A lot of those failed attempts could have been avoided if the launch supervisors had just listened to the engineers. There have been times when the engineers are saying that the weatehr is too bad, or that a certain component is questionable for launch.
Let's not blame the engineers...blame the safety inspectors, or the launch supervisors if we're blaming someone.:-)
Who cares about the warning...even on the floor it can be in the direct light. Something they charge $15 for and sell millions of should be more resiliant than that.
As old as the technology is, there have not been enough improvements in CD's. We need innovation, but there's obviously not enough money in it because no one has found the silver bullet yet.
I take the CD, and use it in my car. After listening to it, I toss it on the passenger seat, where it will slide down onto the floor when I stop quickly. There it will sit, for a month or more until I decide to clean the car. If it plays after all of the foot traffic that has been in and out of the car....then it is worthy of the front page blessing it recieved here at Slashdot.
Until then, it is hype. Let's get people using it and either proving its worth or its lack thereof.
An anonymous investor, identified only as "C.M." was said to have put in a bid for $30 billion dollars to buy out DoubleClick today. Experts believe C.M. may have a personal agenda for buying DoubleClick, but could not speculate as to his reasons.
The anonymous investor was quoted as saying "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me."
And every college game at Michigan's "Big House" draws 110,000+ fans, but I keep going there every home game. I'm sure as hell not going to let anyone scare me away from living my life.
They did stop allowing advertising planes above/around the stadium during games though, probably to reduce the risk. This happened right after 9/11.
On a side note, the most powerful moment of silence I have ever taken part in was the Michigan football game following 9/11 when EVERY fan in the stadium was silent, not even breathing. It was the only time that every person in the stadium sung the national anthem, I think. And the only time the anthem was followed by humbled silence, instead of rowdy cheers. I don't remember who won the football game, but I remember that.
I don't mean to say that a bigger storage space wouldn't be nice. But realistically 20/40/60GB should be pretty darn close.
I understand people have larger collections, perhaps hundreds of gigs. The one thing I will point out is that at a reasonable compression rate (ie near CD quality, but not uncompressed) you can carry several days worth of music around on just 20GB. I will go so far as to say that on a 40GB player, you could get 2 weeks worth of music. I know this is not "all" of some peoples' collection, but this means that you could just load up whatever you're in the mood for on any given weekend, and have plenty to choose from for the week. If you're out one day, and the Vanilla Ice CD suddenly sounds like a great idea, you can always load it up next time you're at the computer.
And if you "need" more than 40GB, yes it is going to get expensive. But for convenience, you pay a price. Just try to lug around the 300 albums you would have on the 60GB mp3 player. Not nearly as convenient. I don't presume to know everyone's needs, but at that point it is certainly more of a want than a need.
Well the ipod is very expensive. Eventually a device will come out for about $100 that can store enough gigabyte of music to make it worthwhile carrying around.
How is 20GB not enough music to carry around? Or even 40 or 60?
And the iPod can be free if you are willing to spend time getting referrals for one of the free sites. I already got one, and am working on my second. This site lets you choose the iRiver one instead if you prefer "the killer" as opposed to "the king".
Or click my link in my sig for a free Xbox to run linux on...or a PS2 to play the new GTA. This one is easy, only 3 referrals needed as opposed to 5 for the iPod.
At least do some research before responding. A quote from the top google result for "Firestone Tire Recall"
Belt-leaving-belt tread separation failures of ATX and Wilderness AT tires manufactured by BridgestoneFirestone, Inc. (Firestone), have led to numerous crashes, injuries, and fatalities. In August 2000, Firestone determined that a safety-related defect existed in all Firestone P235/75R15 ATX tires and in Firestone Wilderness AT tires of that size manufactured at its Decatur, Illinois plant, and commenced a recall to replace those tires
Notice that indeed defects were discovered...inflating tires more is NOT going to solve the problem. So yes, I do expect Firestone to pay for that one.
Actually, when you return something the warranty on the new product (which is generally but not always refurbished) is usually only 90 days or the remaining duration of the original warranty, whichever is longer. So no perpetual warranties, unless every time the product breaks within 90 days.
In my opinion though, if a product fails all the time, it should be recalled or else the company should pay to replace them PROACTIVELY. Look at the Firestone tire recall...would you all be saying "Just use the tires even though they suck...when you crash and die, just return the tires for new ones". I thought not.
If we keep seeing these types of partnerships, perhaps more PC manufacturers will jump on board and start shipping Linux PC's as well. Even if it is just a Linux Live CD for someone to play with, at least then they can get their feet wet.
The phrase "to Yahoo" was officially coined as a verb/action today because Yahoo supporters picketed Webster's Dictionary headquarters on Wednesday, sighting the fact that rival search engine Google got to be a verb, and they did not.
