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Before you start ranting about how a Linux user would never pay $23 / month (or whatever it is) for AOL service, consider this first:
That $10.00 a month dialup locally owned ISP you use now doesn't likely have many local phonenumbers available. Many people that travel (including some Linux users) prefer to have a large ISP such as AOL so they have local numbers to dial without signing up for multiple ISPs.
There is a part of the movie that takes place about 100 years ago - back when steam engine buggies were becoming popular. Apparently Mountain bikes were also popular because we noticed a nice set of shiny metal wheels with knobby mountain bike tires mounted to the steam buggy.
I'm not sure about the tires, but the wheels definitely metal spokes & Rims. Silly that geeks like myself notice stuff like that.
I'm a little befuddled by the tack that free music advocates are taking against the RIAA -- denying that song swapping will cause a decline in CD sales.
Bullshit. If that philosphy is true, then why doesn't the RIAA attack FM radio broadcasts? If the RIAA had its way they'd bill me for using my radio. I highly doubt that they're willing to give up the exposure they get from commercial radio.
> I'm not going to buy an $18 dollar CD dammit. I'll buy two $12 dollar ones though.
Maybe they would sell more if record companies sold those "various artists" CDs a little sooner in the marketing cycle.
Think of it this way: How do bands get popular? Exposure:
Opening for other bands
playing local shows
Press releases
Radio Play
Etc.
Limp Bizkit (arguably) became popular by opening for Korn Shows. They had direct exposure to the market they were targeting.
Now, Try applying the same philosophy to CDs. Maybe have a subscription service where every week I get mailed the latest Aerosmith / Beastie Boys hits and mix in a few new bands I've never heard of. (Same philosophy as: Customers who liked AC/DC also liked < Band Name> ) Give your customers more choices or their wallets will make their own.
I found their choice of powertrains interesting. Typically Electric Powertrains are not economically feasible for automobiles. Although The motors are relatively cheap, it's the batteries and motor controllers that create most of the cost.
Why not use an inexpensive proven diesel or gas engine solution? Heck, even Propane or an alternative fuel? My guess is that an electric powertrain controller is more easily controlled via a computer than an I.C. engine. With "throttle by wire" becoming standard on engines, even the control is relatively negligible.
I am not arguing that they are wrong in their decision, I'm just curious to see what influenced it.
Soon some open source projects will likely try to take advantage of the 64 bit archetechture. New applications will be needed; Compilers, Databases, etc.
How will we know the difference between the old applications and the new applications? Many people will need to keep their stable 32 bit apps alongside their new 64 bit apps. For instance, What will we call the replacement for gcc? gcc64 ?
> If you need to clikc Agree to use the software, have you enterred into a contract? That's an INTERESTING legal question.
Great Point! I'm not a lawyer, so I have to ask: What does this mean to american children? As I understand it, Americans under age 18 cannot be bound to contracts.
Therefore, if EULAs are contracts, and you are a pre-teen American, Should you be allowed to install software? Do you need to obey the EULA?
Yesterday, after making a VERY wrong turn from Niagra New York, I ended up in Toronto. An uncomfortable place for an American to be after loosing the Hockey Gold medal:-)
Anyway, Toronto has cameras set up on exit ramps that will snap a picture of your licence plate, and then mail the registered owner a bill. What I wonder is how the Canadian Government (or any other) deals with drivers that don't have licence plates. It may have just been a coincidence, but we noticed two vehicles passing us with no license plates at all !!!
Also, could somebody please comment on privately owned roadways? I saw an interesting John Stossel news story claiming that a public roadway (in California I believe) often has bumper to bumper traffic while a business owned expressway built alongside travels at full speed. His point was that making government services run by businesses, there is a greater incentive to provide the customer with a better service. Here in Michigan we have no such roads, so I was curious was others had to say about them.
> But when I go to a concert, I want to hear all the instruments - without having to move around the room.
