I am also a Vonage customer, and don't get the problem either. I've had to call 911 twice in the two years I've had Vonage (Once for a fire next door, once for a crazy man screaming at and beating his child in the street). Both times, my call was answered by the police dispatcher, and the police and fire were there within minutes. The main difference was that I had to tell them the address I was at.
Vonage makes it very clear about how their 911 service works. If their service isn't good enough for what you need, just get a regular phone, and plug it into the POTS jack. You will have regular 911 service from there, and you don't need POTS service to be able to call 911.
Our vending machines at work take both Sacagewea (Gold color dollar coins) & Susie B's. If you put in a dollar bill, then press the change button, it spits out a dollar coin.
Other than the post office, I haven't seen any other machines that take or dispense them though.
Most kick in at around 150-155mph. That is double what the very highest legal speed limits in the US are, and any crash at 150mph in most street cars would likely be fatal.
So what's the point at putting the limit at 150mph? If they are trying to control how fast we drive, why not put the limit at 80mph, or not have one at all? Having the limiter at 150mph is only going to piss off people who have bought a high end car, and are likely trying to drive it on a track.
Did you read the very first sentence of the summary?
I have typed up instructions for 'non-computer people'
Don't get me wrong, Linux is a good OS. But the vast majority of users would be unable to use it, and probably unwilling to even try it. I can't even get my parents to give up IE in favor of FireFox.
Many cities that use the Siemens TransitMaster system have this capability. Here in Long Beach, Ca, we're getting it implemented within the next few months.
Some of our busier stops, and the main transit hub downtown already have live feeds updated in real time displaying the next bus arrival & departure time. The system is dynamic, and figures in delays due to traffic, detours, or if the bus is running late for any other reasons. It is basically a stripped down version of the software used by our dispatchers.
I gave up on Sony a long time ago. I've had far too many high end Sony items go bad, usually weeks after the warranty expires.
We used to have a Sony LaserDisk player, where the drive motor went bad 4 times under warranty. When it failed the 5th time, the whole unit was chucked.
We also had an expensive Sony receiver for our home theater. It would not turn on, unless you picked it up about half an inch and dropped it first. Also, if you tried using the remote to turn the volume up, about half the time it would keep going up, and would not stop until the unit was unplugged. Every time that happened, it was a race to the surge protector to keep the speakers from blowing out.
I also had a Sony cell phone back when cell phones were just starting to become popular. I went through 6 of them because the jog dial on the side kept going out.
I also had a Sony boom box, where the tape recorder would record fast, but play slow. It would play tapes fine that were recorded on that boom box, but any other tapes would play at a slow speed. Also, and tapes recorded on that boom box that were played on another tape player would play faster than they should, it always sounded like chipmunks singing.
Those are just a few of the many Sony item's I've had go bad on me in the past. I have refused to buy anything from them for probably the last decade, because it seems like everything of theirs that I've owned has been total crap. The cellphone was the final straw for me and Sony products.
As much as I hate to play devil's advocate, the rampant adoption of PVRs has left television in a sad state.
PVRs have nothing to do with people watching less commercials. There are more things to do now than there were 20 years ago. TV is now competing directly with console games, computer games and the internet.
the quality has been on a steady decline because of the loss of ad revenue
Originally, cable tv was advertised as being commercial free. Then the providers got greedy, and started sticking ads in. So in reality, their ad revenue is far higher than what they were originally getting.
the cost of quality cable or satellite programming has gone up
Television has NEVER been about quality programming. It's about putting on whatever people will watch. Besides, I'd argue that the tv choices now are far better than they were 20 years ago. Now at least we've got the History Channel, Learning Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, etc...
At least give the program a somewhat descriptive name, ie Office, Internet Explorer, TurboTax, NotePad, Photoshop, etc...
If I were looking for a music player on Google, I wouldn't even give search results about programs named Muine, MooTag or Bluefunk a second glance, simply because they don't sound like music players.
Open Source programmers are good at a lot of things, but naming their programs isn't one of them. Just look at the whole Phoenix/Firebird/FireFox fiasco.
And it took a CRAPLOAD of popcorn to do it. We borrowed several popcorn poppers and had them running every minute we were awake for about a week leading up to the prank.
We air popped the popcorn so that it wouldn't get grease everywhere, but we still got bits of corn all over. A few years after the prank, my friend's CD player quit working. He sent it in for repair, and they sent it back to him saying the problem was that a corn kernal had become lodged in the player somewhere.
IIRC, it takes about 120 pounds of popcorn to fill the passenger compartment of a 1964 Falcon, covering a building would take a heck of a lot more.
Good luck, if you can pull it off, the expression on his face when he sees it will be priceless!
They haven't really tried to match any of Apple's offerings as far as form factor goes. They didn't try to match the Cube, the iMac, eMac or any of Apple's other offerings. Most people buying a pc for $500 will probably either buy a low end Dell, or build their own.
