Nextel appears to be doing the same thing. Those in the Raleigh/Durham area can sign up for a free trial for a couple of months yet I think. More details are here.
Robomower is among one of a few companies that already make automatic lawn mowers. I'm sure these would do a better job of mowing your lawn than a hacked segway trained to push a regular lawn mower. These robot lawnmowers have all different neat features like auto-going back to the recharging station, some are solar powered, alarm features so they don't get stolen, they are quiet, etc.
(The L7HD stores audio in Sony's own Atrac3 format rather than the more common MP3 format. But since you can copy music only onto the hard drive, never off it, the storage format makes no practical difference.)
What is the advantage to getting one of these over a standalone player? The thing protrudes from the Gameboy, so size payoff is minimal. Cost may be a slight payoff, but what kind of battery power does this suck from your gameboy? I think one interested in the world of MP3s would be better off investing into getting a large HD-based player such as the iPod or Archos. I have an Archos, and it's great! Plus the new opensource firmware for it (Rockbox) is coming along quite nicely.
The letter brought out a good point. Criminal activity could be done with these unsecured access points very anonymously and then the accountibility ends at the user's account.
I hate to say it, but I side with the cable company on this one. He agreed to it when he signed up - not to share his account - I think broadcasting unsecured wireless access is sharing the account with anyone.
"And if this action manages to block wireless 911 calls, and someone dies because of that, who's going to be willing to step up to the plate and take the blame?"
Our country lived without cell phones for 200 years; I think people will survive for another 12 days without them in that area. They are going to be in a populated area; landline phones will be nearby. People don't die from lack of cell phones.
With all the word processors available now-- OpenOffice, StarOffice, SOT Office, Microsoft Word, Wordperfect, etc. - where can I find a comparison guide to evalutate which is the best for me??
When I first saw the news item, I thought they meant it was foldable so that it could be packed very small and made to be pocketsize. This is not the case. Looking at the picture, all that they used the 'foldability' for was to make it more book-like - two pages. I think that is a wasted use of the technology - they could have just as well used two LCDs to accomplish the same thing (maybe they did). Regardless, it's not anything astounding, imho.
There's a couple problems with this:
- Tivo's overall cost is comparable to the cost of a linux box neccessary to run this software and a tuner card.
- I want a it connected to my TV and to be able to use a remote, easy
- Tivo's guide data is all well implimented.
My Archos absolutely DOES NOT require a screwdriver to get to the batteries; you can slide the covers out with just a little force with my thumb. The screws are protected by a warrantee sticker. The manual says that removing the batteries will void the warranty, but Archos has since changed that policy and posted it on their website.
I love my archos!
Who's going to listen to a stranger commentate in the background of a movie? I'd rather just see the movie, not hear commentary (especially not 'off-the-cuff').
For some real figures on how much space it is to cache the web, check out The Wayback Machine. All of their caches come out to 100TB. They have more info on their site about different times and how much storage it takes them.
This seems like a program that one could program in just a few hours, if that. It has such small functionality. Why is this so interesting? This is not 'slashdot'-worthy news.
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I agree with you in the case of the spiderman reference, but in the case of removing it from flight simulator, I side with Microsoft. I think it was appropriate for them to offer an optional patch to the old game, so that it is not possible to crash into the building and 'recreate' anything. And as far as the new game goes - FS 2002, it is not rewriting history - it is a current game that should include the current landscape.
From CNet News To counter Microsoft, AOL could couple its Internet service with Red Hat's operating system technology and could be configured to override Windows while launching a version of Linux, sources told the newspaper.
As if AOL's software is not scary enough and doesn't already take over too many aspects of your computer - now they may want to overlay linux on top of windows to run their software? Uhhhhh.....
The ultimate portable device, as I see it, will like the Pogo, be reliant on the Internet. Why have in-unit storage if you can have unlimited storage potential through the use of the Internet? Also, another barrier that must be reached is faster wireless internet connections through these devices (plus cost coming down). However, once these are reached, think of the possibilities--
- unlimited MP3 storage anywhere
- picture frame w/ unlimited storage - everywhere you go
- graphical internet surfing/chat/etc. for those long trips
- document retrieval anywhere
- PDA functionality without space/storage concerns
- gaming:) better yet, multiplayer online gaming
and more that I can't come up with right now...
Right now, I have separate (or no) devices for each of these things. I, for one, would like them combined.
Pogo is essentially a mobile thin client. The problem with using a thin client over the GSM network is that bandwidth is limited to 9.6Kbit/s, compared to a standard wired modem at around 40Kbit/s. Pogo has got around this with some very clever compression software. Pogo Technology's server takes the Web page you want to access and strips out animations, reduces the colours to the 256 the Pogo can display, and swaps the fonts for those that look good on the Pogo screen. Then it compresses the data -- typically to a sixth of the normal amount -- and sends it to the handheld device, where it's uncompressed and displayed.
in which case its claims of 56k transfer rates are highly optimistic.
From ZDNet's Review:Compression technology makes the browsing experience roughly equivalent to using a 56Kbit/s wired modem. (bolding is mine)
This probably means that all graphics, etc. are compressed prior to being sent to the pogo. The screen isn't as large as your computer monitor, so it can get away with it without a noticeable difference. So no, it is not going to get you 56k transfer, but it may feel like it.
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Nextel appears to be doing the same thing. Those in the Raleigh/Durham area can sign up for a free trial for a couple of months yet I think. More details are here.
Nothing like a UK source to tell us what the U.S. Court of Appeals has done...
