An English subtitled version can be found here
until that also runs out of bandwidth. Also a link to a version on YouTube but this is with Japanese subtitles only.
Some of these people are likely to be using it just as an excuse, and if they get called back again in a few years they'll use another one until they have a family and then have a valid excuse... I know it's not Finland but I knew a guy from Sweden who got called up for their "compulsory" national service. He said that if you don't want to do it, all you had to do in the interview was say things like "I don't like people" and that they'd let you off, because you wouldn't be suitable in their eyes. So I get the impression it's just a formality thing and as long as not too many people are dodging out they're OK with it. Most people generally DO want to do it, it's not just Army work, it can be as a firefighter and things like that too.
With two weeks to go until the deadline of my dissertation, finally I find proof that weblogs actually do have a use for professional organisations. The last place I thought I'd find it was from Microsoft!
April Fool's joke or not, gmail.com has previously been an email hosting service according to the wayback machine (click on the dropdown menu and it's also one of the options).
Mars Science Laboratory: Still in its planning phase, this mission would establish a long-term roving laboratory on Mars dedicated to studying the planet's environment and composition. The launch could take place as early as 2009.
I know it states that's the earliest date, but doesn't that seem a bit too optimistic? 2009 isn't that far away, and if it's a 'long-term roving laboratory' I'd imagine it would take longer than five years to set up - and just how long is long-term, anyway?
"Humor writer Dave Barry, however, may have summarized the situation the best. "The Bush administration says the Mars mission can be accomplished for only 143.8 zillion dollars," Barry wrote. "But critics claim that the true cost is likely to be much more like 687 fillion dillion dollars. (These numbers are imaginary, but trust me, they're as accurate as any other cost estimates you see about the Mars mission.)""
Looks like you have to pay $15 to get MP3 encoding and CD burning functionality. Considering a lot of people want to rip and burn to save money (read: nicking songs!), this seems a pretty stupid idea if they want to go better than iTunes, and any other software which will do it for free.
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention weblogs. Blogs are pretty much everything that people who used to make personal websites wanted. Although I don't have anything to back this up, I reckon that there's been a migration from personal websites to blogs. The only problem that there used to be with site services such as Geocities was that you had to do (albeit very minimal) HTML - with blog services like Blogger there's not even any need for that, if you don't want to do anything fancy. It's more convenient, it's more readable (as a standard format)... just a shame that vanity publishing eliminates that vital editorial quality control;)
"After years of refusing to pay for digital music, consumers have made Apple's iTunes Music Store the music industry's first digital success story, purchasing a whopping 10 million songs in just over four months. This figure is even more impressive when you consider that the service is available only to Mac users"
Just seen the UK version (don't think there's any difference between it and the US release) and I wasn't disappointed. I *expected* to come out of the film and say "I get the general idea... but what about x and y and z?" and I got that. The first quarter or so is boring but yes it is a good film - not as good as 1 or 2 (I thought 2 was cool) - and the fight scenes and effects are worth making the effort to see it in the cinema.
Taken from Microfilm.com:
"Under less-than-optimal storage conditions, digital tapes and disks, including CD-ROMs and optical drives, might deteriorate about as fast as newsprint - in 5 to 10 years. Tests by the National Media Lab, a St. Paul (Minn.)-based government and industry consortium, show that tapes might preserve data for a decade, depending on storage conditions. Disks -whether CD-ROMs used for games or the type used by some companies to store pension plans - may become unreadable in five years."
How many times have you seen CD's left to reflect the sun onto the ceiling? Long after the data is lost due to lack of care, the plastic will still be hanging about. I think CDs that have a physical life span are a great idea for the environment. Companies which do look after their CDs can still get their longer lasting ones.
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An English subtitled version can be found here until that also runs out of bandwidth. Also a link to a version on YouTube but this is with Japanese subtitles only.
Some of these people are likely to be using it just as an excuse, and if they get called back again in a few years they'll use another one until they have a family and then have a valid excuse... I know it's not Finland but I knew a guy from Sweden who got called up for their "compulsory" national service. He said that if you don't want to do it, all you had to do in the interview was say things like "I don't like people" and that they'd let you off, because you wouldn't be suitable in their eyes. So I get the impression it's just a formality thing and as long as not too many people are dodging out they're OK with it. Most people generally DO want to do it, it's not just Army work, it can be as a firefighter and things like that too.
Danger, Tim Beauchamp! Danger!
With two weeks to go until the deadline of my dissertation, finally I find proof that weblogs actually do have a use for professional organisations. The last place I thought I'd find it was from Microsoft!
April Fool's joke or not, gmail.com has previously been an email hosting service according to the wayback machine (click on the dropdown menu and it's also one of the options).
...can be found here.
I know it states that's the earliest date, but doesn't that seem a bit too optimistic? 2009 isn't that far away, and if it's a 'long-term roving laboratory' I'd imagine it would take longer than five years to set up - and just how long is long-term, anyway?
"Humor writer Dave Barry, however, may have summarized the situation the best. "The Bush administration says the Mars mission can be accomplished for only 143.8 zillion dollars," Barry wrote. "But critics claim that the true cost is likely to be much more like 687 fillion dillion dollars. (These numbers are imaginary, but trust me, they're as accurate as any other cost estimates you see about the Mars mission.)""
What's an internet?
Stop playing name games. That's the sort of thing that can really hurt adoption.
Quick! Let's start an OSS project called Firefox!
I think I've been here before... I've been told this usually happens because of a glitch in The Slashdot...
Looks like you have to pay $15 to get MP3 encoding and CD burning functionality. Considering a lot of people want to rip and burn to save money (read: nicking songs!), this seems a pretty stupid idea if they want to go better than iTunes, and any other software which will do it for free.
"Cyberstates 2003 is available to AeA members for $95 and to non-members for $190." ...but after I lost my job, I don't think I can afford it!
I'm surprised the article doesn't mention weblogs. Blogs are pretty much everything that people who used to make personal websites wanted. Although I don't have anything to back this up, I reckon that there's been a migration from personal websites to blogs. The only problem that there used to be with site services such as Geocities was that you had to do (albeit very minimal) HTML - with blog services like Blogger there's not even any need for that, if you don't want to do anything fancy. It's more convenient, it's more readable (as a standard format)... just a shame that vanity publishing eliminates that vital editorial quality control ;)
"After years of refusing to pay for digital music, consumers have made Apple's iTunes Music Store the music industry's first digital success story, purchasing a whopping 10 million songs in just over four months. This figure is even more impressive when you consider that the service is available only to Mac users"
Just seen the UK version (don't think there's any difference between it and the US release) and I wasn't disappointed. I *expected* to come out of the film and say "I get the general idea... but what about x and y and z?" and I got that. The first quarter or so is boring but yes it is a good film - not as good as 1 or 2 (I thought 2 was cool) - and the fight scenes and effects are worth making the effort to see it in the cinema.
Taken from Microfilm.com: "Under less-than-optimal storage conditions, digital tapes and disks, including CD-ROMs and optical drives, might deteriorate about as fast as newsprint - in 5 to 10 years. Tests by the National Media Lab, a St. Paul (Minn.)-based government and industry consortium, show that tapes might preserve data for a decade, depending on storage conditions. Disks -whether CD-ROMs used for games or the type used by some companies to store pension plans - may become unreadable in five years."
How many times have you seen CD's left to reflect the sun onto the ceiling? Long after the data is lost due to lack of care, the plastic will still be hanging about. I think CDs that have a physical life span are a great idea for the environment. Companies which do look after their CDs can still get their longer lasting ones.