..the overall sales figures (which, interestingly, put Cube and Xbox almost neck and neck on a global level, with around 9.5 million units each - so why are so many US-based analysts desperate to write off the Cube?)
Which means I can't say the Gamecube is outselling Xbox but neither is the reverse true. Surprised?
It sounds fantastic. I've used disposable cameras a couple of times and they are definitely a handy thing to be able to buy. And now you can delete bad shots and get a photo CD? This is why I love living in the 21st century.
Anyone know who actually makes these, what hardware they run on, etc.? How hard would it be to hack it, maybe take out the chip and dump your pics without ever hitting the 25 photo nuke point?
Anyway, hackable or not, I would definitely choose one of these over a normal disposable camera if I needed one
Motivation and desire. You have to want to do this work more than you want to do all those other things- TV, web, snacking, whatever, because otherwise the work can't beat them.
This is a basic psychological thing and we all go through it; it's one thing for your outer lobes to realise that the work is important but it's another thing to make your brain stem choose the unpleasant and boring thing over the fun and interesting thing.
I don't think locking yourself away from all distractions is the answer either, because you can still daydream. I think you just need to try to find ways to make the work more interesting and stimulating.
I've had projects where I've worked until 6AM, gone to bed and tried to sleep but after 10 minutes just got up again and went back to my workstation because all I wanted to do was work on this project. That's how to beat the distractions.
No, everything didn't magically change. What did change, however, is all the conditions you just mentioned.
"...a repressive State where people were State property, and property rights didn't exist, where the Might made Right, where Need justified any excess or brutality, and where a class of "looters by law and criminals by right" was created."
That changed.
I'm not sure what your point might have been, but everything you said about this society, whether "magically" or not, certainly did change, and you know that as well as I do. I don't believe you're trolling anymore, but I'm really not sure what you are trying to say..?
1. You are trolling. You know it, I know it, the mods don't know it.
2. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1989. After 1989 there was no USSR, no repressive govt, no torture chambers for subversives or whatever else you might be implying.
So that was 11 years before this story took place and these crackers were 24 and 19 years old.
The repressive state they were 'a product of' ceased to exist when these boys were 13 and 8.
Nice troll, but next time use something a bit less obvious, ok?
So... can I give them money then or do I just download it? Where is their ROI? Despite what many Slashdotters seem to think on these threads you can't make a (good) album just by clicking a mouse over some menus a couple of times, it does take time, skill and talent. Just like coding, even with point-and-clicky IDEs.
So maybe they don't want to make any money but I can just see a whole bunch of people using this as a precedent to force all musicians to give their work away for free.
Put it this way, if they choose to do it, that's great, but if they do it for a full-time job they are not earning money for as long as it takes to the record. Who pays the bills during that time?
This is exactly how software works, I don't see why it should be different for music.
Again, great that we can get this album for free, but that doesn't mean *every* album *must* be free as well.
too bad your information doesn't come based on understanding the joke...
(hint: "informatinion" is not a word)
btw, your information, from various tech sites all over the net is as "no shit" as it comes. been around long? it's been the same for every chip generation since the 8088 and yes, of course it is fanboyism, and no, I don't give a shit.
I think a lot of AMD users are misguided if they think 64bit chips are going to be what most users would call "afforardable" in the next year.
I'm an AMD user
I don't believe I'm misguided
I know many computer users
I don't know one person who has referred to the chip professionally, casually, verbally, or in any other form, as "afforardable".
IBM has received several reports of monitors overheating and smoking
sounds like these monitors just bought themselves a first-class ticket to detention. They should have smoked in the bathroom where nobody would see them.
is not really a real person but is one of the funniest tech writers out there. She is famous for the history of the microcomputer, and is widely and deeply revered by everybody who's read her
She also did a parody of our own Slashdot, which is absolutely f*cking hilarious.
I strongly recommend anyone who hasn't read any stob to go and check out the archives and then laugh yourself stupid for half an hour.
