I see lots of noise in response to you, let me try to condense it:
Some states DO have weight based sensors. Most use a system that relies on inductance. Obviously, the thing the authorities want you to do is sell your motorcycle and get a car.
In some states, like MD(I have it on authority from three police officers, but a denial from one MVA employee. I'm taking the word of the cops) allow you to go through, provided you have waited sufficient time to indeed show that the sensor did not pick up your bike. We're talking what would be 2-3 cycles of the light being 'long enough'.
I would strongly suggest you call your local authority in charge of roads. If it doesn't pick up a motorcycle, it is technically defectively installed/calibrated (at least in DC, according to an official talking in the Wash. Post a few years ago). Will they fix it? I don't know, but if there are enough complaints, maybe.
What else to do? Most side and kickstands are made of a metal that trips the sensor (sport bikes with tons of aluminum have more trouble with these things. Harley's, with tons and tons, literally:) of steel have much less trouble). I will position my bike where it is obviously close to the signal, and touch the side or centerstand down. At the light to the office complex where I work, this does the trick just fine. YMMV.
I've no idea if that green light thing works. I'd like MCN to do a test on it. But it's only $10, and maybe worth a shot.
This is slashdot. The parent to your comment probably isn't 16 yet, doesn't have a license yet, and knows everything he needs to know about driving from the chase scene in Blues Brothers.
You and the AC who replied to me both use anecdotal evidence. While I don't have any links available, it has often been reported that teens, as a group, have a phenomenal amount of disposable income. There are several reasons.
First, there are more teen members than of the 20-30ish demographic. Second, their income is nearly 100% disposable. You can't count your rent, food, etc, as disposable income, as it isn't. The amount you spend on video games, big screen TV, etc. is disposable.
In your comment, you hit on one reason why the youth market is so important; not only do they have their own money to spend directly, they are far more likely to get gifts of games from parents, grandparents, etc.
Simba and Ariel are ~ a decade old. Mickey and Donald don't bring in much money. Disney's cash cow is... Winnie the Pooh and the gang from the hundred acre woods.
Look at Disney's most recent attempts at new character creation: mulan, pocahontas, Hercules. Haven't seen many of those toys except at the release of the respective movies.
Disney's real profitability comes from buying senators to preserve Mickey and Donald, and lawsuits against milne's family. Oh, and outright theft in the case of Kimba...err...Simba.
What does this have to do with video games? I dunno.
No. Teens have more disposable income. They don't have mortgage, rent, car payments, etc. They have parents who feel guilty for not spending enough time with them, so they have large allowances.
Nope, not a crack smoking C-shell monkey. When I have to write a script, it's bash for me. I just couldn't figure out why the article post mentioned scripts specifically. How does choice of shell influence what a script runs, unless it makes many stoopid assumptions, like being called from a specific shell.
Not sure why you think it's difficult to configure multiple computers. My parents just got DirecPC or whatever it is. Took about 3 minutes to get the internet connection shared... After spending four hours cleaning Bonzi Buddy and other shite off both my mom's computer and my brother's.
Recycling advocates will claim that using first generation materials doesn't take into account various externalities. Therefore, even though it may be financially cheaper than recycled goods, the costs are not based on the complete 'damage' done. They will also speak of the immeasurable value of different fruity things like 'biological diversity' and so forth.
No time to test now, but thanks. I was worried that I had wasted time dl'ing for nothing. Listened to two tracks, thought to myself 'that sounds like shit' and closed it.
The first game mirrored (to some extent) the golden age comics. These were followed up by silver age comics. Stories a bit more interesting (until killed by self-censorship in the 60's), characters a bit more colorful. Many characters were new. Those who survived were revamped in a big way. Look at the Alan Scott Green Lantern vs. the Hal Jordan Green Lantern for one example.
Supposedly, the second game will feature a largely 'silver age' feel. I suspect that most of the characters will change and/or be updated. If promises made during the original game are kept, the character who had the big transmogrifcation should return.
I also heard rumors to the effect that there is to be a third game, featuring 'modern comics' type characters. I guess sales will be the deciding factor.
The cars are quite legal, since they are homebuilt. If you build less than a certain number of vehicles (5, 10, ???) you don't have to meet crash regulations. Now the trick is that the exact legality is determined on a state by state basis. From the lists, at least a dozen US states have had these things okayed by their DMV. The rules for the UK are very specific, and take into account their homebuilt status. Not sure about Austrailia.
