My Eureka vacuum cleaner. Well, I wasn't using it, but my parents were. It doesn't have any electronic parts, but the motors and wiring have lasted that long. Eventually computers will get fast enough that many people don't need to replace them every 3 years.
I find that chance is a pretty small element in the basic Settlers. When you add the expansions, it does become more significant. However, given people of different skill levels, the better players usually win. Occasionally they don't, which is good, because it keeps poorer players from giving up because they would have no chance to win.
I agree with the article. I've had a PS2 for about a year now (my last console was a 2600). The game that my friends and I play most is Crash Team Racing, an old ps1 game. I wish there were more multi-player games like this with simple-enough controls so that a new player can compete after just a few games. I also want games that can be played in a few minutes time, not games that you have to progress through over days or weeks. Striving for a higher score provides entertainment for months, not just days. I don't see a lot of new games out there like this.
I was at the U of I at the time also (and still am). I used Mosaic in the EWS labs and on CS department machines. At the time, FTP sites often requested that users only download stuff after business hours, but here this Mosaic was, downloading HUGE images at all times of the day. Plus, every time you went to a page, you downloaded the same stuff again! (ignoring caching). It seemed terribly wasteful to me. All that extra traffic was sure to cause the Death of the Net.
I just looked at my public_html directory and noticed that the oldest files in there are from September, 1995. Here's my "favorite sites" from February, 1996.
Later one of my friends went to work for SDG (the NCSA Mosaic group), and I got to know many of the developers there. This was after the Netscape people had already left, although Mosaic development continued for quite a while. As a result of the Netscape situation, releasing software developed here at the U of I has become a big pain. The University wants to make sure nothing gets out that might have value unless they get their cut.
I was familiar with Gopher, but never found it very useful. Usenet News rocked, though.
Pencils are not the ideal solution, because points break off and float into electrical wiring where bad things can happen. However, US astronauts used them through the Mercury and Gemini programs.
The Fisher Space Pen was developed as a private venture, and then sold to NASA by the Fisher Space Co..
Robert
I've done simular things in my past, but to do what you did you had to go beyound what a simple model rocket engine can do. Adding black power to the nose of a rocket isn't in NAR regs last time I checked.
Please see the NAR safety code, in particular, item number 8:
8. Flight Safety. I will not launch my rocket at targets, into clouds, or near airplanes, and will not put any flammable or explosive payload in my rocket.
Sprint has indeed changed there plans, as of mid-October. You now get unlimited data for $40 a month. The terms of service suggest that abuse of the unlimited data as a modem/ISP is grounds for termination of service, but reasonable use is currently tolerated, and I was told it was permitted by the service rep. I'm sending this from my PowerBook with my Sanyo 4900 right now. Speed is better than dialup (I measured about 70kbps in one test), although occasionally the connection just seems to hang for several seconds, and the latency is pretty poor. But for occasional use, such as while travelling, it rocks.
That's probably the bus speed. The last-generation G3 PowerBooks have a 100MHz memory, but contemporary iMacs and iBooks only use 66MHz. My G3 400 Pismo is fine for me (Been running OS X since 10.0, in April of last year), but I've read that the iBooks/iMacs are noticeably slower.
No, its 2 years of additional coverage, giving you three years from purchase, including the original warranty. Student price is $237
Laptop warranties cost much more than desktop ones. An iMac costs $142.
I figured it was a good deal for my PowerBook. So far I've gotten two replacement power supplies (the cords keep breaking) and some rubber feet under warranty. So I feel like I got my money's worth.
I also added laptop coverage to my renters insurance, for $24 extra a year. That covers most of the things the warranty doesn't. (like theft, or dropping the computer)
A couple of months back I was a Nielsen household.
Although I did go for over a year without a TV, I
now get basic cable, because it is essentially free when combined with the cable modem.
So I carefully considered my weekly viewing habits and consulted friends before my week started. Besides Enterprise, I made sure to include several hours of the NASA TV channel. I got some CSPAN in there too. I think there were a few MASH reruns in there, and that was about it.
I have an iTools account but I've never really done anything with it. So I won't be paying $49.95 or $99.95 anytime soon. However, if iChat ends up only working with.Mac, that would be very bad. Once iChat is out, I expect that AOL will stop updating AIM, which eventually will mean that the current AIM client will stop working when the protocol changes. That would make me unhappy, but not unhappy enough to pay $100.
The CBS Radio World News Roundup just mentioned Apple's warning about these CDs. I was pleased to hear that the slant they took was that computers are designed to play standard CDs, and copy protected discs aren't. With the story getting this much play, I doubt that this type of copy protection is going to be around very long. (Undoubtedly to be replaced by some other equally-annoying attempt)
I'm pretty sure the iBook has a fan, it just never turns on. My 2 year old 400MHz G3's fan has come on exactly once, when I had it sitting on the bed, probably with the vent blocked.