I remember what a big deal it was when the first shuttle launched and landed >20 years ago. I think the thing about it was that a) it was something new and exciting --the future, today! and b) because people realised how valuable a reusable spacecraft could be.
I don't know if the reusability factor of each shuttle ever balanced what it cost to launch each one but I guess it must have helped. and cost wasn't the only benefit anyway, it's just a smarter way of doing it if you bring the spaceship back home with you instead of dumping it on the moon.
Anything which comes after the shuttle would surely have to be reusable, be able to land like a plane and be able to carry cargo. That's basically what a shuttle is, so I think we might see a shuttle 2.0 with just some different approaches to the same problems.
A millenium falcon style design would be pretty cool though...
I pay (I think) around 30 euros per month for 768/128 ADSL flatrate. I'm only not sure how much cause my girlfriend takes care of all of that stuff since I'm far too important (and it's all too complicated for me cause I'm also too dumb).
check out T-DSL, the service offered by the German Telekom, which is the phone company and also the biggest ISP. We got our cable modem thrown in for free when we signed up, don't know if they'll still give you that and they gave us a good price on a router/ISDN system/hub/ISDN modem/USB NIC wonderbox bursting with flashing lights too.
The german might be a problem when filling out the forms but most of the support people on the phone will be able to speak english
Yeah, but a Jet-car would still be a car, wouldn't it? And then what would a cross between a car and a jet car be? A car. A jet ski is a water motorycle with a different propulsion system. It makes it a different beast, but also, it doesn't.
The amphibious vehicles I'm talking about were usually made out of fibreglass, sometimes plastic and were big in the 80s. They used to be on TV all the time on those 'future tech' shows like 'Beyond 2000' and 'Towards 2000', which, looking at my calendar, probably aren't shown anymore.
wtf? A jet ski is a motorcycle, only you ride it on water. That's like saying a cross between a TV and a computer monitor.
Anyway, to the topic, this thing seems to have been made by a (small?) team of geeks and is obviously being paid for with private money (they mention that they are trying to raise £250,000 for the project, which for Yamaha or Honda is peanuts, but for a couple of engineers and designers is not so easy to find.) That makes it interesting and I certainly hope it gets to market and it gets the same kind of distribution that jet skis get.
I have my doubts though, because we've seen tons of unique and amazing fun/recreational vehicles over the years, especially amphibious ones, which we never heard of again. They'll be on some TV technology show and then that's the last time you'll see them. Shame, really, I guess a niche market and an expensive product is an extremely tough sell unless you can really afford serious marketing behind you. But I hope they can do it.
Oh, the vehicle itself? I don't like it. Amphibious is cool and all, but being in an enclosed cell while jumping waves at 50mph? I just hope it's watertight for when I flip it. I would rather have a jet ski and a beach buggy- different toys for different games, but that's just me.
How do you know if your stuff is mixed correctly if you can't see the contents?
The embedded CPU decides when it's mixed properly and then lets you know that you may now drink it. No, I don't think so but that day must be coming. That's why there's always going to be room in the market for things like your blender, because a lot of people still prefer mechanical and manual things. I can decide for my damn self when my juice is ready!
I don't know anything about the history of this company, founded by the grandson of Porsche, but my bet is most of that cheap crap from the '80s was all made in Taiwan and then someone, somewhere, with the ability to sign the merchandising agreement just authorised them and got a fat payment. Kind of like Krusty the Clown.
What I do know is that this company works together with Siemens and they make some of the most kickass home appliances I've ever seen... blender coffee machine kettle
Brushed aluminium, stainless steel, These things look like TiBooks too, I even think they were out before the TiBook was and this laptop looks as much like them as it does the Apple machine.
TiJuicer?
So don't judge Porsche designs by those plastic gas station sunglasses, cause they make some awesome stuff!
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I did see the numbers saying Gamecube was maybe 5-10% ahead of Xbox worldwide but I can't seem to find them. I found this though
l
..the overall sales figures (which, interestingly, put Cube and Xbox almost neck and neck on a global level, with around 9.5 million units each - so why are so many US-based analysts desperate to write off the Cube?)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/31836.htm
Which means I can't say the Gamecube is outselling Xbox but neither is the reverse true. Surprised?
