Adding 1 to the score is daft, I agree. And they should explain the scale better. But it doesn't have to be "out of" anything? As hardware improves that top score of 5.9 is going to get higher and higher. Imagine if they changed the scale so that 5.9 was 10. And then next year: "yeah, but mine goes up to 11".:)
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and... Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten? Nigel Tufnel: Exactly. Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? Marty DiBergi: I don't know. Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder? Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
That hadn't occurred to me. Hmm, maybe it's me being fooled. I admire your cynicism.
But, on second thoughts, I don't think you're likely to be right. For one reason: money. If they make idiots of 12 people then 10 million people (I'm guessing the audience size) laugh and feel good and watch more Channel 4 and buy stuff that is advertised in the gaps between the show. (Okay, maybe 9,999,842 people laugh and 58 people complain indignantly - as is their right).
But, if they make idiots of 10 million people then 10 million people feel a bit foolish and sort of laugh and sort of feel stupid and when the Next Reality Show comes along (as it surely will) then they are less likely to watch and less likely to buy stuff that is advertised in the gaps between the show. (Okay, maybe 9,999,842 people feel stupid and 58 people say "aha, I told you!").
Or, to put it another way, don't buy the hand that feeds you.
I'm going to watch it tonight anyway. It is funny. Maybe a little lengthy, but these shows seem to be designed to fill in the time between adverts.
This is well overdue. I like it. But wouldn't it be great if you could plug in *any* device? I've often wondered whether the industry could agree on some sort of control standard. Just basic stuff like: next track, volume up/down, pause. A few more perhaps but that would do for starters.
Thanks for the tip. I'm going to email Silvermead with some questions. I'm not too bothered about Quake, but I'd like to be able to type in a remote terminal. I believe that is acceptably fast.
I need to know more about what "a small piece of software we have provided you with" means... I wonder whether that runs on Linux...
I guess that is 20 GBP plus what I'm paying now. Still... And I can get 1200 GBP of the Scottish Executive (the government) towards costs for first year I believe. Hmm. You got me thinking. Thanks again.
I live in a sort of spread out Scottish village. About 100 houses over an area of, er, 4 square miles or so. There are no street lights at all. I've no idea where the nearest one is. Maybe 5 miles away (the nearest town). I think there are a lot of people like me; but maybe not a lot of money to be made from people like me. The only options, within the next decade or so, for me are:
move
satellite (ouch, expensive)
line of sight WiFi to somewhere that can get broadband. (big job, might be fun, might fail).
I accept at least some of the blame. I could go and live in a town if I wanted. And 28k isn't as bad as you think... what really pisses me off is paying 30 GBP/month (about 55 USD) for the privilege of a crappy line capped to 70 hours/week. Grumble.
Er, that link is for version 9.1 on March 27. I haven't found any news about RC1 (as opposed to beta2) so I guess we'll just have to wait for the official Mandrake site to catch up.
That'll be the average home out of the thin slice of humanity that can afford two PCs. I suspect, although have absolutely no evidence to support it, that the average is nearer 0.05 PCs per home.
Sorry, I didn't mean to be so annoyingly righteous:) You're right about the IP stuff.
It seems that under certain weather conditions, the signal reaches here travels 270 miles (it's normally 50)
Are they saying that under normal weather conditions it's only 50 miles from Boston to South Jersey but sometimes the distance increases to 270 miles? I think the ramifications of this go way beyond police radio...
I agree entirely. You can probably safely pull over within 5 minutes - and how many calls are so urgent that they can't wait 5 minutes?
Or what about this? Some button you can press on the phone which says "hold on, I'm driving at the moment and looking for somewhere to pull over safely..." Perhaps that could be a button on the steering wheel or something.
You could even provide some feedback on how quickly you might do that. As in "pulling over now" or "this is going to be really tricky, why don't you leave a message and i'll call you back".
My point is, some way you could make those responses without having to enter a conversation.
God damn it, you're right. But I was right about one thing:
> I know almost nothing about all of this
See?;-)
What about evaporation? Doesn't really apply to a copper thing, but would a liquid evaporate really quickly or really slowly? And would that mean that the cooling effect would be more or less? (In other words, a wet cat will get cooler more quickly than a dry cat. But will a wet cat in space get cooler even quicker (ignore the effects of the fur - assume, for arguments sake, a hairless cat. And ignore medical problems associated with a vacuum - I guess there's have to be some sort of mask.)
Exactly. I know almost nothing about all of this. But I do have a thermos flask. Sure it keeps my beer cold, but it also keeps my soup hot. I think space is a lot like a thermos flask, only a lot, lot bigger and less prone to break.
I might be in that niche! I travel to client sites with my ageing notebook and I really need to upgrade. But I don't really need a notebook - this thing is either plugged into a monitor and keyboard on-site or sitting at home. But I do want to carry my own environment around. So, if this thing is significantly cheaper than a notebook (I'm guessing it must be but the site is a little busy right now) then it would be just what I am looking for.
And would I be right in thinking I could upgrade the memory without paying horrible mobile memory prices?
They should call it cuboid. Neatly solving the maths (math?) as well as being a smart marketing move because it sounds a little like android, humanoid etc.
"I'd suggest that if you intend on people paying for it you start spell/grammar check articles to be posted...
don't hurt a thing) definately discourages..."
