The site name-a-star.net lets you name a star anything you wish for a mere $50. It's a nice novelty, at least.
Of course, there's always the possibility of scientists finding life on the named star. Perhaps you can include a SETI@Home client disk with the certificate?
Of course, with rapidly updating pages like current comment pages, this would not be practical. But what if all "old" comment pages were pre-compressed when they were mothballed?
Of course, I could be incorrect about Slashdot archives, in which case I will look like a complete idiot.
You might not want to directly solder the wires into place... rather open the case and add wires going to some sort of small plastic connector. Use a hobby knife to cut a connector-sized opening in the side, and glue it in. This way, you can go back to batteries whenever you need to.
The 82 uses 4 AAA batteries. You might want to put the solar cells on a hat.:-)
"Dear, why don't you have some of 'Mamma Penny's Hot Coocoa? You'll feel better in no time. Mamma Penny's is made from real coccoa beans, grown in the mountains of.."
Ad placement in the content itself would be nearly unstoppable.
Or, consider an even more frightening situation: Blinking "Banner Ads" anyone? Try filtering out an advertisement window, randomly sized and colored to aviod detection by software.
I don't really watch TV these days anyway. There's just something about sitting there like a vegetable and absorbing anything that passes through like a sponge. At least with personal computers you (supposedly) have control over what hits your eyes.
I ordered something along those lines from cd64.com a while back. The software (Dos/Windows only boys...ugh), the adaptor (goes in a parallel port) and the cartridge were $80 inc. shipping from Hong Kong. The card holds 64m (That's megaBITS!). I ran it with about 8 games at a time for a while, but now it won't boot with more than one. Good luck getting tech support - no phone contact, and the web page says they only answer "selective" emails (which means my 8 "Defective product" emails were ignored.)
Nevertheless, a nice toy...
(Be sure to buy a power supply somewhere for it! Don't bother with the 9v! Trust me! I struggled for literally minutes! I should use fewer exclamation points!)
The gameboy was designed with - guess what - GAMES in mind. Palm was not designed for such. That's why todays middle-of-the-road car can still get it's rear-end kicked by a 60's hot-rod.
- Taco switches to Win2k. - Hell freezes over. - MS releases full source to Win2k, then self destructs. The effects of the explosion devastated half of Washington, and could be felt 2000 miles away.
Now back to - hey, are those flying pigs?! Quick! Turn the camera around!
As a former employee at CompUSA, I believe I can contribute some thoughts here...
The reason retail boxes are so huge is the eye-catch factor. Ever see the four-sided towers at the front of a store with the crappy 14.99 software packed only in jewel cases? Ever really payed attention to them? I thought not. The more shelf space a company can gobble, the less room there is for competing products, and the more eyes hit the box. The largest part of my job there was trying to get all the freakin software on the shelves in a manner relatively close to what the higher-ups consider ideal.
Annoyances:
- six-inch thick boxes. C'mon, you could fit everything in that box into an 8.5" by 11" by 1.5" version. You'd lose no "eye space" but we'd be able to fit twice your product on the shelf.
- Odd-shaped boxes. Ever see the Tomb Raider and Final Fanasy boxes? ARGH!
- Boxes with holes in the middle. I actually had a co-worker tie a broomstick sticking out from the end of a shelf, and "impaling" the boxes on it. It didn't last long.
Enviromental factors? Big deal. Man has been given dominion over the Earth. While we should take care of that which we have been trusted with, we should not worship the creation. It's here for us to use!
Why are they distributing it via gnutella instead of directly from their own servers? Easy. Bandwidth! Can you imagine the costs involved in transfering, best case, 1 gig files to, say, 50,000 users? Egads!
Dump the bandwidth problem off to ISPs and end-users. Suuuure. I'm sure my ISP will appreciate my hosting 20 1 gig files for a few hundred people a day. Heh heh - NOT!
