Really! Just wait until they get all this fancy stuff in place and allow users to legitamately "opt-out" using their systems and behold, everyone will! Their mailing lists will dwindle down to nothing forcing them all into bankruptcy, once and for all proving that Spam mail is not profitable if you have to be held accountable for your actions.
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Proof positive that the Slashdot editors only accept posts from people that they like. I submitted this on the 18th and it was rejected even before I could do a screen refresh.
Douglas Adam's coolest invention, however, must be the elevators that can see into the future. You never have to press a button. It knows it needs to pick you up, and then knows where you're going. Brilliant!
Just about any photographer worth their salt isn't going to throw away ANY shot. The technology exists out there to dump memory cards to devices (http://www.mindsgear.com), get extra memory cards, or just bring along a cheap laptop to dump to while there isn't any news going on. Looks like the so-called "Experienced" photographer isn't very "Experienced" with digital photography technology yet...
....what happens when you don't use LapTop batteries? I carry around an old 200Mhz laptop simply for backing up pictures from my digital camera, and have long ago given up on trying to find the replacement batteries for it. Plus, it's lighter to carry around without those pesky batteries! Do they have plugs I can plug my Laptop adapter into at the search-n-frisk stations?
I have a medical condition that disqualifies me from giving blood, so I just donated my "Tax Relief For American Workers" refund to the Red Cross. Ironically, I deposited the check today on my way to work.
I work as a consultant in the call center for Citicorp in San Antonio, Texas. I got to work around 8:00am cst, and immediately heard about a plane slamming into the World Trade Center.
The fact that Citicorp opened up the call center in San Antonio and imported a lot of people from New York, and that we work on a daily basis with people in New York made this whole incident hit too close too home. Many people in the office had either relatives, friends, or co-workers in the building, and other ties to others. One co-worker's son is a NYPD officer, and he was going off duty and on his way home when he got recalled. I certainly hope that he was not one of the casualties when the building collapsed.
We also work with people in New York, and the people we work with are in a building in Long Island. They called us to let us know that they were OK, and recounted what they saw. They first heard that the WTC building was on fire, so they all crowded around windows to see. They then actually saw the second plane crash into the WTC from their vantage point. In talking with them on the phone, they were obviously shaken up. Apparently they evacuated their building soon after.
This is such a horrible thing, and I don't look forward to going back to work tomorrow to find out if anyone we work with are dead or missing.
I pray for everyone affected by the tragedies in New York, Washington, and the Free World. And, I pray that no more incidents like this happen again, and that those responsible are brought to justice.
At the end of his article he asks why the Major journalism outlets aren't sitting up and taking notice of the Constitutional atrocities that the DMCA are getting away with. Simple, this has been answered before in many other editorials. The Major journalism outlets (CNN for one) is OWNED by the same groups (Time Warner for one) that pushed the legislation through in the first place!
At my employer their outbound URL filtering software claims that my webcam at home is "sexual content" and refuses to let me connect to the page.
I would just like to know when all this illicit content happens, and how the folks doing it get away with doing it on my front lawn without the cops being called on them....and why wasn't I invited?!
What ever happened to the DCMA? I have been making a MP3 server for my entertainment center at home, and I've been ripping all the CD's that I OWN, and have no MP3's downloaded from Napster or gotten illegally any other way. Now, if they start releasing these CD's, I won't be able to make a copy of a CD that I legally own?
Jeez. Maybe I'll just go break some laws, as apparently big business can!
The article says that the "click-thru rate" for banner ads is very low, but how is this analogous to TV ads? Don't they measure TV ads by how many times it's shown, regardless of if there's action taken upon the viewer? In TV-Land, a "click-thru" would be someone actually paying attention to the commercial, which many people don't do anyhow. So, why do they measure web banner ad performance on how many clicks it receives? Isn't simply getting it out in somewhere in front of the viewer's nose the most important thing? The real measure would then be how many people buy your product after seeing your ad, not how many people PAY ATTENTION to it!!
I agree with other posters, the web is not TV, no matter how they try to make it. Unfortunately the advertising media hasn't caught on to this fact yet.
I had this issue when trying to cut VCD of digital pictures to view on my DVD player. I had to buy a specific brand that had been proven to work, and to also use CDRW media which has better reflectivity.
