"the question is how was the Governor able to enroll the -whole state- without anyone knowing?"
Easy, because the data was being collected in the first place. The whole system of legal protection of privacy (i.e. laws that say you're not allowed to use this data for this purpose) breaks down when the trusted custodians of data shits all over the public's trust. The only way to ensure privacy is to not collect the data in the first place. Not that that's ever going to happen.
The tradeoff there is size and weight. The Nomad Zen uses 2.5" laptop drives that are much cheaper for their capacity than the 1.8" drives in the Ipod and 1" drives in the Ipod Mini. And forget about build quality and UI. Creative quality is not even in the same universe as Apple or Rio.
Forget about Wifi PDAs. Since Wifi is an always-on data connection, it's inefficient with power. Battery life sucks and you can't get headsets for them. Most have headphone jacks but no microphone jacks.
Still, if you want to try it XTEN makes a SIP softphone for PocketPC. There's probably ones for Palm OS too.
KB has very little name brand stuff. Most of it is overpriced, cheap no-name junk. No surprise they're in Chapter 11. Target has at least an aisle and Toys R Us has a pretty big section of Legos.
"there is a case where a failed launch resulted in radioactive material"
There's a complete list of nuclear powered spacecraft and their failures here. The worst one was the Russian Kosmos 954 spy satellite that re-entered from Earth orbit and spread radioactive particles from the reactor core over a wide area of western Canada. It was bad, and required a huge cleanup effort, but it was hardly a doomsday scenario.
I've ordered from Dell Spare Parts too, and for case pieces they are reasonably priced. I dropped a Dell once and cracked the rear bezel that covers all the ports (fortunately the only thing that broke). It was only $15 for a new one. They even had an online parts catalog with diagrams, but I can't find it any more since they redid their website. Of course, other parts like LCDs and motherboards are still ridiculously expensive.
I had them back in the 70s. They were great. I built cranes, cable cars, electric fans. They were hard to find, but FAO Schwarz had them. The only place I see them now is Fry's Electronics. They sell a few of the small kits. Fischertechnik's website lists a few retailers too. Their robotics kit costs $250 and has a better controller than Mindstorms.
The value equation on this is all out of whack. Two wheel electric scooters with the same speed and range sell for under $300. Only difference is, you have to balance it like a bicycle so low speed maneuverability isn't as good as the chariot type scooters. $1000 for four wheels and no electronics is more than a little steep.
Very sad, to lose Mindstorms, although I never tried it myself. However, one maker of similar toys is Fischertechnik. They come from Germany, and they don't have much distribution here, but I had a set as a kid, and it's the absolute best quality I've seen for any mechanical tinkering. Imagine the best of Legos and Erector sets combined.
I've never tried their robotics kits, but it may be just what you're looking for. Eight digital inputs, two analog inputs, and four motor outputs. Also the quality of the gears, motors and structural pieces blows Legos away. Price is expensive, but not outrageously so. In the same ballpark as Mindstorms.
Dealing with the criminal justice system can be messy and expensive. Even if it's self-defense, the lawyer bills will be huge compared to what that VCR or jewelry was worth. Your life is worth defending with violence. Your property is not.
Another thing to check is, does the RIAA even represent the record labels of the CDs he was selling in the article? The guy they busted was selling Spanish music CDs like Como Te Extrano Vol. IV -- Musica de los 70's y 80's. Maybe the CDs were legit or maybe not, but that Mexican record label probably isn't even an RIAA member.
They act like police and dress like police on a raid, but all they can do is threaten to sue in civil court. The fine print on the pink slips would say as much. Vendor turns over the merchandise, the RIAA agrees not to sue. Not that you should take that threat lightly. I don't doubt for a second they'd sue someone over $75 worth of CDs just to make an example of them. They're pretty much screwed if they have any kind of semi-permanent location like a swap meet booth or a parking lot. If it's anything like downtown LA where the bootleg vendors sell on foot, they'd just make a run for it. These guys have NO authority to detain someone by force.
The OS X license may be included with the hardware, but Apple charges for point upgrades. $100 for 10.2, $100 for 10.3. I don't think VT will be paying retail if they were to upgrade all their nodes, but they also don't necessarily need the latest and greatest features in 10.3 or the next point release.
That's what you have to do to turn off image loading in Outlook. It uses IE as a rendering engine and if you disable images for one, it's disabled for both. Still, it's the only safe way to read HTML mail in Outlook, so one less reason to use IE.
The only difference with XP Media Center Edition is the program guide, PVR and a full screen interface with big fonts that look good on a low-res TV screen. It's only sold to OEMs who install it in prebuilt PCs bundled with TV-style remote controls and a TV tuner card. Nothing you can't cobble together yourself from 3rd party software like MyHTPC or MythTV, but it has the advantage of being tested by OEMs as a package and working out of the box. I would guess that if this is being marketed to consumers rather than hobbyists, it'll have some kind of easy to use, full screen interface. A TV tuner and PVR might be an option, but you'd have a hard time adding it on yourself without a PCI slot.
