I did this at school in the dorm while I lived on campus. The school paid student techs didn't have much of a clue and their answer was normally to reformat. So I started fixing things for friends, cleaning viruses, solving network problems and cleaning the crap out of mice. They were normally most impressed that they had a "new mouse again." Most of the time payment was a couple of beers or a hot pocket.
If you are shooting for "material (that) has to be narrowly focused" then "leaning toward wireless for our first program" dose not sound like a good idea. There are dozens of sub topics that could easily fill an hour and a half time frame.
Don't get me wrong I think this is a great idea. I'd drive across town for some thing like this. As long as the speaker had a clue and with others attending that would be interested in various topics worth discussing. And to meet that really hot geek chick that I know is out that some place. That was for the post about driving across town for the sex (timdaly).
While in school I used a Palm m130 for my much needed help in organization. But as far as taking notes I stuck to the pen and paper method.
I started with a large desktop system, and then went to a laptop. Tried using both for a while, but the tiny dorm desk did not help at all. The laptop was much easier on move in and out days than the old box and 17 inch CRT too. Eventually I used only the laptop. It remained at the desk most of the time, tethered by a mouse, speakers, power supply and an ethernet cable. But the ability to go portable was great when I needed to get out of the room or if the power went out.
Very interesting that the first link in Google's Sci/Tech headline for this story was to the slashdot post. They referenced other sources too but/. was the main headline link.
What about that advertisement banner at the top of the buddy list? "2.3 billion instant messages are sent around the world via America Online" every day. That means there are a lot of people looking at that buddy list, and in turn that add at the top of it.
Seems like they are making a good bit selling that add space. Like most other free things making money through advertisement sells like television, radio, and web sites.
I'm sure there are plenty of companies out there that are willing to pay to have that kind of exposure. Especially if they can reach "40 percent of all Americans from age of 14 to 24."
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The reflector is an implementation of a fresnel lens, invented in 1822 by a French Physicist named Augustin Fresnel. Initially used in lighthouse lenses, and more recently used in things like overhead projectors and thin magnifying surfaces you see on the back of RVs. The fresnel shape comes from taking the original lens or reflector and cutting it into concentric rings. Then making each ring thinner, but leaving the original curve so that most of the light is reflected in parallel beams.
I can see how this design might be nice in situations when the back of the computer must be visible. Instead of trying to hide the computer under or behind some thing; it could be used in a more open situation like on a table top that is not against a wall or on a counter or bar type space.
The computers used in cars, planes, and now some dishwashers are not really designed to last any longer than a PC. They are designed to do ONE thing; monitor this or regulate that, they do this one task well and with out fail. PCs are merely supped up versions of these computers but they are being asked to do dozens of different tasks all at once. It is when the programs doing these tasks don't cooperate with one another that results in computer crashing.
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Gmail and now Yahoo do not offer 1 GB of e-mail storage. They are offering 1000 MB not 1024 MB.
Next step, getting those cell phones off our belts and in to our shoes.
I did this at school in the dorm while I lived on campus. The school paid student techs didn't have much of a clue and their answer was normally to reformat. So I started fixing things for friends, cleaning viruses, solving network problems and cleaning the crap out of mice. They were normally most impressed that they had a "new mouse again." Most of the time payment was a couple of beers or a hot pocket.
If you are shooting for "material (that) has to be narrowly focused" then "leaning toward wireless for our first program" dose not sound like a good idea. There are dozens of sub topics that could easily fill an hour and a half time frame.
Don't get me wrong I think this is a great idea. I'd drive across town for some thing like this. As long as the speaker had a clue and with others attending that would be interested in various topics worth discussing. And to meet that really hot geek chick that I know is out that some place. That was for the post about driving across town for the sex (timdaly).
While in school I used a Palm m130 for my much needed help in organization. But as far as taking notes I stuck to the pen and paper method.
I started with a large desktop system, and then went to a laptop. Tried using both for a while, but the tiny dorm desk did not help at all. The laptop was much easier on move in and out days than the old box and 17 inch CRT too. Eventually I used only the laptop. It remained at the desk most of the time, tethered by a mouse, speakers, power supply and an ethernet cable. But the ability to go portable was great when I needed to get out of the room or if the power went out.
Very interesting that the first link in Google's Sci/Tech headline for this story was to the slashdot post. They referenced other sources too but /. was the main headline link.
What about that advertisement banner at the top of the buddy list? "2.3 billion instant messages are sent around the world via America Online" every day. That means there are a lot of people looking at that buddy list, and in turn that add at the top of it.
Seems like they are making a good bit selling that add space. Like most other free things making money through advertisement sells like television, radio, and web sites.
I'm sure there are plenty of companies out there that are willing to pay to have that kind of exposure. Especially if they can reach "40 percent of all Americans from age of 14 to 24."
The reflector is an implementation of a fresnel lens, invented in 1822 by a French Physicist named Augustin Fresnel. Initially used in lighthouse lenses, and more recently used in things like overhead projectors and thin magnifying surfaces you see on the back of RVs. The fresnel shape comes from taking the original lens or reflector and cutting it into concentric rings. Then making each ring thinner, but leaving the original curve so that most of the light is reflected in parallel beams.
I'm still waiting for Space Quest 7. Number six ended with a "To Be Continued..."
I can see how this design might be nice in situations when the back of the computer must be visible. Instead of trying to hide the computer under or behind some thing; it could be used in a more open situation like on a table top that is not against a wall or on a counter or bar type space.
The computers used in cars, planes, and now some dishwashers are not really designed to last any longer than a PC. They are designed to do ONE thing; monitor this or regulate that, they do this one task well and with out fail. PCs are merely supped up versions of these computers but they are being asked to do dozens of different tasks all at once. It is when the programs doing these tasks don't cooperate with one another that results in computer crashing.