Maybe one day I feel like getting away from work and life for awhile and head off to a state park for the weekend. I don't want someone to be able to track me down.
Don't rent a car that uses GPS. Hitchhike.;o)
Maybe I enjoy certain forms of entertainment that are perfectly legal, yet some people find of questionable taste. I might not want my employer to be able to tell that I'm at the strip club because his narrow-minded religious beliefs would have me labelled as a pervert. I might not want anybody to know that I stopped by an adult bookstore on the way home and picked up some sex toys for my wife and I to enjoy because if this information were freely available, who's to say that I won't be getting spammed with emails, snail mail mailings, and phone solicitation from other businesses in the sex-related industry?
Then (a) don't go to "Le Sex Shoppe" in a rental car or (b) park down the street at McDonnalds and WALK the three blocks.
Maybe I don't want my insurance company to know that I work in a shady part of town where my car is more likely to be stolen or where I am more likely to be mugged or killed (and therefore increase my rates).
I do. I am subsidising your low insurance rates by working in for a company that rents office space in a "good" neighborhood and offers a private garage. Why shouldn't my rates be lowered for being a lower risk client?
SR-22 insurance (not that I'm saying you are on it) is expensive for a reason. Those people that are required to have it are proven insurance risks. By the same respects, my insurance company offers pretty steep discounts for "safe drivers" that have not received traffic tickets for the past 5 years.
No, I don't think that manditory tracking is a good thing. That is not my point. My point is, if you don't want someone tracking your every move, you are responsible for making sure the rental car you hire does not use GPS. If laws are proposed that require all cars to be equiped qith GPS tracking, then I'll have a problem.
As shown in the photo below (sic) , the CerfBoard SBC forms the bottom face of the cube, leaving the cube mostly hollow.
and
The tiny (2.2 x 2.4 in.) CerfBoard has a 192 MHz StrongARM 1110 with 32 MB of RAM and 16 MB of nonvolatile flash memory. Like much larger SBCs, the CerfBoard is packed with I/O -- a 10 Mb Ethernet controller, a CompactFlash (type II) interface, three serial ports, 16 general-purpose I/O lines, and a USB port.
The former communist country is getting into the swing of capitalism very enthusiastically.
And despite NASA's opposition, Gurushkin says Russian flights to the space station will soon carry more space tourists. "We already have many applications. We are currently considering them all and will take whoever pays most," he says.
Your comparison of the Microsoft Smart Tag "technology" and Netscape's "What's Related" functionality is very flawed.
Smart Tags put little squiggly purple lines under words in the document (web page, Office doc, etc.). "What's Related" is a pull down menu that resides outside of the document window, beside the location bar.
Very different functionality.
Personally, I don't see Smart Tags as inherently evil, I just agree that it should be an opt-in vs. an opt-out.
On their way to the field, the moths will be transported in containers that don't exactly seem industrial grade. The official application says the bugs will be kept in "shatter-resistant capped plastic vials or sealed cardboard cup-type containers. The lids on each of these containers will be further secured with tape. Additionally, the containers will be transported in a cardboard box lined with Styrofoam and sealed with a nylon strap."
This just makes me picture the scene in Apollo 13 where the engineers are bringing the "square peg in a round hole" air purifyer to the table. You know, the one that kept falling apart.
Humans go to Mars and find big metal mountain that makes noise. They figure out the secret of the noise is a puzzle, solve the puzzle and learn that all life on earth developed from martian DNA (i.e. Mars got hit by a big, fast moving body, most martian ships fled the galaxy, one went to earth and deposited DNA).
You people have NO idea what life in the sticks (the boonies, the bush, call it what you will) is like. The phone lines are crap (very old, very dirty (noise wise)), calling your ISP is long distance, or a pay-by-the-minute 800 number (or a cheaper 700 number, that might not be compressed for voice if you are lucky). Again if you are lucky you might see 28K connections, but you get used to seeing a connect speed of 9600.
Sure you can (from your comfortably air-conditioned apartment with your choice of DSL or cable) scoff at satelitte base internet access, but if it's that or AOL's 800 service over crap phone lines... You have no idea how good you've got it.
<disclaimer> I live in Anchorage, AK (250,000 people) and I have a 512/256 cable modem, but I have fairly frequent contact with people in the rest of the state, who are not so lucky. Yet.</disclaimer>
Maybe you missed the part about an ancient copy of Lynx... Last time I checked, Lynx has been HTTP 1.1 complient since version 2.5 at least. Anyone know when that was released?
A little research reveals that Ford changed IP's of it's website from 164.109.135.183 to 164.109.71.245 on 21-Mar-2001. The server at 164.109.135.183 does not and has never belonged in any way to 2600 or Eric. Ford is doing the redirection.
You are thinking far too narrowly... "The Finger" itself would reside clipped to your belt (better yet in a secured pocket inside a jacket or briefcase - think Bluetooth concepts). Via the same wireless interface, it would communicate incoming sound to an ear-bud speaker (or even an earring), and out going sound would be supplied by a mic clipped to your collar (or a tongue stud, if you go that route). Numbers would be entered either by "say my name" ala Sprint, or speaking each number. You want to dial the old fashion way? It does have a seperate keyboard, use that.
Personally, I can't wait.
You got tired playing the beta test? How did you manage that? The closed beta (only released to about 1000 people) was only Act I. The stress test (I was lucky enough to be one of the 10,000 participants of that) was only the first two quests in the first act.
