I would agree. Having used AT&T's service in Alaska (which would not be known for the reliability of it's wireless service) I would say that at least 90% of my email messages go through. (there is the odd lost message but it happens quite rarely). This is quite a feat considering the cell reception areas are full of holes and call quality could not, even charitably, be called consistent.
A sideways swinger's bar with a cowboy neal theme. Think of it. "Patent Pending Swinging Action" Hep Cats and Swingers Welcome Here. We'll make a mint!
Do I need one? No. Is there a sufficient market for this device outside of a few select metro areas? Probably not (yet).. I can see this as a very nice add on for a home/small business. I can see this as a great thing for the geek that needs all his toys. But I can't see this selling enough units to really make a profit. I know only time will tell but the whole last mile fiber problem (coupled with the retrofit installation nightmare in many of the prime locations for this to be installing in older businesses) and cost/benifit I really don't see it happening. OK, one last thing. Did anyone else bother to look over their investor press release? Very interesting things when you compare them to the official documents the company is required to release to the stock exchange.
http://www.multi-tech.com.au/new/copycat.shtml
Even if they aren't, you could probably wheel it in behind you. . . "It is mounted on castors for easy maneuverability."
I can see it now. Setting up shop right across from CompUSA and BestBuy . . . "I need 55 copies of Warcraft III. . you know. . just in case I lose a few. . oh yeah and a dozen Calagari TrueSpace 5.0 backups while you're at it."
While I commend apple on both their design and marketing (who else could manage to sell "of course it's going to be more expensive now, you understand don't you?") I can't get over the fact that it's so plastic. I've had a few different laptops over the year and my favorites are invevitably the ones with metal exteriors. A device that's meant to be portable should be durable, and I'm afraid that while plastics have made great strides in impact resistance, for sheer maleability (sp?) of impact and ability to stay in one piece, alloys in use today still win hands down. I wanted an ibook. I lusted after one. Then I picked one up and played with it. No thank you sam. Give me something that's gonna survive daily duty in the back of a pack or the bottom of a briefcase.
I just got a spray in bed liner. Now imagine if that same stuff (I think it was RhinoGuard?) with the same durability could also supplement my charging system, act as a trickle charger for my battery, or run camping gear while I'm out in the bush. Spray on sounds pretty cool, but I'm only going to be interested if it's durable.
Of Compaq computers that were impossible to expand. I have a feeling that comp will not be getting any upgrades anytime soon. While this may be odd, I think the weirdest thing I ever saw was an "aquarium" mod in which the motherboard (flex atx) sat in the bottom of a decorated tank (pirate theme) full of mineral oil. Anyone have a link to anything like that?
the second I though of that all I could think of was the song that played through my head at every staff meeting talking about "reorganization". It was "We're Not Going To Take It" - T. Sister
They've made it in a lab huh?
Boy I bet that's the lab across from where I work.
This explains SO much about the black hole that is my wallet and associated credit cards. . .
Think about the potential this has for revolutionizing small part manufacturing. The precision that was till now only achieved in a LEO or better could be accomplished right here in EveryTown, USA. Well, probably not based on what I read in the article. But it's one of the few practical applications that I could think of (small scale, limited effect). That is assuming this doesn't turn out to be another "Free Energy" type hoax.
I mean I know it's technically a "bust" but come on. We're talking about two tower computers full of DVD-R burners from the story details. This sounds more like Uncle Joe's moonshine stand than the serious copy operations I saw overseas. I'd put this one on the same level as Johnny downloading music and burning all his friends a copy. Admittedly the amount of cash on hand leads one to beleive that it was a commercial venture, but the lack of "we've been investigating these fellas for quite a while" also makes me wonder if they didn't have a nice snortable sideline business as well and it was THAT business that got the whole shebang busted. When meth labs get busted locally there's usually a whole storm of other sideline illegal activities that also crop up... just my thoughts. .
Wasn't there a recent slashdot story (in the past few months) about a budget sattelite put up for under 50k with a metal ruler for an antenna that's still working? I've got a 84 jeep bumper I'm willing to donate for the next communications sattelite. Hell, if they're willing to put my name on the sattelite, I'll throw in my old C64 to run it.
It's called "living in rural Alaska" and for anyone that's bored of the SEAL training, they should try cross country running. . . on tundra. ..at -50 below. . . while being chased by bison. . . in a blizzard..
With none of the fattening butter cream. That's right boys and girls, now you too can experience ScientologyLite today! Learn what it is to be a Christian in name only! Define your lack of faith by the structure of your beleif system! Sorry, but as an avid church goer I have a major problem with the public campaigns that Scientology has been parading around. The phrase "Load of Crap" comes to mind...
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Mine's right below a size 33" waist. It's also fully recyclable, organically powered, and pinto supercharged! I'd like to see them beat that! Unfortunately, market demand for my self heating can is at an all time low and I am considering making my can GPL. . .
