What, if any, plans are there to reduce the size of the device? An iPod is about the biggest thing I can stand to carry around in my pocket. I'd like to get one of the hiptops, but I'd rather not need a fanny-pack to carry it.
...has come out of the several vehement campaigns to get Bush out of office: Lots of pushes to get people to register and vote. The average voter turnout in the USA is abysmal, so here's hoping some of these efforts succeed.
Viral distribution, eh? I wonder how long it'll be before one of the recent e-mail worms is rewritten to send out referral links to this thing.
I know they used to charge for it, but one day it just showed up on my boxes. I had participated in the free trial a while back and saw it as a neat feature, but decided that it wasn't worth my money.
If I were you, I'd call them and bitch until they give you something.
...was mostly based on the curriculum and network connectivity of the school. However, I'd be lying if I were to tell you that the prospect of a free-as-in-i-don't-have-to-pay-for-it-upon-reciept iPod wouldn't have had some influence.
The Sims is obviously a work of a demented genious. I wonder how many times this guy went swimming as a kid, only to discover that, when he tried to get out, someone had built a brick wall around the pool...
Hey, combine this with the little black boxes Progressive Insurance has been pushing, and you too can have your insurance revoked in real-time while driving!
Sure... but seriously, why not two one year commitments: one for the testing before launch, and one to re-acquaint the pilots with the procedure before re-entry?
I mean, come on... catching a probe that's re-entering the earth's atmosphere with a hook and rope dangling from a chopper is like riding a bike.. once you learn, you never really forget.
Why did the pilots have to commit for 6 years? Does it seriously take that long to learn how to catch a falling space probe with a hook dangling from a chopper?
Seriously... do you believe everything you read on the internet?
It's a publicly editable encyclopedia. By now, people should realize that there are many kiddies out there who have nothing better to do than to screw with others.
Unless they mean that piracy can bring an artist's bottom line into existence-- an interesting concept.
Hey, it worked for the original MS Windows... I seem to remember some statistics that show that most people who got hooked on the whole 'windows' thing did so as a result of piracy.
Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. While the GPU can do many more operations per second than a CPU, think of the two as doctors.
<analogy accuracy="flawed at best"> The CPU's a generalist and can treat most patients in a fair amount of time. The GPU is a specialist, however. If you know any of these in real life, you know that they can do one thing, and one thing only. In this case, it's graphics. You ask them to do something else, like gardening, and they look at you like you're from outer space. </analogy>
I hear "inflatable", and instantly think of the three pool floats we had to replace each year because one sprung a leak. Our first AeroBed also springs to mind almost as quickly as it sprung its first, second, and third leaks.
I'm no astrophysicist, but isn't something like this going to be fairly prone to puncture by even the tiniest of debris?
My fiancee and I made a pact a long time ago. If either one of us starts showing signs of becoming an old person, the other gets to push them in front of a bus.
I'll delay getting one of these as long as humanly possible, but once they become mandatory, I'll be in a world of hurt. Tailgating, speeding, not quite coming to a complete stop at a stop sign... you name it. I'll get nabbed for it.
I'm on a streak today... what's another "Damn the man" post?
Verizon's one of the most stuffy and non-innovative telecom companies out there. Everyone I've ever dealt with in their service/sales departments has always had the "I know what's best for you" attitude, and really didn't want to take the time to figure out what I was actually asking for and if/how they could make it happen.
The last three and a half years have been full of this stuff. Government that puts Big Business at the top of its list of priorities will certainly side with the corporations. It's a no-brainer.
It also doesn't help that congresscritters are generally quick to believe anything that comes in a nicely bound and printed booklet purporting to be a "study" of some sort or another, even when the name on the study is the same one that's embroidered on the shirt of the guy submitting it.
Hopefully this is just the start of a string of rejections. If lots of big names in the OSS community and some of the e-mail superpowers (yahoo, gmail, etc...) jump on the bandwagon, maybe it'll get pushed aside.
Wishful thinking? Probably, but a boy can dream...
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What, if any, plans are there to reduce the size of the device? An iPod is about the biggest thing I can stand to carry around in my pocket. I'd like to get one of the hiptops, but I'd rather not need a fanny-pack to carry it.
...has come out of the several vehement campaigns to get Bush out of office: Lots of pushes to get people to register and vote. The average voter turnout in the USA is abysmal, so here's hoping some of these efforts succeed.
