Maybe it would become confused with the tires slipping though? "Ok I'm tilted and my tires aren't spinning, maybe I should spin them. Hey, my tires are not counteracting the tilt, maybe I should spin them faster." I think the end result would be the Segway falling over, because it's logic could only make the situation worse. We all know what it's like to gas it when you're slipping =) Making a dangerous situation even more dangerous...
I remember a time when I went "up north" during the first weekend in May. I live in the Milwaukee area and was wearing shorts when we left. By the time we got to our property, near Minocqua, there was over 2 ft of snow on the ground and our truck got stuck on a back road. That was one of the funniest things ever, putting chains on tires in shorts and a t-shirt =) We ended up walking 1/2 mile or so to the cabin at 3 in the morning (in 2+ ft of snow!!) because the truck was bottoming out on the snow and we couldn't go anywhere, even with chains. Lots of "shoveling the truck out" the next day and we finally made it. That weekend ended with snow, hail, rain, and flooding -- we almost had to dig the truck out of *mud* on the way out. Wisconsin...gotta love it =)
Actually some people are crazy and put studs on their motorcycle tires (mx style motorcycles, mind you) so that they can ride in the snow. Heh..thats what snowmobiles are fow =)
Those of us in the northern portion of the country are still screwed. Here in Wisconsin, these things would never work on an icy sidewalk. Anyone try riding a bicycle on ice?
I think that space and space exploration are cool, but I'm not at all a SciFi fan.
Hey, while we're at it, we might as well tax Africa, because thats where AIDS came from. And we should tax Canada, because they're Canada. And while we're on a roll, lets tax Cowboy Neal, because his name has "Cow" in it and everything with "Cow" in it should be taxable.
"ATI have this market all wrapped up at the moment, and the prices are good for both the AIW products and the standard Radeon cards."
The prices for the GeforceX products are good too, and the price difference is relative to performance.
"Drivers are a lot better as well"
Don't make me go there. ATI's website is hell (dont know how bad it is currently, but historically it's been a huge mess) so it's near impossible to find out which driver you need. Not to mention Detonator is the bomb.
"Nothing that is as good as a GeForce 4 Ti4600 though"
You just contradicted yourself.
"but that is darn expensive " Again..price relative to performance. In technology, you're always going to pay top dollar for that "last little bit" be it difference between a 2.0ghz cpu and a 2.2ghz cpu. The Ti4600 chews up and spits out the Radeon cards. In the high end market (the one you're referring to) nVidia is most definitely king.
"My reason for advertising here, too, is that I believe the Net offers the best place for individual entrepreneurs of all kinds -- writers, game creators, artists, musicians, software designers -- to skirt conventional costs, limitations and marketing practices and find their own audiences. To me, that's a big part of the "open" in open source. Younger people raised on the Net don't pay nearly as much attention to mainstream media as their elders, so we have to reach them where they are. The good news is that we can. " ---- Advertising on the internet is one thing, but advtising at the place at which you work, a place where you have a distinct advantage over nearly everyone else on the internet, is totally out of line. There are plenty of places to talk about your totally unrelated work (Remember - News for nerds, stuff that matters) besides Slashdot. Here's a thought, none of us really care about your book. Why would you even attempt to market to an audience that doesn't care? Thats like advertising feminine products during Sesame Street. It's just plain dumb and it's not going to help you get any customers (only people whining about how feminine products are being advertised during Sesame Street - catch my drift?).
Having worked at a computer store for the past 2 1/2 years, I can attest to the fact that most people feel that onboard sound is adequate, even if it isn't.
Look at the Soyo Dragon boards for example. Onboard 5.1 surround sound. Except for the fact that it's crap. Most people see the onboard 5.1 and assume that it's good, even though it's like AC97+more outputs!
Caffeine is just a bonus for Mountain Dew. Pills will never replace Mountain Dew, for Mountain Dew tastes good! I don't know of anyone that drinks Mountain Dew to "stay awake". If people have that big of a problem staying awake, they take caffeine pills.
Mountain Dew = good taste, caffeine is a bonus for a little "kick"
Caffeine pills = keep you awake
I have a feeling that many coffee drinkers feel the same way, since they're so used to "holding a cup in the morning" or something... it's just not replaceable.
Although somewhat offtopic, I graduated from High School last year, successfully having completed three years of Latin.
