if there is any way to do the impossible with hard drives, he's got the notes on it.
there is no good earthly reason to bit-poke a drive, and few in this universe, which is why the electronics for controlling drive writes/reads are all in the drive now, massively chipped, with sensors to adjust the servos for temperature, pressure and the like to put the bits smack in the middle of the track.
I suspect a really substantial link to two little baby cars is going to weigh too much, and take too much fiddling around, for your average driver to manage.
otherwise, every little ripple in the road, you've got two cars.
who designed this, again, Hal Roach Movie Studios?
soon to include XP, I might add. there are millions of users out there whose machines are too old, and whose OS is too old, and who are just freaking out of luck in "upgrading browsers."
if you wish to not be availiable to all those users, fine, drop support.
if you would rather try and persuade somebody to provide upgraded browsers for old OS, by my guest.
oh, there is the small matter of corporations that do not permit browser upgrades for security reasons, who actively seek out and disable newer browsers than the "approved" IE6. like mine.
and in the event somehow that the devil intervenes to allow this to come true, the feds should pay to store the data. pay the upfront money to build the servers and the additional air conditioning and power, pay the maintenance money to hire techs and buy tape and repair the machines and run a 24x7 watch on the center. and pay all legal, recovery, and processing fees for every single request.
the content providers add another line to their pitch sheets... "While 'Ten Million Gorillas in a Bus' had a Nielsen of 10.2, there were also 4,320,000 Hulu viewings." whether any ads ever show up on Hulu or not, they can still reinforce the show's pull.
you don't have enough cash in the till to run NASA now, and there's going to be more shrinkage to give to private contractors? that's not change, that's more of the same!
even more fun if your computer uses processors that were fabbed in China, I suspect. else why would DoD have a certified fab system to insure there are no back doors?
porn stars don't like guys wearing silly 3D glasses. project onto one back screen and one semitransparent front screen, and put the 3D in the theater, not the cranium.
seems like it's the third time for Windows Tablet Edition, or whatever you want to call it this year.
first bunch of hardware around 2000 for it was heavy, clunky, slow, no battery life, and moderately Newton-like.
maybe this batch will work. especially if the batteries are user-replaceable, which is Apple's achilles heel. yeah, it's sleeker. but you lose your machine to exchange in two or three years, at 1/2 to 2/3 the price of a new one, for a simple battery.
if you can stand Dr. Tongue's "3D House of Stewardesses," this has a chance. lame concept, will have lame execution, even lamer if they play "let's break the fourth wall."
the amount of money some folks pay for the "golden tether" is just ludicrous.
they sell the blinkin' magic and charge an extra $50 a month to use it, folks, the fee is already paid.
maybe their business model is flawed, in which case ATT mobility may be headed to the dumpster... or they will antagonize all the iPhone fanbois and lose their customer base.
the present high price of poker in the magi-phone category is why I don't, and won't, have one on my own dime.
some of them are just impossible to get into, and there is now periodically on multiple sites from the NYT to the star tribune an IE failure when the news is fully loaded, but the ads are not... "IE cannot load the website."
folks, if these here ads are going to save the news business, we better bring back the telegraph.
what will happen is the toy/app/devil_sign will not sell/achieve market penetration/damage sales of anything it's bundled with.
in the war between pestering a customer with "can not ignore" crap and turning off the switch, the switch will always win. VCRs have silent fast forward, TiVo has auto-skip, browsers have ad blockers, mutating and multiplying pop-up windows face the Big Red Switch... and in the final battle, all consumers have other choices and trash cans.
there have always been commercial interruptions. consumers have always been able to opt out. it will not change, no matter what devilry somebody tries to force something you don't want down your orifices.
in the Christian church calendar. hey folks, not to prosletyze here or anything, but when the universe comes apart, I'm going to be otherwise engaged, thanks.
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if there is any way to do the impossible with hard drives, he's got the notes on it.
there is no good earthly reason to bit-poke a drive, and few in this universe, which is why the electronics for controlling drive writes/reads are all in the drive now, massively chipped, with sensors to adjust the servos for temperature, pressure and the like to put the bits smack in the middle of the track.