Come on, it's competition, of course they are going to come out with a similar service. Why does this need to be front page news? It had to be the first thing we all thought of when we heard Google was doing it: "How long till MS and Yahoo follow suit?"
The internet certainly has changed. Instead of surfing for porn or searching for hours to find an mp3 or picture or whatever, it's all at my finger tips.
But I rely so much on the internet to function on a daily basis. I think about this all the time. When I have a question now, the first place I look is Google. Very rarely can I not find an answer that comes from a relatively reputable source. And it is much quicker than any means of research.
Also, I show and pay all of my bills online. This is a big convenience, no more paper checks or bills, no more stamps.
But what would my life be like without the internet now? I can honestly say that if I were 100% cut off from the internet I would find it difficult to adjust for awhile. Sure, I can go back to snail mail and stamps and all of that without too much of a fuss, but I rely on the internet for my news most of the time as well.
But I would find it very difficult to do research of any type, or simply to answer a nagging question about whatever topic we happen to talk about at the water cooler. The convenience of having billions of web pages at my finger tips has hobbled my ability to research in any other fashion, and made me impatient when I can't get an answer in 2 minutes of Google'ing.
...to clear your cache. Just what I need is some cached email shit from some spammer on my machine when the FBI comes to take back all of my Mp3's! Hahaha FBI, they are all legal from iTunes! (and then converted to Mp3 of course)
Picture this...you enter someone's name into google. Right now, you can most likely determine their address and phone number, which is already kind of invasive to their privacy, but no more so than a phone book.
With the new technology, you could search on google, and then get a 3m resolution picture of the persons house and property. This would certainly make it easy to stalk someone (or plan some sort of assault on the house, T.P., burglary etc). What possible use could google have for this?
Keyhole is a cool piece of software for anyone who has not checked it out.
Just come hunt through my closet and you will find a NIC, an old 120Mhz machine, and an old 800MB HD with Win 98 already on it. Format, install linux and there you go.
Of course I assume you want this PC to be usable for something other than reading a doc in notepad/emacs huh? Well in that case go to this site http://www.freedesktoppc.com/default.aspx?referer= 8337143 here and sign up. No problem.
I have never been to San Fran myself, but my dad has on numerous occasions. And from his stories, the terrain in SF is "pretty hilly" to say the least. I have had problems at home with my wireless sometimes reaching from one floor to another without messing around with the antenae all the time. It seems like they're going to need a heck of a lot of repeaters/ap's for this to work out at all in that terrain.
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to run hard-wired fiber into every building, and drop off a linksys wireless router to everyone? Probably not really, but it sure seems like it is going to be very difficult to get a good wireless network in that terrain.
is there an election coming up in SF that this guy is trying to get votes for?
Possibly, depending on your definition of pyramid scheme. I have heard it called a "viral advertising" scheme as well. The important thing is to get in early, and then you have a good shot. That's why pyramid schemes are good for the top 3% and bad for the rest.
I feel I am in early enough for it to benefit me. But in 2 weeks, I agree it may be a waste for those who have not joined.
I have played with them a bit, and look forward to owning one soon. If anyone else wants to join me in my goal, see my sig. Get one for yourself for FREE!
I know, seems too good to be true, but this deal is legit just like the freeipods.com site that has been getting so much attention lately.
Click the link and find out...not interested, then sorry for your time.
My bad, gotta pay more attention to what I am doing next time, or try to defend it by saying that you will get to Europe by going east over the Pacific from Hawaii...which is clearly where I am. Nah...I give up.
The MouseMaster??? This doesn't seem like a big improvement to me. You Brits sure get excited about some pointless shit!
At least in America we get excited about things like "Ginger" (or IT if you prefer). I mean I could run over as many mice as that trap holds in a few minutes on a Segway.:-)
Just poking fun at you folks East of the Pacific. Mostly because There's a lot of trash talk to us US folks as well.
I went on my honeymoon to the Caribbean just 4 months ago...glad I got my non RFID passport then. Should be good for 10 years. Of course they could always force me to get a new one I guess.
Really though, I don't see the big deal. They can track me just as easily by scanning it at the airport the way it is now. This way, they can just do it without me waiting in a huge line. Now I can just walk through the metal detector, and it can also check my passport. Once less line to wait in? maybe.
They cancel their 4Ghz chips...and now LCOS? Are they hurting for money, or did they just make a couple of bad choices lately that has led to them deciding to end R&D on some projects?
Or is there something really awesome coming out that they are diverting funds to...doubt it.
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A lot of those failed attempts could have been avoided if the launch supervisors had just listened to the engineers. There have been times when the engineers are saying that the weatehr is too bad, or that a certain component is questionable for launch.
