Euro broadcasts use slightly different frequency settings and bandwidths (I did have a portable with a switch in it for AM/MW bandwidth, FM was simply
being able to dial 98.0 instead of odd intervals like 98.1, 98.3 in North America) Hopefully it's available for US buyers (best check lest it get intercepted at the border by
the Federales. You know how Washington listens when RIAA, etc. bark. They know they're Master's Voice*)
This would be wonderful with satellite radio (all these great stations with swing and jazz), but I would probably not use it for broadcast, at least where I live. DJ's talking over the music is probably encouraged to
screw with us who made tapes back in the poor days (lived in a paper bag in a septic tank or shoebox in the middle of the road...)
Unless, say, I wanted to archive Paul Harvey or something like that. (This would have kicked butt back when J.P. McCarthy was still alive
and doing his radio shows on WJR-Detroit)
The Governator should be applauded for his adoption of Open Source in the government.
Canada? How about India, Germany, Mexico, etc. Open Source knows no boundaries. Still, it's a Good Thing is, people with l33t sk1llz will be needed to setup, maintain, program, interface, etc. this software so all it does is cut down on initial cost of purchase -- which, when you think about Silicon Valley, may not be too palatable, though they were going ape-sh!t years ago for the H1B visas to bring more people into the country. Workers in Cal. pay taxed, which are state revenues, so there's certainly some work needed in exploring this, though I think most state expenses are of the Microsoft account.
This sounds like a good deal for grannys and the like.
Really. I have an elderly aunt, whom in December I discovered had a PC and was dialing into the internet, downloading email with Outlook, etc. I knew this was so wrong on so many levels it made me quietly very angry. A better way would be a PC which is totally locked down and doesn't let you run anything but plug ins and verifies with the user each file which is being saved to disk. Her level of sophistication meant she was going to be hit by worms and virii, probably never knowing it until one actually trashed her computer.
I thought WalMart was the official outlet of cut-rate PC's. Office Depot may work around cities, but it sure isn't going to get the rural areas, for that matter not many people visit Office Depots, unless it's office/business related.
As long as they don't connect your fingerprint to your name on site, then I don't mind being checked against a terrorist database. I'm not a terrorist. If they stored my fingerprint afterwards and kept it connected to my name, then yes, of course I'd be against it, but I HIGHLY doubt this happens.
That's what you think -- for behind a wall panel, these people are waiting for a match and will leap out and drag you off in irons to the shame of your mother, your family, your friends and that elementary school teacher who thought you would go far some day, how little she knew!
I heard the statue of Liberty would be replaced by Dick Cheney with a barrel of oil under one arm and a sack of cash raised above his head with the other.
Think about it: open systems will out grow closed systems. It might take a while, but that's what always happened. It happened with PC vs Mac hardware and it'll happen with software.
My progression:
OSI (Ohio Scientific, that is) 500 board
DEC PDP 11/50
C64
Amiga
Pr1me
DEC Alpha
Sun Sparc w/Linux
HP 9000
Windows programming
I finally arrived at Window in about 2000 and found it, by far, the most inexplicable and difficult environment to work in, to say nothing of the pain in programming it. Everything else was simpler, by far. Maybe I'll get a Mac and see what that's about, but I've found it ironic that the environment I've had to worry about interfaces, security, blatant stupidity of architecture, etc. is the dominent one.
It's only natural that Linux comes along and takes a whack out of the market. Hell, if Microsoft's market was a farm, it'd be prime territory for weeds to sprout as they're so busy pounding seeds into the earth with hammers.
Funny how Linux from Walmart which itself is a large corporation may help fight the software giant Microsoft is. How ironic where the revolution comes from.
Can't get from town to town fast enough walking? Ride a horse!
I swear, the most obvious things to people thousands of years ago are right over the heads of people with the latest and greatest information devices at their fingertips. Sorta like when Scott Adams commented on his pager not working, after checking everything he could think of and finally taking it to the shop for repair/replacement only to watch in consternation as the sales guy took out the AA cells, rotated then 180 degrees and put then back in, voila.
Moe: "See anything, boys?"
Curly: "I don't see nuttin'"
Larry: "You're supposed to open your eyes."
Curly: "But if I do, I might see something that upsets me!"
Larry: "What could upset you?"
Curly: "Computer mice! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!"
Moe: "You knucklehead *smek* we're supposed to be finding anything wrong!"
Larry: "There's nothing wrong with this (holds up fold-out pin-up girl, Miss CBO 2003)"
All: *wolfwhistle* "There's nothing at all wrong with that!"
Moe: "Then it's agreed, we find nothing wrong at all wrong with anything, let's leave our findings and get back to painting this room."
Larry: "Yeah, that committee that left us in charge should be back from their lunch with all those 'good friends' any time now."
In a pilot project, Microsoft will be selling a skeletal Windows Starter Edition in asian countries Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Priced lower as an effort to reduce the attraction
of piracy and compete with Linux. More details in this InformationWeek article.
