Interesting... I agree with their Web site, visual separators are good for organizing email, chatting in the mail client is great...
I guess these guys downloaded Office 2003 Beta 2 and recoded it?
This stuff has been in Outlook 2003 for almost a year now.
I must have missed a couple things so far (site is really slow) but I was sort of expecting features that were more like a product called "Six Degrees" that actually reindexes your email to find related things by attachement, conversation, and other sorts to help find buried treasures.
I have Comcast digital phone service which is sort of VoIP. It uses a special cable modem on the outside of the house to convert the signal to one my analog phones can use.
The rates aren't remarkably different, but the quality of call has gone up (not the content quality though).
What I want to avoid with an alternate VoIP provider is all the taxes. Comcast has just about as many state and local taxes as SBC.
Yes, but I do believe they have explained why hurricaines and tornados are so destructive.
Imagine if 500,000 elephants stampeded across your town!
All we need to do is cross-correlate the conversion from clouds to elephants and the current hurricaine destruction index with some sort of elephant stampede destruction index.
I'll keep this pretty simple then - humor and irony free.
You vote with your cash every day. You also vote with your time. Buy your latte from Starbucks and you are helping them stay afloat and support the idea of buying a 50 cent beverage for $3.50. Not buying from Microsoft might mean that you are opposed to some aspect of their practices. Neither choice will make a big difference in their practices. However, more people might make a difference. In the end, you might be rewarded with a heavier wallet.
Similarly, following/. is a devotion to technology and gadgets and other (potentially non-mainstream) geeky stuff. If you buy or support something from this site, you've "voted" for it.
Personal choice in our market is right, not a privilege.
I'm not sure how insulting me, my name, my choice in vehicles, or my potential hat choice is related to the fact that I replaced a repair-intensive, fuel inefficient, larger vehicle with a car that contains useful innovations. Living in the Bay Area (not SF) also has little to do with it.
Hey big buddy DNS-and-BIND, you got yer ears on? What's your 20?
This here's Trendy Greg [sic]! I just wanted y'all ta know that my parents were forward thinkin. I gotta say though, your handle is definitely the bees knees!
You see, I never said that I don't see why everyone doesn't buy hybrids or electric vehicles. I mentioned that there are thousands (almost literally) out here in the out-of-touch Bay Area (not SF). I haven't surveyed the rest of the country yet. Come back?
They're pricey? If you compare the Civic LX vs. the Hybrid (somewhat similar trim levels, the LX is missing some features), the cost is ~$18k and the Hybrid is ~$21k. Factor in the rebate and the difference is negligible. Hardly "pricey." At that point, you are paying for a choice. Mine is a hybrid.
Keep in mind that another Civic's 40MPG is on non-California gas and my quoted 41MPG is on the fuel of future, RFG. It supposedly pollutes less, but we get worse mileage. Outside the California border my mileage will improve.
10-4 good buddy?
It all comes down to voting for change with your money and time. You might use Linux, watch Anime, use some device etc. because you feel your support of that product, ideal, or company will shape the way of the future and maybe make it better.
I wear trucker hats because I think they're coming back into style. Of course, my devotion to CB is well known and you of all people know, when you're named Greg [sic], it is required by law. That's the breaker breakers good buddy.
Catch ya back on the up-stroke on my tour of the country in my truck, taking inventory of all the hybrids in the US of A. Over and out! TTFN
We have the Honda Civic Hybrid. It gets ~41mpg in the city/highway driving we do.
Guess what? It's a regular car. People ask about it. They're very frightened of new technology. It's pretty much just a Honda Civic (but a little nicer).
It doesn't have the usual starter motor, it turns off at stop lights (if you go over 10mph), it has automatic climate control, it has a Constantly Variable Transmission so more of that 93hp gets to the ground, it has electric power steering, and the rear seats don't fold down (because of the batteries).
Were I live, you can't throw a stone and not set a hybrid vehicle's alarm off. I see at least 30 a day (many varieties).
The big news on hybrids are that there is no big news. It's just a car.
If car companies would use some of these innovations (some are), they might be able to recoup some of the research costs. The CVT transmission has only been used in a few vehicles. However, I have 2 vehicles with similar HP ratings. The Honda Civic Hybrid's "power" feels greater because of this transmission. My other vehicle can never pick the right gear to get up the hills we have.
These vehicles are for research as well as transportation. Hopefully we'll see technology from these roving "labs" put into production. Formula 1 car racing is also another form of research. The fact that other car companies aren't participating in both spectrums of research is lame.