(dragnabbit, who put that "submit" button so close to the "preview" button?!)
Anyhow....as I was saying....
I've used the following:
Printroom.com
Good quality prints, cheaper than the rest. They support the following upload methods:
Standard HTTP browser upload
Drag-N-Drop Plugin - IE and Netscape
Lexar Shoot-N-Share (whatever that is)
Qbeo Photogenetics direct (really cool program, check it out.)
Zing.com
Great photo sharing system. Prints are very good. Limited on print sizes, however. They upload using the following methods:
Explore tool plugin
Drag-N-Drop Plugin
Standard HTTP upload
Email (never used it, though)
Ezprints.com
About the only online photofinisher I've found that does custom sizes for posters, panoramic, etc. Very good print quality! Supports the following upload methods:
Their own proprietary picture software
Standard HTML uploads
Don't know of any that support linux, other than the ability to email your photos in to Zing.com.
Yes, true, they are expensive. (That's why I don't own one yet!)
Apparently early next year Philips is going to release a new version that has twice the memory for half the cost. Should be interesting to see what it does to the price of this model. They're also going to release a color version of the remote as well.
From what I remember, it "worked"....sorta. Remember that a laptop simply doesn't have the IR output power that your handheld remote has. I would have to put the laptop right next to the TV to get it to work, which, of course, defeats the purpose of a remote control...:)
If you're interested in a consumer-type product that will learn all your remotes and is sorta like a HandSpring device, check out:
http://www.pronto.philips.com/
A buddy of mine has one of these and it's actually pretty slick!
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I can just see it now. A Lan party with 100+ geek guys sitting around downloading pr0n....
....and a live webcam feed to a local strip club...
Really! Just wait until they get all this fancy stuff in place and allow users to legitamately "opt-out" using their systems and behold, everyone will! Their mailing lists will dwindle down to nothing forcing them all into bankruptcy, once and for all proving that Spam mail is not profitable if you have to be held accountable for your actions.
in addition to here, here and here!!
Douglas Adam's coolest invention, however, must be the elevators that can see into the future. You never have to press a button. It knows it needs to pick you up, and then knows where you're going. Brilliant!
Just about any photographer worth their salt isn't going to throw away ANY shot. The technology exists out there to dump memory cards to devices (http://www.mindsgear.com), get extra memory cards, or just bring along a cheap laptop to dump to while there isn't any news going on. Looks like the so-called "Experienced" photographer isn't very "Experienced" with digital photography technology yet...
....what happens when you don't use LapTop batteries? I carry around an old 200Mhz laptop simply for backing up pictures from my digital camera, and have long ago given up on trying to find the replacement batteries for it. Plus, it's lighter to carry around without those pesky batteries! Do they have plugs I can plug my Laptop adapter into at the search-n-frisk stations?
I have a medical condition that disqualifies me from giving blood, so I just donated my "Tax Relief For American Workers" refund to the Red Cross. Ironically, I deposited the check today on my way to work.
The Red Cross donation website is up and running, and so is a Yahoo page that is taking donations through their PayDirect system.
I'm certainly glad my tax refund is going to a good cause, and I will be donating more later.
I work as a consultant in the call center for Citicorp in San Antonio, Texas. I got to work around 8:00am cst, and immediately heard about a plane slamming into the World Trade Center.
The fact that Citicorp opened up the call center in San Antonio and imported a lot of people from New York, and that we work on a daily basis with people in New York made this whole incident hit too close too home. Many people in the office had either relatives, friends, or co-workers in the building, and other ties to others. One co-worker's son is a NYPD officer, and he was going off duty and on his way home when he got recalled. I certainly hope that he was not one of the casualties when the building collapsed.
We also work with people in New York, and the people we work with are in a building in Long Island. They called us to let us know that they were OK, and recounted what they saw. They first heard that the WTC building was on fire, so they all crowded around windows to see. They then actually saw the second plane crash into the WTC from their vantage point. In talking with them on the phone, they were obviously shaken up. Apparently they evacuated their building soon after.
This is such a horrible thing, and I don't look forward to going back to work tomorrow to find out if anyone we work with are dead or missing.
