Radio Freak America is a 2600 inspired web broadcast from somewhere in Arizona. It's an interresting way to kill an hour or so. Check it out. They have more on the technical side than OTH's more political nature.
lable them with different patterns of rubber or felt. like
F1 =//// F2 = \\\\ F3 = 000
etc...
you also may want to find a keyboard which requires more pressure to type with so there are less errors while finding keys, like where's that F1... Feels Presser F4 F3 F2... ah there it is... "Opening mail"... "Opening Chat"... "Opening Browser"... WTF?
Part of the security of this device is the fact that you shouldn't let it get into unwanted hands. Yes, I agree the encryption standard is weak as hell. This is a first generation technology, so give it a break. I think the weak encrypion was compromise since, as many have pointed out, the hard drive is rather slow and it has to encrypt things...
I'll bet there are other companies working on a similar technology, I won't purchase one until I get variable key length and some decent speed specs.
I'm gonna call this one now. No enterprise can endure the openness that weblogs usually have. The closest thing that you can have and get your discussion and security is either a plain old web message board, or a mailing list of some sort. But security is still an issue.
I'll bet it'll be no time until microsoft adds something to the specs that only IE supports. Then They'll convince many lusers to use it and those of us that don't use IE will get screwed again. You guys remember Java Script, and HTML right?
I wonder, what will it take to convince microsoft that they need to follow the standards like every one else?
We get free nights, free weekends, and free calls between family members. When you've got 2 teenagers and one of them's a geek who dosen't like sunlight and the other only calls home to say she's going to be late, we never use anytime minuts, even though we get like 300 a month to share. We got all three phones for free and we pay like $80 per month for all the service on all the phones.
All this from Cingular Wireless.
(discalimer: my father works for SBC Ameritech which owns Cingular but still I think it's good deal any ways)
Thus far I've seen some good argumenst and they come in a these 3 main topics:
Legal Food Asthetic
Now my points
Legal - All the games you want to have can be played with out much hassle and legaly too. Most FPS games have a contacn number where you can purcahs a site copy for much less than the sum of all the computers you will have. And all the Blizzard games(Starcraft Warcraft III Diablo II) have an even better deal because they want to start a cafe movement. I word of warning you want to be open late but but many of your customers are under 18 so look at curfew laws around you and post a sign about your policy you don't want to get shut down for contributing to the deliquency of a minor (you know that's half the point of having this lan cafe but you don't want any proof to haunt you:)
Food - ONLY ALLOW WHAT YOU SELL, and then only sell bottles of pop so people can keep lids on and make sure you post a policy about $25 for replacing a spilled on keyboard or such, no big deal. Oh and those cold frapachino thingies can keep customers awake and paying for a few hours. For snacks avoid chips because of the grease and other residues. But you do need something. I haven't figured out what yet but it is a must. This place in Niles, Illinois Called G-Zone is run by a Korean family and they have bags of non-greasy ethnic snacks I love em... but I think individual chex mix bag arerelativly grease free, but work with what you have.
Asthetic - Get comfortable chairs this is greatly important. Also I reccomed an area with a couch and some chairs for little kids mothers to sit and for burnt out gamers to rest for a few mins after a huge frag fest. Free coffie here would be a good idea(like a quick lube's waiting room)
I love cyber cafes because the give me a chance to get out of the house and beat some people's faces I can see. So have late night parties on the weekends, people will stay.
A word on staff now do not hire regulars they will be more interrsted in playing than doing work I know I was one for a while.
I bet the seas rising due to global warming isn't helping either.
-Ben
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Guys, this is nothing new I just bought my books for college and 3 out of 4 came shrinkwraped with notices on them about bad things happening if I'm not a good kid. The computer class was the only one with a EULA on it and the class sucs so i'm gonna try adg get by with out opening it. Last semester only my english book was like this but all the essays contained with in it are in the public domain.
There's a small proublem with this idea, when in a deep sleep(non-rem) all you muscles tense, thus setting off the alarm. And as I read this question the alarm id for while she is sleeping and awakes with a proublem.
-Ben (Yes I know my spelling is poor but it's 2 am and I've been up more than 36 hours)
I've Noticed printers for under $50 for sale all over the place and I own one. The refills for my printer cost about $60 for colour and $50 for black (it uses 2 cartridges side by side) and i've been thinking if it comes with 2 free cartridges why not buy a new one every time you run of of ink and sell the old one on e-bay.
