Most people don't know that Microsoft literally (not figuratively) stole source code from other companies, and have gotten away with it, either through minimal fines (STAK Technologies) or outright bribery (Quicktime source code used in Windows Media Player). Going after Microsoft for anti-trust is akin to going after Al Capone for tax evasion. Whatever wrongdoing you can get proof of, do so.
"Icee light-up straw", now there's something you won't find on ThinkGeek!
I hadn't read through the site before I posted the link, but it's good to know they still have them. I haven't had an Icee since college, and I just found out they have a machine locally, so I'll have to start collecting those points...:-)
Icee's were better...
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...At least Icee's were available where I grew up. Plus at one time they had "Icee points" that you could save up and send off for "neat stuff." I neve rgot enough, though, but I sure did like the frozen Coke variety...
Nice that we have people of faith providing these "scientific" reports. "Experts believe" this is the trend, "experts believe" this is the smallest ice coverage, "experts believe" this is the tipping point, etc. etc. etc.
All he needs is something that's as easy to use as a home appliance, and breaks as seldom. All of the computer manufacturers have a ways to go to get there, but I can see Apple and Sony duking it out in the near future for supremacy in the "infotainment processor" space.
I'm thinking the time may be right, if he tries it again. Like I said, he's almost there now with the all-in-one iMac. I'll bet with the new Intel chips they could make one that's as thin as a regular HDTV (my Samsung is only a little thinner than my iMac as it is), so you could hang it on the wall if you wanted.
"A man can dream, can't he? A man can dream..." - Prof. Farnsworth
Here's my prediction for what "the next big thing" from Apple will be: an Apple "Intelligent TV", or "iTV". They almost made that step with the integrated iMac, except it left out the tuner and video digitizer. I believe they will be able to make an iTV using the Intel chips that they couldn't with PowerPC, and with DRM support built-in, they'll be able to sell the idea to the networks as well as the movie companies.
They would need to provide something that works like a remote control, probably a Bluetooth or Airport-type wireless device, and an application that lets the user choose channels to watch or record. If the iTV has a built-in cable modem as well as an Ethernet interface, it could tie into an in-house Internet TV schedule database, or use something like TitanTV, for TiVo-like time-shifting, without needing yet another external box.
And of course, being a complete home computer as well, it would run iWork or Office or whatever other programs people would want or need, as well as web browsing. And of course it would let people plug in their iPods and iSights and all the other gadgets, too.
Okay, now feel free to call me ten kinds of idiot!:-)
Oh, yeah, and if Bush had authorized the Corps of Engineers to start work on the levees 5 years ago, you can see the news stories:
"'Leveegate' allegations continue as the Bush Administration faced increasing criticism from poverty groups concerning the spending of billions on so-called 'improvements' to levees in New Orleans. The Reverend Jesse Jackson was quoted as saying, 'The poor folks in New Orleans don't need flood control, they need jobs control!' The Reverend Jackson was leading a protest vigil at a construction site where hundreds of families had been displaced by the Army Corps of Engineers' to make room for levee 'enhancement' work. Noted scientists continued to maintain the lack of immediate need for these 'enhancements,' citing the extremely low probability of a category 5 hurricane hitting the New Orleans area."
And of course Slashdot would have been ablaze with articles claiming the only reason the levee work was being done was to make Bush's cronies rich.
And one other thing, since the construction would have taken years, the levees under construction would have been more vulnerable to the hurricane and flood waters than those not being worked on. But that wouldn't matter, Bush would still have been blamed for the "failure".
And I'm sure the pictures of police and soldiers dragging poor people from their homes and throwing them on buses in the forced evacuation would have gone over so well, especially if the hurricane had missed.
Yeah, the people who didn't want to leave for any reason would have made great photo-ops displaying the cruelty and racism of the Bush Administration, for displacing poor blacks from their homes.
The point is, the current administration can do nothing right, and will always be painted with evil motives, no matter what. Most Americans are sick of hearing it, but until the ClintonII administration takes office, that's all we will hear. That's why I've turned the news off.
