Can anyone explain how their POTS system actually works? I don't mean how do they connect IP to POTS, I mean how do they work it so they can afford to offer $.02 per minute? Do they just pay for a bunch of local numbers in the most popular areas? Or something else?
I thought it was more like $2500? In either case, not too appealing with XGA resolution and integrated graphics when you can get the Toshiba Portege with SXGA+ resolution and a GeForce card starting at $1700. But you do get that exciting titanium shell...
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Firefox Hacks
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I got this too. The problem is that the "#" is turning into "%23" for some reason. Use this link instead and search for Adobe.
In the immortal words of the great Yogi, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"
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Return of the Mac
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I'm in the same situation. I hate spending my time tweaking settings or compiling crap in Linux. So for now that means I use Windows.
My hang-up with switching to the Mac is that I feel even more locked in than on Windows. Limiting the hardware does not seem like a tenable long term solution to me. So do I really want to switch to a platform with such a limited potential market?
There's actually been some justification for this type of effect. Take a look at this paper that talks about classic principles in cartoon animation and how they can be applied to user interfaces.
a simple mod to the TCP/IP stack that alters the timestamp by some tiny, random amount
Aren't our current random numbers generated from the clock? If so, then adding random numbers to the timestamp won't change the essential nature of the problem will it?
OK, I thought this too - but how do you get non-deterministic information on current PCs? I'm seriously asking because this isn't my area. I thought current pseudo random number generators use the clock. If so, this is making the problem harder - but isn't it still essentially the same problem?
Wouldn't very slight randomizing of packet timestamps completely nullify this method?
This was the first thing I thought of too. But aren't our current pseudo random number generators based on the clock too? Still, I'm guessing it would take a lot of connections to reconstruct your clock skew from the random numbers it generates - i.e. in the scenario mentioned by the previous poster where you increment the time by a consistent amount for each connection.
Discs that do not allow me to fast forward through FBI warnings, commercials, etc
Amen to that! I'm pretty lazy about this sort of thing and even I'm almost moved to action when I get "operation currently not permitted by disc." I mean, the nerve of a frickin' DVD to try telling me what I can and can't do. I'm surprised more people aren't pissed off about this.
Anyone else have any Thomas the Train DVDs. I swear it takes me about 10 minutes to start one of those stupid things.
You mean something like the much maligned Palladium.
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the research triangle in North Carolina, consisting of Duke University, UC-Raleigh, and one other university
UC-Raleigh? You must be a Californian. I mean, even if you completely ignore sports you've surely heard of a guy named Michael Jordan (no not that one). It's UNC. Adding the qualifier Chapel Hill is even a little pedantic. Also, the other school you were looking for is NC State.
Thank you for notifying us of the problem. Please stay where you are and we will send a more qualified doctor to visit you shortly. I hope we can find a device that is more compatible with your body type.
Dude, calm down. I was agreeing with you for crying out loud. This google search should bring back some memories. The only reason the big name democrats have stopped harping on this is because they think it had something to do with Gore's loss.
Anyway, even ignoring recent events, a quick look at a political spectrum will tell you which parties are more likely to adopt a position like this.
Although I agree with the ideas, surely you recognize that this is a standard democrat position. You might recall how Bush's tax cut gave huge breaks to the wealthy and super wealthy. I sure remember a lot of democrats mentioning this during election time. Still, I would like to see some influential republicans acknowledging it rather than blindly repeating the party mantra.
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Oh! Super Toaster!
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I was just about to ask whether the $10K toaster is internet ready. The true test of futuristic kitchen technology.
No, Seriously. Biometrics are a sitcom solution and shouldn't be used for any real security. But what about... No! Not even for that case.
What do you do when someone spoofs your pattern? Get a new finger? Or a new eye? This will happen regularly when biometrics become widespread. It will be that much harder to prove that you were framed for a crime when that actually happens.
I would prefer my gun having a password (or a secret handshake) to this nonsense. At least it's predictable and I can change it if I think someone knows the password. The password could be combined with a physical switch so that the gun only stays active while I'm still holding it. Yes, a password on a gun is dumb idea but it is better than this pseudo-intelligent thing.
