It sounds like the cost is probably high and it's only meant for backup solution, but the one killer application I can think of would be the upcoming Formula-E http://www.fiaformulae.com/ races. There's no need to pit if you have enough power to run the entire race with one of these.
I have outages at least once or twice a year, where I lose my power, cell phone, land line, cable and of course Internet. Power I can get around with a generator, but the others not so much. I don't miss the cable TV, but no phone service of any kind is definitely a problem when it last more than a few hours.
I'd love a cheap plan that only let me subscribe when I needed it, no charges for a month I don't use the satellite, or at the very least a sub-$20 package that isn't fast or has a lot of data that I can at least use to get information off the Net with (send email, maybe Skype). If they really want to shake up the industry, they'd offer a super cheap package for folks like me.
This idea makes sense, (even if the site sounds like it's empty and poorly designed), but only if you are comparing similar languages. For web scripting, I learned PERL first, and recently made the switch over to PHP for most of my new website stuff. Due to the old stuff still needing periodic work, I'm constantly going back and forth between the languages, and a cheat sheet showing me the syntax diffrences and basic fundamentals is invaluable for me.
Even if this site was fully fleshed out, you would still never get past the initial learning curve of a new language with just a list of ways to do all the particular tasks. It would be useful while learning it, but you still have to learn the new language.
Crossfire was far from informative or even somewhat useful. Two sides shouting at each other without any rhyme or reason is not debate. Politics maybe, but not debate. Crossfire was part of what's wrong with political discussion in this country. A circus freakshow. The Daily Show is a freakshow, but it doesn't pretend to be "serious news" like Crossfire did.
Probably none, including the person who posted the article, and the people who approved it.
They deliberately used the name of the show (the acronym) and approached the owners for the rights. They weren't doing a parody of the show format, they were attempting to capitalize on it.
Not the same thing as just doing a commentary, or even a Rocky Horror Picture Show type presentation (which let's face it, is what MST3K rips off in the first place to some extent).
Actually you only heard about it today, because today was the first day it appeared on the corporate website. A friend of mine at Bose has been talking about this ever since he started working there. It looks pretty cool, but the Boston Globe reported it might cost around $20K US. I also got the impression that high speed (over 60 mph) performance wasn't going to be as perfect.
Still, if it makes down to the cheaper vehicles in five or ten years, it might make everyday driving far more pleasant. Certainly the first major improvement in suspension in several decades.
but with the local music store chain in Massachusetts called "Newbury Comics". They only have 25 stores scattered around southern New England. I've probably visited half of them without even trying. I buy a lot of CDs (yeah, I know the RIAA, boo-freakin-hoo) and they're all quite unique in their own way. I also thought about doing it with all the pizza places in the city next to the town I live in, but there's literally over 100 of them, and I don't think my colon needs that much cheese.
This guy is pyscho though, and certainly has my respect. 4000+ stores is just incredible, and his collection of pictures might actually be useful someday for research of the corporate giant.
Some people genuinely love large corporations products, I know it's hard for the Slashdot commies to appreciate. Ever notice the people who collect Coca-Cola products (perhaps the most overmarketed fructose laded garbarge ever)?
I'm guessing people don't realize the original series was released at a much, much higher cost. Two episodes per disc (in normal size cases), at $20 a a disc. That's around $450 for the three original seasons, or $150 a season. In comparison, ST:TNG was $100 a season (less if you found them used, I bought mine at BJs for $90, and even got a $25 rebate for buying the last three seasons). I'll happily buy these as sets, even at $100 or $90 a set. I'm not concerned with a subsequent set coming out, because the extras aren't why I buy the sets, I buy them for the unedited, no commercial break, versions of the show. Even with a DVR, I still can't watch them how I would want to.
It's amazing how much people whine about price gouging. If you don't like the cost, rent it with netflix. If you want to own them, but don't want to pay for it, STEAL it off the Net. It might not be as cheap as some other season sets, but that's because they know they can get more. Good for them. People don't NEED these sets, they WANT them.
