Electric cars don't burn energy while sitting at traffic lights.
Perhaps that would help for a small portion of American drivers, but most people I know spend less than 1-2% of their commute time at traffic lights, and those few seconds or mintutes are spent at a nice low idle burning just ounces of fuel per hour.
Is anybody else noticing how many aricles are being tagged "troll"? Won't make for a very good indexing mechanism is every third article has the same keyword...
Yeah, it'll be pretty useless - unless you're looking for Dvorak articles.;-)
That chart CLEARLY says that product breakdowns after q1/2005 are ESTIMATED. Given the latest SEC filings from apple, the estimates were clearly wrong.
So far most of the threads here are revoving around the cost, but what about HDCP? It's worth noting that Sony didn't anounce any standalone drives, only PCs with the drives. Tie that to the fact that no shipping video cards today have implemented HDCP, and you've got a recipe for forced-upgrade-itis. I'm guessing sony actually implemented the HDCP features of one of the video chips out there, but what will this mean for playback of protected movies on projectors, TVs, and monitors that don't support HDCP?
I have responded to job listings on the Internet with an email and gotten the job soon after, knowing that many other people responded, but they didn't seem to understand what the customer was looking for. I did and got it.
You have inadvertently given away the secret to finding a great job - you called your prospective employer a CUSTOMER. That attitude is obvioulsy ingrained in you at some level, and it allows you to (conciously or not) treat an employer like a customer and to sell yourself to them. I think the #1 marketable skill that's missing from many of the 'educated' folks who can't seem to find good jobs is sales. Not that these folks should all be in a sales position, but if you can't sell anything, you can't sell yourself.
I doubt IT departments will encourage wholesale adoption of this over local storage solutions.
Imagine the news - "Office Farm Servers Hacked Last Night".
Local security just feels safer, even when it's not.
Actually, businesses have been biting on this model for a while - almost 40% of corporate email is hosted offsite by a 3rd party, and this trend is growing. MS Exhcnage hosting is one of the fastest growing ASP products out there, and that stuff ALL of your goodies offsite...
This 'discovery' by secunia is nothing more than a retelling of how the 'first mac osx virus' was spread last week. Nice job secunia - wait for a virus/worm/trojan, get yourself infected, then tell the world how it happened and claim it as your own 'research'. Typical media hype...
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Intel's newest mobile chips are xactly that - I'm typing this from my 2Ghz Pentium M, which requires less power and cooling than your 733...
While I wouldn't be caught dead wearing one, I could easily see people hanging these from their backpacks/laptop bags... With the rubber coating, it looks nice and durable - a quality too often missing in USB drives these days.
* No 30 second skip ahead or 10 second skip back.
* No easy export to other devices like laptops.
* No easy DVD/VCD burning without paying big bucks.
* No editor to remove commercials.
* No choice of scheduling services (why can't they use the free TitanTV service)?
* Why can't it import my iTunes songs, store, and play them?
* Why can't it use an external drive or network drive to store data?
* No easy way to add/store/play home movies and slideshows of photos.
* No easy way to buy shows that are not on any channel right now, like classic TV shows.
* DRM allows broadcasters to restrict what I export and how long I can store a given show.
Tivo does a lot of things right, but it also does not offer a lot of useful features. It also is very restrictive for the average user. Tivo seems to have sold out to the cable and satellite companies and I just don't trust them. They certainly haven't provided what I wanted so I went with someone who would. A lot of people would like the option to do the same.
Based on the fact that about half of your objections above *CAN* in fact be done in a stand-alone TiVo using software fully supported by TiVo and with no hacks, I'm going to guess that you were using one of the DirectTV TiVos, right? Those were (are) artificially contrained by DTV to remove features such as video export, dvd burning, playing home movies & slide shows etc... And some of the items up there are jsut wrong - no skip back? What do you think the Instant Replay button is for???
Yes, a sexy new Intel based mac mini seems likely, but in light of that why are they only giving 10:1 odds on an iLife/Frontrow upgrade? It seems the new mini would be the perfect platform to add PVR functionality to, but with no upgrades/additions to iLife, it seems the new minis would move from a killer living room appliance to a minor curiousity...
The only carrier I know of in North America with an true "unlimited" data plan is T-Mobile. I don't know how these companies expect a wireless revolution to take place when they are gouging the prices like this.
Hrmm, Sprint, Cingular, and Verizon ALL have unlimited data plans for PDAs, Phones, and PC Cards. Pricing varies depending on the device, typically the PC Cards are at the high end in the $80/mo range.
Myth: the kind of programming that is on public access stations, which is...limiting and a bit of a waste for a medium that is as powerful as TV "The Secret Life of Machines" was a good show. I don't know about Mythbusters, never wasted my time watching it. http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/
Please don't confuse Public Access TV with Publicly funded TV - aka PBS. PBS has lots of talent and good programming, all at our (the taxpayer's) expense. Public Access is generally community funded tv that ANYONE can make a show for. Uncle Ernie's Tadpole Hour for example.