And yes, they take all the upgrades that rice cars do! 10HP stickers, coffee can exhausts (Funny bit: the exhaust hanging out in the open needs a heat shield to keep you from burning your legs. Someone took the mesh from inside a clothes washer, cut it down, and mounted it to his exhaust.)
I wouldn't compare an Integra Type R to a Duron, though. There's something there to start with. We're not talking about kids with a Civic DE (or DX, or whatever the base model is these days) putting on a 150 shot.
It's actually not a 'kit' in the typical sense of the word. It's based on a book called 'build your own sports car for 250 pounds (that's the silly looking thing Brits think of as money)'. Lots of custom variations, all hand built frames, etc.
a nitrous tank on an inline-4 is materially identical in my mind to a 4" heatsink on an overclocked duron.
Exactly. Both are pointless, will probably lead to pointless destruction, and be a lame way of buying better gear in the first place.
Case modder=people who put giant wings on their 100 HP cars.
Lots of analogies.
There are only brand specific stuff. Occasionally you'll get some reasonable discussion.
Now, if you are a car guy, and like things like 'rock linux' and 'gentoo', may I suggest it is timeto buildyour owncar? Many.uk links, but the idea is very popular in.au and.us as well.
Nope, not all brands, but definately DIY. No, you don't sand cast your own engine. OTOH, you probably didn't get Intel to make you a one-off chip either.
you're looking for a long, straight road where you can push the needles into the red before letting off the gas (and then maybe a twisty mountain road to test cornering)
No idea about auto drivers, but bikers have a word for this: squid. It's about as relevant as graphics card benchmarks.
See, anyone worth a salt tailors the race to their bike. I ride a touring bike. I'll race any super sport ten laps around Laguna Seca. But we start and end the race in Maryland. My father has a super-motardish bike. He'll race against any sport bike. But the road has to have potholes, lots of switchbacks, preferably some dirt road thrown in, etc.
Now, in an attempt to avoid being completely and 100% off topic, have you given any thought to custom compiling gentoo? Start with a stage 1 install, and compile everything from the kernel to glibc to the bash prompt. It shouldn't take long at all on your machine. I was able to do a KDE desktop on a P4 in just a few days.
First, notice that only mention of source code redistribution is mentioned. You don't have to supply binaries free of charge. Upon further reading, it looks like things like make files do have to be included. However, who's to say you don't use a custom compiler?
The curious part is section 3b. You have to provide any third party a copy of the source. I assume this means anyone. I can see where that can raise costs to the licensor (seller) substantially. If I have to set up a kernel or apache mirror because I twiddled a few lines of source.
BTW, I used term 'buyer' to use a 10 cent word instead of a 25 cent word.
And so, I am not clear on what, exactly, you are selling. Your compilation services?
Presumably:)
Hey, look, I think the GPL is a marvelous bit. I just like playing devil's advocate. Like it says in the essays in CatB, sell your services, not the code. Or sell customized code.
I thought about writing a letter to the editor, but after reading not only your high quality effort, but those others in the thread, I figured that 'Daniel Lyons !5 TEH SUXXOR!!!!' wouldn't go over quite as well.
Teh intarweb has killed my ability to write in anything other than soundbites:(
You may charge whatever you like for the software. You may charge only reasonable distribution fees (such as media costs) for the source. You only have to give the source to people who have purchased the software. You may not prevent your customer from redistributing that source (not sure about binaries).
The intents of the license and the wording are not necessarily 100% in sync with each other. I assume that's why they've been working on GPL v3 for several years now. (However, Linux, among other projects, has preemptively refused to use anything other than GPL v2.)
My main machine is a 1.533 GHz Athlon. The CDRW is an LG (forget the model) that is now about 15 months old. With a headphone jack, play, skip, and eject button.
As I speak, I'm backing up some taper torrents to a USB attached hard drive. I don't think the 5400/2mb is what is making things so slow.
Similarly, I'm sure that a 5400/2 is more than sufficient now for serving up mp3's, flacs, etc. to my home network.
Outside of various database apps, are the uber-fast drives a big deal?
Anyway, as some others have pointed out, the truly sweet thing is that this announcement should be driving down HD prices for drives that are 'only' 160 GB.
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I see lots of noise in response to you, let me try to condense it:
Some states DO have weight based sensors. Most use a system that relies on inductance. Obviously, the thing the authorities want you to do is sell your motorcycle and get a car.
