In America it is neither tough nor expensive to get a weapons permit... around $60 where I live. Maybe we need to license iPods like we license handguns... and perhaps it would work just as well:)
I'm just sick of all these efforts to speed De-desertification on planet earth. I mean, think of all the arid land we're destroying here folks! We can't just sit back and let the forests take over the planet...
Won't the environmentalists have fun with this one...
C'mon folks, how can we welcome our new overlords if they don't have lasers or rockets strapped to their bodies? Are they heat-seaking? Where's the pizazz?
Here's what I think we should do:
Find the worlds fastest predatory strike
Strap a rocket and laser to the animal/bug/lawyer/software_company which posesses it
???
Profit!!!
(that was my first, 1-2-3 profit post... I feel a part of the community now)
I live in Oregon and love Weird Al- you're right about the rest of the Oregonians though, they're all Weird Al hating communists... they started out as tree-huggin, crystal-rubbin' hippies, and I was OK with that, but when the commi-weird-al-hatin' came along I said to myself "now if the slashdot crowd ever goes commi-weird-al-hatin' I'm just gonna hang myself"... now, I just don't know what to do.
My MacBook 1.83ghz rocks- no technical issues *yet*... a little discoloration that Apple will fix (and has acknowledged), but other than that it has been awesome. However, I feel VERY unsure about it, and that is almost worse than having problems at all. A search for "random shutdown" on apple.com is very revealing of the scope of the power issues, which worry me the most:
Sir, I balk at your two-armed threat. The *nix fortune app identifies a far more surly threat:
(1) Alexander the Great was a great general.
(2) Great generals are forewarned.
(3) Forewarned is forearmed.
(4) Four is an even number.
(5) Four is certainly an odd number of arms for a man to have.
(6) The only number that is both even and odd is infinity.
Therefore, Alexander the Great had an infinite number of arms.
- Fortune
I defy anyone to find a more menacing search term than Alexander the Great!
You should note that summary mentions 1) a solar powered network and 2) distribution plans for India. I wouldn't rate India as a glistening example of first-world power grids; even the largest companies there use diesel-powered generators as their primary power source (HCL for one).
Spain may be better or worse as far as the grid is concerned, but I'm pretty sure they have a similar (or more favorable) solar index...
And yet, in spite of Zonk's apparent lack of writing skills, hundreds of/. readers will take this opportunity to get their energy out concerning yet-another arrogant industry-leader... None of us uses slashot for the quality (or grammar) of the writing, but for the chance to participate in the mele of the comments:)
Don't like google's approach? Think they should ignore the whole issue of "click fraud"? Slashdot the click-fraud advertisers! Here's how it works:
1. Search in google for "google click fraud site:slashdot.org"
2. Click on all the advertisers
3. ????
4. The advertisers PROFIT and eventually realize that click fraud is GOOD!
I was using Q on my Intel MacBook(Qemu for OSX - http://www.kberg.ch/q/ ) and decided to try Parallels... dog-slow disk access made me switch back to Q. Q is GPL'd, and though it does not currently have virtualization, they are working on porting the Qemu accelerator and/or qvm86.
I must say that from my own personal experience, Weird Al is a nice guy willing to watch out for his fans... I wrote him a letter once (when CD's were the rage) and asked him where I could purchase his albums, stating that I had a hard time finding them in local shops. He responded (or his lackeys, whatever- they refelct his attitude IMHO) thanking me for being a fan and shipped me ALL of his albums for free.
Some rare fan treatment if you ask me. Now, it may be that he makes much less on iTunes sales, but I'm sure he's not hurting- hopefully he remembers his bill-paying fans that make him what he is.
Why bother? Pump power BACK into the grid instead
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Store Your Own Juice
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Why even bother offering a home product at $10k?
Besides, people should be thinking about generating their own power and pumping the surplus back into the grid, running their meters backwards (a legally protected action in most states) at a cost to the power company.
These are called intertie systems, and power companies are federally mandated to allow them:
I think by far a more dangerous hybrid personality type that can result from the coupling of two highly technical persons is the offspring that is to some degree autistic, but self-aware enough to deceive. In other words, they lack the level of emotion required to be a decent human being, yet they observe proper human behavior and can mimic it perfectly, sometimes even surpassing others in the areas of social interaction and diplomacy. I believe a great deal of these individuals end up in marketing.
Nintendo's greatest enemy may be the top-dog attitude they've touted for years. Top sales numbers today mean jack for tomorrow, especially when you're up against companies like MS and PSP who are trying their darndest to not only compete for market share, but actually _innovate_ an drive new technologies. Compare the PSP to the DS and you get an excellent idea of which company is driving new technology.
