what if a network connected computer could somehow be the shape of a newspaper?" You could turn its pages, like an old newspaper, but its actual scope would be the size of the internet.
And somehow, you have to give the user a way to navigate all those pages. A newspaper is small and static. You get whatever the publisher put there. A "newspaper" with the scope of the entire 'Net (which we have already in the form of the browser) needs some sort of navigational aid.
"Touch here to go see X, touch there to read more on this topic."
Obviously, you are not part of the core \ . demographic.
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P2P has nothing to do with it. That technology could be piggybacked on any application.
OBTW, I much prefer emusic.com to any 'file sharing'.
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Get real
"I, LimeWire the user, agree to allow LimeWire, LLC, to redirect authorized funds from a 3rd party during the completion of a transaction."
How is that not stealing? If you tried this at a store, the owner would have you arrested.
If LimeWire, LLC's business model sucks so bad as to not be able to generate enough income to pay their employees, that makes it OK to take money from a 3rd party (who certainly did not agree to this)? Bull.
A crappy business model does not make stealing OK.
If you don't make enough money to support your family, stealing from the supermarket is OK?
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I'm a engineer at Lime Wire LLC...
So when are you guys going to remove all that crapware & stealware from the LimeWire client?
Small, handheld game systems already exist. Downsize a GBA by 10%, and put the phone bits inside one of those, instead of trying to futz a screen into a current phone.
A Nokia/GameBoy would bring a whole lot of advantages. Current userbase, a lot of existing games, better graphics.
The one main problem (that I see) with this is line of sight. Until it comes over your horizon, you can't hit it. People and equipment on the ground are relatively safe (for now), unless they are close. Airborne lasers are a different story.
Arty and air dropped weapons can be lofted over a hill.
Find a tile floor. Drop a 16lb bowling ball and see what happens. Now drop 16lbs of marbles weighing 1oz each. Any difference?
That does not always hold true. Look up cluster bombs and their bomblets. Or, for a simpler solution, (now illegal) flechettes.
Artillery shells are useful. A laser defense against them is useful. To beat the laser defense, develop a new artillery shell/delivery method.
Currently, this thing can hit one artillery shell in flight. Can it take out 50 or 100 steerable bomblets from a cluster arty round? Of course, smaller rounds/bomblets means less main impact on the target. Not anti-armor anymore. Anti-personnel, maybe.
One way or another, we stil need to take out the launch platform.
"Nothing in this Final Judgement is intended to confer upon any other persons any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever hereunder or by reason of this Final Judgement."
Meaning...we, the average citizens, still don't get squat.
OK, "kid", do a search at edmunds.com for a used Insight.
None in my area (within 200 miles)
Maintenance? Who knows? The Insight is too new for real maint data. Will the batteries last 150,000 miles? Dunno. Will the gas/electric control system fail? Dunno. Probably not, Hondas are generally very reliable. But again...who knows. You put up your money and beta test it.
Yes, I bought a used vehicle. After careful inspection, we(an independant mechanic and I) determined that is was very gently used, and just barely broken in. A good buy. Personally, slightly used is the way to go. Let some other fool cough up the initial depreciation.
For me, the fascination with a new car holds little attraction. A car is a way to get from A to B. If I can do that for 1/2 price, guess what...I'll let YOU (when you actually move out of mom's basement and get some wheels), supply the initial depreciation...;)
This was a quest to buy a vehicle. New, used, truck, car...The F150 won out over the Insight.
Also, they aren't more economical overall than a similar sized NEW car. What other compact costs $20k+?
There are other considerations (emissions, tax break, financing, etc) But make sure you realize where those $$ savings are coming from.
With the Insight, you're paying upfront (purchase price) and getting a smaller bill at the gas pump.
If you're committed to buying a brand new car, sure. Foolish, IME. Let someone else eat the initial depreciation. Buy a gently used, 1-2 year old. I got a truck, still under warranty, for basically 1/2 price.
Why not then just compare a used $500 car to a new Honda hybrid?
And it doesn't really matter, truck/compact, new/used. Initial purchase price is the key.
