Indianapolis is also home to two of the largest computer book publihsers, too. It used to be just IDG and Macmillan (Sams, Que, New Riders), but with all of the mergers, now it's also Wiley and the technical side of Pearson Education.
If you do this, you also need to make sure it's regulated to the point of having an uptime promise just like the water, heat, and phone companies have now. It's great to have every house wired, but how quick will they fix it when Joe Blow cuts a major line while digging a ditch?
It would be fun to play around with the laser distance mechanism to see if you could design a speed gun with this thing. I would hope they would allow developers access to the appropriate APIs to allow this. It wouldn't be good for police work, but it would be fun the average consumer. The price needs to come down quite a bit, though.
Taking the picture doesn't always give you the copyright to the photo you took. Check your ticket stub for most major sports games. You give up the rights to any photos, videos, or audio you make during that game. I can take a photo of Peyton Manning during a game, but I can not turn around and sell it legally.
I know several people who have a mount in their car for the Pocket PCs. Some use them for GPS which makes the mounting that more important. As long as you don't have to hold the device right at your mouth, this could be great to pull phone numbers or addresses while you're driving. Now the GPS software designers need to implement this feature so that you can tell the application where you want to go instead of typing in the address.
I have read the Book On Bookies title and loved it. It talks about all of the steps a person needs to take to get setup as a bookie. The author does a decent job in doing this and has several examples in most circumstances. I had a little interest in doing this, but I think the book would be an interesting read for anyone who bets through bookies.
I acquired the book Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus, and Andre didn't even write the whole book. He did helps us out and fill-in for an author who didn't deliver. He has always had a big ego, and I have seen several of his projects fail. I agree that the web site is impressive, but I'm not holding my breath for the release of this machine.
With the popularity of bootleg concert CDs, I guess CC will try to see if they can legitimize the process. Not only will the RIAA be concerned, but what about the artists themselves?
As you stated, it's personal taste. I loved having Windows see both monitors separately. It allowed me to tell it the positioning of both monitors, so I could have fluid mouse movement between both screens. This isn't a big deal if you've got both monitors side by side, but for those of us without that much desktop space, it's nice to have a monitor arm off to the side and a little higher than the other monitor.
If DVD players include WMV formats, then they could very start using flashable ROMs or some other method of updating codecs by the end user. If this happens, then DVD players could become much more powerful by adding support for the latest greatest technologies.
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I was thinking the same thing. Everyone who saw my connection speeds was immediately wanting broadband.
-Chris
Indianapolis is also home to two of the largest computer book publihsers, too. It used to be just IDG and Macmillan (Sams, Que, New Riders), but with all of the mergers, now it's also Wiley and the technical side of Pearson Education.
They should sentance him to 100 hours of community service -- cleaning up movie theaters.
Or 50 hours cleaning up adult theaters.
If you do this, you also need to make sure it's regulated to the point of having an uptime promise just like the water, heat, and phone companies have now. It's great to have every house wired, but how quick will they fix it when Joe Blow cuts a major line while digging a ditch?
It would be fun to play around with the laser distance mechanism to see if you could design a speed gun with this thing. I would hope they would allow developers access to the appropriate APIs to allow this. It wouldn't be good for police work, but it would be fun the average consumer. The price needs to come down quite a bit, though.
Taking the picture doesn't always give you the copyright to the photo you took. Check your ticket stub for most major sports games. You give up the rights to any photos, videos, or audio you make during that game. I can take a photo of Peyton Manning during a game, but I can not turn around and sell it legally.
-Chris
I know several people who have a mount in their car for the Pocket PCs. Some use them for GPS which makes the mounting that more important. As long as you don't have to hold the device right at your mouth, this could be great to pull phone numbers or addresses while you're driving. Now the GPS software designers need to implement this feature so that you can tell the application where you want to go instead of typing in the address.
-Chris
I have read the Book On Bookies title and loved it. It talks about all of the steps a person needs to take to get setup as a bookie. The author does a decent job in doing this and has several examples in most circumstances. I had a little interest in doing this, but I think the book would be an interesting read for anyone who bets through bookies.
I acquired the book Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus, and Andre didn't even write the whole book. He did helps us out and fill-in for an author who didn't deliver. He has always had a big ego, and I have seen several of his projects fail. I agree that the web site is impressive, but I'm not holding my breath for the release of this machine.
With the popularity of bootleg concert CDs, I guess CC will try to see if they can legitimize the process. Not only will the RIAA be concerned, but what about the artists themselves?
And, oh yeah, first post!
-Chris
Sybex already has a book that covers Linux written for Win Admins. It's 'Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators', ISBN 0-7821-2730-4.
It's very well reviewed at Amazon.
-C
As you stated, it's personal taste. I loved having Windows see both monitors separately. It allowed me to tell it the positioning of both monitors, so I could have fluid mouse movement between both screens. This isn't a big deal if you've got both monitors side by side, but for those of us without that much desktop space, it's nice to have a monitor arm off to the side and a little higher than the other monitor.
If DVD players include WMV formats, then they could very start using flashable ROMs or some other method of updating codecs by the end user. If this happens, then DVD players could become much more powerful by adding support for the latest greatest technologies.