I remember looking at the CD-ROM software section at Fry's and seeing one half of a row with encyclopedias, crappy cinematic games, almanacs and the like, and the rest of the space devoted to "adult content." It was like a 100:1 ratio. And now we all have CD drives.:-)
I was using Cyberlink PowerVCR II for a while, as it came with my capture card... I had tried demos of Snapstream PVS in the past, and decided to have a look at BeyondTV...
It worked so-so with my capture card, but I wasn't too impressed with how it did MPEG formats. I decided to uninstall. From then onward, PowerVCR never worked again... it would begin a recording and freeze the entire machine within a minute. I've yet to bother re-imaging the machine, and just switched to WinDVR instead.
BeyondTV is the most polished PVR windows product I've seen, but something about it or its leftovers was dirty and didn't play well with PowerVCR. YMMV.
What I want is a little handheld computer that runs Mac OS 6. It wouldn't be that hard to do and you have a literal ocean of abandonware out there you could use with such a device.
... (Here) I am concerned that either Pepsi's formula has become much more syruppy, or someone is screwing around with the gravity near MacMerc's headquarters.
... the rover must move through the dunes Fremen-style to avoid rousing the sandworms.
Consider this before jamming...
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... Yes, there are annoying people who speak very loudly on their cell-phones in restaurants and the like. There are people who answer them in theaters, classes and other "non-talking" environments. There are people who talk on the phone (or to passengers) while driving, and give their talking process a higher attention priority than the driving process.
However, these are the ones that get noticed. The ones who speak quietly while dining alone in a restaurant or on the subway; the ones who speak on a phone or to other passengers safely while driving; the ones who set the phone to vibe and then surreptitiosly look at the caller ID during a film, class, meeting, etc... these people are not noticed and probably outnumber the annoying ones by far.
If you jam cellular frequencies, not only are you screwing with all the safety devices already mentioned, but you're screwing with people who are behaving politely and reasonably.
Would you start spraying febreeze at everyone entering a store because occaisonal patrons come in without having bathed recently? It might help with them, while pissing off people who do behave properly. Jamming makes You the nuisance who should be removed.
E-Bay just won a court case where they were found to not be responsible for user feedback. Specifically not being responsible for policing or even being required to remove false feedback.
Just a few days later teacherreviews.com caves in? Typical.
One major difference though is that on eBay, both parties choose to participate, and both parties are aware of the rating system before they even particpate.
This can be sexual or non, but share with him an interest that he doesn't already know about. Likewise, the follow-up is that you can indulge him in his and provide him with a new facet of yourself to get involved with...
Even if you've been together for a long time, you can probably think back to an old interest / hobby, or good old-fashioned fantasy which you haven't made apparent to him.
I'm in desperate need of this information... they're like nails with little spiral thingies on them, but using the hammer tends to crash hard drive heads. This might be an conclusion to my endless RMAs, if only I could see the article!
... when seeing the beginning of The Core or the episode of Cowboy Bebop, "Wild Horses?" Not much strikes me emotionally, but for some reason, that still does.
But Spirit was only transmitting "pseudo-noise", a random series of zeroes and ones in binary code and not anything the scientists could decipher. - BBC News
They just need to read it as streaming video and zoom wayyyy out to see that it's coverage of the Olympics from the 1930s.
Some people are convinced Yahoo is ahead of the game in terms of its portal technology. Yahoo's portal has stagnated for quite some time. My Way came out with a customizable portal that beat the hell out of Yahoo a year or so ago... it was a remake of the old Excite portal. Although they too have slowed down on new feature development, they're still way ahead of any other portal I've seen.
I'd love to see Yahoo Labs try to compete... then My Way might start releasing new features again.:-)
I'm sure a large number of people here would love to see the RIAA destroyed, or at least thrashed soundly... well this sure looks like the opportunity! What they're doing here is obviously wrong, and legal action should be taken, because, it'll probably end badly for the RIAA if it happens. If the legal avenue is too far corrupt to smack them down for this, how about press? I'd love to see this make national TV news, headlines in papers, interviews with the victims, etc...
I donate yearly to the EFF, and I'll gladly send a donation to an organization or project established to destroy them right here and now. And I'll proselytise to my friends and family to do the same... bring it.
(1) the commercials are not integrated with the rest of the site (they change by user) and therefore they are not a coherent copyrighted work like a TV broadcast, and (2) pop-up blockers have a substantial non-infringing use because they prevent people from falling into pop-up traps, which are obviously very bad.
Here's a couple off-the-cuff counters: (1) Often the TV commercials aren't integrated in that, if you've ever watched TV from a Big Ugly Dish, the show goes to black for a while so that local stations can insert commercials (which then vary by region, like by user with pop-ups). Further, it's a string of copyrighted works played consecutively, not one coherent work. The owners of the show's copyright aren't necessarily even the owners of each commercial's copyright
(2)If you're trying to watch TV quietly (i.e. just loud enough to understand dialog), commercials are often louder and can wake sleeping family members, etc... that can be considered as abusive as pop-up traps.
