What the hell have the Google guys been eating? It was a plain ol' fashioned search engine for years, then in the space of 6 months they offer email, that desktop search thing, a server for people to buy, etc...
Understandable. For anyone to be examined on knowledge the source should be verified as "correct", at least in terms of what can be tested (like school tests).
However, the process of learning should be a continuous one. There's not much point in treating Wikipedia, or any encyclopoedia, as the final word in knowledge. One could refer someone to Wikipedia and say to them that they could take that as a starting point, then branch outwards and find out more about it.
Being able to take multiple sources, evaluate them all, then form your own opinions is more valuable than just reading something in one place once. That's only my opinion though, and it is always horses for courses.
Google's recent run of new products and financial results is starting to remind me of that old Onion story about how "Starbucks Starting on Mysterious 'Phase 2'". All their outlets were closed and boarded-up and Starbucks management were readying their mind-control devices.
Now Google is getting ready for its own "Phase 2" having made me sign up for Gmail, that desktop search thing, etc.
It is true that we have to pay the Televison Licence every year and it's about £110-£120 (I have not checked). But look at all we get!
7 national, commercial free radio stations giving high quality music, spoken word, and live event output (like One Big Sunday if that's your bag or BBC Proms); 6 or so digital national commercial free TV channels with some pretty good original programming (and not so good too); loads of regional TV and Radio of similar quality; BBC Online; and, er, we gave the Yanks The Office, didn't we?
Sorry, I'm getting a lump in my throat here... Let me just step outside.
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All in all, teletext services provided far more of a positive affect on my life than the TV signal it was piggy backed on.
What do you mean?! What was wrong with the testcard, transmissions starting at lunchtime, Crackerjack, Tizwas, and Tomrorow's World when it was good?
This reminds me of the fantastic curry-house commercials that we used to get at the local flea-pit cinimas in the UK.
The Pearl and Dean music, the ultra-crackly soundtrack and the ungainly spliced-together film snippets of "authentic" Indian scenes all merged with some cheap "Indian" music and a voiceover. Then the street-plan at the end showing where it was.
McDonalds lampooned these a few years back over here. Now they were funny.
I am not experienced in this arena, but 30 mins of high-quality video requires a lot of storage space. This of course will only sit on the hard drive until needed, though for adding fancy effects and editing it in something like Final Cut Pro (an arbitrary example) takes a lot of memory to get going nicely.
This is also the most likely application of a new G5, IMO. But I'm probably wrong. Again.
That's a pretty cool idea and would certainly help against those damn sunspots.
But the Ionosphere has its own advantages, one being that it is totally free to use. Imagine, you are not relying on a corporation's infrastructure to carry your transmissions.
With conventional shortwave you can use relatively low cost transmitters, though where your signal actually ends up is sometimes anyone's guess.
To all those who thought that SW went out with Churchill and Franklin D.: SW is not dead.
In some countries like Africa, SW radio is the only medium that a population that might not be able to read can rely on for information/education. See hoe the success of the Clockwork radios depended on Charitable organisations using them in continents where electricity supplies were rare.
SW radio is still the only way you can listen to radio in some places, simply because of the durability of the signal over long distances, and the relatively low cost of equipment.
Hang on, then why the hell would I want to attach one to a PC? Surely even the pleasure of DXing doesn't get augmented with use of the PC.
Maybe, until they want independence. We'll end up levying taxes against them, they'll not like it, and before you know it "The Redccoats are coming!":)
MY good friend Jason Kitcat worked on a e-election project for his thesis and did a hell of a lot of research on this. I was stunned after talking to him recently that he too has become diillusioned with e-voting as it stands now.
His main concerns were the ease with which ballots could be tampered with, especially where there is the political will...
See here for more info: free-proect.org.
There's also something about buying an original recording that is about 40 years old and having it play back flawlessly on your own player. Only happened to me once (as I can rarely afford a mint original) but it sounded good.
Not quite - Minitel was used in homes from the start. Darpanet was, as it's name states, used purely for Defence and Academic applications. The WWW was not around until 1992. Or something.
Probably said already, but I don't have time to read all the comments:
Get with it guys, dust off the old record player and buy your new stuff on vinyl! Works for me, except I need a clean-room to store my music collection. Oh yeah, and it weighs about a ton.
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What the hell have the Google guys been eating? It was a plain ol' fashioned search engine for years, then in the space of 6 months they offer email, that desktop search thing, a server for people to buy, etc...
I'll have what they're having.
Adam Hart-Davies - the man. Bristol's most famous son. Just ahead of Cary Grant.
I stopped reading Wired when I realised I didn't like Absolut Vodka. Or Gucci underwear. Or indeed anything I might actually be able to afford.
Or something funny.
Understandable. For anyone to be examined on knowledge the source should be verified as "correct", at least in terms of what can be tested (like school tests).
However, the process of learning should be a continuous one. There's not much point in treating Wikipedia, or any encyclopoedia, as the final word in knowledge. One could refer someone to Wikipedia and say to them that they could take that as a starting point, then branch outwards and find out more about it.
