Does anybody know what the battery life expectation is for these devices? I'm assuming I'm not looking at the 3 months or so I get on my old Palm Pilot, but Its about time to upgrade (touch screen problems).. I'm curious to see what the usability of these devices are. What are the alternatives to the silly "start" menu? Has the Evil Empire finally made something to compete with the Palm?
.. I like to say "yeah.. Can you hold on for just a minute?".. And walk off and carry on with whatever I was doing. -Gives them a chance to read a magazine or something.
I'm not particularly concerned about anonymous demographic tracking, what concerns me is personally identifiable data warehousing, and I don't trust TiVo, Replay, MS, etc.. to draw that line for me.
Why is that we as a society will allow a corporation to accumulate a great deal of information about individuals, and trust them to protect that info? I don't think anyone would be comfortable with a neighbor keeping track of your schedule, viewing habits, SIN, etc.. and then trying to sell you Amway products based on that information, yet when a large corporation (made up of countless individuals) does it, it's not such a big deal?
Personally, I view it as my duty to clog the data-warehouses as much as possible- I fill out web forms with random info, and have safeway cards for Don T. Botherme and Anita Prawduct.
It is important that you select the correct lubricant for your computer.. Older machines have processors with larger die sizes, and should be run with a heavy (10w40) oil, whereas newer machines have closer tolerances and are optimized for lighter oils- This also varies by the season.
If you notice thick black smoke coming from your computer box, Take it to a professional! do not attempt to look inside the case. No user serviceable parts inside.
'After some research, Caward hit on the idea of a mineral-oil bath for motherboards. Mineral oil doesn't conduct electricity, and so he rounded up several cases. "People were asking me what I was going to do with all of it," he recalls. "It's normally used as a laxative."'
Wow.
This is the first I've heard of this- lube up your PC to go faster..
I personally don't have a problem with a couple of bits of extra E-mail a week.. I do however have a problem with a couple of Megs of extra E-mail a week on a slow dial-up. If I get one 'special offer' -fine. But when I get the same 'special offer' 6 or 8 times a day on all of my E-mail accounts.. How 'special' can it be?
The same is true for paper junk- Sure I dont mind one flyer coming through the mail slot, but If I got 27 copies of the same flyer, you can bet I'd be pissed.
I know that repetition is the marketers friend, but it sure ain't mine.
Nope- Angry Kid is directed by Darren Walsh- I guess Aardman is expanded. And for those that still prefer the resolution of film, it is playing in the 'Spike and Mike classic festival of animation' on the West Coast. In California and BC,Canada through the middle of May. They have schedule information at www.spikeandmike.com -
.. And turn it off when the commercials come on. Am I a thief?
.. I listen to CD's at work, that do not belong to me.. Crime?
The RIAA is going through the same 'growing pains' that the MPAA went through with the introduction of the VCR.. Every new technology creates potential 'crimes' and causes shifts in revenue models. The rate of these changes seems to be happening a lot faster now than in the past, and it is difficult for large lumbering Corporate Megaliths to adapt quickly enough.
- I'm in that big frozen land north of the US.. The 7k figure was based on the Canadian price, not US..
Next time I'll make sure I check a few things before I post:
1) don't post drunk 2) State that you are a Canadian 3) Make sure that "Rant Lock" key is not on 4) MOST IMPORTANT- Stay the hell out of the PC/Mac Holy wars..
The G4 Looks better than the PC, Has an WAY better monitor, and A WAY crappier mouse and keyboard (whatever happened to form following function... A Round mouse?)
I love the new G4, BUT.. The price they paid to Apple for the IDE DVD, Ram, Etc, was WAY above what you can find it around this town.
Hell if I personally had a large budget to burn at my year end.. I would buy a few of these, but I'm approaching this from the point of view of my own personal machines.. I get the parts and put 'em together myself. I had a Power book that the LCD ribbon cable snapped on, and it was hell getting the part out of an Apple dealer, so that I could fix it myself, rather than pay them for the labour on an old machine out of warranty..
.oops, looks like that 'Rant Lock' key is sticky.. Need a new keyboard.. Maybe one of those AOL freebies:)
OK. /Rant Off
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Wow!
-Thanks for the info.. George Pal did some really cool stuff, I really like some of his wartime puppet animations (I picked up a documentary on Pal at a garage sale for a buck..)
This is also cool, because when I first read Odd John, I was a film student, and I was trying to imagine how a good film version of the book could be made.. At one point I was contemplating making my grad-film a short piece inspired by Odd John..
I would love to see what someone could do with a film adaptation of this book, although I worry that with many adaptations, the translation to film just doesnt work out.
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You forgot "Odd John" which is definately one of my favorite Stapledon books- For those that found "Starmaker" dense, "Odd John" has a smaller more human scale (similar to "Sirius" in a way), but still shows Stapledons mastery of some deep sci-fi concepts.. Seems to me to be definately on of the grandfathers of modern Sci-fi..