Another question: What is the motivation for people serving these beasts up? It's not like they're distributing great music to their friends.. ya still gotta pay if ya wanna play.
As of yet, the only communications sailors on combat submarines on long patrols were "Family Grams". These were limited in length.. something like 100 chars if I remember correctly, and no reply was possible, because of security concerns.
If the obvious security hurdles here can be overcome, imagine what a morale boost! It'd be *very* nice to email your wife and tell her you love her, or get a message telling you "Little Johnny made straight A's!" or "More checks bounced...sold your computer."
Perhaps this could be used on less security-concious patrols? Is there such a thing?
Actually, they do get *some* communication. They're called "Family Grams". You get them like every 2 weeks, and they are limited to like 100 characters or something. No reply possible. It's not much, but it's nice to hear something like "Little Bobby made straight A's this week" or "Overdrawn again - sold your computer."
I love opening a box and finding a thick manual. I play around with the software for a few minutes, and then sit down and read (or at least browse through) the manual. Doing this not only lets me be informed of all options and potential snags, it keeps me from forming unproductive habits when there are better ways. ("No, I prefer to toggle through the weapons in Quake rather than use the hotkeys." etc..)
Slashdot Mirror
Quick! Someone slap a Palm VII with a Palm camera on this thing!
Walmart Employee: "Security to hardware. We have a code 4427. I repeat, we have a small robot loose in the store."
All while geeks watch the live webcast from the bot.
You know, actually, the first thought that crossed my mind after posting was, Oh Lord, they're gonna ream me for that one!
The site name-a-star.net lets you name a star anything you wish for a mere $50. It's a nice novelty, at least.
Of course, there's always the possibility of scientists finding life on the named star. Perhaps you can include a SETI@Home client disk with the certificate?
Of course, with rapidly updating pages like current comment pages, this would not be practical. But what if all "old" comment pages were pre-compressed when they were mothballed?
Of course, I could be incorrect about Slashdot archives, in which case I will look like a complete idiot.
You might not want to directly solder the wires into place... rather open the case and add wires going to some sort of small plastic connector. Use a hobby knife to cut a connector-sized opening in the side, and glue it in. This way, you can go back to batteries whenever you need to.
:-)
The 82 uses 4 AAA batteries. You might want to put the solar cells on a hat.
Alas, Square and Nintendo parted ways a long time ago. Square hangs out with Sony now..
That'd be almost like Microsoft porting IE to Linu-- oh. Nevermind.
Anyone remember "The Truman Show"?
"Dear, why don't you have some of 'Mamma Penny's Hot Coocoa? You'll feel better in no time. Mamma Penny's is made from real coccoa beans, grown in the mountains of.."
Ad placement in the content itself would be nearly unstoppable.
Or, consider an even more frightening situation: Blinking "Banner Ads" anyone? Try filtering out an advertisement window, randomly sized and colored to aviod detection by software.
I don't really watch TV these days anyway. There's just something about sitting there like a vegetable and absorbing anything that passes through like a sponge. At least with personal computers you (supposedly) have control over what hits your eyes.
I ordered something along those lines from cd64.com a while back. The software (Dos/Windows only boys...ugh), the adaptor (goes in a parallel port) and the cartridge were $80 inc. shipping from Hong Kong. The card holds 64m (That's megaBITS!). I ran it with about 8 games at a time for a while, but now it won't boot with more than one. Good luck getting tech support - no phone contact, and the web page says they only answer "selective" emails (which means my 8 "Defective product" emails were ignored.)
Nevertheless, a nice toy...
(Be sure to buy a power supply somewhere for it! Don't bother with the 9v! Trust me! I struggled for literally minutes! I should use fewer exclamation points!)
Hmm... think perhaps some of the mullionares gained their prosperity by being *frugal*?
Gambling in general is a fool's game. Prosperity is earned with ingenuity and hard work.
Man, the jokes one could play. "Hey! You splashed my with cyanide! Now I'll never be able to pass my dru -- AAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!" Oops...