Being able to take multiple sources, evaluate them all, then form your own opinions is more valuable than just reading something in one place once. That's only my opinion though, and it is always horses for courses.
Wow! They set the game in a fully rendered Milton Keynes! Yikes!
On Page 17 of the 1979 edition there is a check (or cheque) with pence marked on it. Then I remembered that we used to have an I.T. industry!
Ahh, I'm getting the warm glow associated with Tony Benn's "White Heat of Technology", ash veneer, polished steel trim, and Sir Clive.
Oh yeah, and keyboards that lasted forever.
Google's recent run of new products and financial results is starting to remind me of that old Onion story about how "Starbucks Starting on Mysterious 'Phase 2'". All their outlets were closed and boarded-up and Starbucks management were readying their mind-control devices.
Now Google is getting ready for its own "Phase 2" having made me sign up for Gmail, that desktop search thing, etc.
Time to put my tinfoil hat back on.
OK I'll bite.
It is true that we have to pay the Televison Licence every year and it's about £110-£120 (I have not checked). But look at all we get!
7 national, commercial free radio stations giving high quality music, spoken word, and live event output (like One Big Sunday if that's your bag or BBC Proms); 6 or so digital national commercial free TV channels with some pretty good original programming (and not so good too); loads of regional TV and Radio of similar quality; BBC Online; and, er, we gave the Yanks The Office, didn't we?
Sorry, I'm getting a lump in my throat here... Let me just step outside.
What do you mean?! What was wrong with the testcard, transmissions starting at lunchtime,
Crackerjack, Tizwas, and Tomrorow's World when it was good?
It clicks.
It most certainly is and all you need is a small screwdriver (or guitar plectrum if you don't want to scratch it).
See iPod Battery.com for more info.
This reminds me of the fantastic curry-house commercials that we used to get at the local flea-pit cinimas in the UK.
The Pearl and Dean music, the ultra-crackly soundtrack and the ungainly spliced-together film snippets of "authentic" Indian scenes all merged with some cheap "Indian" music and a voiceover. Then the street-plan at the end showing where it was.
McDonalds lampooned these a few years back over here. Now they were funny.
No way man! The Dragonball Toy Thing was fantastic. I quote:
"WARNING: Thread of length need half as many again as tad."
Sure, funny in a lame all-your-base-are-way, but still made me chuckle. But I agree that the normal arrow diagram was pretty lame.
Video editing, man.
I am not experienced in this arena, but 30 mins of high-quality video requires a lot of storage space. This of course will only sit on the hard drive until needed, though for adding fancy effects and editing it in something like Final Cut Pro (an arbitrary example) takes a lot of memory to get going nicely.
This is also the most likely application of a new G5, IMO. But I'm probably wrong. Again.
I wonder how many of them got buried?
Conversly, I wonder how many of the early ones (8088, et al) are still being used?
That's a pretty cool idea and would certainly help against those damn sunspots.
But the Ionosphere has its own advantages, one being that it is totally free to use. Imagine, you are not relying on a corporation's infrastructure to carry your transmissions.
With conventional shortwave you can use relatively low cost transmitters, though where your signal actually ends up is sometimes anyone's guess.
To all those who thought that SW went out with Churchill and Franklin D.: SW is not dead.
In some countries like Africa, SW radio is the only medium that a population that might not be able to read can rely on for information/education. See hoe the success of the Clockwork radios depended on Charitable organisations using them in continents where electricity supplies were rare.
SW radio is still the only way you can listen to radio in some places, simply because of the durability of the signal over long distances, and the relatively low cost of equipment.
Hang on, then why the hell would I want to attach one to a PC? Surely even the pleasure of DXing doesn't get augmented with use of the PC.
Now where's my morse-button...?
Maybe, until they want independence. We'll end up levying taxes against them, they'll not like it, and before you know it "The Redccoats are coming!" :)
In theory you can never run out of IP addresses, as subnetting and further subnetting still will help alleviate the problem. In theory...
Of course, I do not mean to say that this will solve their problem, but I'm sure municpalities could implement something like that.
Yes, and they'll probably be using Itanium for the first time.
I think we missed an option off the Slashdot poll for this holiday... ;)
Now where's my soldering iron...?
MY good friend Jason Kitcat worked on a e-election project for his thesis and did a hell of a lot of research on this. I was stunned after talking to him recently that he too has become diillusioned with e-voting as it stands now. His main concerns were the ease with which ballots could be tampered with, especially where there is the political will... See here for more info: free-proect.org.
There's also something about buying an original recording that is about 40 years old and having it play back flawlessly on your own player. Only happened to me once (as I can rarely afford a mint original) but it sounded good.
Not quite - Minitel was used in homes from the start. Darpanet was, as it's name states, used purely for Defence and Academic applications. The WWW was not around until 1992. Or something.
Probably said already, but I don't have time to read all the comments:
Get with it guys, dust off the old record player and buy your new stuff on vinyl! Works for me, except I need a clean-room to store my music collection. Oh yeah, and it weighs about a ton.