It is still in Beta, I suppose. I haven't had any problems with it, but I have noticed it won't throw login errors, it'll just sit there. On our corporate intranet I have to goto a regular webpage and log in before I can have the notifier log in. Slightly annoying, but not a big deal in my case.
I've been using something similar as an extension to FireFox. It works pretty darn well, but you obviously have to keep your web browser open for it to work. This program might be pretty cool, I'll have to give it a shot.
For those interested, the Firefox extension can be found here: Gmail Notifier
I think you'd be hard pressed to point at something and say "That's the Internet." What if a fiber optic cable gets cut and severs a million systems from the rest of the network? Is that huge chunk part of the "Internet," or not? Is the remaining portion still the "Internet" even though it's lost a large piece of its structure? Suppose we cut a cable which seperates the network into two exactly equally sized halves? Which half is The Internet now?
So if you take a giant knife and cut your house in half, you now own condos? No. The Internet cut in half is the Internet cut in half, just the same as if you owned a house cut in half.
Just because something is hard to quantify doesn't preclude it from being referred to as a single entity.
I remember getting blasted when the first pictures of this thing were leaked. I didn't figure anyone would buy it considering how sleek the PSP is going to look. I see they took "my" suggestion to heart... although it is still a little odd. Anyway, it is a vast improvement over the last design we saw. It may not be as pretty as a PSP, but its definately not bad.
As soon as I saw that I had to dismiss the entire article. The guy lives in Cincinnati. For those of you who've lived in Cincinnati, you know how incredibly hilly it is (Not San Fran. hilly, but still...). I have a '98 Civic EX I drive daily in Cincinnati... you know what kinda gas mileage it gets? 18Mpg. EIGHTEEN! I take it on trips and I get high twenties, low thirties.
They use this guy as an example, but make no mention of the driving conditions he usually deals with. The manufacturers MPG estimates are based on flat roads... its hardly surprising that he doesn't get the estimated mileage when he's constantly climbing hills.
I agree that there should be some oversight of the estimates, but its impossible to provide an accurate measurement for every kind of condition. I think the article fails to realize that all miles are not equal.
It not only looks big, but also cheap. We can only hope that the photo is some early prototype or something. If the DS looks anything like that, and the PSP looks anything like the photos we've been seeing, the DS is gonna get crushed.
They sure will. In fact, I've gotten a number of attempted connections to my machine from a "University of Iowa Palisades Systems" (according to PeerGuardian. It's all over the place. I was getting pinged constantly downloading that new Mandrake awhile back.
Yea, except you're wrong. Go back to the overclocker's site where it was posted. You'll see his admission of the ruse - he obtained an empty G5 case and used that. There were no guts to pull out.
That's ok, not a big deal. I had just thought I missed it somehow. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how I missed it, even though I was specifically looking for it when I read it though.
Appreciate the honesty, though - A quality usuall difficult to find in online.
Ah, yes, that is pretty sneaky. I didn't even notice that. I did, however, go back and read the Newsforge article. I still found no mention that Vulcan is not an investor in Baystar. I saw where it said that Vulcan doesn't OWN BayStar, but that's about it. Care to point it out?
I didn't fully read the Newsforge article (and I didn't see anything stating that Vulcan wasn't an investor), but how can that possibly be true? According to Baystar's own website Vulcan Ventures is the largest investor in Baystar (in 2002, at least). I seriously doubt they'd "confirm" that Vulcan is not an investor when their website specifically states otherwise.
Well, actually its 27% of the regular iPod's capacity for $50. To get the 10% number you'd have to compare it to the 40GB model, which is twice as expensive as the mini ($499).
It is hard drive based. Its just that the hard drive used the Compact Flash interface more common to flash memory. It's a tiny hard drive manufactured by Hitachi.
If you had your order shipped to you, as you must have, you probably ordered it over the internet, correct? You will have then paid with a credit card. Both MasterCard and AmericanExpress (and others, I'm sure) guarentee items you purchase with your card. They state that if the merchant you bought something from won't take it back, they will. You might wanna give them a call to find out the details as they apply to your card.
That may be true, but you're basically advocating the Mac userbase not use the terminal because they could make a mistake. By telling them to stay away from the terminal you're only perpetuating the problem, not solving it. Sure, they may make some mistakes, but they would have never learned how to do them properly if they hadn't even tried.
Let me guess... you've never fiddled around with some setting or file you probably shouldn't have, and wound up paying for it? Doubtful...
Wait, so you advocate Mac users create cron jobs instead of using scripting... and at the same time tell them to stay away from the terminal? Is it even possible to set cron jobs without that terminal? Not that I've seen...
