How many of the millions of car owners in the US knew that they had 'black boxes'.
Wait, we are not a free people if the last 5 seconds before a crash are recorded? Freedom is when you can say that you were going 35mph when you hit an old lady when you were actually going 50? It's unfair to have an unbiased 'witness' at a carcrash?
How many of the 1,500 receipients of SCO's extortion letters registered a protest of any description?
What does this have to do with freedom and fair practice? SCO has the right to try to protect IP that they think they own, and thus the right to write nasty letters. In turn we have the right to ignore their protests and go to court. That seems about as fair as it gets.
How many are aware that MS is stifling a project named 'Schnazzle' - on questionalbe grounds?
You got me on that one, but I doubt "Schnazzle" is a dangerous disease that is killing people so we don't seem quite so draconian as China, right?
How is it that Germany, Poland and Australia have protested and asked SCO to shut up, while the silence in the US is deafening?
This is because our government is more fair! Just cause you don't believe in SCO's case doesn't mean that they don't have the right to bring a case. Your logic that the US government lets anyone bring a case to court makes us a less free and less fair country is, well, questionable.
Why is it that cellphones and cellphone tech is more advanced in China than in the US?
Now man, you are just talking out of your ass! A, where is any proof of this, and B, how does more advanced technology mean that a government is more fair.
Sony makes a series of Mavica digital cameras that write pictures to mini cds (160ish mb). This appears to fit all the criteria of your request but is pretty expensive and you still have to charge the battery, and I bet quite often because the cd burner must take some serious battery.
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i meant series... wow i am dumb. Damn this slashdot 2 minute post timer!
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No, you just need to jump start your car with 4 friends in parallel. I see a whole new brand of MONSTER(tm) jumper cables coming on.
> These drives aren't meant to be removed from the device they are installed in, so data transfer is limited to firewire.
Since when is firewire really limiting? Sure it's not as fast as SATA but it's more than fast enough to transfer files or even copy DV video at a rate greater than 1x.
> It can be removed and used as a removable drive by any device with a Compact Flash reader.
Compact Flash is a lot slower than firewire if i'm not mistaken... I could look it up, but I'd just stick with my general experience and the fact that half of the CF readers i've used were USB... so I really don't understand your point.
I have an iPod and use it for file transfer/storage as well as for music. Even copying a full 5gb to hd only takes 15 minutes.
The difference between renting and owning is huge... what happens if pressplay fails like Divx did? Am I stuck with 7,500 songs that do not play?
A small point: Apple's service sells albums for $10 so 15 or 20 songs can cost $10. I have spent a total of $11 on the Apple Music Store, and I can say that the user experiance is very good, and with the "1-Click" feature I could easily spend $100 without even noticing.
was in trouble long before the Apple retail stores opened. They weren't making enough money to even keep their Palo Alto store open... It's a Radio Shack now and has been for a few years.
Many movies that are recorded onto dual layer disks do not actually require the space for the film, but rather are recorded on dual layer disks for the inclusion of extra features and other IMHO useless bits. With the right software (i've used Dvd2One) you can take the contents of dual layer disks and remove the extras to put a full bandwidth film on a single dvd-r, or sample down the mpeg-2 bitrate to fit a long movie on a single dvd-r.
There is a common misconception that WEP is "quickly and easily broken" because there are several open source projects that work on a weakness in the RC-4 key scheduling.
What many people don't realize is that these programs require the harvest of between 2000 and 10000 'weak' packets which can take as little as 20 hours and as long as a week of constant monitoring to collect. If you don't believe me, go read the FAQ of any WEP cracking program. These programs are only proof of concept models, and lack a practical implementation. I tried KisMAC against my own ap and failed to produce any results.
WEP is perfectly secure for a standard network, and anyone who is willing to spend 100 hours standing in my driveway just for access to a network on which everything else is passworded is simply insane.
Anyone who acts like WEP is worthless is simply misinformed.
