I got a spam the other day with a 1MB PDF attachment (can you believe it?) I replied with a note thanking her for the large unsolicited attachment, and sending back three copies for her to pass on to more of her friends. I haven't heard back yet.
I know it was mean to my ISP and the internet in general, but I just couldn't help myself.
shopper.com is OK, but there are some better alternatives IMHO. pricescan.com and pricewatch.com both offer more merchants and, as a result, will usually find you a lower price.
Real-time route planning is just one of the great applications of more computer integration into vehicles. Why don't vehicles have a published, open API (yes, I know about OBD-II) where you can do things like alter how long your dome light stays on after you turn the key off, etc.?
More in tune with this article, though, are several other options for reducing traffic:
Motorcycle lanes. I live in Los Angeles, CA, and if more people rode motorcycles instead of gigantic SUVs, traffic would be SIGNIFICANTLY better. Unfortunately a current reality is because many of those people would be killed, but if there were motorcycle-only lanes on the freeway (they woudn't have to be as wide as vehicle lanes), and government rebates for motorcycle users, this could help a lot.
Stop building huge ugly homes in suburbs. San Diego is just becoming a depressing place for me to visit as I see all the neighbourhoods I used to live in going from nature to huge ugly $700,000 homes.:-( Build higher density housing closer to where people work. Then provide quality, convenient public transportation. Americans need to understand that we can't have the "American dream" of a large house and land ownership along with the quality of life of no commute. It doesn't work on a mass scale, and I for one would rather have no yard but a large nature park (of all our combined yards and saved space from roads), park the SUV for off-roading on the weekends and take a train to work.
Actually I work at home, which is how I avoid the commute...
Absolutely. Where are the palm phones with bluetooth built-in? AFAIK, nobody makes them. As of Monday, I now have a bluetooth laptop (powermac 12") and nothing to use it with:-0 Whatever will I do...
Well, my Kyocera 6035 isn't sexy and gets laughed at a lot by luddites but it still works.
I think automakers do this so that people don't get busted for speeding when they're going the speed limit. It would really suck if you thought you were going the speed limit and were really going 7 over and got a speeding ticket.
My Land Rover Discovery overestimated its speed by about 9.9%. I put on tires that are about 10% larger in diameter. Now my speed is almost dead on but my odometer is way off! Oh well... For those of you bitching about BMWs, our Z3 coupe we used to have overestimated its speed too, but only by maybe 3-4% IIRC.
They are officially 2"x4" before they are planed. Once they are planed (smoothed out if anyone is actually reading this and doesn't know what I'm talking about) they end up smaller than 2x4.
As another poster mentioned, if you buy rough-cut lumber you should get closer to the advertised size.
What I want is a natural/split bluetooth keyboard. I've been using a PS2 one on my PC for years now and it's pretty grubby and the enter key often sticks. If somebody came out with a bluetooth one, I'd buy it.
Yeah, it's pissing people like me off. Sure, I downloaded my share of songs, but I also erased the ones I didn't purchase. I have probably 500 CDs but I am no longer going to purchase CDs from RIAA labels. Off to the used CD store for me next time.
We do not have a history of profitable operations.
The quarter ended April 30, 2003, was our first quarter of profitability. If we do not receive SCOsource licensing revenue in future quarters and our revenue from the sale of our operating system platform products and services continues to decline, we will need to further reduce operating expenses in order to maintain profitability or generate positive cash flow. If we are unable to generate positive cash flow from operations, we will not be able to implement our business plan without additional funding, which may not be available to us.
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According to their SEC filing, they are or were profitable for at least one quarter. I assume you could safely replace "implement our business plan" to "continue to pay our legal team".
Since 1996, all new cars in the US at least come with OBD-II diagnostics. Most new cars also have what amounts to a "black box" as a result of the computer systems. For instance, because the computer reads and controls the speed, there is a small buffer of how fast you were going a moment ago. This data can be read or may soon be readable by law enforcement officials, so, for instance, they will be able to actually tell how fast you were REALLY going before your accident. See here for more info.
When I get some extra money, I'm planning on setting up a used laptop in my vehicle. I'll use it with GPS, to obtain traffic updates, and as an MP3 player, DVD player, and for various other things. I also may hook up cameras inside and outside the car and a mic on the inside. If the car's ever stolen, I can have that information uploaded to a server. You can also bet, though, that I'll be figuring out a way of erasing that information if the car is in an accident.