"definitely", surely? Or is this a US English / British English thing:)
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Adding 1 to the score is daft, I agree. And they should explain the scale better. But it doesn't have to be "out of" anything? As hardware improves that top score of 5.9 is going to get higher and higher. Imagine if they changed the scale so that 5.9 was 10. And then next year: "yeah, but mine goes up to 11". :)
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
... don't bite the hand that feeds you
Damn. (I did preview my post, honest. I only have ignorance in my defence.)
That hadn't occurred to me. Hmm, maybe it's me being fooled. I admire your cynicism.
But, on second thoughts, I don't think you're likely to be right. For one reason: money. If they make idiots of 12 people then 10 million people (I'm guessing the audience size) laugh and feel good and watch more Channel 4 and buy stuff that is advertised in the gaps between the show. (Okay, maybe 9,999,842 people laugh and 58 people complain indignantly - as is their right).
But, if they make idiots of 10 million people then 10 million people feel a bit foolish and sort of laugh and sort of feel stupid and when the Next Reality Show comes along (as it surely will) then they are less likely to watch and less likely to buy stuff that is advertised in the gaps between the show. (Okay, maybe 9,999,842 people feel stupid and 58 people say "aha, I told you!").
Or, to put it another way, don't buy the hand that feeds you.
I'm going to watch it tonight anyway. It is funny. Maybe a little lengthy, but these shows seem to be designed to fill in the time between adverts.
The BBC are running a similar story too:
I agree, don't try and occupy yourself all the time. Sometimes doing something simple with your full attention is just plain beautiful.
OTOH, at least they went kayaking. Outside. Credit where credit is due.
This is well overdue. I like it. But wouldn't it be great if you could plug in *any* device? I've often wondered whether the industry could agree on some sort of control standard. Just basic stuff like: next track, volume up/down, pause. A few more perhaps but that would do for starters.
Of course, I'm being hopelessly idealistic. Sigh.
- Bill (a happy iRiver owner)
Thanks for the tip. I'm going to email Silvermead with some questions. I'm not too bothered about Quake, but I'd like to be able to type in a remote terminal. I believe that is acceptably fast.
I need to know more about what "a small piece of software we have provided you with" means... I wonder whether that runs on Linux...
I guess that is 20 GBP plus what I'm paying now. Still... And I can get 1200 GBP of the Scottish Executive (the government) towards costs for first year I believe. Hmm. You got me thinking. Thanks again.
- move
- satellite (ouch, expensive)
- line of sight WiFi to somewhere that can get broadband. (big job, might be fun, might fail).
I accept at least some of the blame. I could go and live in a town if I wanted. And 28k isn't as bad as you think... what really pisses me off is paying 30 GBP/month (about 55 USD) for the privilege of a crappy line capped to 70 hours/week. Grumble.It runs from a CD. It moves around with you.
Er, that link is for version 9.1 on March 27. I haven't found any news about RC1 (as opposed to beta2) so I guess we'll just have to wait for the official Mandrake site to catch up.
That'll be the average home out of the thin slice of humanity that can afford two PCs. I suspect, although have absolutely no evidence to support it, that the average is nearer 0.05 PCs per home.
Sorry, I didn't mean to be so annoyingly righteous :) You're right about the IP stuff.
Are they saying that under normal weather conditions it's only 50 miles from Boston to South Jersey but sometimes the distance increases to 270 miles? I think the ramifications of this go way beyond police radio...
I agree entirely. You can probably safely pull over within 5 minutes - and how many calls are so urgent that they can't wait 5 minutes? Or what about this? Some button you can press on the phone which says "hold on, I'm driving at the moment and looking for somewhere to pull over safely..." Perhaps that could be a button on the steering wheel or something. You could even provide some feedback on how quickly you might do that. As in "pulling over now" or "this is going to be really tricky, why don't you leave a message and i'll call you back". My point is, some way you could make those responses without having to enter a conversation.
What about evaporation? Doesn't really apply to a copper thing, but would a liquid evaporate really quickly or really slowly? And would that mean that the cooling effect would be more or less? (In other words, a wet cat will get cooler more quickly than a dry cat. But will a wet cat in space get cooler even quicker (ignore the effects of the fur - assume, for arguments sake, a hairless cat. And ignore medical problems associated with a vacuum - I guess there's have to be some sort of mask.)
Exactly. I know almost nothing about all of this. But I do have a thermos flask. Sure it keeps my beer cold, but it also keeps my soup hot. I think space is a lot like a thermos flask, only a lot, lot bigger and less prone to break.
The BBC have an article on this too.
My favourite quote:
I might be in that niche! I travel to client sites with my ageing notebook and I really need to upgrade. But I don't really need a notebook - this thing is either plugged into a monitor and keyboard on-site or sitting at home. But I do want to carry my own environment around. So, if this thing is significantly cheaper than a notebook (I'm guessing it must be but the site is a little busy right now) then it would be just what I am looking for.
And would I be right in thinking I could upgrade the memory without paying horrible mobile memory prices?
They should call it cuboid. Neatly solving the maths (math?) as well as being a smart marketing move because it sounds a little like android, humanoid etc.
Good point. Fair enough. It's a weakness in my character. I can't resist being picky. People who meet me gradually hate me too.
"definitely", surely? Or is this a US English / British English thing :)