Downhillbattle.org, a music activism site, has set up a defense fund to help those who have been sued pay their legal bills. Slashdotters are always saying that more people should fight the suits, help out those who are.
You really shoudn't close the case of a modern laptop while it's running. Most of them have a air intake on top for the processor heat pipe. Also being closed doesn't let the heat radiate up & out of the case. When engineers design laptops, they don't really design cooling systems for them to be running at 100% cpu for hours on end when closed.
It will SUPPORT wma. Doesn't mean the iTunes store for Windows will be selling wma, which I find highly unlikely, since Apple's fancy mp3 player, DOESN'T SUPPORT wma, right now anyway.
Also designed at the MIT by Megan Galbraith, Elroy is "an illuminating dress that encodes time information. The panels periodically reaarrange their illuminated pattern to express time to the wearer."
slap!!!
I wasn't staring at your boobs, I was checking the time!!
It will be financially viable when everyone goes to your bar, instead of the Orwellian one next door. Which bar would you rather go to, the one with or without this system?
Dell against proprietary hardware? Since when. I have a dead Presicion 220 in my office because it needs a proprietary power supply. The new desktops have a power supply that runs across the bottom of the case. Dell has used a lot of proprietary hardware.
I've heard talk that once the RIAA starts suing the general public, that's when there will be a huge public complaint against them. So, what do my fellow Slashdotter's think, will this be another nail in the coffin of the music industry as we know it. Or will they succeed in scaring(sp?) people out of trading files?
Really, I agree. I was just pointing out the only agruement against it, and probably the only reason it got posted here. This is really a non-story as far as I am concerned. I guess the fact that the EFF is invovled is supposed to make it news for nerds.
..as to what my opinion is. SLASHDOT HELP ME! Am I supposed to be happy the EFF is supporting my rights of usage, or upset that is it's supporting a sort of censorship.
I don't think powerline will take off. Here's why.
1)Price. I can get a wireless network of comperable or better speed cheaper. The powerline adapters are $80 and only do 14Mbps.
2)Late to market. Although they were promissed for years they just recently got good speeds (>1Mbps). I own an older home, I was considering this tech as an alternative to pulling wire( a huge pain in my house). But, 802.11b got to a resonable price to performance ratio first.
The only advantage I see to powerline is covering long distances in large buildings with no existing networking cabling. Does anyone else see a reason this tech would take off?
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Right now, despite the Scientology dust up, I, for the most part, trust Google's results. And I admire the way there ad system works.
I doubt I could trust the results if Microsoft ran the show.
Downhillbattle.org, a music activism site, has set up a defense fund to help those who have been sued pay their legal bills. Slashdotters are always saying that more people should fight the suits, help out those who are.
It will SUPPORT wma. Doesn't mean the iTunes store for Windows will be selling wma, which I find highly unlikely, since Apple's fancy mp3 player, DOESN'T SUPPORT wma, right now anyway.
I wasn't staring at your boobs, I was checking the time!!
It will be financially viable when everyone goes to your bar, instead of the Orwellian one next door. Which bar would you rather go to, the one with or without this system?
I'm going to flip that around..
Who has enough of a social life to have seen the OUTSIDE of a bar?
Dell against proprietary hardware? Since when. I have a dead Presicion 220 in my office because it needs a proprietary power supply. The new desktops have a power supply that runs across the bottom of the case. Dell has used a lot of proprietary hardware.
I was thinking about it, but i couldn't get the whole page (it has about 30 pictures), even with my subscriber access!
This guy is wishing he hadn't posted 3 megs worth of pictures.
Mr. Bill I wish I had mod points for you, because that by far was one of the most +1 Insightful things I have seen on Slashdot in awhile.
Go see The Matrix Reloaded, it will make you a cooler person.
I've heard talk that once the RIAA starts suing the general public, that's when there will be a huge public complaint against them. So, what do my fellow Slashdotter's think, will this be another nail in the coffin of the music industry as we know it. Or will they succeed in scaring(sp?) people out of trading files?
Really, I agree. I was just pointing out the only agruement against it, and probably the only reason it got posted here. This is really a non-story as far as I am concerned. I guess the fact that the EFF is invovled is supposed to make it news for nerds.
..as to what my opinion is. SLASHDOT HELP ME! Am I supposed to be happy the EFF is supporting my rights of usage, or upset that is it's supporting a sort of censorship.
...but then Reagan fired us all. Bastard.
Jebus, all the time spent building that thing could have been spent drinking...MORE BEER!
That's what it looks like. No thanks.
Is RMS behind this?
.. it was a really bad movie.
I don't think powerline will take off. Here's why.
1)Price. I can get a wireless network of comperable or better speed cheaper. The powerline adapters are $80 and only do 14Mbps.
2)Late to market. Although they were promissed for years they just recently got good speeds (>1Mbps). I own an older home, I was considering this tech as an alternative to pulling wire( a huge pain in my house). But, 802.11b got to a resonable price to performance ratio first.
The only advantage I see to powerline is covering long distances in large buildings with no existing networking cabling. Does anyone else see a reason this tech would take off?