These dumb-ass ideas are usually tested in the USA and only if they work do they get their way to Europe. The business assumption is your average American will by anything, if they don't then it isn't going to work any where else. This not being anti-American, its just they way business work - especially when you consider the buying power you have in the USA compared to Europe.
If you guys really want a bar code reader then you could always buy one. The cheapest I could find at Microwarehouse was around $140 (USD), you could probably find someone selling one for less. Now as to whether the guys will write you a letter if you add Linux support is another matter.
none of the stores are linked to a central database of customers...even within the same town.
How can you be so sure? I am almost certain that those 'catalogues' I get are because of me giving my name and address - even though they say that they won't add me to a mailing list.
Any Mac that is sold with USB support standard supports MacOS X. if it has a PCI bus, but not USB, then it probably supports MacOS X even if not all models are listed as being 'supported' - but I would wait and let someone else break their teeth first before attempting brain surgery.
If you are a student then you could probably find some other people on the computer course ( male or female ) and suggest that you share a house with them the next year and get it set up for networked death matches.
When I was at uni I shared a house with some friends on the same course and we had coaxial cables running around the house. You had to be careful on the stairs to make sure that the cable wasn't lying around, otherwise it was a potential broken neck situation.
Does anyone know if any of the old B&W films have moved into the public domain. Calculating when they were made they should certainly be available without copyright! I think this is something that should be mentioned in most arguments when showing the real motives of the film industry.
I believe that the film and music industry do have a right to protect their intellectual property and those of their artists. At the same time I do feel that the record and film industry is over stepping their boundary when they ask all work to be protected, no matter its use or its time frame. I believe it is about time that the people of the USA stand up and protect their rights by requesting an anti-trust law suit against these guys. These guys are not above the law!
If any of you guys are paranoid about the government, then just wait until the MPAA and friends get what they want - the government will the last thing you will be worrying about.
Considering the position of Sun when it comes to Linux, I wonder whether they will put Solaris on the Colbalt machines in place of Linux - I sure hope not.
Considering these rules, surely it would prevent any computer from being displayed at CeBit, after all they are MP3 related - indirectly. Next thing we'll have is a ban on.au an.wav related devices;) Hmm, might aswell ban all technology and the show - at least this way the music industry would be happy.
It is a sad time when the state does not invest in education and even sadder when education insitutions turn to corporations for cash. I am sure that if someone managed to find a graph on crime rate over the past 100 years it would be inversly proportional to effort being put into the education system. Crime will go up when people do not have the skills to work in society - after all if they can't earn money legally they will try to earn it illegaly.
I believe that it is actually cheaper to invest in education than in crime enforcement, since education will increase the potential work force and reduce the number of people that have to be locked up. Some jobless people actually find it better to be locked up since the state actually provides all they need to live, bar the freedom.
Isn't there some law in the US that says that if a person asks their details not to be disclosed, then the company, has to comply? Can anyone with a good knowledge of US law confirm or deny this?
With the Transmeta promising better energy management and everything else, I think its about time that Intel licensed the technology. At this rate I am going to have to upgrade my floors to something that support this much heat. Are we going to start seeing fire-hazard warnings on the cases?
The RIAA and MPAA are just another cartel for controlling what Joe Public does. Thankfully the US is just one country and there are plenty of countries in the world where governments do believe in indivual rights, not just apparent ones.
What ever your opinion might be, it may be worth noting that the controller interface looks the same as N64 interface. If this is indeed the case then maybe you can use your favourite N64 controller with the console.
I doubt that it is a USB connector, since it just wouldn't make sense: added cost, unnecessary complexity and I doub't the 127 device support would make any sense. Nah, I reckon it is just some sort of compact, properity device adapter.
Linux does have a place in the graph as it is based on the concepts and architectur of Unix. After all you have the same file organisation, device approach and other stuff. I think the more important question is what is Unix? Is it a design, an implementation or something else?
The web is dead... well if these things get any crazier, setting up a web site or using a web browser would be treated as criminal activity. Its strange how on the one hand these companies want to force oppressive technology down our throats and on the other hand prevent people from using technology that could provide free access to information.
Information wants to be free, but there a bunch of corporate dictators out there who make Castro appear liberal.
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These dumb-ass ideas are usually tested in the USA and only if they work do they get their way to Europe. The business assumption is your average American will by anything, if they don't then it isn't going to work any where else. This not being anti-American, its just they way business work - especially when you consider the buying power you have in the USA compared to Europe.
