Which of the following words does not belong with the others?
"Federal, Intelligence, Agency"
Controls everything?
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AOL's $299 PC
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"AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse."??
Give me a break. AOL doesn't care what you do with the PC. Go ahead, wipe it clean and install your favorite alternative OS. All that matters is that you sign a one-year commitment to AOL's dial-up service at $23.90 per month. That $286.80 commitment subsidizes the cost of the computer. AOL has stated (maybe it's even in a linked article) that a common reason given for cancellations is loss of access to a computer. In a few tests they have offered such users a discounted PC rather than let them become former users. As a result of what they have learned they believe that offering a really cheap computer will attract/retain members. They need to do something as they have lost a couple million recently.
Sounds like a business decision to me. But, hey, maybe it's all just part of a vast conspiracy by a big corporation to control everything we do.
... the number one link (hockey team) does not contain "design" or "web" (as a separate word) at all...
Just a thought here.
Perhaps if the system were ranking based on these three discreet words, "Calgary" would be the focus because there are significantly less sites about Calgary than about "design" or "web." Thus if the Calgary Flames web site dominates the rankings for the search term "Calgary" and the other two words are much more common (with no standout result), then the Calgary site gets top ranking overall. Thus the Calgary Flames get top ranking. Put another way, Calgary + common_word + common_word = Calgary. Interestingly, putting "web design" in quotations still doesn't change that top result. Using the term "website" instead of "web" makes a big difference though. Draw your own conclusions.
The driving directions are often mistaken, generally because they do not always take into account one-way streets and prohibited turns.
That's exactly why they have these fools driving around. The maps already exist, they are not creating them from scratch. They are observing the local roads/turns/restrictions for errors in the mapping data and any changes. The idea is to get clean data so you do not have the problems you mentioned.
I just have the smallest possible cell, palm, camera, and thinnest wallet I can, and load up my pockets. When one of those elements breaks or is just obsolete, it gets replaced
I heard that interview and Groening said that ultimately the parent corporation decided it did not want to sue itself. They did institute a new rule that the Simpsons, or any other non-news show on Fox, could not use an onscreen information scroll lest the audience become confused and think it was actual news.
This is a typical Apple bluff. Of course they want everyone to upgrade (and pay $129 yet again), and hope to encourage users to do so with new features (such as the drool-worthy Expose). Apple has many times tried to cut off support for earlier version of an OS and had to eventually relent. Sometimes it takes a lawsuit for them to do so. OS X is just getting some great press so it would be very damaging if the bad press from this decision serves to highlight a security vulnerability in what is otherwise being lauded as much more secure by design than any flavor of Windows. Expect Apple to quietly issue a patch for 10.2.
What other software programs apart from iTunes can be used to buy from iTMS ?
The other version of iTunes (e.g., Mac or Windows, whichever you are not using). That's it.
As per the comment above that's the way it should be. No browser incompatibilities. No IE lock-in. Is there really "choice" in music services if all the services require MS IE 5.0?
Take a look at this page from a Treocentral review of the 600. You'll notice that it is only slightly longer than the 300 and no wider or thicker. So if you could jam a Treo 300, or any Palm handheld for that matter, in your pocket without your bulge drawing unwanted attention you should be OK with the new Treo.
I would recommend going to a CompUSA or Best Buy and seeing how it fit in your pocket, but with those overly-sensitive alarm cables you could really draw attention to yourself.
Page after page of mindless drivel. Incoherent ramblings with little unifying theme or compelling conclusion. The effort required to pick out the few useful bits makes reading the whole thing an exercise in futility. In total, a colossal waste of time.
Yes, but it leaves the, er, hard work up to me. I'm waiting for the technology that places the request on my behalf. In the same, ah, vein as how I know when I am thirsty, but the smartglass takes care of ordering the beer so I don't have to.
This is amazing! Technology is freeing us from one of the last vestiges of human interaction - speaking to the bartender to order another beer. Now life will be complete if I can get a chip in my boxers that senses when to grovel for sex.
I'd like to take a break from the rhetoric and criticism to point out a silver lining in this. The actions of the RIAA in this instance will serve as a wakeup call to millions of Internet users that they cannot fully hide behind anonymity online by using a clever alias. Too many people feel that they are shielded by their online pseudonym and are not responsible for their actions. Whether is is simple incivility in an online discussion forum, or outright criminal action people act far differently online because their real name is not revealed. Maybe it's a small and insignificant thing, but I'd like to see some people get pulled out from behind online identities like "munkeyspanker" to demonstrate that we are all still responsible for our actions. OK, break over, flame away.
This is wrong. A good director (or, more precisely, cinematographer) can make a dialogue based movie have more powerful images than any action flick.
I think the issue though is that even in an age of rampant piracy of movies through downloads a big-budget action movie can draw moviegoers to the theater with its enormous screen and million dollar sound system. Thus it's the movies that depend less on the theater experience (the "dialog-based movies") which would suffer more. That's how I take the argument anyway.
