/me remembers something from his economics lessons...
plenty of distros could lead to Perfect Competition, where market forces force all the 'many firms' into homogenous products where everyone must innovate to keep up with each other but equals the 'Perfect Product' (at that time)
my economics is probs a bit dodgy but that's the gist...
wasn't anderson (or arthur anderson as it was known back then) the auditors/accounts for Mr Delorean's car company back when he ran away with all the money and lots of people lost their jobs?
Archos have been doing this for a while; their machines are based around a toshiba (I think) hardrive. You can get a range from 6 - 20 gig.
Their 20 gig recorder is USB 2.0 compatible, lets you record "of up to 20,000 minutes of top quality music in MP3 format" and is roughly the size of the ipod.
"You can record directly from any audio source, including your stereo set, radio, or pre-amplified microphone via the stereo, line-in jack. It will also work as a high-quality voice recorder."
I've seen them around for $250 and alot less for the smaller giggage.
European Commission
The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union. The President and Members of the Commission are appointed by the Member States after they have been approved by the European Parliament.
The Commission is the driving force in the Union's institutional system:
It has the right to initiate draft legislation and therefore presents legislative proposals to Parliament and the Council;
As the Union's executive body, it is responsible for implementing the European legislation (directives, regulations, decisions), budget and programmes adopted by Parliament and the Council;
It acts as guardian of the Treaties and, together with the Court of Justice, ensures that Community law is properly applied;
It represents the Union on the international stage and negotiates international agreements, chiefly in the field of trade and cooperation.
...little old (young) me living in the leafy suburbs doesn't have an enabled exchange. No plans for cabling my road for "the next 10 years" and really don't have the £2000 setup cost plus £60 a month for satellite. Dammit
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value. 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. 7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations. 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence `password hacker', `network hacker'. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
Seems to me if "hackers" are using IRC could be to the advantage of all those who want advances in technology...
yet again I plug my company... http://www.fastmarking.com (fastmarking.com) heres the blurb TopMarks is an accurate automatic exam script marking program which is viewed using a standard Internet browser. It is suitable for school based assessment but is equally useful in any training context where knowledge needs to be assessed. It can produced full examinations, short tests and quizzes. Pictures can also be incorporated into the tests. In fact any file can be added to the script, even sound files could be included for listening and music tests.
The program is designed to take the hard work out of marking examination scripts and the wait out of waiting for your results.
The student responds to questions presented to them by either ticking the appropriate multi-choice option or by entering text into the appropriate text box. When a student completes an exam he or she simply presses a button and the program marks the script automatically!
and basically the teacher can download all the marks etc into a spreadsheet for the sceptics -have a look (just click the "take as practice" box
seriously this is rather good (and I think free @ the mo...)
Phil FB
http://www.fastmarking.com
ok basically the company I work for fastmarking.com have got a product that allows your computer to mark your answers- not multiple choice but free english/ other language I think this would be a goldmine for edu companies- but no1 seems to want it *shrugs* there are a couple of language tests on the website- have a go http://www.fastmarking.com. sorry about the advertising Phil
ummm I have had my palm confiscated too many times in class (still in school) but am still saving up for a laptop to annoy teachers with:-)
The palm is not really adequate for taking notes in class altho I haven't seen the M100's feature of being able to draw pics in the middle of memos.
I did see on tv a while back a "all in one" sketch-pad, handwriting recog, mobile phone -everything but it was based @ the school market *shrugs* and I can't remember nething about it. If anything did come out over there in the US of A it will be atleast 2 years be4 it comes over here to ickle UK cya u all
Frog
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You can get some great cheap hardware from ODBII usb cables through to handheld scanners here
Even a cool bluetooth link
Some of the links require Windows but the one I have works great with WINE.
So I'd like to see it survive after going through a clothes dryer. :)
Well I had a IBM c3 (Palm Vx clone) that survived a 60c wash and dry cycle.
Whenever I've been to the cinema in the UK I've noticed that I have no signal- perhaps they are using a signal blocker a la mission impossible?
tony hawk's pro skater: everything is a grind or jump these days...
up my street has something called "conversations" which are basically forums based on your postcode (aka zipcode).
However I'm not too sure how profitable it is..they're for salefor money reasons...
/me remembers something from his economics lessons...
plenty of distros could lead to Perfect Competition, where market forces force all the 'many firms' into homogenous products where everyone must innovate to keep up with each other but equals the 'Perfect Product' (at that time)
my economics is probs a bit dodgy but that's the gist...