Gas costs over $1.80 here. Reducing my cost to operate a 4 passenger vehicle from $0.12/mile to $0.04/mile is significant. We put over 24k on a car per year, so this is an important factor. In addition, this car gives us side impact air bags, better anti-lock brakes, a HEPA allergy filter, a better turning radius, and a warm fuzzy feeling as we drive over 450 miles per tank.
I drive a Hybrid (Honda Civic). I plunked down the money, will get my $2000 rebate, and am enjoying a $0.04/mile operating cost (in California) as opposed to the car it replaced ($0.12/mile).
The power is fine. We live in a very very hilly area. It deals with SF fine too. You can't go very fast in traffic anyhow.
There are thousands of hybrid vehicles in the Bay Area. People do buy them out here. Don't know about the rest of the country...
I sort of agree. I have been doing it lots and lots since about age 10. So I've been at it avidly for 19 years now. I had to start because, being dyslexic, it made life so much easier.
Oh, we're talking about typing...
Anyhow, when I was writing a program and typing my thesis, the pain in my wrists and arms was unmistakably typing related. I bought and ergonomic keyboard and it has fixed most of the problems.
BEWARE: The Microsoft Natural Keyboard is a hoax. It bends the wrists the same way as a regular keyboard. The wrist bend is what makes the pain worse.
To ensure less pain: Tilt your keyboard tray or keyboard away from you to ensure your wrists and lower arms are in a straight line. Adjust your chair so that your arms are supported while maintaining this straightish line. Ensure the top 1/3rd of your monitor and your line of sight is about level.
Those things help. There are foot rests and stuff too. I haven't tried them.
Although, I don't believe you actually "own" the music that you have on CD. I think you own the CD media itself, and license the music (like software).
If you actually "owned" the music, you would be able to copy it freely. If you 0WN3D your music, I guess you could copy it freely...
And to your friends that are disgusted with the Internet, I'd say it doesn't sound like your they have discovered Fark.com... at least someone keeps abreast of the kitten population crisis.
I think USENET was the first place I learned that AOL was uncool.;-)
I just used USENET (for real) to ask a question about a musical instrument about which I couldn't find any information.
The community I contacted was very helpful and gave me lots of interesting stuff. And now, anyone who has the same situation I was in will benefit from the archive of our conversations...
Actually Grendel (the book) isn't classical at all is it?
Shows you what I remember from Schweitzer's class.
TTFN
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I really want to buy the Civic GX. You get to use the HOV lane with 1 person (in California), and you get all the power of a "real" vehicle. Something the Honda Hybrid is missing. The Hybrid supposedly has a $2,000 federal tax deduction associated with it, but I talked to a dealer yesterday and he said the program was over. He might be lying.
These stations are open 24 hours a day and allow you to use a credit card or a fuel card (from PG&E) to do a "quick refuel." A quick refuel takes place in about the same time as a regular car does at a gas station. Phill, the Home Refueller from FuelMaker is supposed to be out in late 2003. This would allow you to refuel overnight and get a few more miles out of each "tank."
The price of CNG is a little less expensive on a mileage basis compared to gas (at least in California). It really depends on the price of unleaded.
One contributor said keeping a spare fuel tank around might be an option, but I think those tanks at gas stations are LPG (propane), not CNG (methane). Maybe not, but the GX's tank is certainly bigger than what you find at the gas station.
So, yeah, it's sort of a "commuter-only" car. I wouldn't be able to take this up to the mountains. Though if you look at the CA map, you'll find a number of stations that could allow you to get pretty far around California anyway.
The problem I think about is that I'm not going to be "saving" much in terms of fuel costs. The Hybrid might save you some more money per year, or at least trips to the gas station. The CNG car does pollute even less than a hybrid does. Another plus is that a CNG vehicle operates more like a "real" car than a hybrid.
Speaking of batteries, is the process for making the batteries more pollution causing? What about disposal?
That's funny... I submitted this story to Slashdot back when they published this in the W2KNews thing and it has been pending in my Slashdot queue for about 5 months now!
Someday those trained squirrels will get around to rejecting it!
I too have a Eclipse ('98 GSX). If you have ventured (I think I recognize your name from the Talon Digest, but just in case) over to Club DSM and looked at Todd Day's stuff from Technomotive, you can probably buy a completely tuneable ECU. Todd makes a model for 95 and older ECU's that allows you to change many things. You can also get a complete DataLogger.