:-)
Let's not blame the engineers...blame the safety inspectors, or the launch supervisors if we're blaming someone.
Who cares about the warning...even on the floor it can be in the direct light. Something they charge $15 for and sell millions of should be more resiliant than that.
As old as the technology is, there have not been enough improvements in CD's. We need innovation, but there's obviously not enough money in it because no one has found the silver bullet yet.
I take the CD, and use it in my car. After listening to it, I toss it on the passenger seat, where it will slide down onto the floor when I stop quickly. There it will sit, for a month or more until I decide to clean the car. If it plays after all of the foot traffic that has been in and out of the car....then it is worthy of the front page blessing it recieved here at Slashdot.
Until then, it is hype. Let's get people using it and either proving its worth or its lack thereof.
An anonymous investor, identified only as "C.M." was said to have put in a bid for $30 billion dollars to buy out DoubleClick today. Experts believe C.M. may have a personal agenda for buying DoubleClick, but could not speculate as to his reasons.
The anonymous investor was quoted as saying "C is for cookie, that's good enough for me."
And if you listen to it every day, it will be dead in about 3 days! At least in my case it is.
And every college game at Michigan's "Big House" draws 110,000+ fans, but I keep going there every home game. I'm sure as hell not going to let anyone scare me away from living my life.
They did stop allowing advertising planes above/around the stadium during games though, probably to reduce the risk. This happened right after 9/11.
On a side note, the most powerful moment of silence I have ever taken part in was the Michigan football game following 9/11 when EVERY fan in the stadium was silent, not even breathing. It was the only time that every person in the stadium sung the national anthem, I think. And the only time the anthem was followed by humbled silence, instead of rowdy cheers. I don't remember who won the football game, but I remember that.
I don't mean to say that a bigger storage space wouldn't be nice. But realistically 20/40/60GB should be pretty darn close.
I understand people have larger collections, perhaps hundreds of gigs. The one thing I will point out is that at a reasonable compression rate (ie near CD quality, but not uncompressed) you can carry several days worth of music around on just 20GB. I will go so far as to say that on a 40GB player, you could get 2 weeks worth of music. I know this is not "all" of some peoples' collection, but this means that you could just load up whatever you're in the mood for on any given weekend, and have plenty to choose from for the week. If you're out one day, and the Vanilla Ice CD suddenly sounds like a great idea, you can always load it up next time you're at the computer.
And if you "need" more than 40GB, yes it is going to get expensive. But for convenience, you pay a price. Just try to lug around the 300 albums you would have on the 60GB mp3 player. Not nearly as convenient. I don't presume to know everyone's needs, but at that point it is certainly more of a want than a need.
Well the ipod is very expensive. Eventually a device will come out for about $100 that can store enough gigabyte of music to make it worthwhile carrying around.
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How is 20GB not enough music to carry around? Or even 40 or 60?
And the iPod can be free if you are willing to spend time getting referrals for one of the free sites. I already got one, and am working on my second. This site lets you choose the iRiver one instead if you prefer "the killer" as opposed to "the king".
http://www.mp3players4free.com/default.aspx?r=452
Or click my link in my sig for a free Xbox to run linux on...or a PS2 to play the new GTA. This one is easy, only 3 referrals needed as opposed to 5 for the iPod.
At least do some research before responding. A quote from the top google result for "Firestone Tire Recall"
Belt-leaving-belt tread separation failures of ATX and Wilderness AT tires manufactured by BridgestoneFirestone, Inc. (Firestone), have led to numerous crashes, injuries, and fatalities. In August 2000, Firestone determined that a safety-related defect existed in all Firestone P235/75R15 ATX tires and in Firestone Wilderness AT tires of that size manufactured at its Decatur, Illinois plant, and commenced a recall to replace those tires
Notice that indeed defects were discovered...inflating tires more is NOT going to solve the problem. So yes, I do expect Firestone to pay for that one.
Actually, when you return something the warranty on the new product (which is generally but not always refurbished) is usually only 90 days or the remaining duration of the original warranty, whichever is longer. So no perpetual warranties, unless every time the product breaks within 90 days.
In my opinion though, if a product fails all the time, it should be recalled or else the company should pay to replace them PROACTIVELY. Look at the Firestone tire recall...would you all be saying "Just use the tires even though they suck...when you crash and die, just return the tires for new ones". I thought not.
If we keep seeing these types of partnerships, perhaps more PC manufacturers will jump on board and start shipping Linux PC's as well. Even if it is just a Linux Live CD for someone to play with, at least then they can get their feet wet.
The phrase "to Yahoo" was officially coined as a verb/action today because Yahoo supporters picketed Webster's Dictionary headquarters on Wednesday, sighting the fact that rival search engine Google got to be a verb, and they did not.