The Archos Jukebox Recorder 20's spec sheet says that it supports
"MP3 (selectable 30 to 160 Kbps) Real-Time Encoding"
I'm not too sure what you think is good quality but I don't think 160 is terrible
wasn't anderson (or arthur anderson as it was known back then) the auditors/accounts for Mr Delorean's car company back when he ran away with all the money and lots of people lost their jobs?
Or maybe my memory is wrong...
Their 20 gig recorder is USB 2.0 compatible, lets you record "of up to 20,000 minutes of top quality music in MP3 format" and is roughly the size of the ipod.
"You can record directly from any audio source, including your stereo set, radio, or pre-amplified microphone via the stereo, line-in jack. It will also work as a high-quality voice recorder."
I've seen them around for $250 and alot less for the smaller giggage.
no technical bits but:
How many of the projects use opensource tools, "modules", and interact with other projects...
Looking at the larger picture and seeing smaller projects are a part of larger projects...
(I think that made sense)
o'er here in engerland, specifically london, the two or three main radio stations (imo): capital & radio, play the same tunes everyday.
In fact I'm pretty certain that capital plays the same tunes at the same time everyday...
from the EU website
European Commission The European Commission embodies and upholds the general interest of the Union. The President and Members of the Commission are appointed by the Member States after they have been approved by the European Parliament. The Commission is the driving force in the Union's institutional system: It has the right to initiate draft legislation and therefore presents legislative proposals to Parliament and the Council; As the Union's executive body, it is responsible for implementing the European legislation (directives, regulations, decisions), budget and programmes adopted by Parliament and the Council; It acts as guardian of the Treaties and, together with the Court of Justice, ensures that Community law is properly applied; It represents the Union on the international stage and negotiates international agreements, chiefly in the field of trade and cooperation....little old (young) me living in the leafy suburbs doesn't have an enabled exchange. No plans for cabling my road for "the next 10 years" and really don't have the £2000 setup cost plus £60 a month for satellite. Dammit
from http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hacke r.html
hacker n.
[originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and how to stretch their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary. 2. One who programs enthusiastically (even obsessively) or who enjoys programming rather than just theorizing about programming. 3. A person capable of appreciating hack value. 4. A person who is good at programming quickly. 5. An expert at a particular program, or one who frequently does work using it or on it; as in `a Unix hacker'. (Definitions 1 through 5 are correlated, and people who fit them congregate.) 6. An expert or enthusiast of any kind. One might be an astronomy hacker, for example. 7. One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming or circumventing limitations. 8. [deprecated] A malicious meddler who tries to discover sensitive information by poking around. Hence `password hacker', `network hacker'. The correct term for this sense is cracker.
Seems to me if "hackers" are using IRC could be to the advantage of all those who want advances in technology...
Big Blue's first profit warning since what 1991? Bah this isn't gonna stop them just make sure they are careful about their accounting...
ribbit
I think you'll find its in the Media (Apple) category- which is illustrated by an image of an ipod. Quite appropiate I find.
/me wonders whether items will appear on ebay before they even land...
yet again I plug my company... http://www.fastmarking.com (fastmarking.com)
heres the blurb
TopMarks is an accurate automatic exam script marking program which is viewed using a standard Internet browser. It is suitable for school based assessment but is equally useful in any training context where knowledge needs to be assessed. It can produced full examinations, short tests and quizzes. Pictures can also be incorporated into the tests. In fact any file can be added to the script, even sound files could be included for listening and music tests.
The program is designed to take the hard work out of marking examination scripts and the wait out of waiting for your results.
The student responds to questions presented to them by either ticking the appropriate multi-choice option or by entering text into the appropriate text box. When a student completes an exam he or she simply presses a button and the program marks the script automatically!
and basically the teacher can download all the marks etc into a spreadsheet
for the sceptics -have a look (just click the "take as practice" box
seriously this is rather good (and I think free @ the mo...)
Phil FB http://www.fastmarking.com
ok basically the company I work for fastmarking.com have got a product that allows your computer to mark your answers- not multiple choice but free english/ other language I think this would be a goldmine for edu companies- but no1 seems to want it *shrugs*
there are a couple of language tests on the website- have a go http://www.fastmarking.com.
sorry about the advertising
Phil
ummm I have had my palm confiscated too many times in class (still in school) but am still saving up for a laptop to annoy teachers with :-)
The palm is not really adequate for taking notes in class altho I haven't seen the M100's feature of being able to draw pics in the middle of memos.
I did see on tv a while back a "all in one" sketch-pad, handwriting recog, mobile phone -everything but it was based @ the school market *shrugs* and I can't remember nething about it.
If anything did come out over there in the US of A it will be atleast 2 years be4 it comes over here to ickle UK
cya u all
Frog