I suspect a really substantial link to two little baby cars is going to weigh too much, and take too much fiddling around, for your average driver to manage.
otherwise, every little ripple in the road, you've got two cars.
who designed this, again, Hal Roach Movie Studios?
he's done more to overthrow his political party in the state than Wacko bin Looney ever did.
soon to include XP, I might add. there are millions of users out there whose machines are too old, and whose OS is too old, and who are just freaking out of luck in "upgrading browsers."
if you wish to not be availiable to all those users, fine, drop support.
if you would rather try and persuade somebody to provide upgraded browsers for old OS, by my guest.
oh, there is the small matter of corporations that do not permit browser upgrades for security reasons, who actively seek out and disable newer browsers than the "approved" IE6. like mine.
and in the event somehow that the devil intervenes to allow this to come true, the feds should pay to store the data. pay the upfront money to build the servers and the additional air conditioning and power, pay the maintenance money to hire techs and buy tape and repair the machines and run a 24x7 watch on the center. and pay all legal, recovery, and processing fees for every single request.
just ask any botnet operator.
the content providers add another line to their pitch sheets... "While 'Ten Million Gorillas in a Bus' had a Nielsen of 10.2, there were also 4,320,000 Hulu viewings." whether any ads ever show up on Hulu or not, they can still reinforce the show's pull.
you don't have enough cash in the till to run NASA now, and there's going to be more shrinkage to give to private contractors? that's not change, that's more of the same!
dreaming up "news" on their own? somebody get a Predator warmed up, we got a target... .
"Uh, yes, I basically seed my coffee cup, and the pattern of the growths provides the data index for least wasted steps algorithms."
even more fun if your computer uses processors that were fabbed in China, I suspect. else why would DoD have a certified fab system to insure there are no back doors?
porn stars don't like guys wearing silly 3D glasses. project onto one back screen and one semitransparent front screen, and put the 3D in the theater, not the cranium.
1) found satellite company
2) have other nations outsource satellites to them for "cost savings."
3) threaten to blow satellites up.
4) obscene excess profits!
seems like it's the third time for Windows Tablet Edition, or whatever you want to call it this year.
first bunch of hardware around 2000 for it was heavy, clunky, slow, no battery life, and moderately Newton-like.
maybe this batch will work. especially if the batteries are user-replaceable, which is Apple's achilles heel. yeah, it's sleeker. but you lose your machine to exchange in two or three years, at 1/2 to 2/3 the price of a new one, for a simple battery.
if you can stand Dr. Tongue's "3D House of Stewardesses," this has a chance. lame concept, will have lame execution, even lamer if they play "let's break the fourth wall."
that's the damages, folks.
in any event, I am presently unable to avail myself of the device, at any price point. but if the wireless conn was verizon, I'd consider it.
prior art exists, now Ballmer has to grow a stupid mustasche, chew carpets, and march on Poland.
the amount of money some folks pay for the "golden tether" is just ludicrous.
they sell the blinkin' magic and charge an extra $50 a month to use it, folks, the fee is already paid.
maybe their business model is flawed, in which case ATT mobility may be headed to the dumpster... or they will antagonize all the iPhone fanbois and lose their customer base.
the present high price of poker in the magi-phone category is why I don't, and won't, have one on my own dime.
I'm not going to touch this with a ten foot pole... and not touching the device, either.
whip up an industry group to buy a bunch of TV ads promoting the Genuine RoboFood (TM) Alliance. bring Max Headroom back as the spokesbyte.
some of them are just impossible to get into, and there is now periodically on multiple sites from the NYT to the star tribune an IE failure when the news is fully loaded, but the ads are not... "IE cannot load the website."
folks, if these here ads are going to save the news business, we better bring back the telegraph.
what will happen is the toy/app/devil_sign will not sell/achieve market penetration/damage sales of anything it's bundled with.
in the war between pestering a customer with "can not ignore" crap and turning off the switch, the switch will always win. VCRs have silent fast forward, TiVo has auto-skip, browsers have ad blockers, mutating and multiplying pop-up windows face the Big Red Switch... and in the final battle, all consumers have other choices and trash cans.
there have always been commercial interruptions. consumers have always been able to opt out. it will not change, no matter what devilry somebody tries to force something you don't want down your orifices.
like the Dogberts and "beatings will continue" buttons and mirrors to see the boss coming up behind you?
add another 300,000 Kg at least.
in the Christian church calendar. hey folks, not to prosletyze here or anything, but when the universe comes apart, I'm going to be otherwise engaged, thanks.