I use Keyhole and it has a geographical bookmark feature, at least as I understand the concept. Also, the newest version has finally added display of coordinates, which I've wanted for years.
The recent changes to US copyright were supposedly to conform to the European standards. Now the Euros are supposedly needing to conform to the US standards. Clearly, the intent is to ratchet the period forward inexorably until copyright is effectively perpetual. I had hopes that the US Supreme Court was going to put a stop to this insanity, but noooooo.
The automobiles of the future will look like trees, because, based on how little road building is taking place, they won't be able to move anyway. So they may as well look good sitting there.
Geese are the alarm system of old. Those dudes make a hell of a fuss if anyone approaches. Not to mention that they're territorial and aggressive. And they're especially great if you're a fan of bird shit.
Email. Blogs. Mountable drives. And all built on GMail. I'd be quite concerned about becoming too dependent on the good graces of a third party for maintaining my data. I recall the number of people who got caught flat-footed when free email services and photo hosting went belly-up with little or no notice. Not to mention putting potentially sensitive material in a convenient place for hackers to target, or law enforcement or aggrieved spouses to subpoena.
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Which Dune are you talking about. The horrific Dino DeLaurentis version of the 1980s (with Sting as Feyd Rautha and a soundtrack by Toto) or the SciFi channel version.
The Dino DeLaurentis version. Obviously we're in disagreement about it. I thought the sets were brilliant, as was the screen adaptation of the story. The acting is another matter, and not relevant to my point of faithfulness to the novel itself.
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It must be difficult to balance faithfulness to the original story with hopes of commercial success. On the one hand, you have Star Ship Troopers, which was turned into a bug hunt by minions of a fascistic superstate. Enjoyable and profitable I believe, but nothing resembling Heinlein's original story. Then you have Dune, which came about as close to a faithful rendition of Herbert's novel as one could achieve on film, and it was a commercial disaster (I personally loved it). Moviemaking is ultimately supposed to make money, so given a choice between sticking with the original author's vision and pissing on it in order to turn a profit must come down to pissing on it most of the time.
That implies a value judgment that I find reprehensible. I'm not sure you're serious.
When I wrote that, I was thinking more along the lines that, absent the streetwalker, there'd be no johns (i.e. an offer has to be made before there can be acceptance), not a reflection on their relative standing on the karmic totem pole. However, I'm perfectly happy expressing my disdain for both parties. Street-level prostitution is generally engaged in by some very scummy types. They aren't made scummy by the act, it's more that scummy individuals end up engaging in it. Yep, value judgement. Shrug.
Don't blame corporations for doing what they're programmed in their very DNA to do: turn a profit. Blame the Olympics for whoring themselves out for the corporate dollars. If you recall, the IOC had two members who took over $1 million to bring the 2002 games to Salt Lake City. Would it be a surprise if that's just the tip of the iceberg, and that there's major bribery of IOC members taking place on a continual basis? Corporations may be the johns, but it's the Olympics who's the streetwalker.
Is it me or are the Olympics taking on the tone of a totalitarian regime? If the restrictions on the athletes (no blogs, no 'unapproved' products, etc.) were being imposed by a government, there'd be an outcry. Because a non-governmental entity is doing it, it's ok?
I thought it was amusing when the substitute host on the Cavuto show on CNBC asked the company president if the computer would block references to Disney's Gay Days at the park. Hummina hummina hummina.
So what do geeks do on a Friday night? They discuss extending bluetooth ranges in experiments and speculate on all the ways it could be used, both useful and silly. Now if they could just figure out a way to use bluetooth to get dates...
Actually, geeks spend their Thursday nights talking about how to use Bluetooth to get dates. I guess when their shortrange schemes fall flat, they spend Friday figuring out how to up the distance.
Once we have the genetic codes of all species recorded, we won't need the actual creatures any longer. If we have a future requirement for an actual Green-Tinged Fin Wiggler we can just make one. Goodbye Endangered Species Act.
First the/. intro makes an allusion to the "high price" and then the review says, "That makes the price much easier to swallow," but then doesn't say what it is. Would it have been too much trouble to actually STATE HOW MUCH IT COSTS?/Grumble
I can't imagine the combination of boredom and wealth that would lead me to want to do this to an iPod. If you want something useful to hack, reverse engineer a Garmin GPS receiver so that I can modify one to calculate and show the coordinates of the target of a laser range finder. I'd rather use an existing piece of equipment like that instead of having to design and build my own.
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I use Keyhole and it has a geographical bookmark feature, at least as I understand the concept. Also, the newest version has finally added display of coordinates, which I've wanted for years.