We should also point out that in addition to OBD II, there are "manufacturer extensions" to the protocol that either reveal more information, or reveal information at a higher sampling rate. OBD II can tell you a lot, but the sampling frequency is pretty low. In acceleration, I miss most of my RPM range when logging with my OBD II software.
Unfortunately, since my car is a '98, Mitsu changed over to Flash memory instead of EPROMs in the ECU. Todd would have to reprogram a 95 ECU and drop it in my car. I just got my car back from a complete rebuild due to the dreaded crankwalk, so I'm not terribly excited to do anything more to it. If you haven't measured the end play in your crank, do it now! It could mean a new short block or long block. Also, check the health of your ECU capacitors (also on TMO's site). If they leak, it means a new ECU for you.
Oh, mostly because of the snyde comments like "Luke's signature means he's impotent" and the general snottiness about the letter. The other stuff wasn't so bad, but really, when you're a kid, that letter works (or at least parts of it). Kids that are a bit older will be more cynical. Kids as old as we are... well...
Target audience is important in this sort of campaign. We can all adopt an air of superiority and say we're too smart for this to work on us, but does it help? I guess I was looking for more of a documentary on this stuff.
If you ignore most of this guy's text, it's a very interesting study in marketing (some of the stuff he's showing are prototypes!). I guess Mr. Bitter-trousers is being humorous, but from most of the posts here so far, many people participated in this marketing campaign, or knew someone that did. I don't see the posters here wading in grumpy anti-toy-maker sentiments.
No matter what the attitude of the article writer, Kenner's marketing campaign sure worked. I have some of those limited edition things (the backpacks, guns, some of the secret action figures). Of course none of them are in original packaging (but in good condition).
Nevertheless, it's a nice collection of promotional material!
There is a song called "Helmet" that I first heard by an acapella group called "The Bobs" that mentions the use of similar devices.
"I've got my helmet on, nothing can do me wrong..."
"My mother feared I was abnormal I'd take out the colander and put it on my head People are happy when they know that they're protected Just let me tell you why I'm smiling"
One of the granddaddies of National Public Radio, KCRW is based in Santa Monica. We used to get it using creative tuning tactics while at UCSB. Their programming like Morning Becomes Ecclectic is full of in-depth artist interviews, new music, and interesting archives.
They also used to have some great evening programs that tended to vary. It was very much like the college radio that the original poster was talking about, but KCSB wasn't quite up to the usual task of college radio when I was at UCSB. I used to listen to KSPB up in Santa Cruz. It was a progressive radio station at Robert Louis Stevenson High in Pebble Beach. That's the first time I heard the Muffs, the Cure, Smiths, NIN, Strawberry Zotz, Sisters of Mercy, Front 242 etc.
KCRW has REALLY extensive archives. The Beck shows are great. He never plays anything from an album. Also, they used to play Joe Frank. The archives still exist there. Dang cool.
Yeah, DirectWay or DirecPC (their other broadband services) are probably the only options I have (until Ricochet comes in).
I too thought "hmmm... DirecTVDSL, maybe it goes through the satellite... naaaah."
DirecPC is interesting because it does the download from a satellite (about 300 to 400 kbps) but the upload from a dial-up connection. So you have to use their software that splits your traffic for you. You get fairly good response since most users download a lot, but upload little. The drawback is that you still need a separate phone line.
DirecWay is actual TWO-way satellite broadband. It was supposed to get the same 300 - 400kbps download speed and a 128kbps upload speed.
Sounds great until you think of the actual time taken for clicks to be processed. Since your signal has to go from your roof to a satellite, to earth, do stuff, then take the same course back, response lag can range up to the.5 to 1 sec range! (So I've heard from users, but can't personally verify.)
This makes certain applications fail (including a Web application we make). Once you get a response it is very fast, but the lag... wow...
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That seems to make sense since Microsoft just bought Connectix which means now acquiring EMC would mean having a monopoly on emulation technology.
That wouldn't be good for them legally speaking right?
TTFN
Interesting... I agree with their Web site, visual separators are good for organizing email, chatting in the mail client is great...
I guess these guys downloaded Office 2003 Beta 2 and recoded it?
This stuff has been in Outlook 2003 for almost a year now.
I must have missed a couple things so far (site is really slow) but I was sort of expecting features that were more like a product called "Six Degrees" that actually reindexes your email to find related things by attachement, conversation, and other sorts to help find buried treasures.
I think I'll go do some "research" now...
TTFN
I have Comcast digital phone service which is sort of VoIP. It uses a special cable modem on the outside of the house to convert the signal to one my analog phones can use.