Sitting on a smooth table running RC5 decryption, my processor's internal sensor peaks at 147 degrees F and the fan doesn't turn on. The G3 is particularly power-efficient compared to Intel processors, the G4 less so.
I am considering getting an iPod, but not because its a good price for an external drive. FireWire cases for laptop drives are about $120, and a 20G drive to put in it costs $120, so neither the iPod nor the Treo are particularly good storage values.
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My Eureka vacuum cleaner. Well, I wasn't using it, but my parents were. It doesn't have any electronic parts, but the motors and wiring have lasted that long. Eventually computers will get fast enough that many people don't need to replace them every 3 years.
I find that chance is a pretty small element in the basic Settlers. When you add the expansions, it does become more significant. However, given people of different skill levels, the better players usually win. Occasionally they don't, which is good, because it keeps poorer players from giving up because they would have no chance to win.
I agree with the article. I've had a PS2 for about a year now (my last console was a 2600). The game that my friends and I play most is Crash Team Racing, an old ps1 game. I wish there were more multi-player games like this with simple-enough controls so that a new player can compete after just a few games. I also want games that can be played in a few minutes time, not games that you have to progress through over days or weeks. Striving for a higher score provides entertainment for months, not just days. I don't see a lot of new games out there like this.
I just looked at my public_html directory and noticed that the oldest files in there are from September, 1995. Here's my "favorite sites" from February, 1996.
Later one of my friends went to work for SDG (the NCSA Mosaic group), and I got to know many of the developers there. This was after the Netscape people had already left, although Mosaic development continued for quite a while. As a result of the Netscape situation, releasing software developed here at the U of I has become a big pain. The University wants to make sure nothing gets out that might have value unless they get their cut.
I was familiar with Gopher, but never found it very useful. Usenet News rocked, though.
Pencils are not the ideal solution, because points break off and float into electrical wiring where bad things can happen. However, US astronauts used them through the Mercury and Gemini programs. The Fisher Space Pen was developed as a private venture, and then sold to NASA by the Fisher Space Co.. Robert
8. Flight Safety. I will not launch my rocket at targets, into clouds, or near airplanes, and will not put any flammable or explosive payload in my rocket.
Sprint has indeed changed there plans, as of mid-October. You now get unlimited data for $40 a month. The terms of service suggest that abuse of the unlimited data as a modem/ISP is grounds for termination of service, but reasonable use is currently tolerated, and I was told it was permitted by the service rep. I'm sending this from my PowerBook with my Sanyo 4900 right now. Speed is better than dialup (I measured about 70kbps in one test), although occasionally the connection just seems to hang for several seconds, and the latency is pretty poor. But for occasional use, such as while travelling, it rocks.
Emacs uses a mouse?! How do I attach one to my VT100. :-)
That's probably the bus speed. The last-generation G3 PowerBooks have a 100MHz memory, but contemporary iMacs and iBooks only use 66MHz. My G3 400 Pismo is fine for me (Been running OS X since 10.0, in April of last year), but I've read that the iBooks/iMacs are noticeably slower.
Laptop warranties cost much more than desktop ones. An iMac costs $142.
I figured it was a good deal for my PowerBook. So far I've gotten two replacement power supplies (the cords keep breaking) and some rubber feet under warranty. So I feel like I got my money's worth.
I also added laptop coverage to my renters insurance, for $24 extra a year. That covers most of the things the warranty doesn't. (like theft, or dropping the computer)
So I carefully considered my weekly viewing habits and consulted friends before my week started. Besides Enterprise, I made sure to include several hours of the NASA TV channel. I got some CSPAN in there too. I think there were a few MASH reruns in there, and that was about it.
I have an iTools account but I've never really done anything with it. So I won't be paying $49.95 or $99.95 anytime soon. However, if iChat ends up only working with .Mac, that would be very bad. Once iChat is out, I expect that AOL will stop updating AIM, which eventually will mean that the current AIM client will stop working when the protocol changes. That would make me unhappy, but not unhappy enough to pay $100.
The CBS Radio World News Roundup just mentioned Apple's warning about these CDs. I was pleased to hear that the slant they took was that computers are designed to play standard CDs, and copy protected discs aren't. With the story getting this much play, I doubt that this type of copy protection is going to be around very long. (Undoubtedly to be replaced by some other equally-annoying attempt)
I'm pretty sure the iBook has a fan, it just never turns on. My 2 year old 400MHz G3's fan has come on exactly once, when I had it sitting on the bed, probably with the vent blocked. Sitting on a smooth table running RC5 decryption, my processor's internal sensor peaks at 147 degrees F and the fan doesn't turn on. The G3 is particularly power-efficient compared to Intel processors, the G4 less so.
I am considering getting an iPod, but not because its a good price for an external drive. FireWire cases for laptop drives are about $120, and a 20G drive to put in it costs $120, so neither the iPod nor the Treo are particularly good storage values.