Who would have guessed that China would lead the way in green transportation?
Yes. That's brilliant. Who would have guessed? It's absolutely miraculous! The 500 million human-powered bicycles estimated to be in use in China can now be replaced by those that require electricity and FINALLY China's position as leader in green transportation will be secure.
Why bother to learn about the world when you can make it up on Slashdot?
So if this goes through, Microsoft will have most of the browser market, MSN, all four railroads, the most popular OS software, the most popular office suite, Boardwalk, Park Place and AOL?
Long live the Free Parking^WSoftware movement, I guess.
The 2, 4 and 5 are type I, not type II. Here's the actual press release:
New 8 GB Card Utilizes Company's Patented IC Tower Stacking Technology
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 9 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- SimpleTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions based on Flash memory and DRAM technologies, today announced the industry's highest capacity CompactFlash with an 8 GB Type II card using the Company's patented stacking technology. The Company also announced 2, 4 and 5 GB Type I cards and a significant increase to the write speed of its entire ProX line of CompactFlash cards. The products will be unveiled at the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) trade show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 12-15, 2004. SimpleTech will exhibit in booth N-64.
"We combined the latest silicon with our patented IC Tower stacking technology and produced the highest density CompactFlash card available in the world," said Ken Roberts, director of product marketing at SimpleTech. "This card also uses a high speed controller with 10 MB/sec write speed -- the fastest on the market today."
SimpleTech's IC Tower(TM) stacking technology allows multiple NAND Flash components to be stacked together to provide increased memory and storage densities that provide enhanced capacity in its 5 mm Type II cards.
Delivering a breakthrough write speed of up to 10MB/second, SimpleTech's ProX CompactFlash cards enable images to be saved faster to the CompactFlash card and significantly reduces the wait time between digital photography shots.
ProX CompactFlash cards incorporate Xcell(TM) technology, with a new advanced controller that provides an exponential increase in throughput for writing the picture file, delivering fast, accurate recording of high-resolution images and outstanding reliability.
SimpleTech customers are offered a free trial of PhotoRescue software. Customers can download the photo recovery software onto their computer, and either insert the Flash card into a reader, or dock their camera, and view thumbnail images of their pictures. If one of the images on the card is corrupted, the rescue software allows the image to be recovered.
All SimpleTech CompactFlash cards come with a lifetime warranty backed by SimpleTech's reputation for quality and support.
Pricing and Availability
Manufacturers suggested retail pricing for ProX CompactFlash cards ranges from $89.99 to $5,999 to meet budget and performance requirements. Samples of the new ProX CompactFlash Type I cards in 2, 4 and 5 GB capacities and the 8 GB type II cards are expected to ship during the first quarter of 2004, with production anticipated during the second quarter of 2004.
Absolutely joking. I thought it was an amusing image.
I mean, clearly, if the vendor had to provide printed source...well, that'd make downloading Fedora somewhat impractical. I don't think IP over fax is fast enough for most people.
If I have to pay an extra USD$25 in shipping when I replace my DVD player because it comes with the kernel source printed out, I'm going to be seriously pissed.
My name is Masque and I am writing you from the republic of Heaven to beg your indulgence in the matter
I came to your name through careful study of teh intarweb and u are recommmended as a helfpul and trustworthy person who may be trusted to be helpful and I beleive I can be of help to you in return
BEFORE I WAS FORCED AGAINST MY WILL TO COME TO THE AFTERLIFE I HAD AMASSED A SMALL FORTUNE THROUGH THE LEVERAGING OF MASS EMAIL TECHNIQUES. I NEED YOUR HELP IN TRANSITIONING THESE FUNDS BACK INTO MY POSSESSIONS AFTER BEING SO RUSHEDLY FORCED TO LEAVE MY HOME FOR ASYLUM IN THIS AFTERLIFE....
A Microsoft representative said they believe they have adhered to the agreement.
Indeed. They also believe that they make the best OS, that Apple is a monopoly, that freedom of choice only counts when they're the only choice, that Linux isn't a viable desktop OS for anyone.
