When I moved to Reno 6 years ago from Seattle (dont ask), gambling seemed like a fun and novel way to blow some extra cash.
In real life I think that part of the appeal of gambling is that it can't be done everywhere.
After a couple weeks, the novelty wore off. I don't think this is exactly rocket surgery. You could probably survey residents in any given town where gambling is legal and find that most of them don't really gamble very often. Those that do, in my experience are usually suffering from some sort of gambling addiction.
When you make everyone's hometown a 'virtual gambling town' you shouldnt be surprised to see the same sort thing, addicts stay and everyone else gets over it.
Pretty interesting, but for some reason I couldnt watch this without constantly being reminded about the superiority of mobile phones and service in pretty much every developed country other than the US.
"He said if a similar tool could be produced for newspapers, it would not be accepted by consumers.
"You'd go to your local corner shop and buy the daily paper, and you'd have these large holes where the ads were. "
I dont really care for this analogy. On the internet, advertising unfortunately almost always takes the form of something extra smacked right on top of your content and in a lot of cases you have to 'deal with it' before you can actually get to the content. This is annoying.
I think a more accurate analogy would be a newspaper with a bunch of leaflets attached to the outside, where you have to pull them all of in order to get to the actual news in the paper.
Or a magazine with 100 reply cards inside of it that you have to dispose of before you can just sit down and enjoy the read.
Mr. Smith, If you dont want people to block your advertising content don't throw it up in their face and make them 'deal with it' before they can get what they are looking for.
We can store a picture of the construction of our brains as a collection of 1's and 0's.
Who cares? I mean really. One idea that transcends most religions is that your conciousness leaves your body when you die.
Assume you could reupload your brain into an empty shell to bring you 'back to life'. Would that entity have a soul? If I were one who subscribed wholeheartedly to the notion of souls... I would say no.
Apple has historically charged a premium for the intangible/immeasurable, or so you would be led to believe when arguing the benefits of mac vs pc with the typical mac zealot. What I see are not cheaper mac minis, but a bigger mac mini profit margin for Apple.
Maybe Im wierd. In fact, I am sure that I am wierd but anytime I get a song in my head that I dont want in there I just need to hum or listen to Talking Head's 'Psycho Killer'.
It's preferable to most of the songs that get stuck in my head, and for some reason it fades faster than say a Spice Girls song.
"no longer spread the message that non-free software is a good thing if it's convenient."
Its about damn time that people started realizing that computers dont just exist to make YOUR life easier. Selfish bastards...think of the computer's feelings once in a while. If everyone used commercial software because of the convenience then the only people around to stroke the egos of OSS developers would be other OSS developers.
...that I knew enough about programming in linux to create some nice DJ tools for the iPod, and/or had the time to learn it. Nothing super fancy but a "press the middle button to the beat" BPM calculator, live queuing and some sort of pitch/tempo control. Two of those hooked up to a mixer and BLAM.
Im sort of disappointed that Apple didn't add some more dj-friendly features but then I guess dj's arent really the target market.
This will be great for the food court at the local mall. They have 2 giant plasma monitors up on the walls playing the Republican News Network (foxnews) all damn day. Im not gonna pretend that all cable news doesnt have a conservative bias, but that channel is just over the top.
It's a shame this wasn't designed as anything more than a toy. The features, from what I gather in the software seem to be pretty powerful.
It appears to display the beat count graphically where each notch is a beat, and the distance between each notch is a nice heads up indicator of the tempo of the song. Pretty neat concept. It's not the first time it has been done, but it is definately a great way to "See" what you are hearing.
If they could incorporate some sort of Final Scratch type interface, or even a custom controller (think mixer and 2 turntables) I could seriously consider buying it for use as rig for mixing mp3s. Pop the PS2, the nonexistant custom controller and a small LCD into a mobile rack and you could have a kick ass platform for mobile mixing of digital audio files.
I configured the same system. Are you adding a bunch of stuff that you aren't listing there? Im not exactly sure how you got that price. Here's the price I came up with using the components that you listed for the Dell:
Dual Xeon 2.4ghz No Operating System 1GB Ram 73GB Ultra 320 SCSI HDD Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet CDROM
$2075
Or if you would like Dual 3.2ghz Xeon procs, the price is $3574. I'm not a Dell fanboy, but Im really interested in how you arrived at that price.
UNIX Systems Administration Guru (4 positions) Salary: From 700,000.00 to 1,000,000.00 INR per year.
Wow, I never thought Id have a 7 figure income!
It almost looks like a lot, but even with the depressed dollar, it's still only about 22,000 a year. Im guessing that you could make that working full time as a manager at a McJob.
If you are a person who cares about backward compatibility with current xbox titles, chances are you already have an xbox to play those on. Kind of a moot point if you ask me.
Supposedly, you can get linux pre-installed. My assumption is that it will cost extra since it is Redhat Enterprise WS.
Their website seems pretty light on the details about linux but this page tells you what systems it is available for.
Then again, anyone who actually wants linux on a desktop machine probably knows how to obtain and install their favorite distro anyway.
Yes, I was making an assumption. I should have said "will be cheaper" rather than "is cheaper".
