This is not useful untill/unless it is connected to a computer. With a connection to a laptop it would kick arse,
I use PDANet on my Treo 650 connected to my laptop, and it's pretty good. It basically turns your treo into a pretty decent wireless modem. Certainly better than paying $10 for wireless everytime I want to check outlook at the airport on my laptop.
There may not be one in the exact price/configuration you want today, but they happen on a regular basis. And it's not $3000, like the system you linked.
What utility do practically all Linux users use, regardless of their job or expertise? A boot loader. In this article from IBM, see how a boot loader works, meet two popular loaders -- LILO (LInux LOader) and GNU GRUB (GRand Unified Boot loader)
Cool. I didn't know Ric Romero was writing for Slashdot now.
First thing that springs to mind is the $100 laptop?. That aside, this isn't too far fetched, given that you can get a dell computer with monitor for about $400. Less, without.
Am I the only one who thinks the RIAA/MPAA "wrote" that message?
Grokster sold out all their assets to Mashboxx (including their domain).
Mashboxx itself is a sham RIAA front company that pitches itself as "the world's first P2P application with content authorized by major record labels". Which is a total load, considering they don't even have a client available to the public.
So, in short, this is all nothing but a marketing ploy driven by smoke, mirrors, and fear. What else were you expecting from the RIAA?
Isn't it common to log an Ip address if you run a website?
It is. Wouldn't their approach be much more effective if, in addition to logging your IP, they also installed a rootkit on your machine? That's legal, right? (And maybe they could make it so you're violating the DMCA if you remove it. Excellent.)
Part of Einstein's fame probably has a lot to do the the impedending atomic bomb.
That, but also, he was an interesting character. He's got a catchy tagline (E=MC2). He had funny hair.
The fact that he was utterly brilliant, and revolutionized the way we see the world takes a back seat to the fact that your average person sees him as they would a cartoon character. Until we get another person with a comparable combination of brilliance and memorable traits, then no, we won't see "another Einstein."
But that doesn't mean we'll never make any more progress in physics.
an interesting editorial by John Horgan that is being run by the New York Times asking "will there ever be another Einstein?"
With all the parents doping up their kids on antidepressants, I'd say not likely. (We're already seeing that Generation Y can barely wipe its own nose in the workplace. )
I believe TFA says about US$2 billion, with some of it already sold.
That $2 billion sale they mentioned in TFA was a year ago. The sale of this spectrum won't be until at least 2009; With the rate wireless is growing (and inflation), you're looking at $7-$8 billion, easy.
the government is getting ready to spend $936 million to move its radio communication to an obscure segment of the spectrum to make room for next-generation mobile tech.
Yeah, but how many billions is their currently-used chunk of spectrum worth on the open market?
Every organization needs to promote itself, and Jimmy's speaking engagements at conferences help build the trust and understanding of Wikipedia by academics, etc. Also, I'm not entirely sure how much of his trips Wikipedia funds... Nick Moreau Canadian press contact Wikimedia Foundation
You're a "press contact" for Wikimedia, and you're "not sure". Yeah, ok. It's just a coincidence Jimmy goes to all these conferences in Paris, London, Scandinavia, et cetera.
Wikimedia pays for all of Wales' travels, and everyone knows the Wikipedia "board of trustees" is a farce, with Jimmy Wales having two pocket votes (in addition to his own). When you donate to Wikimedia, you're not donating to wikimedia. You're donating to Jimmy Wales' personal vacation fund.
Wikipedia is nothing more than a MMORPG disguising itself as an encyclopedia. It would get a lot more respect if it just owned up to what it really is, and cut out all the lofty, "bringing information to the masses" poseur BS. Jimmy Wales' only goal out of all of this is gratification of his ego (though the free travel, and a hefty salary doesn't hurt either).
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This was Google's plan with Gmail and Orkut. However, Orkut never seems to have really gotten off the ground in the way they'd hoped.
This is not useful untill/unless it is connected to a computer. With a connection to a laptop it would kick arse, I use PDANet on my Treo 650 connected to my laptop, and it's pretty good. It basically turns your treo into a pretty decent wireless modem. Certainly better than paying $10 for wireless everytime I want to check outlook at the airport on my laptop.
Well, that's what happens when you visit the dell site directly, instead of visiting the linked site above with all the deals spelled out for you.
There may not be one in the exact price/configuration you want today, but they happen on a regular basis. And it's not $3000, like the system you linked.
What utility do practically all Linux users use, regardless of their job or expertise? A boot loader. In this article from IBM, see how a boot loader works, meet two popular loaders -- LILO (LInux LOader) and GNU GRUB (GRand Unified Boot loader)
Cool. I didn't know Ric Romero was writing for Slashdot now.