Viral distribution, eh? I wonder how long it'll be before one of the recent e-mail worms is rewritten to send out referral links to this thing.
...the Supreme Court? I can't find anything on that site that tells me who they're planning on appointing.
I know they used to charge for it, but one day it just showed up on my boxes. I had participated in the free trial a while back and saw it as a neat feature, but decided that it wasn't worth my money.
If I were you, I'd call them and bitch until they give you something.
...was mostly based on the curriculum and network connectivity of the school. However, I'd be lying if I were to tell you that the prospect of a free-as-in-i-don't-have-to-pay-for-it-upon-reciept iPod wouldn't have had some influence.
Mmmm. Shiny.
AFAIK, the Home Media Option is free for all Series 2 units. At least... I never paid for it and it's available on both of my TiVos.
The Sims is obviously a work of a demented genious. I wonder how many times this guy went swimming as a kid, only to discover that, when he tried to get out, someone had built a brick wall around the pool...
Hey, combine this with the little black boxes Progressive Insurance has been pushing, and you too can have your insurance revoked in real-time while driving!
The first hacker to provide a hack (or instructions) to enable OBEX and OPP features on the handset before Jan 1 wins the pot.
Correction. The first hacker's lawyers win the pot defending the first hacker in his DMCA suit.
There have been some silly patents covered here on slashdot, but these have got to be some of the silliest. What's next, a patent on the wheel?
Sure... but seriously, why not two one year commitments: one for the testing before launch, and one to re-acquaint the pilots with the procedure before re-entry?
I mean, come on... catching a probe that's re-entering the earth's atmosphere with a hook and rope dangling from a chopper is like riding a bike.. once you learn, you never really forget.
Why did the pilots have to commit for 6 years? Does it seriously take that long to learn how to catch a falling space probe with a hook dangling from a chopper?
Amateurs.
Seriously... do you believe everything you read on the internet?
It's a publicly editable encyclopedia. By now, people should realize that there are many kiddies out there who have nothing better to do than to screw with others.
Unless they mean that piracy can bring an artist's bottom line into existence-- an interesting concept.
Hey, it worked for the original MS Windows... I seem to remember some statistics that show that most people who got hooked on the whole 'windows' thing did so as a result of piracy.
You mean to tell me that beast I downloaded was just a diff? Jesus H. Christ!
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Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. While the GPU can do many more operations per second than a CPU, think of the two as doctors.
<analogy accuracy="flawed at best">
The CPU's a generalist and can treat most patients in a fair amount of time. The GPU is a specialist, however. If you know any of these in real life, you know that they can do one thing, and one thing only. In this case, it's graphics. You ask them to do something else, like gardening, and they look at you like you're from outer space.
</analogy>
I hear "inflatable", and instantly think of the three pool floats we had to replace each year because one sprung a leak. Our first AeroBed also springs to mind almost as quickly as it sprung its first, second, and third leaks.
I'm no astrophysicist, but isn't something like this going to be fairly prone to puncture by even the tiniest of debris?
Odd... it's on the front page for me. I don't have games as a slashbox, nor did I browse to games.slashdot.org.
Sure... but what is that in terms of pps (porn per second)?
My fiancee and I made a pact a long time ago. If either one of us starts showing signs of becoming an old person, the other gets to push them in front of a bus.
I just hope she's got the guts to do it...
I'll delay getting one of these as long as humanly possible, but once they become mandatory, I'll be in a world of hurt. Tailgating, speeding, not quite coming to a complete stop at a stop sign... you name it. I'll get nabbed for it.
I REFUSE to drive like an old person!
I'm on a streak today... what's another "Damn the man" post?
Verizon's one of the most stuffy and non-innovative telecom companies out there. Everyone I've ever dealt with in their service/sales departments has always had the "I know what's best for you" attitude, and really didn't want to take the time to figure out what I was actually asking for and if/how they could make it happen.
The last three and a half years have been full of this stuff. Government that puts Big Business at the top of its list of priorities will certainly side with the corporations. It's a no-brainer.
It also doesn't help that congresscritters are generally quick to believe anything that comes in a nicely bound and printed booklet purporting to be a "study" of some sort or another, even when the name on the study is the same one that's embroidered on the shirt of the guy submitting it.
Hopefully this is just the start of a string of rejections. If lots of big names in the OSS community and some of the e-mail superpowers (yahoo, gmail, etc...) jump on the bandwagon, maybe it'll get pushed aside.
Wishful thinking? Probably, but a boy can dream...