It's nice to see the world moving forward and advancing on these technologies. We need to move forward and continue to make new things that could be used in the future but still have some commercial viability now. It would be nice to go all out and build everything in the future but there may not be a market now and we all remember the great crash of 99-00.
But, if I get access to one of those phones then I definetly will because places are starting to wire up that offer the media that you want..._now_.
what you say is one of great importance...Mozilla is slow because of varying factors and they need to be dealt with. But more importantly (as you stated) there needs to be updated versions for all OSes.
Problem being that there's a finite number of monkies that can code at a given time on a finite number of computers of which few are Macs:(
I'm going to leave it open cause I believe that most people who use it will be good. I may or may not monitor it once in a while and if I monitor it and I catch somebody using it for inappropriate means then I will warn them and tell everybody in my neighbourhood about them:)
But...if spammers use it then it's my problem not the governments'. If the people who get spammed complain to me then I will direct them to the person who spammed them.
On the machines that I've used it on there's always been some trouble unless I've installed it. I don't doubt that it will work very nicely on a Mobile but it's one of those comfort things...using products that we like and having biases...it's silly but it presists:)
well...if AvantGo (avantgo.com I believe) provided a service for cell phones then it would work quite nicely for a lot of news pages. It basically works the same way browsing for a Blackberry works. You send a page that you want to a central server which parses and formats it. It then sends it back to your phone and boom...you get images, text, links and everything. I use it for my Handspring all the time and it downloads many of my favorite sites...of course I wish it could compact Slashdot further but I think Cmdr Taco may have to talk to the AvantGo people about it.
Again, I don't trust Mozilla but on my Handspring I use EudoraWeb and I have one of those Wireless cards.
Also, I suspect that there's going to be some small companies somewhere and all the providers are going to pick a different company and we're going to end up with 3 or 4 small companies that MS is just gonna buy out and gain the upper hand with.
From a coders point of view: this product looks really sw3333t. The future is mobile devices but to get there we have to start developing for products that can exist soon so that we will have the demand for more powerful mobile devices in the future. Having several starting points now (with all the different platforms) means that in the future there will be quite a few products as well since a particular language/product will appeal to certain people. Thus, implementation now means more devices to implement upon in the future.
I've been using Snapstreams' PVR since the Winter Olympics and I've found it to be an amazing tool. It's pretty simple to use through the web interface but the web interface is slightly slow... Although the version I have currently encodes to WMV (then I use the MS media decoder to convert it to fixed version of wmv and then use virtual dub to convert it to divx) the newest version (Quartz) can encode right to divx =) If you have an older version then you can upgrade to Quartz for free. Also in Quartz, there is a service you can buy that uses.Net technology and allows you to surf a tv guide and record straight from that. But...since I prefer recording shows at custom lengths I find the text interface pretty easy to use (I even recorded all the World Cup games using the PVR). So...PC PVRs aren't all that bad...at least Snapstream has a good PVR...I suggest it to those who like good software, it's well worth the cost.
These tests are geared towards wannabee programmers who regurjatate code from a book or manual. In some cases the tests are amazing to write but there's a marked difference in the environment where you code and the environment where you write an exam.
No matter what anybody says, you can modify or adjust to a business environment over time. No such preparation can be done for the exams.
but who watches international tv other than those that are from those areas?
most people won't stick to a channel unless it is interesting and funny things happen to be the most interesting things. so even if you subscribe to an international channel you're only likely to see the "funny" things (and I'll admit that they're funny) and stereotype.
every since I started spending long hours on the internet I've become less tolerant of real people.
I find that if I spend a day programming or what not then I'm great with people. But as soon as I start surfing the net and chatting with people I become way less tolerant of everybody.
I think it has to do with how long it takes to communicate a thought. Online you see the entire thought in one shot, whereas in person it takes time to hear the whole conversation. Basically a speed difference. The speed is the main difference.
In terms of tolerating people of other ethnicities I notice no difference, in fact I'm more likely to talk to people within my own group of online g33k friends in real life. We talk fast and keep it short.
I think this bodes well not unless I cut down on my internet time. Perhaps all my fragging is gonna finally backfire.
The videotaped lectures have been happening for several years now through the distance education office. There still is interaction with the professor (the classroom area has not been elimnated). But that area is now not for taking notes but for learning the problem areas. It's better to target what is not known rather than to repeat what is known. The professors do not see it as a threat as if they did then they would not participate.
You can't convict people on suspicion. You can arrest them, but arresting a high profile person/rich person on suspicion is suicide to a career. You'd actually have to find narcotics in sufficient quantities to make them face jail time or a fine.
there's a lot of problems associated with being underwater...