Instead of $5000 air conditioned suits, consider wearing a shawez kameez or other clothing that has been developed by the locals over a thousand years to deal with the climate.
Interesting, does this locally developed clothing deal with car bombs and AK47 rounds too? What? Oh well, nice try. Please remember that our troops are not there to sightsee - they are being shot at, and body armor is a good thing when you are being shot at. Or so I hear...
So what so you do when 470,000 people decide to run for president because spending federal $$ is fun? Seriously - you have to have some elligibility limits, and reaching those cutoffs is always going to come down to money. It's not cheap to get several hundred thousand signatures...
Summary from linked page follows
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11-16-05
Atari 800 XE Laptop
Of all the portable videogame devices I've ever built over the years one system has always been my "Holy Grail" to make - my "dream portable" if you will. (Yes, even more so than my Neo Geo arcade machine) And now after a couple years of tinkering it is complete!
Without further ado - the Atari 800 XE Laptop!
Woodgrain + brushed aluminum = heaven
Click photo for full-resolution version in new window!
Measuring 11 3/8" x 7 1/2" x 2" my Atari 800 laptop kicks major butt and includes the following features:
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Uses (what's left of;) an Atari XE GS (Game System) the last model Atari 800 type computer from 1987.
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8" TFT active matrix display
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Compact Flash "hard disk drive" utilizing MyDOS 4.53 for maximum drive size of 16 megabytes. Card is removable for swapping.
bullet
Built-in NiMH battery pack and charger (uses external plug like a normal laptop) Also battery is removable from base as with most laptops.
bullet
Full (Atari 800) sized keyboard
bullet
Built-in Player 1 & 2 controls, plus joystick ports. Built-in joypads great for playing Robotron 2084!
bullet
Brushed aluminum and wood grain everywhere! A weird combo style, sure, but I like it!
bullet
Cursor control knob - Allows you to move the cursor around the screen without pressing control+arrow keys. That's awesome if you're an old-school Atari programmer "from the day"
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Slim (compared to an original SIO port) DB25 printer-style port for connecting to disk drives, printers or PC's using an SIO2PC cable.
What information do you have about it not being a big deal? I'm curious.
how about the fact that in spite of all the fearmongering, the past 30 years of avian flu's existence have only resulted in about 60 deaths? Or the fact that it needs to make a major mutation in order to be contagious from human-human? Or the fact that until such a (speculative) mutation is made, the only likely way to catch it is to be around infected live chickens?
Basic economics - if The 5 companies you mentioned offered incentinves to their 2.7million workers, we the customers of said companies would be the ones paying for it. This is simply wealth redistribution on a corporate level, and I doubt we'll see much of it...
Frankly, if I wanted to support 'greenism' at the cash register, I'd buy MYSELF a green fueled car. I don't really want to buy one for someone else, so I'd probably wind up looking up at companies whose prices aren't inflated by such things...
Do you mean kinda like like how Donald Rumsfeld sold WDMs and US-made Helicopters to Saddam?
Now I know it's really really cool to bash the President and Vice President these days, and I even know that it's really really really cool to do it by just making crap up. What I didn't know was that I could make crap up, then link to an article that doesn't even support my assertions in order to becoe cool. That's just awesome!
Or did you do such a horrible job of reading that (poorly written) article you linked to that you actually thought it stated that Donald Rumsfeld actually sold chemical weapons to Saddam?
He didn't reveal ANY vulnerabilities in IOS. I'm going to say this again, slowly: Micheal... Lynn... did... not... reveal... any... new... vulnerabilities... in... IOS.
What he did was prove that existing and future vulnerabilities in IOS _could_ be exploited to run shellcode, while it was previously thought that a DoS was the 'best' a hacker could do to an IOS box. He used a 4-5 month old (patched) vulnerability to demonstrate this...
If I want a game system that's pocket portable, I will play with my PSP (better library of games, better gaming platform).
The zodiac was on the market for a couple of years before the PSP - for a long time it had by far the best screen and graphics available in a pocket...
If I want a PDA, I will use my HP hx4705 (VGA screen, better support by 3rd party programmers, better power management).
Not sure where you're getting your information - you do realize this thing runs Palm-frickin'-OS, right? There are so many stinkin' 3rd party apps for these it's unbelievable. And power management? Hunh? Where on earth did you get the idea that was a problem?
Wanted to try this out, but install fails with my nightly Deer Park build. A few other great extensions have too, so maybe it's time for me to switch back to 1.0x...
I understand that nothing inherent in the game was "unlocked".
