This technique would not completely replace what already exists, nor would it be able to power the entire us from a corner of it due to power loss problems. If every house had its own solar panels and heat collectors for hot water, a ground-loop heat exchanger and perhaps a microturbine, we wouldn't even need a power grid for the most part. Couple this with energy efficient appliances and you get a Zero Energy Home, one that takes no power from an off-property source. Sounds admirable enough a goal.
sending media files through the keyboard port? umm, no. New macs use USB for the keyboard, USB is 12mbps, the iPod connects via firewire(iee1394), which is 400mbps, and is designed for things like digital video cameras and harddrives, it is very fast.
Now read what you wrote and read what gig wrote:
It's a cool product that takes advantage of the fact that FireWire has been standard on Macs for a long time. Sending media files through the keyboard port is a bug. I'm glad Apple made this so obvious by fixing the bug.
Gig stated that this product takes advantage of FireWire, so your nit there is off base. Gig then said that using USB for file transfers is a 'bug' and should not have happened in the first place. This is refering to other products such as Nomad, etc. The "fix" to the bug is FireWire.
I used to work with tapes a lot, and the biggest problem wasn't the mechanical device but the media on which it records. Tapes break, and how! modern tape drives (such as DDS 4mm) will carefully tension things, but I cannot trust my data to a thin ribbon of plastic.
Also, if that drive were to happen to break, it would usually break with a tape in it. Not good at all.
A portable firewire/i.link or similar drive would be nice to have around with a quick backup. It would get my vote. Then again, I liked my syquest portable drive cartridge. They were so darn simple and portable.
This is a really neat device. I'd love to take one and rip its guts out to build an info display for my server. I don't have a monitor on that machine, so something like this would be welcome. The large lcd would be nice for displaying bar graphs etc. It's head and shoulders above an Orbital display, bar the easy orbital interface.
It's all about the FUTURE, not the PAST. I really wish you whiners would use your brains to figure this out. You can't release a movie from now on that takes place NOW or IN THE FUTURE with the WTC still standing because, DUH, it isn't there and it would be pretty damn obvious.
They most certainly did know he had it in his blood. Did you miss the last five minutes of the episode? He comes into the council hall, announces he has FAILED, and the leader cuts his hand and the scan his blood. I think they had the general idea.
Was anybody else sad when DRD Pike died? I was. It was a great homage to Trek (which, along with "Outer Limits" and "Twilight Zone" lead to recognition of SciFi as a valid form of commentary on society.) and an unlikely character to sympathize with.
and not on the lyrics. For example, "head like a hole" versus a song about money and greed as a religion.
Or take "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, which while a song about mortality, is one I'd be proud to have played at my funeral.
The other half are love songs with questionable titles.
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"The Economist" sent out a flyer that arrived at my pop's house on the 12th that read "Can democracy survive in a muslim world" or words to that effect. eerie.
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Unfortunately, I doubt there would be a firm willing and capable of building the MTB by FLW. IIRC, that building had a rather large footprint, and it would be difficult to squeeze it in. Not that I wouldn't mind them trying -- I'm a big FLW fan.
That's IV - VII pal. VIII was rubbish, and it was the first example of how much crap you can produce when EA gives you no time/money. IX is the second example. Also don't forget WoU I and II + UU I and II. They were all great games, in the tradition of Ultima IV and VI.
on This page I saw the name "Harry Balls"... I wonder if that is a swipe at Harry Knowles? The page format of MPS looks a lot like the massive-text, ALL CAPS style of the 800 pound gorrilla of pay-per-spew reviews..
No, it's not . It's . xHTML is case sensitive and all elements are lowercase. Of course, you technically need to use <br/> if you want it to render correctly in most browsers.
Improbable. Think of it this way: take a bicycle wheel and sit on a spinnable stool. Spin the wheel as fast as you can and turn it parallel to the floor. There's your answer. Two flywheels would be good, but you'd have to launch them at precisely the same time, and they'd have to spin in two seperate directions, wasting energy.
Why folks don't just use a CD player with PCM output and a burner with PCM input is beyond me. IMO, this is the best way to play music.. Why not record with it as well?
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This technique would not completely replace what already exists, nor would it be able to power the entire us from a corner of it due to power loss problems. If every house had its own solar panels and heat collectors for hot water, a ground-loop heat exchanger and perhaps a microturbine, we wouldn't even need a power grid for the most part. Couple this with energy efficient appliances and you get a Zero Energy Home, one that takes no power from an off-property source. Sounds admirable enough a goal.