First off, there's a limited range where you could use it.
Second: You'd have to make sure you didn't collide with anything (I'm sure you'd hire a formet sub captain or something).
Third: it's not all that clear underwater. It's only clear in the shallow areas like tropical and what not. But in the deeper areas it's not all that clear and so you wouldn't see much.
Fourth: the upkeep on submarines runs millions a year, so the cost is gigantic.
Now the pros: First: you can bring illicit drugs into the country and nobody is gonna stop you (how do you stop a submarine without blowing it up?) and if they do stop you, then you just flush the stuff down the drain.
Second: It's the mile deep club.
Finally: If the submarines a rocking don't come a knocking
Fundamentally yes because text books don't cover everything that the Professor may teach. Also, people learn in different ways. Now you may be saying but aren't they just reading online? The answer is yes and no. Yes in that there are text book references but only the important parts have been extracted (not the filler). Secondly, the professors lectures have been videotaped and are available online (without all the umms and errrs). This helps those who learn by seeing and/or reading. Also, the system also tests and gives assignments that must be done prior to class. This way the professor can find out what the class is struggling to understand and better explain that during class. The concept of the system is new and it wasn't popular last term (September to December, here in Canada our school terms are 4 months and you typically take two a year although I've been doing continous school since 1999), but now that the online system is in place it's caught on like wildfire. The results are impressive as well, the tests are no longer easy as all the students know more, those that like to skip class still learn everything. So basically, the text book is now the supplement to the course. In no way is the course being moved online as the student professor relationship is still important. It's just that the class is now a QA time rather than just take notes notes and more notes.
Right now I pay $3500 per term...granted that it's Canadian but that still makes it more than you pay. Then we have to put books and what not on top of it. Also, housing around here is more expensive because of the weather factor as are the heating bills.
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It's nice to see the world moving forward and advancing on these technologies. We need to move forward and continue to make new things that could be used in the future but still have some commercial viability now.
It would be nice to go all out and build everything in the future but there may not be a market now and we all remember the great crash of 99-00.
But, if I get access to one of those phones then I definetly will because places are starting to wire up that offer the media that you want..._now_.
most bots have this problem when they're initially made.
Remember when you could boost your ratings on Google but trapping the bots?
what you say is one of great importance...Mozilla is slow because of varying factors and they need to be dealt with. But more importantly (as you stated) there needs to be updated versions for all OSes.
:(
Problem being that there's a finite number of monkies that can code at a given time on a finite number of computers of which few are Macs
I'm pretty sure the Fenix down will come in handy for that.
most def...I fully agree that it's a good idea.
Get it and make your life a bit easier.
Play Beep Boop and win chocolate (it's for a study)
I'm going to leave it open cause I believe that most people who use it will be good. I may or may not monitor it once in a while and if I monitor it and I catch somebody using it for inappropriate means then I will warn them and tell everybody in my neighbourhood about them :)
But...if spammers use it then it's my problem not the governments'. If the people who get spammed complain to me then I will direct them to the person who spammed them.
sure security is good but what about us people who want to share our connection with everybody and everybody?
Also...we should be free to be lazy.
Would just like to point out that perhaps "anyone" should be replaced with "another one" :)
gives :)
(or am I really really bad at seppllnig?)
On the machines that I've used it on there's always been some trouble unless I've installed it. :)
I don't doubt that it will work very nicely on a Mobile but it's one of those comfort things...using products that we like and having biases...it's silly but it presists
well...if AvantGo (avantgo.com I believe) provided a service for cell phones then it would work quite nicely for a lot of news pages. It basically works the same way browsing for a Blackberry works.
You send a page that you want to a central server which parses and formats it. It then sends it back to your phone and boom...you get images, text, links and everything. I use it for my Handspring all the time and it downloads many of my favorite sites...of course I wish it could compact Slashdot further but I think Cmdr Taco may have to talk to the AvantGo people about it.
Again, I don't trust Mozilla but on my Handspring I use EudoraWeb and I have one of those Wireless cards.
Also, I suspect that there's going to be some small companies somewhere and all the providers are going to pick a different company and we're going to end up with 3 or 4 small companies that MS is just gonna buy out and gain the upper hand with.
I've been waiting for this. It's gonna allow me to goto a full Linux system and not have to pay any money...I hope.
I'm wondering, can MS charge for licences to write tools that parse the XML documents?
From a coders point of view: this product looks really sw3333t. The future is mobile devices but to get there we have to start developing for products that can exist soon so that we will have the demand for more powerful mobile devices in the future.