Speedometers of the time were not limited to 85mph.
Yes they were, by federal law. It's Federal mandate from 1980 I believe. One that I believe is ignored now, but actually still in effect. The theory behind the law was that people would see a speedometer that went up to 160mph and would try and see if the vehicle could actually do it. When digital speedometers came on the market, they began ignoring the law.
say what you will, but Dweezil is a cool name in my opinion... and I don't just say that because I have a picture of him and Lisa Loeb on my desk... Moon Unit though, there's no excuse for that one Frank.
Did you look at the specs for those atomic watches? I checked one on their site and the average battery lifetime is 1.5 years. I'm sure in real life, going in and out of cold buildings, etc, knocks that in half. I don't think a wrist watch needs to be that accurate, I'd rather have a watch that works, instead of one that's outta juice.
An old Epson LQ-500.. all the Epson dot matrix printers were very good quality (for their time), and noisy as hell.. they also seemed to have a much higher pitch in noise than most printers, especially when you'd stick them in a graphics mode, or something funky..
but listening to one for more than 5 minutes would probably drive me insane once the nostalgia wore off.. I certainly don't miss the jammed paper, the noise, the low dot-pitch which screamed "Done on a computer"..
actually, I think it would have been more interesting if he sampled a lot of different printers.. like an old VAX line printer.. chunga-chunga-chunga..
I spent a couple days about a year ago, going through a box of old floppies, and using an image tool to make images of all the floppies.. there were a few bad ones, but for the most part they were all fine.. I blasted the image files to a CD-R, and even had room to store most them as raw files (not image files). I also put the image writer on the CD-R with the images.. I haven't needed them yet, but if I ever do, I don't have to worry about using a floppy to get some obsolote file..
I can't even remember the last time I needed a floppy.. worst case scenerio, I just stick the file on a web server and grab it from the web..
This sounds like it would be far too easy for search engine spammers and other scum to subvert it for their purposes. The search they propose could never work without knowing in advance, wether the sources of the information can be trusted. Too easy for PETA and all the other militant environmental groups to start seeding incorrect information to bolster their claims. Same for any other organization with a cause (oil companies, nuclear, you name it).
I have a hard time envisoning this as anything useful, didn't meta tags on web pages teach us anything in the past?
I bought a $400 DVD Sony DVD player last year, progressive scan, nice picture quality. It replaced a 2 yeard old, fully functional non-progressive scan Pioneer which I gave to my mom.
The Pioneer is still ticking away, the Sony is sitting in a box as an expensive paper weight since it started having headaches just trying to play new DVDs, straight out of the box new (no scratches, no nothing). I gave up and bought an $80 DVD player at BJs.. I expect it to outlast the Sony. I will never buy Sony again.
I also call shenanigans when I hear they used to make better equipment. My friend (who repairs VCRs in his spare time, and other misc. equipment) had several Sony stereo pieces from the 80s. It was all junk. He had to repair it every year or two. When he decided to get a system for surround sound, he chose Denon on my recomendation, and has not been unhappy with his stereo in three years.
no it's not rubbish.. it's only the tip of the iceberg of the problems and complications you can have.
Here's a clue from a developer who has worked on these systems (me) and not someone who sat like a gerbil under the laser letting his wallet get lighter (like most of the posters here).
The FDA has only approved certain procedures which have had extensive trial data in the US. Unfortunately most of these approved procedures are very limited in scope, and only correct the most generic of corrections. They'll correct astigmatism, but only to a fixed amount of diopters. They also fix the diameter of the laser to a certain width, which is awful, since your eyes dilate at night, and you will get halos. Unless of course you have small eyes like the sample data they used when submitting to the FDA for approval.
also, the more diopters you correct for, the worse the potential side-effects you may suffer. You may be one of the 5% of the people who suffer side effects. You will have little to no recourse against the "doctor" who performs the operation, because it's cosmetic surgery.