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Looks like WorldNewYork.net could use some tech support right now after this slashdotting...
Robomower is among one of a few companies that already make automatic lawn mowers. I'm sure these would do a better job of mowing your lawn than a hacked segway trained to push a regular lawn mower. These robot lawnmowers have all different neat features like auto-going back to the recharging station, some are solar powered, alarm features so they don't get stolen, they are quiet, etc.
I already power my laptop in my car using a AC/DC power inverter. Works great!
From the article:
(The L7HD stores audio in Sony's own Atrac3 format rather than the more common MP3 format. But since you can copy music only onto the hard drive, never off it, the storage format makes no practical difference.)
What is the advantage to getting one of these over a standalone player? The thing protrudes from the Gameboy, so size payoff is minimal. Cost may be a slight payoff, but what kind of battery power does this suck from your gameboy? I think one interested in the world of MP3s would be better off investing into getting a large HD-based player such as the iPod or Archos. I have an Archos, and it's great! Plus the new opensource firmware for it (Rockbox) is coming along quite nicely.
The letter brought out a good point. Criminal activity could be done with these unsecured access points very anonymously and then the accountibility ends at the user's account.
I hate to say it, but I side with the cable company on this one. He agreed to it when he signed up - not to share his account - I think broadcasting unsecured wireless access is sharing the account with anyone.
"And if this action manages to block wireless 911 calls, and someone dies because of that, who's going to be willing to step up to the plate and take the blame?"
Our country lived without cell phones for 200 years; I think people will survive for another 12 days without them in that area. They are going to be in a populated area; landline phones will be nearby. People don't die from lack of cell phones.
With all the word processors available now-- OpenOffice, StarOffice, SOT Office, Microsoft Word, Wordperfect, etc. - where can I find a comparison guide to evalutate which is the best for me??
Oh well
Expandable storage just by adding a brick... very cool! I hope they continue with this idea in other ways as well!
When I first saw the news item, I thought they meant it was foldable so that it could be packed very small and made to be pocketsize. This is not the case. Looking at the picture, all that they used the 'foldability' for was to make it more book-like - two pages. I think that is a wasted use of the technology - they could have just as well used two LCDs to accomplish the same thing (maybe they did). Regardless, it's not anything astounding, imho.
There's a couple problems with this:
- Tivo's overall cost is comparable to the cost of a linux box neccessary to run this software and a tuner card. - I want a it connected to my TV and to be able to use a remote, easy - Tivo's guide data is all well implimented.
My Archos absolutely DOES NOT require a screwdriver to get to the batteries; you can slide the covers out with just a little force with my thumb. The screws are protected by a warrantee sticker. The manual says that removing the batteries will void the warranty, but Archos has since changed that policy and posted it on their website. I love my archos!
What are the applications for pausing light? The article only spoke of applications for removing and creating light.
Who's going to listen to a stranger commentate in the background of a movie? I'd rather just see the movie, not hear commentary (especially not 'off-the-cuff').
For some real figures on how much space it is to cache the web, check out The Wayback Machine. All of their caches come out to 100TB. They have more info on their site about different times and how much storage it takes them.
This seems like a program that one could program in just a few hours, if that. It has such small functionality. Why is this so interesting? This is not 'slashdot'-worthy news.
I agree with you in the case of the spiderman reference, but in the case of removing it from flight simulator, I side with Microsoft. I think it was appropriate for them to offer an optional patch to the old game, so that it is not possible to crash into the building and 'recreate' anything. And as far as the new game goes - FS 2002, it is not rewriting history - it is a current game that should include the current landscape.
From CNet News
To counter Microsoft, AOL could couple its Internet service with Red Hat's operating system technology and could be configured to override Windows while launching a version of Linux, sources told the newspaper.
As if AOL's software is not scary enough and doesn't already take over too many aspects of your computer - now they may want to overlay linux on top of windows to run their software? Uhhhhh.....
The ultimate portable device, as I see it, will like the Pogo, be reliant on the Internet. Why have in-unit storage if you can have unlimited storage potential through the use of the Internet? Also, another barrier that must be reached is faster wireless internet connections through these devices (plus cost coming down). However, once these are reached, think of the possibilities-- :) better yet, multiplayer online gaming
- unlimited MP3 storage anywhere
- picture frame w/ unlimited storage - everywhere you go
- graphical internet surfing/chat/etc. for those long trips
- document retrieval anywhere
- PDA functionality without space/storage concerns
- gaming
and more that I can't come up with right now...
Right now, I have separate (or no) devices for each of these things. I, for one, would like them combined.
From ZD-Net's Review
Pogo is essentially a mobile thin client. The problem with using a thin client over the GSM network is that bandwidth is limited to 9.6Kbit/s, compared to a standard wired modem at around 40Kbit/s. Pogo has got around this with some very clever compression software. Pogo Technology's server takes the Web page you want to access and strips out animations, reduces the colours to the 256 the Pogo can display, and swaps the fonts for those that look good on the Pogo screen. Then it compresses the data -- typically to a sixth of the normal amount -- and sends it to the handheld device, where it's uncompressed and displayed.
in which case its claims of 56k transfer rates are highly optimistic.
From ZDNet's Review: Compression technology makes the browsing experience roughly equivalent to using a 56Kbit/s wired modem. (bolding is mine)
This probably means that all graphics, etc. are compressed prior to being sent to the pogo. The screen isn't as large as your computer monitor, so it can get away with it without a noticeable difference. So no, it is not going to get you 56k transfer, but it may feel like it.
I'm afraid of what this could mean for future virii...