BTW- In the collection of Stapledon books I read, at least one entire chapter of "First and Last Men" was edited out completely.. It was published during the Mcarthy era.. Ah well..
Thank you.. I asume you have the answer for all of my album owning questioons.. BOC.. Led Zep, The Doors.. Get typing.. (for clarity.. I own LP (vinyl copies of multiple album)) Pleas tell me what I should do to legaly listen to all these formats I purchased legally... --
Protect us From Independant bands that would like a small bit of recognition..
From Those that would like to listen to music that they have purchased in various ways...
..
Aw.. Naw.. What I really mean is "please lord protect the huge profit margins of large entertainment megoplexis's... including Mariah Carey, Brian Adams, Paul McCartney..etc..."
From the Junkbusters FAQ -http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijbfaq.html
"The Internet Junkbuster Proxy TM is free privacy-enhancing software that can be run on your PC or by your ISP or company. It blocks requests for URLs (typically banner ads) that match its blockfile. It also deletes unauthorized cookies and other unwanted identifying header information that is exchanged between web servers and browsers."
Because Junkbuster is a proxy server it is blocking access to whichever villains you have defined.. It is not just blanking out graphics.. In this case if you can't see them, they can't see you.
Despite the fact that this product doesn't do anything new, I am always glad to see new products competing in the online privacy arena. The fact that there is a percieved market for this product shows a growing interest in privacy, which will hopefully keep the bright light on the biggest offenders (i.e. doubleclick), and keep us from drifting off into 1984..
This is an interesting argument with the advent of always on worldwide networks.. If the MPAA and RIAA have to pay lawyers to try to track down every copy of a small program, and threaten ISP's and Web site owners- They may find that the amount of energy sunk into this effort only brings more attention to the issue.
In the long run it may bring more attention than they want, when people start saying "hey.. Wait a minute.. This "protection" keeps me from playing a disk I legally bought in another country, but does nothing to stop huge bootleg manufacturing plants from creating bit by bit copies."
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867-5309 (Jenny)
Yeah.. And floppy disk's were as big as your head!
Funny.. I don't seem to remember frame lag on PacMan.
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Does anybody know what the battery life expectation is for these devices? I'm assuming I'm not looking at the 3 months or so I get on my old Palm Pilot, but Its about time to upgrade (touch screen problems).. I'm curious to see what the usability of these devices are.
What are the alternatives to the silly "start" menu? Has the Evil Empire finally made something to compete with the Palm?
Wow.. I'm going to start relying on Jeeves to answer my advice column..
That'll make my job easier.. Hooray for technology!
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.. I like to say "yeah.. Can you hold on for just a minute?".. And walk off and carry on with whatever I was doing. -Gives them a chance to read a magazine or something.
-
I'm not particularly concerned about anonymous demographic tracking, what concerns me is personally identifiable data warehousing, and I don't trust TiVo, Replay, MS, etc.. to draw that line for me.
Why is that we as a society will allow a corporation to accumulate a great deal of information about individuals, and trust them to protect that info? I don't think anyone would be comfortable with a neighbor keeping track of your schedule, viewing habits, SIN, etc.. and then trying to sell you Amway products based on that information, yet when a large corporation (made up of countless individuals) does it, it's not such a big deal?
Personally, I view it as my duty to clog the data-warehouses as much as possible- I fill out web forms with random info, and have safeway cards for Don T. Botherme and Anita Prawduct.
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Be Careful!
It is important that you select the correct lubricant for your computer.. Older machines have processors with larger die sizes, and should be run with a heavy (10w40) oil, whereas newer machines have closer tolerances and are optimized for lighter oils- This also varies by the season.
If you notice thick black smoke coming from your computer box, Take it to a professional! do not attempt to look inside the case. No user serviceable parts inside.
-
'After some research, Caward hit on the idea of a mineral-oil bath for motherboards. Mineral oil doesn't conduct electricity, and so he rounded up several cases. "People were asking me what I was going to do with all of it," he recalls. "It's normally used as a laxative."'
Wow.
This is the first I've heard of this- lube up your PC to go faster..
Change the oil every 30,000 Mhz.
-
I personally don't have a problem with a couple of bits of extra E-mail a week.. I do however have a problem with a couple of Megs of extra E-mail a week on a slow dial-up. If I get one 'special offer' -fine. But when I get the same 'special offer' 6 or 8 times a day on all of my E-mail accounts.. How 'special' can it be?
The same is true for paper junk- Sure I dont mind one flyer coming through the mail slot, but If I got 27 copies of the same flyer, you can bet I'd be pissed.
I know that repetition is the marketers friend, but it sure ain't mine.
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Nope-
Angry Kid is directed by Darren Walsh- I guess Aardman is expanded.