In some states, like MD(I have it on authority from three police officers, but a denial from one MVA employee. I'm taking the word of the cops) allow you to go through, provided you have waited sufficient time to indeed show that the sensor did not pick up your bike. We're talking what would be 2-3 cycles of the light being 'long enough'.
I would strongly suggest you call your local authority in charge of roads. If it doesn't pick up a motorcycle, it is technically defectively installed/calibrated (at least in DC, according to an official talking in the Wash. Post a few years ago). Will they fix it? I don't know, but if there are enough complaints, maybe.
What else to do? Most side and kickstands are made of a metal that trips the sensor (sport bikes with tons of aluminum have more trouble with these things. Harley's, with tons and tons, literally:) of steel have much less trouble). I will position my bike where it is obviously close to the signal, and touch the side or centerstand down. At the light to the office complex where I work, this does the trick just fine. YMMV.
I've no idea if that green light thing works. I'd like MCN to do a test on it. But it's only $10, and maybe worth a shot.
This is slashdot. The parent to your comment probably isn't 16 yet, doesn't have a license yet, and knows everything he needs to know about driving from the chase scene in Blues Brothers.
Never said individual teens had more disposable income. Reread the thread. As a group, teens have more disposable income than 20somethings.
You and the AC who replied to me both use anecdotal evidence. While I don't have any links available, it has often been reported that teens, as a group, have a phenomenal amount of disposable income. There are several reasons.
First, there are more teen members than of the 20-30ish demographic. Second, their income is nearly 100% disposable. You can't count your rent, food, etc, as disposable income, as it isn't. The amount you spend on video games, big screen TV, etc. is disposable.
In your comment, you hit on one reason why the youth market is so important; not only do they have their own money to spend directly, they are far more likely to get gifts of games from parents, grandparents, etc.
Simba and Ariel are ~ a decade old. Mickey and Donald don't bring in much money. Disney's cash cow is... Winnie the Pooh and the gang from the hundred acre woods.
Look at Disney's most recent attempts at new character creation: mulan, pocahontas, Hercules. Haven't seen many of those toys except at the release of the respective movies.
Disney's real profitability comes from buying senators to preserve Mickey and Donald, and lawsuits against milne's family. Oh, and outright theft in the case of Kimba...err...Simba.
What does this have to do with video games? I dunno.
No. Teens have more disposable income. They don't have mortgage, rent, car payments, etc. They have parents who feel guilty for not spending enough time with them, so they have large allowances.
Nope, not a crack smoking C-shell monkey. When I have to write a script, it's bash for me. I just couldn't figure out why the article post mentioned scripts specifically. How does choice of shell influence what a script runs, unless it makes many stoopid assumptions, like being called from a specific shell.
If you are worried about scripts, something like:
#!/bin/tcsh
Should appear on line one of the script.
Not sure why you think it's difficult to configure multiple computers. My parents just got DirecPC or whatever it is. Took about 3 minutes to get the internet connection shared... After spending four hours cleaning Bonzi Buddy and other shite off both my mom's computer and my brother's.
But yeah, the download caps are absurd.
Recycling advocates will claim that using first generation materials doesn't take into account various externalities. Therefore, even though it may be financially cheaper than recycled goods, the costs are not based on the complete 'damage' done. They will also speak of the immeasurable value of different fruity things like 'biological diversity' and so forth.
Sounds like a reverse class action lawsuit.
No time to test now, but thanks. I was worried that I had wasted time dl'ing for nothing. Listened to two tracks, thought to myself 'that sounds like shit' and closed it.
Direct link to torrent.
Article: +1, simoniker
The first game mirrored (to some extent) the golden age comics. These were followed up by silver age comics. Stories a bit more interesting (until killed by self-censorship in the 60's), characters a bit more colorful. Many characters were new. Those who survived were revamped in a big way. Look at the Alan Scott Green Lantern vs. the Hal Jordan Green Lantern for one example.
Supposedly, the second game will feature a largely 'silver age' feel. I suspect that most of the characters will change and/or be updated. If promises made during the original game are kept, the character who had the big transmogrifcation should return.
I also heard rumors to the effect that there is to be a third game, featuring 'modern comics' type characters. I guess sales will be the deciding factor.
Get yourself a real console, kid. You know, one with a color/B&W switch.
The cars are quite legal, since they are homebuilt. If you build less than a certain number of vehicles (5, 10, ???) you don't have to meet crash regulations. Now the trick is that the exact legality is determined on a state by state basis. From the lists, at least a dozen US states have had these things okayed by their DMV. The rules for the UK are very specific, and take into account their homebuilt status. Not sure about Austrailia.
