I put up thisiPod Comparison Chart/site for those looking to compare the iPod with other hd based players.
While it hasn't been updated since the 20gb units w/remote came out, it does allow for review of more elements than most buyers ever consider (also tips, links and related trivia).
Bottom line...FireWire is the only way to go (transfers and charging), and at 7 oz., an iPod will truly fit in your pocket. And yes, the new remote is backwards compatible...just be sure to update your iPod.
Car makers have been producing 'color changer' vehicles for years. Black in the morning...blue in the afternoon...silver in the evening, etc. The car can look red from one angle and orange from another. If this is what this patent is about, it may be DOA.
Knowing Apple and what we put in the water in No. California, I'd expect this has more to do with projection, than surface modulation.
That would rule out a colon transplant opportunity, then, I guess:)
If you were working, and your ambulance was pinned under a fallen overpass in a large earthquake, you might be gone, but your equipment might be harvested by an undercover Policeman in an unmarked cruiser (and used to save someone else, etc)...and that office might not have been able to know your vehicle was 50 meters away without the onboard telemetry built in by the manufacturer.
There are hundreds of scenarios that occur everyday where vehicle telemetry and driver bio stats can make a difference at the scene. In Japan, they do nothing but transport the victim. In Korea, they worry more about heart attacks than blood loss, during transit...in the US, we take advantage of any opportunity to maintain the sanctity of life. Solutions tend to look for problems when new technologies appear and evolve.
Again, I respect your professional opinion about things medical, but your medical training is why you ride in an ambulance, and not design them and the equipment they carry. Please don't assume that new ways of preventing trauma, injury and death are not right around the corner.
I had the pleasure of meeting this vehicle over the last fews days spent with a family member in Portland. Quite a contrast to the late 2A Land Rover he just finished restoring. Always fun to see how various cultures spawn different reactions to solving the issue of mobility.
Dan, while I respect your knowledge, I'm confused why you question the application of such technology. As I suggested in another post, the car can phone a rep that can respond, and in turn broadcast a request for an ambulance. The dispatcher can still be involved, but you can be a block away, and be notified directly by the car's GPS, which can help direct your vehicle, thus expediting your response. In addition, you can have access to tissue donor status, pregnancy stage, blood type....the list goes on. Insurance companies are always looking for ways to save money. I targeted response, rather than one that assumes the worst for all cases, would allow use of incident specific teams, rather than needed to equip every vehicle for any need.
When the airbags go off in a new Mercedes SUV, the onboard phone rings the dealer 'concierge', who in turn attempts to contact the driver. It is just a simple leap to imagine a conference call to the nearest ambulance. GPS locators are already in place in the Mercedes...a pre-signed agreement to release your medical data, and the ambulance crew can have a head start on helping you in case of an injury.
Saying this will never be applied indicates a lack of knowledge of that has been happening in vehicle telemetry over the past few years. Look at F-1 racing to see just how much data is gathered and applied, not only as pertains to the vehicle, but to the driver as well.
As far as some evil plan by the dealers to do something devious with data, I think it is giving them too much credit to think they have the brains to go too far. In my experience, it is all they can do to track part numbers, much less throttle habits. Any worry it just Chicken Little talking another walk outdoors...
Your assumption tends to ignore other business models in favor of the only one being offered by MS.
Sony is an entertainment company. MS is a software company. Sony has many revenue streams it can employ, from product branding in a given game, to syndication of a particular TV/network series, as an example. When you purchase a SOCOM game, you pay for the networking as part of the original purchase. If they update or series that game, you pay again when you purchase the next release. The option to pay and play is essentially under your control. SOCOM will need to put fresh meat on the table before you break out your wallet. MS wants your wallet open at all times. Under a subscription based scheme, it is just like your home owner's insurance...keep paying or stop playing. You have no other choice. How can that be a good thing when there are other, well established, models available? Why doesn't MS give you a choice? Because MS can only exist under that model...all the others require an insight into the customer mind and a willingness to co-exist with other businesses in the marketplace.
