Do Compact Flash Adapters fall under Storage devices?
I'm hacking both of my grandparents' iopeners so they can get email again using any ISP. It would be cool if I could use my existing compact flash cards as "floppies" for putting pictures and software on their systems without having to download them via modem.
Seems to be some non-Americans are of the opinion that they are better than Americans because they think Americans don't learn other languages.
The reality is Americans do learn other languages, but are not normally in a position to use them frequently enough to stay fluent. I could travel for days and still be where English is the predominate language.
It's why I got a Game Gear(Spyro the Dragon is why I got a Playstation).
I've got both a Game Gear and a Nomad. On the Nomad I like the Sonic series, Vectorman, and Earthworm Jim. The thing I really like about Nomad is the ability to hook it up to a TV with the video out, plus the ability to plug a second Sega joystick into the unit for two player games.
To combat the battery issue, I use the rechargable battery pack(it clips onto your belt). Of course, I've not used it in a while, so I suspect it won't hold a charge anymore.
The profits, from any purchase of Microsoft software or hardware product, will be utilized to limit my choices in software. I refuse to contribute my money to their war chest.
maybe not for Mario, but there are quite a few adult themed Atari 2600 games you can play with an emulator. There's even female targeted versions of some of the games.
Beat 'em and Eat 'em(due to the Atari's lo-res, I first thought the guy was holding a bazooka! Gameplay is like Kaboom, but instead of losing a bucket when you miss, the ladies fart)
I appreciate your follow-up. That was a much better response than the people nitpicking over a misspelled word, or the use of cars vs. trains for transportation. That's another item - due to the vastness of the USA, mass transit is not economically feasible for most of our country - the population density is not high enough.
The speed limit in Texas is 70 mph, while the actual highway speed is more like 80 mph.
What's more telling though is the areas involved. The country of Germany covers 356,910 sq km, compared to the state of Texas which covers almost twice that at 692,247 sq km.
You're able to use the Chunnel to bring your car.
Likewise, there's places in the USA that utilize vehicles like ferry boats to transport people and their cars where car alone cannot go.
It doesn't change the fact that most people in Europe can get to another country far quicker than most people in the USA.
A friend of mine, who lives in Michigan, was surprised when some visitors from Europe thought it would be feasible to drive down to Disney World for the day. The Europeans, thinking it was a couple hour drive, where shocked to find out it would take over 20 hours to drive there.
One of the "US Arrogances" I've always heard is that we American's are arrogant because we don't learn other languages.
The reality of life in America seems to escape non-Americans. Most people I went to school with learned another language(for example, ich kann deutsch). However, unlike people in other countries, it's quite far/expensive for us to travel someplace where English is not the primary language. Thus, we're unable to practice and maintain any form of fluency.
I'd spoken with a German about this once in the late 80's(he used to use the internet to get to a modem in Houston to call my BBS). He had mentioned the "language arrogance" so I asked him how long it took to him to travel to another country where German was not the language - a mear 3 hour drive, and another 3 hours on top of that to get to where a 3rd language was required.
Contrast that to America. I live in Houston. To drive to Mexico would take about 7 hours. To drive to Canada would take close to 30 hours. Going west to San Francisco would take 32 hours, and going East to New York would take 27 hours. English is the primary language everywhere within this driving range.
Interesting tradeoff - instead of worrying about Global Warming, the survivors of WW III (ie: you can bet you're ass we won't go down alone) will be worried about surviving a Nuclear Winter.
I live in Houston. Mass Transit doesn't work well here because our population density is so low.
Plus our major cities are spread out quite a ways:
Distance from Houston City Direction Miles Kilometers
Dallas North 239 384
Corpus Christi South 220 355
El Paso West 749 1202
Orange East 110 177 Tried to make this look nicer, but no HTML table's allowed:-(
Orange and El Paso on on opposite sides of our state, 859 miles(1379 km) apart.
Another factor in the equation is the Houston area alone has about 60% of the nation's(not just Texas but the entire country!) petrochemical processing.