"I somehow doubt Apple would have any problems storing a few thousand CD's even if they didn't sell too well"
Plus it would give Apple a marketing boost to claim several million songs instead of several hundred thousand. Even if a large percentage were not of high enough quality to warrant a record label contract (not necessarily an indictment of their artistry these days) it still adds to the bottom line total. And quantity sells.
I'm with you on separating these unsigned bands. But not so much segregating them into a no-label ghetto, but rather highlighting the good stuff as iTunes exclusives.
The article (at Slate which is part of MSN but acts independently of Microsoft) complains of Google searches skewing toward shopping. Their example if how a query on "apple" gives pages of links to Apple Computer and the 50th entry is the first dealing with actual apples. I don't know about you, but if I were looking for information on apples I would type "apples" into the search field and not "apple." If fact if I do type "apples" into the Google search field in my Safari browser the first result is this:
"Learn all about apples, growing and using them, and where to pick your own apples at the Apples and More website developed by University of Illinois..."
The second is a link to the Washington State Apple Commission. Hmmm, perhaps their example was chosen because it gave the result they wanted.
And we're supposed to believe that MSN Search's results won't be skewed toward MSN Shopping and MSN Content? Google may not be perfect, but at least it's independent of the industry giants. For now anyway.
I think the term is moblogging ("moe-blogging") as in mobile weblogging. It's a little confusing in that it talks about mobs of people using mobile devices. You can follow the link to the origin of the word.
"If T-Mobile wanted to create a "coffee minutes" rate class for cheaper calls made within or arround a StarBucks"
And Starbucks will lose customers after their stores fill up with people shouting into their PDAs. Ever notice how loud people talk in public into their mobile phones?
Kazaa is already an official distributor of viruses so sure, why not. I have become quite intimate with my Registry since installing Kazaa (and not in a good way). It's enough to make a guy go legit!
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Which of the following words does not belong with the others?
"Federal, Intelligence, Agency"
"AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse."??
Give me a break. AOL doesn't care what you do with the PC. Go ahead, wipe it clean and install your favorite alternative OS. All that matters is that you sign a one-year commitment to AOL's dial-up service at $23.90 per month. That $286.80 commitment subsidizes the cost of the computer. AOL has stated (maybe it's even in a linked article) that a common reason given for cancellations is loss of access to a computer. In a few tests they have offered such users a discounted PC rather than let them become former users. As a result of what they have learned they believe that offering a really cheap computer will attract/retain members. They need to do something as they have lost a couple million recently.
Sounds like a business decision to me. But, hey, maybe it's all just part of a vast conspiracy by a big corporation to control everything we do.
... the number one link (hockey team) does not contain "design" or "web" (as a separate word) at all...
Just a thought here.
Perhaps if the system were ranking based on these three discreet words, "Calgary" would be the focus because there are significantly less sites about Calgary than about "design" or "web." Thus if the Calgary Flames web site dominates the rankings for the search term "Calgary" and the other two words are much more common (with no standout result), then the Calgary site gets top ranking overall. Thus the Calgary Flames get top ranking. Put another way, Calgary + common_word + common_word = Calgary. Interestingly, putting "web design" in quotations still doesn't change that top result. Using the term "website" instead of "web" makes a big difference though. Draw your own conclusions.
And guess what, Wal-Mart is a privately held company to boot!
I guess so, if by "privately held" you mean owned by all the shareholders that freely buy and sell WMT on the New York Stock Exchange.
The driving directions are often mistaken, generally because they do not always take into account one-way streets and prohibited turns.
That's exactly why they have these fools driving around. The maps already exist, they are not creating them from scratch. They are observing the local roads/turns/restrictions for errors in the mapping data and any changes. The idea is to get clean data so you do not have the problems you mentioned.
I just have the smallest possible cell, palm, camera, and thinnest wallet I can, and load up my pockets. When one of those elements breaks or is just obsolete, it gets replaced
I think I understand why your wallet is so thin.
I heard that interview and Groening said that ultimately the parent corporation decided it did not want to sue itself. They did institute a new rule that the Simpsons, or any other non-news show on Fox, could not use an onscreen information scroll lest the audience become confused and think it was actual news.
This is a typical Apple bluff. Of course they want everyone to upgrade (and pay $129 yet again), and hope to encourage users to do so with new features (such as the drool-worthy Expose). Apple has many times tried to cut off support for earlier version of an OS and had to eventually relent. Sometimes it takes a lawsuit for them to do so. OS X is just getting some great press so it would be very damaging if the bad press from this decision serves to highlight a security vulnerability in what is otherwise being lauded as much more secure by design than any flavor of Windows. Expect Apple to quietly issue a patch for 10.2.
Please shoot me the moment government officials start utilizing slashdotters when making public policy.
... the Natalie Portman one dollar coin.