I think double click is just a bad idea in general. It's not just bad for old farts. I can't believe a standard design is to assign one action to double click and another action to click-pause-click. Does that seem like a possible source of confusion to anyone else? I'm a young male gamer and even I have trouble getting my double click recognized occasionally. This is especially bad in pen interfaces. I always turn off double click when I have the option. Think of all the effort you waste per year on that second click! Double clickers of the world unite!
"Pum Pa Chestnut Pies" is a bit creepy, but it's almost recognizable as music.
It sounded to me like an orchestra tuning up. I kept waiting for a conductors baton to tap on a music stand.
On a less subjective note - it seemed like one of the main things missing from this "music" is a repeated pattern, or chorus if you will. What I think this eigenradio should do is identify repeating patterns in the music it listens to. Then it could generate statistical "choruses" that it could play in optimal repeated intervals. I'm sure someone has done this but I haven't read much about the topic so I wouldn't know.
Well, I verified the bug in Firefox 1.0 on Windows at least. Interesting that the bug allows a malicious site to take over a popup from a "trusted" site. You'd think these places that want you to trust them wouldn't rely on popups. Go figure.
Yes, requests and ACKs (don't forget ACKs to further bolster the strawman). Just like uploading pictures uses a tiny bit of download bandwidth. We're not talking about much though. In my experience (using Shutterfly fairly often) this does not interfere much with normal web surfing.
makes surfing the web somewhat akin to swimming in peanut butter.
Why do you need upload bandwidth to surf/.? In any case, you forgot to mention the part where your ink cartridges ran out and you had to drive to the store to buy new ones (not to mention the paper and ink that were wasted before you realized that it ran out of one color). First review on Amazon for your printer estimates 50-60 pictures before ink cartridge refills are needed.
Still, I have found the cropping to be a problem too - especially if you just take the defaults. At least at Shutterfly you can manually set the cropping rectangle for pictures you really care about.
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Can anyone explain how their POTS system actually works? I don't mean how do they connect IP to POTS, I mean how do they work it so they can afford to offer $.02 per minute? Do they just pay for a bunch of local numbers in the most popular areas? Or something else?
You can get the ad from GoDaddy themselves here.
Not only that - but the Portege also has a GeForce graphics card. The IBM is supposed to have integrated intel graphics.
I thought it was more like $2500? In either case, not too appealing with XGA resolution and integrated graphics when you can get the Toshiba Portege with SXGA+ resolution and a GeForce card starting at $1700. But you do get that exciting titanium shell...
I got this too. The problem is that the "#" is turning into "%23" for some reason. Use this link instead and search for Adobe.
In the immortal words of the great Yogi, "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"
I'm in the same situation. I hate spending my time tweaking settings or compiling crap in Linux. So for now that means I use Windows.
My hang-up with switching to the Mac is that I feel even more locked in than on Windows. Limiting the hardware does not seem like a tenable long term solution to me. So do I really want to switch to a platform with such a limited potential market?
There's actually been some justification for this type of effect. Take a look at this paper that talks about classic principles in cartoon animation and how they can be applied to user interfaces.
a simple mod to the TCP/IP stack that alters the timestamp by some tiny, random amount
Aren't our current random numbers generated from the clock? If so, then adding random numbers to the timestamp won't change the essential nature of the problem will it?
OK, I thought this too - but how do you get non-deterministic information on current PCs? I'm seriously asking because this isn't my area. I thought current pseudo random number generators use the clock. If so, this is making the problem harder - but isn't it still essentially the same problem?
Wouldn't very slight randomizing of packet timestamps completely nullify this method?
This was the first thing I thought of too. But aren't our current pseudo random number generators based on the clock too? Still, I'm guessing it would take a lot of connections to reconstruct your clock skew from the random numbers it generates - i.e. in the scenario mentioned by the previous poster where you increment the time by a consistent amount for each connection.
Discs that do not allow me to fast forward through FBI warnings, commercials, etc
Amen to that! I'm pretty lazy about this sort of thing and even I'm almost moved to action when I get "operation currently not permitted by disc." I mean, the nerve of a frickin' DVD to try telling me what I can and can't do. I'm surprised more people aren't pissed off about this.