It sounds fantastic. I've used disposable cameras a couple of times and they are definitely a handy thing to be able to buy. And now you can delete bad shots and get a photo CD? This is why I love living in the 21st century.
Anyone know who actually makes these, what hardware they run on, etc.? How hard would it be to hack it, maybe take out the chip and dump your pics without ever hitting the 25 photo nuke point?
Anyway, hackable or not, I would definitely choose one of these over a normal disposable camera if I needed one
Motivation and desire. You have to want to do this work more than you want to do all those other things- TV, web, snacking, whatever, because otherwise the work can't beat them.
This is a basic psychological thing and we all go through it; it's one thing for your outer lobes to realise that the work is important but it's another thing to make your brain stem choose the unpleasant and boring thing over the fun and interesting thing.
I don't think locking yourself away from all distractions is the answer either, because you can still daydream. I think you just need to try to find ways to make the work more interesting and stimulating.
I've had projects where I've worked until 6AM, gone to bed and tried to sleep but after 10 minutes just got up again and went back to my workstation because all I wanted to do was work on this project. That's how to beat the distractions.
Wozniak, who had dropped out of the University of California at Berkeley to get a job, was five years older than Jobs
Wha..? I just dragged my ass out of bed and I'm still sleepy and I'm expected to understand a sentence like that?
I need another coffee...
No, everything didn't magically change. What did change, however, is all the conditions you just mentioned.
"...a repressive State where people were State property, and property rights didn't exist, where the Might made Right, where Need justified any excess or brutality, and where a class of "looters by law and criminals by right" was created."
That changed.
I'm not sure what your point might have been, but everything you said about this society, whether "magically" or not, certainly did change, and you know that as well as I do. I don't believe you're trolling anymore, but I'm really not sure what you are trying to say..?
1. You are trolling. You know it, I know it, the mods don't know it.
2. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1989. After 1989 there was no USSR, no repressive govt, no torture chambers for subversives or whatever else you might be implying.
So that was 11 years before this story took place and these crackers were 24 and 19 years old.
The repressive state they were 'a product of' ceased to exist when these boys were 13 and 8.
Nice troll, but next time use something a bit less obvious, ok?
I hope the book is longer than your review...
So... can I give them money then or do I just download it? Where is their ROI? Despite what many Slashdotters seem to think on these threads you can't make a (good) album just by clicking a mouse over some menus a couple of times, it does take time, skill and talent. Just like coding, even with point-and-clicky IDEs.
So maybe they don't want to make any money but I can just see a whole bunch of people using this as a precedent to force all musicians to give their work away for free.
Put it this way, if they choose to do it, that's great, but if they do it for a full-time job they are not earning money for as long as it takes to the record. Who pays the bills during that time?
This is exactly how software works, I don't see why it should be different for music.
Again, great that we can get this album for free, but that doesn't mean *every* album *must* be free as well.
That epic drama about deceit, thievery, lies, ambition, monopolies and world dominance.
Pretty exciting for a spreadsheet really.
too bad your information doesn't come based on understanding the joke...
(hint: "informatinion" is not a word)
btw, your information, from various tech sites all over the net is as "no shit" as it comes. been around long? it's been the same for every chip generation since the 8088 and yes, of course it is fanboyism, and no, I don't give a shit.
I think a lot of AMD users are misguided if they think 64bit chips are going to be what most users would call "afforardable" in the next year.
;)
I'm an AMD user
I don't believe I'm misguided
I know many computer users
I don't know one person who has referred to the chip professionally, casually, verbally, or in any other form, as "afforardable".
Where are you getting your informatinion?
sorry, couldn't resist
*goes to check out Swaine...*
:P
IBM has received several reports of monitors overheating and smoking
sounds like these monitors just bought themselves a first-class ticket to detention. They should have smoked in the bathroom where nobody would see them.