First item for consideration this session
What other software programs apart from iTunes can be used to buy from iTMS ?
The other version of iTunes (e.g., Mac or Windows, whichever you are not using). That's it.
As per the comment above that's the way it should be. No browser incompatibilities. No IE lock-in. Is there really "choice" in music services if all the services require MS IE 5.0?
Take a look at this page from a Treocentral review of the 600. You'll notice that it is only slightly longer than the 300 and no wider or thicker. So if you could jam a Treo 300, or any Palm handheld for that matter, in your pocket without your bulge drawing unwanted attention you should be OK with the new Treo.
I would recommend going to a CompUSA or Best Buy and seeing how it fit in your pocket, but with those overly-sensitive alarm cables you could really draw attention to yourself.
My comments:
Page after page of mindless drivel. Incoherent ramblings with little unifying theme or compelling conclusion. The effort required to pick out the few useful bits makes reading the whole thing an exercise in futility. In total, a colossal waste of time.
Virginia Postrel's book however is quite good.
Yes, but it leaves the, er, hard work up to me. I'm waiting for the technology that places the request on my behalf. In the same, ah, vein as how I know when I am thirsty, but the smartglass takes care of ordering the beer so I don't have to.
This is amazing! Technology is freeing us from one of the last vestiges of human interaction - speaking to the bartender to order another beer. Now life will be complete if I can get a chip in my boxers that senses when to grovel for sex.
I'd like to take a break from the rhetoric and criticism to point out a silver lining in this. The actions of the RIAA in this instance will serve as a wakeup call to millions of Internet users that they cannot fully hide behind anonymity online by using a clever alias. Too many people feel that they are shielded by their online pseudonym and are not responsible for their actions. Whether is is simple incivility in an online discussion forum, or outright criminal action people act far differently online because their real name is not revealed. Maybe it's a small and insignificant thing, but I'd like to see some people get pulled out from behind online identities like "munkeyspanker" to demonstrate that we are all still responsible for our actions. OK, break over, flame away.
"movie piracy = death of dialogue based movies."
This is wrong. A good director (or, more precisely, cinematographer) can make a dialogue based movie have more powerful images than any action flick.
I think the issue though is that even in an age of rampant piracy of movies through downloads a big-budget action movie can draw moviegoers to the theater with its enormous screen and million dollar sound system. Thus it's the movies that depend less on the theater experience (the "dialog-based movies") which would suffer more. That's how I take the argument anyway.
"I somehow doubt Apple would have any problems storing a few thousand CD's even if they didn't sell too well"
Plus it would give Apple a marketing boost to claim several million songs instead of several hundred thousand. Even if a large percentage were not of high enough quality to warrant a record label contract (not necessarily an indictment of their artistry these days) it still adds to the bottom line total. And quantity sells.
I'm with you on separating these unsigned bands. But not so much segregating them into a no-label ghetto, but rather highlighting the good stuff as iTunes exclusives.
The article (at Slate which is part of MSN but acts independently of Microsoft) complains of Google searches skewing toward shopping. Their example if how a query on "apple" gives pages of links to Apple Computer and the 50th entry is the first dealing with actual apples. I don't know about you, but if I were looking for information on apples I would type "apples" into the search field and not "apple." If fact if I do type "apples" into the Google search field in my Safari browser the first result is this:
"Learn all about apples, growing and using them, and where to pick your own apples at the Apples and More website developed by University of Illinois..."
The second is a link to the Washington State Apple Commission. Hmmm, perhaps their example was chosen because it gave the result they wanted.
And we're supposed to believe that MSN Search's results won't be skewed toward MSN Shopping and MSN Content? Google may not be perfect, but at least it's independent of the industry giants. For now anyway.
I think the term is moblogging ("moe-blogging") as in mobile weblogging. It's a little confusing in that it talks about mobs of people using mobile devices. You can follow the link to the origin of the word.
If you sit down for drinks with Han Solo ...
Shoot First!
"$15/mo unlimited data.
... it's "SprintPCS Vision" data that's unlimited.
Did you want more than that?
Be sure from now on to check up on your facts
Actually I was just checking that particular fact
From their web site:
"Unlimited PCS Vision Access includes:
Unlimited Messaging, including text messages and email
Unlimited Web access"
So, email and proxied http traffic is not exactly the unlimited data that the Slashdot crowd is looking for.
"If T-Mobile wanted to create a "coffee minutes" rate class for cheaper calls made within or arround a StarBucks"
And Starbucks will lose customers after their stores fill up with people shouting into their PDAs. Ever notice how loud people talk in public into their mobile phones?
Kazaa is already an official distributor of viruses so sure, why not. I have become quite intimate with my Registry since installing Kazaa (and not in a good way). It's enough to make a guy go legit!
"... dies in the latest novel"
... la la la la la la la la la
Stop with the spoilers and fake spoilers, evil trolls! Not listening