Two parameters on digital cameras that are never mentioned:
burst - the time from when you press the button to when the picture is actually taken, and speed - the time it takes to store the picture to the memory device
I have not used many digital cameras, but the (low budget) ones I have used are terrible at both of these. I never seem to capture the fleeting smile of my kids because of the 250-500 ms burst delay and I have to wait 2 seconds or so (longer when the batteries are low) for the picture to save before I can try again.
I'd rather use my 35mm SLR, but I love the instant-review and capacity of a digital.
Sir, I regret to inform you that you've demonstrated "critical thinking" within a hostile forum. You are no longer allowed to read Slasdot. Move along.
Joking aside, it kills me to see the amount of research and due-diligence that goes into debunking a Microsoft-sponsored benchmark, but when it comes to Java most everyone starts spouting nonsense. People will remember their experiences from 8 years ago, or a bad app, etc. and immediately conclude that Java must suck for every conceivable application.
Java is a tool - no more, no less. Use it where you think it is useful and leave on the shelf if you don't think it will help solve your current problem. Most mature developers know when and where a tool should be applied.
as others have said, PC/104 is a board form-factor, but it's more than just a size (roughly 4" square). It also dicates the bus. PC/104 uses.1"x2 stackable headers for the ISA 8-bit and another, smaller,.1"x2 header for the ISA 16-bit bus. The two headers are stuck right next to each other. So you can have non-x86 processors on PC/104 but they must be able to read/control the ISA bus. So chips like the StrongArm must include a little glue logic as a bridge.
Additionally, there is PC/104+ which includes the 32-bit PCI bus in a 4x2mm stackable connector on the opposite side as the ISA headers.
There are more features to PC/104 but the size and bus signals are the most important.
Re:Ok... So... Wait... Let me get this straight
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This gadget requires that you jump through hoops and buy it stuff and the like (much as many girls do) but does NOT give you sex, human companionship, a shoulder to cry on or any of that?
Ryan, it appears you are correct and I'm ignorant of the rules. I am fairly certain that has not always been the case at least when I started to sell a couple years ago. It's nice to see they have this rule, but as you've found out, eBay's enforcement of the rules is irratic especially when it comes to PowerSellers and shilling.
Ryan, I completely understand your frustration - I see it all the time in the Shipping and SafeHarbor boards on eBay. There is _no_ rule on eBay that says you cannot charge "random" shipping/handling. The only rule here is "fee avoidance", that is, screwing eBay. That is not allowed. For those that may not understand, eBay charges an insertion fee based on starting price (and other features) and a final value fee based on the ending price. They do not take into account S&H. Some sellers think they're clever when they sell a laptop for $1 with $2000 S&H. Instead of being charged ~$20 by eBay, they are charged $0.20 since the fees don't take into account S&H. Those auctions can be reported to eBay, but it's eBay's decision whether to void the auction, not yours.
A seller _is_not_ required to list S&H fees. Most do, and the listing wizard allows you to either set a flat fee or use the shipping calculator. For all but my last two sales, I set a flat fee. But the last two items I sold where huge and heavy. I stated in my listing terms, "buyer is to pay UPS ground + $10 handling". That is legal. I could also have _legally_ stated nothing! In that case, it is the buyer's responsibility to ask. If you don't ask you are at the mercy of the seller and some are less than honest.
With 200 transactions under your belt you are _lucky_ that this is the first time you got screwed this way. More than likely this is the first time you got hit with both unlisted S&H _and_ a crappy seller. I've seen PowerSellers with over 10K feedback not understand the rules.
I'm sorry, but it's not bullshit. You have to look out for yourself. Buyer beware and all that. eBay is fun but you have to watch your ass.
The time to get a quote for shipping and handling is prior to bidding. If you can't get an answer or get an answer you don't like, hit the back button. Blaming eBay for your ignorance is foolish. Learn the rules before you play.
And just because an item is cheap doesn't mean shipping and handling won't be. Sure there are S&H scams, but often not. I just sold a RAID array that fetched about $40. Shipping was $60 via UPS and I charged $10 for handling to box it up safely. I probably could have charged three times that amount if I hadn't already had a padded box for it. What if it had sold for the opening bid of $5? Is charging $70 S&H wrong? That was the true cost.
eBay also doesn't "trash" accounts. You are allowed up to 3 non-paying bidder complaints before being suspended, or feedback of -4.