I don't know how much these things can carry, but let's say they can carry 100 pounds/50 kilograms. Why not build a couple dozen or a hundred or so, pack each one with 50 kilos of consumables (ice, dried food, medical supplies, etc) and stagger-launch them so that they land in roughly the same area. Also equip them with the means of "homing" on each others' signals, and let them "swarm" together, maybe set them to swarm to the first one to land safely. It might take some time, but after a while you'd have (if you made 100 of them) about 5000 kilograms of consumables in one easily-accessed place, without having to launch the whole mess at once, and without risking the entire mission. If a few of the things get lost, or fail to land correctly, or can't "hop", etc, you're not out a whole lot, you might only have 4500 kilos of consumables but it wouldn't hurt as badly as losing the whole thing.
Then you can launch a lighter human-rated lander, maybe with a habitat module, to land near the "flock" of "penguins" which will supply the consumbables for the mission. Shoot, you could even gather up the used ones to bring back to be recycled. People might even be able to track down the ones that got lost and recover what they were carrying.
Sure, there are lots of holes, and there's no telling how much it would cost to build 100 of them, but surely if you used the same pattern, the same supplies etc. economies of scale would take over and the cost would come down.
Well, anyway, that thought just came to me, and I figured I'd pass it on, now that there are so many other articles no one will read this!
Except you still need someone who knows exactly what the original application does in order to migrate correctly. Unless you hire someone really good at code analysis, who has many system migrations under his belt.
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Can't believe no one jumped on this.
"Wrest": http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wrest
"Wrestle": http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wrestle
Or the Flintstones' rapid-fire slingshot gun...
The RIAA might try plea-bargaining, but they can't settle the case out of court. Or, they might get a friendly judge to dismiss the case.
Thing is, the record industry Devil may find out they made a deal with Cthulu... :-)
#2 a. Always draw a line with a felt-tip pen across the top of your deck, from one front corner to the opposite back corner.
Saved my butt a couple of times...
But what few realize is, times are always interesting...
:-)
It's only after you've been through a long enough time that you realize just how interesting the time you've been through has been.
(Hey, it's 5 AM as I post this, you were expecting Zen, maybe?
This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_Victory
Most people don't know that Microsoft literally (not figuratively) stole source code from other companies, and have gotten away with it, either through minimal fines (STAK Technologies) or outright bribery (Quicktime source code used in Windows Media Player). Going after Microsoft for anti-trust is akin to going after Al Capone for tax evasion. Whatever wrongdoing you can get proof of, do so.
Mmmmmmm, artificial fruit flavorings....
Ah, yes, "Icee" you're right... :-)
"Icee light-up straw", now there's something you won't find on ThinkGeek!
:-)
I hadn't read through the site before I posted the link, but it's good to know they still have them. I haven't had an Icee since college, and I just found out they have a machine locally, so I'll have to start collecting those points...
...At least Icee's were available where I grew up. Plus at one time they had "Icee points" that you could save up and send off for "neat stuff." I neve rgot enough, though, but I sure did like the frozen Coke variety...
http://www.icee.com/
Nice that we have people of faith providing these "scientific" reports. "Experts believe" this is the trend, "experts believe" this is the smallest ice coverage, "experts believe" this is the tipping point, etc. etc. etc.
I believe I'll have another drink...
All he needs is something that's as easy to use as a home appliance, and breaks as seldom. All of the computer manufacturers have a ways to go to get there, but I can see Apple and Sony duking it out in the near future for supremacy in the "infotainment processor" space.
Could be some fun times ahead!
I'm thinking the time may be right, if he tries it again. Like I said, he's almost there now with the all-in-one iMac. I'll bet with the new Intel chips they could make one that's as thin as a regular HDTV (my Samsung is only a little thinner than my iMac as it is), so you could hang it on the wall if you wanted.
"A man can dream, can't he? A man can dream..." - Prof. Farnsworth
Here's my prediction for what "the next big thing" from Apple will be: an Apple "Intelligent TV", or "iTV". They almost made that step with the integrated iMac, except it left out the tuner and video digitizer. I believe they will be able to make an iTV using the Intel chips that they couldn't with PowerPC, and with DRM support built-in, they'll be able to sell the idea to the networks as well as the movie companies.