First thing that springs to mind is the $100 laptop?. That aside, this isn't too far fetched, given that you can get a dell computer with monitor for about $400. Less, without.
Am I the only one who thinks the RIAA/MPAA "wrote" that message?
Grokster sold out all their assets to Mashboxx (including their domain).
Mashboxx itself is a sham RIAA front company that pitches itself as "the world's first P2P application with content authorized by major record labels". Which is a total load, considering they don't even have a client available to the public.
So, in short, this is all nothing but a marketing ploy driven by smoke, mirrors, and fear. What else were you expecting from the RIAA?
you want the truth? you can't handle the truth.
/Get on your tippy toes America. You must be this tall to ride the TruthCoaster.
Isn't it common to log an Ip address if you run a website?
It is. Wouldn't their approach be much more effective if, in addition to logging your IP, they also installed a rootkit on your machine? That's legal, right? (And maybe they could make it so you're violating the DMCA if you remove it. Excellent.)
How will this impact the development of XEGL?
Part of Einstein's fame probably has a lot to do the the impedending atomic bomb.
That, but also, he was an interesting character. He's got a catchy tagline (E=MC2). He had funny hair.
The fact that he was utterly brilliant, and revolutionized the way we see the world takes a back seat to the fact that your average person sees him as they would a cartoon character. Until we get another person with a comparable combination of brilliance and memorable traits, then no, we won't see "another Einstein."
But that doesn't mean we'll never make any more progress in physics.
an interesting editorial by John Horgan that is being run by the New York Times asking "will there ever be another Einstein?"
With all the parents doping up their kids on antidepressants, I'd say not likely. (We're already seeing that Generation Y can barely wipe its own nose in the workplace. )
No, Will Wright's working on a method to procedurally generate Roland Piquepaille Slashdot submissions.
Can someone translate this article into English?
What are you talking about? The writeup was perfectly cromulent. It has embiggened all of us.
Dictionary? Those words are perfectly cromulent.
this estimate gives a ballpark of around $20 billion - $30 billion for 100mhz of spectrum. That would more than offset the government's costs to move.
(Though, if the gov't keeps fucking with our currency they way they are, I'm not sure if $20 billion will be worth all that much)
B) Everyone pesters their congressmen with letters begging for an open free-use area on the spectrum.
We already have that. That's why there are so many unregulated 900Mhz, 2.4Ghz, and 5Ghz wireless devices (like 802.11, cordless phones, and the like).
I believe TFA says about US$2 billion, with some of it already sold.
That $2 billion sale they mentioned in TFA was a year ago. The sale of this spectrum won't be until at least 2009; With the rate wireless is growing (and inflation), you're looking at $7-$8 billion, easy.
Now if only they would vacate the country...
they're working on that one. Unfortunately, it will probably be after they've spent all the money.
the government is getting ready to spend $936 million to move its radio communication to an obscure segment of the spectrum to make room for next-generation mobile tech.
Yeah, but how many billions is their currently-used chunk of spectrum worth on the open market?
You're being pedantic.
...says the kid who's pointing out inconsequential, irrelevant "facts". Yeah, ok.
Except, if you read the summary, you'd see it isn't, since OSX widgets can include Cocoa code, which KDE doesn't support.
They *can* include Cocoa code, but it's not required. So you can write a Konfabulator widget and it'll run just fine on OS X, Windows, and now KDE.
Konfabulator?
Nah, didn't you hear the news? Konfabulator has been renamed to "Yahoo widget engine". Which means "konfabulator" is up for grabs.
Who knew that the "write once, run anywhere" promised to us by Java, would be beaten to the punch by an Open Source project?
Every organization needs to promote itself, and Jimmy's speaking engagements at conferences help build the trust and understanding of Wikipedia by academics, etc. Also, I'm not entirely sure how much of his trips Wikipedia funds ... Nick Moreau Canadian press contact Wikimedia Foundation
You're a "press contact" for Wikimedia, and you're "not sure". Yeah, ok. It's just a coincidence Jimmy goes to all these conferences in Paris, London, Scandinavia, et cetera.
Wikimedia pays for all of Wales' travels, and everyone knows the Wikipedia "board of trustees" is a farce, with Jimmy Wales having two pocket votes (in addition to his own). When you donate to Wikimedia, you're not donating to wikimedia. You're donating to Jimmy Wales' personal vacation fund.
Wikipedia is nothing more than a MMORPG disguising itself as an encyclopedia. It would get a lot more respect if it just owned up to what it really is, and cut out all the lofty, "bringing information to the masses" poseur BS. Jimmy Wales' only goal out of all of this is gratification of his ego (though the free travel, and a hefty salary doesn't hurt either).