -
Here comes the flood of Slashdotters....Prepare for server meltdown
Loomis
(Accidently posted this AC the first time sorry)
If many of us just sent $1.00 to Peng's fund we could make a big difference and help fight the RIAA instead of just complaining about them.
I just sent a dollar. I realize it isn't much but I am unemployed.
Donate a dollar right here.
Thanks,
Loomis
This writer is really good. A strong spam-is-a-bacteria spin/fud method is used successfully throughout the article. It raises fear and anxiety in the reader akin to that of a virus, perhaps more poignant in these times of SARS:
.]."
.]pollution of the email ecosystem."
"Unsolicited commercial email is a spreading plague that feeds[. .
"[. .
"Bringing Spammers into the Sunshine," "isolation," "epidemic."
With the aid of Microsoft I will, according to the author's true message, be eating a diet of good email, exercising, and going outdors so to speak, and thus be protecting myself (or recovering) from the disease that is killing oh so many email users.
Bravo on the style
Loomis
I can see the shill bidding now lol
v er(-1)4 05(1)
Bidding History (Highest bids first)
User ID
Jarrett405(1)
Route67 (0)
tollroadlover(-1)
Jarrett405(1)
tollroadlo
nopotholes(3)
tollroadlover(-1)
Jarrett
solodriver2003(0)
Jarrett405(1)
Bid amount protected until close of auction. Remember that earlier bids of the same amount take precedence.
Loomis
I know it's commonplace in newswriting, but the contradictory style of the author is particularly annoying in this review:
.] but they generally worked surprisingly well and offered room to grow"
"A $200 Computer Can Perform, Barely" [emphasis added]
"[. .
And soforth. Why not just put a positive headline as opposed to putting a negative headline and contradicting it throughout your article? I know I know, negative headline increases readership. Feh.
Loomis
Here's another minor review and pictures via brighthand.
Also, a user at externe has posted about his first impressions in the Zaurus forums.
Good info in case the importer's/converter's website gets slashdotted.
Loomis
I do a lot of geocaching, and thus have become pretty adept with my GPS. Although the articles contain official statements along the lines of "nothing more than miles traveled would be tallied etc" it would, as you know, require little effort to also transmit paths/routes that the vehicle drove in.
Certainly X gas corporation would be demographically interested in learning (buying data) detailing which gas stations drivers frequently skip in order to fill up at a competetor's station etc, for example. In my opinion the whole thing is quite scary, and I am not usually one of those Big Brother is watching you types.
Loomis
This is great information I was unaware of. This really needs to be moderated up to a 5. Thank you, Loomis.
Just a friendly reminder to try your local national public radio stations. Although these stations aren't typically going to play current new music, often they do indeed run programs which feature new artists in various genres. Their website's music section, which lists upcomming scheduled music radio programs, reviews, and other things, is here.
At NPR's website, one can enter their zip code and your local NPR frequency will be shown to them.
On a side note, Clear Channel. Good Lord. Anyone here from Cleveland or familiar with the once-mighty WMMS? It was, during the late 60's and throughout the 70's and 80's, a great station. After several takovers and a seeming going-off-the-air-forever-stunt, Clear Channel picked them up. Today it is this pop-metal station that is the same format in every city. It is a really sad skeleton of a once-revolutionary radio station.
Loomis
From what I've read, people have had 50/50 success with getting flash working correctly. Sort of the same thing that's been haunting Firebird/Phoenix.
So my question is, have you gotten Flash to run correctly under the new Opera, and more importantly, why are there so many problems with these fringe browsers and Flash?
Loomis
You are paying $500 for a 600MHZ PowerPC G3 motherboard at the entry level. Not exactly a bargain by any stretch. We're talking Celeron-esque performance here for considerably more money, not something that's going to attract a lot of customers in my opinion. This is similar to the problem we saw in an article here awhile ago about building one's own Macintosh: high cost of parts made the project rather unreasonable for anyone other than financially-stable tinkerers. And moreover, judging from the author's conclusions, the OS isn't exactly stable either. Someday, in a happy world, there will be inexpensive Mac clones and we will even be able to build them ourselves from a vast and inexpensive selection of parts.
Loomis
Once I saw a bumper sticker that read "Torturing one animal is cruelty, but torturing many animals is science."
How true.
Loomis
As a previous poster briefly mentioned, what exactly is a blog? Would Slashdot forums be considered a blog? What about the myriad of ezboard message board forums out there, as well as other discussion websites? If the answer is no, it would be seemingly difficult and perhaps only of minor benefit to seperate just the true "blog" sites while ignoring the other sites.
And what about ebay? Quite often I am searching for info on an old piece of electronics I've picked up someplace, and I do a goole search, hoping to find information about the item. Well, all I get in return are ebay links to a similar item that was sold on ebay a few months ago. And even then, I click on the link, hoping to see what the item sold for (and thus get an appraisal), but the auction has been removed from the database due to it being several months old. Why index ebay pages? It's really frustrating.
Loomis
"Car weighs approximately 40,000 lbs"
.]"
"Winning Bidder is responsible for all shipping costs [. .
Hee hee. Wonder if I could ship it Priority mail for $4.85?
Loomis
Was this not a couple years ago to be a sierra and/or codemasters project that ultimately got canned, much to the dismay of many people? Wasn't this, if I remember correctly, a sort of nail in the coffin for Sierra and much of their staff?
Loomis
First Priest!
First off, I can almost see this being successful in the sense that an administrator could carry it in his wallet and therefore use the cd to repair machines.
However, cd's are thick and hard (get your mind out of the gutter) so I really wouldn't want to put one in my wallet; nor would I want to sit down if I had one in my wallet, for it would surely crack in half.
Lastly, remember picture-disc shaped LP's? They never caught on. It's seems that abnormally shaped media is viewed by the public as a novelty and soon rejected.
Loomis
So they own several patents concerning the transmission of audio and video over the Internet. I didn't read the patents in detail, but are they referring to tre transmission of streamed media only, or the transmission of any audio or video file?
If the patents are for streamed content, how does this factor in with things like Real Audio/Video, or other streamed content?
Loomis