Microsoft of course will then build their own version, stealing the innovations made in the others. After years of hype, concepts & testing, the cars finally hit the market to mixed reviews. The company will bitch about disappointing sales figures, as everyone would rather steal one than pay actual money. The thieves however are all caught due to the cars constant breaking down & crashing, making them useless when trying to evade police.
I'd have to agree in full with the above. If you can get past the fact that a large majority of amateur radio operators are either old and bitter grouches, or smelly morbidly obese shut-ins, there is some REALLY cool stuff to discover. Alot of us ARE normal (honest!), and I continue to be amazed at the number of really intelligent people in the hobby.
A few interesting modes to research on google if you have any doubts:
APRS: A radio and a GPS somewhere, and maps on a computer screen somewhere else... real time location tracking.
Hinternet: Basically 802.11, but legal with much higher power and some real antennas. Wireless internet from miles away.
Moonbounce: Earth-Moon-Earth, or EME, bounce your signal off the surface of the moon.
Satellites: AMSAT, Lots of amateur radio satellites up there, including the space station which usually has a few amateur operators abord.
VOIP over RF: IRLP and Echolink. Repeaters linked via VOIP and the internet. Yes, I know you can pick up your cellphone and call someone in japan or new zealand, but it just ain't the same.
Digital modes: PSK31, SSTV, RTTY, etc are all great fun. It never ceases to amaze me when I can contact someone who's signal is so weak my ears CAN NOT hear it, yet a computer has no problem displaying the text.
Morse Code: Yea its old, it's outdated, it's a lost art. Thats what makes it so great.
...who are saying consumers won't accept this, I say bullshit. You or I don't want to accept it, granted. But most consumers take whatever they're given, and follow along like giant herds of little sheep.
I'm pretty sure these aren't jokes, at least not in the sense you're thinking of. Judging by the "department" name, I think slashdot is using april fools day as an opportunity to show us some of the more stupid story submissions that they get.
I had rogers digital here in ottawa when it came out. After realizing the quality wasn't any better than the analog service, I ditched it and got expressvu, where everything is broadcast in digital.
I wish C-Band satellite was still the way it was 10+ years ago, you could get everything under the sun, or pick and choose channels/networks. Now its too damn expensive to bother with. Its really unfortunate because the analog picture on c-band is amazingly clear. I'd rather look at that than some analog->digital conversion.
Personally I'm waiting for the Toshiba RD-X1. Its supposed to be available now, and has an 80 Gig drive as opposed to a 40. The price in the press release says $1500, but it can be seen on C|Net for as little as $789.
"Back in the days when many machines had CD-ROM drives and 5.25" drives at the same time, many CD-ROM drives were cartridge drives (put the CD in a carrier and insert the carrier into the drive)"
You are correct. However, the original poster spoke as if it was a recent occurance, not 10 years ago. my bad.
I can't even remember the last time I saw a cd caddy or a drive that requires them. Just the thought of it brings me horrid memories of my 1x cdr (and taking over an hour to burn a cd).
"she was putting it in a CD-ROM drive, not a 5.25" disk drive"
How the hell does BS like this get modded up to 5? I'm sorry, but thats not believeable at all. For one, no adult is that stupid, you would literally have to jam & crumple that floppy in to get the tray to close. Second, besides the tray being jammed shut, I really don't think there would be any "horrible sound" as a CD-Rom doesnt try to spin up unless a real disc is inserted.
It is about as believable as your claims of working for "the IT department". Nice try though
"Any site I hit that says something asinine like "best viewed with Internet Explorer gets an email from me explaining why I will never bother to use their site"
"Any site I hit that says something asinine like "best viewed with Internet Explorer gets an email from me explaining why I will never bother to use their site"
"It would be interesting to grab a nice sample of EULAs across the last 2 decades to see what has changed, if anything."
Glad to see i'm not the only one who's never bothered to read one:)
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"If you download Mario 2 for free, that's one less copy of Mario Advance they sell."
So just what makes you think I'd buy Mario 2? There are many people (including me) who will try software simply because its free, but would rather go without instead of paying for it. Some things just aren't worth my money.
I especially like this part... "Judge Pfaelzer ordered Mitnick to pay only totalling just over $4,125. Judge Pfaelzer said she was issuing this nominal restitution order based on the Court's determination that the defendant would have limited earnings in the future."
Limited earnings my ass. You just know as soon as those 3 years are up (which should be soon), he's gonna be raking it in as a security consultant for somebody like IBM or Sun... Wonder what that judge thinks now!
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Microsoft of course will then build their own version, stealing the innovations made in the others. After years of hype, concepts & testing, the cars finally hit the market to mixed reviews. The company will bitch about disappointing sales figures, as everyone would rather steal one than pay actual money. The thieves however are all caught due to the cars constant breaking down & crashing, making them useless when trying to evade police.
I'd have to agree in full with the above. If you can get past the fact that a large majority of amateur radio operators are either old and bitter grouches, or smelly morbidly obese shut-ins, there is some REALLY cool stuff to discover. Alot of us ARE normal (honest!), and I continue to be amazed at the number of really intelligent people in the hobby.
A few interesting modes to research on google if you have any doubts:
APRS: A radio and a GPS somewhere, and maps on a computer screen somewhere else... real time location tracking.
