The 70,000 square-foot "City of Books" Rangerk8 mentioned just isn't big enough, so all the computer, physics, engineering, math, etc. books are in a separate store.
Exactly -- just try a little social engineering. All it took was an in-person explanation to the owner of our favorite pizzaria. They've even delivered to a nearby park.
It has USGS aerial photos as well as topo maps of most of the contiguous United States. There are commercial applications, such as ExpertGPS, that use Terraserver to support some pretty cool features.
Yeah it's "sponsored" by M$, but if you're a map geek like me this site is great.
After two failed Archos 20GB recorders, Rockbox saved my third attempt from a one-way trip back to the factory. Their vapid tech support only offered endless cycles of defrag until I loaded Rockbox. Now it runs great and makes road trips, parties and long flights much more enjoyable. It easily stands up to running and cycling.
But... I wouldn't want to be first on the block with any new Archos product, at least not given my previous experiences.
Of course you're not looking for music criticism on/., but I don't think your lack of orders has anything to do with MP3 availability.
I only heard one track -- "Drop of a Hat". The song was interesting but it's crying out for some engineering work and a producer, as implied above. A few simple recording and mixing techniques would render the tune much more listenable. For me at least, it was hard to hear through the mix to decide if I even liked the song or not.
It's cool you're trying to promote your work this way, but I get the feeling you have a "build it and they will come" kind of attitude. I don't think that approach is going to work in music -- online or off.
Don't forget the part where none of the equipment gets damaged/overloaded/breached and no one has to repair/reprogram/override anything under extreme time pressure.
Must be time for my blue pill...
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Now we know how the machines really know what Tasty Wheat tasted like.
Lots of Blaupunkt receivers have an auxiliary input. It took a $15 adaptor to patch an MP3 player into my Blaupunkt Nevada. We just drove 1000 miles and never heard the same song twice. No fumbling with CDs, no nauseating ClearChannel. Plus you can get all kinds of stuff with your favorite P2P app -- audio books, Feynman lectures, old radio shows, etc.
If I were a freak show performer and people paid five bucks to see me at the state fair that doesn't mean the people seeing me at the grocery store are stealing from me.
Half the reason I read/. is for the entertaining analogies. You, Some Damn Guy, just made this whole week's worth of/. reading worthwhile.
The general convention of a letter is that the person who signs it is the person who wrote it. This sort of tactic doesn't necessarily trivialize the sentiment, but it sure trivializes the method of communication.
1) Invent line of stylish, removable, signal-blocking GPS antenna covers 2) Move to Oregon 3) Profit !!!
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Also in Portland is Finnegan's. I bought a kaleidoscope there a few weeks ago. Looks like all they sell online is a "Harry Potter Kaleidoscope," but there's more in the store that aren't movie merchandising.
I commute 26 miles round-trip on a Klein mountain bike w/ road slicks. It rocks, but Kleins aren't cheap. Tips: - Buy a bike from a bike shop, a good shop will fit you for bike and let you test-ride - Get your bike tuned-up regularly, or learn how to do it yourself - Use decent-quality tires and tubes, check the pressure often - A well-maintained used bike can be an excellent alternative - Keep in mind that you're buying a vehicle for which your body is the engine -- comfort is important, quality is essential
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No one appears to have mentioned Knowspam yet.
Maybe that's because the article is specifically about Bayesian filters.
I can't beleive I just spent an hour pushing my neighbor with the barking dog down the stairs. 67631.
...somewhere between 4 and 5 floors...
Plus there's a portal into John Malokvitch on floor 4-1/2.
But the real geek nirvana is Powell's Technical Books, a few blocks east.
The 70,000 square-foot "City of Books" Rangerk8 mentioned just isn't big enough, so all the computer, physics, engineering, math, etc. books are in a separate store.
Exactly -- just try a little social engineering. All it took was an in-person explanation to the owner of our favorite pizzaria. They've even delivered to a nearby park.
Another useful map site is Terraserver.
It has USGS aerial photos as well as topo maps of most of the contiguous United States. There are commercial applications, such as ExpertGPS, that use Terraserver to support some pretty cool features.
Yeah it's "sponsored" by M$, but if you're a map geek like me this site is great.
Agreed...
After two failed Archos 20GB recorders, Rockbox saved my third attempt from a one-way trip back to the factory. Their vapid tech support only offered endless cycles of defrag until I loaded Rockbox. Now it runs great and makes road trips, parties and long flights much more enjoyable. It easily stands up to running and cycling.
But... I wouldn't want to be first on the block with any new Archos product, at least not given my previous experiences.
Of course you're not looking for music criticism on /., but I don't think your lack of orders has anything to do with MP3 availability.
I only heard one track -- "Drop of a Hat". The song was interesting but it's crying out for some engineering work and a producer, as implied above. A few simple recording and mixing techniques would render the tune much more listenable. For me at least, it was hard to hear through the mix to decide if I even liked the song or not.
It's cool you're trying to promote your work this way, but I get the feeling you have a "build it and they will come" kind of attitude. I don't think that approach is going to work in music -- online or off.
How do you feel?
Glad that I drink bottled water.
Don't forget the part where none of the equipment gets damaged/overloaded/breached and no one has to repair/reprogram/override anything under extreme time pressure.
Now we know how the machines really know what Tasty Wheat tasted like.
Lots of Blaupunkt receivers have an auxiliary input. It took a $15 adaptor to patch an MP3 player into my Blaupunkt Nevada.
We just drove 1000 miles and never heard the same song twice. No fumbling with CDs, no nauseating ClearChannel.
Plus you can get all kinds of stuff with your favorite P2P app -- audio books, Feynman lectures, old radio shows, etc.
Half the reason I read /. is for the entertaining analogies. You, Some Damn Guy, just made this whole week's worth of /. reading worthwhile.
The general convention of a letter is that the person who signs it is the person who wrote it.
This sort of tactic doesn't necessarily trivialize the sentiment, but it sure trivializes the method of communication.
eBay feedback is credible
Viruses defrag your hard drive
Kazaa charges $17.99 for 10 songs, CDs are free
"Step 4-profit," "beowolf cluster" and "in Soviet Russia" are still funny the 80,000th time
Welcome to the alternate Internet. Watch out for the herbal Viagra.
I just wish their perfection didn't crash so much.
Not anymore... Courts are becoming "faith based" organizations.
1) Invent line of stylish, removable, signal-blocking GPS antenna covers
2) Move to Oregon
3) Profit !!!
Also in Portland is Finnegan's. I bought a kaleidoscope there a few weeks ago.
Looks like all they sell online is a "Harry Potter Kaleidoscope," but there's more in the store that aren't movie merchandising.
Ads for SuperMullets -- family mullets without an appointment.
I commute 26 miles round-trip on a Klein mountain bike w/ road slicks. It rocks, but Kleins aren't cheap.
Tips:
- Buy a bike from a bike shop, a good shop will fit you for bike and let you test-ride
- Get your bike tuned-up regularly, or learn how to do it yourself
- Use decent-quality tires and tubes, check the pressure often
- A well-maintained used bike can be an excellent alternative
- Keep in mind that you're buying a vehicle for which your body is the engine -- comfort is important, quality is essential
And coming up with sneaky ways to get around our exclusion settings.
That's the great thing about the market, the good stuff survives and the bad stuff dies off.
Riiiiight.
See what happens when you take the blue pill?
Ashcroft won't bother us. I have some incriminating pictures of him and half-dressed woman.