My brother rushed to get it done over my objections because it was cheap for family members to get their eyes treated. I will not let him drive a car I am in at night, because quite plainly, I'd like to get home in one piece. He gets halos...
If you're eager to have your eyes corrected, get good old fashioned RK, there's less side effects, a wider range of procedures that can be performed (since it's been done for over 50 years), and the results are just as accurate if not more so. I had a girlfriend that had RK performed, and a friend from high school as well, they were both quite happy with it, and didn't have any of the side effects you'll hear laser treated people have.
Asking the doctor who stands to profit from your operation for advice is about the most foolish thing you can do. He's a salesperson, he's got a very expensive laser ($250,000 to $750,000, unless he shares it with other doctors) plus operating costs (not cheap either), a $250 royalty payment for each procedure, and on top of that staff, rent, etc. Of course he thinks it's safe. He's done hundreds (you hope).
Since the company I work for no longer exists (bought or sold, no idea, I left a couple years ago) I feel safe revealing this much, but trust me, the horror stories I left that place with are minor compared to the ones some of my co-workers had heard/seen.. and no, I'm not revealing any (even in email)..
The comment on the homepage about maybe things have changed in the last year or two is humorous. Most of the major research in this field was complete over a decade ago... all they do now is try and convince the FDA to let the quacks unlock more procedures in this country.. and try to back it up with clincal data..
one of my co-workers did the ole' flap'n'zap last year.. I told him not to.. his vision comes out great after the treatment, and then progressively gets worse every week. Then he goes back to do it all over again every few months.. he keeps an eye chart next to his desk to keep track of how quickly his eyes degrade.. along with a lot of eye drops..
oh, here's another interesting factoid to mull.. after they slice your eye and flip it open to zap it with the laser, it will NEVER HEAL. The only thing keeping that flap on your eye is surface tension essentially. Don't believe me? Ask someone who has had to have a correction after their initial treatment if they re-cut their eye before they flip it up.. If you ever get hit on the back of the head real hard, BLINK! If you think finding a contact is hard to find, imagine what happens if the flap falls off.. Of course, it's never happened, but it's never been proven that it can't happen (and it's not like it'll regrow)..
I'll keep my glasses.. my CEO asked me when I worked there why I didn't have my eyes done.. I kept telling him I never had any time (which was true, they worked me like a dog).. but the reality is, my prescription has been stable for 10+ years, and I don't feel like having to worry about it chaning until I'm in my fifties..
Adobe makes a $99 retail version that only has the more advanced functionality stripped out. So I'm sorry, but you're argument holds very little weight.. you're a pirate just like the rest
I agree.. I've been trying to hunt down a lot of rare tracks lately, and aside from the copyright blocked entries, AudioGalaxy was great.. although I seemed to be picking up a lot of crappy sounding tracks lately, but usually those weren't even available on other networks...
I just uninstalled Audio Galaxy though, because it's clear it's no longer useful for much..
what I wish I could find, is a network for trading mpgs.. I have a huge list of stuff, and I'm still unable to find a hundred or so mpegs of 80s stuff that is hard to find even in record store bins, let alone online..
that's what upsets me the most.. the stuff the record companies don't want to publish because they won't sell many units, they also don't to allow people to download for free off the internet..
which is that it doesn't matter how the hydrogen is created, all the vehicles run off of the same power source.. this means that if petroleum can be cheaply used to make hyrdogen, than it will sell the best.. if it happens that methane can be used cheaply, than it can be.. it would go a far way from divorcing the current "it has to be gasoline, or nothing can run" mono-culture that prevails now.
What I would love to see, is something that used solar or wind power to trickle charge a fuel cell.. so I could just set something up in my backyard.. a distributed source of energy would be less vulnerable to attack than the current system is.
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It sounds like the cost is probably high and it's only meant for backup solution, but the one killer application I can think of would be the upcoming Formula-E http://www.fiaformulae.com/ races. There's no need to pit if you have enough power to run the entire race with one of these.
