I haven't seen power consumption numbers, but over the life of the PC, it's quite possible that the machine will save the difference in lower energy costs.
The spec says it requires 18V DC at 4.44 amps. I believe that works out to about 80 watts. So then assuming your saving about 200 watts over a conventional computer then
200 watts * 160 hours per month = 32 kWh
Electricity goes for about 8 cents per kWh so you save about $2.56 per month. Even if you have the machine for 5 years you only save $153.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the last win a free trip into space contest was NASA's "teacher in space" on the ill fated Challenger mission. Space flights are dangerous, especially in the under funded Russian program.
Now Pepsi wants to up the anti with one of the biggest contests ever including a realty TV show. I know the odds of anything going wrong are low (I'd go if I won) but still this sounds like a bit of a gamble on Pepsi's part.
Microsoft entered the techno clothing market by announcing its new line of MS Pants. The pants feature among other things a built in cell phone and PDA running the Windows CE operating system.
Microsoft officials flatly denied reports of the fly release mechanism failing at "in opportune times", causing beta testers to become trapped in their pants. A spokes person said "MS Pants have been designed with the same attention to quality and security we put into all our products".
The pants are expected to be available in time for the Christmas shopping season. A more powerful retro 70's jumpsuit will be available next spring.
And really, you don't lose privacy unless you're "sharing" with 50,000 of your best friends via Gnutella or something.
I think the idea of Squishy DRM is that every time you copy a file it gets an ID tag embed in it, perhaps the serial number of your computer.
I suppose it depends on how its implemented but some possible issues do come to mind:
Do you have to register your computer with the government so that they can find you if a file with your ID shows up on Gnutella?
If you don't register your ID then how do they track you down? Will they need a warwant
Is there a possibility of forging an ID or maybe even framing someone?
Will a black market appear for stolen computers or maybe even computers found in a dumpster because they have an "untraceable" ID chip inside them? Will the previous owner of the computer be held liable?
Isn't the biggest problem with transferring regular film to IMAX not in the resolution but in the actual framing of the shots.
I could be wrong but I believe that for a regular film if you have two characters talking to each other you could frame them so that one is at the left edge of the screen and the other is at the right edge. If you do this for IMAX (with it's larger screen) however the audience will actually have to turn their head back and forth to look at the two characters. To get around this problem an IMAX director zooms out a little so that the characters are closer together. This means that you can now see the background at the left and right edges of the screen.
So the problem with transferring a regular film to IMAX is that you have to move your head a lot while watching the film because there was no extra bits of background footage to add onto the left and right of the screen.
I've always found Maxtor drives reliable but when I first saw this I thought that Maxtor might have sacrificed reliability for size as some other drive makers have done.
At the bottom of this page though it says that the drives come with a 3 year Warranty and 1 million hours MTTF.
You could try buying some web advertising but please don't buy any of the pop-up or pop-under ads.
You could also try one of the many free banner exchange services. The basic idea is that you put an advertisement up on your site and in return you get an advertisment on someone elses site. Not all services have a 1 to 1 ratio though.
Real Question here, not a troll: What problem philosophically do the SlashDot Editors, or SlashDot Community, have with a registration-required site? Why would this prevent its inclusion as a source for editors' stories?
I can't speak for everyone else but I personally don't have a problem with a site requiring registration. I have a problem with all the sites requiring registration. The whole concept of the web is that hyperlinks let you jump from site to site. Imagine if you had to sign up for a new account every time you clicked on a link that took you to a different site (assuming you hadn't been there before).
Another problem I have is that I might be willing to trust my personal info and email to one or two sites. What if I sign-up at a hundred different sites though. You know that all it takes is just one of them to sell your email address to a mass mailer and you'll be receiving penis enlargement offers for the rest of your life.
For the NYT you used to be able to use the Random Login Generator. Unfortunately it seems they fixed that little loophole.
Perhaps all those first posters could actually make themselves useful and kindly create a new account and post a user name and password for the rest of us.
Rather than using the amplitude and frequency of electromagnetic waves, they're using the polarization of the wave to carry the signal. Such a method offers a novel and elegant method of secure communication over fiber optic lines.
Or... you could use one of the numerous software packages that already exist to "encrypt" your data.
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The sooner we can put our petty squabbling aside the sooner we can get move on to the real issue.
