The difference is that you have to actually look at the bill to see the serial numbers. RFIDs can be read from a distance. So, theoretically, a store could have a scanner by the door that'll turn on a light somewhere when someone with a large amount of cash walks in so the salespeople can treat them extra nice.
"Compression" is a misnomer in this case. The drive fits more data on the disc by making the pits smaller, thus allowing more of them to fit on the disc. Whether the source data is already compressed is irrelevant.
it's also being CNNed, local news'ed, Reutered (that doesn't sound pleasant), AP'ed, etc.
We're not talking the latest "turn a coffee can into a model of the Death Star" article, a national do not call list is something nearly everyone is interested in.
I think posting news about a MS service pack is alot more relevant than the usual "Mozilla has a new nightly!" posts. I'm sure a fair amount of Slashdotters are system administrators and a discussion on a service pack would be very useful for them.
It has no networking code, only has to work with one type of video chip and one type of audio chip, doesn't have to support endless storage configurations, no printers, no USB ports, etc.
When you only have to target one very clearly defined platform that's never going to change, it's relatively easy making something small.
I have no problem with RFID tags, as long as they are disabled when you purchase the product (like the tags that are used by many bookstores which are disabled after passing the book over that little pad). Until you actually hand the money over the cashier, it's not your property, it's the store's, and they have the right to keep track of it as they see fit (but not the continue keeping track of it after it's no longer their property).
I tried out this "Internet Emulator", went the emulated Google page, and tried searching for "naked pictures of Carrie Ann Moss" and did not get a single hit.
If this thing can't even emulate the most basic function of the Internet, I don't know how it's gonna succeed.
How bout paying for a full time high bandwidth connection, and then whenever Slashdot posts a story about the release of Mandrake, Red Hat, etc., you post a mirror of it?
Then this whole "unused bandwidth" issue would be kinda moot. Everyone ones (well, except the person paying the bill).
Something else I can think of is that your testers have access to the code and can give you more precise bug reports than if they were doing traditional black box testing. Better bug reports and information means less time investigating.
Have you tried running Spybot or Adaware lately? If you try going to p5115.tdko.com, you'll find it's a website for lop.com. Which, incidentally, is an infamous purveyer of spyware:
I once rented DDD: The Next Generation (or whatever it's called) from Netflix (back when they still carried... um... "good" movies). It was pretty worthless since all the good parts were cropped off or edited out.
When you get into the higher burn speeds, the burning speeds changes depending on what part of the disc you're writing. It's slowest towards the middle and highest towards the edge. If you were burning a full CD you'd probably see 16x at the very end of the burn.
It annoys me when people name standards with names like "High" and "Super", etc. For cars, we have LEV, ULEV, and SULEV. "Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle" sounds like something a 3rd grader would come up with.
By 2006 we'll have "Mega Happy Ludicrous Speed USB".
If would be great if BitTorrent could use an HTTP link as a seed. For legal stuff like this, it'd be a great boon. The web server won't experience as large a load since eventually most people will be downloading from other peers. After a few weeks when interest as died down, the Torrent still works since it'll just pull directly from the web server.
Of course, this won't work for the, um, less legal things being served up via BitTorrent:)
Whereas the forefinger was also previously used to clean an ear opening... Even when they want to pick their noses
So are the next generation of kids gonna have large nostrils and ear canals? Because I tried cleaning my ear and picking my nose with my thumb and didn't get very far (both figuratively and literally). So I'm thinking the current crop of thumb-using, small-ear canaled, small nostriled kids will die off from not being able to breath or hear due to, uh, buildup.
True geeks, IMO, would be MORE likely to rent the DVD rather than download it. It's the casual movie watcher that's happy with a badly compressed version off of Kazaa. Geeks want to enjoy their movies in their full 5.1 surround sound/THX/whatever glory on their big screen.
Slashdot Mirror
Shouldn't that be the Zalman Spike TV 500A now?
Tell that to the goatse guy. You better believe he doesn't go around saying "a universe" anymore, that's for sure.
The average user also thinks creating a buzzword for keeping a journal, an idea that has existed for centuries, is stupid.
Robert X. Cringely the Flame Thrower! Kids love it.
