It is not just the iPod. The iBook is the pinicle of good battery life, small size and a full featured laptop that is sub $1000.
Likewise, when was the last time you saw "Dell releases new laptop" on slashdot. It's almost always Apple who is making news regarding product releases on Slashdot.
This five year gap between consoles may be just what nintendo needs to jump in and take over the next generation console market. Previously Sony has had the edge by coming out a year earlier than the others.
One thing that, as far as I know, hasn't been tried yet is a photorealistic CGI Drama, as in a a serious film with a good point that is CGI. I would be interesting to see if it were a good movie if it were scoffed off becasue it was CG.
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It would be interesting to do a study on how long shows last. I can guarantee that some shows aren't terminated based on falling ratings, but rather the actors stopping (Seinfeld, ST:TNG, Buffy?) While some shows seem to keep on going, like the day time dramas. Is the length of time a good show is on inversely proportional to the ratings? Does the same hold for game shows like Price is Right, or Family Feud?
Funny, I don't agree that the "electronic industry's" attitude can be summed up by Apple's slogan. Apple is one of the few that dares to encourage people to Rip/Mix/Burn.
The differance is Rip/Mix/Burn is legal, while Download/Mix/Burn isn't.
Apple even put's "Don't Steal Music" on their iPods.
The point of Apple's ad campaign was to allow people to make mixes of their own music and listen to them on CD's that they burned on their iMacs. Now that they have the iPod that slogan dosen't exist. The point is moot.
Deal, however, was critical of the new fees, noting that Apple's campaign to lure Windows PC users to the Mac did little to offset weaker-than-usual holiday sales. The "iApps will be Apple's attempt to staunch the flow of bleeding revenue from its lagging sales initiatives."
This is truely bad reporting. Apple has made no announcement, so it is now merely a rumors and they are reporting it here like a fact. Crazy.
The article was a bit lacking. I have to assume it was a bip-ped, but given that top animatronics engineers can't figure out how to make a free standing movable bi-ped, I'm kind of surprised that someone else can, even if it only moves at a thrilling 33cm a step.
And it has to be able to make 50 step a minute to do 1 km/hour. That's a fairly impressive statistic for a self balancing bi-ped.
Does anyone have more info, or story from a reputable news site?
If you aren't looking to put all of your music on it at anyone time, and therefore save some money, I would go with a Nomad Muvo, just because Creative makes hands down the best flash Mp3 players on the market, as far as size, sound quality, and price go.
if you are looking for a hard drive player you have a lot of choices. But make sure it has IEEE 1394 (firewire, iLink). Even if you don't have that on your computer it will be worth buying the PCI card (or PCMCIA) for the speed jump over USB (1.1 or 2.0). From there it is really a question of two things: Size and style. Hands down, if money isn't an issue the smallest and best looking HD Mp3 player on the market is the iPod. If you don't mind lugging something a little larger there are many choices: Any of the Nomad Jukebox lines or the Zen are good products. I would be wary of any company that is comming on the market with a large MP3 player with lots of flashy features though. Chances are they don't have good battery life or track record.
Overall the best advice I can give you is once you've decided HD or Flash, go to Best Buy or Circuit City and play with the MP3 players they have. You want something that is easy to operate, not too heavy for you to comfortable cary around etc.
I recognize that drive manufacturers have made a real effort during the past year to reduce the noise of bearings and actuators. In spite of that, no matter how quiet the drive, it's still being placed in an acoustic-enhancing environment--an empty box, like a drum or guitar.
I don't know about any of you, but I don't keep my PVR isn't in a guitar housing, although it may make a cool hack.
Microsoft has more a leg to stand on in this trial than Lindows, as much as I hate to say it. Lindows has the potential to create confusion in the marketplace. Granted this isn't too easy, but it would theorectically be possible for someone to walk into CompUSA looking for Windows and pick up a Lindows box. Apple took the eOne off the shelf for the same reason.
