I'm not looking for a desktop or laptop replacement, I'm looking for a larger iPod touch, that can play stuff from my Mac Mini AV server, and can surf the web and email. Just something to use around the house and in the car on trips. For real work, would still use our laptops or desktop systems.
I can see getting my GURPS Space system database and characters database running on it; that would be cool. It may even be worth while to dust off my plans for arc-info like interactive star charts and planet maps on top of the db.
My great, great grandfather was part of a group that had a fight with some Apache's that had busted out of a reservation, back in late 1800's. My great grandmother (his daughter) told me the story of how she and her sisters hid in the root cellar for a couple days, until things quieted down.
And seeing as how my family ancestors came over from Spain as conquistadores (foot solders bringing along just personal effects and weapons), that meant that they had to take native women as brides so yeah, some of us are here today, descendants of invaders and invaded, living on land taken from the Native Americans.
I'm thinking I may finally be able to put those poop machine cats to work. If there's a way to make a power generator band for animals that can broadcast power to a house receiver...
A buddy of mine had a '67 Corvair that he bought from NASA. They'd cut the roof off, put a 327 'Vette engine in the back seat and built a plywood platform on top of that. It was used as a camera platform to film planes landing on the run way. Yes, you'd have a guy standing (unsecured?) on top of the platform with a film camera, running around 90 MPH, filming a plane landing. Freaking unreal and I'm sure OSHA would have loved it, if it was around.
Anyways, I got a chance to drive it, before he sold it to some guy who shipped it off to Ireland. You could have it in 4th (four speed Saginaw manual) and it would spin the tires if you weren't careful. Hell of a lot of power in a light car. Cool thing was, with a mid-engine setup, handles very well.
Yup, my first car ('68 Nova) had a 250 ci straight six (~150 HP) and now my latest truck ('07 Trailblazer) has a 250 ci/4200 cc straight six (291 HP). Is funny; is same bore and stroke dimensions but new engine is aluminum block, dual cam, fuel injection with headers. They've totally hot rodded it and man, does it show. This mini-beast now makes more than 1 hp/ci. Sweet!
Now, my '70 Impala Sport Coup out back, that has a big ole' 454 that's been bored (460 ci) and worked over until it keeps eating transmissions. >1 HP/ci in a big block is scary. Can't wait until I can afford to get EFI on it!
Yeah, but he states that it's wrong and illegal. And maybe it is, in jasonwc userland.
A better way of stating it might have been, IMHO, allowing companies and individuals to place any conditions on anything they produce is both immoral and bad business practices.
This could then have led to an interesting discussion on the nature of capitalism, and the possible alternatives to such.
Maybe, instead of producing/selling/controlling, folks would demonstrate a product to a group of peers or government (assuming governments aren't all evil) and then be reimbursed for their work and hours put in, and then their product would enter common ownership of the commons and available for anyone to do whatever they wanted with it? Doesn't even need to be any money involved. Perhaps the group of peers or gov't or what not might decree that, if people don't regularly produce for the common good, then they are denied access to air, food, or water?
Hey, people getting together and forming companies and engaging in trade is evil. People should do only what I want them to do and when I tell them to do it. I demand eternal and all inclusive freedom for myself.
bdenton42 found the details. Turns out the lady running the restaurant in Baltimore (knew it was some city starting with 'B' east of the Mississippi) was known as Sony (same spelling) and was trying to register her restaurant in the phone book as Sony's. And so yeah, Sony defended their trademark, just in case anyone getting a Philippino based lunch got confused.
As for the Sonny's part, yeah, that's just my age creeping up on me. Coulda' swore I remembered the detail part of it being 'spelled differently but sounding the same.'
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Money back guarantee?
I'm not looking for a desktop or laptop replacement, I'm looking for a larger iPod touch, that can play stuff from my Mac Mini AV server, and can surf the web and email. Just something to use around the house and in the car on trips. For real work, would still use our laptops or desktop systems.
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
I can see getting my GURPS Space system database and characters database running on it; that would be cool. It may even be worth while to dust off my plans for arc-info like interactive star charts and planet maps on top of the db.
They discovered Greeks on Mars? No wonder Mt. Olympus is there!