Back in a humanities class I was forced to take, we were told that the best seats in opera theaters were often the seats way way up at the top of the theater. Our instructor claimed that even though the folks who pay the big bucks to sit front and center get to see everything well, they don't get the same audio experience.
So imagine this: Use this technology to aim filtered sound to the areas that need better sound. If one corner doesn't have very good Flute acoustics, then shoot a little more flute into that region.
> As Huygens surmised, the platform motion is the culprit: if we prevent the platform from moving, there is no synchronization at all
Can you believe it took this long to solve this problem? I admit I'm sceptical. Am I missing something? Here's how I interpret the phenomenon:
Imagine two pendulums hanging side by side (on a rocking boat (I tried to make ASCii art, but the lameness filters don't like whitespace) Align the pendulums so that they swing in the direction of the boat rocking side to side. Pull the pendulums apart and release simultaneously (assume they don't collide). Initially they are 180 degrees out of phase, but as the boat starts rocking, its like giving one an extra push (in phase), while the other (out of phase) pendulum a tug to shift its sinewave in the opposite direction. Eventually both pendulums will have the same phase shift and will be affected by the rocking boat equally.
A slightly more complicated example could include two children on a swingset put into phase by giving each a strategically timed push or by loosely comparing it to the harmonics that caused the destruction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in those old film clips.
Sounds more like vibes 101 problem than a 336 year old unsolved problem. Am I overlooking something?
If this material has useful properties for hardness, tensile strength, energy absorption, etc., Automakers might find it very useful. Auto Glass is very expensive. A typical (American) Ford Escort with a relatively small windshild will cost about $500.00 while larger windshilds Can cost over $1000.00 (Pontiac Transport Minivan).
If auto windshilds alone could be replaced by this material, not only would it add torsional rigidity (reduction of twist) to the vehicle frame, but it may add visibility.
A-Pillars could be replaced by this material making a wider field of vision.
I wouldn't recommend using aluminum windows unless the added safety is a factor. Aluminum is an excellent conductor, therefore, even with modern multipaned gas filled windows, the thermal conductivity would likely be so high that significant heat loss would occur. The opposite is true in the Summer: You'll have to use a lot more energy to run your air conditioner.
Even the safety factor may not be a good argument. In automobiles, side windows are made from a "safety glass" designed to completely shatter rather than crack like a windshield. Then again, if people knew that their windshields were made from aluminum, maybe they would start wearing their seatbelts! That would definitely be a good safety argument.
Stupid question: If I'm operated my Segway while under the influence, would I have to obey the same alcohol laws that motorists must obey? The main argument for having drinking & driving laws is to protect innocent people from being hit by large & fast (deadly) vehicles. I doubt that hitting a grown adult with a segway at full speed would do much more damage than a person riding a bicycle.
Should there be special laws for these things? Would I need to purchase insurance? Pay road taxes? Get licence plates?
> I want to be the first guy to fit a Chevy Smallblock V8 onto a Segway device...
sounds like a good hack, although somewhat underpowered for my tastes;-)
What I'd like to see is a lawnmower attachment. Imagine how sweet it would be to cut grass with its zero turning radius & gyroscopic balancing. It would require less effort than a self-propelled walk behind mower (effortless turns) yet it would be able to get into the small areas that garden tractors can't squeeze into. Fitting it in the garage would be a breeze too.
John Stossel on ABCs 20/20 show had an execllent piece about the rising costs of perscription drugs. Slightly off topic, but the same argument applies.
IMHO, it's a great read, but to summorize,
Mr. Stossel argues that high drug prices are A good thing (tm). Why would this be good? Profit. Profit drives innovation. In the world of software we see this all the time.
Oracle=innovative & very profitable.
SGI = innovative & profitable (not sure if they still make $)
Sun Microsystems = same thing.