Then you understand wrong. That is the spin that the game maker wants you to hear, but the reality is that it's also present in the PS2 version of the game which can't be modded. It's not a 'mod' at best it's an easter egg. A few cheat codes and some correct game play get you there....
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That chart CLEARLY says that product breakdowns after q1/2005 are ESTIMATED. Given the latest SEC filings from apple, the estimates were clearly wrong.
So far most of the threads here are revoving around the cost, but what about HDCP? It's worth noting that Sony didn't anounce any standalone drives, only PCs with the drives. Tie that to the fact that no shipping video cards today have implemented HDCP, and you've got a recipe for forced-upgrade-itis. I'm guessing sony actually implemented the HDCP features of one of the video chips out there, but what will this mean for playback of protected movies on projectors, TVs, and monitors that don't support HDCP?
Actually, businesses have been biting on this model for a while - almost 40% of corporate email is hosted offsite by a 3rd party, and this trend is growing. MS Exhcnage hosting is one of the fastest growing ASP products out there, and that stuff ALL of your goodies offsite...
This 'discovery' by secunia is nothing more than a retelling of how the 'first mac osx virus' was spread last week. Nice job secunia - wait for a virus/worm/trojan, get yourself infected, then tell the world how it happened and claim it as your own 'research'. Typical media hype...
Intel's newest mobile chips are xactly that - I'm typing this from my 2Ghz Pentium M, which requires less power and cooling than your 733...
While I wouldn't be caught dead wearing one, I could easily see people hanging these from their backpacks/laptop bags... With the rubber coating, it looks nice and durable - a quality too often missing in USB drives these days.
Based on the fact that about half of your objections above *CAN* in fact be done in a stand-alone TiVo using software fully supported by TiVo and with no hacks, I'm going to guess that you were using one of the DirectTV TiVos, right? Those were (are) artificially contrained by DTV to remove features such as video export, dvd burning, playing home movies & slide shows etc... And some of the items up there are jsut wrong - no skip back? What do you think the Instant Replay button is for???
Yes, a sexy new Intel based mac mini seems likely, but in light of that why are they only giving 10:1 odds on an iLife/Frontrow upgrade? It seems the new mini would be the perfect platform to add PVR functionality to, but with no upgrades/additions to iLife, it seems the new minis would move from a killer living room appliance to a minor curiousity...
Summary from linked page follows ------- 11-16-05 Atari 800 XE Laptop Of all the portable videogame devices I've ever built over the years one system has always been my "Holy Grail" to make - my "dream portable" if you will. (Yes, even more so than my Neo Geo arcade machine) And now after a couple years of tinkering it is complete! Without further ado - the Atari 800 XE Laptop! Woodgrain + brushed aluminum = heaven Click photo for full-resolution version in new window! Measuring 11 3/8" x 7 1/2" x 2" my Atari 800 laptop kicks major butt and includes the following features: bullet Uses (what's left of ;) an Atari XE GS (Game System) the last model Atari 800 type computer from 1987.
bullet
8" TFT active matrix display
bullet
Compact Flash "hard disk drive" utilizing MyDOS 4.53 for maximum drive size of 16 megabytes. Card is removable for swapping.
bullet
Built-in NiMH battery pack and charger (uses external plug like a normal laptop) Also battery is removable from base as with most laptops.
bullet
Full (Atari 800) sized keyboard
bullet
Built-in Player 1 & 2 controls, plus joystick ports. Built-in joypads great for playing Robotron 2084!
bullet
Brushed aluminum and wood grain everywhere! A weird combo style, sure, but I like it!
bullet
Cursor control knob - Allows you to move the cursor around the screen without pressing control+arrow keys. That's awesome if you're an old-school Atari programmer "from the day"
bullet
Slim (compared to an original SIO port) DB25 printer-style port for connecting to disk drives, printers or PC's using an SIO2PC cable.
Frankly, if I wanted to support 'greenism' at the cash register, I'd buy MYSELF a green fueled car. I don't really want to buy one for someone else, so I'd probably wind up looking up at companies whose prices aren't inflated by such things...
Or did you do such a horrible job of reading that (poorly written) article you linked to that you actually thought it stated that Donald Rumsfeld actually sold chemical weapons to Saddam?
sheesh...
He didn't reveal ANY vulnerabilities in IOS. I'm going to say this again, slowly: Micheal ... Lynn ... did ... not ... reveal ... any ... new ... vulnerabilities ... in ... IOS.
What he did was prove that existing and future vulnerabilities in IOS _could_ be exploited to run shellcode, while it was previously thought that a DoS was the 'best' a hacker could do to an IOS box. He used a 4-5 month old (patched) vulnerability to demonstrate this...
Wanted to try this out, but install fails with my nightly Deer Park build. A few other great extensions have too, so maybe it's time for me to switch back to 1.0x...