Energy is lost as it's transmitted over the powerlines. The further it's transmitted, the greater the loss. Because of this, the pollution/useable-energy ratio increases as CA brings in power from other states.
Therefore, because CA is taking their power from other states (to charge their "green cars", etc), they are just dumping their pollution problem onto other states to deal with. And now that they have the Feds invovled, the other states power plants MUST give them power.
California is requiring a certain percentage of all cars sold to be "non-polluting"(what a joke - the power's got to be generated SOMEWHERE - so there WILL BE pollution) which has been taken to mean electric cars.
Auto makers will be heavily fined if they don't meet the minimum percentage; however, I find it hard to believe that people are going to run out to buy electric cars if they won't be able to charge them whenever they need to(which will be quite often due to the limited range).
In the early 90's the Incredible Universe store in Houston had 2 different wide screen TV sets(direct view - not projection). I talked to the salesman about them and found out that they didn't sell very well. Probably due (at the time) to lack of 16:9 material to show on them.
The BestBuy stores here currently have a wide screen NTSC TV set up to show off DVDs and surround sound. I don't know if the set is for sale from Best Buy, but the fact that they have one means it can be purchased somewhere.
A quick hit at Google turned up another widescreen set - the
Sony KP-W41MH11 - of course at $3400 you're better off buying an HDTV widescreen. It's probably that much because it supports PAL, SECAM and NTSC.
If you've seen the image quality, then you will as well. The major problem at the moment is HDTV sets are still expensive, just like CD players where when they first came out.
When CD players first came out, they went for over $1000 and would skip if you stepped to hard on the floor near it. Now you can get one for under $100 that you can wear on your hip while you jog. This didn't happen overnight, and likewise the price drop of HDTV won't happen overnight. Give HDTV a few more more years to come down in price before you write it off.
I must have missed the part where NASA shipped a bunch of howler monkeys and shopping carts to Jupiter to make the recording. I wonder if they where testing the effects of long term space consumerism on them.
This internet thing you're using isn't solving hunger in the third world - might as well unplug it. Don't forget the movies you watch or the music you listen too, they're not helping poverty either.
Bah - arguments like this against the space program really upset me. If we were to put off space research until all the problems are Earth are solved, then we're doomed to die as a species when the sun burns out.
Icebox currently only has 4 of the 6 episodes that the Showtime site has(probably contract agreement or something). Note - you'll need JAVA enabled to use Icebox's site.
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I'm hacking both of my grandparents' iopeners so they can get email again using any ISP. It would be cool if I could use my existing compact flash cards as "floppies" for putting pictures and software on their systems without having to download them via modem.
Ogg Vorbis for OS/2
Seems to be some non-Americans are of the opinion that they are better than Americans because they think Americans don't learn other languages.
The reality is Americans do learn other languages, but are not normally in a position to use them frequently enough to stay fluent. I could travel for days and still be where English is the predominate language.
I've got both a Game Gear and a Nomad. On the Nomad I like the Sonic series, Vectorman, and Earthworm Jim. The thing I really like about Nomad is the ability to hook it up to a TV with the video out, plus the ability to plug a second Sega joystick into the unit for two player games.
To combat the battery issue, I use the rechargable battery pack(it clips onto your belt). Of course, I've not used it in a while, so I suspect it won't hold a charge anymore.
The profits, from any purchase of Microsoft software or hardware product, will be utilized to limit my choices in software. I refuse to contribute my money to their war chest.
Bachelor Party and the female version Bachelorette Party
Beat 'em and Eat 'em(due to the Atari's lo-res, I first thought the guy was holding a bazooka! Gameplay is like Kaboom, but instead of losing a bucket when you miss, the ladies fart)
Burning Desire and the female version Jungle Fever
Custer's Revenge
Knight on the Town
I appreciate your follow-up. That was a much better response than the people nitpicking over a misspelled word, or the use of cars vs. trains for transportation. That's another item - due to the vastness of the USA, mass transit is not economically feasible for most of our country - the population density is not high enough.
