I can attest that all my hours playing Gran Turismo 3 have helped me learn the skills needed to take corners here in town at 90 mph, and if necessary, to use other cars to help me out if I come in too fast!
Hopefully, a story like this on a news site like MSNBC will be read by more internet newbies than if it were on CNet or something.
People need to be educated that they nedd to always hold a little bit of paranoia on the internet, especially when shopping. Anything that requires entering anything more personal (and cancelable) than a credit card number is probably best not done over the web. Even if you think the company is "reputable", stuff like this happens, and probably more often than is published.
But you touch on why I don't think they'll break the Trans Atlantic Record, any kind of chop is just murder on this kind of boat.
Although if they plan on doing the crossing in less than five days, they'll sit and watch the forecasts until they figure they'll have five days of relatively calm seas and go for it then. Not just any five days will do!
I work at a fairly large company, and in looking through the IT policies, I see nothing addressing employees setting up their own wireless networks.
It would seem that similar to how companies have had to educate employees on the dangers of email viruses in recent times, perhaps now we also need to get the word out about how much of a security threat setting up a wireless network can be.
The problem is that Bob in accounting might have enough technical know-how to get one set up so he can work in the park across the street on his laptop, but he may not be aware of how to properly secure the network to keep the "drive-by" hackers out.
It's not going to perfectly replace a real pitcher, but it will give batters a chance to hit against something more akin to real pitching than either the 50 mph softballs they get during batting practice, or a one pitch only pitching machine.
Plus, you can hit against 90 mph pitches all day without having to wear out some poor sap's arm
Here's another very interesting possible application for you to stew over -- machines on the street corner that print you up the daily paper on demand.
Mmm. There's a good one. Think of the extra cash a newspaper publisher could take in if they keep the news updated throughout the day. I could print out a paper for the train ride in, and another one going home with brand new or updated content.
Make it so each customer can set their own preferences, perhaps stored on a magnetic card, so they only get news/sports/comics, etc. that they care to read, and perhaps advertising that is targeted to them, or ads for stores within a small radius of the printer. This way, the paper would only be a few pages long instead of 4-6 fat sections that I never have time to read completely.
Wasn't HP or some other company working on something like this where you could have news sent to your printer in the morning?
There's a few big reasons people are reluctant to pay for "content" online.
One is that they don't have anything to hold in their hands in exchange for their money.
You pay for cable service, but that's not something you can "hold in your hands." You watch a show, and then it's gone. Yes, you could tape a favorite show, but you can also print out a webpage you find interesting as well.
You pay for a newspaper subscription. Yes, you can physically touch the newspaper today, but once the recycling truck drives off, it's gone.
And the cable argument has been done to death already. Yes, yuo pay twice. You pay your cable company once to install, maintain, and provide service on the line to your home. And you "pay" again by watching advertising during your shows. This "payment" pays for the studios, actors, cameramen, etc. to actually have something to deliver on your service.
There are even some smaller drives on the market now that can draw their power from the 1394 bus thus not requiring an external power source.
From what I understand, you need a pure FireWire interface to power the drive. Sony's iLink looks just like FireWire, but it's not powered, so you would need an extra power source.
What this reminds me of the the no-win simulation from Star Trek where the computer throws everything at you to see how you react, and it can react back at the decisions you make. You're guaranteed to fail (unless, or course, you figure out how to rig the simulation:-) but everyone gets to see how you will react in a panic situation.
Right now, they say that there are only a few possible "paths" that can be taken, but I'm sure that will increase as the technology gets refined.
First they announce that they're in the black, now they are going after Microsoft and Oracle?
Just what kind of Tech company do they think they are, actually succeeding at being successful and all?
Great work guys! Keep it going!
Seven never-before-seen deleted scenes with full visual effects completed just for the DVD release
The Beginning - an all-new hour-long documentary culled from over 600 hours of footage offering unprecedented access inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the making of Episode I
Multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-finished-film feature, that lets you flip through the various phases of development of key action sequences
Five behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring The Phantom Menace's storyline, designs, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes
The popular Duel of the Fates music video that debuted in 1999
All 12 parts of the Lynne's Diaries, the web documentaries that first appeared at starwars.com
Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign, and never-before-scene production photos
The original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven TV spots including the "tone poems"
Not all that bad, really. Enough to keep a Star Wars fan happy for some time.
Anyone know how Jar-Jar gets translated into other languages? I mean, is it possible to make him sound as obnoxious in French or Japanese as he does in English?
