" The BBC already provides on-demand streams of the last episodes of all Radio 4 programmes..."
I really think Audio On-Demand is something we'll see in the relatively-near future, but not just on your computer. Imagine driving in your car and being able to call up any audio book you want, to be played immediately. Then allow you to bookmark spots with audio cues, etc. Add to that being able to call up just about any song you want, and now we're talking. I'd love to see XM Radio or Sirrus do something like this, then it would be so worth the monthly fees.
...when someone needs to rush another person to the hospital. Thirty seconds can be the difference between life and death when you need to rush your hurt kid or pregnant wife to the hospital down the street.
Then also imagine this all happening in the morning, right after you downed a couple spoonfulls of cough syrup because you weren't feeling so hot, and the car refuses to start because it thinks you're drunk.
I have a similar situation to the original poster's predicament, although it doesn't have to do with a game.
Early last year I purchased tkcMail from theKompany.com. At the time I (and many others) purchased this product, the product page stated that IMAP support was "coming soon". That was over a year ago.
Since purchasing the product, I joined the product's mailing list to listen for updates on when to expect IMAP support for the product. I was certainly not the only one complaining. The president of the company would often come on the list and promise its "soon" arrival, often in rather rude wording.
Every so often a developer from the company would appear on the list, telling us it was due out the next week. I believe the last time we heard that was last August.
I and many others tried to get a refund for the product, since we eagerly bought the product in hopes we'd have a useable IMAP client for the Sharp Zaurus and have yet to see it. But we're always promptly reminded that the company website states that sales are "as is". Since the software is downloaded upon purchase, they claim that since there's no way to not have the software, how can they be expect to allow refunds? Good point there, but I still didn't buy that they could advertise a feature as coming soon like they did to bait people into buying something they couldn't get a refund for.
Last November I had just about had enough of the waiting, the lax promises and the rude replies to fair questions on the IMAP feature arrival. I decided to contact the Better Business Beareau of CA and at least hopefully scare them. The replied to the first round of inquiry, then ignored the second. If I understand the BBB, they at least now have a black mark on their record.
The company web page has since removed the claim for IMAP support as a future feature of the product (a wave of the magic Wayback Machine shows the initial state of the page). A scary sight for those of us waiting for that support, but it's actually likely a result of people pointing their fingers at it when demanding a refund.
Sure, we should have all heeded their "as is" policy before buying the product, but isn't there at least something to a sort-of bait-and-switch sorta deal with this? I mean, is there a legal definition for what a company defines as "soon" when promising a future feature? Can an automobile company make a car then, for example, claim on the advertisement that it will run on water as fuel..."soon"? When do they have to make good on that promise?
...is that humans won't be floating around in low-gravity with five weeks of their own feces flying around them. Have you ever seen the amount of dung those little buggers put out on an hourly basis?! It's absurd! How do they plan to handle that?
Actually nevermind, I probably don't want to know.
As I sit with several domain names available at my disposal, I got to thinking that this may be the way one could combat spam - registering your own domainname. Let me explain.
So I have the domain "blah.com" and I want to register for an Ebay account. Instead of simply giving "me@blah.com", I'd instead register "ebay@blah.com" which would just point to my inbox. Now I can easily filter mail appropriately as it comes through. Not only that, but I can tell which places gave my email address out to spaming companies and act accordingly. I can also give out addresses like "mike.hunt@blah.com" and "george.bush@blah.com" for individuals. If I don't want to hear from them anymore, *poof*, I delete the address.
An even better way to make sure your address isn't guessed is to give out nonsense addresses, like "tfg57@blah.com", which you would just make a note of who that address is assigned to. That way george.bush can't email me at mike.hunt because he knows I still get email from him.
I can't imaging this is a new idea, but I figured I'd post it anyway.
This sorta reminds me of 180's Exhale Heating System in their gloves. Has anyone used these gloves before? How are they? Seems like such a simple idea that would definitely be nice if it works.
"...or by moving it to the ISS where it could be maintained and operated."
<self back patting>
I suggested this option once before, but one person said, "Nah, the attitude/orbital requirements for the scope and the station are just too different." Is this true?
</self back patting>
"Will there come a point where the service is trusted outright and positives aren't checked and students are penalized and/or expelled by default?"
I had wondered this too, when I saw the parent post. What's that company's track record? What's the percentage of false positives they get or plan to get if/when the service becomes popular? Even if it's just one false positive in 100 or even 1000, what happens to that poor student?
I think it's a serious enough issue to punish students wrongly because a 3rd party unrelated to the school pointed a finger at them. Even just one is bad.
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Or CPU's bouncing on Trampolines!
...is that Steve Jobs will have his own TLD! ;-)
No need to put that in /usr/local/bin, as many multiuser systems won't allow typical users to place stuff in /usr/local.