Their venue status has been backed up in court. I personally don't agree with it, but until they are challenged again, it sticks.
Pay with a credit card (not a debit card) and use Visa or Mastercard. As another poster below your thread said, Paypal is the merchant of record, not the scammer/seller, so both Discover and Amex won't pursue a chargeback request since Paypal did exactly as they were requested to do. Visa and Mastercard are much more forgiving. Note that if you persue a chargeback, you must file with Paypal first. Paypal requires that you give them the chance to recover the funds since they will be hit with the $25 chargeback fee from the CC company. After Paypal denies your claim, then you can ask your Visa/MC company to do a chargeback. I've had to do this. Failure to start with Paypal will often get your Paypal account suspended.
You can read much more about how scams work, rules, and procedures on the eBay community board, "SafeHarbor". eBay itself is very little help in these matters. They stick with their 'venue' status and don't get involved in disputes unless the police request it. (You can do that too!)
See also: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snipe_gt/
You are confusing a WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) with a WAD (Weapons of Ass Destruction). Unless your ass has enormous mass, a rail gun cannot be a WMD.
I've always been a huge fan of Indy cars (back when it was CART), F1, rally, and road-racing. Drag racing has never really interested me. Until, that is, I found out a little more about the technology.
nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 8,000 horsepower
Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars use between 10 and 12 gallons of fuel for a complete pass, including the burnout, backup to the starting line, and quarter-mile run
the fuel-line pressure for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars is between 400 and 500 pounds which translates into 65 gallons of fuel per minute
it takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 8,000 horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels
Not from that site, but I recall an factoid that a top fueler pumps enough air on a single 1/4 mile run to inflate the Goodyear Blimp.
When I was on jury duty, one of the judges cames into the jury pool room and encouraged us to watch some trials that were in progress. Very cool.
And even when you are an observer in the court room, you were not allowed to read a book, paper, etc.
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Because ebay vigilantes don't sign up using valid contact information. You have very little recourse in tracking them down. Ebay will terminate any account whose contact information they cannot verify, but by then, it's too late.
How about multiple camera angles? I never see that advertised in any DVD authoring software I've looked at. Does that mean it's so easy that they all do it by default? Or does it mean it's not easy and only professional grade tools can do it?
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen any movies that utilize it (or I just didn't notice if they did). How does it work exactly? Do you have multiple sychronized video streams that you can seemlessly switch between without interrupting the flow of time?
You are correct. I had thought all the TINI source was not available, but the libraries, com.dalsemi.*, are - see src/APISrc.jar in the TINI 1.12 distro. Dallas/Maxim does not release their java.* source code though.
oops - I sit corrected. The Dell does have a voice recorder.
One other thing - the Dell's scroll wheel and buttons are nicer than the Gateway. The Gateway's scroll wheel is slick (in the slippery way) and if your hands are very cold it's very hard to spin without depressing it and activating the button. The forward/back/menu buttons around the scroll wheel are also hard to find by feel and nearly impossible to depress with heavy gloves on.
I got the Dell Jukebox for Christmas and I really liked it. I'm also a huge fan of audible.com. I knew that the Dell didn't support audible.com but I figured support would be right around the corner. I emailed audible.com support and asked when they suspected they would support the Dell. "Never," came the reply. Apparently there were licensing issues and Dell wasn't dealing in a manner that audible could live with.
So I returned the Dell and bought the Gateway DMP-X20. For the same cost, I got all the same features, plus an FM tuner, voice recorder, and audible.com support. So far I've been happy with the Gateway.
The slashdot summary is (*shock*) misleading. Officially Redhat stopped support and laid off the eCos developers, but the core developer as well as the at-large developers have been continuously developing eCos after Redhat backed out. In fact, I didn't start developing the AT91/EB40 port of eCos until after Redhat dropped it. Commits to CVS were slow since they had to be funnelled through the former Redhat developers which were fewer and number and looking for new sources of income, but development has been continuous.
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Two parameters on digital cameras that are never mentioned:
burst - the time from when you press the button to when the picture is actually taken, and
speed - the time it takes to store the picture to the memory device
I have not used many digital cameras, but the (low budget) ones I have used are terrible at both of these. I never seem to capture the fleeting smile of my kids because of the 250-500 ms burst delay and I have to wait 2 seconds or so (longer when the batteries are low) for the picture to save before I can try again.