I'm fairly certain that Microsoft representative drove away from giving that statement fully believing he or she was riding the back of a flying pig.
Forcing customers to have to clean up the shit you're spewing everywhere is not a way to make friends.
Amen to that. Have you ever tried installing something called Microsoft Windows? It's the ultimate expression of this kind of problem. Maybe we can get them both to listen, somehow....
Oh come ON. Why is it that EVERY time Apple puts a new product out, slashdot runs a review...but when OTHER cool technology comes out it's completely igno...oh. Wait. Um, never mind.
I don't give a rat's ass about album titles. When I want to find a song by The Rolling Stones, I want to scroll down the list to 'Rolling Stones, The' and find the song I'm looking for, I don't want to have to think 'was that on Sticky Fingers or Tattoo You?'.
The first few months I was using iTunes (this was iTunes 1, way back when) I missed the existence of the 'Browse' button completely. It's on the top right. Clicking it exposes a three-pane selector. Make sure 'All' is selected for Genre and Album, scroll down, find your Rolling Stones. There you go. You can even select multiple things in each list. It's tres groovy.
Why would you attempt to manage something that relies on hordes of metadata on a filesystem that doesn't support more than 'name' and 'location'? I'm sorry for your lost effort, but I implore you to rethink spending the time to recreate it when iTunes will do exactly what you want, saving you time in the process.
You're going to ask/. for medical advice? Holy cow. Go see a psychiatrist, explain the situation. My doctor heard that caffeine helped me focus and immediately had useful suggestions.
Go out there and get some professional advice. Quickly. You have a five hour deadline for this task.
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds like someone in this Monopoly(TM) just landed on Go To Jail.
Yes. That's why having cmd-Q mapped to 'Quit' is a silly thing in Safari. Suggestion:
http://calmstorm.net/lj/safari_safety.png
Who would have guessed that China would lead the way in green transportation?
Yes. That's brilliant. Who would have guessed? It's absolutely miraculous! The 500 million human-powered bicycles estimated to be in use in China can now be replaced by those that require electricity and FINALLY China's position as leader in green transportation will be secure.
Why bother to learn about the world when you can make it up on Slashdot?
So if this goes through, Microsoft will have most of the browser market, MSN, all four railroads, the most popular OS software, the most popular office suite, Boardwalk, Park Place and AOL?
Long live the Free Parking^WSoftware movement, I guess.
Maybe it's time to stop adding value and start subtracting crappiness.
Love, Masque.
P.S. Please open the enclosed attachment.
All the storage space and physical size of a 1GB SD card with none of the reusability! Sign me up for zero of these, thanks.
The 2, 4 and 5 are type I, not type II. Here's the actual press release:
New 8 GB Card Utilizes Company's Patented IC Tower Stacking Technology
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 9 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- SimpleTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of custom and open-standard memory solutions based on Flash memory and DRAM technologies, today announced the industry's highest capacity CompactFlash with an 8 GB Type II card using the Company's patented stacking technology. The Company also announced 2, 4 and 5 GB Type I cards and a significant increase to the write speed of its entire ProX line of CompactFlash cards. The products will be unveiled at the PMA (Photo Marketing Association) trade show held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 12-15, 2004. SimpleTech will exhibit in booth N-64.
"We combined the latest silicon with our patented IC Tower stacking technology and produced the highest density CompactFlash card available in the world," said Ken Roberts, director of product marketing at SimpleTech. "This card also uses a high speed controller with 10 MB/sec write speed -- the fastest on the market today."
SimpleTech's IC Tower(TM) stacking technology allows multiple NAND Flash components to be stacked together to provide increased memory and storage densities that provide enhanced capacity in its 5 mm Type II cards.
Delivering a breakthrough write speed of up to 10MB/second, SimpleTech's ProX CompactFlash cards enable images to be saved faster to the CompactFlash card and significantly reduces the wait time between digital photography shots.