'No-fee (monthly)' online gaming has been around for some time on the PC...it is not going away "as the system picks up in popularity. - again, there are other business models....success lies in the deployment (such as Sony having cross-revenue streams), not in the choosing (such as MS only having one way to make money, thus limiting options for the consumer).
Been playing PS2 SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals online for a week with no subscription required. Took just minutes to set up and join an ongoing session (and there was a long list of games in progress and locales to choose from). No problems and right into play. The game was $60.00 and included a headset. Seals is DVD/ProLogic Surround, and with the PS2 connected to a home theater, the sound and interactivy is impressive, not to mention the game play itself. Being able to talk to other players via the headset adds to the realism.
Please stop spreading misinformation/FUD. You're just repeating something you heard elsewhere.
Everyone knows MS is looking to profit from subscription based services. That doesn't mean there aren't other business models and options out there, and it doesn't mean that fee based gaming is the only way to play. There are many, many choices...not all require monthly fees, and fees never guarantee you'll be happy with the experience.
The USA started becoming a service based economy 5 years ago. Look at education...what have we been training our population for...nothing, but to be consumers.
Your conclusions are all correct, just very late coming, that's all you've managed to point out.
Stay competitive? The horse has left the barn... We're history now...you just don't know it.
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I'm not buying it...well, I was until the IIS & ASP promo came along.
If anyone has remote access to their box, and needs to update remotely:
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
- 3560
Mac OS X Update (10.2.3), 52200K - restart required
Simply issue this command:
softwareupdate 3560
...and wait for a response to restart...it's big. There are segmented updates available from Apple.com for those that don't want the +50mb that this one carries.
Basic: A toy language that has ruined more good programmers than sleepless nights. It should never have lived more than 6 months...thank gates for keeping it around, so it could stink things up, like a dead woodchuck, laying lifeless under the back porch in the hot noonday sun.
"BASIC/bay'-sic/ n.
A programming language, originally designed for Dartmouth's experimental timesharing system in the early 1960s, which for many years was the leading cause of brain damage in proto-hackers. Edsger W. Dijkstra observed in "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective" that "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." This is another case (like Pascal) of the cascading lossage that happens when a language deliberately designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously. A novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20 lines) very easily; writing anything longer (a) is very painful, and (b) encourages bad habits that will make it harder to use more powerful languages well. This wouldn't be so bad if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros in the 1980s. As it is, it probably ruined tens of thousands of potential wizards. "
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That's the one...wow, the rates have gone way up since I first saw that site. But then, how can you put a price on love:)
And only history (and the lackluster sales of his books on the future) will tell if his business sense will live beyond the image of him that many of us hold today.
Too bad no one around him gets any of the credit....must be something in the coolaid.
Ok, lest I didn't make myself clear...you guys are defending/idolizing a criminal. I don't admire him for anything...zero. You're free to laddle on the adoration, but I don't have to get in the same reception line. Talk to the hand.
Live at home? No, I moved in with your daughter....ooops...I promised not to tell. She says hi!
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You do know that there is a website that offers, for US$10,000.00, to find out all you want to know about a certain woman...and then, they will contrive a chance meeting. You already know what pushes her buttons, so after you accidentally run into her, you simply sweep her off her feet. (sorry, but google couldn't find it....)
Forget Google...there are better sources...
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Google won't find anything beyond the charade an individual has created on a home page...or makes up in a blog, for that matter.
...$17.95 per month (and up) will get you a lot more information than some skim-the-surface search engine. If you're really into finding out about someone, subscribe to one of several online investigation services...that's where the real dirt is.
Mr. Cohen's article sounds more like an advertisement for google, than a holiday tip for the lovelorn.
Slashdot Mirror
I put up this iPod Comparison Chart/site for those looking to compare the iPod with other hd based players.
While it hasn't been updated since the 20gb units w/remote came out, it does allow for review of more elements than most buyers ever consider (also tips, links and related trivia).
Bottom line...FireWire is the only way to go (transfers and charging), and at 7 oz., an iPod will truly fit in your pocket. And yes, the new remote is backwards compatible...just be sure to update your iPod.