Lindows on the other hand can't really go though with this and have it work. If Microsoft had to give up the Windows trademark, so would Apple with Macintosh, as it is a type of apple (with slight capitalization differences) and so would Conpaqs Armada, as that is a fleet of ships. Fords Expedition as it is a quest of a type. If there is a trade mark on Perl. I personally would have touble living in a world where every product had a non-dictionary name. It would begin sounding like a D&D campaign.
Okay, how would knowing how fast someone was going in a crash where the airbag deployed really help the paramedics?
Assuming the person was wearing a seatbelt the airbag and belt would be the two big absorbers of shock, so a quick assesment of how smashed up the face is would cover that, and any internal injuries that may be been caused by the seat belt (if used improperly) wouldn't be easily assed by a paramedic in the field anyway, and knowing the speed of the car would have no impact on determining those injuries.
If there was no seatbelt being worn you may as well call in the helicopter because the person most likely will have had gone though a window, and you don't need a computer to tell you that. From there, if ther person is still on the ground you can get a good estimate of how fast they were going based on how far they are away from you.
And on top of that direction would have no bearing on medical treatment, and as the article states there would be no point in having to get information from that with a wire 'cause then it would be useless to emergency personell, and if it can be obtained wirelessly I think we have the single most accurate form of speed detection for police if they can grab the information that fast, because you would have a tough time proving your cars computer wrong.
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It is not just the iPod. The iBook is the pinicle of good battery life, small size and a full featured laptop that is sub $1000.
Likewise, when was the last time you saw "Dell releases new laptop" on slashdot. It's almost always Apple who is making news regarding product releases on Slashdot.
the ACM isn't exactly a "school" computer club. It's a national Assocation for Computing Machinery.
he he, may already, oops
I think the worst part about that is finding out that april has thirty one days, here I was thinking that it was april already
not if I can beat you to the patent:
1) A method for delivering sounds though the vagina, mouth, or rectum
2) A method of doing 1) though a phalic device
IIRC 500,000 die each year of the flue
I had no idea there were so many chimney related deaths each year!
I can't tell you all how useful it was to see the entire listing of files on the SL-5600, in fact, I think that should come in all white papers.
This five year gap between consoles may be just what nintendo needs to jump in and take over the next generation console market. Previously Sony has had the edge by coming out a year earlier than the others.
One thing that, as far as I know, hasn't been tried yet is a photorealistic CGI Drama, as in a a serious film with a good point that is CGI. I would be interesting to see if it were a good movie if it were scoffed off becasue it was CG.
I could just see slashdot running on a Trash - 80. .
"What does this mean for the the big guys in model rocketry, who use engines larger than this?"
It means they can't use the bigger engines anymore. . . Perhaps with a license?
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What a perfect idea for those of you in the northeast of the US who just can't get enough snow, especially this winter (-:
It would be interesting to do a study on how long shows last. I can guarantee that some shows aren't terminated based on falling ratings, but rather the actors stopping (Seinfeld, ST:TNG, Buffy?) While some shows seem to keep on going, like the day time dramas. Is the length of time a good show is on inversely proportional to the ratings? Does the same hold for game shows like Price is Right, or Family Feud?
It seems that being medical test subjects would be less likely to get them killed.
Funny, I don't agree that the "electronic industry's" attitude can be summed up by Apple's slogan. Apple is one of the few that dares to encourage people to Rip/Mix/Burn.
The differance is Rip/Mix/Burn is legal, while Download/Mix/Burn isn't.
Apple even put's "Don't Steal Music" on their iPods.
The point of Apple's ad campaign was to allow people to make mixes of their own music and listen to them on CD's that they burned on their iMacs. Now that they have the iPod that slogan dosen't exist. The point is moot.
Seems great for server applications but not so great for desktop usage. It would be nice to see some info on compile times.
. . .far too much time on their hands.
Who would do reserch and write an article, post it on a website, link it himself to slashdot, just to knock out his own server?
By the way, I don't belive for a second that Python beat out plain old C.