-Ben
Worst case, just call(303) 499-7111, and listen to WWV via phone.
A Question:
Do you know where to get other local phone numbers for the time like that? I'm especailly interrested in numbers in the 312, 708, 815, and 773 area codes or any where around Chicago.
Now I'll believe that many people haven't made a phone call, I mean African and rural China are huge as are the number of small children who haven't learned yet, but I bet every one of 'em has enjoyed the delicious flavor of Krispy Kreme's wonder of innovation.
I don't know much about this macrovision stuff, But I hook my PS2 up to the tv through my VCR all the time and haven't had any proublems. I would think if this was usual many people would be mentioning the ps2 but no one has. Is this right or do I have a special one? Now that I know this, any one want a VHS copy of Harry Potter? (Kidding)
Even on the analog I noticed some of those black ovals,the ones appear on film movies, in some important scenes so what you notices in the artifact department may be Lucas film's Fault not the Digital equipment or the show's
I fail to see how this is a new theory. The big bang says everything startes with a single point of infinant density (Hawking calls them singularities) and it became unstable and well... exploded. The big bang theory makes no definative comments as to the eventual fate of the universe it just discusses the beginning. The big crunch says we'll eventually be sucked into a single point of infinant density because the big bang just wasn't powerful enough.
So if my logic is correct the big bang happens but it isn't big enough so eventually the big crunch happens and we get what we started with (a single point of infinate density) so why can't it happen again. All we need is a little instability.
Slashdot Mirror
-Code
I guess they've been slashdotted on the phone too, The gentleman on the other end says it was discontinued about a year ago. Now that's lag.
-Code
instead of labeling them F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
////
lable them with different patterns of rubber or felt. like
F1 =
F2 = \\\\
F3 = 000
etc...
you also may want to find a keyboard which requires more pressure to type with so there are less errors while finding keys, like where's that F1... Feels Presser F4 F3 F2... ah there it is...
"Opening mail"... "Opening Chat"... "Opening Browser"... WTF?
-Code
Two Things:
"Give Peace a Chance." - John Lennon
and
I wish for Peace
I'm thinking about a situation I heard about years ago. "By breaking this seal you agree to all liscences contained within."
Shouldn't one be allowed to at least read a license before agreeing to it?
Oh, yeah we already knew Microsoft is not a nice company, most of us don't use them any more...
-Code
Part of the security of this device is the fact that you shouldn't let it get into unwanted hands. Yes, I agree the encryption standard is weak as hell. This is a first generation technology, so give it a break. I think the weak encrypion was compromise since, as many have pointed out, the hard drive is rather slow and it has to encrypt things...
I'll bet there are other companies working on a similar technology, I won't purchase one until I get variable key length and some decent speed specs.
-Code
Oh wait.
"...after 2 years of hibernation as read-only at userlocal.com."
What use are forums if they're read only?
Well, that's just peachy...
-Code
I'm gonna call this one now. No enterprise can endure the openness that weblogs usually have. The closest thing that you can have and get your discussion and security is either a plain old web message board, or a mailing list of some sort. But security is still an issue.
-Code
I'll bet it'll be no time until microsoft adds something to the specs that only IE supports. Then They'll convince many lusers to use it and those of us that don't use IE will get screwed again. You guys remember Java Script, and HTML right?
I wonder, what will it take to convince microsoft that they need to follow the standards like every one else?
-Code
Some how this all seems like some sort of subtle ploy to get me to execise... How I do despise them.
/. the entire planet.
Imagine it we could
-Code
We get free nights, free weekends, and free calls between family members. When you've got 2 teenagers and one of them's a geek who dosen't like sunlight and the other only calls home to say she's going to be late, we never use anytime minuts, even though we get like 300 a month to share. We got all three phones for free and we pay like $80 per month for all the service on all the phones.
All this from Cingular Wireless.