And yes, they take all the upgrades that rice cars do! 10HP stickers, coffee can exhausts (Funny bit: the exhaust hanging out in the open needs a heat shield to keep you from burning your legs. Someone took the mesh from inside a clothes washer, cut it down, and mounted it to his exhaust.)
I wouldn't compare an Integra Type R to a Duron, though. There's something there to start with. We're not talking about kids with a Civic DE (or DX, or whatever the base model is these days) putting on a 150 shot.
It's actually not a 'kit' in the typical sense of the word. It's based on a book called 'build your own sports car for 250 pounds (that's the silly looking thing Brits think of as money)'. Lots of custom variations, all hand built frames, etc.
a nitrous tank on an inline-4 is materially identical in my mind to a 4" heatsink on an overclocked duron.
.uk links, but the idea is very popular in .au and .us as well.
Exactly. Both are pointless, will probably lead to pointless destruction, and be a lame way of buying better gear in the first place.
Case modder=people who put giant wings on their 100 HP cars.
Lots of analogies.
There are only brand specific stuff. Occasionally you'll get some reasonable discussion.
Now, if you are a car guy, and like things like 'rock linux' and 'gentoo', may I suggest it is time to build your own car? Many
Nope, not all brands, but definately DIY. No, you don't sand cast your own engine. OTOH, you probably didn't get Intel to make you a one-off chip either.
you're looking for a long, straight road where you can push the needles into the red before letting off the gas (and then maybe a twisty mountain road to test cornering)
No idea about auto drivers, but bikers have a word for this: squid. It's about as relevant as graphics card benchmarks.
See, anyone worth a salt tailors the race to their bike. I ride a touring bike. I'll race any super sport ten laps around Laguna Seca. But we start and end the race in Maryland. My father has a super-motardish bike. He'll race against any sport bike. But the road has to have potholes, lots of switchbacks, preferably some dirt road thrown in, etc.
Now, in an attempt to avoid being completely and 100% off topic, have you given any thought to custom compiling gentoo? Start with a stage 1 install, and compile everything from the kernel to glibc to the bash prompt. It shouldn't take long at all on your machine. I was able to do a KDE desktop on a P4 in just a few days.
Mostly, it lies in section 3 of the GPL.
First, notice that only mention of source code redistribution is mentioned. You don't have to supply binaries free of charge. Upon further reading, it looks like things like make files do have to be included. However, who's to say you don't use a custom compiler?
The curious part is section 3b. You have to provide any third party a copy of the source. I assume this means anyone. I can see where that can raise costs to the licensor (seller) substantially. If I have to set up a kernel or apache mirror because I twiddled a few lines of source.
BTW, I used term 'buyer' to use a 10 cent word instead of a 25 cent word.
And so, I am not clear on what, exactly, you are selling. Your compilation services?
Presumably:)
Hey, look, I think the GPL is a marvelous bit. I just like playing devil's advocate. Like it says in the essays in CatB, sell your services, not the code. Or sell customized code.
I thought about writing a letter to the editor, but after reading not only your high quality effort, but those others in the thread, I figured that 'Daniel Lyons !5 TEH SUXXOR!!!!' wouldn't go over quite as well.
Teh intarweb has killed my ability to write in anything other than soundbites:(
You may charge whatever you like for the software. You may charge only reasonable distribution fees (such as media costs) for the source. You only have to give the source to people who have purchased the software. You may not prevent your customer from redistributing that source (not sure about binaries).
The intents of the license and the wording are not necessarily 100% in sync with each other. I assume that's why they've been working on GPL v3 for several years now. (However, Linux, among other projects, has preemptively refused to use anything other than GPL v2.)
My main machine is a 1.533 GHz Athlon. The CDRW is an LG (forget the model) that is now about 15 months old. With a headphone jack, play, skip, and eject button.
The word 'no' and a smack to the hand has worked wonders on my 2 year old son.
As I speak, I'm backing up some taper torrents to a USB attached hard drive. I don't think the 5400/2mb is what is making things so slow.
Similarly, I'm sure that a 5400/2 is more than sufficient now for serving up mp3's, flacs, etc. to my home network.
Outside of various database apps, are the uber-fast drives a big deal?
Anyway, as some others have pointed out, the truly sweet thing is that this announcement should be driving down HD prices for drives that are 'only' 160 GB.