It's not just that. It's that when Episode II is finally released to DVD, I can guarantee you that there will be a re-release of Episode I with "6 seconds of never before seen footage!!!"
And Episode III will bring us Episode II re-released with "new digitally enhanced credits!!!"
Not that I'm complaining that Episode I is finally being released. I just hope George is putting everything he's got into it, because this is his one and only shot at making a sale with me.
If I were a major company, I would be concerned not just that a misspelling of my URL could take a potential customer to a pr0n site, but that the customer may not realize that they have mis-typed the URL and now will never see my site at all.
Or file some frivilous lawsuit against me because someone's 8-year-old saw something they shouldn't have and think that I'm responsible.
Many types of gambling are illegal in the US, so companies move their servers offshore to countries that have unrestricted gambling.
If the feds rule against Yahoo, does this mean that they also have the right to demand that the courts in the offshore nations force the gambling sites to close up or to restrict US access?
Ditto for the hardcore pr0n sites.
And don't forget that over the next couple of years, processor speeds will increase, so all the RC5 geeks who upgrade will be able to crack more blocks faster than today.
Now I don't have to worry about memory loss from my phone anymore!
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Exactly. And I recall making this comment which still stands with this article, and any others promising that I can run Linux on my watch, PDA, car stereo, toaster, etc.
I'm not knocking the wholesome goodness that is Linux, I just don't feel the need to run it on every electronic device I own.
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True, but you mean to tell me that you would go out and spend $300 on a PS2 and not buy any games at all?
Probably not. If you just want a box to run Linux on, I'd just spend the extra couple hundred and buy a real PC and get all the advantages therein.
That's not exactly the point. The point is that if I create a website, which I have done (it's about Macs and Palm Pilots) Microsoft's browser could add links to the site that I never intended to be there.
I have ads on my site directing people to where they can purchase Palm's and accessories. Suppose when MS adds their links, they take the reader to the Microsoft store where they can buy PalmPC's and Windows products. It doesn't matter what OS I am using, it's the browser that others are using.
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I can attest that all my hours playing Gran Turismo 3 have helped me learn the skills needed to take corners here in town at 90 mph, and if necessary, to use other cars to help me out if I come in too fast!
Hopefully, a story like this on a news site like MSNBC will be read by more internet newbies than if it were on CNet or something. People need to be educated that they nedd to always hold a little bit of paranoia on the internet, especially when shopping. Anything that requires entering anything more personal (and cancelable) than a credit card number is probably best not done over the web. Even if you think the company is "reputable", stuff like this happens, and probably more often than is published.
No, but if you're lucky, you might just get 1000 free hours of AOL with every order! Yippie!
According to this article, Palm is going to be madifying it's OS to run on ARM processors anyway, so this might all be moot.
But you touch on why I don't think they'll break the Trans Atlantic Record, any kind of chop is just murder on this kind of boat. Although if they plan on doing the crossing in less than five days, they'll sit and watch the forecasts until they figure they'll have five days of relatively calm seas and go for it then. Not just any five days will do!
I work at a fairly large company, and in looking through the IT policies, I see nothing addressing employees setting up their own wireless networks. It would seem that similar to how companies have had to educate employees on the dangers of email viruses in recent times, perhaps now we also need to get the word out about how much of a security threat setting up a wireless network can be. The problem is that Bob in accounting might have enough technical know-how to get one set up so he can work in the park across the street on his laptop, but he may not be aware of how to properly secure the network to keep the "drive-by" hackers out.
It's not going to perfectly replace a real pitcher, but it will give batters a chance to hit against something more akin to real pitching than either the 50 mph softballs they get during batting practice, or a one pitch only pitching machine. Plus, you can hit against 90 mph pitches all day without having to wear out some poor sap's arm
ESPN has a story about Marty Cordova here which has got some interesting stuff about "Abner" as well.
Here's another very interesting possible application for you to stew over -- machines on the street corner that print you up the daily paper on demand. Mmm. There's a good one. Think of the extra cash a newspaper publisher could take in if they keep the news updated throughout the day. I could print out a paper for the train ride in, and another one going home with brand new or updated content. Make it so each customer can set their own preferences, perhaps stored on a magnetic card, so they only get news/sports/comics, etc. that they care to read, and perhaps advertising that is targeted to them, or ads for stores within a small radius of the printer. This way, the paper would only be a few pages long instead of 4-6 fat sections that I never have time to read completely. Wasn't HP or some other company working on something like this where you could have news sent to your printer in the morning?
