I'm not sure why the parent got modded down as flamebait, but oh well...
I think that most of the geeks here on Slashdot probably played with Legos a lot as little kids, and most of us probably still play with them (I know I do when I have time!). A lot of the new Lego sets aren't very geeky, and a lot of people find the new sets downright boring. So when someone comes along like these guys and create something that is really cool/complicated/hard to do, it is generally something that most Slashdot readers would appreciate, so it gets posted.
On the other hand, I've never been a fan of anime, and don't know any other geeks who are so I'm not sure why those are posted on Slashdot. When an anime story comes by, I just usually ignore it.
Everyone knows that to have kids, you must have a girlfriend or wife, something we all know Slashdotters don't have. This story should have been something more like "Moving your pet gerbils to Linux" or "Moving that person you cyber with to Linux". Moving your kids to Linux just won't really have that big an effect on slashdotters.
All this is going to do is allow you to move your cell phone # to a different provider. I'm 99% certain that you will still need to get a new phone from your new provider though.
Does anyone else find their choice of databases funny? I could see MS SQL & Oracle, but aren't Access & Oracle two totally different beasts?
Access is for small db's, usually personal ones or very small business databases. Oracle is a big enterprise database capable of storing huge amounts of data.
Isn't that kind of like writing a book teaching you an introduction to writing batch files and mastering C++ all at once?
With as slow as Slashdot is running today, did someone enable Speed Step on the Slashdot servers? Maybe Cowboy Neal unplugged the servers so they are running in battery mode!
You misread that part. Those instructions were to make your own pattern based on a picture. They simply used Tux as their example to show how to do it. The Tux pattern is available in the article here.
Hmm. The tux pumpkin is a helpful tutorial, basically it says to make a pumpkin with tux on it all you need is:
1.A Pumpkin
2.Artistic Ability
3.Expensive Software
4.Something called a light board (sounds arty)
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So you can't distribute their program in any way? Isn't that the whole point of the program? These guys really are a bunch of idiots!
There is a country (Japan) that spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year on train design research and has hands down by far the most effective rail network in the world from everything from technical efficiency of trains to timeliness.
Because of Japanese expertise in this area, other countries (other asian states, some european) either licence the technology outright or tap the experts to develop their own technology (recently China and Korea are doing this).
The problems the US faces are known quantities. Why re-invent the (fly-) wheel? The comparative advantage of nations is real. The US should shelve its hubris and buy a proven japanese design rather than investing in more white elephants.
You missed the whole point of the article. All of Japan's (And Europe's) high speed trains are electric powered. For the US to use these technologies would require a huge investment on upgrading the current track to electrified. This engine will work on any track, and will save quite a bit of money in the long run if it actually works as described.
to iPod competitors that aren't bigger, uglier, with a less functional interface, less capabilities, a lesser computer/player interface, shorter battery life and not worth even considering? It would save us all alot of time.
You're right, a competitor that is a few hundred $$ less, only slightly larger, 2 hour longer battery life, and made by a company known for nice MP3 players is not a worthy competitor to the iPod. This story should have never been on Slashdot.
I have a first generation Nomad Jukebox. There are several newsgroups & websites devoted to hacking these, so I'm assuming that the newer ones will be hackable also.
I love my Nomad, with the exception of it's size (Portable CD player size), slow transfer (USB only) and battery life (About 2 hours), but this new player seems to fix all of those. As soon as it has been out a while and prices drop, I would definately love to have one of these.
Seriously, how great is the sound quality of stuff that is played on AM anyways? Probably 99% of the stuff on AM is either talk radio, or music that was recorded decades before digital music was even thought of. I'm sure MP3 encoded at 56k would be more than sufficient for AM broadcasts.
I lose about $1000.00 per month on ebay due to copied software. I produce Video tutorials on CD, nerdmaker.com, and have to compete against $5.00 per CD copied software. After working with ebay for over 16 months, no changes have occured. Why would ebay want to change? They are, by a very wide margin, the number 1 auction site. Ebay makes money on a transaction weather its legal or not. The only motivation for change would be competition, and I don't see that happening soon.
