Not everyone drives. So maybe the Driver's ID can be replaced with a simple National ID card, which is stampted with driver's license stamp, PIN, alchohol stamp, voter's stamp...
But this actually sounds like a GOOD idea. You really aren't sacrifing your privacy, because it's info already avalible about you: Age, Gender, Driving Class. So what's the big deal? Or am I just igornant?
Caps:
What advantage does this have to the business? It seems to mostly be a method of sharing the bandwith fairly.
Solaris, Gone:
Eef. And does the article writer mean x86? But seriously, the only open-source (to a degree) OS that Microsoft took seriously... gone from the free list. Wonder what impact this'll have on Sun. Seems shortsighted.
Does this virus just spread? Maybe it's time for macromedia to patch Flash, because more dangerous viruses may soon be on the way. And Flash is avalible for Linux too. Does this mean that Linux is equally supseptible (sp?)? I never even heard of or seen Macromedia Flash debugger. I thought Flash was just supposed to be a animation... huh. I guess viruses can seep from anywhere now.
I remember reading somewhere about devices that squirted miniscule amounts of flavoring upon a tastless wafer. Are these around? Or should they be added to the list of vaporware?
One day, a corporation will bring a CAT5 line into your house, plug it in to a router, and then you will plug all your PCs into that router. Infinite bandwith!
But the MAN idea sounds excellent. I hope all cities establish this system. Can they be allocated their own TLD? They practically give them out anyway:).
The Metropolitan Area Network: One step closer to a networked world. And cheap broadband!
These things are probably pretty expensive to be so small...
Boss: Tech, Where's that report you promised me?
Tech: It's right here on this microdrive.... What? Where is it? Yaarrghh!
Small expensive things are always bad. Not only that, but the high capacity of this drive means that you could potentially lose a LOT of data on one of these things. Looks Dangerous.
Do you think that 1GB of storage space in something that small could be applied to PDAs or MP3 players? This has other ramifications too, beyond simply being a superfloppy.
What would the advantages of this be? I can't think of any right off the top of my head. And wouldn't something in orbit around the moon also be in orbit around the Earth, so you'd have to compensate somehow? Keep in mind, also, that the moon rotates too, so you'd have to keep a lunosycronous (wow!) orbit.
Actually...
Some coutries do have an article before them.
The United States
The Maldives
The Dominican Republic
The United Kingdom
and the name that Argentina calls itself (La Argentina) translates as, in fact, "The Argentina". Plus "Ukraine" is probably a gross angilicalization of the real name, which I do not know. Most countries acutally have a different name used within that country, but the name is changed to make it pronoucible. Case in point: Peking and Bejing are both the same city. They are equally close (from what other people tell me) to the actual Mandarin pronuciation.
Well, now. The US is attempting to destablize a country. Or so it seems. Over what? Over some gibberish term? Over outdated copyright laws? The Ukraine is a nation of farming (last time I checked, could be different now), and this seems like a move to incite revolts and millitary governments. I wish we would wake up and smell the international coffee, which isn't "The Government Is Subservent To Corporations" Blend anymore. Please, for the love of god, don't destroy another country over something stupid.
Install:
OS X(BSD variant)
BeOS (nearly extinct, but runs on PPC with EXCELLENT video editing, check out BeBits, the source for all things BeOS.)
MandrakePPC (I'm sure this is a good option. There are other distros for the PPC too! Look around.)
What about that document, eh? Some fun RANDOM CAPITALIZATION. Looks like the entire document was written by Zippy the Pinhead, but without the random statements. An interesting document. Perhaps we're going to have to use slow "zepplins" on Mars. It could acutally be a better idea. The zepplin is floating about 60m above the surface, and it has four thrusters. The one the the back is the most powerful. They are arranged so that the thrusters are at right angles from each other (or maybe a "peace-sign" arrangement is better?).
Just a thought. Flames will be used to save on energy bills.
These bills must be expensive to print, though. One question remains: how does one read the chip? Wireless? Huh... Perhaps this could be used in tracking down counterfiters (sp?). Anyone else think of uses for this?
Well.. The actual problem with this thing is that the PocketPC (those that I have seen) only have four buttons + directional pad. It would probably be fairly cumbersome. Now, I am not doubting the fact that the PocketPC has enough power, just the controls. Maybe a control-augumentation module is in order for the PocketPC? Becuase as far as I can tell, playing Quake requires about the whole keyboard (how does one talk?).
You could use these as servers. Think about it. You can fit about 30 of these in a drawer. Maybe they'll sell the "World's Smallest Server"! Of course, does it run a server OS? Someone should do a test.
Does that mean he's out of the job if Eden outseats Crusoe? It's sad to think that he might have to look for jobs.:( He works at Transmeta, doncha know.
BeOS... sigh... Such a great OS. Maybe Palm will GPL it, or the OpenBeOS (no URL, sorry: http://openbeos.sourceforge.net, i think) people will finish their clone. But the kernel... maybe it will live on. Maybe. New Apps will be released, but it will eventually fall into an Amiga-Style situation, except that Amiga is still around. Cross your fingers, and hope for a release of all the source code!
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Not everyone drives. So maybe the Driver's ID can be replaced with a simple National ID card, which is stampted with driver's license stamp, PIN, alchohol stamp, voter's stamp...
But this actually sounds like a GOOD idea. You really aren't sacrifing your privacy, because it's info already avalible about you: Age, Gender, Driving Class. So what's the big deal? Or am I just igornant?
What about these people? They had the idea a long time ago...
