"I've been walking around with that idea for a while. Great for those wifi, BT and mouse dongles. And all the industry needs to do is think of a standard form factor."
That is not a bad idea anyway. It would take some bulk out of those needlessly blobby thumb-drives.
"that is living testament to media format wars iam not suprised floppy disk has lasted so long"
The floppy was only "obsoleted" last year when thumb-drive prices went way down. Only then were floppies not the best way anymore to move small files very quickly between non-connected machines.
"would we have a row of different sized fillercaps down the side of your car ?"
I wondered what was behind those portholes on the sides of Buicks!
"Slashdot is like Playboy: I read it for the articles"
This analogy implies that the real reason you read Slashdot is for the pictures..... and here, that means a proliferation of linked goatse and tubgirl. Ugh!
Hmmm. Where is FairPlay/AAC on that list? Speaking of a free press, click here to see the latest Apple stories on Slashdot. 2 or 3 on the first page alone are about Apple censoring users and closing communications. Definitely more Kim Jong Il than Johnny Appleseed here. This just does not happen nearly as much in the OSS world.
With so much stuff being plugged in via USB that used to go into PCMCIA card slots, is another card slot technology like this really needed?
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"Anyone who challenges any monopoly is a kind of a hero in my book"
Within the Apple enclave, there is even less "freedom" than in the Microsoft world. Using the "communism" analogy, what you are doing is cheering on North Korea as compared to China.
There is much more of a "you must use this hardware to run this software!" thing going on. You can also check with the PlayFair folks about Apple's tendencies. If you want "Competition = free market = you choose.", look to the Linux world. They bend over backwards for such "freedom": interopability, hardware flexibility, and open standards, and user participation in major developments. You don't have everything being handed down from a "Politburo" like you do with Apple and Microsoft.
In the wake of these troubles, Dan Rather plans to turn to other matters after he retires in March. According to unnamed sources, Rather claims to have located Jack Ruby's Blackberry. He is going to use the information in it to reveal amazing breaththroughs in the JFK assassination.
"....converts 30% of the sun's energy to electricity."
That's pretty damn powerful. All you have to do is connect it a few times, and the sun is pretty much reduced to a burnt-out husk. 30% energy reduction at a time!
With Tucker Carlson leaving CNN's "Crossfire", and James Carville also soon to leave for Voldemort-related stunt work in the next "Harry Potter" film, this looks real good for Paul Begala. He could get rich off of thisl he's better equipped for anyone for the new "headvert" field.
I thought about what you said, and pretty much agree. I don't like illegal immigration mainly due to the illegality. Those who hand out government services are obligated to make sure that the recipients are qualified. Whenever this is broght up, they whine something like "but we are not INS agents! We are social workers!". However, making sure the recipients are legal citizens should be treated no differently from making sure that you aren't giving WIC (Women, Infants, Children) benefits to 78-year-old men.
However, LEGAL immigration can have some benefits. I read recently of a reduction in immigration quotas for nurses coming from the Phillipines to help with the US nurse shortage. Clearly, the presence of these nurses helps the health care situation.
Not only that, but "Oakley Thump" has to be the worst name anything like this has ever had. What next? "Hey! check out my new Brantley Whap shoelaces! They store digital pictures!"
All: Day-0, day-ay-ay-0
All: Bill Gates come and he wanna go home
All: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
All: He say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
All: Microsoft come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hack all night on a drink a'rum
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hack manana till thee morning come
Girls: Bill gates come and he wanna go home
Ah. like the rare genetic defect carried by Eric Lenscherr. His genes gave him remarkable powers over magnatism. The tradeoff? An overwhelming desire to control the world, which did not make him welcome at parties.
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That is not a bad idea anyway. It would take some bulk out of those needlessly blobby thumb-drives.
The floppy was only "obsoleted" last year when thumb-drive prices went way down. Only then were floppies not the best way anymore to move small files very quickly between non-connected machines.
"would we have a row of different sized fillercaps down the side of your car ?"
I wondered what was behind those portholes on the sides of Buicks!