Having several starting points now (with all the different platforms) means that in the future there will be quite a few products as well since a particular language/product will appeal to certain people.
Thus, implementation now means more devices to implement upon in the future.
I've been using Snapstreams' PVR since the Winter Olympics and I've found it to be an amazing tool. It's pretty simple to use through the web interface but the web interface is slightly slow... .Net technology and allows you to surf a tv guide and record straight from that.
Although the version I have currently encodes to WMV (then I use the MS media decoder to convert it to fixed version of wmv and then use virtual dub to convert it to divx) the newest version (Quartz) can encode right to divx =)
If you have an older version then you can upgrade to Quartz for free.
Also in Quartz, there is a service you can buy that uses
But...since I prefer recording shows at custom lengths I find the text interface pretty easy to use (I even recorded all the World Cup games using the PVR).
So...PC PVRs aren't all that bad...at least Snapstream has a good PVR...I suggest it to those who like good software, it's well worth the cost.
These tests are geared towards wannabee programmers who regurjatate code from a book or manual. In some cases the tests are amazing to write but there's a marked difference in the environment where you code and the environment where you write an exam.
No matter what anybody says, you can modify or adjust to a business environment over time. No such preparation can be done for the exams.
The handspring wireless ethernet modem is compliant with the 802.11 standards. It's expensive though.
but who watches international tv other than those that are from those areas?
most people won't stick to a channel unless it is interesting and funny things happen to be the most interesting things. so even if you subscribe to an international channel you're only likely to see the "funny" things (and I'll admit that they're funny) and stereotype.
every since I started spending long hours on the internet I've become less tolerant of real people.
I find that if I spend a day programming or what not then I'm great with people. But as soon as I start surfing the net and chatting with people I become way less tolerant of everybody.
I think it has to do with how long it takes to communicate a thought. Online you see the entire thought in one shot, whereas in person it takes time to hear the whole conversation. Basically a speed difference. The speed is the main difference.
In terms of tolerating people of other ethnicities I notice no difference, in fact I'm more likely to talk to people within my own group of online g33k friends in real life. We talk fast and keep it short.
I think this bodes well not unless I cut down on my internet time. Perhaps all my fragging is gonna finally backfire.
The videotaped lectures have been happening for several years now through the distance education office. There still is interaction with the professor (the classroom area has not been elimnated). But that area is now not for taking notes but for learning the problem areas. It's better to target what is not known rather than to repeat what is known. The professors do not see it as a threat as if they did then they would not participate.
keep in mind that the bottom of a boat isn't the same as water around an entire boat...
You can't convict people on suspicion. You can arrest them, but arresting a high profile person/rich person on suspicion is suicide to a career.
You'd actually have to find narcotics in sufficient quantities to make them face jail time or a fine.
there's a lot of problems associated with being underwater...
First off, there's a limited range where you could use it.
Second: You'd have to make sure you didn't collide with anything (I'm sure you'd hire a formet sub captain or something).
Third: it's not all that clear underwater. It's only clear in the shallow areas like tropical and what not. But in the deeper areas it's not all that clear and so you wouldn't see much.
Fourth: the upkeep on submarines runs millions a year, so the cost is gigantic.
Now the pros:
First: you can bring illicit drugs into the country and nobody is gonna stop you (how do you stop a submarine without blowing it up?) and if they do stop you, then you just flush the stuff down the drain.
Second: It's the mile deep club.
Finally: If the submarines a rocking don't come a knocking
Fundamentally yes because text books don't cover everything that the Professor may teach. Also, people learn in different ways.
Now you may be saying but aren't they just reading online? The answer is yes and no. Yes in that there are text book references but only the important parts have been extracted (not the filler). Secondly, the professors lectures have been videotaped and are available online (without all the umms and errrs).
This helps those who learn by seeing and/or reading. Also, the system also tests and gives assignments that must be done prior to class. This way the professor can find out what the class is struggling to understand and better explain that during class.
The concept of the system is new and it wasn't popular last term (September to December, here in Canada our school terms are 4 months and you typically take two a year although I've been doing continous school since 1999), but now that the online system is in place it's caught on like wildfire. The results are impressive as well, the tests are no longer easy as all the students know more, those that like to skip class still learn everything.
So basically, the text book is now the supplement to the course. In no way is the course being moved online as the student professor relationship is still important. It's just that the class is now a QA time rather than just take notes notes and more notes.
Right now I pay $3500 per term...granted that it's Canadian but that still makes it more than you pay. Then we have to put books and what not on top of it. Also, housing around here is more expensive because of the weather factor as are the heating bills.