Microsoft = VERY profitable and ummmm... well at least they have innovative joystick designs;-)
Anyway, John argues that it's the profit that drives the drug companies to invest in the research that creates these great drugs. Mentioned on TV, but not in the article, Mr. Stossel makes the point that in the old days, people with polio were treated by entering an Iron lung. Not pleasant, and certainly not cheap. These "expensive" drugs actually save people money if they consider the alternative.
As a college student coughing up almost $200.00 for a little bottle of Paxil, I used to feel ripped off, but after seeing the other side of the story, and considering the alternative, I no longer complain. After all, nobody is actually Forcing me to purchase medicine.
As a side note,
I heard it mentioned earlier that as Americans, we spend much more money on health care. Well duh!!
Look at how we eat! It is not often mentioned, but we have the most cost efficient food distribution system on earth, which may not be such a good thing. Look how fat we are! Do we walk to McDonalds for our daily fix of Grease and 40+ ounce drinks? Of course not! We climb into our cars! In a way, we're too snobbish to exercise, because that's only something that "blue collars" and migrant workers do. Don't blame our high health care costs on our lifestyle choices!
We are not so unhealty because of the quality of our healthcare system, we're unhealthy (mostly) because of our unhealthy decisions!
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Try pointing at the computer case in the upper right. It may not be the only part of the page causing problems, but it crashes mine every time.
If you're running a non-windows version,
try to crash your browser so we can get some more bug reports.
Finally a good reason to burn my +1 bonus
Wow Man!
Have you seen the price?
$395.00 !!!
I seriously doubt anybody could find a use for thi....
Wait a minute....
Here Kitty Kitty!!!
;-)
Before you start ranting about how a Linux user would never pay $23 / month (or whatever it is) for AOL service, consider this first:
That $10.00 a month dialup locally owned ISP you use now doesn't likely have many local phonenumbers available. Many people that travel (including some Linux users) prefer to have a large ISP such as AOL so they have local numbers to dial without signing up for multiple ISPs.
When you watch the movie,
take note:
There is a part of the movie that takes place about 100 years ago - back when steam engine buggies were becoming popular. Apparently Mountain bikes were also popular because we noticed a nice set of shiny metal wheels with knobby mountain bike tires mounted to the steam buggy.
I'm not sure about the tires, but the wheels definitely metal spokes & Rims. Silly that geeks like myself notice stuff like that.
CMNDRTACO:
If you want to add value to a slashdot subscription,
Give members a link to a mirror.
If only I had a nickel for every user on the internet.
I want to see if somebody can get this to download the latest codecs from Microsoft servers
I'm a little befuddled by the tack that free music advocates are taking against the RIAA -- denying that song swapping will cause a decline in CD sales.
Bullshit.
If that philosphy is true, then why doesn't the RIAA attack FM radio broadcasts? If the RIAA had its way they'd bill me for using my radio. I highly doubt that they're willing to give up the exposure they get from commercial radio.
Maybe they would sell more if record companies sold those "various artists" CDs a little sooner in the marketing cycle.
Think of it this way: How do bands get popular?
Exposure:
Opening for other bands
playing local shows
Press releases
Radio Play
Etc.
Limp Bizkit (arguably) became popular by opening for Korn Shows. They had direct exposure to the market they were targeting.
Now, Try applying the same philosophy to CDs. Maybe have a subscription service where every week I get mailed the latest Aerosmith / Beastie Boys hits and mix in a few new bands I've never heard of. (Same philosophy as: Customers who liked AC/DC also liked < Band Name> )
Give your customers more choices or their wallets will make their own.
I found their choice of powertrains interesting.
Typically Electric Powertrains are not economically feasible for automobiles. Although The motors are relatively cheap, it's the batteries and motor controllers that create most of the cost.
Why not use an inexpensive proven diesel or gas engine solution? Heck, even Propane or an alternative fuel? My guess is that an electric powertrain controller is more easily controlled via a computer than an I.C. engine. With "throttle by wire" becoming standard on engines, even the control is relatively negligible.
I am not arguing that they are wrong in their decision, I'm just curious to see what influenced it.
