I think what makes this particularlly slashdot-worthy is the large quanity of pictures to amaze and astound us with. It's definately done with typical australian tounge-in-cheek humour:)
I went to University in Canada. Been there, done that. Nothing beats walking home from class at 10:15PM, while it's -30 and snowing such that you really only have 3 inches visibility;p That particular class was in a building with entries on two different levels, taking the uphill route there and back was easiest, cause it was less likely that you'ld slip on the ice.
I mean, he lost last time he was responsible for taking IBM to court, and that time he had the resources of the federal government.. This time he has the resources of a two-bit shell company in Utah.
Speakers work surprisingly well as microphones.. the newest iPods have a hidden feature which lets you use one of the headphones as a microphone and record as MP3.
It's not that difficult to damage a powerbook's case, in fact it's really easy. Half the paint around the middle is coming off my 12 month old TiBook 800. I've literally barely touched the thing.. I use it in desktop mode about 85% of the time, meaning that in total I've use the keyboard for only about 50 of the 360 days I've had it.. it goes in a targus backpack every night, and it's still flaking.
Just a commentary on how everyone will start blaming all the problems with the space program on the Columbia disaster even though the loss of the shuttle didn't render the other 3 unable to fly, NASA did, by requiring checks, but once those are completed and the schedule restarted, aside from a backlog, why the problem?... Just as airlines (and everyone else) blame everything on September 11th ("that's why your plane took off late sir" / "that's why we can't change your ticket" / "that's why you need to strip and bend over before you fly").
And yes, this is looking at it simplistically, but there ya go.
The Olympus C2100UZ of which I guess you refer was a very interesting camera, and yes, it has been discontinued, but there are now 3.9MP 10x optical zoom cameras from Olympus, like the C-750UZ, which follow in its footsteps.
For the same reason that 12 terrorists with proper documentation who got on an aircraft now mean that you get ass-reamed every time you want to board an aircraft in the continental USA or whenever anyone wants an excuse for new anal security/unfriendly measures. "Ooh sorry, we don't accept returns of knives.. September 11th, you know.."
Some people already automatically get searched every time they try to board a plane.. imagine that at every border crossing.
Oh wait, hopefully no other country would give a rat's ass about the US's prognostication:P and the US in theory shouldn't be keeping it's own citizens (ie the ones with passports) out.
But you're right, it'll probably have something pleesant like this.
Man, I have a serious case of envy.. those printers are really nice. I had a chance to use one (at $3/page, thnx) at university several years back and was very impressed by it.
I'm currently looking at getting an Olympus P400 (A4 dye-sub).. mmm.
Specifically on air canada.. they can't be arsed making a personal video system or decent inflight audio, because it doesn't make them money, but they'll spend $x0000 on putting hundreds of airphones in each aircraft for the cattle to spend $20/min on. Like I said, it's offensive to me:P
No joke, just yesterday, I was standing on the greenwich meridian (a big steel line in the ground in Greenwich England) and my eTrex GPS said that the meridian was about 100 metres away, even after staying in the same spot for about 10 minutes, and it claiming accuracy of 7 metres from 6 satellites.
As handy as GPS is, I don't entirely trust it:>
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You don't see any headlines about Yellow Fever for one reason:
Whitey doesn't get it.
There, I said it. SARS cases first showed up last November in China and Asia, but it wasn't until cases showed up in Toronto in March that it got into the mainstream Western news media. Yellow fever, TB, even ebola and hanta virus are not a problem for the western world. Ebola and Hanta are horrible.. but they kill so quickly that they can't really spread and most of the people with TB around the world live in poverty, so aren't visiting Toronto on a regular basis.
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I think what makes this particularlly slashdot-worthy is the large quanity of pictures to amaze and astound us with. It's definately done with typical australian tounge-in-cheek humour :)
I went to University in Canada. Been there, done that. Nothing beats walking home from class at 10:15PM, while it's -30 and snowing such that you really only have 3 inches visibility ;p That particular class was in a building with entries on two different levels, taking the uphill route there and back was easiest, cause it was less likely that you'ld slip on the ice.
;p
Mmm Canadian winters
I mean, he lost last time he was responsible for taking IBM to court, and that time he had the resources of the federal government.. This time he has the resources of a two-bit shell company in Utah.