If any one does decide to try to copy the Mac Mini's form factor, it will probably cost way over $500.
Not to mention that I generally regard cell phones as being disposable, but keep something like an ipod for several years.
Two years from now, I'm not going to want to have to get rid of my ipod so that that I can get the newest model phone.
Personally, I would preffer that device makers stick to making one thing work well instead of converging several items into one bulky and mediocre performing item.
Heh, I also started off on a Vic20, but went to an Apple ][ after that, and then a Packard Bell that sounds a lot like yours. When we got the Packard Bell, I started messing around in GW-BASIC, then moved on to QBasic.
I saved my allowance for several months to buy Borland TurboC++. Unfortunately, Right before I got C++, the report card came, along with the usual comments about how I never do my homework. My parents grounded me from using the computer for quite a while. Once I finally was able to use it again, I tried to install the Turbo C++ I had bought, but one of the disks was defective, and it had already been too late to return the program to the store.
I still have the disks laying around somewhere, but boy was I pissed at my parents at the time.
If I were I teenager and my parents got me this computer, I would be plenty pissed off. If not immediately, then as soon as I tried to buy gaming software for it.
And if I were your parent, I'd smack your dumb, ingrateful ass around for bitching about the laptop that I just bought you with my hard earned money.
Then I'd make your lazy ass go get a job and buy your own.
The sample video on their site is nothing. The only shot is shows of the Space Warp is a few seconds of a still shot of it. There is no video of it actually running.
I always wanted one of these as a kid, but my parents always said it was just a waste of money. If they come out over here, I'll definately pick one up for my son & I to play with.
They should have shipped you a new one right away, and had you ship in your old one. They could even take a hold on your credit card for the new one until your old one was received.
To me, not being able to use a brand new item for weeks is totally unacceptable.
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I am also a Vonage customer, and don't get the problem either. I've had to call 911 twice in the two years I've had Vonage (Once for a fire next door, once for a crazy man screaming at and beating his child in the street). Both times, my call was answered by the police dispatcher, and the police and fire were there within minutes. The main difference was that I had to tell them the address I was at.
Vonage makes it very clear about how their 911 service works. If their service isn't good enough for what you need, just get a regular phone, and plug it into the POTS jack. You will have regular 911 service from there, and you don't need POTS service to be able to call 911.
I realized he wasn't a lawyer because his post was only 6 paragraphs long. Any real lawyer would have posted at least a dozen.
Our vending machines at work take both Sacagewea (Gold color dollar coins) & Susie B's. If you put in a dollar bill, then press the change button, it spits out a dollar coin.
Other than the post office, I haven't seen any other machines that take or dispense them though.
On the contrary, you could use 1 outlet -> USB converter for all of your devices, instead of having a bulky power adapter for each of them.
And who says that you need to have both adapters?
I've never understood the speed limiter on cars.
Most kick in at around 150-155mph. That is double what the very highest legal speed limits in the US are, and any crash at 150mph in most street cars would likely be fatal.
So what's the point at putting the limit at 150mph? If they are trying to control how fast we drive, why not put the limit at 80mph, or not have one at all? Having the limiter at 150mph is only going to piss off people who have bought a high end car, and are likely trying to drive it on a track.
Did you read the very first sentence of the summary?
I have typed up instructions for 'non-computer people'
Don't get me wrong, Linux is a good OS. But the vast majority of users would be unable to use it, and probably unwilling to even try it. I can't even get my parents to give up IE in favor of FireFox.
Many cities that use the Siemens TransitMaster system have this capability. Here in Long Beach, Ca, we're getting it implemented within the next few months.
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Some of our busier stops, and the main transit hub downtown already have live feeds updated in real time displaying the next bus arrival & departure time. The system is dynamic, and figures in delays due to traffic, detours, or if the bus is running late for any other reasons. It is basically a stripped down version of the software used by our dispatchers.
I gave up on Sony a long time ago. I've had far too many high end Sony items go bad, usually weeks after the warranty expires.
We used to have a Sony LaserDisk player, where the drive motor went bad 4 times under warranty. When it failed the 5th time, the whole unit was chucked.
We also had an expensive Sony receiver for our home theater. It would not turn on, unless you picked it up about half an inch and dropped it first. Also, if you tried using the remote to turn the volume up, about half the time it would keep going up, and would not stop until the unit was unplugged. Every time that happened, it was a race to the surge protector to keep the speakers from blowing out.
I also had a Sony cell phone back when cell phones were just starting to become popular. I went through 6 of them because the jog dial on the side kept going out.
I also had a Sony boom box, where the tape recorder would record fast, but play slow. It would play tapes fine that were recorded on that boom box, but any other tapes would play at a slow speed. Also, and tapes recorded on that boom box that were played on another tape player would play faster than they should, it always sounded like chipmunks singing.