The rates aren't remarkably different, but the quality of call has gone up (not the content quality though).
What I want to avoid with an alternate VoIP provider is all the taxes. Comcast has just about as many state and local taxes as SBC.
Is that true of these other VoIP services?
I bet Qwest is similar to Comcast's service.
TTFN
Yes, but I do believe they have explained why hurricaines and tornados are so destructive.
Imagine if 500,000 elephants stampeded across your town!
All we need to do is cross-correlate the conversion from clouds to elephants and the current hurricaine destruction index with some sort of elephant stampede destruction index.
Sounds like experimentation is required!
TTFN
I'll keep this pretty simple then - humor and irony free.
/. is a devotion to technology and gadgets and other (potentially non-mainstream) geeky stuff. If you buy or support something from this site, you've "voted" for it.
You vote with your cash every day. You also vote with your time. Buy your latte from Starbucks and you are helping them stay afloat and support the idea of buying a 50 cent beverage for $3.50. Not buying from Microsoft might mean that you are opposed to some aspect of their practices. Neither choice will make a big difference in their practices. However, more people might make a difference. In the end, you might be rewarded with a heavier wallet.
Similarly, following
Personal choice in our market is right, not a privilege.
I'm not sure how insulting me, my name, my choice in vehicles, or my potential hat choice is related to the fact that I replaced a repair-intensive, fuel inefficient, larger vehicle with a car that contains useful innovations. Living in the Bay Area (not SF) also has little to do with it.
TTFN
Hey big buddy DNS-and-BIND, you got yer ears on? What's your 20?
This here's Trendy Greg [sic]! I just wanted y'all ta know that my parents were forward thinkin. I gotta say though, your handle is definitely the bees knees!
You see, I never said that I don't see why everyone doesn't buy hybrids or electric vehicles. I mentioned that there are thousands (almost literally) out here in the out-of-touch Bay Area (not SF). I haven't surveyed the rest of the country yet. Come back?
They're pricey? If you compare the Civic LX vs. the Hybrid (somewhat similar trim levels, the LX is missing some features), the cost is ~$18k and the Hybrid is ~$21k. Factor in the rebate and the difference is negligible. Hardly "pricey." At that point, you are paying for a choice. Mine is a hybrid.
Keep in mind that another Civic's 40MPG is on non-California gas and my quoted 41MPG is on the fuel of future, RFG. It supposedly pollutes less, but we get worse mileage. Outside the California border my mileage will improve.
10-4 good buddy?
It all comes down to voting for change with your money and time. You might use Linux, watch Anime, use some device etc. because you feel your support of that product, ideal, or company will shape the way of the future and maybe make it better.
I wear trucker hats because I think they're coming back into style. Of course, my devotion to CB is well known and you of all people know, when you're named Greg [sic], it is required by law. That's the breaker breakers good buddy.
Catch ya back on the up-stroke on my tour of the country in my truck, taking inventory of all the hybrids in the US of A. Over and out!
TTFN
We have the Honda Civic Hybrid. It gets ~41mpg in the city/highway driving we do.
Guess what? It's a regular car. People ask about it. They're very frightened of new technology. It's pretty much just a Honda Civic (but a little nicer).
It doesn't have the usual starter motor, it turns off at stop lights (if you go over 10mph), it has automatic climate control, it has a Constantly Variable Transmission so more of that 93hp gets to the ground, it has electric power steering, and the rear seats don't fold down (because of the batteries).
Were I live, you can't throw a stone and not set a hybrid vehicle's alarm off. I see at least 30 a day (many varieties).
The big news on hybrids are that there is no big news. It's just a car.
If car companies would use some of these innovations (some are), they might be able to recoup some of the research costs. The CVT transmission has only been used in a few vehicles. However, I have 2 vehicles with similar HP ratings. The Honda Civic Hybrid's "power" feels greater because of this transmission. My other vehicle can never pick the right gear to get up the hills we have.
These vehicles are for research as well as transportation. Hopefully we'll see technology from these roving "labs" put into production. Formula 1 car racing is also another form of research. The fact that other car companies aren't participating in both spectrums of research is lame.
Gas costs over $1.80 here. Reducing my cost to operate a 4 passenger vehicle from $0.12/mile to $0.04/mile is significant. We put over 24k on a car per year, so this is an important factor. In addition, this car gives us side impact air bags, better anti-lock brakes, a HEPA allergy filter, a better turning radius, and a warm fuzzy feeling as we drive over 450 miles per tank.