Is VERY dependant on graphics card, and much less so on processor. A friend upgraded from 1.8ghz to 2.4 ghz and saw a only 10% gain in his 3d mark score. The best "hardware tweek" is to go down to frys and drop 70 bucks on a GeForce4 MX if you really want cheap graphics preformance
You bring up interesting points, but if one is chosing any backup solution, I doubt one would find the cheapest media... what happens when you chose a cheap tape rather than the nice one that you chose 10 years ago? As far as I have seen, magnetic media dies a lot faster than optical media, and it is simply used because of the massive storage possibility.
Tape strikes me as a redundancy plan for short term backup on a daily to weekly scale, however if you are going to expect something to last 'forever' other forms of storage may be better. You say that you've had CD-Rs fail, but have any failed that had the same ammount of use as the tape that you just dug out of the closet?
People mention DVD-Rs which as far as I have seen work fine as long as you don't handle them (scratches mame home dvd burns almost as fast as well.. something fast), and if you are meaning to do a real archival, I still believe that dropping a dollar per blank cd balances reliable long lasting media with decent capasity.
Anyway, most times people are storing way too much for archival... you don't need a full copy of your system in 10 years, you just need the documents and data. As a student I can back up the past three years and probably another 10 years of word docs onto a single CD-R with a redundant image on my school email server... that's a cheap and really sound backup solution.
They just bought me a 1Ghz 17" flat panel iMac...a used 400Mhz G4 desktop for home and am awaiting a 17" Powerbook on order.... recommend those Mac blade servers... 30-40 Macs...
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oh, and, "We're pretty cost conscious"
Don't get me wrong... I love my Mac, but damn he just listed hardware that i could sell to get me through all four years of college.. well not quite, but still. Apple = $$$
BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System, and as for the idea of enahancing the BIOS kindof defeats the purpose of having a bare bones way of controling the hardware, however if it is implemented well, it could provide a good intermediate level between the BIOS and a full OS for low level diagnostics, but i don't see a need for web browsing.
Sometimes I like banner adds if they aren't insane flashing gifs. I visit thinkgeek from slashdot banners sometimes when I see something cool, and often use banners on PC hardward sites to find good online vendors for 'specialized' parts.
I find tasteful or site specific banners helpful rather than hurtful to my browsing experiance. Plus, I think the user can help keep the ad supported web alive if they don't kill all ads.
I believe that the model is failing because websites are too indiscriminate in chosing ads to run.
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it's fast USB 2.... nuf said. http://www.apple.com/ipod/
Wait, we are not a free people if the last 5 seconds before a crash are recorded? Freedom is when you can say that you were going 35mph when you hit an old lady when you were actually going 50? It's unfair to have an unbiased 'witness' at a carcrash?
What does this have to do with freedom and fair practice? SCO has the right to try to protect IP that they think they own, and thus the right to write nasty letters. In turn we have the right to ignore their protests and go to court. That seems about as fair as it gets.
You got me on that one, but I doubt "Schnazzle" is a dangerous disease that is killing people so we don't seem quite so draconian as China, right?
This is because our government is more fair! Just cause you don't believe in SCO's case doesn't mean that they don't have the right to bring a case. Your logic that the US government lets anyone bring a case to court makes us a less free and less fair country is, well, questionable.
Now man, you are just talking out of your ass! A, where is any proof of this, and B, how does more advanced technology mean that a government is more fair.
Sony makes a series of Mavica digital cameras that write pictures to mini cds (160ish mb). This appears to fit all the criteria of your request but is pretty expensive and you still have to charge the battery, and I bet quite often because the cd burner must take some serious battery.
i meant series... wow i am dumb. Damn this slashdot 2 minute post timer!
No, you just need to jump start your car with 4 friends in parallel. I see a whole new brand of MONSTER(tm) jumper cables coming on.
I saw the explanation, and I thought: "Gee, I knew the Xbox was expensive and rather beastly, but who makes a game solely for revenge?!"
