rxmd, I wish I had some points to mod you up. You summed up the whole argument with one paragraph. Not tax, but levy. Not for illegal copying, but compensation for fair use.
Verizon has been running their fiber in my neighborhood for the last 2 weeks with service going live Q1 2005. I'm in NW Philadelphia suburbs. In this process, they have managed to 1. cut the entire neighborhood's phone lines 2. lose one of their tools under my driveway 3. cut everyone's comcast tv/cable modem lines.
this test was actually done the old fashioned, wild-west style.
Test subject puts ear on rail road track, hears train, moves of track. Test subject puts ear on maglev track, no vibration, doesn't move off track in time - no wonder they freak out!
US would like to say thanks and has asked the Middle East & Far East Asia to install similar systems, to make it easier and cheaper in case we need to LIBERATE THE HECK OUT OF ANOTHER COUNTRY
1. TiVo is not multi-user capable, at least as far as I've observed so far. So my friend watches NFL & South Park, his wife is hooked on Buffy, and they have Tivo record Teletubbies for their kid. Profile this! I'm quite frankly surprised the Tivo hasn't exploded yet.
2. Human "profiling" messes up the same way. Last year I mentioned the leonoids to my in-laws. I promptly got a beginner's guide to stargazing for my birthday. Boring. I like looking at some shooting stars or the like, but I'm not up to reading books about it and becoming a full scaled backyard astronomer. Very nice and thoughtful gift though.
3. For the most part, profiling does work for me. There is a load of [Items on Amazon|Shows on TV|Goods at the Supermarket], way more than I can sort through manually. So if Amazon, based on my previous purchases, shows me some new R/C toy, I appreciate that. Better than randomly advertising some Barby Doll in the same space. I've found Tivo recording some great shows for me. Some garbage, too, but I can say that it guesses correctly quite often.
Seriously, is profiling hurting us so much? I think it's quite acceptable, realizing that one of the cost saving aspects of more technically advanced infrastructure is improved advertising. Let them make a buck. Yeah of course it's all about stereotypes. But next time you see a Tampon commercial during Monday night football, let me know.
I was almost willing to trade a little ugliness (Honda Insight) for some great gas mileage, but then I saw the car live at the dealership and decided it was really way too ugly for only getting 56/58 MPG.
The magic number European car makers have been aiming for is 3liter/100 km which is just over 70 Miles per galon. And there are some cars that will do this and not look quite as ugly: Audi A2 1.2 TDI and VW Lupo as well as some little Citroen vehicle I can't find at the moment. Bottom line: 1. these cars use Diesel to achieve this great mileage. U.S. diesel is too dirty (too much sulfur) to use in these cars. 2. There is no demand for these cars in the U.S. Please buy a Ford Excursion like all the rest of us brave citizens. sorry.
That's what I've been trying to push for my company. I'm amazed by how many companies (including mine) use ftp batch jobs to exchange data, usually comma delimited or even fixed width. Financial institutions just love their main frames and their main frame thinking. Then follows the "Hey i sent you the file, did you get it?" and "OK we processed the file, you can pick it up" emails.
Instead, just post your data (in XML, of course) to a servlet/ASP/cgi over SSL. But that would be too elegant.
All the sudden the most annoying NBC "the only team of certified meteorologists in the Delaware Valley" and "Most accurate forcasting with the Doppler 10,000" seem kind of funny.
I wonder how far in advance this new supercomputer can predict how far John Bolaris is going to be off in his predictions again (the poor guy made some completely overhyped predictions about a blizzard last year in Philly area).
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I find it rather amusing that "plans to rebuild the internet from scratch" is followed by a story about the Yellowstone Supervulcano rumbling loudly (http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/03/15/1836 223.shtml). Good timing.
If you can pair your bluetooth rifle to my POS headset, more power to you. I for one can't get it to pair with my phone to begin with.
rxmd, I wish I had some points to mod you up. You summed up the whole argument with one paragraph. Not tax, but levy. Not for illegal copying, but compensation for fair use.
Sure we can invite you in, but we require each member to share at least 1 TB of their own wares.
Verizon has been running their fiber in my neighborhood for the last 2 weeks with service going live Q1 2005. I'm in NW Philadelphia suburbs.
In this process, they have managed to 1. cut the entire neighborhood's phone lines 2. lose one of their tools under my driveway 3. cut everyone's comcast tv/cable modem lines.
this test was actually done the old fashioned, wild-west style.
Test subject puts ear on rail road track, hears train, moves of track.