I have outages at least once or twice a year, where I lose my power, cell phone, land line, cable and of course Internet. Power I can get around with a generator, but the others not so much. I don't miss the cable TV, but no phone service of any kind is definitely a problem when it last more than a few hours.
I'd love a cheap plan that only let me subscribe when I needed it, no charges for a month I don't use the satellite, or at the very least a sub-$20 package that isn't fast or has a lot of data that I can at least use to get information off the Net with (send email, maybe Skype). If they really want to shake up the industry, they'd offer a super cheap package for folks like me.
This idea makes sense, (even if the site sounds like it's empty and poorly designed), but only if you are comparing similar languages. For web scripting, I learned PERL first, and recently made the switch over to PHP for most of my new website stuff. Due to the old stuff still needing periodic work, I'm constantly going back and forth between the languages, and a cheat sheet showing me the syntax diffrences and basic fundamentals is invaluable for me.
Even if this site was fully fleshed out, you would still never get past the initial learning curve of a new language with just a list of ways to do all the particular tasks. It would be useful while learning it, but you still have to learn the new language.
Crossfire was far from informative or even somewhat useful. Two sides shouting at each other without any rhyme or reason is not debate. Politics maybe, but not debate. Crossfire was part of what's wrong with political discussion in this country. A circus freakshow. The Daily Show is a freakshow, but it doesn't pretend to be "serious news" like Crossfire did.
Not really. If you want the mass email, you can whitelist it so they don't need to computer a hash for you.
Probably none, including the person who posted the article, and the people who approved it.
They deliberately used the name of the show (the acronym) and approached the owners for the rights. They weren't doing a parody of the show format, they were attempting to capitalize on it.
Not the same thing as just doing a commentary, or even a Rocky Horror Picture Show type presentation (which let's face it, is what MST3K rips off in the first place to some extent).
Actually you only heard about it today, because today was the first day it appeared on the corporate website. A friend of mine at Bose has been talking about this ever since he started working there. It looks pretty cool, but the Boston Globe reported it might cost around $20K US. I also got the impression that high speed (over 60 mph) performance wasn't going to be as perfect.
Still, if it makes down to the cheaper vehicles in five or ten years, it might make everyday driving far more pleasant. Certainly the first major improvement in suspension in several decades.
judging from your filename, about 252 times... unless it repeats at 255 (did VMS do that, I can't remember)
but with the local music store chain in Massachusetts called "Newbury Comics". They only have 25 stores scattered around southern New England. I've probably visited half of them without even trying. I buy a lot of CDs (yeah, I know the RIAA, boo-freakin-hoo) and they're all quite unique in their own way. I also thought about doing it with all the pizza places in the city next to the town I live in, but there's literally over 100 of them, and I don't think my colon needs that much cheese.
This guy is pyscho though, and certainly has my respect. 4000+ stores is just incredible, and his collection of pictures might actually be useful someday for research of the corporate giant.
Some people genuinely love large corporations products, I know it's hard for the Slashdot commies to appreciate. Ever notice the people who collect Coca-Cola products (perhaps the most overmarketed fructose laded garbarge ever)?
yes, but he has an $18 million dollar settlement against him as well, so I doubt he'll have much property left to confiscate.
I'm guessing people don't realize the original series was released at a much, much higher cost. Two episodes per disc (in normal size cases), at $20 a a disc. That's around $450 for the three original seasons, or $150 a season. In comparison, ST:TNG was $100 a season (less if you found them used, I bought mine at BJs for $90, and even got a $25 rebate for buying the last three seasons). I'll happily buy these as sets, even at $100 or $90 a set. I'm not concerned with a subsequent set coming out, because the extras aren't why I buy the sets, I buy them for the unedited, no commercial break, versions of the show. Even with a DVR, I still can't watch them how I would want to.
