Manufacturers charge a very large overhead for all the parts they replace, it's how they make money. HID's $3000 each? funny, I just bought a complete HID conversion kit, with 2 ballasts, 2 igniters, and 2 bulbs for $400 total.
off topic, but the other thing that gets me about the car industry, is that the things that we undersand and would enjoy and be able to use to it's full potential (navigation, bluetooth, etc.) are reserved for the high end cars that cater to the older, less computer savvy market (ie people that don't know how to turn their computer off).
who cares, america won't get any of this stuff for another 5 years I'm sure, and then there will be so many different companies doing this and none of them would be compatible. we need to stop letting business majors control the technology in america.
It's pretty simple to get into dos from windows ME, just put in your ME boot disc and there is an option for a "minimal boot" I believe it is called. just select that and what do you get?:
c:\
and you can boot to BeOS too, you just have to reboot with the BeOS boot disc in, you can't use the desktop shortcut anymore, kinda crappy, but you can still get into it at least.
another layer is off windows, good, I'm just waiting for the next windows build, since all since now are rumoured to be built off the NT code. (yeah, it's still windows, but until Linux has better gaming and multimedia support I'll stick with it)
The US is a stagnant pond when it comes to technology. The American public is partly to blame, since the general public is scared when presented with a new way to do something, kinda like when the caveman first saw fire. Just take a look at any company's Japan mirror and look at all the cool products that they offer over there. The americans are treated as stupid and lazy and scared of innovation, and for the most part it is correct. How we got in this state is another matter, whether we've always been like this or just because that's what we're used to.
if you taught them how to Port an application it might teach them more about the OS and Arch that they are porting from and to. I'm no expert though so don't take my word for it.
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Apparently you've never heard of the RIAA or MPAA huh?
Manufacturers charge a very large overhead for all the parts they replace, it's how they make money. HID's $3000 each? funny, I just bought a complete HID conversion kit, with 2 ballasts, 2 igniters, and 2 bulbs for $400 total.
off topic, but the other thing that gets me about the car industry, is that the things that we undersand and would enjoy and be able to use to it's full potential (navigation, bluetooth, etc.) are reserved for the high end cars that cater to the older, less computer savvy market (ie people that don't know how to turn their computer off).
and I'm spent.
this would be great for robots that needed to manipulate fragile objects, no more crushing since it is more sensitive than older methods.
who cares, america won't get any of this stuff for another 5 years I'm sure, and then there will be so many different companies doing this and none of them would be compatible. we need to stop letting business majors control the technology in america.
It's pretty simple to get into dos from windows ME, just put in your ME boot disc and there is an option for a "minimal boot" I believe it is called. just select that and what do you get?: c:\ and you can boot to BeOS too, you just have to reboot with the BeOS boot disc in, you can't use the desktop shortcut anymore, kinda crappy, but you can still get into it at least. another layer is off windows, good, I'm just waiting for the next windows build, since all since now are rumoured to be built off the NT code. (yeah, it's still windows, but until Linux has better gaming and multimedia support I'll stick with it)
The US is a stagnant pond when it comes to technology. The American public is partly to blame, since the general public is scared when presented with a new way to do something, kinda like when the caveman first saw fire. Just take a look at any company's Japan mirror and look at all the cool products that they offer over there. The americans are treated as stupid and lazy and scared of innovation, and for the most part it is correct. How we got in this state is another matter, whether we've always been like this or just because that's what we're used to.
if you taught them how to Port an application it might teach them more about the OS and Arch that they are porting from and to. I'm no expert though so don't take my word for it.