The difference is that you have to actually look at the bill to see the serial numbers. RFIDs can be read from a distance. So, theoretically, a store could have a scanner by the door that'll turn on a light somewhere when someone with a large amount of cash walks in so the salespeople can treat them extra nice.
10Gs should be enough for anyone.
"Compression" is a misnomer in this case. The drive fits more data on the disc by making the pits smaller, thus allowing more of them to fit on the disc. Whether the source data is already compressed is irrelevant.
But then you're discriminating against people who can't read.
Err, of course, they'd probably have a hard time on your web page to begin with.
IE6 is the last STANDALONE version. There will be future versions of IE, but only built into an OS (and not downloadable seperately).
it's also being CNNed, local news'ed, Reutered (that doesn't sound pleasant), AP'ed, etc.
We're not talking the latest "turn a coffee can into a model of the Death Star" article, a national do not call list is something nearly everyone is interested in.
I think posting news about a MS service pack is alot more relevant than the usual "Mozilla has a new nightly!" posts. I'm sure a fair amount of Slashdotters are system administrators and a discussion on a service pack would be very useful for them.
It has no networking code, only has to work with one type of video chip and one type of audio chip, doesn't have to support endless storage configurations, no printers, no USB ports, etc.
When you only have to target one very clearly defined platform that's never going to change, it's relatively easy making something small.
I have no problem with RFID tags, as long as they are disabled when you purchase the product (like the tags that are used by many bookstores which are disabled after passing the book over that little pad). Until you actually hand the money over the cashier, it's not your property, it's the store's, and they have the right to keep track of it as they see fit (but not the continue keeping track of it after it's no longer their property).
I tried out this "Internet Emulator", went the emulated Google page, and tried searching for "naked pictures of Carrie Ann Moss" and did not get a single hit.
If this thing can't even emulate the most basic function of the Internet, I don't know how it's gonna succeed.
How bout paying for a full time high bandwidth connection, and then whenever Slashdot posts a story about the release of Mandrake, Red Hat, etc., you post a mirror of it?
Then this whole "unused bandwidth" issue would be kinda moot. Everyone ones (well, except the person paying the bill).
Something else I can think of is that your testers have access to the code and can give you more precise bug reports than if they were doing traditional black box testing. Better bug reports and information means less time investigating.
I was a big fan of the Resident Evil movie. Mostly for the gratuitious Milla nude scenes.
Have you tried running Spybot or Adaware lately? If you try going to p5115.tdko.com, you'll find it's a website for lop.com. Which, incidentally, is an infamous purveyer of spyware:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/lop/
I once rented DDD: The Next Generation (or whatever it's called) from Netflix (back when they still carried... um... "good" movies). It was pretty worthless since all the good parts were cropped off or edited out.
:)
So, it does happen in real life
When you get into the higher burn speeds, the burning speeds changes depending on what part of the disc you're writing. It's slowest towards the middle and highest towards the edge. If you were burning a full CD you'd probably see 16x at the very end of the burn.
It annoys me when people name standards with names like "High" and "Super", etc. For cars, we have LEV, ULEV, and SULEV. "Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle" sounds like something a 3rd grader would come up with.
By 2006 we'll have "Mega Happy Ludicrous Speed USB".
If would be great if BitTorrent could use an HTTP link as a seed. For legal stuff like this, it'd be a great boon. The web server won't experience as large a load since eventually most people will be downloading from other peers. After a few weeks when interest as died down, the Torrent still works since it'll just pull directly from the web server.
:)
Of course, this won't work for the, um, less legal things being served up via BitTorrent
They're coming. Ford will be selling a hybrid version of their Escape SUV soon, which should get 35-40MPG.
Granted, it's no Expedition, but it's not a Honda Insight Insight either.
So are the next generation of kids gonna have large nostrils and ear canals? Because I tried cleaning my ear and picking my nose with my thumb and didn't get very far (both figuratively and literally). So I'm thinking the current crop of thumb-using, small-ear canaled, small nostriled kids will die off from not being able to breath or hear due to, uh, buildup.
True geeks, IMO, would be MORE likely to rent the DVD rather than download it. It's the casual movie watcher that's happy with a badly compressed version off of Kazaa. Geeks want to enjoy their movies in their full 5.1 surround sound/THX/whatever glory on their big screen.