I blame the parents.
is not really a real person but is one of the funniest tech writers out there. She is famous for the history of the microcomputer, and is widely and deeply revered by everybody who's read her
She also did a parody of our own Slashdot, which is absolutely f*cking hilarious.
I strongly recommend anyone who hasn't read any stob to go and check out the archives and then laugh yourself stupid for half an hour.
Finally I can stop buying new storage devices... 23GB should be enough for anybody!
I remember what a big deal it was when the first shuttle launched and landed >20 years ago. I think the thing about it was that a) it was something new and exciting --the future, today! and b) because people realised how valuable a reusable spacecraft could be.
I don't know if the reusability factor of each shuttle ever balanced what it cost to launch each one but I guess it must have helped. and cost wasn't the only benefit anyway, it's just a smarter way of doing it if you bring the spaceship back home with you instead of dumping it on the moon.
Anything which comes after the shuttle would surely have to be reusable, be able to land like a plane and be able to carry cargo. That's basically what a shuttle is, so I think we might see a shuttle 2.0 with just some different approaches to the same problems.
A millenium falcon style design would be pretty cool though...
I pay (I think) around 30 euros per month for 768/128 ADSL flatrate. I'm only not sure how much cause my girlfriend takes care of all of that stuff since I'm far too important (and it's all too complicated for me cause I'm also too dumb).
check out T-DSL, the service offered by the German Telekom, which is the phone company and also the biggest ISP. We got our cable modem thrown in for free when we signed up, don't know if they'll still give you that and they gave us a good price on a router/ISDN system/hub/ISDN modem/USB NIC wonderbox bursting with flashing lights too.
The german might be a problem when filling out the forms but most of the support people on the phone will be able to speak english
You must be so embarrassed now. I went red just reading your post. Your calling him an idiot was just a classic! Thanks for the laugh!
oh...
Yeah, but a Jet-car would still be a car, wouldn't it? And then what would a cross between a car and a jet car be? A car. A jet ski is a water motorycle with a different propulsion system. It makes it a different beast, but also, it doesn't.
The amphibious vehicles I'm talking about were usually made out of fibreglass, sometimes plastic and were big in the 80s. They used to be on TV all the time on those 'future tech' shows like 'Beyond 2000' and 'Towards 2000', which, looking at my calendar, probably aren't shown anymore.
Hope you buy one though.
Anyway, to the topic, this thing seems to have been made by a (small?) team of geeks and is obviously being paid for with private money (they mention that they are trying to raise £250,000 for the project, which for Yamaha or Honda is peanuts, but for a couple of engineers and designers is not so easy to find.) That makes it interesting and I certainly hope it gets to market and it gets the same kind of distribution that jet skis get.
I have my doubts though, because we've seen tons of unique and amazing fun/recreational vehicles over the years, especially amphibious ones, which we never heard of again. They'll be on some TV technology show and then that's the last time you'll see them. Shame, really, I guess a niche market and an expensive product is an extremely tough sell unless you can really afford serious marketing behind you. But I hope they can do it.
Oh, the vehicle itself? I don't like it. Amphibious is cool and all, but being in an enclosed cell while jumping waves at 50mph? I just hope it's watertight for when I flip it. I would rather have a jet ski and a beach buggy- different toys for different games, but that's just me.
oh, no, wait...
who win if Superman and Batman fought one another?.
Superman hit Batman head. Batman Ow! Robin cry. Head hurt. What you do now?.
Who would win between George W. Bush and this guy's English teacher?
I don't know anything about the history of this company, founded by the grandson of Porsche, but my bet is most of that cheap crap from the '80s was all made in Taiwan and then someone, somewhere, with the ability to sign the merchandising agreement just authorised them and got a fat payment. Kind of like Krusty the Clown.
What I do know is that this company works together with Siemens and they make some of the most kickass home appliances I've ever seen...
blender
coffee machine
kettle
Brushed aluminium, stainless steel, These things look like TiBooks too, I even think they were out before the TiBook was and this laptop looks as much like them as it does the Apple machine.
TiJuicer?
So don't judge Porsche designs by those plastic gas station sunglasses, cause they make some awesome stuff!