I think it's the future for games consoles. I know I'd sure buy one of these, but I'd see it first and foremost as a DVD player rather than a games console.
U use a static RAM disk for storage, nice and fast. disk-on-key comes to mind as a possibility (Do linux drivers exist for the disk-on-key?). Only problem is that you'll need a USB port to use it.
Don't know how the intricacies of it would work, but the basic idea is that you need the disk-on-key to use your car. Thus, it becomes something of a car immobiliser - car won't start if you don't plug it in.
If you really want to go hardcore, you could build a portable inkjet printer into the glovebox to print out a log of car usage on demand:-)
Ever considered one of the new video cameras out that use mini DVD-RAM disks as their storage medium? I know they're expensive, but it solves the wear-and-tear issue.
Got myself a really cheap digital camera that I use as I would a polaroid. only 640*480 res at best, but it's got everything I need and if I want decent photos I'll use a normal film camera.
I currently subscribe to the ISP in question. They have recently clarified their stance on piracy. They're not going to spy on users internet usage - they will only cut people off if they recieve a complaint from the copyright holder. So, in short, we're safe unless we're stupid (or just plain unlucky) enough to be caught.
I've had optus@home here in Australia for the last year or so... In the few times I have had to deal with tech support, they have been quite helpful and friendly. Guess it depends on who your local cable company is....
It's a beta, for christ's sake!
AKA Not For Newbies.
Any newbie who installs a beta of anything had better know what he/she is in for, and has no right to be angry at the author of the beta for broken features.
It is the second most remote capital city in the world. I can't remember which is the most remote, but the only reason Perth comes 2nd is because the other one is snowed in for most of the year.
And, as a former (and soon returning) perthite, I am proud of my birth city:-))
If you wrote the e-mail, nothing wrong with forwarding it.... just remember to put a notice on the bottom asking recievers to forward on the e-mail as well...
NASAs whole purpose for existing is / was pushing the envelope in space exploration.
How the hell you expect cheaper and faster space transport if you're not pushing the envelope and researching new technologies? It's ain't going to happen.
Even the space shuttle was new and unproven technology at one stage.....
BTW: For those of you who think corporatisation of space is the answer, I say bullocks. That's one way to ensure that joe blow will NEVER get his chance for space travel.
On the upside, I hear the martians make great slaves...
There really isn't all that much difference between capitalism and communism, except that in Communism, at least you know who is doing the controlling.
In a lot of ways, the control Capitalism excerts
is a lot more insidious, because in many cases, you don't even *KNOW* you are being controlled.
Oops...
I should have made myself more clear... I'm not saying your statement that all comms will be over IP in the future, in fact I agree with that.
I'm disagreeing to your statement that most telcos fail to realise that the above is their greatest fear. In fact, many of them are gearing up for just such a happening.
Of course, large companies move slowly (and also fsck an awful lot of things up.), so if a small company can make a go of it and become successful they may still have a chance against the incumbant telcos....but they'd better act quick.
At least here in Australia, our biggest telco (telstra - whom I just so happen to work for) has already launched a service that connects phone calls to your PC when you're on the net.
They're also busily building an IP backbone that will eventually carry all voice and data communications.
There's also another free phone-to-phone company here in Australia that earns its' revenue through interrupting your conversation with advertisements at set intervals. Only downer is that I believe they only provide local calls.
But personally I can't see VOIP taking off yet. It's too restrictive and poor-quality. People are going to demand visual comms as well as voice in the future. WHen a standard protocol comes out that will support good-quality audiovisual communications, then you'll see IP telephony take off.
I think you're forgetting that this deal still has to be approved by the shareholders ands regulators. It's not a sure-bet yet, and I hope the regulators will not approve the sale , given Nvidias' market dominance.
There has to be a better option that will preserve 3dfx's corporate identity and that may keep it running as a subsidiary of a larger company.
Ok, it may be flame-bait, but I have to ask:
In this era of globalization, why protect any one culture? Who are you protecting it from?
YOU AMERICANS. I am all for the preservation of individual countries' cultures.
I'd hate for the world to become one giant America.
Who do these laws serve?
The people who create them. I really think the saying "You don't know what you have until it's gone" is quite appropriate here. Best to protect the culture now than to look at the country post-americanisation and wonder where it all went.
If the laws are there to protect the people, then you're protecting an idea that is appearently not desired by the people. If it was desired, then there'd be no need to protect it, because the people would protect it themselves.
Have you ever considered going to france and asking the people who live there what they think of the law? Perhaps this law is answering a growning concern within the community?
In some way, isn't protecting a culture somewhat similar to interferring with what could be a natural evolution process?
Maybe.. But could you imagine how boring the World would be if it were all entirely Americanised? I think some protection of Culture is a good thing, as long as it doesn't go overboard.
Also, I hope your culture is defined by more than your language, your football teams, and your books.
Don't be a fool. France is best known for its' art (Movies, paintings, music) and food (which it has turned into an art). Personally, after having watched some French movies (we have a multilingual TV station here called SBS that shows international movies with english subtitles.), I too would take measures to protect the French movie industry if it was needed. But since we're talking American movies here, the whole point of protecting a culture is rather moot.
