Since they've already got wireless terminals on the forklifts, why not paint the numbers on the ceiling and put a camera (pointed straight up) on top of each forklift? That way if you want to know where forklift number 47 is you don't have to visually search through a dozen or more camera feeds.
You would be completely in the right and I completely in the wrong (due to my not reading slowly enough), except for this part:
"...it supported endless loop recording for radio stations to put commercials and short songs on..."
By the time the 8-track came along the George Eash Fidelipac cartridge was already the broadcast standard. No radio station in their right mind would have used the 8-track. Otherwise you were quite correct, once again Lear found a niche and filled it brilliantly.
If I had read the parent of your original post more slowly I would have pointed out to him the James Brown album that was only released on 8-track (although I suppose one could go back and make a CD from the original studio tape).
I'm surprised (and annoyed) that this isn't being done in real life. Well, at least googling for "time release caffeine" doesn't bring up any ads. Seriously, I could use something like this, especially the part where you take the pill and the caffeine doesn't start working until 8 hours later and then kicks in full strength.
You need to go back and re-read the source you cite. Somebody (or bodies) else came up with the continuous loop tape cartridge used in broadcasting and the original 4(audio)track "Mad Man" Muntz consumer version.
What Lear did was come up with a version that incorporated the pinch roller into the cartridge, which made the player cheaper to produce, and crammed more music onto the cartridges by going to 8 narrower tracks and, if memory serves, halving the tape speed from 7 1/2 inches per second to 3 3/4.
I was speaking about a disproportionality above and beyond, separate from, and unrelated to the cost of running the IRS. I didn't realize I needed to explain it for 9 year olds.
(insert "mental age of Slashdot trolls" joke here)
"California... we ship more money out than comes back."
Which is exactly the situation in which I was asking doesn't the state of New York find itself, the point being that if this is true they have to raise the money some other way.
Money that NY doesn't get back from the federal government it has to raise some other way. States that get back more from the fed than the fed takes out of the state don't have to raise as much money from other sources.
"...NY is leading the pack in overspending and overtaxing."
Isn't NY one of those states that pay more in to the federal government in federal income taxes and other stuff than they get back from the federal government in all the different forms of federal funding?
Everyone has freedom OF speech. (Score:2, Insightful)
by stinkpad (810024) Alter Relationship on Sunday March 27, @11:01AM (#12060081) It's freedom AFTER speech that matters.
Too bad there's no +10, "you ain't just whistlin' it" mod available.
"But it could be that your quote itself explains why he's not there. It's the "Science Fiction" hall of fame, not the Fantasy hall of fame."
The presence of the recently deceased Andre Norton on the winners' list rather argues against that explanation. I suspect that since they've only been at it since 1996 they have a lot of catching up to do, and the self-imposed "2 living, 2 dead" rule probably complicates things as well.
Apparently we are incapable of understanding one another's points and shall have to agree to disagree (provided of course that we can understand each other sufficiently to agree about what it is about which we are disagreeing:-) )
It's probably best if terms like "rapist" and "Nazi" not have their definitions diluted, out of respect to their respective victims and what they underwent or will undergo.
Besides, we're really talking about the spiritual descendents of the original robber barons anyway.
" The First Amendment does not demand the censorship of broadcasters."
The First Amendment really has nothing to do with broadcasters, both because the concept of broadcasting didn't exist and wasn't forseen at the time of the writing of the First Amendment, and because the concept of a communications medium owned by the people as a whole didn't really exist then either.
The Fairness Doctrine is only capable of censorship to the extent that a broadcaster might not air a particular view because if they had to give equal time to an opposing view they couldn't sell that time to advertisers.
When a newspaper prints something it does so on presses and paper it owns, but broadcasters "publish" over airwaves that you and I own so it ain't the same thing.
The lines are not owned by any government. The phone lines are owned by Sprint (as a result of their having bought Carolina Telephone and Telegraph several years ago), from who we get local telephone service.
Living near the coast I've been through hurricanes where the lights didn't work but the phones did, but I've never seen a time when the power went out for any reason and the cable didn't (TVs, VCRs on uninterruptable power supply or generator).
Also, after a hurricane-caused power outage, Time-Warner doesn't get back online until some time after the power company (Progress Energy, formerly Carolina Power and Light) does.
"The crazy thing, though, is that Starpower has to pull a dual-line cable. The second one is only there to provide power to the conversion equipment."
Are you sure that someone hasn't unintentionally misinformed you or that you haven't somehow misunderstood them? I find it very difficult to believe that they would go to the extra expense rather than do "phantom power" (which is pretty much an industry standard).