Car makers have been producing 'color changer' vehicles for years. Black in the morning...blue in the afternoon...silver in the evening, etc. The car can look red from one angle and orange from another. If this is what this patent is about, it may be DOA.
Knowing Apple and what we put in the water in No. California, I'd expect this has more to do with projection, than surface modulation.
That would rule out a colon transplant opportunity, then, I guess :)
If you were working, and your ambulance was pinned under a fallen overpass in a large earthquake, you might be gone, but your equipment might be harvested by an undercover Policeman in an unmarked cruiser (and used to save someone else, etc)...and that office might not have been able to know your vehicle was 50 meters away without the onboard telemetry built in by the manufacturer.
There are hundreds of scenarios that occur everyday where vehicle telemetry and driver bio stats can make a difference at the scene. In Japan, they do nothing but transport the victim. In Korea, they worry more about heart attacks than blood loss, during transit...in the US, we take advantage of any opportunity to maintain the sanctity of life. Solutions tend to look for problems when new technologies appear and evolve.
Again, I respect your professional opinion about things medical, but your medical training is why you ride in an ambulance, and not design them and the equipment they carry. Please don't assume that new ways of preventing trauma, injury and death are not right around the corner.
Enjoy the holidays.
Mercedes M-Class Luxury SUV...
I had the pleasure of meeting this vehicle over the last fews days spent with a family member in Portland. Quite a contrast to the late 2A Land Rover he just finished restoring. Always fun to see how various cultures spawn different reactions to solving the issue of mobility.
Dan, while I respect your knowledge, I'm confused why you question the application of such technology. As I suggested in another post, the car can phone a rep that can respond, and in turn broadcast a request for an ambulance. The dispatcher can still be involved, but you can be a block away, and be notified directly by the car's GPS, which can help direct your vehicle, thus expediting your response. In addition, you can have access to tissue donor status, pregnancy stage, blood type....the list goes on. Insurance companies are always looking for ways to save money. I targeted response, rather than one that assumes the worst for all cases, would allow use of incident specific teams, rather than needed to equip every vehicle for any need.
When the airbags go off in a new Mercedes SUV, the onboard phone rings the dealer 'concierge', who in turn attempts to contact the driver. It is just a simple leap to imagine a conference call to the nearest ambulance. GPS locators are already in place in the Mercedes...a pre-signed agreement to release your medical data, and the ambulance crew can have a head start on helping you in case of an injury.
Saying this will never be applied indicates a lack of knowledge of that has been happening in vehicle telemetry over the past few years. Look at F-1 racing to see just how much data is gathered and applied, not only as pertains to the vehicle, but to the driver as well.
As far as some evil plan by the dealers to do something devious with data, I think it is giving them too much credit to think they have the brains to go too far. In my experience, it is all they can do to track part numbers, much less throttle habits. Any worry it just Chicken Little talking another walk outdoors...
Your assumption tends to ignore other business models in favor of the only one being offered by MS.
Sony is an entertainment company. MS is a software company. Sony has many revenue streams it can employ, from product branding in a given game, to syndication of a particular TV/network series, as an example. When you purchase a SOCOM game, you pay for the networking as part of the original purchase. If they update or series that game, you pay again when you purchase the next release. The option to pay and play is essentially under your control. SOCOM will need to put fresh meat on the table before you break out your wallet. MS wants your wallet open at all times. Under a subscription based scheme, it is just like your home owner's insurance...keep paying or stop playing. You have no other choice. How can that be a good thing when there are other, well established, models available? Why doesn't MS give you a choice? Because MS can only exist under that model...all the others require an insight into the customer mind and a willingness to co-exist with other businesses in the marketplace.
'No-fee (monthly)' online gaming has been around for some time on the PC...it is not going away "as the system picks up in popularity. - again, there are other business models....success lies in the deployment (such as Sony having cross-revenue streams), not in the choosing (such as MS only having one way to make money, thus limiting options for the consumer).