The situation of which you speak can also vary quite a bit. Most (90%+) of the teachers that I had in HS were top-notch. If someone is willing to work for the wages that teachers work for, they must be in it for something besides the money (e.g. students). The biggest problems that I have seen are from the "higher-ups" -- administrative staff. Teachers can no longer be as interactive with their students as they once were. Regulations imposed post-Columbine make todays Public Schools more like prisons than schools. Similar to what we're experiencing with 9/11 reactionary legislation (USA Bill, etc).
Also, you mention that sixty years ago, Greek and Latin were taught, but now they aren't taught at all (or much less, rather), implying that the all-around ability to be creative is not present as much as it was sixty years ago. Should I remind you of the "cookie cutter" *everything* from sixty years ago? Schools trained students to be like the Cleavers... teachers now, with the technology available, can have students doing more independent study. If only the administration would let them...
Although we understand "call- identifying information" to consist of both dialing and signaling information that may or may not be described in terms of telephone numbers, we emphasize that not all dialing and signaling information is "call-identifying information." For example, parties using bank- by- phone systems, automated prescription renewal services, and voicemail systems often enter account numbers, prescription numbers and passcodes that do not affect how the network processes the ongoing call. To reach this distinction, we look at the definition of "call- identifying information":
"dialing or signaling information that identifies the origin, direction, destination, or termination of each communication generated or received by a subscriber by means of any equipment, facility, or service of a
telecommunications carrier." 81 While some dialing or signaling information identifies the origin, direction, destination, or termination of a communication, 82 other dialing or signaling information - such as a bank account number - clearly does not. Again, an analysis of traditional pen register surveillance supports this distinction. During a traditional pen register surveillance, a LEA receives all signals that are
sent from the intercept subject to the carrier, including 'off- hook' and 'on- hook' signals, hook flashes, ringing tones and busy signals. 83 Because special equipment is used to identify and record those audio
signals used in call processing, the traditional model recognizes that there is a distinction between audio signals that are call content and audio signals that are call- identifying. 84 This model also supports a broad interpretation of what "identifies" the origin, direction, destination, or termination of a communication. ------ I've been briefly looking over the document, and I can't seem to find where they specifically say that they want access to the call *content*. In fact, they seem to be saying that their original intent (to get call-identifying information) was misinterpreted to mean call-content. Maybe I just haven't found it yet, but does anyone know which part specifically says that they need access to call *content*?
How long do you suppose it would take to bring 20 *tons* of material up to the ISS that's going to stay there? Not only that, but be in one place at one time, which just happens to be on a 1m by 3m cart.
Also...I see a lot of people complaining about the speed (or lack thereof) of this thing. If you have 20 tons of material moving, and you want it to stop, you have some serious momentum issues. The speed seems appropriate for this application, I would think.
"They briefly mention the possibilities of end-users being able to re-edit the movie (with a veiled reference to The Phantom Edit) but focus more on the way that it's starting to influence directors and producers during the course of making the movie."
I don't know about any of you, but I predict that DVD as a form of data storage will soon become a LOT more popular. DVD movies have been out for a few years now, but DVD as a form of data storage hasn't had much of a chance because of availability. With DVD-Burners becoming much less expensive, it'll be easier to backup our data on to these. I'll also mention the fact that a HUGE portion of new "pre-built" computers, whether they be crappy name-brand or corner-computer-store generic, come with DVD drives as a standard. I'm also going to guess that movies will move on to something different. I haven't personally used a DVD-Burner yet, but I would assume that it's just as simple now to copy a DVD as it has been to copy a music CD for the past few years. The movie industry likes money..... I think they'll move on to something they can have a stronger grip on and get more out of (bigger is always better, anyways, right?).
As if they'd get away with parking that massive vehicle they designed! That thing looks like it would rip up more ground than a tank or bulldozer! -kwishot
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Maybe it would become confused with the tires slipping though? "Ok I'm tilted and my tires aren't spinning, maybe I should spin them. Hey, my tires are not counteracting the tilt, maybe I should spin them faster." I think the end result would be the Segway falling over, because it's logic could only make the situation worse. We all know what it's like to gas it when you're slipping =) Making a dangerous situation even more dangerous...