This is just not true. I forget when, but Apple publicly released information to investors showing that they made between $50 and $150 per iPod, depending on the model. This is due to the extensive discounts they receive by buying the components in huge quantities. You might remember that the original iPod debuted at the exact same price as the hard drive it contained ($399, if I'm not mistaken).
First of all, Athsma does not qualify for handicap plates (at least in Ohio). The parent never mentioned anything about handicap plates. Where did that come from?
Second, the parent never claimed to support drunk driving. This effects everyone, including drunk drivers. Why wouldn't it just cover drunk drivers?
Carjacking would be a serious concern. You're a sitting duck. The theif knows that there is absolutely nothing you can do to drive away. You might as well just hand over the keys!
This law will NEVER come to pass, and if it does it will be overturned swiftly.
I definately doubt it has anything at all to do with hardware. If the hardware were the problem, all games with high-motion 3D would cause it, and that's simply not the case. It is only specific games, so it must have something to do with the way the screen rotates. Its the only option.
Hardly. As far as I can tell Descent made everyone nauseous - I don't know anyone who was able to play it for long stretches.
And for the record, I have season passes to both King's Island and Cedar Point in Ohio. LOVE roller coasters.
It's something unnatural about the way the screen moves in some 3D games (Halo, for me, being another example - especially when in one of the vehicles)... it's actually a common complaint, look it up.
I've taken my Cingular all over Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky without any lapses in service... so the coverage is pretty good in those areas, at least.
You're right, though. T-Mobile is the largest GSM provider in the US.
Oh man, Descent was the worst! I played that a few times, and every time I felt sick, so I had to give up. Imagine if there was a 3 monitor Descent! Talk about feeling sick...
Close, all three have their own towers. About 6 months to a year ago they all signed agreements letting their subscribers use the towers of one of the other 2 companies (Cingular, TMobile, AT&T).
Cingular has the largest GSM network, or did last I looked, if I'm not mistaken... followed by TMobile and then AT&T.
That is the GAIT(GSM and TDMA) network map. The parent was likely referring to the GSM network, which is significantly smaller. Although, even with a GSM phone I can't say I've ever had coverage problems I would describe as "horrible". It was already possible to use AT&T towers if you couldn't get Cingular reception...
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It is still in Beta, I suppose. I haven't had any problems with it, but I have noticed it won't throw login errors, it'll just sit there. On our corporate intranet I have to goto a regular webpage and log in before I can have the notifier log in. Slightly annoying, but not a big deal in my case.
I've been using something similar as an extension to FireFox. It works pretty darn well, but you obviously have to keep your web browser open for it to work. This program might be pretty cool, I'll have to give it a shot.
For those interested, the Firefox extension can be found here:
Gmail Notifier
I think you'd be hard pressed to point at something and say "That's the Internet." What if a fiber optic cable gets cut and severs a million systems from the rest of the network? Is that huge chunk part of the "Internet," or not? Is the remaining portion still the "Internet" even though it's lost a large piece of its structure? Suppose we cut a cable which seperates the network into two exactly equally sized halves? Which half is The Internet now?
So if you take a giant knife and cut your house in half, you now own condos? No. The Internet cut in half is the Internet cut in half, just the same as if you owned a house cut in half.
Just because something is hard to quantify doesn't preclude it from being referred to as a single entity.
I remember getting blasted when the first pictures of this thing were leaked. I didn't figure anyone would buy it considering how sleek the PSP is going to look. I see they took "my" suggestion to heart... although it is still a little odd. Anyway, it is a vast improvement over the last design we saw. It may not be as pretty as a PSP, but its definately not bad.
As soon as I saw that I had to dismiss the entire article. The guy lives in Cincinnati. For those of you who've lived in Cincinnati, you know how incredibly hilly it is (Not San Fran. hilly, but still...). I have a '98 Civic EX I drive daily in Cincinnati... you know what kinda gas mileage it gets? 18Mpg. EIGHTEEN! I take it on trips and I get high twenties, low thirties.
They use this guy as an example, but make no mention of the driving conditions he usually deals with. The manufacturers MPG estimates are based on flat roads... its hardly surprising that he doesn't get the estimated mileage when he's constantly climbing hills.
I agree that there should be some oversight of the estimates, but its impossible to provide an accurate measurement for every kind of condition. I think the article fails to realize that all miles are not equal.
It not only looks big, but also cheap. We can only hope that the photo is some early prototype or something. If the DS looks anything like that, and the PSP looks anything like the photos we've been seeing, the DS is gonna get crushed.
They sure will. In fact, I've gotten a number of attempted connections to my machine from a "University of Iowa Palisades Systems" (according to PeerGuardian. It's all over the place. I was getting pinged constantly downloading that new Mandrake awhile back.