The recent changes to US copyright were supposedly to conform to the European standards. Now the Euros are supposedly needing to conform to the US standards. Clearly, the intent is to ratchet the period forward inexorably until copyright is effectively perpetual. I had hopes that the US Supreme Court was going to put a stop to this insanity, but noooooo.
The automobiles of the future will look like trees, because, based on how little road building is taking place, they won't be able to move anyway. So they may as well look good sitting there.
Wait a minute. If I know only analog my career ISN'T numbered, it's continuous. You figured wrong, pal, so don't count me out.
/Knows how to take a joke too far
The people most likely to click 'OK' are at work. No skin off their nose if their company has its doors kicked in by the Microsoft Police.
Geese are the alarm system of old. Those dudes make a hell of a fuss if anyone approaches. Not to mention that they're territorial and aggressive. And they're especially great if you're a fan of bird shit.
Email. Blogs. Mountable drives. And all built on GMail. I'd be quite concerned about becoming too dependent on the good graces of a third party for maintaining my data. I recall the number of people who got caught flat-footed when free email services and photo hosting went belly-up with little or no notice. Not to mention putting potentially sensitive material in a convenient place for hackers to target, or law enforcement or aggrieved spouses to subpoena.
The Dino DeLaurentis version. Obviously we're in disagreement about it. I thought the sets were brilliant, as was the screen adaptation of the story. The acting is another matter, and not relevant to my point of faithfulness to the novel itself.
It must be difficult to balance faithfulness to the original story with hopes of commercial success. On the one hand, you have Star Ship Troopers, which was turned into a bug hunt by minions of a fascistic superstate. Enjoyable and profitable I believe, but nothing resembling Heinlein's original story. Then you have Dune, which came about as close to a faithful rendition of Herbert's novel as one could achieve on film, and it was a commercial disaster (I personally loved it). Moviemaking is ultimately supposed to make money, so given a choice between sticking with the original author's vision and pissing on it in order to turn a profit must come down to pissing on it most of the time.
We have a winner ...
When I wrote that, I was thinking more along the lines that, absent the streetwalker, there'd be no johns (i.e. an offer has to be made before there can be acceptance), not a reflection on their relative standing on the karmic totem pole. However, I'm perfectly happy expressing my disdain for both parties. Street-level prostitution is generally engaged in by some very scummy types. They aren't made scummy by the act, it's more that scummy individuals end up engaging in it. Yep, value judgement. Shrug.
That's like saying, "Without temptation, there'd be no sin." True, perhaps, but not useful.
Don't blame corporations for doing what they're programmed in their very DNA to do: turn a profit. Blame the Olympics for whoring themselves out for the corporate dollars. If you recall, the IOC had two members who took over $1 million to bring the 2002 games to Salt Lake City. Would it be a surprise if that's just the tip of the iceberg, and that there's major bribery of IOC members taking place on a continual basis? Corporations may be the johns, but it's the Olympics who's the streetwalker.
Is it me or are the Olympics taking on the tone of a totalitarian regime? If the restrictions on the athletes (no blogs, no 'unapproved' products, etc.) were being imposed by a government, there'd be an outcry. Because a non-governmental entity is doing it, it's ok?
It's possible it wasn't that they thought he's a terrorist. Maybe they weighed him and decided they didn't have enough fuel.
You mean after extending copyright to 70 years past the creator's death, NOW we shouldn't tilt it any more toward particular stakeholders? Gee thanks.
I thought it was amusing when the substitute host on the Cavuto show on CNBC asked the company president if the computer would block references to Disney's Gay Days at the park. Hummina hummina hummina.
Actually, geeks spend their Thursday nights talking about how to use Bluetooth to get dates. I guess when their shortrange schemes fall flat, they spend Friday figuring out how to up the distance.
Uhhh ... yeeeaah.
Sorry, no hunting season. The Condors are going to be whacked out of the sky by all the windmills we're going to have to build.
I leave the petty details to others ...
Once we have the genetic codes of all species recorded, we won't need the actual creatures any longer. If we have a future requirement for an actual Green-Tinged Fin Wiggler we can just make one. Goodbye Endangered Species Act.
First the /. intro makes an allusion to the "high price" and then the review says, "That makes the price much easier to swallow," but then doesn't say what it is. Would it have been too much trouble to actually STATE HOW MUCH IT COSTS? /Grumble
It's not for killing Bambi. Search and rescue and fire fighting.
I can't imagine the combination of boredom and wealth that would lead me to want to do this to an iPod. If you want something useful to hack, reverse engineer a Garmin GPS receiver so that I can modify one to calculate and show the coordinates of the target of a laser range finder. I'd rather use an existing piece of equipment like that instead of having to design and build my own.