I would say that Tivo's biggest asset is the name. The name has fallen into common vernacular: People say "I'm going to Tivo Lost tonight*" - and in fact that line is often written into TV scripts. It remains to be seen whether that brand will remain in people's mind *cough* Napster *cough*.
*Disclaimer: I am old, so I say "I am going to TAPE Lost tonight" when I mean I am going to record something to my PVR.
Also: My GF is a concierge in Apple. She has told me that techs *will* swap out iPhones even if the sensors are red, on a case-by-case basis, if the problem in question is not obviously a moisture problem. Really, the whole point of the sensors is to give the techs *some clue* about what the problem could be, *not* to unilaterally deny warranty claims. Apple really does kick ass on warranty and non-warranty claims. I am typing this on a beat-to-shit macbook that has been fixed numerous times *for free* by Apple, out of warranty. And before you ask, no it is not because of my relationship with the aforementioned GF. No one at the Apple store knows who I am, I just walk in with it under my arm.
Ah, grasshopper. While a 3 year warranty may have been standard for a microwave oven in times of yore, back in the 80's, when you bought an Amiga, a 1040ST, an Apple III, or a PC Jr, the warranty was a scant 3 months. 90 days was the standard for electronics for a *long* time.
Yes. A lot of development environments *cough* Visual Studio 2008 *cough* assume local admin rights. You also have to be able to install stuff to get things done. If you have to submit a ticket just to register a DLL or what have you, your time is wasted.
It's dumb I think to just say, Well, install a VM and make it unpriveleged because 90% of apps you develop access the LAN in some fashion, and an unencumbered VM not subject to group policy is basically the same as having a development machine with local admin rights, except now the VM represents rogue machine from the LAN perspective. So why not just give the developer local admin and reduce your LAN management headaches?
If the math is universal and does not require hyperspecialized training to draw conclusions from, this sounds like a killer app for crowdsourcing, assuming the raw data can be published even as a CSV. Wouldn't that be nifty, if people could vote on their opinions on the validity of the methods used, and display that publicly, and the methods they used to validate the conclusions? hmm, sounds like a good website in the making there. hmm. you heard it here first.
My interpretation is that Kara Thrace was an angel or a guide sent by God. The foreshadowing for this was provided a few episodes back, when Kara gave Adama an angel figurine for the prow of the model ship he was building in his quarters.
Um, 'cause it's Base-10 and way easier to teach to future generations? In addition to the (seemingly) American attitude of "We rule the world and we likes our Imperial system 'cause it's ours, and ours alone" there is the thought that maybe, JUST MAYBE, the stubborness of the US might have something to do with how out of touch the people that run the US (read: old, white guys) are with the youth of today and the importance of the future. If we were in touch (and I am a Canadian, which is 80% American, AND an old white guy, so I say "we") then we would get over making things convenient for the ruling class and actually make a difference in the classrooms, the street, and in the minds and hearts of the youth that will inherit the country twenty years in the future, and by extension, the perception of the US around the world. I don't know if you've been paying attention, but the US isn't doing so hot in that category lately.
Just my.022 cents (exchange rate karma's a bitch)
I would not buy an album, but I would gladly pay big $$$ to prevent them from releasing an incredibly shitty COVER like "Whiskey in the Jar" and stinking up the radio waves with it. Maybe that should be their business model - we pay them to STOP making music.
Oh, no. No. Now I have that fucking song in my head and it won't go away! AAAAAAHHHHHH! Make it stop! Make it stop! teh alternative-rock goggles, they do nothing!
whoops, mean the other way around I meant just format it as NTFS volume, and use the NTFS3G FUSE driver for Mac and no worries. I do this on my macbook.
?? dude it's hfs in mac disk mode, no kidding it won't work on your PC. You need a 3rd party utility, like http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6 or maybe there's an HFS FUSE driver that will work. It's not locked in, though, Mac disks have been that way forever.
I'm as liberal as the next guy, but I think you're reading that wrong. I think what the reporter was saying that the issue is that the operator of the robot may not make a distinction between homeless people and bad guys, not that the presence of the robot would cause homeless people to buy drugs.
Don't laugh. Just yesterday I showed one of my co-workers the NBTSTAT command and he got really excited: "Wow, I didn't even know you can do that!" - otherwise he's a smart guy, though.
Jesus, why does everything have to be labeled an ad? My GF's daughter got one for her birthday, and I freaked and I wrote TFA. Now you know everything there is to know about it. It's Slashdot, remember? The site where we, i dunno, talk and stuff about nerdy things like cool toys. Are we *not* supposed to submit stories because it might contaminate the lofty standards imposed on it by the NPOV gestapo?
What happened afterwards (no link for this, but we North Americans know the real reason why) was that state coffers started bulging with ticket revenue, so the limit stuck. The excuse was that "it was safer". It was only in 1995 that the federal statute was overturned, allowing Americans to drive at reasonable speeds. It was observed that throughout the period of 55 mph on Interstate highways, only a 1% reduction in fuel was noted, and the economic spinoffs of raising the speed limit in '95 was estimated at 2-3 billion dollars a year (just from people not being late, alone, I think.)
There is always tuning you can do to make php vs html serve time close(r), then you can use something like a php accelerator to get within roughly comparable performance. I've personally witnessed a 2 to 4 fold increase in LAMP applications by using one of these suckers. ymmv.
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I would say that Tivo's biggest asset is the name. The name has fallen into common vernacular: People say "I'm going to Tivo Lost tonight*" - and in fact that line is often written into TV scripts. It remains to be seen whether that brand will remain in people's mind *cough* Napster *cough*.
*Disclaimer: I am old, so I say "I am going to TAPE Lost tonight" when I mean I am going to record something to my PVR.