Yea, except you're wrong. Go back to the overclocker's site where it was posted. You'll see his admission of the ruse - he obtained an empty G5 case and used that. There were no guts to pull out.
That's ok, not a big deal. I had just thought I missed it somehow. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how I missed it, even though I was specifically looking for it when I read it though.
Appreciate the honesty, though - A quality usuall difficult to find in online.
Ah, yes, that is pretty sneaky. I didn't even notice that. I did, however, go back and read the Newsforge article. I still found no mention that Vulcan is not an investor in Baystar. I saw where it said that Vulcan doesn't OWN BayStar, but that's about it. Care to point it out?
I didn't fully read the Newsforge article (and I didn't see anything stating that Vulcan wasn't an investor), but how can that possibly be true? According to Baystar's own website Vulcan Ventures is the largest investor in Baystar (in 2002, at least). I seriously doubt they'd "confirm" that Vulcan is not an investor when their website specifically states otherwise.
Here is the White Paper from their site
Nope, the power stayed on here the whole time. The blackout was mainly north-east of here. Part of Columbus was affected, but only a small portion.
Well, actually its 27% of the regular iPod's capacity for $50. To get the 10% number you'd have to compare it to the 40GB model, which is twice as expensive as the mini ($499).
It is hard drive based. Its just that the hard drive used the Compact Flash interface more common to flash memory. It's a tiny hard drive manufactured by Hitachi.
If you had your order shipped to you, as you must have, you probably ordered it over the internet, correct? You will have then paid with a credit card. Both MasterCard and AmericanExpress (and others, I'm sure) guarentee items you purchase with your card. They state that if the merchant you bought something from won't take it back, they will. You might wanna give them a call to find out the details as they apply to your card.
Good luck!
That may be true, but you're basically advocating the Mac userbase not use the terminal because they could make a mistake. By telling them to stay away from the terminal you're only perpetuating the problem, not solving it. Sure, they may make some mistakes, but they would have never learned how to do them properly if they hadn't even tried.
Let me guess... you've never fiddled around with some setting or file you probably shouldn't have, and wound up paying for it? Doubtful...
Wait, so you advocate Mac users create cron jobs instead of using scripting... and at the same time tell them to stay away from the terminal? Is it even possible to set cron jobs without that terminal? Not that I've seen...
This is just not true. I forget when, but Apple publicly released information to investors showing that they made between $50 and $150 per iPod, depending on the model. This is due to the extensive discounts they receive by buying the components in huge quantities. You might remember that the original iPod debuted at the exact same price as the hard drive it contained ($399, if I'm not mistaken).
How did this even get modded up?
First of all, Athsma does not qualify for handicap plates (at least in Ohio). The parent never mentioned anything about handicap plates. Where did that come from?
Second, the parent never claimed to support drunk driving. This effects everyone, including drunk drivers. Why wouldn't it just cover drunk drivers?
Carjacking would be a serious concern. You're a sitting duck. The theif knows that there is absolutely nothing you can do to drive away. You might as well just hand over the keys!
This law will NEVER come to pass, and if it does it will be overturned swiftly.
I definately doubt it has anything at all to do with hardware. If the hardware were the problem, all games with high-motion 3D would cause it, and that's simply not the case. It is only specific games, so it must have something to do with the way the screen rotates. Its the only option.
Hardly. As far as I can tell Descent made everyone nauseous - I don't know anyone who was able to play it for long stretches.
And for the record, I have season passes to both King's Island and Cedar Point in Ohio. LOVE roller coasters.
It's something unnatural about the way the screen moves in some 3D games (Halo, for me, being another example - especially when in one of the vehicles)... it's actually a common complaint, look it up.
I've taken my Cingular all over Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky without any lapses in service... so the coverage is pretty good in those areas, at least.
You're right, though. T-Mobile is the largest GSM provider in the US.
T-Mobile Press Release
Oh man, Descent was the worst! I played that a few times, and every time I felt sick, so I had to give up. Imagine if there was a 3 monitor Descent! Talk about feeling sick...
Close, all three have their own towers. About 6 months to a year ago they all signed agreements letting their subscribers use the towers of one of the other 2 companies (Cingular, TMobile, AT&T).
Cingular has the largest GSM network, or did last I looked, if I'm not mistaken... followed by TMobile and then AT&T.
That is the GAIT(GSM and TDMA) network map. The parent was likely referring to the GSM network, which is significantly smaller. Although, even with a GSM phone I can't say I've ever had coverage problems I would describe as "horrible". It was already possible to use AT&T towers if you couldn't get Cingular reception...