It's the video proffesor from TV! Don't you give away the first copy of your CD free anyways?
I made a rather unfortunate typo in my last message - I was referring
to *Pets* Warehouse, not Pet Warehouse. My apologies (to you and to Pet
Warehouse!).
It's entirely possible to install almost every version of Linux on one machine. New versions of LILO eliminate the 1,024th cylinder boundary, enabling you to use up to 160GB for Linux. However, I decided to stop at around 10 versions because any more seemed redundant.
He puts 57 operating systems on one computer, and is worried about redundancy...
I have a 5L that was having this problem. I talked to the friendly HP service rep at our office, and he sold me a new pickup mechanism for $20 and gave me instructions how to replace it. The thing has worked like a champ again since then.
I can't even imagine how many thousands of pages it has printed in it's lifetime, but it has gone through at least 10 toner cartridges so it has really been quite a workhorse for me.
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I'm not sure why the parent got modded down as flamebait, but oh well...
I think that most of the geeks here on Slashdot probably played with Legos a lot as little kids, and most of us probably still play with them (I know I do when I have time!). A lot of the new Lego sets aren't very geeky, and a lot of people find the new sets downright boring. So when someone comes along like these guys and create something that is really cool/complicated/hard to do, it is generally something that most Slashdot readers would appreciate, so it gets posted.
On the other hand, I've never been a fan of anime, and don't know any other geeks who are so I'm not sure why those are posted on Slashdot. When an anime story comes by, I just usually ignore it.
Everyone knows that to have kids, you must have a girlfriend or wife, something we all know Slashdotters don't have. This story should have been something more like "Moving your pet gerbils to Linux" or "Moving that person you cyber with to Linux". Moving your kids to Linux just won't really have that big an effect on slashdotters.
All this is going to do is allow you to move your cell phone # to a different provider. I'm 99% certain that you will still need to get a new phone from your new provider though.
Does anyone else find their choice of databases funny? I could see MS SQL & Oracle, but aren't Access & Oracle two totally different beasts?
Access is for small db's, usually personal ones or very small business databases. Oracle is a big enterprise database capable of storing huge amounts of data.
Isn't that kind of like writing a book teaching you an introduction to writing batch files and mastering C++ all at once?
With as slow as Slashdot is running today, did someone enable Speed Step on the Slashdot servers? Maybe Cowboy Neal unplugged the servers so they are running in battery mode!
You misread that part. Those instructions were to make your own pattern based on a picture. They simply used Tux as their example to show how to do it. The Tux pattern is available in the article here.
Hmm. The tux pumpkin is a helpful tutorial, basically it says to make a pumpkin with tux on it all you need is:
1.A Pumpkin
2.Artistic Ability
3.Expensive Software
4.Something called a light board (sounds arty)
Wow! Simple!
Yes, but by going around their copy protection scheme on the CD, didn't you just violate the DMCA?
From http://www.permissionedmedia.com/license.htm:
3. Updates/New Information. Permissioned Media reserves the right to add additional features or functions to the version of PerMedia you install, or to add new applications to PerMedia, at any time. As more fully disclosed in our Privacy Statement, PerMedia is designed to regularly communicate and provide information regarding your Internet use to Permissioned Media. Accordingly, Permissioned Media has the right and you hereby authorize it to update or automatically install a new version of PerMedia on your computer when a new version is released to the general public and/or when new features are available. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Permissioned Media and its business associates have no obligation to make available to you any subsequent versions of PerMedia. You may not distribute or copy PerMedia (r)other than for backup purposes).
So you can't distribute their program in any way? Isn't that the whole point of the program? These guys really are a bunch of idiots!
I'm not sure how long it will last, but here's a mirror...