What's more telling though is the areas involved. The country of Germany covers 356,910 sq km, compared to the state of Texas which covers almost twice that at 692,247 sq km.
It doesn't change the fact that most people in Europe can get to another country far quicker than most people in the USA.
From most of the USA, it takes a day or two to just to get to Canada or Mexico. This makes it more remote, and not feasible for a weekend getaway.
A friend of mine, who lives in Michigan, was surprised when some visitors from Europe thought it would be feasible to drive down to Disney World for the day. The Europeans, thinking it was a couple hour drive, where shocked to find out it would take over 20 hours to drive there.
1) all communication between airplane and control tower, anywhere in the world, is conducted in English
2) a lot of European companies conduct their business in English, even if none of the parties involved are from an english speaking country.
3) English is an approved language for official documents in China
Next time you're going to be such a dick, you should make sure you're 100% correct...
The reality of life in America seems to escape non-Americans. Most people I went to school with learned another language(for example, ich kann deutsch). However, unlike people in other countries, it's quite far/expensive for us to travel someplace where English is not the primary language. Thus, we're unable to practice and maintain any form of fluency.
I'd spoken with a German about this once in the late 80's(he used to use the internet to get to a modem in Houston to call my BBS). He had mentioned the "language arrogance" so I asked him how long it took to him to travel to another country where German was not the language - a mear 3 hour drive, and another 3 hours on top of that to get to where a 3rd language was required.
Contrast that to America. I live in Houston. To drive to Mexico would take about 7 hours. To drive to Canada would take close to 30 hours. Going west to San Francisco would take 32 hours, and going East to New York would take 27 hours. English is the primary language everywhere within this driving range.
If nothing else, this should make everybody question the wisdom of using .NET
Interesting tradeoff - instead of worrying about Global Warming, the survivors of WW III (ie: you can bet you're ass we won't go down alone) will be worried about surviving a Nuclear Winter.
Plus our major cities are spread out quite a ways:
Distance from Houston :-(
City Direction Miles Kilometers
Dallas North 239 384
Corpus Christi South 220 355
El Paso West 749 1202
Orange East 110 177
Tried to make this look nicer, but no HTML table's allowed
Orange and El Paso on on opposite sides of our state, 859 miles(1379 km) apart.
Another factor in the equation is the Houston area alone has about 60% of the nation's(not just Texas but the entire country!) petrochemical processing.
Therefore, because CA is taking their power from other states (to charge their "green cars", etc), they are just dumping their pollution problem onto other states to deal with. And now that they have the Feds invovled, the other states power plants MUST give them power.
Auto makers will be heavily fined if they don't meet the minimum percentage; however, I find it hard to believe that people are going to run out to buy electric cars if they won't be able to charge them whenever they need to(which will be quite often due to the limited range).
The BestBuy stores here currently have a wide screen NTSC TV set up to show off DVDs and surround sound. I don't know if the set is for sale from Best Buy, but the fact that they have one means it can be purchased somewhere.
A quick hit at Google turned up another widescreen set - the Sony KP-W41MH11 - of course at $3400 you're better off buying an HDTV widescreen. It's probably that much because it supports PAL, SECAM and NTSC.
When CD players first came out, they went for over $1000 and would skip if you stepped to hard on the floor near it. Now you can get one for under $100 that you can wear on your hip while you jog. This didn't happen overnight, and likewise the price drop of HDTV won't happen overnight. Give HDTV a few more more years to come down in price before you write it off.
I must have missed the part where NASA shipped a bunch of howler monkeys and shopping carts to Jupiter to make the recording. I wonder if they where testing the effects of long term space consumerism on them.
Bah - arguments like this against the space program really upset me. If we were to put off space research until all the problems are Earth are solved, then we're doomed to die as a species when the sun burns out.
Icebox currently only has 4 of the 6 episodes that the Showtime site has(probably contract agreement or something). Note - you'll need JAVA enabled to use Icebox's site.