.bashrc line to:
Just put the script in ~/scripts or ~/bin and change that
[ $PS1 ] && alias help=~/scripts/smarthelp.bsh
There's a pretty good image of it here.
I really think Audio On-Demand is something we'll see in the relatively-near future, but not just on your computer. Imagine driving in your car and being able to call up any audio book you want, to be played immediately. Then allow you to bookmark spots with audio cues, etc. Add to that being able to call up just about any song you want, and now we're talking. I'd love to see XM Radio or Sirrus do something like this, then it would be so worth the monthly fees.
airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow in miles per hour
Heating a giant Jiffy-Pop bag of course. (Joke lost on anyone who hasn't seen the movie)
I can see it now, people on the black market selling "Guaranteed non-alcoholic breath" in balloons.
Then also imagine this all happening in the morning, right after you downed a couple spoonfulls of cough syrup because you weren't feeling so hot, and the car refuses to start because it thinks you're drunk.
Here's the old link to the auction -- dead now.
Early last year I purchased tkcMail from theKompany.com. At the time I (and many others) purchased this product, the product page stated that IMAP support was "coming soon". That was over a year ago.
Since purchasing the product, I joined the product's mailing list to listen for updates on when to expect IMAP support for the product. I was certainly not the only one complaining. The president of the company would often come on the list and promise its "soon" arrival, often in rather rude wording.
Every so often a developer from the company would appear on the list, telling us it was due out the next week. I believe the last time we heard that was last August.
I and many others tried to get a refund for the product, since we eagerly bought the product in hopes we'd have a useable IMAP client for the Sharp Zaurus and have yet to see it. But we're always promptly reminded that the company website states that sales are "as is". Since the software is downloaded upon purchase, they claim that since there's no way to not have the software, how can they be expect to allow refunds? Good point there, but I still didn't buy that they could advertise a feature as coming soon like they did to bait people into buying something they couldn't get a refund for.
Last November I had just about had enough of the waiting, the lax promises and the rude replies to fair questions on the IMAP feature arrival. I decided to contact the Better Business Beareau of CA and at least hopefully scare them. The replied to the first round of inquiry, then ignored the second. If I understand the BBB, they at least now have a black mark on their record.
The company web page has since removed the claim for IMAP support as a future feature of the product (a wave of the magic Wayback Machine shows the initial state of the page). A scary sight for those of us waiting for that support, but it's actually likely a result of people pointing their fingers at it when demanding a refund.
Sure, we should have all heeded their "as is" policy before buying the product, but isn't there at least something to a sort-of bait-and-switch sorta deal with this? I mean, is there a legal definition for what a company defines as "soon" when promising a future feature? Can an automobile company make a car then, for example, claim on the advertisement that it will run on water as fuel..."soon"? When do they have to make good on that promise?
"What's wrong with your browser, dude?"
"Firefox down, man. Firefox down."
Actually nevermind, I probably don't want to know.
Great, now I'm hungry again....not.
I've never been to the park, but "millions upon millions" of dollars? Please...
Er, how's that? Making people aware of Lego? OK, raise your hand if you've never heard of Lego before. I don't think they make a dime for Lego.
...when LEGO had laid offs recently.
As I sit with several domain names available at my disposal, I got to thinking that this may be the way one could combat spam - registering your own domainname. Let me explain.
So I have the domain "blah.com" and I want to register for an Ebay account. Instead of simply giving "me@blah.com", I'd instead register "ebay@blah.com" which would just point to my inbox. Now I can easily filter mail appropriately as it comes through. Not only that, but I can tell which places gave my email address out to spaming companies and act accordingly. I can also give out addresses like "mike.hunt@blah.com" and "george.bush@blah.com" for individuals. If I don't want to hear from them anymore, *poof*, I delete the address.
An even better way to make sure your address isn't guessed is to give out nonsense addresses, like "tfg57@blah.com", which you would just make a note of who that address is assigned to. That way george.bush can't email me at mike.hunt because he knows I still get email from him.
I can't imaging this is a new idea, but I figured I'd post it anyway.
This sorta reminds me of 180's Exhale Heating System in their gloves. Has anyone used these gloves before? How are they? Seems like such a simple idea that would definitely be nice if it works.
FYI, they are now available where I originally said, here.
<self back patting>
I suggested this option once before, but one person said, "Nah, the attitude/orbital requirements for the scope and the station are just too different." Is this true?
</self back patting>
Reminds me of this past Slasdot story.
Perl vs. Ruby flamewar in 3..2.....oh wait, nevermind.
I had wondered this too, when I saw the parent post. What's that company's track record? What's the percentage of false positives they get or plan to get if/when the service becomes popular? Even if it's just one false positive in 100 or even 1000, what happens to that poor student?
I think it's a serious enough issue to punish students wrongly because a 3rd party unrelated to the school pointed a finger at them. Even just one is bad.