High end gaming cards are good for running high resolutions on a computer monitor like 1024x768 and higher. They're a total waste at 640x480 on a TV. Any budget 3D chip can play games well enough at that resolution. If the reviews are correct, the S3 Deltachrome chip in this thing is competitive with midrange cards from Nvidia and ATI.
I think Imacs have a hard eject button on the CDROM drives that's very hard to find. The copy protected CDs get stuck in the drive and you can only get it out by doing a hard eject. It's not really permanent damage to the computer, but some Imac owners had to take their computer to repair to get the CDs out.
Wrong. In most situations, "slower traffic keep right" isn't a law but a social custom
No it's the law. The wording varies, but in most states drivers must keep right if they are going slower than the normal flow of traffic regardless of the speed limits. Only two states, Missouri and Arkansas, refer to obstructing traffic, and only Missouri's law is not specific about driving slowly in the left lane.
There's no detail in the law about how foolproof the interlock should be or how to certify one, but it shouldn't be that hard to retrofit one to a PDA GPS system. Just prevent the user from running anything except the GPS mapping app under certain conditions. One way would be if it detects motion from the GPS position. Another would be to have a special cradle that signals the PDA that it's in a car mount and to only allow the GPS app. Still, the whole law is poorly written. A front seat passenger can't use a PDA or even an Ipod since it has an organizer and address book. What about cell phones? Even a 5 year old Nokia 5190 has a Snake and Memory game built in.
"Yet on multilane freeways I frequently observe cars crawling along, well under the speed limit"
That's a different problem. The laws for slower traffic keep right are rarely enforced. Most drivers generally follow that rule, but all it takes is one slow driver in the left lane on a crowded freeway to back up traffic for a 1/4 mile behind him. Some of them are just oblivious to their surroundings, but some actually do it deliberately as their way of enforcing the speed limit. Never mind that in most states, the slower traffic keep right laws apply whether you're exceeding the speed limit or not.
Somebody should read the fine print in the ad too. It's not like they're giving away DVD+R burners with every computer from now on. This is a "limited time offer". Still, it is interesting that they're only offering +R drives with their systems. There's no excuse for not selling a +/- combo drive these days.
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"the question is how was the Governor able to enroll the -whole state- without anyone knowing?"
Easy, because the data was being collected in the first place. The whole system of legal protection of privacy (i.e. laws that say you're not allowed to use this data for this purpose) breaks down when the trusted custodians of data shits all over the public's trust. The only way to ensure privacy is to not collect the data in the first place. Not that that's ever going to happen.
For one thing, they didn't have robots, computers, cameras and radio in the 15th century.
"Who outside of Slashdot would notice a Linux only virus?"
Try all those web servers on the Internet. Apache servers outnumber IIS servers by a big margin, and most of them run Linux.
OK, so not exactly a dupe because it's a different review from the one last week, but do we really need another front page article?
The tradeoff there is size and weight. The Nomad Zen uses 2.5" laptop drives that are much cheaper for their capacity than the 1.8" drives in the Ipod and 1" drives in the Ipod Mini. And forget about build quality and UI. Creative quality is not even in the same universe as Apple or Rio.
Forget about Wifi PDAs. Since Wifi is an always-on data connection, it's inefficient with power. Battery life sucks and you can't get headsets for them. Most have headphone jacks but no microphone jacks.
Still, if you want to try it XTEN makes a SIP softphone for PocketPC. There's probably ones for Palm OS too.
KB has very little name brand stuff. Most of it is overpriced, cheap no-name junk. No surprise they're in Chapter 11. Target has at least an aisle and Toys R Us has a pretty big section of Legos.
"there is a case where a failed launch resulted in radioactive material"
There's a complete list of nuclear powered spacecraft and their failures here. The worst one was the Russian Kosmos 954 spy satellite that re-entered from Earth orbit and spread radioactive particles from the reactor core over a wide area of western Canada. It was bad, and required a huge cleanup effort, but it was hardly a doomsday scenario.
I've ordered from Dell Spare Parts too, and for case pieces they are reasonably priced. I dropped a Dell once and cracked the rear bezel that covers all the ports (fortunately the only thing that broke). It was only $15 for a new one. They even had an online parts catalog with diagrams, but I can't find it any more since they redid their website. Of course, other parts like LCDs and motherboards are still ridiculously expensive.
I had them back in the 70s. They were great. I built cranes, cable cars, electric fans. They were hard to find, but FAO Schwarz had them. The only place I see them now is Fry's Electronics. They sell a few of the small kits. Fischertechnik's website lists a few retailers too. Their robotics kit costs $250 and has a better controller than Mindstorms.
The value equation on this is all out of whack. Two wheel electric scooters with the same speed and range sell for under $300. Only difference is, you have to balance it like a bicycle so low speed maneuverability isn't as good as the chariot type scooters. $1000 for four wheels and no electronics is more than a little steep.