Running the same calc against a new $10000 Hyundai @30mpg, and the Honda @45mpg....the break even point is 720,000 miles. 36 years of 20k per year. That's an awful lot of battery servicings.
Bottom line....a $12000, 20mpg car is more cost effecive for the individual than a $22000 hybrid. $10000 buys a LOT of gas.
That's right. But, I was looking for a replacement, new or almost new vehicle. A car or truck. Among the choices were:
A slightly uesd truck
A new truck
A slightly used car
A new car.
A new, 'fuel efficient'(hybrid) car.
If a Toy or Honda hybrid could be had for $12000 (what I paid for the truck), a different choice might have been made. That extra $10000 buys a LOT of gas.
A slightly used small car (say, a $12000 2001 Focus or something) would have put the break even point even further out, because of the better gas mileage than the truck.
A $500 used car would have soon eaten up the purchase price differential in repair costs.
ok...then at 47 mpg (or as reported by the other poster, 41 mpg) the dividing line comes in much closer to 300,000k miles.
My old 1l Geo Metro got ~45 mpg.
That was it's only redeeming feature, though. Handling of a rollerskate, cornering of a demented antelope on ice, acceleration of a sloth.
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what if a network connected computer could somehow be the shape of a newspaper?" You could turn its pages, like an old newspaper, but its actual scope would be the size of the internet.
And somehow, you have to give the user a way to navigate all those pages. A newspaper is small and static. You get whatever the publisher put there.
A "newspaper" with the scope of the entire 'Net (which we have already in the form of the browser) needs some sort of navigational aid. "Touch here to go see X, touch there to read more on this topic."
That is what an operating system does.
It will be foggy again.
Oh, and fucking. Lots and lots of fucking.
Obviously, you are not part of the core \ . demographic.
P2P has nothing to do with it. That technology could be piggybacked on any application.
OBTW, I much prefer emusic.com to any 'file sharing'.
Get real
"I, LimeWire the user, agree to allow LimeWire, LLC, to redirect authorized funds from a 3rd party during the completion of a transaction."
How is that not stealing? If you tried this at a store, the owner would have you arrested.
If LimeWire, LLC's business model sucks so bad as to not be able to generate enough income to pay their employees, that makes it OK to take money from a 3rd party (who certainly did not agree to this)? Bull.
A crappy business model does not make stealing OK.
If you don't make enough money to support your family, stealing from the supermarket is OK?
I'm a engineer at Lime Wire LLC...
So when are you guys going to remove all that crapware & stealware from the LimeWire client?
They're attacking this from the wrong direction.
Small, handheld game systems already exist. Downsize a GBA by 10%, and put the phone bits inside one of those, instead of trying to futz a screen into a current phone.
A Nokia/GameBoy would bring a whole lot of advantages. Current userbase, a lot of existing games, better graphics.
The one main problem (that I see) with this is line of sight. Until it comes over your horizon, you can't hit it. People and equipment on the ground are relatively safe (for now), unless they are close. Airborne lasers are a different story.
Arty and air dropped weapons can be lofted over a hill.
Remember, sunshine...this is only the stuff they make public.
They have stuff, both hi- and lo-tech, that does some seriously cool shit, that would blow your socks off...literally and figuratively.
I kept thinking that we need to get those guns in the hands of ground troops.
And that guy carries those rounds how, exactly?
The proper weapon for the proper task.
Find a tile floor. Drop a 16lb bowling ball and see what happens. Now drop 16lbs of marbles weighing 1oz each. Any difference?
That does not always hold true. Look up cluster bombs and their bomblets. Or, for a simpler solution, (now illegal) flechettes.
Artillery shells are useful. A laser defense against them is useful. To beat the laser defense, develop a new artillery shell/delivery method.
Currently, this thing can hit one artillery shell in flight. Can it take out 50 or 100 steerable bomblets from a cluster arty round? Of course, smaller rounds/bomblets means less main impact on the target. Not anti-armor anymore. Anti-personnel, maybe.