I think a LOT of things could improve with the firmer grip imparted by a chemical rubber coating:)
How's it work on reality?
There's always been that tool dip stuff you could buy at hardware stores, to replace cracked rubber grips on plier handles, etc.
My favorite controller of all time (and damned if I can ever find it again) was an Amiga joystick. They sold these tiny joysticks to finance chip development, as it turns out though, because of the small size they were extremely good for making those sudden lunges because the arclength of stick rotation was so short. It was held together with tiny Phillips screws so cleaning and maintenance was never a bother.
Maybe there is more in it than just price, ya know...
IIRC, there was. The Munich government reps who were involved in the decision making were insensed that Microsoft didn't make their best offer when asked the first time, but in steps. I certainly know enough people who would have jumped at Microsoft's offer, but the germans were apparently insulted. There's also the likelihood that they were focused on Long Term TCO rather than short term, which was all Microsoft was really offering them. Look at what's going on with Microsoft since, all the patching (which in recent stories highlights the expense of testing, certifying and accepting patches and understanding their impact on software already in use.)
They're showing uncharacteristic good sense and courage in making such a decision... one would almost be convinced these weren't bureaucrats, but aliens who have taken the place of the bureaucrats.
For some reason this reminds me of an episode of SCTV where 3CP-TV blocks the canadian satellite and some Red Adair-type goes up to fix the canadian satellite and suddenly finds himself screwed out of his return trip on the candian rocket, so he jumps on one of the satellites and rides it back to earth as CCCP starts WW III, launching missiles at Canada.
I just hope they don't follow this script with Hubble.
You've never been in a building with double/triple pane glass? Where the... do you live..?
Michigan... California... both extremes, effectively.
First step in saving money on heating/cooling would be dual pane, but first you have to talk people into spending the money to upgrade the glass they already have -- Answer, in two words: Fat Chance. Most likely a consideration for new buildings.
if you have a double paned window, treat the inner side of the outer pane.
Agreed, but I've yet to be in a building where the glass was double or even triple paned. Usually it's that heavy stuff that can withstand the direct impact of a pigeon (no sparrow jokes, please.)
just get some old-fashioned IR reflectors -- Aluminum Foil!
Ever put your hand on something chromed that's been sitting in the sun long? I think a white paint would work, but that's pretty close to what we already have.
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Now that that's out of the way...
Euro broadcasts use slightly different frequency settings and bandwidths (I did have a portable with a switch in it for AM/MW bandwidth, FM was simply being able to dial 98.0 instead of odd intervals like 98.1, 98.3 in North America) Hopefully it's available for US buyers (best check lest it get intercepted at the border by the Federales. You know how Washington listens when RIAA, etc. bark. They know they're Master's Voice*)
This would be wonderful with satellite radio (all these great stations with swing and jazz), but I would probably not use it for broadcast, at least where I live. DJ's talking over the music is probably encouraged to screw with us who made tapes back in the poor days (lived in a paper bag in a septic tank or shoebox in the middle of the road...) Unless, say, I wanted to archive Paul Harvey or something like that. (This would have kicked butt back when J.P. McCarthy was still alive and doing his radio shows on WJR-Detroit)
Sexy? Reminds me of a Martian War Machine
* Arcane reference to Victor, the RCA dog.
Canada? How about India, Germany, Mexico, etc. Open Source knows no boundaries. Still, it's a Good Thing is, people with l33t sk1llz will be needed to setup, maintain, program, interface, etc. this software so all it does is cut down on initial cost of purchase -- which, when you think about Silicon Valley, may not be too palatable, though they were going ape-sh!t years ago for the H1B visas to bring more people into the country. Workers in Cal. pay taxed, which are state revenues, so there's certainly some work needed in exploring this, though I think most state expenses are of the Microsoft account.
Doesn't seem that tricky. We used to place string tags in code then have an app find it and replace with whatever we wanted, i.e. a serial number.
Really. I have an elderly aunt, whom in December I discovered had a PC and was dialing into the internet, downloading email with Outlook, etc. I knew this was so wrong on so many levels it made me quietly very angry. A better way would be a PC which is totally locked down and doesn't let you run anything but plug ins and verifies with the user each file which is being saved to disk. Her level of sophistication meant she was going to be hit by worms and virii, probably never knowing it until one actually trashed her computer.
What irks me is his constant use of the word 'Freedom' -- like his association with the word taints it.
Freedom® is a wholly owned trademark of Bush/Cheney 2004, use without prior written consent constitutes a violation of copyright law.
I thought WalMart was the official outlet of cut-rate PC's. Office Depot may work around cities, but it sure isn't going to get the rural areas, for that matter not many people visit Office Depots, unless it's office/business related.
That's what you think -- for behind a wall panel, these people are waiting for a match and will leap out and drag you off in irons to the shame of your mother, your family, your friends and that elementary school teacher who thought you would go far some day, how little she knew!