ProX CompactFlash cards incorporate Xcell(TM) technology, with a new advanced controller that provides an exponential increase in throughput for writing the picture file, delivering fast, accurate recording of high-resolution images and outstanding reliability.
SimpleTech customers are offered a free trial of PhotoRescue software. Customers can download the photo recovery software onto their computer, and either insert the Flash card into a reader, or dock their camera, and view thumbnail images of their pictures. If one of the images on the card is corrupted, the rescue software allows the image to be recovered.
All SimpleTech CompactFlash cards come with a lifetime warranty backed by SimpleTech's reputation for quality and support.
Pricing and Availability
Manufacturers suggested retail pricing for ProX CompactFlash cards ranges from $89.99 to $5,999 to meet budget and performance requirements. Samples of the new ProX CompactFlash Type I cards in 2, 4 and 5 GB capacities and the 8 GB type II cards are expected to ship during the first quarter of 2004, with production anticipated during the second quarter of 2004.
...but I'm really not skilled in reading molecular assembly language.
Absolutely joking. I thought it was an amusing image.
I mean, clearly, if the vendor had to provide printed source...well, that'd make downloading Fedora somewhat impractical. I don't think IP over fax is fast enough for most people.
If I have to pay an extra USD$25 in shipping when I replace my DVD player because it comes with the kernel source printed out, I'm going to be seriously pissed.
DEAR SIR / MADAM
My name is Masque and I am writing you from the republic of Heaven to beg your indulgence in the matter
I came to your name through careful study of teh intarweb and u are recommmended as a helfpul and trustworthy person who may be trusted to be helpful and I beleive I can be of help to you in return
BEFORE I WAS FORCED AGAINST MY WILL TO COME TO THE AFTERLIFE I HAD AMASSED A SMALL FORTUNE THROUGH THE LEVERAGING OF MASS EMAIL TECHNIQUES. I NEED YOUR HELP IN TRANSITIONING THESE FUNDS BACK INTO MY POSSESSIONS AFTER BEING SO RUSHEDLY FORCED TO LEAVE MY HOME FOR ASYLUM IN THIS AFTERLIFE....
Forget Amazon suing anyone else over one-click; what if someone else loses their senses and licenses one-click? What then?
I really want to make a sarcastic, scathing comment.
I really want to go on about how much this bothers me and why it's wrong.
I REALLY want to mock this.
The trouble is, I really like it.
Which makes me hate it even more!
How long will it be until we see Howie Long and Hulk Hogan singing a duet about an online music service?
"A dollar! Why, you can get a song up to 20 minutes long for just NINETY-NINE cents! Just dial 10-10-NAP-STER!"
*bangs head on desk*
I'm fairly certain that Microsoft representative drove away from giving that statement fully believing he or she was riding the back of a flying pig.
How much would you pay for an ogg plugin that worked the way you wanted?
Thanks for nothing, indeed.
Oh come ON. Why is it that EVERY time Apple puts a new product out, slashdot runs a review...but when OTHER cool technology comes out it's completely igno...oh. Wait. Um, never mind.
Why would you attempt to manage something that relies on hordes of metadata on a filesystem that doesn't support more than 'name' and 'location'? I'm sorry for your lost effort, but I implore you to rethink spending the time to recreate it when iTunes will do exactly what you want, saving you time in the process.
Be KIND to their admins? "Here's a link to your site from slashdot, where we are asking people to be kind and not DDoS your site. Love, Slashdot."
Does anyone else see the inherent flaw in this?
When reporters visited teh apartment last night,...
Is this just evidence of sloppy journalism, or is the reporter deliberately targeting h1z sp3c1f1c 4uDi3nc3z0R?
What an odie-ous typo!
Insert witty Brazil comment here.
You're going to ask /. for medical advice? Holy cow. Go see a psychiatrist, explain the situation. My doctor heard that caffeine helped me focus and immediately had useful suggestions.
Go out there and get some professional advice. Quickly. You have a five hour deadline for this task.