I own a little GPS receiver, and often use it as a very accurate speedometer in a car (I don't drive, but I'm passenger a lot.), and compare it against the on-dash speedo.
I frequently find that car speedos are out by as much as 5-10%, usually on the fast side, but I've seen a couple which reported the car was going slower than it actually was.
If someone rents a car with a dodgy speedo, thinks they're doing X mph (Whatever the speed limit is in the USA, not sure.), and are actually doing X+n mph, isn't that a little unfair?
Why doesn't anyone make a decent PDA with a keyboard anymore? It seems style has been firmly placed in front of function.
The last good PDA w/ keyboard was the Psion 3c, they lost the plot with the Psion 5/Revo, and all WinCE handhelds I've seen with keyboards have sucked.
True, but most people who rip their CDs get the names from CDDB, so it has the exact mistakes that the RIAA is looking for.
Also true, but people won't search for those same typos, they'll search for the correct spelling or introduce wholly new typos. So it could be said that the files with typos are already blocked, since a correctly-spelled search won't find them.
How can they be sure that everything on the CDDB is copyrighted? I'm sure that probably most of it is, but not ALL of it. Plus, as anyone who uses CDDB knows, the database is far from accurate, awash with typos and sometimes just outright mistakes.
Still, how long before someone makes a Napster plugin to check your MP3s against CDDB and rename them in subtle ways so that they no longer match?
I once tried the "windows update" feature on my sisters computer - as the system was analyzing the PC for packages etc, a text box appeared: "Microsoft is Analyzing your Computer to create a set up updates for your system. No information is being sent to Microsoft" (or somesuch). I nearly fell down laughing. They could be sending M$ my fucking email for all I knew! I couldnt believe it.. funny thing is most sheeple would think 'oh-ok - I dont mind then..."
For once they're telling the truth. Windows Update works by fetching a list of all possible updates for everything, and then a local ActiveX control filters out anything already on your machine. Simple, really.
Perhaps you might like to read the article first. Here are the bits you probably should have read:
Wired Style, Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age reflected that belief. Part manifesto, part working style guide, Wired Style attempted to impose a new language consciousness on the digerati, as the Web-savvy smart set enjoyed calling themselves. It is a tribute to their optimism that the book was published in hardcover.
Because of the democratic nature of e-mail (or, if you prefer, email), all these oppressive stylistic conventions could be jettisoned as so much anachronistic baggage. What counted now, according to webhead John Seabrook, was to encourage writing that appeared to have been "written on the spot, in one draft, immediately." It was no longer necessary to know your semicolon, or your syntax, from a hole in the ground.
But one day, the digital revolution was over. The big media companies wrested control of the Internet from the kids in the horned-rimmed glasses. It was time to grow up. Even the magazine and website parted company: Wired joined the Condé Nast stable, and Wired News was sold to Lycos.
Standards do matter. The principles of good English are always relevant.
Besides, the "e" means electronic, and a principal function of the hyphen is to join two words to form a completely new word. In this case, "electronic" and "mail." Ergo, e-mail.
I for one agree with them. It's "electronic mail", and when you shorten down two words you add a hyphen, you don't make a new word. Therefore, "e-mail".
The only viable alternative I can think of is "e'mail", just like "It is" becomes "It's".
Here in.eu, portable minidisc players are selling far more than portable CD players. The only "copy protection" that they have is a system that doesn't allow you to make a digital copy of a digital copy. Digital copies of original CDs are always allowed, and analogue copies are always allowed.
True, MD doesn't seem to have caught on in the US, but in the EU and Asia it's been so widely adopted it's not going to disappear very quickly.
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I frequently find that car speedos are out by as much as 5-10%, usually on the fast side, but I've seen a couple which reported the car was going slower than it actually was.
If someone rents a car with a dodgy speedo, thinks they're doing X mph (Whatever the speed limit is in the USA, not sure.), and are actually doing X+n mph, isn't that a little unfair?
Want to bet? Go out and buy a Sony Z5.
You can make a lot of money by filming yourself all day long.
The box says "No game included", so you'll have to go and buy one. No doubt shops will do some bundle packages, though.
How Sean Connery says "Sex"?
Maybe, but that's just yet another thing to carry around. I want a PDA, with a keyboard, that goes in my pocket and I can whip out and use whenever.
The current crop of WinCE+keyboard PDAs seem to be more "mini-laptops", with a 4:3 screen, so it no longer goes in your pocket.
*MoreGrumbles*
Why doesn't anyone make a decent PDA with a keyboard anymore? It seems style has been firmly placed in front of function.
The last good PDA w/ keyboard was the Psion 3c, they lost the plot with the Psion 5/Revo, and all WinCE handhelds I've seen with keyboards have sucked.
*Grumble*
Also true, but people won't search for those same typos, they'll search for the correct spelling or introduce wholly new typos. So it could be said that the files with typos are already blocked, since a correctly-spelled search won't find them.
How can they be sure that everything on the CDDB is copyrighted? I'm sure that probably most of it is, but not ALL of it. Plus, as anyone who uses CDDB knows, the database is far from accurate, awash with typos and sometimes just outright mistakes.
Still, how long before someone makes a Napster plugin to check your MP3s against CDDB and rename them in subtle ways so that they no longer match?
Yeah, but I don't think even Microsoft would be stupid enough say that when it's not true, much better just to say "Please wait..." and keep quiet.
For once they're telling the truth. Windows Update works by fetching a list of all possible updates for everything, and then a local ActiveX control filters out anything already on your machine. Simple, really.
It certainly does.
It works with IE and Netscape for Windows, Mac, and Linux, but unfortunately not Opera.
Try the helping.org charity search, you can search by interest area and location.
Everyone seems to agree, whether "e-mail" or "email", that it has a lower-case "e". But what happens if you wanted to start a sentence with it?
E-mail and Email looks just plain ugly.
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I for one agree with them. It's "electronic mail", and when you shorten down two words you add a hyphen, you don't make a new word. Therefore, "e-mail".
The only viable alternative I can think of is "e'mail", just like "It is" becomes "It's".
Instead, icons representing the items to be purchased are dragged into an iconic representation of a shopping cart.
Prior art! :)
Believe it or not. Although they use a custom Windows program instead of a web page.
Why don't you think SONY Minidisks are rare?
Here in .eu, portable minidisc players are selling far more than portable CD players. The only "copy protection" that they have is a system that doesn't allow you to make a digital copy of a digital copy. Digital copies of original CDs are always allowed, and analogue copies are always allowed.
True, MD doesn't seem to have caught on in the US, but in the EU and Asia it's been so widely adopted it's not going to disappear very quickly.
And can Jupiter be said to have a real surface?
Possibly.
As anyone who has read 2010 will know, it seems quite likely that the core of Jupiter may well be a solid diamond the size of the earth.
Look out, De Beers...
My *mother* uses Google. What more do you want? ;)
Panasonic make a SuperDi sk digital camera, which also takes regular floppy discs and can also be connected to your PC via USB.
Here's the good bit: when connected to your PC it becomes a SuperDisk drive!
The thing I really liked about Windows CE was the fact that it was probably the most stable OS that ever came out of the Microsoft stable.
It's a shame that the CNet review says it's crashy, that's will be a real put-off to most people.