Although a few years ago my neighbor's underground phone line had to be replaced and the telco, instead of using regular BUG* wire used some that had RG-6-ish coax siamesed to it in what I assume is an effort at future-proofing.
To fight back, I suggest we start calling the big media companies who have been caught price fixing and/or writing dirty contracts so as to turn copyright law which they claim is to protect the artists to their benefit and to the ruin of many of their "beloved" artists...
Rapists
Does one good dirty trick deserve another?
I would prefer it if someone had a more gentlemanly idea as to how to counteract these memes.
How 'bout if we just dust off the old term "Robber Barons"?
Slashdot Mirror
Since they've already got wireless terminals on the forklifts, why not paint the numbers on the ceiling and put a camera (pointed straight up) on top of each forklift? That way if you want to know where forklift number 47 is you don't have to visually search through a dozen or more camera feeds.
Sorry, it's only available by the liter.
"...it supported endless loop recording for radio stations to put commercials and short songs on..."
By the time the 8-track came along the George Eash Fidelipac cartridge was already the broadcast standard. No radio station in their right mind would have used the 8-track. Otherwise you were quite correct, once again Lear found a niche and filled it brilliantly.
If I had read the parent of your original post more slowly I would have pointed out to him the James Brown album that was only released on 8-track (although I suppose one could go back and make a CD from the original studio tape).
I'm surprised (and annoyed) that this isn't being done in real life. Well, at least googling for "time release caffeine" doesn't bring up any ads. Seriously, I could use something like this, especially the part where you take the pill and the caffeine doesn't start working until 8 hours later and then kicks in full strength.
What Lear did was come up with a version that incorporated the pinch roller into the cartridge, which made the player cheaper to produce, and crammed more music onto the cartridges by going to 8 narrower tracks and, if memory serves, halving the tape speed from 7 1/2 inches per second to 3 3/4.
Moi?
(He don't know me very well, do he?)
(insert "mental age of Slashdot trolls" joke here)
Which is exactly the situation in which I was asking doesn't the state of New York find itself, the point being that if this is true they have to raise the money some other way.
Money that NY doesn't get back from the federal government it has to raise some other way. States that get back more from the fed than the fed takes out of the state don't have to raise as much money from other sources.
Isn't NY one of those states that pay more in to the federal government in federal income taxes and other stuff than they get back from the federal government in all the different forms of federal funding?
Too bad there's no +10, "you ain't just whistlin' it" mod available.
Seriously flawed grammatically. Should read "All your free speech are belong to us...
Friend Of A Drunk?
The presence of the recently deceased Andre Norton on the winners' list rather argues against that explanation. I suspect that since they've only been at it since 1996 they have a lot of catching up to do, and the self-imposed "2 living, 2 dead" rule probably complicates things as well.
If by bringing it back you mean doing a remake, why? There's nothing wrong with the original and a remake can only be worse.
Apparently we are incapable of understanding one another's points and shall have to agree to disagree (provided of course that we can understand each other sufficiently to agree about what it is about which we are disagreeing :-) )
Besides, we're really talking about the spiritual descendents of the original robber barons anyway.
Be well
Yeah, but the fact that it's Time-Warner is plenty of reason not to trust it even if they went out and bought every battery in the world.
...but only due to Dr. Scholls :-)
The First Amendment really has nothing to do with broadcasters, both because the concept of broadcasting didn't exist and wasn't forseen at the time of the writing of the First Amendment, and because the concept of a communications medium owned by the people as a whole didn't really exist then either.
The Fairness Doctrine is only capable of censorship to the extent that a broadcaster might not air a particular view because if they had to give equal time to an opposing view they couldn't sell that time to advertisers.
When a newspaper prints something it does so on presses and paper it owns, but broadcasters "publish" over airwaves that you and I own so it ain't the same thing.
Living near the coast I've been through hurricanes where the lights didn't work but the phones did, but I've never seen a time when the power went out for any reason and the cable didn't (TVs, VCRs on uninterruptable power supply or generator).
Also, after a hurricane-caused power outage, Time-Warner doesn't get back online until some time after the power company (Progress Energy, formerly Carolina Power and Light) does.
The word you want is "sheer", "shear" is what you do to a sheep.
Oh wait, we're talking about cable companies. Never mind.
Are you sure that someone hasn't unintentionally misinformed you or that you haven't somehow misunderstood them? I find it very difficult to believe that they would go to the extra expense rather than do "phantom power" (which is pretty much an industry standard).
Although a few years ago my neighbor's underground phone line had to be replaced and the telco, instead of using regular BUG* wire used some that had RG-6-ish coax siamesed to it in what I assume is an effort at future-proofing.
*Buried Under Ground
How 'bout if we just dust off the old term "Robber Barons"?
In this case I think it's more like Godwin's punch line.