I'm hoping Deagol eventually posts a general reply to all the WTF? questions (I'm curious too), but here's a few possibilities:
Deagol's a writer... going for the relaxation that seclusion provides, but needs a machine to write that next novel or something
Deagol's going to the cabin for a long-term stay. I recently had a non-computing vacation for a couple of weeks in asia, but it was very active. If I was getting out to nature for a month or longer, I would still require at least a laptop for rainy days / evening, etc... Reading as the only indoor activity might get old.
Deagol is a 419er who doesn't want to be found.;-)
Remember those bikes in the 80's Cafe from Back to the Future II?:-)
Actually, do you have a spring or a stream nearby? Those run 24 hours generally, but I don't know how much power you could pull from a water-wheel / dam contraption.
is that people aren't encouraged to use critical thinking skills. As children, asking why too many times or spotting inconsistencies in explainations is often frowned upon. As adults, questioning your employer is an example of not "being a team player," while questioning your government is "unpatriotic." At any time, questioning an organized religion is usually branded "heretical."
Trust is a good thing. Common sense is good too, but not encouraged as much. Just imagine a world where everyone had plenty of the latter.
Does anyone know of a tiny form-factor storage media that costs roughly $50 / GB?! I'd love some miniature removable media at that price point! So far, the best I've seen is the MagicStor 2GB CF hard drive for about $200.
Maybe it'll just use the same 1.8" hard drive tech as the existing iPod line, with the rest of the electronics shrunk...:-(
Currently, the only thing I see in the.conf file is a setting for last directory (which is ignored)... so AFAIK, no. Maybe next version will have this and my complaint will be less valid.:-)
I too have a Zaurus SL-5500, which is quite capable of running various games processor-wise, but I find the buttons, being designed for PDA navigational use, are not well suited for gaming. I've compared Super Mario Brothers 2 on my Zaurus under ZFCEU to a friend's GBA running the same game, and the GBA just plays better. Even though the buttons are similar in placement and number, they just weren't well engineered for gaming.
As for Doom, congratulations! I use it to show off the Zaurus processing and graphics abilities, but never bothered playing much due to a lack of buttons to assign for strafe, etc... What did you do in the keymapping to make it playable with one hand?
Of course, others have noted similar problems on other PDAs, and there exist gamepad clip-ons for iPaqs now.
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I remember looking at the CD-ROM software section at Fry's and seeing one half of a row with encyclopedias, crappy cinematic games, almanacs and the like, and the rest of the space devoted to "adult content." It was like a 100:1 ratio. And now we all have CD drives. :-)
I was using Cyberlink PowerVCR II for a while, as it came with my capture card... I had tried demos of Snapstream PVS in the past, and decided to have a look at BeyondTV...
It worked so-so with my capture card, but I wasn't too impressed with how it did MPEG formats. I decided to uninstall. From then onward, PowerVCR never worked again... it would begin a recording and freeze the entire machine within a minute. I've yet to bother re-imaging the machine, and just switched to WinDVR instead.
BeyondTV is the most polished PVR windows product I've seen, but something about it or its leftovers was dirty and didn't play well with PowerVCR. YMMV.
The small cheapo ones don't have gyros. The more expensive, larger RC ones usually do.
For anyone wanting this to be cost effective, I seriously recommend eliminating the in-flight meal.
What I want is a little handheld computer that runs Mac OS 6. It wouldn't be that hard to do and you have a literal ocean of abandonware out there you could use with such a device.
Merry Christmas
This article was supposed to pe posted around 8PM Eastern last night, and give away the episode's ending in the article title.
Way to go, editors.
... (Here) I am concerned that either Pepsi's formula has become much more syruppy, or someone is screwing around with the gravity near MacMerc's headquarters.
... the rover must move through the dunes Fremen-style to avoid rousing the sandworms.
... Yes, there are annoying people who speak very loudly on their cell-phones in restaurants and the like. There are people who answer them in theaters, classes and other "non-talking" environments. There are people who talk on the phone (or to passengers) while driving, and give their talking process a higher attention priority than the driving process.
However, these are the ones that get noticed. The ones who speak quietly while dining alone in a restaurant or on the subway; the ones who speak on a phone or to other passengers safely while driving; the ones who set the phone to vibe and then surreptitiosly look at the caller ID during a film, class, meeting, etc... these people are not noticed and probably outnumber the annoying ones by far.
If you jam cellular frequencies, not only are you screwing with all the safety devices already mentioned, but you're screwing with people who are behaving politely and reasonably.
Would you start spraying febreeze at everyone entering a store because occaisonal patrons come in without having bathed recently? It might help with them, while pissing off people who do behave properly. Jamming makes You the nuisance who should be removed.
E-Bay just won a court case where they were found to not be responsible for user feedback. Specifically not being responsible for policing or even being required to remove false feedback.