The guy who wrote Stuntcopter died in the 1990s, so I suspect you might be waiting a while.
Speakers work surprisingly well as microphones.. the newest iPods have a hidden feature which lets you use one of the headphones as a microphone and record as MP3.
Have you seen a computer loaded with P2P apps? They're right, most of the big P2P apps come bloated with (mal|spy)ware, and they do spread viruses.
:)
Unless you're using Acquisition on a Mac
It's not that difficult to damage a powerbook's case, in fact it's really easy. Half the paint around the middle is coming off my 12 month old TiBook 800. I've literally barely touched the thing.. I use it in desktop mode about 85% of the time, meaning that in total I've use the keyboard for only about 50 of the 360 days I've had it.. it goes in a targus backpack every night, and it's still flaking.
He provided much of the early USENET archives. See his page here for details of his contribution and email address.
Yes, the currently selling C750UZ digital camera has 10x optical zoom on it.
Just a commentary on how everyone will start blaming all the problems with the space program on the Columbia disaster even though the loss of the shuttle didn't render the other 3 unable to fly, NASA did, by requiring checks, but once those are completed and the schedule restarted, aside from a backlog, why the problem? ... Just as airlines (and everyone else) blame everything on September 11th ("that's why your plane took off late sir" / "that's why we can't change your ticket" / "that's why you need to strip and bend over before you fly").
And yes, this is looking at it simplistically, but there ya go.
The C-750UZ has 10x optical.. what do you mean?
The Olympus C2100UZ of which I guess you refer was a very interesting camera, and yes, it has been discontinued, but there are now 3.9MP 10x optical zoom cameras from Olympus, like the C-750UZ, which follow in its footsteps.
No, most likely just misinformed and used to using crappy digital cameras that themselves don't even know this information.
For the same reason that 12 terrorists with proper documentation who got on an aircraft now mean that you get ass-reamed every time you want to board an aircraft in the continental USA or whenever anyone wants an excuse for new anal security/unfriendly measures. "Ooh sorry, we don't accept returns of knives.. September 11th, you know.."
If you use a 1600x1200 LCD display at 800x600, it should just double the number of physical pixels each virtual pixel uses and shouldn't look too bad.
"You just rubbed out the part which outlawed cruel and unusual punishment!" :)
I'm really hanging out for 802.11b for my tungsten.. the bluetooth is CRAP.
So for the next 10 years I can travel without any of the biometric "security features".
:)
Oh you think so do you? Just wait till the lines at Customs become "US Biometric Passport Holders" and "All others"
Some people already automatically get searched every time they try to board a plane.. imagine that at every border crossing.
:P and the US in theory shouldn't be keeping it's own citizens (ie the ones with passports) out.
Oh wait, hopefully no other country would give a rat's ass about the US's prognostication
But you're right, it'll probably have something pleesant like this.
Man, I have a serious case of envy.. those printers are really nice. I had a chance to use one (at $3/page, thnx) at university several years back and was very impressed by it.
I'm currently looking at getting an Olympus P400 (A4 dye-sub).. mmm.
It would also seem to be foolish to bother since joe-sixpack with his PC can decrypt and rip DVDs with the click of a button...
Not to forget that Apple is currently "osbourning" in the high end market.. no-one wants a G4 tower now that G5 ones are coming "real soon now".
Specifically on air canada.. they can't be arsed making a personal video system or decent inflight audio, because it doesn't make them money, but they'll spend $x0000 on putting hundreds of airphones in each aircraft for the cattle to spend $20/min on. Like I said, it's offensive to me :P
No joke, just yesterday, I was standing on the greenwich meridian (a big steel line in the ground in Greenwich England) and my eTrex GPS said that the meridian was about 100 metres away, even after staying in the same spot for about 10 minutes, and it claiming accuracy of 7 metres from 6 satellites.
:>
As handy as GPS is, I don't entirely trust it
You don't see any headlines about Yellow Fever for one reason:
Whitey doesn't get it.
There, I said it. SARS cases first showed up last November in China and Asia, but it wasn't until cases showed up in Toronto in March that it got into the mainstream Western news media. Yellow fever, TB, even ebola and hanta virus are not a problem for the western world. Ebola and Hanta are horrible.. but they kill so quickly that they can't really spread and most of the people with TB around the world live in poverty, so aren't visiting Toronto on a regular basis.