Caps:
What advantage does this have to the business? It seems to mostly be a method of sharing the bandwith fairly.
Solaris, Gone:
Eef. And does the article writer mean x86? But seriously, the only open-source (to a degree) OS that Microsoft took seriously... gone from the free list. Wonder what impact this'll have on Sun. Seems shortsighted.
Does this virus just spread? Maybe it's time for macromedia to patch Flash, because more dangerous viruses may soon be on the way. And Flash is avalible for Linux too. Does this mean that Linux is equally supseptible (sp?)? I never even heard of or seen Macromedia Flash debugger. I thought Flash was just supposed to be a animation... huh. I guess viruses can seep from anywhere now.
I remember reading somewhere about devices that squirted miniscule amounts of flavoring upon a tastless wafer. Are these around? Or should they be added to the list of vaporware?
One day, a corporation will bring a CAT5 line into your house, plug it in to a router, and then you will plug all your PCs into that router. Infinite bandwith!
:).
But the MAN idea sounds excellent. I hope all cities establish this system. Can they be allocated their own TLD? They practically give them out anyway
The Metropolitan Area Network: One step closer to a networked world. And cheap broadband!
Small expensive things are always bad. Not only that, but the high capacity of this drive means that you could potentially lose a LOT of data on one of these things. Looks Dangerous.
Do you think that 1GB of storage space in something that small could be applied to PDAs or MP3 players? This has other ramifications too, beyond simply being a superfloppy.
Will the MP4 format have copy protection? And will it be really cool? And will it be released multi-platform? All these and more....
What would the advantages of this be? I can't think of any right off the top of my head. And wouldn't something in orbit around the moon also be in orbit around the Earth, so you'd have to compensate somehow? Keep in mind, also, that the moon rotates too, so you'd have to keep a lunosycronous (wow!) orbit.
Actually...
Some coutries do have an article before them.
The United States
The Maldives
The Dominican Republic
The United Kingdom
and the name that Argentina calls itself (La Argentina) translates as, in fact, "The Argentina". Plus "Ukraine" is probably a gross angilicalization of the real name, which I do not know. Most countries acutally have a different name used within that country, but the name is changed to make it pronoucible. Case in point: Peking and Bejing are both the same city. They are equally close (from what other people tell me) to the actual Mandarin pronuciation.
P.S. Moderators: This isn't off topic.
Well, now. The US is attempting to destablize a country. Or so it seems. Over what? Over some gibberish term? Over outdated copyright laws? The Ukraine is a nation of farming (last time I checked, could be different now), and this seems like a move to incite revolts and millitary governments. I wish we would wake up and smell the international coffee, which isn't "The Government Is Subservent To Corporations" Blend anymore. Please, for the love of god, don't destroy another country over something stupid.
Sounds good, but if you don't like the OS...
Install:
OS X(BSD variant)
BeOS (nearly extinct, but runs on PPC with EXCELLENT video editing, check out BeBits, the source for all things BeOS.)
MandrakePPC (I'm sure this is a good option. There are other distros for the PPC too! Look around.)
What about that document, eh? Some fun RANDOM CAPITALIZATION. Looks like the entire document was written by Zippy the Pinhead, but without the random statements. An interesting document. Perhaps we're going to have to use slow "zepplins" on Mars. It could acutally be a better idea. The zepplin is floating about 60m above the surface, and it has four thrusters. The one the the back is the most powerful. They are arranged so that the thrusters are at right angles from each other (or maybe a "peace-sign" arrangement is better?).
Just a thought. Flames will be used to save on energy bills.
These bills must be expensive to print, though. One question remains: how does one read the chip? Wireless? Huh... Perhaps this could be used in tracking down counterfiters (sp?). Anyone else think of uses for this?
The Most Interesting Item: Mandrake 8.1 Gaming Edition
The Most Useful Item: 8 pairs of socks
The Most Strange Item: an "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" T-Shirt (yes, they sell these)
The Coolest Item: DiskOnKey.
What about You? This article cross-linked to my journal.
I agree with you. I was just making the point that it is minus keyboard. I use keyboard + mouse to play all 1PSes.
Well.. The actual problem with this thing is that the PocketPC (those that I have seen) only have four buttons + directional pad. It would probably be fairly cumbersome. Now, I am not doubting the fact that the PocketPC has enough power, just the controls. Maybe a control-augumentation module is in order for the PocketPC? Becuase as far as I can tell, playing Quake requires about the whole keyboard (how does one talk?).
You could use these as servers. Think about it. You can fit about 30 of these in a drawer. Maybe they'll sell the "World's Smallest Server"! Of course, does it run a server OS? Someone should do a test.
...or base 16.
These people want to switch to Base 16 for some reason. Without a website, no cause gets very far.
Mebibyte
Me == the first bit of "mega"
bi == binary
byte == duh
And GiB is the same. Plus, GiB is really really fun to say.
Please! The comment was half-sarcasm!
Does that mean he's out of the job if Eden outseats Crusoe? It's sad to think that he might have to look for jobs. :( He works at Transmeta, doncha know.
BeOS... sigh... Such a great OS. Maybe Palm will GPL it, or the OpenBeOS (no URL, sorry: http://openbeos.sourceforge.net, i think) people will finish their clone. But the kernel... maybe it will live on. Maybe. New Apps will be released, but it will eventually fall into an Amiga-Style situation, except that Amiga is still around. Cross your fingers, and hope for a release of all the source code!
Search for Terrestrial Intellegence, eh? How about these guys . They have the same idea, clearly.