Just a few days later teacherreviews.com caves in? Typical.
One major difference though is that on eBay, both parties choose to participate, and both parties are aware of the rating system before they even particpate.
This can be sexual or non, but share with him an interest that he doesn't already know about. Likewise, the follow-up is that you can indulge him in his and provide him with a new facet of yourself to get involved with...
Even if you've been together for a long time, you can probably think back to an old interest / hobby, or good old-fashioned fantasy which you haven't made apparent to him.
I'm in desperate need of this information... they're like nails with little spiral thingies on them, but using the hammer tends to crash hard drive heads. This might be an conclusion to my endless RMAs, if only I could see the article!
... when seeing the beginning of The Core or the episode of Cowboy Bebop, "Wild Horses?" Not much strikes me emotionally, but for some reason, that still does.
But Spirit was only transmitting "pseudo-noise", a random series of zeroes and ones in binary code and not anything the scientists could decipher. - BBC News
They just need to read it as streaming video and zoom wayyyy out to see that it's coverage of the Olympics from the 1930s.
Some people are convinced Yahoo is ahead of the game in terms of its portal technology. Yahoo's portal has stagnated for quite some time. My Way came out with a customizable portal that beat the hell out of Yahoo a year or so ago... it was a remake of the old Excite portal. Although they too have slowed down on new feature development, they're still way ahead of any other portal I've seen.
:-)
I'd love to see Yahoo Labs try to compete... then My Way might start releasing new features again.
I'm sure a large number of people here would love to see the RIAA destroyed, or at least thrashed soundly... well this sure looks like the opportunity! What they're doing here is obviously wrong, and legal action should be taken, because, it'll probably end badly for the RIAA if it happens. If the legal avenue is too far corrupt to smack them down for this, how about press? I'd love to see this make national TV news, headlines in papers, interviews with the victims, etc...
I donate yearly to the EFF, and I'll gladly send a donation to an organization or project established to destroy them right here and now. And I'll proselytise to my friends and family to do the same... bring it.
(1) the commercials are not integrated with the rest of the site (they change by user) and therefore they are not a coherent copyrighted work like a TV broadcast, and (2) pop-up blockers have a substantial non-infringing use because they prevent people from falling into pop-up traps, which are obviously very bad.
Here's a couple off-the-cuff counters:
(1) Often the TV commercials aren't integrated in that, if you've ever watched TV from a Big Ugly Dish, the show goes to black for a while so that local stations can insert commercials (which then vary by region, like by user with pop-ups). Further, it's a string of copyrighted works played consecutively, not one coherent work. The owners of the show's copyright aren't necessarily even the owners of each commercial's copyright
(2)If you're trying to watch TV quietly (i.e. just loud enough to understand dialog), commercials are often louder and can wake sleeping family members, etc... that can be considered as abusive as pop-up traps.
Remember those bikes in the 80's Cafe from Back to the Future II? :-)
Actually, do you have a spring or a stream nearby? Those run 24 hours generally, but I don't know how much power you could pull from a water-wheel / dam contraption.
is that people aren't encouraged to use critical thinking skills. As children, asking why too many times or spotting inconsistencies in explainations is often frowned upon. As adults, questioning your employer is an example of not "being a team player," while questioning your government is "unpatriotic." At any time, questioning an organized religion is usually branded "heretical."
Trust is a good thing. Common sense is good too, but not encouraged as much. Just imagine a world where everyone had plenty of the latter.
Does anyone know of a tiny form-factor storage media that costs roughly $50 / GB?! I'd love some miniature removable media at that price point! So far, the best I've seen is the MagicStor 2GB CF hard drive for about $200.
:-(
Maybe it'll just use the same 1.8" hard drive tech as the existing iPod line, with the rest of the electronics shrunk...
Currently, the only thing I see in the .conf file is a setting for last directory (which is ignored)... so AFAIK, no. Maybe next version will have this and my complaint will be less valid. :-)
I too have a Zaurus SL-5500, which is quite capable of running various games processor-wise, but I find the buttons, being designed for PDA navigational use, are not well suited for gaming. I've compared Super Mario Brothers 2 on my Zaurus under ZFCEU to a friend's GBA running the same game, and the GBA just plays better. Even though the buttons are similar in placement and number, they just weren't well engineered for gaming.
As for Doom, congratulations! I use it to show off the Zaurus processing and graphics abilities, but never bothered playing much due to a lack of buttons to assign for strafe, etc... What did you do in the keymapping to make it playable with one hand?
Of course, others have noted similar problems on other PDAs, and there exist gamepad clip-ons for iPaqs now.
It was called "Picture Picture" by its owner, Mr. Rogers. :-)
Second, not everybody wants to wear a fucking bat-belt for all their gear.
I agree! I want some wrist-mounted and head-mounted gear, dammit!
At least administrators can disable the Messenger Service remotely.
:-)
If you haven't patched yet, I'm guessing anyone can disable your services remotely.