I'd rather use my 35mm SLR, but I love the instant-review and capacity of a digital.
Sir, I regret to inform you that you've demonstrated "critical thinking" within a hostile forum. You are no longer allowed to read Slasdot. Move along.
Joking aside, it kills me to see the amount of research and due-diligence that goes into debunking a Microsoft-sponsored benchmark, but when it comes to Java most everyone starts spouting nonsense. People will remember their experiences from 8 years ago, or a bad app, etc. and immediately conclude that Java must suck for every conceivable application.
Java is a tool - no more, no less. Use it where you think it is useful and leave on the shelf if you don't think it will help solve your current problem. Most mature developers know when and where a tool should be applied.
as others have said, PC/104 is a board form-factor, but it's more than just a size (roughly 4" square). It also dicates the bus. PC/104 uses .1"x2 stackable headers for the ISA 8-bit and another, smaller, .1"x2 header for the ISA 16-bit bus. The two headers are stuck right next to each other. So you can have non-x86 processors on PC/104 but they must be able to read/control the ISA bus. So chips like the StrongArm must include a little glue logic as a bridge.
Additionally, there is PC/104+ which includes the 32-bit PCI bus in a 4x2mm stackable connector on the opposite side as the ISA headers.
There are more features to PC/104 but the size and bus signals are the most important.
Ryan, it appears you are correct and I'm ignorant of the rules. I am fairly certain that has not always been the case at least when I started to sell a couple years ago. It's nice to see they have this rule, but as you've found out, eBay's enforcement of the rules is irratic especially when it comes to PowerSellers and shilling.
Thanks for the exchange and good luck with eBay.
-tim
Ryan, I completely understand your frustration - I see it all the time in the Shipping and SafeHarbor boards on eBay. There is _no_ rule on eBay that says you cannot charge "random" shipping/handling. The only rule here is "fee avoidance", that is, screwing eBay. That is not allowed. For those that may not understand, eBay charges an insertion fee based on starting price (and other features) and a final value fee based on the ending price. They do not take into account S&H. Some sellers think they're clever when they sell a laptop for $1 with $2000 S&H. Instead of being charged ~$20 by eBay, they are charged $0.20 since the fees don't take into account S&H. Those auctions can be reported to eBay, but it's eBay's decision whether to void the auction, not yours.
A seller _is_not_ required to list S&H fees. Most do, and the listing wizard allows you to either set a flat fee or use the shipping calculator. For all but my last two sales, I set a flat fee. But the last two items I sold where huge and heavy. I stated in my listing terms, "buyer is to pay UPS ground + $10 handling". That is legal. I could also have _legally_ stated nothing! In that case, it is the buyer's responsibility to ask. If you don't ask you are at the mercy of the seller and some are less than honest.
With 200 transactions under your belt you are _lucky_ that this is the first time you got screwed this way. More than likely this is the first time you got hit with both unlisted S&H _and_ a crappy seller. I've seen PowerSellers with over 10K feedback not understand the rules.
I'm sorry, but it's not bullshit. You have to look out for yourself. Buyer beware and all that. eBay is fun but you have to watch your ass.
The time to get a quote for shipping and handling is prior to bidding. If you can't get an answer or get an answer you don't like, hit the back button. Blaming eBay for your ignorance is foolish. Learn the rules before you play.
And just because an item is cheap doesn't mean shipping and handling won't be. Sure there are S&H scams, but often not. I just sold a RAID array that fetched about $40. Shipping was $60 via UPS and I charged $10 for handling to box it up safely. I probably could have charged three times that amount if I hadn't already had a padded box for it. What if it had sold for the opening bid of $5? Is charging $70 S&H wrong? That was the true cost.
eBay also doesn't "trash" accounts. You are allowed up to 3 non-paying bidder complaints before being suspended, or feedback of -4.
Their venue status has been backed up in court. I personally don't agree with it, but until they are challenged again, it sticks.