Hinternet: Basically 802.11, but legal with much higher power and some real antennas. Wireless internet from miles away.
Moonbounce: Earth-Moon-Earth, or EME, bounce your signal off the surface of the moon.
Satellites: AMSAT, Lots of amateur radio satellites up there, including the space station which usually has a few amateur operators abord.
VOIP over RF: IRLP and Echolink. Repeaters linked via VOIP and the internet. Yes, I know you can pick up your cellphone and call someone in japan or new zealand, but it just ain't the same.
Digital modes: PSK31, SSTV, RTTY, etc are all great fun. It never ceases to amaze me when I can contact someone who's signal is so weak my ears CAN NOT hear it, yet a computer has no problem displaying the text.
Morse Code: Yea its old, it's outdated, it's a lost art. Thats what makes it so great.
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...who are saying consumers won't accept this, I say bullshit. You or I don't want to accept it, granted. But most consumers take whatever they're given, and follow along like giant herds of little sheep.
It's an unfortunate fact, Jack.
Actually, it's Almonds
Either way, the guy is obviously quite nuts.
mod up the above post!!!
Hey I'm all for having broadband everywhere, but BPL is a bad way of doing it. Please read the above URL!
Oh, and I forgot Martin Short also.
SCTV actually (where John Candy got his start)
You forgot to mention Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. All of them had some success in the USA.
I'm pretty sure these aren't jokes, at least not in the sense you're thinking of. Judging by the "department" name, I think slashdot is using april fools day as an opportunity to show us some of the more stupid story submissions that they get.
I say keep it up!
The other thing about April Fool's Day is that noone ever believes me when I say it's my birthday. Which is kind of depressing.
I hear ya brother... its mine too!
I had rogers digital here in ottawa when it came out. After realizing the quality wasn't any better than the analog service, I ditched it and got expressvu, where everything is broadcast in digital.
I wish C-Band satellite was still the way it was 10+ years ago, you could get everything under the sun, or pick and choose channels/networks. Now its too damn expensive to bother with. Its really unfortunate because the analog picture on c-band is amazingly clear. I'd rather look at that than some analog->digital conversion.
"According to this article [mi2g.com] the most secure OS were SCO Unix, Mac OS and Tru 64."
According to that article, "BSD" is a single OS, and you apparently ignore the fact that the recent MacOS's are based upon BSD.
Meant to say RD-X2. The RD-X1 was only available in Japan I think
Personally I'm waiting for the Toshiba RD-X1. Its supposed to be available now, and has an 80 Gig drive as opposed to a 40. The price in the press release says $1500, but it can be seen on C|Net for as little as $789.
You, sir, are in dire need of a sense of humour.
"Careful, you're showing your age, child"
pfffft!
"Back in the days when many machines had CD-ROM drives and 5.25" drives at the same time, many CD-ROM drives were cartridge drives (put the CD in a carrier and insert the carrier into the drive)"
You are correct. However, the original poster spoke as if it was a recent occurance, not 10 years ago. my bad.
I can't even remember the last time I saw a cd caddy or a drive that requires them. Just the thought of it brings me horrid memories of my 1x cdr (and taking over an hour to burn a cd).
"she was putting it in a CD-ROM drive, not a 5.25" disk drive"
How the hell does BS like this get modded up to 5? I'm sorry, but thats not believeable at all. For one, no adult is that stupid, you would literally have to jam & crumple that floppy in to get the tray to close. Second, besides the tray being jammed shut, I really don't think there would be any "horrible sound" as a CD-Rom doesnt try to spin up unless a real disc is inserted.
It is about as believable as your claims of working for "the IT department". Nice try though
the disc itself has a smart card on it
yup, that sure is a great idea... SmartCards are un-hackable! Just ask the Satellite compan... err, nevermind
"Sounds like great advertising for Mozilla.
How do we get the word out?"
how about some pop-up ads?
"Any site I hit that says something asinine like "best viewed with Internet Explorer gets an email from me explaining why I will never bother to use their site"
how about some pop-up ads?
"Any site I hit that says something asinine like "best viewed with Internet Explorer gets an email from me explaining why I will never bother to use their site"
:)
wow... and i thought *I* needed a life
"It would be interesting to grab a nice sample of EULAs across the last 2 decades to see what has changed, if anything."
:)
Glad to see i'm not the only one who's never bothered to read one
"If you download Mario 2 for free, that's one less copy of Mario Advance they sell."
So just what makes you think I'd buy Mario 2? There are many people (including me) who will try software simply because its free, but would rather go without instead of paying for it. Some things just aren't worth my money.
Administrators aren't sure what anybody needs that kind of bandwidth for yet, but they are curious to see how it gets used.
Isn't is obvious? Pirated movies, pirated games, porn, pirated music, more porn...
Oh, did I mention porn?
I especially like this part... "Judge Pfaelzer ordered Mitnick to pay only totalling just over $4,125. Judge Pfaelzer said she was issuing this nominal restitution order based on the Court's determination that the defendant would have limited earnings in the future."
Limited earnings my ass. You just know as soon as those 3 years are up (which should be soon), he's gonna be raking it in as a security consultant for somebody like IBM or Sun... Wonder what that judge thinks now!