Other than the implementation through 802.11b I don't see any major difference between this remote station and similar ones that have been implemented in the last few years. All are great for a basic remote access terminal, but lack a few critical features such as access speed (for a true high resolution tablet with good response back and forth I would think one would need a pipe larger that 802.11b supplies) ease of use (I notice that the details on rechargability and battery life were sketchy)and a reason for use other than "geek factor" (not that geek factor isn't a fine thing in and of itself). I can't think of one single compelling reason to have one of these things around my house. Well one single compelling reason that would be worth the pricetag (and please factor in a 802.11b hub because they are not, regardless of what you would hear, standard equipment in all young urbanite homes yet).
First we have Windows. I've been waiting for Carpet, Ceiling, and Enclosed Screen Porch. Soon I will have my software house, with each item totaly incompatible with the other. . .
OOh ooh! I know! A beowolf cluster of Palm III's running a virtual machine that uses java to play a game of pong! And not just any Pong. Pong with smaller paddles!
I also encourage you to use your local University Cafeteria microwave. I mean you ARE paying those student fees for a reason and this is sorta educational. . .
not like that silly flaming pop tart thing. . .
I've seen a few programs on Palm OS (3.5 and higher) that utilize Java but they all seem to be (comparatively speaking we are talking Palm here) to be a bit bloated and resource needy for what they did (one was a game and as I recall the other one I used for a bit was a training log of some sort for sports). I am not a programmer myself, nor claim to have any experience with Java, but based on personal experience with Palm and Java it seems to me that it's just another added layer of unneeded complexity on what is a relatively tightly coded device. I think we might see more Palm "ports" of java in the future, but for now I doubt it's going to be very usefull in it's current form.
That's right, you had hanging Chads last year. Can't you just wait for the inevitable "hotsync reporting errors" and "field information loss" due to battery malfunction? Ahh the federal government. Constantly finding ways to add complexity to any situation.
I don't know art, but I do know a bit about writing and I really can't say I like the site at all. If this is an example of the web "opening up" and "exploring new frontiers" then I am afraid we have a LONG way to go. This strikes me as more of the mindless self indulgence of a bored post grad than work of any worth. I see this sort of trite crap every day and I am NOT impressed. (and before you flame, yes I did read through the site). There are plenty of other sites out there for writing development, and most of them are a bit more low on the "hopelessly unemployable and overeducated" scale.
Aww come on we're talking about FOX here. We're going to be lucky if we get away with only a MILD bastardization of DBZ, like "DragonBallZ VS. The Original Cast of Ishtar" I for one can only see Very Bad Things coming from this.
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I would agree. Having used AT&T's service in Alaska (which would not be known for the reliability of it's wireless service) I would say that at least 90% of my email messages go through. (there is the odd lost message but it happens quite rarely). This is quite a feat considering the cell reception areas are full of holes and call quality could not, even charitably, be called consistent.
A sideways swinger's bar with a cowboy neal theme. Think of it. "Patent Pending Swinging Action" Hep Cats and Swingers Welcome Here. We'll make a mint!
OK, yes it's cool.
Yes I'd buy one.
Do I need one? No. Is there a sufficient market for this device outside of a few select metro areas? Probably not (yet).. I can see this as a very nice add on for a home/small business. I can see this as a great thing for the geek that needs all his toys. But I can't see this selling enough units to really make a profit. I know only time will tell but the whole last mile fiber problem (coupled with the retrofit installation nightmare in many of the prime locations for this to be installing in older businesses) and cost/benifit I really don't see it happening. OK, one last thing. Did anyone else bother to look over their investor press release? Very interesting things when you compare them to the official documents the company is required to release to the stock exchange.
http://www.multi-tech.com.au/new/copycat.shtml Even if they aren't, you could probably wheel it in behind you. . . "It is mounted on castors for easy maneuverability."
I can see it now. Setting up shop right across from CompUSA and BestBuy . . . "I need 55 copies of Warcraft III. . you know. . just in case I lose a few. . oh yeah and a dozen Calagari TrueSpace 5.0 backups while you're at it."
While I commend apple on both their design and marketing (who else could manage to sell "of course it's going to be more expensive now, you understand don't you?") I can't get over the fact that it's so plastic. I've had a few different laptops over the year and my favorites are invevitably the ones with metal exteriors. A device that's meant to be portable should be durable, and I'm afraid that while plastics have made great strides in impact resistance, for sheer maleability (sp?) of impact and ability to stay in one piece, alloys in use today still win hands down. I wanted an ibook. I lusted after one. Then I picked one up and played with it. No thank you sam. Give me something that's gonna survive daily duty in the back of a pack or the bottom of a briefcase.
I just got a spray in bed liner. Now imagine if that same stuff (I think it was RhinoGuard?) with the same durability could also supplement my charging system, act as a trickle charger for my battery, or run camping gear while I'm out in the bush. Spray on sounds pretty cool, but I'm only going to be interested if it's durable.