My great, great grandfather was part of a group that had a fight with some Apache's that had busted out of a reservation, back in late 1800's. My great grandmother (his daughter) told me the story of how she and her sisters hid in the root cellar for a couple days, until things quieted down.
And seeing as how my family ancestors came over from Spain as conquistadores (foot solders bringing along just personal effects and weapons), that meant that they had to take native women as brides so yeah, some of us are here today, descendants of invaders and invaded, living on land taken from the Native Americans.
So the Apple Tablet will match my Chemex?
Pico ROCKS!
Dude!
Christmas eve.
Cruising Slashdot.
Seriously?
I, for one, welcome our Micronaut body-heat harvesting overlords.
I'm thinking I may finally be able to put those poop machine cats to work. If there's a way to make a power generator band for animals that can broadcast power to a house receiver...
Yeah, but not if you're running it on a Ono-Sendai 6 with just tactile feed back. You need full emersion to do it right.
A buddy of mine had a '67 Corvair that he bought from NASA. They'd cut the roof off, put a 327 'Vette engine in the back seat and built a plywood platform on top of that. It was used as a camera platform to film planes landing on the run way. Yes, you'd have a guy standing (unsecured?) on top of the platform with a film camera, running around 90 MPH, filming a plane landing. Freaking unreal and I'm sure OSHA would have loved it, if it was around.
Anyways, I got a chance to drive it, before he sold it to some guy who shipped it off to Ireland. You could have it in 4th (four speed Saginaw manual) and it would spin the tires if you weren't careful. Hell of a lot of power in a light car. Cool thing was, with a mid-engine setup, handles very well.
I like the guys at the hardware store. Management? Not so much.
Yup, my first car ('68 Nova) had a 250 ci straight six (~150 HP) and now my latest truck ('07 Trailblazer) has a 250 ci/4200 cc straight six (291 HP). Is funny; is same bore and stroke dimensions but new engine is aluminum block, dual cam, fuel injection with headers. They've totally hot rodded it and man, does it show. This mini-beast now makes more than 1 hp/ci. Sweet!
Now, my '70 Impala Sport Coup out back, that has a big ole' 454 that's been bored (460 ci) and worked over until it keeps eating transmissions. >1 HP/ci in a big block is scary. Can't wait until I can afford to get EFI on it!
- Big mining robot passes through exotic field.
- Big mining robot reengineers cute 22 year old female human body
- Big mining robot takes up new career as stripper?
Word!
You mean American Handegg?
Local lotto here is 1 in 14,000,000.
Let's see, become a millionaire before planet gets whacked? Good thing I'm not a betting man.
Damn nerds are taking over Slashdot.
I like the Psystar's an Apple puppet just so they could get this case law laid down.
Or they're run by retarded aliens from Spengo.
To where?
Yeah, but he states that it's wrong and illegal. And maybe it is, in jasonwc userland.
A better way of stating it might have been, IMHO, allowing companies and individuals to place any conditions on anything they produce is both immoral and bad business practices.
This could then have led to an interesting discussion on the nature of capitalism, and the possible alternatives to such.
Maybe, instead of producing/selling/controlling, folks would demonstrate a product to a group of peers or government (assuming governments aren't all evil) and then be reimbursed for their work and hours put in, and then their product would enter common ownership of the commons and available for anyone to do whatever they wanted with it? Doesn't even need to be any money involved. Perhaps the group of peers or gov't or what not might decree that, if people don't regularly produce for the common good, then they are denied access to air, food, or water?
Hey, people getting together and forming companies and engaging in trade is evil. People should do only what I want them to do and when I tell them to do it. I demand eternal and all inclusive freedom for myself.
Now someone go and get me a beer!
bdenton42 found the details. Turns out the lady running the restaurant in Baltimore (knew it was some city starting with 'B' east of the Mississippi) was known as Sony (same spelling) and was trying to register her restaurant in the phone book as Sony's. And so yeah, Sony defended their trademark, just in case anyone getting a Philippino based lunch got confused.
As for the Sonny's part, yeah, that's just my age creeping up on me. Coulda' swore I remembered the detail part of it being 'spelled differently but sounding the same.'