Anyone else have any Thomas the Train DVDs. I swear it takes me about 10 minutes to start one of those stupid things.
You mean something like the much maligned Palladium.
the research triangle in North Carolina, consisting of Duke University, UC-Raleigh, and one other university
UC-Raleigh? You must be a Californian. I mean, even if you completely ignore sports you've surely heard of a guy named Michael Jordan (no not that one). It's UNC. Adding the qualifier Chapel Hill is even a little pedantic. Also, the other school you were looking for is NC State.
Thank you for notifying us of the problem. Please stay where you are and we will send a more qualified doctor to visit you shortly. I hope we can find a device that is more compatible with your body type.
Dude, calm down. I was agreeing with you for crying out loud. This google search should bring back some memories. The only reason the big name democrats have stopped harping on this is because they think it had something to do with Gore's loss.
Anyway, even ignoring recent events, a quick look at a political spectrum will tell you which parties are more likely to adopt a position like this.
Although I agree with the ideas, surely you recognize that this is a standard democrat position. You might recall how Bush's tax cut gave huge breaks to the wealthy and super wealthy. I sure remember a lot of democrats mentioning this during election time. Still, I would like to see some influential republicans acknowledging it rather than blindly repeating the party mantra.
I was just about to ask whether the $10K toaster is internet ready. The true test of futuristic kitchen technology.
Sadly, you could substitute almost any of their projects and make the same joke.
No, Seriously. Biometrics are a sitcom solution and shouldn't be used for any real security. But what about... No! Not even for that case.
What do you do when someone spoofs your pattern? Get a new finger? Or a new eye? This will happen regularly when biometrics become widespread. It will be that much harder to prove that you were framed for a crime when that actually happens.
I would prefer my gun having a password (or a secret handshake) to this nonsense. At least it's predictable and I can change it if I think someone knows the password. The password could be combined with a physical switch so that the gun only stays active while I'm still holding it. Yes, a password on a gun is dumb idea but it is better than this pseudo-intelligent thing.
I think double click is just a bad idea in general. It's not just bad for old farts. I can't believe a standard design is to assign one action to double click and another action to click-pause-click. Does that seem like a possible source of confusion to anyone else? I'm a young male gamer and even I have trouble getting my double click recognized occasionally. This is especially bad in pen interfaces. I always turn off double click when I have the option. Think of all the effort you waste per year on that second click! Double clickers of the world unite!
"Pum Pa Chestnut Pies" is a bit creepy, but it's almost recognizable as music.
It sounded to me like an orchestra tuning up. I kept waiting for a conductors baton to tap on a music stand.
On a less subjective note - it seemed like one of the main things missing from this "music" is a repeated pattern, or chorus if you will. What I think this eigenradio should do is identify repeating patterns in the music it listens to. Then it could generate statistical "choruses" that it could play in optimal repeated intervals. I'm sure someone has done this but I haven't read much about the topic so I wouldn't know.
Well, I verified the bug in Firefox 1.0 on Windows at least. Interesting that the bug allows a malicious site to take over a popup from a "trusted" site. You'd think these places that want you to trust them wouldn't rely on popups. Go figure.
Yes, requests and ACKs (don't forget ACKs to further bolster the strawman). Just like uploading pictures uses a tiny bit of download bandwidth. We're not talking about much though. In my experience (using Shutterfly fairly often) this does not interfere much with normal web surfing.
makes surfing the web somewhat akin to swimming in peanut butter.
Interesting analogy. Is that chunky or smooth?
Why do you need upload bandwidth to surf /.? In any case, you forgot to mention the part where your ink cartridges ran out and you had to drive to the store to buy new ones (not to mention the paper and ink that were wasted before you realized that it ran out of one color). First review on Amazon for your printer estimates 50-60 pictures before ink cartridge refills are needed.
Still, I have found the cropping to be a problem too - especially if you just take the defaults. At least at Shutterfly you can manually set the cropping rectangle for pictures you really care about.