TTFN
I drive a Hybrid (Honda Civic). I plunked down the money, will get my $2000 rebate, and am enjoying a $0.04/mile operating cost (in California) as opposed to the car it replaced ($0.12/mile).
The power is fine. We live in a very very hilly area. It deals with SF fine too. You can't go very fast in traffic anyhow.
There are thousands of hybrid vehicles in the Bay Area. People do buy them out here. Don't know about the rest of the country...
TTFN
I sort of agree. I have been doing it lots and lots since about age 10. So I've been at it avidly for 19 years now. I had to start because, being dyslexic, it made life so much easier.
Oh, we're talking about typing...
Anyhow, when I was writing a program and typing my thesis, the pain in my wrists and arms was unmistakably typing related. I bought and ergonomic keyboard and it has fixed most of the problems.
BEWARE: The Microsoft Natural Keyboard is a hoax. It bends the wrists the same way as a regular keyboard. The wrist bend is what makes the pain worse.
To ensure less pain:
Tilt your keyboard tray or keyboard away from you to ensure your wrists and lower arms are in a straight line.
Adjust your chair so that your arms are supported while maintaining this straightish line.
Ensure the top 1/3rd of your monitor and your line of sight is about level.
Those things help. There are foot rests and stuff too. I haven't tried them.
TTFN
Although, I don't believe you actually "own" the music that you have on CD. I think you own the CD media itself, and license the music (like software).
If you actually "owned" the music, you would be able to copy it freely. If you 0WN3D your music, I guess you could copy it freely...
I bet this makes him a proud poppa.
And to your friends that are disgusted with the Internet, I'd say it doesn't sound like your they have discovered Fark.com... at least someone keeps abreast of the kitten population crisis.
TTFN
I think USENET was the first place I learned that AOL was uncool. ;-)
I just used USENET (for real) to ask a question about a musical instrument about which I couldn't find any information.
The community I contacted was very helpful and gave me lots of interesting stuff. And now, anyone who has the same situation I was in will benefit from the archive of our conversations...
So I still find it useful.
TTFN
Actually Grendel (the book) isn't classical at all is it?
Shows you what I remember from Schweitzer's class.
TTFN
I really want to buy the Civic GX. You get to use the HOV lane with 1 person (in California), and you get all the power of a "real" vehicle. Something the Honda Hybrid is missing. The Hybrid supposedly has a $2,000 federal tax deduction associated with it, but I talked to a dealer yesterday and he said the program was over. He might be lying.
The refueling station isn't available yet. The GX is however. In the short term, you can find CNG refuelling stations on Web sites all over.
This site lists sites in California and a couple other states.
These stations are open 24 hours a day and allow you to use a credit card or a fuel card (from PG&E) to do a "quick refuel." A quick refuel takes place in about the same time as a regular car does at a gas station. Phill, the Home Refueller from FuelMaker is supposed to be out in late 2003. This would allow you to refuel overnight and get a few more miles out of each "tank."
The price of CNG is a little less expensive on a mileage basis compared to gas (at least in California). It really depends on the price of unleaded.
One contributor said keeping a spare fuel tank around might be an option, but I think those tanks at gas stations are LPG (propane), not CNG (methane). Maybe not, but the GX's tank is certainly bigger than what you find at the gas station.
So, yeah, it's sort of a "commuter-only" car. I wouldn't be able to take this up to the mountains. Though if you look at the CA map, you'll find a number of stations that could allow you to get pretty far around California anyway.
The problem I think about is that I'm not going to be "saving" much in terms of fuel costs. The Hybrid might save you some more money per year, or at least trips to the gas station. The CNG car does pollute even less than a hybrid does. Another plus is that a CNG vehicle operates more like a "real" car than a hybrid.
Speaking of batteries, is the process for making the batteries more pollution causing? What about disposal?
TTFN
That's funny... I submitted this story to Slashdot back when they published this in the W2KNews thing and it has been pending in my Slashdot queue for about 5 months now!
Someday those trained squirrels will get around to rejecting it!
TTFN
Yeah, I don't think I can visit that site while I'm at work...
I wouldn't want to go blind or grow hair on my schema.
I too have a Eclipse ('98 GSX). If you have ventured (I think I recognize your name from the Talon Digest, but just in case) over to Club DSM and looked at Todd Day's stuff from Technomotive, you can probably buy a completely tuneable ECU. Todd makes a model for 95 and older ECU's that allows you to change many things. You can also get a complete DataLogger.