Nintendo proclaims that they won't go the way of Sega... I wonder if Sega ever proclaimed that they wouldn't go the way of Atari.
I'd like to get off the grid in a different way... one that still lets me use/.
I've found Yurts to be an interesting architectural endeavour, and very affordable... not to mention the interesting psychological/environmental changes that one would experience living in a round building.
My wife loves both of these books, and they have an excellent amount of info...
Also, heres a very important, and technically worthy GIFT IDEA!!!
Tympanic/Aural Thermometer - This will make your life about 100 times easier when your little baby gets a fever. It is a digital thermometer that takes a temperature reading within the baby's ear canal- it can measure your baby's temp (or yours) in about 1 second. And the baby doesn't mind it at all (not the case with the old fashioned methods). We got ours at Costco, but I believe you can find them all over.... Note that they are not recommended for diagnosis purposes for babies under 2 months- though they are still a very helpful parent reassurance tool...
Amen. Might I add that the "Kevin" reference/comparision is ridiculous. This guy represents nothing that Kevin did, and his "material witness" status isn't even IT related.
What in the WORLD is this story doing on Slashdot?
Are you crazy? Are all the moderators smoking crack? This is FUNNY folks, pure sarcastic HUMOR. Sure, it's probably not the most PC (Politically Correct, not Personal Computer;)) joke in the world, but it is still FUNNY.
Moderators, please do the job you are not paid for and mod this little gem UP!
Sure, AT&T isn't supposed to be a monopoly nowadays (or a regulated one at least), but you could have fooled me! Point me in the direction of 3 or more cable internet providers and I'll change my mind...
That being the case, let them be sued for screwing us all over and doing a crappy job of it! There's nothing worse that a monopoly that doesn't know what they're doing.
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The RIAA is not known for hitting in the face... they have a much lower target.
In America it is neither tough nor expensive to get a weapons permit... around $60 where I live. Maybe we need to license iPods like we license handguns... and perhaps it would work just as well :)
I'm just sick of all these efforts to speed De-desertification on planet earth. I mean, think of all the arid land we're destroying here folks! We can't just sit back and let the forests take over the planet...
Won't the environmentalists have fun with this one...
Here's what I think we should do:
(that was my first, 1-2-3 profit post... I feel a part of the community now)
I live in Oregon and love Weird Al- you're right about the rest of the Oregonians though, they're all Weird Al hating communists... they started out as tree-huggin, crystal-rubbin' hippies, and I was OK with that, but when the commi-weird-al-hatin' came along I said to myself "now if the slashdot crowd ever goes commi-weird-al-hatin' I'm just gonna hang myself"... now, I just don't know what to do.
My MacBook 1.83ghz rocks- no technical issues *yet*... a little discoloration that Apple will fix (and has acknowledged), but other than that it has been awesome. However, I feel VERY unsure about it, and that is almost worse than having problems at all. A search for "random shutdown" on apple.com is very revealing of the scope of the power issues, which worry me the most:
1 8&search=Go&q=random+shutdown
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=c2
You should note that summary mentions 1) a solar powered network and 2) distribution plans for India. I wouldn't rate India as a glistening example of first-world power grids; even the largest companies there use diesel-powered generators as their primary power source (HCL for one).
Spain may be better or worse as far as the grid is concerned, but I'm pretty sure they have a similar (or more favorable) solar index...
And yet, in spite of Zonk's apparent lack of writing skills, hundreds of /. readers will take this opportunity to get their energy out concerning yet-another arrogant industry-leader... None of us uses slashot for the quality (or grammar) of the writing, but for the chance to participate in the mele of the comments :)
Don't like google's approach? Think they should ignore the whole issue of "click fraud"? Slashdot the click-fraud advertisers! Here's how it works: 1. Search in google for "google click fraud site:slashdot.org" 2. Click on all the advertisers 3. ???? 4. The advertisers PROFIT and eventually realize that click fraud is GOOD!
You are a bitter bitter monkey hater...
I was using Q on my Intel MacBook(Qemu for OSX - http://www.kberg.ch/q/ ) and decided to try Parallels... dog-slow disk access made me switch back to Q. Q is GPL'd, and though it does not currently have virtualization, they are working on porting the Qemu accelerator and/or qvm86.