Not really, when you think about it.
The gameboy was designed with - guess what - GAMES in mind. Palm was not designed for such. That's why todays middle-of-the-road car can still get it's rear-end kicked by a 60's hot-rod.
Perhaps the subtitle should have been:
Run-Away!-Run-Away!
In other news:
- Taco switches to Win2k.
- Hell freezes over.
- MS releases full source to Win2k, then self destructs. The effects of the explosion devastated half of Washington, and could be felt 2000 miles away.
Now back to - hey, are those flying pigs?! Quick! Turn the camera around!
Dude, these pictures are *huge*. Anyone care to post a mirror with the pics toned down for us dialups to, say, 30k or so apiece?
"This should prove interesting, and makes me wonder: what will we do next?"
Die, most likely.
As a former employee at CompUSA, I believe I can contribute some thoughts here...
The reason retail boxes are so huge is the eye-catch factor. Ever see the four-sided towers at the front of a store with the crappy 14.99 software packed only in jewel cases? Ever really payed attention to them? I thought not. The more shelf space a company can gobble, the less room there is for competing products, and the more eyes hit the box. The largest part of my job there was trying to get all the freakin software on the shelves in a manner relatively close to what the higher-ups consider ideal.
Annoyances:
- six-inch thick boxes. C'mon, you could fit everything in that box into an 8.5" by 11" by 1.5" version. You'd lose no "eye space" but we'd be able to fit twice your product on the shelf.
- Odd-shaped boxes. Ever see the Tomb Raider and Final Fanasy boxes? ARGH!
- Boxes with holes in the middle. I actually had a co-worker tie a broomstick sticking out from the end of a shelf, and "impaling" the boxes on it. It didn't last long.
Enviromental factors? Big deal. Man has been given dominion over the Earth. While we should take care of that which we have been trusted with, we should not worship the creation. It's here for us to use!
Why are they distributing it via gnutella instead of directly from their own servers? Easy. Bandwidth! Can you imagine the costs involved in transfering, best case, 1 gig files to, say, 50,000 users? Egads!
Dump the bandwidth problem off to ISPs and end-users. Suuuure. I'm sure my ISP will appreciate my hosting 20 1 gig files for a few hundred people a day. Heh heh - NOT!
Another question: What is the motivation for people serving these beasts up? It's not like they're distributing great music to their friends.. ya still gotta pay if ya wanna play.
As of yet, the only communications sailors on combat submarines on long patrols were "Family Grams". These were limited in length.. something like 100 chars if I remember correctly, and no reply was possible, because of security concerns.
If the obvious security hurdles here can be overcome, imagine what a morale boost! It'd be *very* nice to email your wife and tell her you love her, or get a message telling you "Little Johnny made straight A's!" or "More checks bounced...sold your computer."
Perhaps this could be used on less security-concious patrols?
Is there such a thing?
Actually, they do get *some* communication. They're called "Family Grams". You get them like every 2 weeks, and they are limited to like 100 characters or something. No reply possible. It's not much, but it's nice to hear something like "Little Bobby made straight A's this week" or "Overdrawn again - sold your computer."
Oh yeah, sure, now that they're down, let's be real nice to 'em. That oughtta confuse them for a while.
There is an error
Device cannot be found
Must be far too small
Sorry, couldn't help it...
Meteorite switchblades
*click*
(Large chunk chips off of blade)
"Dangit!"
All this proves, and what you'll see time and time again, is that money does not mean happiness.
I love opening a box and finding a thick manual. I play around with the software for a few minutes, and then sit down and read (or at least browse through) the manual. Doing this not only lets me be informed of all options and potential snags, it keeps me from forming unproductive habits when there are better ways. ("No, I prefer to toggle through the weapons in Quake rather than use the hotkeys." etc..)
Erk... meant the tag.
(Gotta think about the drop-down box)