-kwishot
I remember a time when I went "up north" during the first weekend in May. I live in the Milwaukee area and was wearing shorts when we left. By the time we got to our property, near Minocqua, there was over 2 ft of snow on the ground and our truck got stuck on a back road. That was one of the funniest things ever, putting chains on tires in shorts and a t-shirt =)
We ended up walking 1/2 mile or so to the cabin at 3 in the morning (in 2+ ft of snow!!) because the truck was bottoming out on the snow and we couldn't go anywhere, even with chains. Lots of "shoveling the truck out" the next day and we finally made it. That weekend ended with snow, hail, rain, and flooding -- we almost had to dig the truck out of *mud* on the way out.
Wisconsin...gotta love it =)
-kwishot
Actually some people are crazy and put studs on their motorcycle tires (mx style motorcycles, mind you) so that they can ride in the snow. Heh..thats what snowmobiles are fow =)
Those of us in the northern portion of the country are still screwed. Here in Wisconsin, these things would never work on an icy sidewalk.
Anyone try riding a bicycle on ice?
Just read that he's the Republican *candidate*
My bad....
To all you people in Alabama: don't elect this crap
I think that space and space exploration are cool, but I'm not at all a SciFi fan.
Hey, while we're at it, we might as well tax Africa, because thats where AIDS came from. And we should tax Canada, because they're Canada. And while we're on a roll, lets tax Cowboy Neal, because his name has "Cow" in it and everything with "Cow" in it should be taxable.
Sheeple....electing this CRAP
Hardly.
"ATI have this market all wrapped up at the moment, and the prices are good for both the AIW products and the standard Radeon cards."
The prices for the GeforceX products are good too, and the price difference is relative to performance.
"Drivers are a lot better as well"
Don't make me go there. ATI's website is hell (dont know how bad it is currently, but historically it's been a huge mess) so it's near impossible to find out which driver you need. Not to mention Detonator is the bomb.
"Nothing that is as good as a GeForce 4 Ti4600 though"
You just contradicted yourself.
"but that is darn expensive "
Again..price relative to performance. In technology, you're always going to pay top dollar for that "last little bit" be it difference between a 2.0ghz cpu and a 2.2ghz cpu. The Ti4600 chews up and spits out the Radeon cards. In the high end market (the one you're referring to) nVidia is most definitely king.
-kwishot
"My reason for advertising here, too, is that I believe the Net offers the best place for individual entrepreneurs of all kinds -- writers, game creators, artists, musicians, software designers -- to skirt conventional costs, limitations and marketing practices and find their own audiences. To me, that's a big part of the "open" in open source. Younger people raised on the Net don't pay nearly as much attention to mainstream media as their elders, so we have to reach them where they are. The good news is that we can. "
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Advertising on the internet is one thing, but advtising at the place at which you work, a place where you have a distinct advantage over nearly everyone else on the internet, is totally out of line. There are plenty of places to talk about your totally unrelated work (Remember - News for nerds, stuff that matters) besides Slashdot. Here's a thought, none of us really care about your book. Why would you even attempt to market to an audience that doesn't care? Thats like advertising feminine products during Sesame Street. It's just plain dumb and it's not going to help you get any customers (only people whining about how feminine products are being advertised during Sesame Street - catch my drift?).
-kwishot
He's missing the tags. Maybe his book sales aren't doing too well. That's pretty low....
You think that huge solar panels on the moon wouldn't be subject to these "missiles"?
Not only would they be subject to it, but going there to fix them is hella more expensive than repairing satellites.
More power to them!
(I don't know Spanish, but Babelfish is my friend and really....more power to them)
We played Wolfenstein on 2400 baud modems back in the day, what would stop us from playing on 64k? =)
If you're talking about RTCW on the other hand....
=)
The comment was in response to the parent.
Having worked at a computer store for the past 2 1/2 years, I can attest to the fact that most people feel that onboard sound is adequate, even if it isn't.
Look at the Soyo Dragon boards for example. Onboard 5.1 surround sound. Except for the fact that it's crap. Most people see the onboard 5.1 and assume that it's good, even though it's like AC97+more outputs!
-kwishot
Except that 90% of motherboards come now come with crappy AC97 onboard sound (yes, even "good" motherboards).
Caffeine is just a bonus for Mountain Dew. Pills will never replace Mountain Dew, for Mountain Dew tastes good! I don't know of anyone that drinks Mountain Dew to "stay awake". If people have that big of a problem staying awake, they take caffeine pills.
Mountain Dew = good taste, caffeine is a bonus for a little "kick"
Caffeine pills = keep you awake
I have a feeling that many coffee drinkers feel the same way, since they're so used to "holding a cup in the morning" or something... it's just not replaceable.