A culture should be defined by as how you inter-relate with yourselves and with other, and what you contribute to the common good. (thanks for the fries?)
Ok then, what has America contributed to the common good then?
I like to think that the thing that defines Americans is our ability to adapted, adjust, and expand, in a fraction of the time that other cultures have. We incorporate things from other cultures in an effort to enhance our own.
Sounds decisively borg-like:-)
I hope NO ONE tries to protect us from that.
I hope that people start to realise the value in having your own distinct culture. We should concentrate on SHARING our culture with people who immigate, and learning their culture, not incorporating their culture into ours.
I live in Sydney, a large city that prides itself on its' multiculturalism. However, I find it doesn't have a "soul" of its' own - it relies on its' consituent cultures to give it one. I feel this isn't neccessarily the best way to go.
Admittedly, Australia hasn't been around for very long, and hasn't exactly had a lot of time to develop a fully-fledged culture...
NOTE: I'm not claiming that we don't make mistakes, but in only 224 years, we've accomplished quite a bit...
Yes, but whether all those accomplishments have contributed to the common good is questionable...
It would probly cost more to renovate Mir than it would to put a new space-station into orbit.
The russians can't afford it...The American systems probly woudn't be compatable.
And as for mission to mars...hmm...that's a little far-fetched, isnit? It would need so many modifications that you might was well build a new craft anyway..
Idunno... Perhaps they could turn it into a spacefaring glasshouse?:-) Probly wouldn't even need any major modifications ('cept for removal of mould, of course):-) Could be useful for it to be used to grow food for the ISS in...
It's people like you who make me dislike America.
That, and I find the fact that you can't even hold a damn ELECTION without the word LAWSUIT being thrown about. I don't know how it looks over there, but from here you guys look like a goddamn JOKE at the moment. I can't wait for the nightly news to hear the latest on that which you call an "election" (Or should that be LAWSUIT?).
You guys will get the president you deserve. Unfortunately, the rest of the world will have to deal with him too.
As for the russian space program being in shambles... I wonder how different things would be if not for the AMERICAN influence on Gorbachev all those years ago?
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I think it's the future for games consoles. I know I'd sure buy one of these, but I'd see it first and foremost as a DVD player rather than a games console.
FBI agent : Hi there guys! Mind if I tag along? You never know what I might hear....
Or, rather...
"Hi I'll be your fishing inspector for today, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"
Bush to american citizens :
"All your freedoms are belong to us!
(For great justice!)"
Could use that to your advantage...
:-)
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U use a static RAM disk for storage, nice and fast. disk-on-key comes to mind as a possibility (Do linux drivers exist for the disk-on-key?). Only problem is that you'll need a USB port to use it.
Don't know how the intricacies of it would work, but the basic idea is that you need the disk-on-key to use your car. Thus, it becomes something of a car immobiliser - car won't start if you don't plug it in.
If you really want to go hardcore, you could build a portable inkjet printer into the glovebox to print out a log of car usage on demand
If I were to build something like this, I'd want a mobo & OS that could suspend-to-disk or RAM.
(RAM would be better.)
I don't know about you, but having to wait for this thing to go through POST and load the OS every time I start my car would really p. me off.
Ever considered one of the new video cameras out that use mini DVD-RAM disks as their storage medium? I know they're expensive, but it solves the wear-and-tear issue.
Got myself a really cheap digital camera that I use as I would a polaroid. only 640*480 res at best, but it's got everything I need and if I want decent photos I'll use a normal film camera.
I currently subscribe to the ISP in question. They have recently clarified their stance on piracy. They're not going to spy on users internet usage - they will only cut people off if they recieve a complaint from the copyright holder. So, in short, we're safe unless we're stupid (or just plain unlucky) enough to be caught.
Fair point, but I think most PC BIOS's do the high-temperature shutdown/slow-down function.
Still, no reason it can't be implemented in the chip.
It wasn't all that long ago that you couldnt even BUY *ANY* "retail" Athlons (or any AMD chip, for that matter), at least here in Oz.
And, if you wish to pay an extra 20 bucks for a cardboard box and spiffy sticker, then good for you. Personally, I'd rather have my extra 20 dollars.
I've had optus@home here in Australia for the last year or so... In the few times I have had to deal with tech support, they have been quite helpful and friendly. Guess it depends on who your local cable company is....
It's a beta, for christ's sake!
AKA Not For Newbies.
Any newbie who installs a beta of anything had better know what he/she is in for, and has no right to be angry at the author of the beta for broken features.
It is the second most remote capital city in the world. I can't remember which is the most remote, but the only reason Perth comes 2nd is because the other one is snowed in for most of the year. And, as a former (and soon returning) perthite, I am proud of my birth city :-))
ROFLMAO! So are you Monkey or Jedi? Or a Monkey-Jedi hybrid? :-)
If you wrote the e-mail, nothing wrong with forwarding it.... just remember to put a notice on the bottom asking recievers to forward on the e-mail as well...
How the hell you expect cheaper and faster space transport if you're not pushing the envelope and researching new technologies? It's ain't going to happen.