Of all the assumptions you can make about unreleased hardware, I think it is safe to say that Apple devices will cost more than (Any comparable device from mfgr X)...perceived value aside.
This is also based on my previous knowlege of iRiver and Apple pricing schemes. The 20gb Ihp-120 runs about $349 vs $399 for a 20gb iPod.
Its cheaper, but not quite as good looking or easy to use as the iPod...as an mp3 player
The killer feature for the new iRiver devices is the recording ability. iPod and a handful of other devices can record voice at a low bitrate.
The iRiver (IHP-120 and i am assuming the new models) can record from a digital input or microphone into a high quality mp3 or wav file.
So in addition to being a decent mp3 platform, it could also stand to replace portable MD and DAT recorders. This is a great thing for musicians and bootleggers. While the onboard mic-preamp isn't the best in the world, it appears to be from what Ive read, suitable for most applications.
CasperXP. I've used it several times and never had a problem. The typcial scenario is when I or a friend want to upgrade to a larger hard drive without having to reinstall everything. Attach the hard drive, copy existing hard drive to new hard drive, boot from new hard drive. It even runs on top of windows without having to boot into a special utility.
...receives a LOT of art and and media from outside sources. A lot of whom use macs, and software that is proprietary to the mac. At most, he has revealed that Microsoft isn't forcing it's vendors to use Microsoft solutions.
Without making a concious effort to do so, the last 5 albums that I have purchased, i have never heard on the radio. All but on are on indie labels, and were release recently..
So, I am not weening myself because I disagree with the RIAA. The RIAA is weening me because most of the members are only putting out crap.
Sort of related...did anyone see Michael Jackson on the "Radio Music Awards" (whatever the hell that is) last night? He thanked Clearchannel SEVERAL times. I guess he wants his next album to sell better than the last one. Step 1 in having commercial music success appears to be "Kiss Clearchannel's Ass".
The iPod service can be controlled in the Services control applet under administrative tools. I think it is launched from the iTuneshelper app, because it was already set to manual start when I went in to stop it. I set it to "Disabled" just to be sure it doesnt start.
The iTunes helper I think just causes iTunes to load faster..or something.
You can keep it from starting by removing the iTunesHelper key from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
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When I moved to Reno 6 years ago from Seattle (dont ask), gambling seemed like a fun and novel way to blow some extra cash.
In real life I think that part of the appeal of gambling is that it can't be done everywhere.
After a couple weeks, the novelty wore off. I don't think this is exactly rocket surgery. You could probably survey residents in any given town where gambling is legal and find that most of them don't really gamble very often. Those that do, in my experience are usually suffering from some sort of gambling addiction.
When you make everyone's hometown a 'virtual gambling town' you shouldnt be surprised to see the same sort thing, addicts stay and everyone else gets over it.
http://www.tmsuk.co.jp/roborior/movie.html
Pretty interesting, but for some reason I couldnt watch this without constantly being reminded about the superiority of mobile phones and service in pretty much every developed country other than the US.
"He said if a similar tool could be produced for newspapers, it would not be accepted by consumers.
"You'd go to your local corner shop and buy the daily paper, and you'd have these large holes where the ads were. "
I dont really care for this analogy. On the internet, advertising unfortunately almost always takes the form of something extra smacked right on top of your content and in a lot of cases you have to 'deal with it' before you can actually get to the content. This is annoying.
I think a more accurate analogy would be a newspaper with a bunch of leaflets attached to the outside, where you have to pull them all of in order to get to the actual news in the paper.
Or a magazine with 100 reply cards inside of it that you have to dispose of before you can just sit down and enjoy the read.
Mr. Smith, If you dont want people to block your advertising content don't throw it up in their face and make them 'deal with it' before they can get what they are looking for.
We can store a picture of the construction of our brains as a collection of 1's and 0's.
Who cares? I mean really. One idea that transcends most religions is that your conciousness leaves your body when you die.
Assume you could reupload your brain into an empty shell to bring you 'back to life'. Would that entity have a soul? If I were one who subscribed wholeheartedly to the notion of souls... I would say no.
So then why would a human clone have a soul..
oh no Ive gone crosseyed.
Im not holding my breath for any of it.
But lets assume that it is true.
"Are even cheaper Mac Minis coming?"
Apple has historically charged a premium for the intangible/immeasurable, or so you would be led to believe when arguing the benefits of mac vs pc with the typical mac zealot. What I see are not cheaper mac minis, but a bigger mac mini profit margin for Apple.
Ok..off the original topic..
Maybe Im wierd. In fact, I am sure that I am wierd but anytime I get a song in my head that I dont want in there I just need to hum or listen to Talking Head's 'Psycho Killer'.
It's preferable to most of the songs that get stuck in my head, and for some reason it fades faster than say a Spice Girls song.
"no longer spread the message that non-free software is a good thing if it's convenient." Its about damn time that people started realizing that computers dont just exist to make YOUR life easier. Selfish bastards...think of the computer's feelings once in a while. If everyone used commercial software because of the convenience then the only people around to stroke the egos of OSS developers would be other OSS developers.