Since when is firewire really limiting? Sure it's not as fast as SATA but it's more than fast enough to transfer files or even copy DV video at a rate greater than 1x.
> It can be removed and used as a removable drive by any device with a Compact Flash reader.
Compact Flash is a lot slower than firewire if i'm not mistaken... I could look it up, but I'd just stick with my general experience and the fact that half of the CF readers i've used were USB... so I really don't understand your point.
I have an iPod and use it for file transfer/storage as well as for music. Even copying a full 5gb to hd only takes 15 minutes.
am I the only person who read that as 4 nanometers/ton? I heard about $100 toilet seats, but ... wow.
And the best part is, I just sent this article to my mom. I told her science was on my side!
A small point: Apple's service sells albums for $10 so 15 or 20 songs can cost $10. I have spent a total of $11 on the Apple Music Store, and I can say that the user experiance is very good, and with the "1-Click" feature I could easily spend $100 without even noticing.
Still, it's sad to see small retailers go.
Untrasonic Pest Control, Effective? You butchered the headline!
Many movies that are recorded onto dual layer disks do not actually require the space for the film, but rather are recorded on dual layer disks for the inclusion of extra features and other IMHO useless bits. With the right software (i've used Dvd2One) you can take the contents of dual layer disks and remove the extras to put a full bandwidth film on a single dvd-r, or sample down the mpeg-2 bitrate to fit a long movie on a single dvd-r.
What many people don't realize is that these programs require the harvest of between 2000 and 10000 'weak' packets which can take as little as 20 hours and as long as a week of constant monitoring to collect. If you don't believe me, go read the FAQ of any WEP cracking program. These programs are only proof of concept models, and lack a practical implementation. I tried KisMAC against my own ap and failed to produce any results.
WEP is perfectly secure for a standard network, and anyone who is willing to spend 100 hours standing in my driveway just for access to a network on which everything else is passworded is simply insane.
Anyone who acts like WEP is worthless is simply misinformed.
Is VERY dependant on graphics card, and much less so on processor. A friend upgraded from 1.8ghz to 2.4 ghz and saw a only 10% gain in his 3d mark score. The best "hardware tweek" is to go down to frys and drop 70 bucks on a GeForce4 MX if you really want cheap graphics preformance
uhhh, great idea! put magnetic speakers right next to your hard drive!
I guess they just don't teach em like they used to.
Well, you are the only one who thinks Apples come with floppy drives.
Tape strikes me as a redundancy plan for short term backup on a daily to weekly scale, however if you are going to expect something to last 'forever' other forms of storage may be better. You say that you've had CD-Rs fail, but have any failed that had the same ammount of use as the tape that you just dug out of the closet?
People mention DVD-Rs which as far as I have seen work fine as long as you don't handle them (scratches mame home dvd burns almost as fast as well.. something fast), and if you are meaning to do a real archival, I still believe that dropping a dollar per blank cd balances reliable long lasting media with decent capasity.
Anyway, most times people are storing way too much for archival... you don't need a full copy of your system in 10 years, you just need the documents and data. As a student I can back up the past three years and probably another 10 years of word docs onto a single CD-R with a redundant image on my school email server... that's a cheap and really sound backup solution.
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oh, and, "We're pretty cost conscious"
Don't get me wrong... I love my Mac, but damn he just listed hardware that i could sell to get me through all four years of college.. well not quite, but still. Apple = $$$
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Alright, maybe he didn't want to spill water on a new comp? Obvious? I guess not.
I find tasteful or site specific banners helpful rather than hurtful to my browsing experiance. Plus, I think the user can help keep the ad supported web alive if they don't kill all ads.
I believe that the model is failing because websites are too indiscriminate in chosing ads to run.
STFU stupid fucking troll. If you think hearing the article twice is bad, imagine having to hear your stupid ass every time any article is repeated.
bravo! sucks to the linux freaks!