Soon some open source projects will likely try to take advantage of the 64 bit archetechture. New applications will be needed; Compilers, Databases, etc.
How will we know the difference between the old applications and the new applications? Many people will need to keep their stable 32 bit apps alongside their new 64 bit apps. For instance, What will we call the replacement for gcc?
gcc64 ?
> If you need to clikc Agree to use the software, have you enterred into a contract? That's an INTERESTING legal question.
Great Point!
I'm not a lawyer, so I have to ask:
What does this mean to american children?
As I understand it, Americans under age 18 cannot be bound to contracts.
Therefore, if EULAs are contracts, and you are a pre-teen American, Should you be allowed to install software? Do you need to obey the EULA?
How much will it cost? (ballpark price)
And will I need to purchase Windows & Linux versions separately? (effectively doubling my cost).
I have been pleased with the free 6.0 Beta,
and will likely purchase a disk if it is offered at what I consider a reasonable cost.
Albeit, The definition of "Reasonable" varies from person to person.
Yesterday, after making a VERY wrong turn from Niagra New York, I ended up in Toronto. An uncomfortable place for an American to be after loosing the Hockey Gold medal :-)
Anyway, Toronto has cameras set up on exit ramps that will snap a picture of your licence plate, and then mail the registered owner a bill. What I wonder is how the Canadian Government (or any other) deals with drivers that don't have licence plates. It may have just been a coincidence, but we noticed two vehicles passing us with no license plates at all !!!
Also,
could somebody please comment on privately owned roadways? I saw an interesting John Stossel news story claiming that a public roadway (in California I believe) often has bumper to bumper traffic while a business owned expressway built alongside travels at full speed. His point was that making government services run by businesses, there is a greater incentive to provide the customer with a better service. Here in Michigan we have no such roads, so I was curious was others had to say about them.
> But when I go to a concert, I want to hear all the instruments - without having to move around the room.
Back in a humanities class I was forced to take, we were told that the best seats in opera theaters were often the seats way way up at the top of the theater. Our instructor claimed that even though the folks who pay the big bucks to sit front and center get to see everything well, they don't get the same audio experience.
So imagine this:
Use this technology to aim filtered sound to the areas that need better sound. If one corner doesn't have very good Flute acoustics, then shoot a little more flute into that region.
This one time.... At Band Camp....
I know this sounds crazy, but somebody please mod me down! (you can mod this one down too if you'd like - I deserve it )
p
I don't want my original post to be misleading.
I misinterpreted the phenomenon to mean that each pendulum was in phase.
Use another mod point to mod up the guy who posted this link:
http://www.sciencenews.org/20001007/mathtrek.as
From the Article:
>
As Huygens surmised, the platform motion is the culprit: if we prevent the platform from moving, there is no synchronization at all
Can you believe it took this long to solve this problem? I admit I'm sceptical. Am I missing something?
Here's how I interpret the phenomenon:
Imagine two pendulums hanging side by side (on a rocking boat (I tried to make ASCii art, but the lameness filters don't like whitespace) Align the pendulums so that they swing in the direction of the boat rocking side to side.
Pull the pendulums apart and release simultaneously (assume they don't collide).
Initially they are 180 degrees out of phase, but as the boat starts rocking, its like giving one an extra push (in phase), while the other (out of phase) pendulum a tug to shift its sinewave in the opposite direction. Eventually both pendulums will have the same phase shift and will be affected by the rocking boat equally.
A slightly more complicated example could include two children on a swingset put into phase by giving each a strategically timed push or by loosely comparing it to the harmonics that caused the destruction of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in those old film clips.
Sounds more like vibes 101 problem than a 336 year old unsolved problem.
Am I overlooking something?
If this material has useful properties for hardness, tensile strength, energy absorption, etc., Automakers might find it very useful.
Auto Glass is very expensive. A typical (American) Ford Escort with a relatively small windshild will cost about $500.00 while larger windshilds Can cost over $1000.00 (Pontiac Transport Minivan).