There's a few big reasons people are reluctant to pay for "content" online. One is that they don't have anything to hold in their hands in exchange for their money. You pay for cable service, but that's not something you can "hold in your hands." You watch a show, and then it's gone. Yes, you could tape a favorite show, but you can also print out a webpage you find interesting as well. You pay for a newspaper subscription. Yes, you can physically touch the newspaper today, but once the recycling truck drives off, it's gone. And the cable argument has been done to death already. Yes, yuo pay twice. You pay your cable company once to install, maintain, and provide service on the line to your home. And you "pay" again by watching advertising during your shows. This "payment" pays for the studios, actors, cameramen, etc. to actually have something to deliver on your service.
There are even some smaller drives on the market now that can draw their power from the 1394 bus thus not requiring an external power source. From what I understand, you need a pure FireWire interface to power the drive. Sony's iLink looks just like FireWire, but it's not powered, so you would need an extra power source.
No, he's not joking. This is the same guy that says that Apple is racist because they named their new OS with an "X" in the name.
What this reminds me of the the no-win simulation from Star Trek where the computer throws everything at you to see how you react, and it can react back at the decisions you make. You're guaranteed to fail (unless, or course, you figure out how to rig the simulation :-) but everyone gets to see how you will react in a panic situation.
Right now, they say that there are only a few possible "paths" that can be taken, but I'm sure that will increase as the technology gets refined.
First they announce that they're in the black, now they are going after Microsoft and Oracle? Just what kind of Tech company do they think they are, actually succeeding at being successful and all? Great work guys! Keep it going!
- Seven never-before-seen deleted scenes with full visual effects completed just for the DVD release
- The Beginning - an all-new hour-long documentary culled from over 600 hours of footage offering unprecedented access inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the making of Episode I
- Multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-finished-film feature, that lets you flip through the various phases of development of key action sequences
- Five behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring The Phantom Menace's storyline, designs, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes
- The popular Duel of the Fates music video that debuted in 1999
- All 12 parts of the Lynne's Diaries, the web documentaries that first appeared at starwars.com
- Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign, and never-before-scene production photos
- The original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven TV spots including the "tone poems"
Not all that bad, really. Enough to keep a Star Wars fan happy for some time.Anyone know how Jar-Jar gets translated into other languages? I mean, is it possible to make him sound as obnoxious in French or Japanese as he does in English?
It's not just that. It's that when Episode II is finally released to DVD, I can guarantee you that there will be a re-release of Episode I with "6 seconds of never before seen footage!!!" And Episode III will bring us Episode II re-released with "new digitally enhanced credits!!!" Not that I'm complaining that Episode I is finally being released. I just hope George is putting everything he's got into it, because this is his one and only shot at making a sale with me.
If I were a major company, I would be concerned not just that a misspelling of my URL could take a potential customer to a pr0n site, but that the customer may not realize that they have mis-typed the URL and now will never see my site at all. Or file some frivilous lawsuit against me because someone's 8-year-old saw something they shouldn't have and think that I'm responsible.
Many types of gambling are illegal in the US, so companies move their servers offshore to countries that have unrestricted gambling. If the feds rule against Yahoo, does this mean that they also have the right to demand that the courts in the offshore nations force the gambling sites to close up or to restrict US access? Ditto for the hardcore pr0n sites.
And don't forget that over the next couple of years, processor speeds will increase, so all the RC5 geeks who upgrade will be able to crack more blocks faster than today.
Now I don't have to worry about memory loss from my phone anymore!!
Now I don't have to worry about memory loss from my phone anymore!
Exactly. And I recall making this comment which still stands with this article, and any others promising that I can run Linux on my watch, PDA, car stereo, toaster, etc. I'm not knocking the wholesome goodness that is Linux, I just don't feel the need to run it on every electronic device I own.
True, but you mean to tell me that you would go out and spend $300 on a PS2 and not buy any games at all? Probably not. If you just want a box to run Linux on, I'd just spend the extra couple hundred and buy a real PC and get all the advantages therein.
That's not exactly the point. The point is that if I create a website, which I have done (it's about Macs and Palm Pilots) Microsoft's browser could add links to the site that I never intended to be there. I have ads on my site directing people to where they can purchase Palm's and accessories. Suppose when MS adds their links, they take the reader to the Microsoft store where they can buy PalmPC's and Windows products. It doesn't matter what OS I am using, it's the browser that others are using.