We should also point out that in addition to OBD II, there are "manufacturer extensions" to the protocol that either reveal more information, or reveal information at a higher sampling rate. OBD II can tell you a lot, but the sampling frequency is pretty low. In acceleration, I miss most of my RPM range when logging with my OBD II software.
Unfortunately, since my car is a '98, Mitsu changed over to Flash memory instead of EPROMs in the ECU. Todd would have to reprogram a 95 ECU and drop it in my car. I just got my car back from a complete rebuild due to the dreaded crankwalk, so I'm not terribly excited to do anything more to it. If you haven't measured the end play in your crank, do it now! It could mean a new short block or long block. Also, check the health of your ECU capacitors (also on TMO's site). If they leak, it means a new ECU for you.
TTFN
Oh, mostly because of the snyde comments like "Luke's signature means he's impotent" and the general snottiness about the letter. The other stuff wasn't so bad, but really, when you're a kid, that letter works (or at least parts of it). Kids that are a bit older will be more cynical. Kids as old as we are... well...
Target audience is important in this sort of campaign. We can all adopt an air of superiority and say we're too smart for this to work on us, but does it help? I guess I was looking for more of a documentary on this stuff.
If you ignore most of this guy's text, it's a very interesting study in marketing (some of the stuff he's showing are prototypes!). I guess Mr. Bitter-trousers is being humorous, but from most of the posts here so far, many people participated in this marketing campaign, or knew someone that did. I don't see the posters here wading in grumpy anti-toy-maker sentiments.
No matter what the attitude of the article writer, Kenner's marketing campaign sure worked. I have some of those limited edition things (the backpacks, guns, some of the secret action figures). Of course none of them are in original packaging (but in good condition).
Nevertheless, it's a nice collection of promotional material!
TTFN
There is a song called "Helmet" that I first heard by an acapella group called "The Bobs" that mentions the use of similar devices.
"I've got my helmet on, nothing can do me wrong..."
"My mother feared I was abnormal
I'd take out the colander and put it on my head
People are happy when they know that they're protected
Just let me tell you why I'm smiling"
So you can see this culture is pervasive!
TTFN
One of the granddaddies of National Public Radio, KCRW is based in Santa Monica. We used to get it using creative tuning tactics while at UCSB. Their programming like Morning Becomes Ecclectic is full of in-depth artist interviews, new music, and interesting archives.
They also used to have some great evening programs that tended to vary. It was very much like the college radio that the original poster was talking about, but KCSB wasn't quite up to the usual task of college radio when I was at UCSB. I used to listen to KSPB up in Santa Cruz. It was a progressive radio station at Robert Louis Stevenson High in Pebble Beach. That's the first time I heard the Muffs, the Cure, Smiths, NIN, Strawberry Zotz, Sisters of Mercy, Front 242 etc.
KCRW has REALLY extensive archives. The Beck shows are great. He never plays anything from an album. Also, they used to play Joe Frank. The archives still exist there. Dang cool.
TTFN
We can probably safely judge the Chia Pet's, contribution to society today.
Here are some other "patently useless" inventions. These ones from Japan will certainly improve our lifestyle at some point!
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Works pretty well too. I guess it's bad enough that they had to make a special menu item for it.
This might explain why Microsoft is going to buy Macromedia.
TTFN
I really got used to the 80 column view of my C= 128. I hope Opera doesn't leave me out in the cold.
When you click on a link does a sound of the 1541 disk drive gronk, grind, and click?
Do you refresh with a SYS64738?
TTFN
Yeah, DirectWay or DirecPC (their other broadband services) are probably the only options I have (until Ricochet comes in).
.5 to 1 sec range! (So I've heard from users, but can't personally verify.)
I too thought "hmmm... DirecTVDSL, maybe it goes through the satellite... naaaah."
DirecPC is interesting because it does the download from a satellite (about 300 to 400 kbps) but the upload from a dial-up connection. So you have to use their software that splits your traffic for you. You get fairly good response since most users download a lot, but upload little. The drawback is that you still need a separate phone line.
DirecWay is actual TWO-way satellite broadband. It was supposed to get the same 300 - 400kbps download speed and a 128kbps upload speed.
Sounds great until you think of the actual time taken for clicks to be processed. Since your signal has to go from your roof to a satellite, to earth, do stuff, then take the same course back, response lag can range up to the
This makes certain applications fail (including a Web application we make). Once you get a response it is very fast, but the lag... wow...
TTFN