From the description I got in the article, I think sailing is the wrong metaphor for this concept. Kite-flying is closer, but I think the best current-tech analog is that of a submarine ballast tank. After all, doesn't the system basically change the vehicle's magnetic "ballast" causing the vehicle to "rise" or "sink" in and out of the Solar System?
Am I on to something here, or just blowing my ballast tanks? I just watched Crimson Tide last night so maybe that's influencing my viewpoint.
Truthfully, though, California is way ahead of most other states when it comes to the high-speed internet world. I live in a small semi-rural town in central CA and we actually have DSL (with good coverage cause it's a small town). Contrast that with places in the Midwest and Northwest, where you are counted fortunate to get a 56K-class connection!
Thus the point of mailing it to oneself, and keeping it in a safe place (Deposit box, safe, bank vault, etc.). To mail it, it must exist in a publishable format, therefore satisfying the requirements for the "prior art" argument.
Ch Products (who makes just about the BEST analogue joystick in existence.) is coming out with a line of top-end USB joysticks in the next 4-6 months. They won't be cheap though.
I've been using CH joysticks for the last 10 years and have had the least problems with floating and calibration with them, compared to all others. They're well nigh indestructable too, my original CH Flightstick (2-button w/throttle) is 10 years old and logged thousands of hours in the air/space/ocean etc. and *still* works perfectly....
Pardon the plug, but I *really* like CH joysticks, they rock!:)
128K access to the newsgroups is not really the big deal. 128K access to the mail is a BIG deal. Many businesses using ADSL for their access are transferring large files, often by e-mail. I can fully understand the anger of many SBC customers whose email bandwidth just dropped by 65% or more. I just think that SBC has them over a barrel in this case, unfortunately.
Absolutely. Upgrading Windows is like trying to move a Windows app from one dir to another. Theoretically, you should be able to just change a few registry keys and be done, but you're almost always better off just uninstalling starting from scratch. Oh well....
On the old SW Trilogy videos, GL did a three-part interview with Leonard Maltin in which GL explained his concept of a trilogy. He says something to the effect of, "In the first part you introduce the characters. In the second you get them into the deepest, darkest hole that you can possibly imagine. And in the third part, you get them out of it." That is generally the pattern to trilogies (HHGTTG excepted, of course), so why would Episodes I-III be different than IV-VI?
Which is, to a large degree, the problem. (almost)All our lawmakers today are just that, professional lawmakers. Many of them have been doing the political campaign thing so long that they no longer understand the real-world implications of the laws that they make. We need a return to the USA's original system of people being professionals first and lawmakers second. The state of society today is very much like that of the immediately pre-Revolution days. The government has little to no contact with those that it governs and the people feel (rightly so) that their government no longer understands them, and worse, doesn't seem to care. If Congress does not take care in how it deals with issues like copyright and patents, the techno-savvy will stage the informational equivalent of a Boston Tea Party. Copyright law, patents, and "Intellectual property" are the modern-day equivalent of trade routes, taxation, and troop housing.
This is what I get for reading Slashdot while listening to the Patriot soundtrack. Sheesh....
However, most malls are not public property. They are privately owned (at least where I live). So if (and that's a big if) one wished to have controls on what a person could wear at a given mall, one should contact the owner of said mall not one's local government.
Not that the mall owner is going to anything to disrupt business. As the previous poster said, if you don't like it don't shop at the mall!
I just returned from a two-week stay in the philippines, and it's true. A lot of people there have little cell phones that they use only for text-messaging. Even people that you wouldn't think would have such an item. It's really cheap, only 1 piso per message. Consider that the exchange rate for dollars to pisos is about P40 per $1, and you have a method of communicating that is much cheaper than regular cell phones.
...especially where the lawyer points out the previous case involving Betamax VCRs. Napster has many, perfectly legal uses. Uses that even involve copyrighted music. Napster should not be held responsible for the actions of its users any more than ISP's should be held responsible for theirs!
Making his ISP an accessory to the crime and sets a dangerous legal precedent. That would make ISP's open to prosecution for other crimes committed by their users. I think that is definitely something to avoid.
That's rather like suing/fining the cab company cause the bank robber hopped in a cab to make his getaway.
Besides, it's my understanding that most ISP's have a terms and conditions agreement that limits the liability of the ISP, and provides for the termination of the abusive users account.
I am not a lawyer, but I am an ISP employee, so I *do* have an idea of what I'm talking about here....kinda, sorta.
--o You're just jealous cause the voices talk to me and not to you! o--
There is a very good reason why the music in the trailer and the actual movie soundtrack are seldom the same. You see, the last thing to be put into a movie (excepting musical-type movies, i.e. any recent Disney release) is the soundtrack. Couple that with the fact the trailers are released 6 months or more before the movie is released, and you will see that often the actual movie soundtrack isn't even finished when the trailer goes out! This leaves movie studios little option but to plunk in some pre-produced music. Usually they go with well known classical music (Orff's Carmina Burana seems to be a favorite), or else use the soundtrack from a previously released music. Personally, I find it amusing to see a preview for next summer's blockbuster-hopeful with the music from last summer's big hit.
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From the description I got in the article, I think sailing is the wrong metaphor for this concept. Kite-flying is closer, but I think the best current-tech analog is that of a submarine ballast tank. After all, doesn't the system basically change the vehicle's magnetic "ballast" causing the vehicle to "rise" or "sink" in and out of the Solar System?