(discalimer: my father works for SBC Ameritech which owns Cingular but still I think it's good deal any ways)
-Code
Thus far I've seen some good argumenst and they come in a these 3 main topics:
:)
Legal
Food
Asthetic
Now my points
Legal - All the games you want to have can be played with out much hassle and legaly too. Most FPS games have a contacn number where you can purcahs a site copy for much less than the sum of all the computers you will have. And all the Blizzard games(Starcraft Warcraft III Diablo II) have an even better deal because they want to start a cafe movement. I word of warning you want to be open late but but many of your customers are under 18 so look at curfew laws around you and post a sign about your policy you don't want to get shut down for contributing to the deliquency of a minor (you know that's half the point of having this lan cafe but you don't want any proof to haunt you
Food - ONLY ALLOW WHAT YOU SELL, and then only sell bottles of pop so people can keep lids on and make sure you post a policy about $25 for replacing a spilled on keyboard or such, no big deal. Oh and those cold frapachino thingies can keep customers awake and paying for a few hours. For snacks avoid chips because of the grease and other residues. But you do need something. I haven't figured out what yet but it is a must. This place in Niles, Illinois Called G-Zone is run by a Korean family and they have bags of non-greasy ethnic snacks I love em... but I think individual chex mix bag arerelativly grease free, but work with what you have.
Asthetic - Get comfortable chairs this is greatly important. Also I reccomed an area with a couch and some chairs for little kids mothers to sit and for burnt out gamers to rest for a few mins after a huge frag fest. Free coffie here would be a good idea(like a quick lube's waiting room)
I love cyber cafes because the give me a chance to get out of the house and beat some people's faces I can see. So have late night parties on the weekends, people will stay.
A word on staff now do not hire regulars they will be more interrsted in playing than doing work I know I was one for a while.
-Ben
I bet the seas rising due to global warming isn't helping either.
-Ben
Guys, this is nothing new I just bought my books for college and 3 out of 4 came shrinkwraped with notices on them about bad things happening if I'm not a good kid. The computer class was the only one with a EULA on it and the class sucs so i'm gonna try adg get by with out opening it.
Last semester only my english book was like this but all the essays contained with in it are in the public domain.
-Ben
For those of you who don't want to download the massive 8mb presentation here are the links at the end.
eldred.cc
creativecommons.org
publicknowledge.org
eff.org
lessig.org
In all reality they have a stand to prompte their 1 degree of seperation sthick. In my issue of eWeek they have a advertisment:
How do you get your Windows Die hards to work with your Unix Zelots... 1 degree of seperation
(oddly the picture has 6 people on the windows side and 5 on the unix side just a little subliminal hint at which they think is better)
M$ seems to be trying to make a point that they do work with linux. I guess they're afraid of us.
-Ben
There's a small proublem with this idea, when in a deep sleep(non-rem) all you muscles tense, thus setting off the alarm. And as I read this question the alarm id for while she is sleeping and awakes with a proublem.
-Ben
(Yes I know my spelling is poor but it's 2 am and I've been up more than 36 hours)
I've Noticed printers for under $50 for sale all over the place and I own one. The refills for my printer cost about $60 for colour and $50 for black (it uses 2 cartridges side by side) and i've been thinking if it comes with 2 free cartridges why not buy a new one every time you run of of ink and sell the old one on e-bay. -Ben
Worst case, just call(303) 499-7111, and listen to WWV via phone.
A Question:
Do you know where to get other local phone numbers for the time like that? I'm especailly interrested in numbers in the 312, 708, 815, and 773 area codes or any where around Chicago.
In your opinion exactly which 3 would those be?
Now I'll believe that many people haven't made a phone call, I mean African and rural China are huge as are the number of small children who haven't learned yet, but I bet every one of 'em has enjoyed the delicious flavor of Krispy Kreme's wonder of innovation.
-Ben
Boy I hope this is the FP!
I don't know much about this macrovision stuff, But I hook my PS2 up to the tv through my VCR all the time and haven't had any proublems. I would think if this was usual many people would be mentioning the ps2 but no one has. Is this right or do I have a special one? Now that I know this, any one want a VHS copy of Harry Potter? (Kidding)
-Ben
Ask any Divorcee, I know some who paid millions for two bits:
"Will you Marry Me?"
"Yes" bit #1 (or in binary 1)
"Do you want a Divorce?"
"Yes" bit #2 (or in binary 1)
Even on the analog I noticed some of those black ovals ,the ones appear on film movies, in some important scenes so what you notices in the artifact department may be Lucas film's Fault not the Digital equipment or the show's
I fail to see how this is a new theory. The big bang says everything startes with a single point of infinant density (Hawking calls them singularities) and it became unstable and well... exploded. The big bang theory makes no definative comments as to the eventual fate of the universe it just discusses the beginning. The big crunch says we'll eventually be sucked into a single point of infinant density because the big bang just wasn't powerful enough.
So if my logic is correct the big bang happens but it isn't big enough so eventually the big crunch happens and we get what we started with (a single point of infinate density) so why can't it happen again. All we need is a little instability.
-Ben