Pay with a credit card (not a debit card) and use Visa or Mastercard. As another poster below your thread said, Paypal is the merchant of record, not the scammer/seller, so both Discover and Amex won't pursue a chargeback request since Paypal did exactly as they were requested to do. Visa and Mastercard are much more forgiving. Note that if you persue a chargeback, you must file with Paypal first. Paypal requires that you give them the chance to recover the funds since they will be hit with the $25 chargeback fee from the CC company. After Paypal denies your claim, then you can ask your Visa/MC company to do a chargeback. I've had to do this. Failure to start with Paypal will often get your Paypal account suspended.
You can read much more about how scams work, rules, and procedures on the eBay community board, "SafeHarbor". eBay itself is very little help in these matters. They stick with their 'venue' status and don't get involved in disputes unless the police request it. (You can do that too!)
See also: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/snipe_gt/
-tim
Of all the Monty Python movies, that is the only exchange that has ever annoyed the hell out of me. I don't know why.
-tim
You are confusing a WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) with a WAD (Weapons of Ass Destruction). Unless your ass has enormous mass, a rail gun cannot be a WMD.
Some factoids ripped from the NHRA site:
nitromethane-powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars produce approximately 8,000 horsepower
Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars use between 10 and 12 gallons of fuel for a complete pass, including the burnout, backup to the starting line, and quarter-mile run
the fuel-line pressure for NHRA Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars is between 400 and 500 pounds which translates into 65 gallons of fuel per minute
it takes just 15/100ths of a second for all 8,000 horsepower of an NHRA Top Fuel dragster engine to reach the rear wheels
Not from that site, but I recall an factoid that a top fueler pumps enough air on a single 1/4 mile run to inflate the Goodyear Blimp.
He had to, because Omega factorial is greater than Omega + (1 factorial) and that clearly would have messed up the joke. Sort of like this post did.
Did they deliver the paper via their short yellow delivery van?
>Oh, and Celine Dion. Yeah... sorry about that.
But you have Rush. Rush suitably cancels out Celine Dion.
Actually, Sun bought Open Office (then Star Office) from StarDivision. Star Office was a pretty good product already.
When I was on jury duty, one of the judges cames into the jury pool room and encouraged us to watch some trials that were in progress. Very cool.
And even when you are an observer in the court room, you were not allowed to read a book, paper, etc.
Because ebay vigilantes don't sign up using valid contact information. You have very little recourse in tracking them down. Ebay will terminate any account whose contact information they cannot verify, but by then, it's too late.
How about multiple camera angles? I never see that advertised in any DVD authoring software I've looked at. Does that mean it's so easy that they all do it by default? Or does it mean it's not easy and only professional grade tools can do it?
Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen any movies that utilize it (or I just didn't notice if they did). How does it work exactly? Do you have multiple sychronized video streams that you can seemlessly switch between without interrupting the flow of time?
-tim
Wouldn't it be smarter if IBM started with their own SDK/JVM? If IBM wants open-source Java so bad, let them open their SDK and JVM.
You are correct. I had thought all the TINI source was not available, but the libraries, com.dalsemi.*, are - see src/APISrc.jar in the TINI 1.12 distro. Dallas/Maxim does not release their java.* source code though.
And there's always JAD...
Thanks for the correction.
-tim
Seeing as how her picture used to be printed along with her articles in Circuit Cellar, I'm 100% positive she is a she.
No, Jan is a woman.
oops - I sit corrected. The Dell does have a voice recorder.
One other thing - the Dell's scroll wheel and buttons are nicer than the Gateway. The Gateway's scroll wheel is slick (in the slippery way) and if your hands are very cold it's very hard to spin without depressing it and activating the button. The forward/back/menu buttons around the scroll wheel are also hard to find by feel and nearly impossible to depress with heavy gloves on.
Still - audible.com baby!
-tim
So I returned the Dell and bought the Gateway DMP-X20. For the same cost, I got all the same features, plus an FM tuner, voice recorder, and audible.com support. So far I've been happy with the Gateway.
-tim
The slashdot summary is (*shock*) misleading. Officially Redhat stopped support and laid off the eCos developers, but the core developer as well as the at-large developers have been continuously developing eCos after Redhat backed out. In fact, I didn't start developing the AT91/EB40 port of eCos until after Redhat dropped it. Commits to CVS were slow since they had to be funnelled through the former Redhat developers which were fewer and number and looking for new sources of income, but development has been continuous.