Does it ever annoy anyone else that RAID 0 is considered a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks? RAID 0 is not redundant, in fact such an array can be more susceptible to errors. Maybe I'm just weird...
In many parts of the country (such as Raleigh, NC) Netflix has a 2 day turn around, that mean that when I send back my three movies, I have three new ones two days later (three days if a sunday or holiday is in between). There's no way that I can download 3 full-length DVD movies in MPEG2 format (so I can encode into whatever I want with minimal loss) over my cable modem within 48 hours (we're looking at about 7GB/DVD). I'd say that video rental over the Internet, that is HD movie rental and such, is still a year or two away. More bandwidth is still needed. I am please at how TWC in my area has been steadily increasing the speeds, but I hope some competition (perhaps from Verizon FTTP or something) lights a fire under their monopolistic asses and gets us some real bandwidth that is competitive with the US mail system.
I think this new item is a bit too negative. I just upgraded from a 600 to a 650 and I think it's a great product. I didn't even know about any of the filesystem "issues" before reading this news. While, I guess this may be an issue for some users, I have not had any problems myself. Also to note:
- the 650 loads programs at least 3 times faster than the 600 from my experience (likely due to the faster processor, but still!)
- the 650 has 4X the resolution of the 600. It can be argued that the 600 should have had 320x320 to begin withy, but either way, it's worth the upgrade by itself.
- Also, one of the benefits of the new memory is that you don't loose data when you loose power completely. Making the removeable battery system feasible.
- Finally, it's the first sprint phone (to my knowledge) to have bluetooth. I love my jabra:)
Well, just my $.02, I thought palmOne was getting a little too harsh of a rap, the 650 is a very good product in my opinion.
Anyone know where one can get an evaluation version of Windows Automotive? I am doing a design project in which it could be quite useful. I couldn't find any reference to an eval version on MS's website. thanks!
The real question here should be not was this right morally, I think we Americans are being far too self-righteous (not like that'd be unusual..) if we put it in terms of morality. What we really should be asking here is what can we do to warrant our pay? How can we become more competitive in an increasingly connected world? Rather than complaining about outsourcing, we need to find out how to be more competitive. Any ideas?
There is one really cool feature that caught me by surprise this last Christmas. It makes sense, if you have a vonage number, you can take the ATA anywhere in the world, plug it into a relatively speedy connection and then you are good to go! So, I took the ATA with me to Switzerland and I was able to call to the US as if I was there! Granted Switzerland already has really good long distance costs with swiss comm, but what was cool was that my friends at home could call me in Switzerland as if it was a local call! Very cool!
I had Dr. Bradley for a course at NCSU a couple years ago and when this subject came up he said that it wasn't something that he obesessed for days on end about. They were three keys that would be unlikely to hit in a normal usage situation. Sure, there maybe better combinations or whatever, but that's what he decided on.
Yes, this is a ridiculous patent, I don't think it'll have a snowball's chance in court. It's not the USPTO's job to solely determine the vailidity of a patent. That's what our legal system is for.
I agree that Time Warner (and other, especially cable based ISPs) will have a huge competative advantage over third-party providers. But, in my area TWC is going to be offering VOIP in early next year, but they want to charge 39.95/mo for service that I can get for 25 bucks from vonage and they won't even be offering voice mail initially!
I think government and telcos need to realized that VOIP can and shouldn't be regulated anymore than any internet-based service. Governments need to find other revenue streams than regulatory fees....just my $.02
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Does it ever annoy anyone else that RAID 0 is considered a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks? RAID 0 is not redundant, in fact such an array can be more susceptible to errors. Maybe I'm just weird...
Anyone know how much (in USD) it costs to play WoW in China? Also, I wonder how many of them are gold farmers :)
Is it just me or does Steve look just like tucker carlson from the now cancelled crossfire show on CNN?
