The concept of rentals, and paying for a limited number of views is fine for most adults who watch a movie once or twice (starwars fanboys excepted)... sure I'd much prefer to own a movie, but I'll settle on a reasonable price to watch it a couple of times.
BUT.. SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Am I the only one who's got friends with children that want to see the same movie again, and again, and again? I hope there's some sort of buy option for movies like Finding Nemo... otherwise they'll be shelling out the GDP of a small nation every month.
From TFA: Gmail, the e-mail service that was lauded at its 2004 launch for offering 500 times as much storage space as some rivals (they quickly closed the gap), today is the system of choice for only about one-quarter the number of people who use MSN and Yahoo e-mail.
I too like gmail, and use it more than my hotmail, yahoo, or other personal accounts. However this has not been a new killer app. Its caused the others to lift their game a bit, but has not been a huge change in the market place.
The thing with Google is that its good at its core product, searching well and targeted ads, but has a large number of products that it also supports now, eg sketch, that aren't killer apps and aren't racking in the cash.
Those cooling towers are huge, and I'm sure that they are cost effectove and work really well.
But i look at them all that heat pouring out and I think its a waste. I hope Google has come sort of secret sterling engine hooked up to a generator in there that could used to turn some of that heat back into electricity...
It seems that the introduction of the motion sensing on the PS3 controller means that dual shock has to be removed from the controller.
From the linked article: The press release stated that, "Pursuant to the introduction of this new six-axis sensing system, the vibration feature that is currently available on DUALSHOCK and DUALSHOCK 2 controllers for PlayStation and PlayStation 2, will be removed from the new PS3 controller as vibration itself interferes with information detected by the sensor."
IMHO removing the vibration feedback is a big loss for PS3, so this motion sensing better be the bollocks
My thesis in the mid 90s was written on a 486 66. I'd previously written large-ish papers, but the thesis was approaching 400 pages from a distant memory that I'm trying to forget (long, long nights).
Anyhow, going into it, I got put onto LaTeX by my mate, and used that. Apart from doing math equations better & prettier, the mark-up of the final document was great, and intellegent (ensuring that there's not too much white space on pages, that images could be grouped onto an images pages if it looked strange having 3/4 of a page images, etc). But what I loved was the advoidance of the last hour formatting on a regular say, 5 page essay. You could mark it up, print to ps or pdf (cool at the time), and all the headings and layout was right. That 1 hour formatting soon turns into 12 hours when the document is 400 pages long, and you need to ensure that the thing looks right...
In summary LaTaX rocks, but you'll never use it in a corporate env...
My brother has a turned eye, which he had as a kid, not done much about in between, and has made a come back in his early 30s.
What I find interesting about this is the concept of treatment delivered through a game. Its damm annoying to have to have one eye covered by a patch, and with too many of your mates saying "ah-hahaha" and singing sea shanties, its not really so much fun either. It seems to deliver the treatment in a much more palatable fashion, and so more effective.
The age reports in the article "...the companies that he and brother Jason Begg-Smith are involved with are some of the most annoying aspects of the web"
and then "Web searches reveal that AdsCPM Network has been a supplier of pop-under and -up advertising to websites."
Ahhh did anyone else notice their google toolbar trying to block The Age's most annoying pop-up ads when they went there? Sheezzzz
In the last 2 weeks, this guy Colin has raised over $6000 USD as a bounty for getting win xp onto "the scottish laptop"
That amount of cash, and growing, will focus the minds of many geeks out there... and one would think once its cracked for a wee little laptop, the ayeMac would soon follow...
I've recently brougt my 1st house, and in true geek style I've moved in and filled one corner of the lounge with cables and power leads.
I've been thinking that maybe I should go a geek option and wire up for an X10 controlled solution.
I could split the devices into always on (eg my mini, router, etc), and ones that just need to be on when I need to be entertained (eg TV, amp).
Or is there a better geek way to controll this?
Slashdot Mirror
Yup, UPS & Dell laptops...
a ttery_upsfire/ ...a fool proof plan I tell ya ;-)
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/07/13/ntsb_laptopb
That should be Chair.Throw.Vector(window)
The concept of rentals, and paying for a limited number of views is fine for most adults who watch a movie once or twice (starwars fanboys excepted)... sure I'd much prefer to own a movie, but I'll settle on a reasonable price to watch it a couple of times.
BUT.. SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Am I the only one who's got friends with children that want to see the same movie again, and again, and again? I hope there's some sort of buy option for movies like Finding Nemo... otherwise they'll be shelling out the GDP of a small nation every month.
and the one 3, 6, & 9 days after that when the dupes comes through...
it seems that recently that the replys to my posts have dropped off completely ... is this a change in the /. viewing of stories or do I just suck?