Those are just a few of the many Sony item's I've had go bad on me in the past. I have refused to buy anything from them for probably the last decade, because it seems like everything of theirs that I've owned has been total crap. The cellphone was the final straw for me and Sony products.
Obviously you don't remember Jon Katz.
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Did you know that Jon Katz is a puppy thief?
Seriously.
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A dupe from almost a year ago.
Didn't need to see the picture that accompanied your article....
If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom throwing up now.
Can you really se Ubisoft doing anything for free?
Something tells me that no software company would do something like that for free.
If it does turn out to be "free", it will be because it came out of our taxes, just like the previous versions.
As much as I hate to play devil's advocate, the rampant adoption of PVRs has left television in a sad state.
PVRs have nothing to do with people watching less commercials. There are more things to do now than there were 20 years ago. TV is now competing directly with console games, computer games and the internet.
the quality has been on a steady decline because of the loss of ad revenue
Originally, cable tv was advertised as being commercial free. Then the providers got greedy, and started sticking ads in. So in reality, their ad revenue is far higher than what they were originally getting.
the cost of quality cable or satellite programming has gone up
Television has NEVER been about quality programming. It's about putting on whatever people will watch. Besides, I'd argue that the tv choices now are far better than they were 20 years ago. Now at least we've got the History Channel, Learning Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, etc...
Seriously...
At least give the program a somewhat descriptive name, ie Office, Internet Explorer, TurboTax, NotePad, Photoshop, etc...
If I were looking for a music player on Google, I wouldn't even give search results about programs named Muine, MooTag or Bluefunk a second glance, simply because they don't sound like music players.
Open Source programmers are good at a lot of things, but naming their programs isn't one of them. Just look at the whole Phoenix/Firebird/FireFox fiasco.
So how long would it take this guy to crap out the number they found?
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And it took a CRAPLOAD of popcorn to do it. We borrowed several popcorn poppers and had them running every minute we were awake for about a week leading up to the prank.
We air popped the popcorn so that it wouldn't get grease everywhere, but we still got bits of corn all over. A few years after the prank, my friend's CD player quit working. He sent it in for repair, and they sent it back to him saying the problem was that a corn kernal had become lodged in the player somewhere.
IIRC, it takes about 120 pounds of popcorn to fill the passenger compartment of a 1964 Falcon, covering a building would take a heck of a lot more.
Good luck, if you can pull it off, the expression on his face when he sees it will be priceless!
They haven't really tried to match any of Apple's offerings as far as form factor goes. They didn't try to match the Cube, the iMac, eMac or any of Apple's other offerings. Most people buying a pc for $500 will probably either buy a low end Dell, or build their own.
If any one does decide to try to copy the Mac Mini's form factor, it will probably cost way over $500.
Not to mention that I generally regard cell phones as being disposable, but keep something like an ipod for several years.
Two years from now, I'm not going to want to have to get rid of my ipod so that that I can get the newest model phone.
Personally, I would preffer that device makers stick to making one thing work well instead of converging several items into one bulky and mediocre performing item.
Heh, I also started off on a Vic20, but went to an Apple ][ after that, and then a Packard Bell that sounds a lot like yours. When we got the Packard Bell, I started messing around in GW-BASIC, then moved on to QBasic.
I saved my allowance for several months to buy Borland TurboC++. Unfortunately, Right before I got C++, the report card came, along with the usual comments about how I never do my homework. My parents grounded me from using the computer for quite a while. Once I finally was able to use it again, I tried to install the Turbo C++ I had bought, but one of the disks was defective, and it had already been too late to return the program to the store.
I still have the disks laying around somewhere, but boy was I pissed at my parents at the time.
If I were I teenager and my parents got me this computer, I would be plenty pissed off. If not immediately, then as soon as I tried to buy gaming software for it.
And if I were your parent, I'd smack your dumb, ingrateful ass around for bitching about the laptop that I just bought you with my hard earned money.
Then I'd make your lazy ass go get a job and buy your own.
The sample video on their site is nothing. The only shot is shows of the Space Warp is a few seconds of a still shot of it. There is no video of it actually running.
I always wanted one of these as a kid, but my parents always said it was just a waste of money. If they come out over here, I'll definately pick one up for my son & I to play with.
That sounds pretty lousy to me.
They should have shipped you a new one right away, and had you ship in your old one. They could even take a hold on your credit card for the new one until your old one was received.
To me, not being able to use a brand new item for weeks is totally unacceptable.
No kidding... Fry's had a computer (No monitor) for $99, no rebate required after Thanksgiving. It is regularly priced at $199.
Sure it's not the best quality, but if you need a computer and are poor, $99 sure beats nearly $500.
After watching Late Night at the Apollo a few times, I don't think his act will really fit in...
Yes, I know it a different Apollo.