I must say that from my own personal experience, Weird Al is a nice guy willing to watch out for his fans... I wrote him a letter once (when CD's were the rage) and asked him where I could purchase his albums, stating that I had a hard time finding them in local shops. He responded (or his lackeys, whatever- they refelct his attitude IMHO) thanking me for being a fan and shipped me ALL of his albums for free.
Some rare fan treatment if you ask me. Now, it may be that he makes much less on iTunes sales, but I'm sure he's not hurting- hopefully he remembers his bill-paying fans that make him what he is.
Why even bother offering a home product at $10k?
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Besides, people should be thinking about generating their own power and pumping the surplus back into the grid, running their meters backwards (a legally protected action in most states) at a cost to the power company.
These are called intertie systems, and power companies are federally mandated to allow them:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=solar+intert
I think by far a more dangerous hybrid personality type that can result from the coupling of two highly technical persons is the offspring that is to some degree autistic, but self-aware enough to deceive. In other words, they lack the level of emotion required to be a decent human being, yet they observe proper human behavior and can mimic it perfectly, sometimes even surpassing others in the areas of social interaction and diplomacy. I believe a great deal of these individuals end up in marketing.
Nintendo's greatest enemy may be the top-dog attitude they've touted for years. Top sales numbers today mean jack for tomorrow, especially when you're up against companies like MS and PSP who are trying their darndest to not only compete for market share, but actually _innovate_ an drive new technologies. Compare the PSP to the DS and you get an excellent idea of which company is driving new technology. Nintendo proclaims that they won't go the way of Sega... I wonder if Sega ever proclaimed that they wouldn't go the way of Atari.
Bring a camcorder and lots of your favorite carbonated beverage... trips like this are worth prime advertising slots on the tube nowadays...
Coca Cola
Pepsi- your other sponsorship choice
I'd like to get off the grid in a different way... one that still lets me use /.
/. fix out in the sticks...
I've found Yurts to be an interesting architectural endeavour, and very affordable... not to mention the interesting psychological/environmental changes that one would experience living in a round building.
In a few years I plan to take advantage of Composting toilets, solar and exercised charged deep-cycle battery power, Solar Cooking, Efficient wood cooking and heating and whatever other kinds of natural/off-grid lifestyles I can find...
Let's not forget Intel's WiMAX technologies that should let me get my
Luckily I should be aquiring 5 acres of land for free or cheap in the next few years, which makes this whole thing much more feasible.
This could become especially important as technologies like The Remote Chicken Fondler become more popular....
I'm a new father of a now 3-month old baby girl. She's adorable, and alot of fun...
Here's my advice; read some good books on the subject and be prepared. I would suggest (these are commonly suggested, and there's a reason for that):
"What to expect when you're expecting" - Arlene Eisenberg, Sandee E. Hathaway, Heidi E. Murkoff
http://www.epinions.com/book_mu-2807804
"What to expect the first year" http://www.epinions.com/book_mu-2807473
My wife loves both of these books, and they have an excellent amount of info...
Also, heres a very important, and technically worthy GIFT IDEA!!!
Tympanic/Aural Thermometer - This will make your life about 100 times easier when your little baby gets a fever. It is a digital thermometer that takes a temperature reading within the baby's ear canal- it can measure your baby's temp (or yours) in about 1 second. And the baby doesn't mind it at all (not the case with the old fashioned methods). We got ours at Costco, but I believe you can find them all over.... Note that they are not recommended for diagnosis purposes for babies under 2 months- though they are still a very helpful parent reassurance tool...
Amen. Might I add that the "Kevin" reference/comparision is ridiculous. This guy represents nothing that Kevin did, and his "material witness" status isn't even IT related. What in the WORLD is this story doing on Slashdot?
Are you crazy? Are all the moderators smoking crack? This is FUNNY folks, pure sarcastic HUMOR. Sure, it's probably not the most PC (Politically Correct, not Personal Computer ;)) joke in the world, but it is still FUNNY.
Moderators, please do the job you are not paid for and mod this little gem UP!
M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y
Sure, AT&T isn't supposed to be a monopoly nowadays (or a regulated one at least), but you could have fooled me! Point me in the direction of 3 or more cable internet providers and I'll change my mind...
That being the case, let them be sued for screwing us all over and doing a crappy job of it! There's nothing worse that a monopoly that doesn't know what they're doing.
"News for Nerds, Stuff that matters."
Has this CNET story been submitted to slashdot yet? This seems like something they would be interested to see on the front page.
Now wouldn't that be an exercise in unbiased journalism... doubt it would happen though.
When will we see this new setup?