And what about Obj-C for Mac firms? I wonder if he posted the entire list?
Deal, however, was critical of the new fees, noting that Apple's campaign to lure Windows PC users to the Mac did little to offset weaker-than-usual holiday sales. The "iApps will be Apple's attempt to staunch the flow of bleeding revenue from its lagging sales initiatives."
This is truely bad reporting. Apple has made no announcement, so it is now merely a rumors and they are reporting it here like a fact. Crazy.
The article was a bit lacking. I have to assume it was a bip-ped, but given that top animatronics engineers can't figure out how to make a free standing movable bi-ped, I'm kind of surprised that someone else can, even if it only moves at a thrilling 33cm a step.
And it has to be able to make 50 step a minute to do 1 km/hour. That's a fairly impressive statistic for a self balancing bi-ped.
Does anyone have more info, or story from a reputable news site?
It is all a matter of what you want.
If you aren't looking to put all of your music on it at anyone time, and therefore save some money, I would go with a Nomad Muvo, just because Creative makes hands down the best flash Mp3 players on the market, as far as size, sound quality, and price go.
if you are looking for a hard drive player you have a lot of choices. But make sure it has IEEE 1394 (firewire, iLink). Even if you don't have that on your computer it will be worth buying the PCI card (or PCMCIA) for the speed jump over USB (1.1 or 2.0). From there it is really a question of two things: Size and style. Hands down, if money isn't an issue the smallest and best looking HD Mp3 player on the market is the iPod. If you don't mind lugging something a little larger there are many choices: Any of the Nomad Jukebox lines or the Zen are good products. I would be wary of any company that is comming on the market with a large MP3 player with lots of flashy features though. Chances are they don't have good battery life or track record.
Overall the best advice I can give you is once you've decided HD or Flash, go to Best Buy or Circuit City and play with the MP3 players they have. You want something that is easy to operate, not too heavy for you to comfortable cary around etc.
I recognize that drive manufacturers have made a real effort during the past year to reduce the noise of bearings and actuators. In spite of that, no matter how quiet the drive, it's still being placed in an acoustic-enhancing environment--an empty box, like a drum or guitar.
I don't know about any of you, but I don't keep my PVR isn't in a guitar housing, although it may make a cool hack.
Microsoft has more a leg to stand on in this trial than Lindows, as much as I hate to say it. Lindows has the potential to create confusion in the marketplace. Granted this isn't too easy, but it would theorectically be possible for someone to walk into CompUSA looking for Windows and pick up a Lindows box. Apple took the eOne off the shelf for the same reason.
Lindows on the other hand can't really go though with this and have it work. If Microsoft had to give up the Windows trademark, so would Apple with Macintosh, as it is a type of apple (with slight capitalization differences) and so would Conpaqs Armada, as that is a fleet of ships. Fords Expedition as it is a quest of a type. If there is a trade mark on Perl. I personally would have touble living in a world where every product had a non-dictionary name. It would begin sounding like a D&D campaign.
Okay, how would knowing how fast someone was going in a crash where the airbag deployed really help the paramedics?
Assuming the person was wearing a seatbelt the airbag and belt would be the two big absorbers of shock, so a quick assesment of how smashed up the face is would cover that, and any internal injuries that may be been caused by the seat belt (if used improperly) wouldn't be easily assed by a paramedic in the field anyway, and knowing the speed of the car would have no impact on determining those injuries.
If there was no seatbelt being worn you may as well call in the helicopter because the person most likely will have had gone though a window, and you don't need a computer to tell you that. From there, if ther person is still on the ground you can get a good estimate of how fast they were going based on how far they are away from you.
And on top of that direction would have no bearing on medical treatment, and as the article states there would be no point in having to get information from that with a wire 'cause then it would be useless to emergency personell, and if it can be obtained wirelessly I think we have the single most accurate form of speed detection for police if they can grab the information that fast, because you would have a tough time proving your cars computer wrong.