If auto windshilds alone could be replaced by this material, not only would it add torsional rigidity (reduction of twist) to the vehicle frame, but it may add visibility.
A-Pillars could be replaced by this material making a wider field of vision.
I wouldn't recommend using aluminum windows unless the added safety is a factor. Aluminum is an excellent conductor, therefore, even with modern multipaned gas filled windows, the thermal conductivity would likely be so high that significant heat loss would occur. The opposite is true in the Summer: You'll have to use a lot more energy to run your air conditioner.
Even the safety factor may not be a good argument. In automobiles, side windows are made from a "safety glass" designed to completely shatter rather than crack like a windshield. Then again, if people knew that their windshields were made from aluminum, maybe they would start wearing their seatbelts! That would definitely be a good safety argument.
Make it Radio Controlled.
Tunes!!! Who wants to travel without some noise?
Integrated GPS
OnStar...better yet prOnStar
Beer can Holder (perhaps even a beer tap ;-)
Big Fuzzy Dice.
Stinger Missles.
Geek on board bumpersticker.
Snow Blower attachment
apache webserver
big crome wheels
Trailer Hitch
Nitrous Oxide - for when you're really in a hurry.
Hydraulics (low rider)
Lift Kit (2 wheeled monster truck ? )
Beowulf clu..... Nevermind.
Stupid question:
If I'm operated my Segway while under the influence, would I have to obey the same alcohol laws that motorists must obey? The main argument for having drinking & driving laws is to protect innocent people from being hit by large & fast (deadly) vehicles. I doubt that hitting a grown adult with a segway at full speed would do much more damage than a person riding a bicycle.
Should there be special laws for these things? Would I need to purchase insurance? Pay road taxes? Get licence plates?
> I want to be the first guy to fit a Chevy Smallblock V8 onto a Segway device...
;-)
sounds like a good hack, although somewhat underpowered for my tastes
What I'd like to see is a lawnmower attachment.
Imagine how sweet it would be to cut grass with its zero turning radius & gyroscopic balancing. It would require less effort than a self-propelled walk behind mower (effortless turns) yet it would be able to get into the small areas that garden tractors can't squeeze into. Fitting it in the garage would be a breeze too.
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From the folks at ABC news:l eep_and_longevity020215.html
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/s
A transcript of the story can be found here:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/DailyNews/GMA
IMHO, it's a great read, but to summorize,
Mr. Stossel argues that high drug prices are A good thing (tm). Why would this be good? Profit. Profit drives innovation. In the world of software we see this all the time.
Oracle=innovative & very profitable.
SGI = innovative & profitable (not sure if they still make $)
Sun Microsystems = same thing.
Microsoft = VERY profitable and ummmm... well at least they have innovative joystick designs ;-)
Anyway, John argues that it's the profit that drives the drug companies to invest in the research that creates these great drugs. Mentioned on TV, but not in the article, Mr. Stossel makes the point that in the old days, people with polio were treated by entering an Iron lung. Not pleasant, and certainly not cheap. These "expensive" drugs actually save people money if they consider the alternative.
As a college student coughing up almost $200.00 for a little bottle of Paxil, I used to feel ripped off, but after seeing the other side of the story, and considering the alternative, I no longer complain. After all, nobody is actually Forcing me to purchase medicine.
As a side note,
I heard it mentioned earlier that as Americans, we spend much more money on health care. Well duh!!
Look at how we eat! It is not often mentioned, but we have the most cost efficient food distribution system on earth, which may not be such a good thing. Look how fat we are! Do we walk to McDonalds for our daily fix of Grease and 40+ ounce drinks? Of course not! We climb into our cars! In a way, we're too snobbish to exercise, because that's only something that "blue collars" and migrant workers do. Don't blame our high health care costs on our lifestyle choices!
We are not so unhealty because of the quality of our healthcare system, we're unhealthy (mostly) because of our unhealthy decisions!