One way or another, we stil need to take out the launch platform.
especially Sonny Bono
Is that supposed to imply some chicanery involved in Sonny's departure from this mortal coil?
Or was it merely the fact that he crashed in to a tree while skiing?
Now the neighborhood WiFi clueless fools can be unsecure over a wider area!
Where is the fifth dimension?
A couple of the original members are still touring. You can hire them for your next LAN party.
"Nothing in this Final Judgement is intended to confer upon any other persons any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever hereunder or by reason of this Final Judgement."
Meaning...we, the average citizens, still don't get squat.
When he dies, he won't care. His heirs will still have more than all of us put together.
1/2 of a shitload is still a shitload.
OK, "kid", do a search at edmunds.com for a used Insight. None in my area (within 200 miles)
Maintenance? Who knows? The Insight is too new for real maint data. Will the batteries last 150,000 miles? Dunno. Will the gas/electric control system fail? Dunno. Probably not, Hondas are generally very reliable. But again...who knows. You put up your money and beta test it.
Yes, I bought a used vehicle. After careful inspection, we(an independant mechanic and I) determined that is was very gently used, and just barely broken in. A good buy. Personally, slightly used is the way to go. Let some other fool cough up the initial depreciation.
For me, the fascination with a new car holds little attraction. A car is a way to get from A to B. If I can do that for 1/2 price, guess what...I'll let YOU (when you actually move out of mom's basement and get some wheels), supply the initial depreciation...;)
This was a quest to buy a vehicle. New, used, truck, car...The F150 won out over the Insight.
For me. YMMV.
Also, they aren't more economical overall than a similar sized NEW car. What other compact costs $20k+?
There are other considerations (emissions, tax break, financing, etc) But make sure you realize where those $$ savings are coming from.
With the Insight, you're paying upfront (purchase price) and getting a smaller bill at the gas pump.
OK then, plug in a NEW compact car instead of the used truck.
$12000 for a NEW Focus (30mpg) compares VERY favorably to the $22k NEW Insight (45mpg).
At $1.50/gal, that $10k difference is several hundred thousand miles.
The Prius is SULEV rated, and the Honda Hybrids either ULEV or SULEV as well.
I completely understand your sentiment. That is why my primary commuting vehicle is my bicycle. Total emissions...some beer farts.
Granted in most areas it's not as big of a problem, but here in the greater LA basin, it is.
That's why I choose not to live in the LA basin..;)
If you're committed to buying a brand new car, sure. Foolish, IME. Let someone else eat the initial depreciation. Buy a gently used, 1-2 year old. I got a truck, still under warranty, for basically 1/2 price.
Want that new car smell? They sell that in a can.
$1.50/US gal. Adjust accordingly for inflation, or your local area.
Why not then just compare a used $500 car to a new Honda hybrid?
And it doesn't really matter, truck/compact, new/used. Initial purchase price is the key.
Running the same calc against a new $10000 Hyundai @30mpg, and the Honda @45mpg....the break even point is 720,000 miles . 36 years of 20k per year. That's an awful lot of battery servicings.
Bottom line....a $12000, 20mpg car is more cost effecive for the individual than a $22000 hybrid. $10000 buys a LOT of gas.
That's right. But, I was looking for a replacement, new or almost new vehicle. A car or truck. Among the choices were:
A slightly uesd truck
A new truck
A slightly used car
A new car.
A new, 'fuel efficient'(hybrid) car.
If a Toy or Honda hybrid could be had for $12000 (what I paid for the truck), a different choice might have been made. That extra $10000 buys a LOT of gas.
A slightly used small car (say, a $12000 2001 Focus or something) would have put the break even point even further out, because of the better gas mileage than the truck.
A $500 used car would have soon eaten up the purchase price differential in repair costs.
ok...then at 47 mpg (or as reported by the other poster, 41 mpg) the dividing line comes in much closer to 300,000k miles. My old 1l Geo Metro got ~45 mpg.
That was it's only redeeming feature, though. Handling of a rollerskate, cornering of a demented antelope on ice, acceleration of a sloth.