Exactly.
In fact Micheal Dell said that if he was in charge of Ubuntu, he'd give up, sell the assest and give the money back to the shareholders
From TFA: Gmail, the e-mail service that was lauded at its 2004 launch for offering 500 times as much storage space as some rivals (they quickly closed the gap), today is the system of choice for only about one-quarter the number of people who use MSN and Yahoo e-mail.
I too like gmail, and use it more than my hotmail, yahoo, or other personal accounts. However this has not been a new killer app. Its caused the others to lift their game a bit, but has not been a huge change in the market place.
The thing with Google is that its good at its core product, searching well and targeted ads, but has a large number of products that it also supports now, eg sketch, that aren't killer apps and aren't racking in the cash.
dammit - I didn't see that voting option... I was expecting it, as its always there right?
Well if he explained about Robot Santa then I'm sure they had been good, rather than face his violent rampage through their christmas...
It Blows
Those cooling towers are huge, and I'm sure that they are cost effectove and work really well.
But i look at them all that heat pouring out and I think its a waste. I hope Google has come sort of secret sterling engine hooked up to a generator in there that could used to turn some of that heat back into electricity...
I think that StarOffice adding this feature might be one step too far in copying microsoft's product....
Chinese Corporation Lenovo release their new and improved "IBM We-know-what-you-are-thinkingPad"
It seems that the introduction of the motion sensing on the PS3 controller means that dual shock has to be removed from the controller.
From the linked article:
The press release stated that, "Pursuant to the introduction of this new six-axis sensing system, the vibration feature that is currently available on DUALSHOCK and DUALSHOCK 2 controllers for PlayStation and PlayStation 2, will be removed from the new PS3 controller as vibration itself interferes with information detected by the sensor."
IMHO removing the vibration feedback is a big loss for PS3, so this motion sensing better be the bollocks
... that misread the title and thought, "Does that make the robots braver? Maybe I could kick a psyco robot between the legs and escape?..."
My thesis in the mid 90s was written on a 486 66. I'd previously written large-ish papers, but the thesis was approaching 400 pages from a distant memory that I'm trying to forget (long, long nights).
Anyhow, going into it, I got put onto LaTeX by my mate, and used that. Apart from doing math equations better & prettier, the mark-up of the final document was great, and intellegent (ensuring that there's not too much white space on pages, that images could be grouped onto an images pages if it looked strange having 3/4 of a page images, etc). But what I loved was the advoidance of the last hour formatting on a regular say, 5 page essay. You could mark it up, print to ps or pdf (cool at the time), and all the headings and layout was right. That 1 hour formatting soon turns into 12 hours when the document is 400 pages long, and you need to ensure that the thing looks right...
In summary LaTaX rocks, but you'll never use it in a corporate env...
My brother has a turned eye, which he had as a kid, not done much about in between, and has made a come back in his early 30s.
What I find interesting about this is the concept of treatment delivered through a game. Its damm annoying to have to have one eye covered by a patch, and with too many of your mates saying "ah-hahaha" and singing sea shanties, its not really so much fun either. It seems to deliver the treatment in a much more palatable fashion, and so more effective.
... yup that pretty much confirms he's only 17.
The age reports in the article "...the companies that he and brother Jason Begg-Smith are involved with are some of the most annoying aspects of the web"
and then "Web searches reveal that AdsCPM Network has been a supplier of pop-under and -up advertising to websites."
Ahhh did anyone else notice their google toolbar trying to block The Age's most annoying pop-up ads when they went there? Sheezzzz
Just quickly, you can find out more about the Peak oil background in a good article Peak Oil, the Next Big Thing and the follow on alternatives (nukes anyone?) in Peak Oil: the next big thing. (Part Two.)
In the last 2 weeks, this guy Colin has raised over $6000 USD as a bounty for getting win xp onto "the scottish laptop"
That amount of cash, and growing, will focus the minds of many geeks out there... and one would think once its cracked for a wee little laptop, the ayeMac would soon follow...
No idea at all. But i guess if I run a single X10 for a number of devices, including IR, transformers, and charges, maybe it starts to pay?
I've recently brougt my 1st house, and in true geek style I've moved in and filled one corner of the lounge with cables and power leads. I've been thinking that maybe I should go a geek option and wire up for an X10 controlled solution. I could split the devices into always on (eg my mini, router, etc), and ones that just need to be on when I need to be entertained (eg TV, amp). Or is there a better geek way to controll this?
...the spud server
I for one look forward to now covering my flamebait with IANARL - I Am Not A Robot Lawyer