My copy of the font is called Hirosh. There are far better fonts out there that are just as illegible.
sending media files through the keyboard port? umm, no. New macs use USB for the keyboard, USB is 12mbps, the iPod connects via firewire(iee1394), which is 400mbps, and is designed for things like digital video cameras and harddrives, it is very fast.
Now read what you wrote and read what gig wrote:
It's a cool product that takes advantage of the fact that FireWire has been standard on Macs for a long time. Sending media files through the keyboard port is a bug. I'm glad Apple made this so obvious by fixing the bug.
Gig stated that this product takes advantage of FireWire, so your nit there is off base. Gig then said that using USB for file transfers is a 'bug' and should not have happened in the first place. This is refering to other products such as Nomad, etc. The "fix" to the bug is FireWire.
Considering that I have never ran a version of RealPlayer that didn't:
a) Crash on close under Windows
or
b) Segfault under Linux
I'll have to pick Real as the culprit. I avoid it like the plague.
I used to work with tapes a lot, and the biggest problem wasn't the mechanical device but the media on which it records. Tapes break, and how! modern tape drives (such as DDS 4mm) will carefully tension things, but I cannot trust my data to a thin ribbon of plastic.
Also, if that drive were to happen to break, it would usually break with a tape in it. Not good at all.
A portable firewire/i.link or similar drive would be nice to have around with a quick backup. It would get my vote. Then again, I liked my syquest portable drive cartridge. They were so darn simple and portable.
This is a really neat device. I'd love to take one and rip its guts out to build an info display for my server. I don't have a monitor on that machine, so something like this would be welcome. The large lcd would be nice for displaying bar graphs etc. It's head and shoulders above an Orbital display, bar the easy orbital interface.
Shouldn't OS 10 show up under BSD? It's just a possible future direction for their os.
It's all about the FUTURE, not the PAST. I really wish you whiners would use your brains to figure this out. You can't release a movie from now on that takes place NOW or IN THE FUTURE with the WTC still standing because, DUH, it isn't there and it would be pretty damn obvious.
They most certainly did know he had it in his blood. Did you miss the last five minutes of the episode? He comes into the council hall, announces he has FAILED, and the leader cuts his hand and the scan his blood. I think they had the general idea.
Was anybody else sad when DRD Pike died? I was. It was a great homage to Trek (which, along with "Outer Limits" and "Twilight Zone" lead to recognition of SciFi as a valid form of commentary on society.) and an unlikely character to sympathize with.
and not on the lyrics. For example, "head like a hole" versus a song about money and greed as a religion.
Or take "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas, which while a song about mortality, is one I'd be proud to have played at my funeral.
The other half are love songs with questionable titles.
"The Economist" sent out a flyer that arrived at my pop's house on the 12th that read "Can democracy survive in a muslim world" or words to that effect. eerie.
What happens when you find out god doesn't exist?
Unfortunately, I doubt there would be a firm willing and capable of building the MTB by FLW. IIRC, that building had a rather large footprint, and it would be difficult to squeeze it in. Not that I wouldn't mind them trying -- I'm a big FLW fan.
I thought the Nephilim lived on our planet X, the planet that may or may not exist in our solar system that is twice the size of jupiter or more.
Everybody knows that spock was a superhero. He was called Namor, the Sub-Mariner before his Star Trek days..
Bolians! Not Tholians!
What's a postercomment compression filter? Is it some sort of lameness^2 filter?
That's IV - VII pal. VIII was rubbish, and it was the first example of how much crap you can produce when EA gives you no time/money. IX is the second example. Also don't forget WoU I and II + UU I and II. They were all great games, in the tradition of Ultima IV and VI.
on This page I saw the name "Harry Balls"... I wonder if that is a swipe at Harry Knowles? The page format of MPS looks a lot like the massive-text, ALL CAPS style of the 800 pound gorrilla of pay-per-spew reviews..
Chibi sucks, then. I'd rather they throw a lot of detail and render it more like Mononoke.
No, it's not /> if you want it to render correctly in most browsers.
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xHTML is case sensitive and all elements are lowercase. Of course, you technically need to use <br
Improbable. Think of it this way: take a bicycle wheel and sit on a spinnable stool. Spin the wheel as fast as you can and turn it parallel to the floor. There's your answer. Two flywheels would be good, but you'd have to launch them at precisely the same time, and they'd have to spin in two seperate directions, wasting energy.
Why folks don't just use a CD player with PCM output and a burner with PCM input is beyond me. IMO, this is the best way to play music.. Why not record with it as well?
They shot up Skinner with them in order to get him to do stuff for the shadow gov't types.
You forgot Ultima IX, also a b0rked product from EA.