I pray for everyone affected by the tragedies in New York, Washington, and the Free World. And, I pray that no more incidents like this happen again, and that those responsible are brought to justice.
So, whatever happened to the Star Portal project? (Web-enabling Star Office). Anyone? From what I can tell it died a quiet death somewhere...
At the end of his article he asks why the Major journalism outlets aren't sitting up and taking notice of the Constitutional atrocities that the DMCA are getting away with. Simple, this has been answered before in many other editorials. The Major journalism outlets (CNN for one) is OWNED by the same groups (Time Warner for one) that pushed the legislation through in the first place!
At my employer their outbound URL filtering software claims that my webcam at home is "sexual content" and refuses to let me connect to the page.
I would just like to know when all this illicit content happens, and how the folks doing it get away with doing it on my front lawn without the cops being called on them....and why wasn't I invited?!
=)
What ever happened to the DCMA? I have been making a MP3 server for my entertainment center at home, and I've been ripping all the CD's that I OWN, and have no MP3's downloaded from Napster or gotten illegally any other way. Now, if they start releasing these CD's, I won't be able to make a copy of a CD that I legally own?
Jeez. Maybe I'll just go break some laws, as apparently big business can!
The article says that the "click-thru rate" for banner ads is very low, but how is this analogous to TV ads? Don't they measure TV ads by how many times it's shown, regardless of if there's action taken upon the viewer? In TV-Land, a "click-thru" would be someone actually paying attention to the commercial, which many people don't do anyhow. So, why do they measure web banner ad performance on how many clicks it receives? Isn't simply getting it out in somewhere in front of the viewer's nose the most important thing? The real measure would then be how many people buy your product after seeing your ad, not how many people PAY ATTENTION to it!! I agree with other posters, the web is not TV, no matter how they try to make it. Unfortunately the advertising media hasn't caught on to this fact yet.
Check to see if your player is on this list:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.htm
I had this issue when trying to cut VCD of digital pictures to view on my DVD player. I had to buy a specific brand that had been proven to work, and to also use CDRW media which has better reflectivity.
(dragnabbit, who put that "submit" button so close to the "preview" button?!)
Anyhow....as I was saying....
I've used the following:
Printroom.com
Good quality prints, cheaper than the rest. They support the following upload methods:
Standard HTTP browser upload
Drag-N-Drop Plugin - IE and Netscape
Lexar Shoot-N-Share (whatever that is)
Qbeo Photogenetics direct (really cool program, check it out.)
Zing.com
Great photo sharing system. Prints are very good. Limited on print sizes, however. They upload using the following methods:
Explore tool plugin
Drag-N-Drop Plugin
Standard HTTP upload
Email (never used it, though)
Ezprints.com
About the only online photofinisher I've found that does custom sizes for posters, panoramic, etc. Very good print quality! Supports the following upload methods:
Their own proprietary picture software
Standard HTML uploads
Don't know of any that support linux, other than the ability to email your photos in to Zing.com.
I've used the following:
Printroom.com
Hey, cool! First post...
But seriously....
I did a quick scan of Deja and came up with this, so it's sorta possible. That might give you a good start.
But, really, at the price of the Digital Elph, why not just go get a nice dedicated webcam?
Yes, true, they are expensive. (That's why I don't own one yet!)
Apparently early next year Philips is going to release a new version that has twice the memory for half the cost. Should be interesting to see what it does to the price of this model. They're also going to release a color version of the remote as well.
Yup.
Check out:
INT-W200 WebTV Box Review
I didn't realize it had an expansion port until I took it apart last night. This is getting more and more intriguing...
I downloaded this a few years ago and played around with it. It does work on Win98 (what I had loaded on the laptop) regardless of what they say.
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http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA005810/remocon/r
From what I remember, it "worked"....sorta. Remember that a laptop simply doesn't have the IR output power that your handheld remote has. I would have to put the laptop right next to the TV to get it to work, which, of course, defeats the purpose of a remote control...
If you're interested in a consumer-type product that will learn all your remotes and is sorta like a HandSpring device, check out:
http://www.pronto.philips.com/
A buddy of mine has one of these and it's actually pretty slick!
Interesting idea. I just broke open one of the boxes, and it does indeed have 1Gig Seagate drive in it. How could I get the kernel to the drive?