This analogy implies that the real reason you read Slashdot is for the pictures..... and here, that means a proliferation of linked goatse and tubgirl. Ugh!
The parent made the communism analogy. I was not particularly happy with it, but I ran with what was there.
"except that they have fair trade (open source kernal)
Are modifications from the user/developer community being incorporated into Mac OS? Not last time I heard (a dictatorship and not a democracy?).
Hmmm. Where is FairPlay/AAC on that list? Speaking of a free press, click here to see the latest Apple stories on Slashdot. 2 or 3 on the first page alone are about Apple censoring users and closing communications. Definitely more Kim Jong Il than Johnny Appleseed here. This just does not happen nearly as much in the OSS world.
With so much stuff being plugged in via USB that used to go into PCMCIA card slots, is another card slot technology like this really needed?
Within the Apple enclave, there is even less "freedom" than in the Microsoft world. Using the "communism" analogy, what you are doing is cheering on North Korea as compared to China.
There is much more of a "you must use this hardware to run this software!" thing going on. You can also check with the PlayFair folks about Apple's tendencies. If you want "Competition = free market = you choose.", look to the Linux world. They bend over backwards for such "freedom": interopability, hardware flexibility, and open standards, and user participation in major developments. You don't have everything being handed down from a "Politburo" like you do with Apple and Microsoft.
In the wake of these troubles, Dan Rather plans to turn to other matters after he retires in March. According to unnamed sources, Rather claims to have located Jack Ruby's Blackberry. He is going to use the information in it to reveal amazing breaththroughs in the JFK assassination.
yeah, but you can buy entire Nebraska counties for the price of a decent home in New York.
That's pretty damn powerful. All you have to do is connect it a few times, and the sun is pretty much reduced to a burnt-out husk. 30% energy reduction at a time!
Then the poor bloke would wear himself out doing constant backflips trying to read it. "what's it say? what's it say?!!!"
How much would Viagra have to pay YOU to walk around with blue horns on your head and a plastic salami in your pants?
With Tucker Carlson leaving CNN's "Crossfire", and James Carville also soon to leave for Voldemort-related stunt work in the next "Harry Potter" film, this looks real good for Paul Begala. He could get rich off of thisl he's better equipped for anyone for the new "headvert" field.
However, LEGAL immigration can have some benefits. I read recently of a reduction in immigration quotas for nurses coming from the Phillipines to help with the US nurse shortage. Clearly, the presence of these nurses helps the health care situation.
Are you kidding? The store shelves are filled with them. Check out this link as well.
If .com is pronounced "dot com", is dot-com pronounced "dot dash com"? Why can't they just spell it "dot com"?
Not only that, but "Oakley Thump" has to be the worst name anything like this has ever had. What next? "Hey! check out my new Brantley Whap shoelaces! They store digital pictures!"
' Bill Gates Come and say-a commie go home '.
They were working on it, but it got complicated when it was revealed that SCO had filed an patent on the hours from 02:00 - 11:00 AM.
Don't even respond unless you have a USB thumb drive with an embedded commodore joystick. Begone with you!
All: Day-0, day-ay-ay-0
All: Bill Gates come and he wanna go home
All: Day, he say day, he say day, he say day,
All: He say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
All: Microsoft come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hack all night on a drink a'rum
Girls: Daylight come and he wanna go home
Boys: Hack manana till thee morning come
Girls: Bill gates come and he wanna go home
Digital cameras that act as cell phones?
Handheld gameboy clones that play MP3s?
Mp3 players that play videogames?
Cell phones that play MP3's?
Cell phones that play videogames?
Mp3 players that take digital pictures?
Gameboys that make phone calls?
If I left off any of the the ridiculous convergence that makes up so much of tech buzz these days, let me know.
Ah. like the rare genetic defect carried by Eric Lenscherr. His genes gave him remarkable powers over magnatism. The tradeoff? An overwhelming desire to control the world, which did not make him welcome at parties.
The only lesson I learned from Howard Dean is to not give a political speech during a full moon.
I've seen it used. Google sysrq and you fill find plenty of things that use it.
Your proposal is acceptible.