-kwishot
Although somewhat offtopic, I graduated from High School last year, successfully having completed three years of Latin.
The situation of which you speak can also vary quite a bit. Most (90%+) of the teachers that I had in HS were top-notch. If someone is willing to work for the wages that teachers work for, they must be in it for something besides the money (e.g. students). The biggest problems that I have seen are from the "higher-ups" -- administrative staff. Teachers can no longer be as interactive with their students as they once were. Regulations imposed post-Columbine make todays Public Schools more like prisons than schools. Similar to what we're experiencing with 9/11 reactionary legislation (USA Bill, etc).
Also, you mention that sixty years ago, Greek and Latin were taught, but now they aren't taught at all (or much less, rather), implying that the all-around ability to be creative is not present as much as it was sixty years ago. Should I remind you of the "cookie cutter" *everything* from sixty years ago? Schools trained students to be like the Cleavers... teachers now, with the technology available, can have students doing more independent study. If only the administration would let them...
-kwishot
" Looks like AnimeonDVD already has a full review of the disk. "
Just for those who don't know, disK is for magnetic media, and disC is for optical media.
-kwishot
From the text:
Although we understand "call- identifying information" to consist of both dialing and signaling information that may or may not be described in terms of telephone numbers, we emphasize that not all dialing and signaling information is "call-identifying information." For example, parties using bank- by- phone systems, automated prescription renewal services, and voicemail systems often enter account numbers, prescription numbers and passcodes that do not affect how the network processes the ongoing call. To reach this distinction, we look at the definition of "call- identifying information":
"dialing or signaling information that identifies the origin, direction, destination, or termination of each communication generated or received by a subscriber by means of any equipment, facility, or service of a
telecommunications carrier." 81 While some dialing or signaling information identifies the origin, direction, destination, or termination of a communication, 82 other dialing or signaling information - such as a bank account number - clearly does not. Again, an analysis of traditional pen register surveillance supports this distinction. During a traditional pen register surveillance, a LEA receives all signals that are
sent from the intercept subject to the carrier, including 'off- hook' and 'on- hook' signals, hook flashes, ringing tones and busy signals. 83 Because special equipment is used to identify and record those audio
signals used in call processing, the traditional model recognizes that there is a distinction between audio signals that are call content and audio signals that are call- identifying. 84 This model also supports a broad interpretation of what "identifies" the origin, direction, destination, or termination of a communication.
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I've been briefly looking over the document, and I can't seem to find where they specifically say that they want access to the call *content*. In fact, they seem to be saying that their original intent (to get call-identifying information) was misinterpreted to mean call-content.
Maybe I just haven't found it yet, but does anyone know which part specifically says that they need access to call *content*?
-kwishot
Yet another way to hurt the good guys.
I wonder when the word "privacy" will altogether disappear from English dictionaries....
-kwishot
How long do you suppose it would take to bring 20 *tons* of material up to the ISS that's going to stay there? Not only that, but be in one place at one time, which just happens to be on a 1m by 3m cart.
Also...I see a lot of people complaining about the speed (or lack thereof) of this thing. If you have 20 tons of material moving, and you want it to stop, you have some serious momentum issues. The speed seems appropriate for this application, I would think.
-kwishot
If you would READ the post.
"They briefly mention the possibilities of end-users being able to re-edit the movie (with a veiled reference to The Phantom Edit) but focus more on the way that it's starting to influence directors and producers during the course of making the movie."
I don't know about any of you, but I predict that DVD as a form of data storage will soon become a LOT more popular. DVD movies have been out for a few years now, but DVD as a form of data storage hasn't had much of a chance because of availability. With DVD-Burners becoming much less expensive, it'll be easier to backup our data on to these. I'll also mention the fact that a HUGE portion of new "pre-built" computers, whether they be crappy name-brand or corner-computer-store generic, come with DVD drives as a standard.
I'm also going to guess that movies will move on to something different. I haven't personally used a DVD-Burner yet, but I would assume that it's just as simple now to copy a DVD as it has been to copy a music CD for the past few years.
The movie industry likes money..... I think they'll move on to something they can have a stronger grip on and get more out of (bigger is always better, anyways, right?).
-kwishot
As if they'd get away with parking that massive vehicle they designed!
That thing looks like it would rip up more ground than a tank or bulldozer!
-kwishot
Now that everyone has broadband and can play streaming video.....
vi and notepad! =)