Test subject puts ear on maglev track, no vibration, doesn't move off track in time - no wonder they freak out!
Dah. That was easy. Ask me another question.
This would be so useful while driving ... since I'm holding the cell phone with the other hand
US would like to say thanks and has asked the Middle East & Far East Asia to install similar systems, to make it easier and cheaper in case we need to LIBERATE THE HECK OUT OF ANOTHER COUNTRY
9.0 release already if I remember correctly.
Had a lot of user requests, and listened.
Getting high on 3 grams of "Earth's past"!
Philadelphia, Traffic.com has this as well. And I can get to at least the non-graphical keyroute summary from my t-mobile sidekick as well.
/. right now for jamming their online traffic info ...
By the way, I'm sure Motorists in Denver are just loving
Computer recycling may have a chance after all ... how many circuits do you have to kill for an engagement ring?
luckily, not all that much gay porn on cable these days.
Yeah but then bring Porn & your parents into the picture, and there is not much rolling on the floor and laughing going on anymore.
... the "NEVER EVER record this again" option.
Seriously, I have one feature request for TiVo
I agree this is rather funny. But 3 quick points:
1. TiVo is not multi-user capable, at least as far as I've observed so far. So my friend watches NFL & South Park, his wife is hooked on Buffy, and they have Tivo record Teletubbies for their kid. Profile this! I'm quite frankly surprised the Tivo hasn't exploded yet.
2. Human "profiling" messes up the same way.
Last year I mentioned the leonoids to my in-laws. I promptly got a beginner's guide to stargazing for my birthday. Boring. I like looking at some shooting stars or the like, but I'm not up to reading books about it and becoming a full scaled backyard astronomer. Very nice and thoughtful gift though.
3. For the most part, profiling does work for me. There is a load of [Items on Amazon|Shows on TV|Goods at the Supermarket], way more than I can sort through manually. So if Amazon, based on my previous purchases, shows me some new R/C toy, I appreciate that. Better than randomly advertising some Barby Doll in the same space.
I've found Tivo recording some great shows for me. Some garbage, too, but I can say that it guesses correctly quite often.
Seriously, is profiling hurting us so much? I think it's quite acceptable, realizing that one of the cost saving aspects of more technically advanced infrastructure is improved advertising. Let them make a buck.
Yeah of course it's all about stereotypes. But next time you see a Tampon commercial during Monday night football, let me know.
Good.
(I'm sorry. I had to. Man I hate that Verizon guy)
Saw this demo'ed at this year's builder's show in Atlanta (?) via a program on HGTV.
This is for in car use, too, right? I mean I can talk on the phone and send SMS while driving, so this should be safe, no?
"Dude can you believe how close in front of me this guy is?"
[H]ardOCP says it's a hoax, got a statement from Rubeena Hussein of ATi.
"We have no current intentions of making this or similar boards."
I was almost willing to trade a little ugliness (Honda Insight) for some great gas mileage, but then I saw the car live at the dealership and decided it was really way too ugly for only getting 56/58 MPG.
The magic number European car makers have been aiming for is 3liter/100 km which is just over 70 Miles per galon. And there are some cars that will do this and not look quite as ugly:
Audi A2 1.2 TDI and VW Lupo as well as some little Citroen vehicle I can't find at the moment.
Bottom line:
1. these cars use Diesel to achieve this great mileage. U.S. diesel is too dirty (too much sulfur) to use in these cars.
2. There is no demand for these cars in the U.S. Please buy a Ford Excursion like all the rest of us brave citizens.
sorry.
That's what I've been trying to push for my company. I'm amazed by how many companies (including mine) use ftp batch jobs to exchange data, usually comma delimited or even fixed width.
Financial institutions just love their main frames and their main frame thinking. Then follows the "Hey i sent you the file, did you get it?" and "OK we processed the file, you can pick it up" emails.
Instead, just post your data (in XML, of course) to a servlet/ASP/cgi over SSL. But that would be too elegant.
All the sudden the most annoying NBC "the only team of certified meteorologists in the Delaware Valley" and "Most accurate forcasting with the Doppler 10,000" seem kind of funny.
I wonder how far in advance this new supercomputer can predict how far John Bolaris is going to be off in his predictions again (the poor guy made some completely overhyped predictions about a blizzard last year in Philly area).
Anyhow, hats off, Japan! I'm impressed.
in a small strip mall in NJ, as now became evident from leftover fortune cookies found at a nearby dry cleaner.
I mean, you can't just get /.ed and not be available ...