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr1.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr2.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr3.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr4.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr5.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr6.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr7.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr8.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr9.htm
http://www.chrisnaimee.com/sd/dr10.htm
Here is the only link I could find off hand (PDF document though) http://www.isecorp.com/pdfs/Vol2_Issue_5_withAward .pdf. These buses are all over downtown LA.
There is a country (Japan) that spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year on train design research and has hands down by far the most effective rail network in the world from everything from technical efficiency of trains to timeliness.
Because of Japanese expertise in this area, other countries (other asian states, some european) either licence the technology outright or tap the experts to develop their own technology (recently China and Korea are doing this).
The problems the US faces are known quantities. Why re-invent the (fly-) wheel? The comparative advantage of nations is real. The US should shelve its hubris and buy a proven japanese design rather than investing in more white elephants.
You missed the whole point of the article. All of Japan's (And Europe's) high speed trains are electric powered. For the US to use these technologies would require a huge investment on upgrading the current track to electrified. This engine will work on any track, and will save quite a bit of money in the long run if it actually works as described.
It's not a jet engine, it is a turbine that will be powering a generator. Most city buses now use turbines for their engine and they aren't that loud.
to iPod competitors that aren't bigger, uglier, with a less functional interface, less capabilities, a lesser computer/player interface, shorter battery life and not worth even considering? It would save us all alot of time.
You're right, a competitor that is a few hundred $$ less, only slightly larger, 2 hour longer battery life, and made by a company known for nice MP3 players is not a worthy competitor to the iPod. This story should have never been on Slashdot.
I have a first generation Nomad Jukebox. There are several newsgroups & websites devoted to hacking these, so I'm assuming that the newer ones will be hackable also.
I love my Nomad, with the exception of it's size (Portable CD player size), slow transfer (USB only) and battery life (About 2 hours), but this new player seems to fix all of those. As soon as it has been out a while and prices drop, I would definately love to have one of these.
Every doctor I've gone to has his diploma hanging on the wall. If his diploma even resembles a printout of a web page, I'm outta there! :)
Not a chance that I would go see a doctor who got their degree online.
Am quality sounds like a 56k rated mp3
Seriously, how great is the sound quality of stuff that is played on AM anyways? Probably 99% of the stuff on AM is either talk radio, or music that was recorded decades before digital music was even thought of. I'm sure MP3 encoded at 56k would be more than sufficient for AM broadcasts.
I lose about $1000.00 per month on ebay due to copied software. I produce Video tutorials on CD, nerdmaker.com, and have to compete against $5.00 per CD copied software. After working with ebay for over 16 months, no changes have occured. Why would ebay want to change? They are, by a very wide margin, the number 1 auction site. Ebay makes money on a transaction weather its legal or not. The only motivation for change would be competition, and I don't see that happening soon.
It's the video proffesor from TV! Don't you give away the first copy of your CD free anyways?
Slashdot users already have their pictures posted here!
According to this followup post to the original complaint about them...
5 /msg00213.html
http://fins.actwin.com/aquatic-plants/month.20010
I made a rather unfortunate typo in my last message - I was referring to *Pets* Warehouse, not Pet Warehouse. My apologies (to you and to Pet Warehouse!).
For bringing down his server :)
Of course this system will be prone to a lot of crashes, everyone knows how bad Chinese drivers are!
It's entirely possible to install almost every version of Linux on one machine. New versions of LILO eliminate the 1,024th cylinder boundary, enabling you to use up to 160GB for Linux. However, I decided to stop at around 10 versions because any more seemed redundant.
He puts 57 operating systems on one computer, and is worried about redundancy...
The phone looks really cool, but PLEASE give it a regular phone keypad!!! If I want a rotary dial, I'll go get some old pulse dialing phone.
I have a 5L that was having this problem. I talked to the friendly HP service rep at our office, and he sold me a new pickup mechanism for $20 and gave me instructions how to replace it. The thing has worked like a champ again since then.
I can't even imagine how many thousands of pages it has printed in it's lifetime, but it has gone through at least 10 toner cartridges so it has really been quite a workhorse for me.