Even the space shuttle was new and unproven technology at one stage.....
BTW: For those of you who think corporatisation of space is the answer, I say bullocks. That's one way to ensure that joe blow will NEVER get his chance for space travel.
On the upside, I hear the martians make great slaves...
There really isn't all that much difference between capitalism and communism, except that in Communism, at least you know who is doing the controlling.
In a lot of ways, the control Capitalism excerts is a lot more insidious, because in many cases, you don't even *KNOW* you are being controlled.
Oops... I should have made myself more clear... I'm not saying your statement that all comms will be over IP in the future, in fact I agree with that. I'm disagreeing to your statement that most telcos fail to realise that the above is their greatest fear. In fact, many of them are gearing up for just such a happening. Of course, large companies move slowly (and also fsck an awful lot of things up.), so if a small company can make a go of it and become successful they may still have a chance against the incumbant telcos....but they'd better act quick.
At least here in Australia, our biggest telco (telstra - whom I just so happen to work for) has already launched a service that connects phone calls to your PC when you're on the net.
They're also busily building an IP backbone that will eventually carry all voice and data communications.
There's also another free phone-to-phone company here in Australia that earns its' revenue through interrupting your conversation with advertisements at set intervals. Only downer is that I believe they only provide local calls.
But personally I can't see VOIP taking off yet.
It's too restrictive and poor-quality. People are going to demand visual comms as well as voice in the future. WHen a standard protocol comes out that will support good-quality audiovisual communications, then you'll see IP telephony take off.
A usable videophone...who would have guessed?
There has to be a better option that will preserve 3dfx's corporate identity and that may keep it running as a subsidiary of a larger company.
shite... God that turned out ugly... I promise it will never happen again :-)
Ok, it may be flame-bait, but I have to ask: In this era of globalization, why protect any one culture? Who are you protecting it from? YOU AMERICANS. I am all for the preservation of individual countries' cultures. I'd hate for the world to become one giant America. Who do these laws serve? The people who create them. I really think the saying "You don't know what you have until it's gone" is quite appropriate here. Best to protect the culture now than to look at the country post-americanisation and wonder where it all went. If the laws are there to protect the people, then you're protecting an idea that is appearently not desired by the people. If it was desired, then there'd be no need to protect it, because the people would protect it themselves. Have you ever considered going to france and asking the people who live there what they think of the law? Perhaps this law is answering a growning concern within the community? In some way, isn't protecting a culture somewhat similar to interferring with what could be a natural evolution process? Maybe.. But could you imagine how boring the World would be if it were all entirely Americanised? I think some protection of Culture is a good thing, as long as it doesn't go overboard. Also, I hope your culture is defined by more than your language, your football teams, and your books. Don't be a fool. France is best known for its' art (Movies, paintings, music) and food (which it has turned into an art). Personally, after having watched some French movies (we have a multilingual TV station here called SBS that shows international movies with english subtitles.), I too would take measures to protect the French movie industry if it was needed. But since we're talking American movies here, the whole point of protecting a culture is rather moot. A culture should be defined by as how you inter-relate with yourselves and with other, and what you contribute to the common good. (thanks for the fries?) Ok then, what has America contributed to the common good then? I like to think that the thing that defines Americans is our ability to adapted, adjust, and expand, in a fraction of the time that other cultures have. We incorporate things from other cultures in an effort to enhance our own. Sounds decisively borg-like :-)
I hope NO ONE tries to protect us from that.
I hope that people start to realise the value in having your own distinct culture. We should concentrate on SHARING our culture with people who immigate, and learning their culture, not incorporating their culture into ours.
I live in Sydney, a large city that prides itself on its' multiculturalism. However, I find it doesn't have a "soul" of its' own - it relies on its' consituent cultures to give it one. I feel this isn't neccessarily the best way to go.
Admittedly, Australia hasn't been around for very long, and hasn't exactly had a lot of time to develop a fully-fledged culture...
NOTE: I'm not claiming that we don't make mistakes, but in only 224 years, we've accomplished quite a bit...
Yes, but whether all those accomplishments have contributed to the common good is questionable...
I feel a b-grade telemovie coming on :-))
It would probly cost more to renovate Mir than it would to put a new space-station into orbit. The russians can't afford it...The American systems probly woudn't be compatable. And as for mission to mars...hmm...that's a little far-fetched, isnit? It would need so many modifications that you might was well build a new craft anyway.. Idunno... Perhaps they could turn it into a spacefaring glasshouse? :-) Probly wouldn't even need any major modifications ('cept for removal of mould, of course) :-) Could be useful for it to be used to grow food for the ISS in...
It's people like you who make me dislike America. That, and I find the fact that you can't even hold a damn ELECTION without the word LAWSUIT being thrown about. I don't know how it looks over there, but from here you guys look like a goddamn JOKE at the moment. I can't wait for the nightly news to hear the latest on that which you call an "election" (Or should that be LAWSUIT?). You guys will get the president you deserve. Unfortunately, the rest of the world will have to deal with him too. As for the russian space program being in shambles... I wonder how different things would be if not for the AMERICAN influence on Gorbachev all those years ago?