That's a good warning, but it doesn't work like that here (in the U.S.)
Most mobile operators offer plans based on a fixed number of minutes (in my case, $50 for 3,000 minutes), which can be used for any call--local or long-distance--anywhere in the U.S.
I am not aware of an operator that makes a distinction between "in-network" and "out-of-network" calls.
I dont have bluetooth, nor a bluetooth PDA. I do have a $50 cell phone with a $3/month for WAP access and I read my mail, buy movie tickets, send e-mail and even browse pr0n with it.
Yikes! I can't imagine that screen size is useful unless you're into midget sex.
I get better resolution out of the memories of pr0n in my head than you probably get on that damn phone.
Besides, who's holding the phone for you while you're...umm...
Not to be pedantic, but it seems that the new URIs begin with:
info:namespace/namespace-path
The "//" construct is usually used to signal the start of a machine name, whereas the following slash is used to signal the start of the path on that machine.
In this case, the notion of a machine is not used; it is more abstract than that. Hence, no "//"...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program of Microsoft-bashing and templatized joke-recycling...
Nice menu: not alphabetized, and "Use a digital camera" appears twice with two different icons. Then there's the inexplicable and unexplained "scribus" menu item, the only item that is neither a phrase nor capitalized.
You seem to understand these things. I've been here a while and still don't get the distinction between -1, Flamebait and -1, Troll. Isn't it the same thing?
(This is neither flamebait nor a troll, just a question that I've always been curious about...)
Even apple, who have a reputation as being inovative, really just produce things to the same tired designs, they just round off the corners and make them out of coloured plastic.
These dittos are to balance out the inevitable "Rush sucks" posts that will soon arise of from SlashDot's liberal readership.
<FLAMEBAIT>
How do I know SlashDot readers are liberal? They all want something for nothing; as is evidenced by much of this discussion.;-)
</FLAMEBAIT>
I think what the guy was saying re: although I have no idea what Apache has to do with HTML was that Apache, as an HTTP server, has nothing to do with HTML, the document format, in the same way that Apache has nothing to do with the GIF format, the JPEG format, or any other MIME type (nothing to do other than serve it up, that is).
I have an Archos mp3 player, it has 6GB of storage. It has good battery life, it's integration is mediocre and it's footprint is fairly large. It still works perfectly fine for me, as it's just a USB hard drive and I don't need iTunes to listen to music.
I had one of those Archos units, and I'm now very happy to have an iPod instead. The Archos is big, it's heavy, when I had one it was USB 1.0 so it took FIVE HOURS to fill with music, and the batteries would lose their ability to hold a charge very quickly.
All of that I happily tolerated until the thing started having all sorts of HD errors. After about a month or so of use, it would start reporting errors, and I'd have to reformat the whole damn thing (which meant I had to tie up a computer for five hours--on Windows NT, this made the machine otherwise unusable, why I don't know).
As if that wasn't bad enough, I was never able to have one for more than two months without it getting so screwed up that it could no longer be recognized as a HD and I'd have to send it back.
After sending it back three times, I finally just gave up on the damn thing. Thankfully, that was because the iPod came out, and I got one as a Christmas present.
I don't like the society they're creating. I want a society where people can be heard -- not greedy corporations.
I find your ideas fascinating and woud like to subscribe to your newsletter.
In the meantime, maybe you should start a web site that allows people to discuss things that pertain to technology and society. You know, discussions for dorks; shit that's relevant.
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Most mobile operators offer plans based on a fixed number of minutes (in my case, $50 for 3,000 minutes), which can be used for any call--local or long-distance--anywhere in the U.S.
I am not aware of an operator that makes a distinction between "in-network" and "out-of-network" calls.
For example, is you issue the command:
cat somefile | pbcopy
the clipboard receives the contents of somefile, whereas if you type:
pbpaste > somefile
puts the contents of the clipboard into the file somefile.
Yikes! I can't imagine that screen size is useful unless you're into midget sex.
I get better resolution out of the memories of pr0n in my head than you probably get on that damn phone.
Besides, who's holding the phone for you while you're...umm...
If I were building a theme park, I'd care more about engineers giving me the thumbs up than the kids.
And if I were building a theme park, I'd want thumbs-up from both.
(A tip of the hat to the parent, who is probably a Mac developer...)
info:namespace/namespace-path
The "//" construct is usually used to signal the start of a machine name, whereas the following slash is used to signal the start of the path on that machine.
In this case, the notion of a machine is not used; it is more abstract than that. Hence, no "//"...
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program of Microsoft-bashing and templatized joke-recycling...
Steve Jobs must be shitting in his pants.
Or just wait for a tornado to take care of it for you.
thanks for clarifying. i appreciate it.
You seem to understand these things. I've been here a while and still don't get the distinction between -1, Flamebait and -1, Troll. Isn't it the same thing?
(This is neither flamebait nor a troll, just a question that I've always been curious about...)
What? It'll take -1 hours?
Cool! It's already been cracked!
All I can say is, thank God I have a Mac!
What you really want is a button that says Start. Then you could use it to shut everything off.
Sure you think it's intuitive, but you're probably the kind of guy editing crontabs and changing rc levels.
This statement is funny on so many levels...
I can't tell if the parent is supposed to be flamebait or not...
<FLAMEBAIT> ;-)
How do I know SlashDot readers are liberal? They all want something for nothing; as is evidenced by much of this discussion.
</FLAMEBAIT>
I think what the guy was saying re: although I have no idea what Apache has to do with HTML was that Apache, as an HTTP server, has nothing to do with HTML, the document format, in the same way that Apache has nothing to do with the GIF format, the JPEG format, or any other MIME type (nothing to do other than serve it up, that is).
Have you seen the guy? He *is* a featureless blob!
I had one of those Archos units, and I'm now very happy to have an iPod instead. The Archos is big, it's heavy, when I had one it was USB 1.0 so it took FIVE HOURS to fill with music, and the batteries would lose their ability to hold a charge very quickly.
All of that I happily tolerated until the thing started having all sorts of HD errors. After about a month or so of use, it would start reporting errors, and I'd have to reformat the whole damn thing (which meant I had to tie up a computer for five hours--on Windows NT, this made the machine otherwise unusable, why I don't know).
As if that wasn't bad enough, I was never able to have one for more than two months without it getting so screwed up that it could no longer be recognized as a HD and I'd have to send it back.
After sending it back three times, I finally just gave up on the damn thing. Thankfully, that was because the iPod came out, and I got one as a Christmas present.
Stay away from the Archos if at all possible.
If I had mod points, I'd give you +1, Funny, but I guess no one else gets the joke.
Each new release of an MS product brings a fundamentally new look-and-feel as well as behavior for each interface component.
How many different types of menu bars has Microsoft had over the years?
Hmmm:
I'm sure I'm missing a few, but you get the point
I find your ideas fascinating and woud like to subscribe to your newsletter.
In the meantime, maybe you should start a web site that allows people to discuss things that pertain to technology and society. You know, discussions for dorks; shit that's relevant.
But isn't one of the points of Freenet that such information woud be extremely difficult/impossible for authorities to determine?