And for those that still prefer the resolution of film, it is playing in the 'Spike and Mike classic festival of animation' on the West Coast. In California and BC,Canada through the middle of May.
They have schedule information at www.spikeandmike.com
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.. And turn it off when the commercials come on. Am I a thief?
.. I listen to CD's at work, that do not belong to me.. Crime?
The RIAA is going through the same 'growing pains' that the MPAA went through with the introduction of the VCR.. Every new technology creates potential 'crimes' and causes shifts in revenue models. The rate of these changes seems to be happening a lot faster now than in the past, and it is difficult for large lumbering Corporate Megaliths to adapt quickly enough.
2cents..
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To clarify..
:)
- I'm in that big frozen land north of the US.. The 7k figure was based on the Canadian price, not US..
Next time I'll make sure I check a few things before I post:
1) don't post drunk
2) State that you are a Canadian
3) Make sure that "Rant Lock" key is not on
4) MOST IMPORTANT- Stay the hell out of the PC/Mac Holy wars..
The G4 Looks better than the PC, Has an WAY better monitor, and A WAY crappier mouse and keyboard (whatever happened to form following function... A Round mouse?)
I love the new G4, BUT.. The price they paid to Apple for the IDE DVD, Ram, Etc, was WAY above what you can find it around this town.
Hell if I personally had a large budget to burn at my year end.. I would buy a few of these, but I'm approaching this from the point of view of my own personal machines.. I get the parts and put 'em together myself. I had a Power book that the LCD ribbon cable snapped on, and it was hell getting the part out of an Apple dealer, so that I could fix it myself, rather than pay them for the labour on an old machine out of warranty..
.oops, looks like that 'Rant Lock' key is sticky.. Need a new keyboard.. Maybe one of those AOL freebies
OK.
/Rant Off
--
Wow!
-Thanks for the info.. George Pal did some really cool stuff, I really like some of his wartime puppet animations (I picked up a documentary on Pal at a garage sale for a buck..)
This is also cool, because when I first read Odd John, I was a film student, and I was trying to imagine how a good film version of the book could be made.. At one point I was contemplating making my grad-film a short piece inspired by Odd John..
I would love to see what someone could do with a film adaptation of this book, although I worry that with many adaptations, the translation to film just doesnt work out.
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You forgot "Odd John" which is definately one of my favorite Stapledon books- For those that found "Starmaker" dense, "Odd John" has a smaller more human scale (similar to "Sirius" in a way), but still shows Stapledons mastery of some deep sci-fi concepts.. Seems to me to be definately on of the grandfathers of modern Sci-fi..
BTW- In the collection of Stapledon books I read, at least one entire chapter of "First and Last Men" was edited out completely.. It was published during the Mcarthy era.. Ah well..
(No. not Jenny Mcarthy)
Yeah.. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that sounded kind of creepy- Like Linus possessed by some sort of Promo/Marketing Daemon.
Isn't this one of the seven signs of the appocalypse?
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Thank you.. I asume you have the answer for all of my album owning questioons.. BOC.. Led Zep, The Doors.. Get typing.. (for clarity.. I own LP (vinyl copies of multiple album)) Pleas tell me what I should do to legaly listen to all these formats I purchased legally... --
Protect us From Independant bands that would like a small bit of recognition..
From Those that would like to listen to music that they have purchased in various ways...
..
Aw.. Naw.. What I really mean is
"please lord protect the huge profit margins of large entertainment megoplexis's... including Mariah Carey, Brian Adams, Paul McCartney..etc..."
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From the Junkbusters FAQ -http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijbfaq.html
"The Internet Junkbuster Proxy TM is free privacy-enhancing software that can be run on your PC or by your ISP or company. It blocks requests for URLs (typically banner ads) that match its blockfile. It also deletes unauthorized cookies and other unwanted identifying header information that is exchanged between web servers and browsers."
Because Junkbuster is a proxy server it is blocking access to whichever villains you have defined.. It is not just blanking out graphics.. In this case if you can't see them, they can't see you.
-
Despite the fact that this product doesn't do anything new, I am always glad to see new products competing in the online privacy arena. The fact that there is a percieved market for this product shows a growing interest in privacy, which will hopefully keep the bright light on the biggest offenders (i.e. doubleclick), and keep us from drifting off into 1984..
-
This is an interesting argument with the advent of always on worldwide networks.. If the MPAA and RIAA have to pay lawyers to try to track down every copy of a small program, and threaten ISP's and Web site owners- They may find that the amount of energy sunk into this effort only brings more attention to the issue.
In the long run it may bring more attention than they want, when people start saying "hey.. Wait a minute.. This "protection" keeps me from playing a disk I legally bought in another country, but does nothing to stop huge bootleg manufacturing plants from creating bit by bit copies."
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