I can see SO MANY areas where a mandated speed control would be outright dangerous. There would be no ability to use speed to out-manoeuvre a dangerous situation. If you were ever in a situation of having to outrun a stalker, you wouldn't be able to. The list goes on.
Not only would it be dangerous, but it would be annoying, too. Want to pass somebody going 3kph below the speed limit on a 2 lane road? Fogetaboutit.
Agreed. SpamAssassin with the Bayes filtering turned on (and properly trained) is a wonderful thing. It is amazingly accurate and the other good thing is that it's not obnoxiously intrusive like IP blacklists.
Of course, it's not exactly a trivial install for your typical Windows/Outlook user, but the fetchmail/procmail/spamassassin/IMAP combo I have running now is hard to beat for a well oraganized email system.
I agree, insurance is good if you can't afford the consequences of not having it. It is statistics and probability. However, in certain cases, like the one being discussed, it is more than that.
Did you not understand my point? Forget about the likelihood that the CPU dies. I agree, in 15 years of using computers, I've never had a CPU die. That was this one user's problem, but there are many many things that can and do go wrong with laptops? Do you own one?
My point, again, is that if something (not just a blown CPU) goes wrong with your laptop, and it's covered by Applecare, they will fix it for free. THEIR COST will be much less than what they would charge you to fix it otherwise. If you're going to do all the work yourself on fixing your laptop and buy the parts of eBay, then don't buy the warranty. But if you're going to take it in and have somebody else fix it for you, then LIKELY it will be worthwhile because of the vast disparity in cost between what Apple needs to charge you for an Applecare warranty to make money off you, and what they will charge you if you are a "walk-in" with an out-of-warranty problem.
Well I can't speak for that site. I just didn't want to make claims without providing some reference. I'd never seen the site before this morning. I didn't see any actual historical info on the site that didn't jibe with what I'd read elsewhere though.
Comparing the impact of the Kings James Bible versus the entire works of Shakespeare is an interesting task, especially as the two men were contemporaries.
One thing to note are the political motivations behind the translation of the King James Bible. This translation was mandated to be used in all Church of England services, IIRC. It was instrumental in helping King James wrest control of England from the Catholic church to the Church of England (controlled by the monarch, i.e. James himself). This gave the British monarchy significantly more power in their own country, as well as preventing such a large portion of the funds from being diverted to the Vatican.
As a spiritual and literary work, the King James Bible has had an immense impact on western culture. It has also had a large impact on Great Britain, and, in turn, its many former colonies. Mute your sound beforehand, but there are some interesting articles about King James and the period here.
You're not quite right. Did you read the other post about the person being told it would cost him $800 to replace his CPUs if he didn't have Applecare? I don't know how much that is actually going to cost Apple, but maybe $150 when you factor in the tech's time. So they make $650 profit off you on that deal.
So the math is: Apple can sell you a $300 extended warranty, fix an $800 RETAIL problem for THEIR COST of $150, and you BOTH come out ahead in the end.
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I know it was mean to my ISP and the internet in general, but I just couldn't help myself.
Perhaps one of these is the "Gaul" you're looking for?
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shopper.com is OK, but there are some better alternatives IMHO. pricescan.com and pricewatch.com both offer more merchants and, as a result, will usually find you a lower price.
Bluetooth is the only wireless technology used in phones? I guess that's aside from GSM, CDMA, TDMA, GPRS, etc. etc...
More in tune with this article, though, are several other options for reducing traffic:
- Motorcycle lanes. I live in Los Angeles, CA, and if more people rode motorcycles instead of gigantic SUVs, traffic would be SIGNIFICANTLY better. Unfortunately a current reality is because many of those people would be killed, but if there were motorcycle-only lanes on the freeway (they woudn't have to be as wide as vehicle lanes), and government rebates for motorcycle users, this could help a lot.
- Stop building huge ugly homes in suburbs. San Diego is just becoming a depressing place for me to visit as I see all the neighbourhoods I used to live in going from nature to huge ugly $700,000 homes.
:-( Build higher density housing closer to where people work. Then provide quality, convenient public transportation. Americans need to understand that we can't have the "American dream" of a large house and land ownership along with the quality of life of no commute. It doesn't work on a mass scale, and I for one would rather have no yard but a large nature park (of all our combined yards and saved space from roads), park the SUV for off-roading on the weekends and take a train to work.
Actually I work at home, which is how I avoid the commute...Well, my Kyocera 6035 isn't sexy and gets laughed at a lot by luddites but it still works.