It's amazing how much people whine about price gouging. If you don't like the cost, rent it with netflix. If you want to own them, but don't want to pay for it, STEAL it off the Net. It might not be as cheap as some other season sets, but that's because they know they can get more. Good for them. People don't NEED these sets, they WANT them.
Speedometers of the time were not limited to 85mph. Yes they were, by federal law. It's Federal mandate from 1980 I believe. One that I believe is ignored now, but actually still in effect. The theory behind the law was that people would see a speedometer that went up to 160mph and would try and see if the vehicle could actually do it. When digital speedometers came on the market, they began ignoring the law.
say what you will, but Dweezil is a cool name in my opinion... and I don't just say that because I have a picture of him and Lisa Loeb on my desk... Moon Unit though, there's no excuse for that one Frank.
Did you look at the specs for those atomic watches? I checked one on their site and the average battery lifetime is 1.5 years. I'm sure in real life, going in and out of cold buildings, etc, knocks that in half. I don't think a wrist watch needs to be that accurate, I'd rather have a watch that works, instead of one that's outta juice.
as his car project.. but not quite as useful..
An old Epson LQ-500.. all the Epson dot matrix printers were very good quality (for their time), and noisy as hell.. they also seemed to have a much higher pitch in noise than most printers, especially when you'd stick them in a graphics mode, or something funky..
but listening to one for more than 5 minutes would probably drive me insane once the nostalgia wore off.. I certainly don't miss the jammed paper, the noise, the low dot-pitch which screamed "Done on a computer"..
actually, I think it would have been more interesting if he sampled a lot of different printers.. like an old VAX line printer.. chunga-chunga-chunga..
I spent a couple days about a year ago, going through a box of old floppies, and using an image tool to make images of all the floppies.. there were a few bad ones, but for the most part they were all fine.. I blasted the image files to a CD-R, and even had room to store most them as raw files (not image files). I also put the image writer on the CD-R with the images.. I haven't needed them yet, but if I ever do, I don't have to worry about using a floppy to get some obsolote file..
I can't even remember the last time I needed a floppy.. worst case scenerio, I just stick the file on a web server and grab it from the web..
This sounds like it would be far too easy for search engine spammers and other scum to subvert it for their purposes. The search they propose could never work without knowing in advance, wether the sources of the information can be trusted. Too easy for PETA and all the other militant environmental groups to start seeding incorrect information to bolster their claims. Same for any other organization with a cause (oil companies, nuclear, you name it).
I have a hard time envisoning this as anything useful, didn't meta tags on web pages teach us anything in the past?
I bought a $400 DVD Sony DVD player last year, progressive scan, nice picture quality. It replaced a 2 yeard old, fully functional non-progressive scan Pioneer which I gave to my mom.
The Pioneer is still ticking away, the Sony is sitting in a box as an expensive paper weight since it started having headaches just trying to play new DVDs, straight out of the box new (no scratches, no nothing). I gave up and bought an $80 DVD player at BJs.. I expect it to outlast the Sony. I will never buy Sony again.
I also call shenanigans when I hear they used to make better equipment. My friend (who repairs VCRs in his spare time, and other misc. equipment) had several Sony stereo pieces from the 80s. It was all junk. He had to repair it every year or two. When he decided to get a system for surround sound, he chose Denon on my recomendation, and has not been unhappy with his stereo in three years.
no it's not rubbish.. it's only the tip of the iceberg of the problems and complications you can have.
Here's a clue from a developer who has worked on these systems (me) and not someone who sat like a gerbil under the laser letting his wallet get lighter (like most of the posters here).
The FDA has only approved certain procedures which have had extensive trial data in the US. Unfortunately most of these approved procedures are very limited in scope, and only correct the most generic of corrections. They'll correct astigmatism, but only to a fixed amount of diopters. They also fix the diameter of the laser to a certain width, which is awful, since your eyes dilate at night, and you will get halos. Unless of course you have small eyes like the sample data they used when submitting to the FDA for approval.
also, the more diopters you correct for, the worse the potential side-effects you may suffer. You may be one of the 5% of the people who suffer side effects. You will have little to no recourse against the "doctor" who performs the operation, because it's cosmetic surgery.