Of Compaq computers that were impossible to expand. I have a feeling that comp will not be getting any upgrades anytime soon. While this may be odd, I think the weirdest thing I ever saw was an "aquarium" mod in which the motherboard (flex atx) sat in the bottom of a decorated tank (pirate theme) full of mineral oil. Anyone have a link to anything like that?
the second I though of that all I could think of was the song that played through my head at every staff meeting talking about "reorganization". It was "We're Not Going To Take It" - T. Sister
They've made it in a lab huh? Boy I bet that's the lab across from where I work. This explains SO much about the black hole that is my wallet and associated credit cards. . .
Think about the potential this has for revolutionizing small part manufacturing. The precision that was till now only achieved in a LEO or better could be accomplished right here in EveryTown, USA. Well, probably not based on what I read in the article. But it's one of the few practical applications that I could think of (small scale, limited effect). That is assuming this doesn't turn out to be another "Free Energy" type hoax.
I mean I know it's technically a "bust" but come on. We're talking about two tower computers full of DVD-R burners from the story details. This sounds more like Uncle Joe's moonshine stand than the serious copy operations I saw overseas. I'd put this one on the same level as Johnny downloading music and burning all his friends a copy. Admittedly the amount of cash on hand leads one to beleive that it was a commercial venture, but the lack of "we've been investigating these fellas for quite a while" also makes me wonder if they didn't have a nice snortable sideline business as well and it was THAT business that got the whole shebang busted. When meth labs get busted locally there's usually a whole storm of other sideline illegal activities that also crop up... just my thoughts. .
Wasn't there a recent slashdot story (in the past few months) about a budget sattelite put up for under 50k with a metal ruler for an antenna that's still working? I've got a 84 jeep bumper I'm willing to donate for the next communications sattelite. Hell, if they're willing to put my name on the sattelite, I'll throw in my old C64 to run it.
It's called "living in rural Alaska" and for anyone that's bored of the SEAL training, they should try cross country running. . . on tundra. . .at -50 below. . . while being chased by bison. . . in a blizzard. .
all to get the sunday paper. . .
With none of the fattening butter cream. That's right boys and girls, now you too can experience ScientologyLite today! Learn what it is to be a Christian in name only! Define your lack of faith by the structure of your beleif system! Sorry, but as an avid church goer I have a major problem with the public campaigns that Scientology has been parading around. The phrase "Load of Crap" comes to mind...
Mine's right below a size 33" waist. It's also fully recyclable, organically powered, and pinto supercharged! I'd like to see them beat that! Unfortunately, market demand for my self heating can is at an all time low and I am considering making my can GPL. . .
Other than the implementation through 802.11b I don't see any major difference between this remote station and similar ones that have been implemented in the last few years. All are great for a basic remote access terminal, but lack a few critical features such as access speed (for a true high resolution tablet with good response back and forth I would think one would need a pipe larger that 802.11b supplies) ease of use (I notice that the details on rechargability and battery life were sketchy)and a reason for use other than "geek factor" (not that geek factor isn't a fine thing in and of itself). I can't think of one single compelling reason to have one of these things around my house. Well one single compelling reason that would be worth the pricetag (and please factor in a 802.11b hub because they are not, regardless of what you would hear, standard equipment in all young urbanite homes yet).
First we have Windows. I've been waiting for Carpet, Ceiling, and Enclosed Screen Porch. Soon I will have my software house, with each item totaly incompatible with the other. . .
OOh ooh! I know! A beowolf cluster of Palm III's running a virtual machine that uses java to play a game of pong! And not just any Pong. Pong with smaller paddles!
I also encourage you to use your local University Cafeteria microwave. I mean you ARE paying those student fees for a reason and this is sorta educational. . . not like that silly flaming pop tart thing. . .
I've seen a few programs on Palm OS (3.5 and higher) that utilize Java but they all seem to be (comparatively speaking we are talking Palm here) to be a bit bloated and resource needy for what they did (one was a game and as I recall the other one I used for a bit was a training log of some sort for sports). I am not a programmer myself, nor claim to have any experience with Java, but based on personal experience with Palm and Java it seems to me that it's just another added layer of unneeded complexity on what is a relatively tightly coded device. I think we might see more Palm "ports" of java in the future, but for now I doubt it's going to be very usefull in it's current form.
That's right, you had hanging Chads last year. Can't you just wait for the inevitable "hotsync reporting errors" and "field information loss" due to battery malfunction? Ahh the federal government. Constantly finding ways to add complexity to any situation.
I don't know art, but I do know a bit about writing and I really can't say I like the site at all. If this is an example of the web "opening up" and "exploring new frontiers" then I am afraid we have a LONG way to go. This strikes me as more of the mindless self indulgence of a bored post grad than work of any worth. I see this sort of trite crap every day and I am NOT impressed. (and before you flame, yes I did read through the site). There are plenty of other sites out there for writing development, and most of them are a bit more low on the "hopelessly unemployable and overeducated" scale.
I noticed that the article emphasized the tax evasion angle. Wasn't that the same way they took down Capone?
Aww come on we're talking about FOX here. We're going to be lucky if we get away with only a MILD bastardization of DBZ, like "DragonBallZ VS. The Original Cast of Ishtar" I for one can only see Very Bad Things coming from this.