:-)
They would need to provide something that works like a remote control, probably a Bluetooth or Airport-type wireless device, and an application that lets the user choose channels to watch or record. If the iTV has a built-in cable modem as well as an Ethernet interface, it could tie into an in-house Internet TV schedule database, or use something like TitanTV, for TiVo-like time-shifting, without needing yet another external box.
And of course, being a complete home computer as well, it would run iWork or Office or whatever other programs people would want or need, as well as web browsing. And of course it would let people plug in their iPods and iSights and all the other gadgets, too.
Okay, now feel free to call me ten kinds of idiot!
Well, it has been a few decades since I saw either, so my poor remaining neurons fired in the only way they could! :-)
:-)
Too bad I couldn't have worked in a SHADO reference, though...
Spectrum Is Go!
Oh, yeah, and if Bush had authorized the Corps of Engineers to start work on the levees 5 years ago, you can see the news stories:
"'Leveegate' allegations continue as the Bush Administration faced increasing criticism from poverty groups concerning the spending of billions on so-called 'improvements' to levees in New Orleans. The Reverend Jesse Jackson was quoted as saying, 'The poor folks in New Orleans don't need flood control, they need jobs control!' The Reverend Jackson was leading a protest vigil at a construction site where hundreds of families had been displaced by the Army Corps of Engineers' to make room for levee 'enhancement' work. Noted scientists continued to maintain the lack of immediate need for these 'enhancements,' citing the extremely low probability of a category 5 hurricane hitting the New Orleans area."
And of course Slashdot would have been ablaze with articles claiming the only reason the levee work was being done was to make Bush's cronies rich.
And one other thing, since the construction would have taken years, the levees under construction would have been more vulnerable to the hurricane and flood waters than those not being worked on. But that wouldn't matter, Bush would still have been blamed for the "failure".
And I'm sure the pictures of police and soldiers dragging poor people from their homes and throwing them on buses in the forced evacuation would have gone over so well, especially if the hurricane had missed.
Yeah, the people who didn't want to leave for any reason would have made great photo-ops displaying the cruelty and racism of the Bush Administration, for displacing poor blacks from their homes.
The point is, the current administration can do nothing right, and will always be painted with evil motives, no matter what. Most Americans are sick of hearing it, but until the ClintonII administration takes office, that's all we will hear. That's why I've turned the news off.
.. since It's All Bush's Fault(tm)
Here's a funky idea (funky penguins!):
I don't know how much these things can carry, but let's say they can carry 100 pounds/50 kilograms. Why not build a couple dozen or a hundred or so, pack each one with 50 kilos of consumables (ice, dried food, medical supplies, etc) and stagger-launch them so that they land in roughly the same area. Also equip them with the means of "homing" on each others' signals, and let them "swarm" together, maybe set them to swarm to the first one to land safely. It might take some time, but after a while you'd have (if you made 100 of them) about 5000 kilograms of consumables in one easily-accessed place, without having to launch the whole mess at once, and without risking the entire mission. If a few of the things get lost, or fail to land correctly, or can't "hop", etc, you're not out a whole lot, you might only have 4500 kilos of consumables but it wouldn't hurt as badly as losing the whole thing.
Then you can launch a lighter human-rated lander, maybe with a habitat module, to land near the "flock" of "penguins" which will supply the consumbables for the mission. Shoot, you could even gather up the used ones to bring back to be recycled. People might even be able to track down the ones that got lost and recover what they were carrying.
Sure, there are lots of holes, and there's no telling how much it would cost to build 100 of them, but surely if you used the same pattern, the same supplies etc. economies of scale would take over and the cost would come down.
Well, anyway, that thought just came to me, and I figured I'd pass it on, now that there are so many other articles no one will read this!
Yeah, we've been doing so for nearly a century. Not intentionally, mind you.
Except you still need someone who knows exactly what the original application does in order to migrate correctly. Unless you hire someone really good at code analysis, who has many system migrations under his belt.
:-)
I'm available...