This may be exactly what we need.
Our business currently pays out close to 15,000 a year for search engine capabilities from Atomz for a few of our websites.
It looks like this can do everything that Atomz can do...sign me up!
...that I knew enough about programming in linux to create some nice DJ tools for the iPod, and/or had the time to learn it. Nothing super fancy but a "press the middle button to the beat" BPM calculator, live queuing and some sort of pitch/tempo control. Two of those hooked up to a mixer and BLAM.
Im sort of disappointed that Apple didn't add some more dj-friendly features but then I guess dj's arent really the target market.
This will be great for the food court at the local mall. They have 2 giant plasma monitors up on the walls playing the Republican News Network (foxnews) all damn day. Im not gonna pretend that all cable news doesnt have a conservative bias, but that channel is just over the top.
It's not so bad, huh? Making bucks, getting exercise, working outside.
Fuckin' A
If they could incorporate some sort of Final Scratch type interface, or even a custom controller (think mixer and 2 turntables) I could seriously consider buying it for use as rig for mixing mp3s. Pop the PS2, the nonexistant custom controller and a small LCD into a mobile rack and you could have a kick ass platform for mobile mixing of digital audio files.
I hope Diebold rememberd to localize the voting software on those machines since Dubya seems to be having a hard enough time running this country.
I configured the same system. Are you adding a bunch of stuff that you aren't listing there? Im not exactly sure how you got that price. Here's the price I came up with using the components that you listed for the Dell:
Dual Xeon 2.4ghz
No Operating System
1GB Ram
73GB Ultra 320 SCSI HDD
Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet
CDROM
$2075
Or if you would like Dual 3.2ghz Xeon procs, the price is $3574.
I'm not a Dell fanboy, but Im really interested in how you arrived at that price.
In order to make this analogy even more accurate, you would need to weld the hood shut (speaking about the hardware here, not the software).
UNIX Systems Administration Guru (4 positions)
Salary: From 700,000.00 to 1,000,000.00 INR per year.
Wow, I never thought Id have a 7 figure income!
It almost looks like a lot, but even with the depressed dollar, it's still only about 22,000 a year. Im guessing that you could make that working full time as a manager at a McJob.
If you are a person who cares about backward compatibility with current xbox titles, chances are you already have an xbox to play those on. Kind of a moot point if you ask me.
Their website seems pretty light on the details about linux but this page tells you what systems it is available for. Then again, anyone who actually wants linux on a desktop machine probably knows how to obtain and install their favorite distro anyway.
Here's a page about building your own "high-end" DDR pad out of wood and sheet metal.
http://www.geocities.com/ddrhomepad/
If I had the tools and a place to build it (currently in a crappy apartment), Id definately give it a shot.
Yes, I was making an assumption. I should have said "will be cheaper" rather than "is cheaper".
Of all the assumptions you can make about unreleased hardware, I think it is safe to say that Apple devices will cost more than (Any comparable device from mfgr X)...perceived value aside.
This is also based on my previous knowlege of iRiver and Apple pricing schemes. The 20gb Ihp-120 runs about $349 vs $399 for a 20gb iPod.
Its cheaper, but not quite as good looking or easy to use as the iPod...as an mp3 player
The killer feature for the new iRiver devices is the recording ability. iPod and a handful of other devices can record voice at a low bitrate.
The iRiver (IHP-120 and i am assuming the new models) can record from a digital input or microphone into a high quality mp3 or wav file.
So in addition to being a decent mp3 platform, it could also stand to replace portable MD and DAT recorders. This is a great thing for musicians and bootleggers. While the onboard mic-preamp isn't the best in the world, it appears to be from what Ive read, suitable for most applications.
http://www.fssdev.com/
CasperXP. I've used it several times and never had a problem. The typcial scenario is when I or a friend want to upgrade to a larger hard drive without having to reinstall everything. Attach the hard drive, copy existing hard drive to new hard drive, boot from new hard drive. It even runs on top of windows without having to boot into a special utility.
...receives a LOT of art and and media from outside sources. A lot of whom use macs, and software that is proprietary to the mac. At most, he has revealed that Microsoft isn't forcing it's vendors to use Microsoft solutions.
My god it's a scandal!.
Im not sure if this says anything.
Without making a concious effort to do so, the last 5 albums that I have purchased, i have never heard on the radio. All but on are on indie labels, and were release recently..
So, I am not weening myself because I disagree with the RIAA. The RIAA is weening me because most of the members are only putting out crap.
Sort of related...did anyone see Michael Jackson on the "Radio Music Awards" (whatever the hell that is) last night? He thanked Clearchannel SEVERAL times. I guess he wants his next album to sell better than the last one. Step 1 in having commercial music success appears to be "Kiss Clearchannel's Ass".
The iPod service can be controlled in the Services control applet under administrative tools. I think it is launched from the iTuneshelper app, because it was already set to manual start when I went in to stop it. I set it to "Disabled" just to be sure it doesnt start.
r entVersion\Run
The iTunes helper I think just causes iTunes to load faster..or something.
You can keep it from starting by removing the iTunesHelper key from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cur