Guess he's showing us, huh?
I heard the statue of Liberty would be replaced by Dick Cheney with a barrel of oil under one arm and a sack of cash raised above his head with the other.
My progression:
OSI (Ohio Scientific, that is) 500 board
DEC PDP 11/50
C64
Amiga
Pr1me
DEC Alpha
Sun Sparc w/Linux
HP 9000
Windows programming
I finally arrived at Window in about 2000 and found it, by far, the most inexplicable and difficult environment to work in, to say nothing of the pain in programming it. Everything else was simpler, by far. Maybe I'll get a Mac and see what that's about, but I've found it ironic that the environment I've had to worry about interfaces, security, blatant stupidity of architecture, etc. is the dominent one.
It's only natural that Linux comes along and takes a whack out of the market. Hell, if Microsoft's market was a farm, it'd be prime territory for weeds to sprout as they're so busy pounding seeds into the earth with hammers.
Can't get from town to town fast enough walking? Ride a horse!
I swear, the most obvious things to people thousands of years ago are right over the heads of people with the latest and greatest information devices at their fingertips. Sorta like when Scott Adams commented on his pager not working, after checking everything he could think of and finally taking it to the shop for repair/replacement only to watch in consternation as the sales guy took out the AA cells, rotated then 180 degrees and put then back in, voila.
Regarding Walmart, not all of us shop there, yet.
Snitchy
Ratty
Verminator
Now kids will grow up with negative memories of ferrets. Nice.
Yes, what 70 years [life-plus-70 or 95/120-year terms] after the death of the person who first claimed the copyright?
Still, it only seems to bother the living, some of whom foolishly allow some great works to go to hell within years of the creators death.
Moe: "See anything, boys?"
Curly: "I don't see nuttin'"
Larry: "You're supposed to open your eyes."
Curly: "But if I do, I might see something that upsets me!"
Larry: "What could upset you?"
Curly: "Computer mice! Nyuk nyuk nyuk!"
Moe: "You knucklehead *smek* we're supposed to be finding anything wrong!"
Larry: "There's nothing wrong with this (holds up fold-out pin-up girl, Miss CBO 2003)"
All: *wolfwhistle* "There's nothing at all wrong with that!"
Moe: "Then it's agreed, we find nothing wrong at all wrong with anything, let's leave our findings and get back to painting this room."
Larry: "Yeah, that committee that left us in charge should be back from their lunch with all those 'good friends' any time now."
In a pilot project, Microsoft will be selling a skeletal Windows Starter Edition in asian countries Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Priced lower as an effort to reduce the attraction of piracy and compete with Linux. More details in this InformationWeek article.
How's it work on reality?
There's always been that tool dip stuff you could buy at hardware stores, to replace cracked rubber grips on plier handles, etc.
My favorite controller of all time (and damned if I can ever find it again) was an Amiga joystick. They sold these tiny joysticks to finance chip development, as it turns out though, because of the small size they were extremely good for making those sudden lunges because the arclength of stick rotation was so short. It was held together with tiny Phillips screws so cleaning and maintenance was never a bother.
Shouldn't that be 'hjkl'?
IIRC, there was. The Munich government reps who were involved in the decision making were insensed that Microsoft didn't make their best offer when asked the first time, but in steps. I certainly know enough people who would have jumped at Microsoft's offer, but the germans were apparently insulted. There's also the likelihood that they were focused on Long Term TCO rather than short term, which was all Microsoft was really offering them. Look at what's going on with Microsoft since, all the patching (which in recent stories highlights the expense of testing, certifying and accepting patches and understanding their impact on software already in use.)
They're showing uncharacteristic good sense and courage in making such a decision... one would almost be convinced these weren't bureaucrats, but aliens who have taken the place of the bureaucrats.
I just hope they don't follow this script with Hubble.
Wait a sec... Do you suppose this is a knee-jerk reaction to Abu Ghraib?
Maybe. Or maybe we'll just send these people around to pay you a visit.
Michigan... California... both extremes, effectively.
First step in saving money on heating/cooling would be dual pane, but first you have to talk people into spending the money to upgrade the glass they already have -- Answer, in two words: Fat Chance. Most likely a consideration for new buildings.
You did hear that Ostriches now have a variant of the bird flu? Thank God they can't fly!
Firewall be pretty handy if/when pigeons come down with something like that.
That aside. It would have been nice to see even a 2D picture of this monitor at work.
I suppose Id will have to release a special Doom 3D for those with l33t enough bank balances to afford one. Talk about getting into the game...
Agreed, but I've yet to be in a building where the glass was double or even triple paned. Usually it's that heavy stuff that can withstand the direct impact of a pigeon (no sparrow jokes, please.)
just get some old-fashioned IR reflectors -- Aluminum Foil!
Ever put your hand on something chromed that's been sitting in the sun long? I think a white paint would work, but that's pretty close to what we already have.