Been playing PS2 SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals online for a week with no subscription required. Took just minutes to set up and join an ongoing session (and there was a long list of games in progress and locales to choose from). No problems and right into play. The game was $60.00 and included a headset. Seals is DVD/ProLogic Surround, and with the PS2 connected to a home theater, the sound and interactivy is impressive, not to mention the game play itself. Being able to talk to other players via the headset adds to the realism.
Please stop spreading misinformation/FUD. You're just repeating something you heard elsewhere.
Everyone knows MS is looking to profit from subscription based services. That doesn't mean there aren't other business models and options out there, and it doesn't mean that fee based gaming is the only way to play. There are many, many choices...not all require monthly fees, and fees never guarantee you'll be happy with the experience.
The USA started becoming a service based economy 5 years ago. Look at education...what have we been training our population for...nothing, but to be consumers.
Your conclusions are all correct, just very late coming, that's all you've managed to point out.
Stay competitive? The horse has left the barn... We're history now...you just don't know it.
I'm not buying it...well, I was until the IIS & ASP promo came along.
t'iz a poor man that blames his tools...
You'll be eating and enjoying roast duck before you know it
If anyone has remote access to their box, and needs to update remotely:
...and wait for a response to restart...it's big. There are segmented updates available from Apple.com for those that don't want the +50mb that this one carries.
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
- 3560 Mac OS X Update (10.2.3), 52200K - restart required
Simply issue this command:
softwareupdate 3560
...what the update number is? Should be a four digit reference, such as 1234...thanks
...think I.P.
...wireless, ip over home phone network or power lines...firewire networking/I.P, that sort of thing. Coax should die.
EA has direct contracts with many sports concerns (in addition to direct sales to the consumer)... Not sure Disney has those kinds of connections.
Ok, I'll take that as acknowledgement of defeat on your part :)
laugh...it's funnnnnnny....
Basic: A toy language that has ruined more good programmers than sleepless nights. It should never have lived more than 6 months...thank gates for keeping it around, so it could stink things up, like a dead woodchuck, laying lifeless under the back porch in the hot noonday sun.
/bay'-sic/ n.
"BASIC
A programming language, originally designed for Dartmouth's experimental timesharing system in the early 1960s, which for many years was the leading cause of brain damage in proto-hackers. Edsger W. Dijkstra observed in "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective" that "It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." This is another case (like Pascal) of the cascading lossage that happens when a language deliberately designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously. A novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20 lines) very easily; writing anything longer (a) is very painful, and (b) encourages bad habits that will make it harder to use more powerful languages well. This wouldn't be so bad if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros in the 1980s. As it is, it probably ruined tens of thousands of potential wizards. "
That's the one...wow, the rates have gone way up since I first saw that site. But then, how can you put a price on love :)
And only history (and the lackluster sales of his books on the future) will tell if his business sense will live beyond the image of him that many of us hold today.
Too bad no one around him gets any of the credit....must be something in the coolaid.
Ok, lest I didn't make myself clear...you guys are defending/idolizing a criminal. I don't admire him for anything...zero. You're free to laddle on the adoration, but I don't have to get in the same reception line. Talk to the hand.
buying something takes money....writing code takes brains...
bg has loads of one and shards of the other.
Live at home? No, I moved in with your daughter....ooops...I promised not to tell. She says hi!
You do know that there is a website that offers, for US$10,000.00, to find out all you want to know about a certain woman...and then, they will contrive a chance meeting. You already know what pushes her buttons, so after you accidentally run into her, you simply sweep her off her feet. (sorry, but google couldn't find it....)
Google won't find anything beyond the charade an individual has created on a home page...or makes up in a blog, for that matter.
...$17.95 per month (and up) will get you a lot more information than some skim-the-surface search engine. If you're really into finding out about someone, subscribe to one of several online investigation services...that's where the real dirt is.
Mr. Cohen's article sounds more like an advertisement for google, than a holiday tip for the lovelorn.
...and whom is this date you're sharing tiki drinks with?
Gate's bought DOS...he didn't write it. That makes him a suit in my book....not a geek.
If he was as good (a geek) as you claim, he wouldn't have gone to all the trouble to buy it.