Which is better Star Trek or Star Wars?
Ya be careful people! Just linking to google could get /. into a whole lot of trouble.
The spec says it requires 18V DC at 4.44 amps. I believe that works out to about 80 watts. So then assuming your saving about 200 watts over a conventional computer then
200 watts * 160 hours per month = 32 kWh
Electricity goes for about 8 cents per kWh so you save about $2.56 per month. Even if you have the machine for 5 years you only save $153.
If it's anecdotal evidence, conjecture, speculation, or just good old innuendo your interested in then Ask Slashdot is the place for you.
I suspect that the original NES and SNES games were bigger then 4K so you'll probably only get a stripped down version of a game.
Now Pepsi wants to up the anti with one of the biggest contests ever including a realty TV show. I know the odds of anything going wrong are low (I'd go if I won) but still this sounds like a bit of a gamble on Pepsi's part.
Microsoft officials flatly denied reports of the fly release mechanism failing at "in opportune times", causing beta testers to become trapped in their pants. A spokes person said "MS Pants have been designed with the same attention to quality and security we put into all our products".
The pants are expected to be available in time for the Christmas shopping season. A more powerful retro 70's jumpsuit will be available next spring.
Here's his home page where he does claim to have invented the Internet.
Uh huh. Like that's going to happen.
I imagine next month they're going to suggest that everyone view the source for web pages they visit to get around the latest IE bug.
If it wasn't for the predictable plots you couldn't play The Star Trek the Drinking Game.
I think the idea of Squishy DRM is that every time you copy a file it gets an ID tag embed in it, perhaps the serial number of your computer.
I suppose it depends on how its implemented but some possible issues do come to mind:
Peer-to-peer also seems to be the cornerstone of getting your ass sued back into the Stone Age.
- Palladium style DRM - The hardware/software prevents you from making copies even if they would be legitimate ones.
- Squishy DRM - No restrictions on copying but copies can be traced back to the source so that people who make illegal copies can be prosecuted.
So we basically haveI could be wrong but I believe that for a regular film if you have two characters talking to each other you could frame them so that one is at the left edge of the screen and the other is at the right edge. If you do this for IMAX (with it's larger screen) however the audience will actually have to turn their head back and forth to look at the two characters. To get around this problem an IMAX director zooms out a little so that the characters are closer together. This means that you can now see the background at the left and right edges of the screen.
So the problem with transferring a regular film to IMAX is that you have to move your head a lot while watching the film because there was no extra bits of background footage to add onto the left and right of the screen.
At the bottom of this page though it says that the drives come with a 3 year Warranty and 1 million hours MTTF.
You could also try one of the many free banner exchange services. The basic idea is that you put an advertisement up on your site and in return you get an advertisment on someone elses site. Not all services have a 1 to 1 ratio though.
Considering RMS received the Linus Torvalds award it seems only fitting that Linus get the FSF Award. ;)
Would you return your Pentium because it does almost all divisions correctly?
Like the Pentium bug this isn't a cases of whether users will notice a difference. It's about a company owning up to its mistakes.
Just hire super models for your sales team.
I can hardy wait to start receiving spam from the penis enlargement party.
- Snub the over forty crowd that makes up 44% of your business.
- Make sure you stagnate so that you don't come out with anything fresh.
- During a recession raise your prices.
- Forget any lesson you might have learned from the late 70's when the industry underwent a similar crisis.
The only thing left to do to put that final nail into your coffin is to implement some "creative accounting" practices.I can't speak for everyone else but I personally don't have a problem with a site requiring registration. I have a problem with all the sites requiring registration. The whole concept of the web is that hyperlinks let you jump from site to site. Imagine if you had to sign up for a new account every time you clicked on a link that took you to a different site (assuming you hadn't been there before).
Another problem I have is that I might be willing to trust my personal info and email to one or two sites. What if I sign-up at a hundred different sites though. You know that all it takes is just one of them to sell your email address to a mass mailer and you'll be receiving penis enlargement offers for the rest of your life.
Perhaps all those first posters could actually make themselves useful and kindly create a new account and post a user name and password for the rest of us.
Or... you could use one of the numerous software packages that already exist to "encrypt" your data.
I know the US government is here to serve US interest and all but whatever happened to doing things for the betterment of mankind.
Perhaps I'm being too idealistic.