My Land Rover Discovery overestimated its speed by about 9.9%. I put on tires that are about 10% larger in diameter. Now my speed is almost dead on but my odometer is way off! Oh well... For those of you bitching about BMWs, our Z3 coupe we used to have overestimated its speed too, but only by maybe 3-4% IIRC.
As another poster mentioned, if you buy rough-cut lumber you should get closer to the advertised size.
What I want is a natural/split bluetooth keyboard. I've been using a PS2 one on my PC for years now and it's pretty grubby and the enter key often sticks. If somebody came out with a bluetooth one, I'd buy it.
So buzz off.
Well, I guess I have 867Mhz instead of 1Ghz, but I got such a good deal on it at my wife's university that I'm pretty happy anyway. Yay, my first mac!
Boycott the RIAA.
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We do not have a history of profitable operations.
The quarter ended April 30, 2003, was our first quarter of profitability. If we do not receive SCOsource licensing revenue in future quarters and our revenue from the sale of our operating system platform products and services continues to decline, we will need to further reduce operating expenses in order to maintain profitability or generate positive cash flow. If we are unable to generate positive cash flow from operations, we will not be able to implement our business plan without additional funding, which may not be available to us.
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According to their SEC filing, they are or were profitable for at least one quarter. I assume you could safely replace "implement our business plan" to "continue to pay our legal team".
(Sorry, I wouldn't be so lame but it just seemed to fit with your post)
Once again, someone getting stuck in the details of a comment rather than the actual POINT.
When I get some extra money, I'm planning on setting up a used laptop in my vehicle. I'll use it with GPS, to obtain traffic updates, and as an MP3 player, DVD player, and for various other things. I also may hook up cameras inside and outside the car and a mic on the inside. If the car's ever stolen, I can have that information uploaded to a server. You can also bet, though, that I'll be figuring out a way of erasing that information if the car is in an accident.
I can see SO MANY areas where a mandated speed control would be outright dangerous. There would be no ability to use speed to out-manoeuvre a dangerous situation. If you were ever in a situation of having to outrun a stalker, you wouldn't be able to. The list goes on.
Not only would it be dangerous, but it would be annoying, too. Want to pass somebody going 3kph below the speed limit on a 2 lane road? Fogetaboutit.
Interesting post. Why don't you print it out (!!), sign it, and mail it to both Lois Boland at the WIPO and your local senator.
That's why all they ship you is the ethernet card. Then they send the rest of the computer to the MAC address.
ugh.
Of course, it's not exactly a trivial install for your typical Windows/Outlook user, but the fetchmail/procmail/spamassassin/IMAP combo I have running now is hard to beat for a well oraganized email system.
I agree, insurance is good if you can't afford the consequences of not having it. It is statistics and probability. However, in certain cases, like the one being discussed, it is more than that.
Did you not understand my point? Forget about the likelihood that the CPU dies. I agree, in 15 years of using computers, I've never had a CPU die. That was this one user's problem, but there are many many things that can and do go wrong with laptops? Do you own one?
My point, again, is that if something (not just a blown CPU) goes wrong with your laptop, and it's covered by Applecare, they will fix it for free. THEIR COST will be much less than what they would charge you to fix it otherwise. If you're going to do all the work yourself on fixing your laptop and buy the parts of eBay, then don't buy the warranty. But if you're going to take it in and have somebody else fix it for you, then LIKELY it will be worthwhile because of the vast disparity in cost between what Apple needs to charge you for an Applecare warranty to make money off you, and what they will charge you if you are a "walk-in" with an out-of-warranty problem.
Well I can't speak for that site. I just didn't want to make claims without providing some reference. I'd never seen the site before this morning. I didn't see any actual historical info on the site that didn't jibe with what I'd read elsewhere though.
One thing to note are the political motivations behind the translation of the King James Bible. This translation was mandated to be used in all Church of England services, IIRC. It was instrumental in helping King James wrest control of England from the Catholic church to the Church of England (controlled by the monarch, i.e. James himself). This gave the British monarchy significantly more power in their own country, as well as preventing such a large portion of the funds from being diverted to the Vatican.
As a spiritual and literary work, the King James Bible has had an immense impact on western culture. It has also had a large impact on Great Britain, and, in turn, its many former colonies. Mute your sound beforehand, but there are some interesting articles about King James and the period here.
So the math is: Apple can sell you a $300 extended warranty, fix an $800 RETAIL problem for THEIR COST of $150, and you BOTH come out ahead in the end.
I'd get the warranty.
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