Very sad, to lose Mindstorms, although I never tried it myself. However, one maker of similar toys is Fischertechnik. They come from Germany, and they don't have much distribution here, but I had a set as a kid, and it's the absolute best quality I've seen for any mechanical tinkering. Imagine the best of Legos and Erector sets combined.
I've never tried their robotics kits, but it may be just what you're looking for. Eight digital inputs, two analog inputs, and four motor outputs. Also the quality of the gears, motors and structural pieces blows Legos away. Price is expensive, but not outrageously so. In the same ballpark as Mindstorms.
Dealing with the criminal justice system can be messy and expensive. Even if it's self-defense, the lawyer bills will be huge compared to what that VCR or jewelry was worth. Your life is worth defending with violence. Your property is not.
Another thing to check is, does the RIAA even represent the record labels of the CDs he was selling in the article? The guy they busted was selling Spanish music CDs like Como Te Extrano Vol. IV -- Musica de los 70's y 80's. Maybe the CDs were legit or maybe not, but that Mexican record label probably isn't even an RIAA member.
They act like police and dress like police on a raid, but all they can do is threaten to sue in civil court. The fine print on the pink slips would say as much. Vendor turns over the merchandise, the RIAA agrees not to sue. Not that you should take that threat lightly. I don't doubt for a second they'd sue someone over $75 worth of CDs just to make an example of them. They're pretty much screwed if they have any kind of semi-permanent location like a swap meet booth or a parking lot. If it's anything like downtown LA where the bootleg vendors sell on foot, they'd just make a run for it. These guys have NO authority to detain someone by force.
The OS X license may be included with the hardware, but Apple charges for point upgrades. $100 for 10.2, $100 for 10.3. I don't think VT will be paying retail if they were to upgrade all their nodes, but they also don't necessarily need the latest and greatest features in 10.3 or the next point release.
I routinely turn off html in my web browser
That's what you have to do to turn off image loading in Outlook. It uses IE as a rendering engine and if you disable images for one, it's disabled for both. Still, it's the only safe way to read HTML mail in Outlook, so one less reason to use IE.
There's also the Rio Nitrus for under $200. It's as small as a flash player and holds 1.5GB.
The only difference with XP Media Center Edition is the program guide, PVR and a full screen interface with big fonts that look good on a low-res TV screen. It's only sold to OEMs who install it in prebuilt PCs bundled with TV-style remote controls and a TV tuner card. Nothing you can't cobble together yourself from 3rd party software like MyHTPC or MythTV, but it has the advantage of being tested by OEMs as a package and working out of the box.
I would guess that if this is being marketed to consumers rather than hobbyists, it'll have some kind of easy to use, full screen interface. A TV tuner and PVR might be an option, but you'd have a hard time adding it on yourself without a PCI slot.
High end gaming cards are good for running high resolutions on a computer monitor like 1024x768 and higher. They're a total waste at 640x480 on a TV. Any budget 3D chip can play games well enough at that resolution. If the reviews are correct, the S3 Deltachrome chip in this thing is competitive with midrange cards from Nvidia and ATI.
I think Imacs have a hard eject button on the CDROM drives that's very hard to find. The copy protected CDs get stuck in the drive and you can only get it out by doing a hard eject. It's not really permanent damage to the computer, but some Imac owners had to take their computer to repair to get the CDs out.
Wrong. In most situations, "slower traffic keep right" isn't a law but a social custom
No it's the law. The wording varies, but in most states drivers must keep right if they are going slower than the normal flow of traffic regardless of the speed limits. Only two states, Missouri and Arkansas, refer to obstructing traffic, and only Missouri's law is not specific about driving slowly in the left lane.
There's no detail in the law about how foolproof the interlock should be or how to certify one, but it shouldn't be that hard to retrofit one to a PDA GPS system. Just prevent the user from running anything except the GPS mapping app under certain conditions. One way would be if it detects motion from the GPS position. Another would be to have a special cradle that signals the PDA that it's in a car mount and to only allow the GPS app. Still, the whole law is poorly written. A front seat passenger can't use a PDA or even an Ipod since it has an organizer and address book. What about cell phones? Even a 5 year old Nokia 5190 has a Snake and Memory game built in.
"Yet on multilane freeways I frequently observe cars crawling along, well under the speed limit"
That's a different problem. The laws for slower traffic keep right are rarely enforced. Most drivers generally follow that rule, but all it takes is one slow driver in the left lane on a crowded freeway to back up traffic for a 1/4 mile behind him. Some of them are just oblivious to their surroundings, but some actually do it deliberately as their way of enforcing the speed limit. Never mind that in most states, the slower traffic keep right laws apply whether you're exceeding the speed limit or not.
Somebody should read the fine print in the ad too. It's not like they're giving away DVD+R burners with every computer from now on. This is a "limited time offer". Still, it is interesting that they're only offering +R drives with their systems. There's no excuse for not selling a +/- combo drive these days.