In many parts of the country (such as Raleigh, NC) Netflix has a 2 day turn around, that mean that when I send back my three movies, I have three new ones two days later (three days if a sunday or holiday is in between). There's no way that I can download 3 full-length DVD movies in MPEG2 format (so I can encode into whatever I want with minimal loss) over my cable modem within 48 hours (we're looking at about 7GB/DVD). I'd say that video rental over the Internet, that is HD movie rental and such, is still a year or two away. More bandwidth is still needed. I am please at how TWC in my area has been steadily increasing the speeds, but I hope some competition (perhaps from Verizon FTTP or something) lights a fire under their monopolistic asses and gets us some real bandwidth that is competitive with the US mail system.
I think this new item is a bit too negative. I just upgraded from a 600 to a 650 and I think it's a great product. I didn't even know about any of the filesystem "issues" before reading this news. While, I guess this may be an issue for some users, I have not had any problems myself. Also to note:
:)
- the 650 loads programs at least 3 times faster than the 600 from my experience (likely due to the faster processor, but still!)
- the 650 has 4X the resolution of the 600. It can be argued that the 600 should have had 320x320 to begin withy, but either way, it's worth the upgrade by itself.
- Also, one of the benefits of the new memory is that you don't loose data when you loose power completely. Making the removeable battery system feasible.
- Finally, it's the first sprint phone (to my knowledge) to have bluetooth. I love my jabra
Well, just my $.02, I thought palmOne was getting a little too harsh of a rap, the 650 is a very good product in my opinion.
Anyone know where one can get an evaluation version of Windows Automotive? I am doing a design project in which it could be quite useful. I couldn't find any reference to an eval version on MS's website. thanks!
You mean that neon green glow coming from the back of my case is not healthy?
Toxic, it's such a harsh word, how about "Not encouraging to one's health"
Does anyone need 2GB of memory for their PDA?"
... :)
Since when does it have anything to with *need*, now want on the other hand
hmmm...faster than a microdrive's access time with similar capacity...digital camera storage
sounds like something useful
haha, thanks for making my point for me.
The real question here should be not was this right morally, I think we Americans are being far too self-righteous (not like that'd be unusual..) if we put it in terms of morality. What we really should be asking here is what can we do to warrant our pay? How can we become more competitive in an increasingly connected world? Rather than complaining about outsourcing, we need to find out how to be more competitive. Any ideas?
Since when did capitalism have anything to do with morality?
There is one really cool feature that caught me by surprise this last Christmas. It makes sense, if you have a vonage number, you can take the ATA anywhere in the world, plug it into a relatively speedy connection and then you are good to go! So, I took the ATA with me to Switzerland and I was able to call to the US as if I was there! Granted Switzerland already has really good long distance costs with swiss comm, but what was cool was that my friends at home could call me in Switzerland as if it was a local call! Very cool!
How many times did Tom Ridge watch it??
I had Dr. Bradley for a course at NCSU a couple years ago and when this subject came up he said that it wasn't something that he obesessed for days on end about. They were three keys that would be unlikely to hit in a normal usage situation. Sure, there maybe better combinations or whatever, but that's what he decided on.
Yes, this is a ridiculous patent, I don't think it'll have a snowball's chance in court. It's not the USPTO's job to solely determine the vailidity of a patent. That's what our legal system is for.
Well, this might be one use of GM where the environmentalists can't complain much with all the children maimed and killed by these things each year...
They must be running thier website on one of these...
I agree that Time Warner (and other, especially cable based ISPs) will have a huge competative advantage over third-party providers. But, in my area TWC is going to be offering VOIP in early next year, but they want to charge 39.95/mo for service that I can get for 25 bucks from vonage and they won't even be offering voice mail initially!
I think government and telcos need to realized that VOIP can and shouldn't be regulated anymore than any internet-based service. Governments need to find other revenue streams than regulatory fees....just my $.02
"I invented the internet"
Hmm...must be one of those LOTR words
I think every VIP needs one of these:
Segway Human Transporter
Just make sure that it has the battery drain patch to make the CPSC happy....or make sure it doesn't depends on your intentions...
One useful:
The Handspring Treo 600
One not as much
Airzooka Air Gun
Anakin: Is that a lightsaber in your pocket of are you just happy to see me?
Sidious: Oh, I have always want you to come to the dark side.
Anakin: Oh, how...arousing..
search for webserver=IIS, proceed to hack
except if you're in quebec