Come on, it's competition, of course they are going to come out with a similar service. Why does this need to be front page news? It had to be the first thing we all thought of when we heard Google was doing it: "How long till MS and Yahoo follow suit?"
The internet certainly has changed. Instead of surfing for porn or searching for hours to find an mp3 or picture or whatever, it's all at my finger tips.
But I rely so much on the internet to function on a daily basis. I think about this all the time. When I have a question now, the first place I look is Google. Very rarely can I not find an answer that comes from a relatively reputable source. And it is much quicker than any means of research.
Also, I show and pay all of my bills online. This is a big convenience, no more paper checks or bills, no more stamps.
But what would my life be like without the internet now? I can honestly say that if I were 100% cut off from the internet I would find it difficult to adjust for awhile. Sure, I can go back to snail mail and stamps and all of that without too much of a fuss, but I rely on the internet for my news most of the time as well.
But I would find it very difficult to do research of any type, or simply to answer a nagging question about whatever topic we happen to talk about at the water cooler. The convenience of having billions of web pages at my finger tips has hobbled my ability to research in any other fashion, and made me impatient when I can't get an answer in 2 minutes of Google'ing.
Anyone else out there have the same problem?
Picture this...you enter someone's name into google. Right now, you can most likely determine their address and phone number, which is already kind of invasive to their privacy, but no more so than a phone book.
With the new technology, you could search on google, and then get a 3m resolution picture of the persons house and property. This would certainly make it easy to stalk someone (or plan some sort of assault on the house, T.P., burglary etc). What possible use could google have for this?
Keyhole is a cool piece of software for anyone who has not checked it out.
Just come hunt through my closet and you will find a NIC, an old 120Mhz machine, and an old 800MB HD with Win 98 already on it. Format, install linux and there you go.
= 8337143 here and sign up. No problem.
Of course I assume you want this PC to be usable for something other than reading a doc in notepad/emacs huh? Well in that case go to this site http://www.freedesktoppc.com/default.aspx?referer
I have never been to San Fran myself, but my dad has on numerous occasions. And from his stories, the terrain in SF is "pretty hilly" to say the least. I have had problems at home with my wireless sometimes reaching from one floor to another without messing around with the antenae all the time. It seems like they're going to need a heck of a lot of repeaters/ap's for this to work out at all in that terrain.
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to run hard-wired fiber into every building, and drop off a linksys wireless router to everyone? Probably not really, but it sure seems like it is going to be very difficult to get a good wireless network in that terrain.
is there an election coming up in SF that this guy is trying to get votes for?
Possibly, depending on your definition of pyramid scheme. I have heard it called a "viral advertising" scheme as well. The important thing is to get in early, and then you have a good shot. That's why pyramid schemes are good for the top 3% and bad for the rest.
I feel I am in early enough for it to benefit me. But in 2 weeks, I agree it may be a waste for those who have not joined.
Your call obviously.
Dude, you can afford it. Get one for FREE. Check out my sig, this is another site like freeipods.com, except for it is video players instead.
It's legit, and it just started a week or so ago, it's easy to get referrals. Just trying to help you out man...
I have played with them a bit, and look forward to owning one soon. If anyone else wants to join me in my goal, see my sig. Get one for yourself for FREE!
I know, seems too good to be true, but this deal is legit just like the freeipods.com site that has been getting so much attention lately.
Click the link and find out...not interested, then sorry for your time.
Not to self...
Food+Beer+TV+Slashdot != Good Idea
My bad, gotta pay more attention to what I am doing next time, or try to defend it by saying that you will get to Europe by going east over the Pacific from Hawaii...which is clearly where I am. Nah...I give up.
The MouseMaster??? This doesn't seem like a big improvement to me. You Brits sure get excited about some pointless shit!
At least in America we get excited about things like "Ginger" (or IT if you prefer). I mean I could run over as many mice as that trap holds in a few minutes on a Segway.
Just poking fun at you folks East of the Pacific. Mostly because There's a lot of trash talk to us US folks as well.
Laughed out loud for that one, great way to wake up in the morning. Nicely done...I'd mod you if I could.
I went on my honeymoon to the Caribbean just 4 months ago...glad I got my non RFID passport then. Should be good for 10 years. Of course they could always force me to get a new one I guess.
Really though, I don't see the big deal. They can track me just as easily by scanning it at the airport the way it is now. This way, they can just do it without me waiting in a huge line. Now I can just walk through the metal detector, and it can also check my passport. Once less line to wait in? maybe.
They cancel their 4Ghz chips...and now LCOS? Are they hurting for money, or did they just make a couple of bad choices lately that has led to them deciding to end R&D on some projects?
Or is there something really awesome coming out that they are diverting funds to...doubt it.