Also: My GF is a concierge in Apple. She has told me that techs *will* swap out iPhones even if the sensors are red, on a case-by-case basis, if the problem in question is not obviously a moisture problem. Really, the whole point of the sensors is to give the techs *some clue* about what the problem could be, *not* to unilaterally deny warranty claims. Apple really does kick ass on warranty and non-warranty claims. I am typing this on a beat-to-shit macbook that has been fixed numerous times *for free* by Apple, out of warranty. And before you ask, no it is not because of my relationship with the aforementioned GF. No one at the Apple store knows who I am, I just walk in with it under my arm.
Ah, grasshopper. While a 3 year warranty may have been standard for a microwave oven in times of yore, back in the 80's, when you bought an Amiga, a 1040ST, an Apple III, or a PC Jr, the warranty was a scant 3 months. 90 days was the standard for electronics for a *long* time.
>Well, install a VM and make it unpriveleged because
Sorry, I meant "Install a VM and give it full privileges"
Yes. A lot of development environments *cough* Visual Studio 2008 *cough* assume local admin rights. You also have to be able to install stuff to get things done. If you have to submit a ticket just to register a DLL or what have you, your time is wasted.
It's dumb I think to just say, Well, install a VM and make it unpriveleged because 90% of apps you develop access the LAN in some fashion, and an unencumbered VM not subject to group policy is basically the same as having a development machine with local admin rights, except now the VM represents rogue machine from the LAN perspective. So why not just give the developer local admin and reduce your LAN management headaches?
If the math is universal and does not require hyperspecialized training to draw conclusions from, this sounds like a killer app for crowdsourcing, assuming the raw data can be published even as a CSV. Wouldn't that be nifty, if people could vote on their opinions on the validity of the methods used, and display that publicly, and the methods they used to validate the conclusions? hmm, sounds like a good website in the making there. hmm. you heard it here first.
enjoy explaining that bit of paper to DHS when they decide to look in your wallet as you go through airport security
My interpretation is that Kara Thrace was an angel or a guide sent by God. The foreshadowing for this was provided a few episodes back, when Kara gave Adama an angel figurine for the prow of the model ship he was building in his quarters.
me too. also posted it on SeenOnSlash, that was awesome
Iridium
Did it ever occur to you that you never had a problem *because* of the power failures doing the rebooting for you?
Commercial and military aviators seem to think so.
Um, 'cause it's Base-10 and way easier to teach to future generations? In addition to the (seemingly) American attitude of "We rule the world and we likes our Imperial system 'cause it's ours, and ours alone" there is the thought that maybe, JUST MAYBE, the stubborness of the US might have something to do with how out of touch the people that run the US (read: old, white guys) are with the youth of today and the importance of the future. If we were in touch (and I am a Canadian, which is 80% American, AND an old white guy, so I say "we") then we would get over making things convenient for the ruling class and actually make a difference in the classrooms, the street, and in the minds and hearts of the youth that will inherit the country twenty years in the future, and by extension, the perception of the US around the world. I don't know if you've been paying attention, but the US isn't doing so hot in that category lately. Just my .022 cents (exchange rate karma's a bitch)
I would not buy an album, but I would gladly pay big $$$ to prevent them from releasing an incredibly shitty COVER like "Whiskey in the Jar" and stinking up the radio waves with it. Maybe that should be their business model - we pay them to STOP making music.
Oh, no. No. Now I have that fucking song in my head and it won't go away! AAAAAAHHHHHH! Make it stop! Make it stop! teh alternative-rock goggles, they do nothing!
http://xkcd.com/179/
whoops, mean the other way around I meant just format it as NTFS volume, and use the NTFS3G FUSE driver for Mac and no worries. I do this on my macbook.
?? dude it's hfs in mac disk mode, no kidding it won't work on your PC. You need a 3rd party utility, like http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6 or maybe there's an HFS FUSE driver that will work. It's not locked in, though, Mac disks have been that way forever.
I'm as liberal as the next guy, but I think you're reading that wrong. I think what the reporter was saying that the issue is that the operator of the robot may not make a distinction between homeless people and bad guys, not that the presence of the robot would cause homeless people to buy drugs.
Don't laugh. Just yesterday I showed one of my co-workers the NBTSTAT command and he got really excited: "Wow, I didn't even know you can do that!" - otherwise he's a smart guy, though.
Jesus, why does everything have to be labeled an ad? My GF's daughter got one for her birthday, and I freaked and I wrote TFA. Now you know everything there is to know about it. It's Slashdot, remember? The site where we, i dunno, talk and stuff about nerdy things like cool toys. Are we *not* supposed to submit stories because it might contaminate the lofty standards imposed on it by the NPOV gestapo?
Unfortunately, the latter. The 55 mph limit was imposted in 1973 as a means of reducing oil consumption during the OPEC crisis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis
What happened afterwards (no link for this, but we North Americans know the real reason why) was that state coffers started bulging with ticket revenue, so the limit stuck. The excuse was that "it was safer". It was only in 1995 that the federal statute was overturned, allowing Americans to drive at reasonable speeds. It was observed that throughout the period of 55 mph on Interstate highways, only a 1% reduction in fuel was noted, and the economic spinoffs of raising the speed limit in '95 was estimated at 2-3 billion dollars a year (just from people not being late, alone, I think.)
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Fb:silverlight
Very funny, funnest game demo I've ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5TXEUiR1Xk
The delicious part is, in the end the demo crashes. Locks the machine hard.
bzzzt. wrong. all serious web developers use sql server or other db. you have no idea what is expected from a modern site designer.
There is always tuning you can do to make php vs html serve time close(r), then you can use something like a php accelerator to get within roughly comparable performance. I've personally witnessed a 2 to 4 fold increase in LAMP applications by using one of these suckers. ymmv.