My brother rushed to get it done over my objections because it was cheap for family members to get their eyes treated. I will not let him drive a car I am in at night, because quite plainly, I'd like to get home in one piece. He gets halos...
If you're eager to have your eyes corrected, get good old fashioned RK, there's less side effects, a wider range of procedures that can be performed (since it's been done for over 50 years), and the results are just as accurate if not more so. I had a girlfriend that had RK performed, and a friend from high school as well, they were both quite happy with it, and didn't have any of the side effects you'll hear laser treated people have.
Asking the doctor who stands to profit from your operation for advice is about the most foolish thing you can do. He's a salesperson, he's got a very expensive laser ($250,000 to $750,000, unless he shares it with other doctors) plus operating costs (not cheap either), a $250 royalty payment for each procedure, and on top of that staff, rent, etc. Of course he thinks it's safe. He's done hundreds (you hope).
Since the company I work for no longer exists (bought or sold, no idea, I left a couple years ago) I feel safe revealing this much, but trust me, the horror stories I left that place with are minor compared to the ones some of my co-workers had heard/seen.. and no, I'm not revealing any (even in email)..
The comment on the homepage about maybe things have changed in the last year or two is humorous. Most of the major research in this field was complete over a decade ago... all they do now is try and convince the FDA to let the quacks unlock more procedures in this country.. and try to back it up with clincal data..
one of my co-workers did the ole' flap'n'zap last year.. I told him not to.. his vision comes out great after the treatment, and then progressively gets worse every week. Then he goes back to do it all over again every few months.. he keeps an eye chart next to his desk to keep track of how quickly his eyes degrade.. along with a lot of eye drops..
oh, here's another interesting factoid to mull.. after they slice your eye and flip it open to zap it with the laser, it will NEVER HEAL. The only thing keeping that flap on your eye is surface tension essentially. Don't believe me? Ask someone who has had to have a correction after their initial treatment if they re-cut their eye before they flip it up.. If you ever get hit on the back of the head real hard, BLINK! If you think finding a contact is hard to find, imagine what happens if the flap falls off.. Of course, it's never happened, but it's never been proven that it can't happen (and it's not like it'll regrow)..
I'll keep my glasses.. my CEO asked me when I worked there why I didn't have my eyes done.. I kept telling him I never had any time (which was true, they worked me like a dog).. but the reality is, my prescription has been stable for 10+ years, and I don't feel like having to worry about it chaning until I'm in my fifties..
Adobe makes a $99 retail version that only has the more advanced functionality stripped out. So I'm sorry, but you're argument holds very little weight.. you're a pirate just like the rest
I agree.. I've been trying to hunt down a lot of rare tracks lately, and aside from the copyright blocked entries, AudioGalaxy was great.. although I seemed to be picking up a lot of crappy sounding tracks lately, but usually those weren't even available on other networks...
I just uninstalled Audio Galaxy though, because it's clear it's no longer useful for much..
what I wish I could find, is a network for trading mpgs.. I have a huge list of stuff, and I'm still unable to find a hundred or so mpegs of 80s stuff that is hard to find even in record store bins, let alone online..
that's what upsets me the most.. the stuff the record companies don't want to publish because they won't sell many units, they also don't to allow people to download for free off the internet..
which is that it doesn't matter how the hydrogen is created, all the vehicles run off of the same power source.. this means that if petroleum can be cheaply used to make hyrdogen, than it will sell the best.. if it happens that methane can be used cheaply, than it can be.. it would go a far way from divorcing the current "it has to be gasoline, or nothing can run" mono-culture that prevails now.
What I would love to see, is something that used solar or wind power to trickle charge a fuel cell.. so I could just set something up in my backyard.. a distributed source of energy would be less vulnerable to attack than the current system is.
I want to hate Microsoft, but lately they've been losing cases like this, where they clearly should have won..
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