If you guys really want a bar code reader then you could always buy one. The cheapest I could find at Microwarehouse was around $140 (USD), you could probably find someone selling one for less. Now as to whether the guys will write you a letter if you add Linux support is another matter.
Does anyone have any electronics projects for building their own bar-code scanner from scratch?
none of the stores are linked to a central database of customers...even within the same town.
How can you be so sure? I am almost certain that those 'catalogues' I get are because of me giving my name and address - even though they say that they won't add me to a mailing list.
Any Mac that is sold with USB support standard supports MacOS X. if it has a PCI bus, but not USB, then it probably supports MacOS X even if not all models are listed as being 'supported' - but I would wait and let someone else break their teeth first before attempting brain surgery.
If you are a student then you could probably find some other people on the computer course ( male or female ) and suggest that you share a house with them the next year and get it set up for networked death matches.
When I was at uni I shared a house with some friends on the same course and we had coaxial cables running around the house. You had to be careful on the stairs to make sure that the cable wasn't lying around, otherwise it was a potential broken neck situation.
Does anyone know if any of the old B&W films have moved into the public domain. Calculating when they were made they should certainly be available without copyright! I think this is something that should be mentioned in most arguments when showing the real motives of the film industry.
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I believe that the film and music industry do have a right to protect their intellectual property and those of their artists. At the same time I do feel that the record and film industry is over stepping their boundary when they ask all work to be protected, no matter its use or its time frame. I believe it is about time that the people of the USA stand up and protect their rights by requesting an anti-trust law suit against these guys. These guys are not above the law!
If any of you guys are paranoid about the government, then just wait until the MPAA and friends get what they want - the government will the last thing you will be worrying about.
Considering the position of Sun when it comes to Linux, I wonder whether they will put Solaris on the Colbalt machines in place of Linux - I sure hope not.
Shame that there is no such thing as transparent metal :(
That's where the scew-driver in the Visor's stylus comes in handy - I haven't had to use it for that yet though.
Considering these rules, surely it would prevent any computer from being displayed at CeBit, after all they are MP3 related - indirectly. Next thing we'll have is a ban on .au an .wav related devices ;) Hmm, might aswell ban all technology and the show - at least this way the music industry would be happy.
It is a sad time when the state does not invest in education and even sadder when education insitutions turn to corporations for cash. I am sure that if someone managed to find a graph on crime rate over the past 100 years it would be inversly proportional to effort being put into the education system. Crime will go up when people do not have the skills to work in society - after all if they can't earn money legally they will try to earn it illegaly.
I believe that it is actually cheaper to invest in education than in crime enforcement, since education will increase the potential work force and reduce the number of people that have to be locked up. Some jobless people actually find it better to be locked up since the state actually provides all they need to live, bar the freedom.
Sounds like the book should have been free.
We should probably start rating universities based on how much they put students after cash flow. Anyone up to setting a website for this?
Isn't there some law in the US that says that if a person asks their details not to be disclosed, then the company, has to comply? Can anyone with a good knowledge of US law confirm or deny this?
With the Transmeta promising better energy management and everything else, I think its about time that Intel licensed the technology. At this rate I am going to have to upgrade my floors to something that support this much heat. Are we going to start seeing fire-hazard warnings on the cases?
The RIAA and MPAA are just another cartel for controlling what Joe Public does. Thankfully the US is just one country and there are plenty of countries in the world where governments do believe in indivual rights, not just apparent ones.
What ever your opinion might be, it may be worth noting that the controller interface looks the same as N64 interface. If this is indeed the case then maybe you can use your favourite N64 controller with the console.
I doubt that it is a USB connector, since it just wouldn't make sense: added cost, unnecessary complexity and I doub't the 127 device support would make any sense. Nah, I reckon it is just some sort of compact, properity device adapter.
Linux does have a place in the graph as it is based on the concepts and architectur of Unix. After all you have the same file organisation, device approach and other stuff. I think the more important question is what is Unix? Is it a design, an implementation or something else?
The web is dead ... well if these things get any crazier, setting up a web site or using a web browser would be treated as criminal activity. Its strange how on the one hand these companies want to force oppressive technology down our throats and on the other hand prevent people from using technology that could provide free access to information.
Information wants to be free, but there a bunch of corporate dictators out there who make Castro appear liberal.
Unless, they are paid off by these companies.