Am I on to something here, or just blowing my ballast tanks?
I just watched Crimson Tide last night so maybe that's influencing my viewpoint.
Averye0
Truthfully, though, California is way ahead of most other states when it comes to the high-speed internet world. I live in a small semi-rural town in central CA and we actually have DSL (with good coverage cause it's a small town). Contrast that with places in the Midwest and Northwest, where you are counted fortunate to get a 56K-class connection!
Averye0
Thus the point of mailing it to oneself, and keeping it in a safe place (Deposit box, safe, bank vault, etc.). To mail it, it must exist in a publishable format, therefore satisfying the requirements for the "prior art" argument.
Averye0
Actually, everything EAST of the San Andreas fault will eventually slide into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving us crazy Pacific Coasters to dwell in peace.
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Ch Products (who makes just about the BEST analogue joystick in existence.) is coming out with a line of top-end USB joysticks in the next 4-6 months. They won't be cheap though.
:)
I've been using CH joysticks for the last 10 years and have had the least problems with floating and calibration with them, compared to all others. They're well nigh indestructable too, my original CH Flightstick (2-button w/throttle) is 10 years old and logged thousands of hours in the air/space/ocean etc. and *still* works perfectly....
Pardon the plug, but I *really* like CH joysticks, they rock!
128K access to the newsgroups is not really the big deal. 128K access to the mail is a BIG deal. Many businesses using ADSL for their access are transferring large files, often by e-mail. I can fully understand the anger of many SBC customers whose email bandwidth just dropped by 65% or more. I just think that SBC has them over a barrel in this case, unfortunately.
Absolutely. Upgrading Windows is like trying to move a Windows app from one dir to another. Theoretically, you should be able to just change a few registry keys and be done, but you're almost always better off just uninstalling starting from scratch. Oh well....
On the old SW Trilogy videos, GL did a three-part interview with Leonard Maltin in which GL explained his concept of a trilogy. He says something to the effect of, "In the first part you introduce the characters. In the second you get them into the deepest, darkest hole that you can possibly imagine. And in the third part, you get them out of it." That is generally the pattern to trilogies (HHGTTG excepted, of course), so why would Episodes I-III be different than IV-VI?
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Be Careful.....that's a good way to violate your Terms and Conditions agreement. That could get you fined or disconnected
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Your school board banned Linux?? How and why??
Averye0
Which is, to a large degree, the problem. (almost)All our lawmakers today are just that, professional lawmakers. Many of them have been doing the political campaign thing so long that they no longer understand the real-world implications of the laws that they make. We need a return to the USA's original system of people being professionals first and lawmakers second. The state of society today is very much like that of the immediately pre-Revolution days. The government has little to no contact with those that it governs and the people feel (rightly so) that their government no longer understands them, and worse, doesn't seem to care. If Congress does not take care in how it deals with issues like copyright and patents, the techno-savvy will stage the informational equivalent of a Boston Tea Party. Copyright law, patents, and "Intellectual property" are the modern-day equivalent of trade routes, taxation, and troop housing.
This is what I get for reading Slashdot while listening to the Patriot soundtrack. Sheesh....
Averye0
However, most malls are not public property. They are privately owned (at least where I live). So if (and that's a big if) one wished to have controls on what a person could wear at a given mall, one should contact the owner of said mall not one's local government.
Not that the mall owner is going to anything to disrupt business. As the previous poster said, if you don't like it don't shop at the mall!
Averye0
Well, of course we do. But if I told you about them, then they wouldn't be "hidden" now would they?
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...Gnutella and CuteMX serve the same purpose
I just returned from a two-week stay in the philippines, and it's true. A lot of people there have little cell phones that they use only for text-messaging. Even people that you wouldn't think would have such an item. It's really cheap, only 1 piso per message. Consider that the exchange rate for dollars to pisos is about P40 per $1, and you have a method of communicating that is much cheaper than regular cell phones.
...especially where the lawyer points out the previous case involving Betamax VCRs. Napster has many, perfectly legal uses. Uses that even involve copyrighted music. Napster should not be held responsible for the actions of its users any more than ISP's should be held responsible for theirs!
....something to really appreciate when it's 105 outside!
Averye0
Making his ISP an accessory to the crime and sets a dangerous legal precedent. That would make ISP's open to prosecution for other crimes committed by their users. I think that is definitely something to avoid.
That's rather like suing/fining the cab company cause the bank robber hopped in a cab to make his getaway.
Besides, it's my understanding that most ISP's have a terms and conditions agreement that limits the liability of the ISP, and provides for the termination of the abusive users account.
I am not a lawyer, but I am an ISP employee, so I *do* have an idea of what I'm talking about here....kinda, sorta.
--o You're just jealous cause the voices talk to me and not to you! o--
There is a very good reason why the music in the trailer and the actual movie soundtrack are seldom the same. You see, the last thing to be put into a movie (excepting musical-type movies, i.e. any recent Disney release) is the soundtrack. Couple that with the fact the trailers are released 6 months or more before the movie is released, and you will see that often the actual movie soundtrack isn't even finished when the trailer goes out! This leaves movie studios little option but to plunk in some pre-produced music. Usually they go with well known classical music (Orff's Carmina Burana seems to be a favorite), or else use the soundtrack from a previously released music. Personally, I find it amusing to see a preview for next summer's blockbuster-hopeful with the music from last summer's big hit.