If you quit playing after this, you missed out on so much of the game. Then, of course, when you beat Diablo himself you are allowed in to the real fun part: Hardcore. Die once, and that is it. I've been playing b-net hardcore for quite a while now, and it's still an adrenaline rush.
For me, this game is a blast.
Steve Jobs left Apple and founded neXt. Apple "aquired" neXt, (and used it as a basis for OS X) and so now Jobs is back at Apple. Confusion is understandable.
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Don't rent a car that uses GPS. Hitchhike. ;o)
Maybe I enjoy certain forms of entertainment that are perfectly legal, yet some people find of questionable taste. I might not want my employer to be able to tell that I'm at the strip club because his narrow-minded religious beliefs would have me labelled as a pervert. I might not want anybody to know that I stopped by an adult bookstore on the way home and picked up some sex toys for my wife and I to enjoy because if this information were freely available, who's to say that I won't be getting spammed with emails, snail mail mailings, and phone solicitation from other businesses in the sex-related industry?
Then (a) don't go to "Le Sex Shoppe" in a rental car or (b) park down the street at McDonnalds and WALK the three blocks.
Maybe I don't want my insurance company to know that I work in a shady part of town where my car is more likely to be stolen or where I am more likely to be mugged or killed (and therefore increase my rates).
I do. I am subsidising your low insurance rates by working in for a company that rents office space in a "good" neighborhood and offers a private garage. Why shouldn't my rates be lowered for being a lower risk client?
SR-22 insurance (not that I'm saying you are on it) is expensive for a reason. Those people that are required to have it are proven insurance risks. By the same respects, my insurance company offers pretty steep discounts for "safe drivers" that have not received traffic tickets for the past 5 years.
No, I don't think that manditory tracking is a good thing. That is not my point. My point is, if you don't want someone tracking your every move, you are responsible for making sure the rental car you hire does not use GPS. If laws are proposed that require all cars to be equiped qith GPS tracking, then I'll have a problem.
I have NEVER met a car that could accelerate faster than it could decelerate. Please tell me what kind of car it was. I want one.
I was getting excited about the prospect of a real hacker movie. Even if it was straight to video...
Smaller RAMBUS latencies? It was my understanding that RAMBUS had masive latencies, but really good bandwidth. Did I miss something here?
Currently connecting to the sight, like the products I'm supposed to see there, is just a concept. ;o)
Do you think this will affect his warranty? ;)
Welcome to the first day of the end of your free time. Yeah, I know. It's off topic. But I haven't seen a proper welcome wagon...
Smart Tags put little squiggly purple lines under words in the document (web page, Office doc, etc.). "What's Related" is a pull down menu that resides outside of the document window, beside the location bar.
Very different functionality.
Personally, I don't see Smart Tags as inherently evil, I just agree that it should be an opt-in vs. an opt-out.
Then again, that solution did work.
It probably still is available, actually, just not outside of Canada. All of the links that I had to stories are no longer available. Execpt one. http://www.compaq.com/rcfoc/20000207.html#_Toc4741 35690
Enjoy.
Oh, never mind.
I wound up with a whole bunch of JonCmdrTaco's. Ain't that just scary?
Did I miss anything?
Sure you can (from your comfortably air-conditioned apartment with your choice of DSL or cable) scoff at satelitte base internet access, but if it's that or AOL's 800 service over crap phone lines... You have no idea how good you've got it.
<disclaimer> I live in Anchorage, AK (250,000 people) and I have a 512/256 cable modem, but I have fairly frequent contact with people in the rest of the state, who are not so lucky. Yet.</disclaimer>
Finally a 3-D glove! I've had such a tough time fitting my hands into the 2-D variety...
That'll teach him not to creep up on motorcyclists at stop lights.
Maybe you missed the part about an ancient copy of Lynx... Last time I checked, Lynx has been HTTP 1.1 complient since version 2.5 at least. Anyone know when that was released?
A little research reveals that Ford changed IP's of it's website from 164.109.135.183 to 164.109.71.245 on 21-Mar-2001. The server at 164.109.135.183 does not and has never belonged in any way to 2600 or Eric. Ford is doing the redirection.
You are thinking far too narrowly... "The Finger" itself would reside clipped to your belt (better yet in a secured pocket inside a jacket or briefcase - think Bluetooth concepts). Via the same wireless interface, it would communicate incoming sound to an ear-bud speaker (or even an earring), and out going sound would be supplied by a mic clipped to your collar (or a tongue stud, if you go that route). Numbers would be entered either by "say my name" ala Sprint, or speaking each number. You want to dial the old fashion way? It does have a seperate keyboard, use that. Personally, I can't wait.
There's always WINE...
You got tired playing the beta test? How did you manage that? The closed beta (only released to about 1000 people) was only Act I. The stress test (I was lucky enough to be one of the 10,000 participants of that) was only the first two quests in the first act.
If you quit playing after this, you missed out on so much of the game. Then, of course, when you beat Diablo himself you are allowed in to the real fun part: Hardcore. Die once, and that is it. I've been playing b-net hardcore for quite a while now, and it's still an adrenaline rush.
For me, this game is a blast.
and Where did you learn math? Last time I checked, 100 > 65 no matter the multiple.
Steve Jobs left Apple and founded neXt. Apple "aquired" neXt, (and used it as a basis for OS X) and so now Jobs is back at Apple. Confusion is understandable.