After reading more of their website and watching the video, no it really isn't. After watching the (clearly edited together) video it looks entirely too funky. $600 is absurd for such a thing, $99.95 is more like it.
Looks a little strange. I do like the fact that they seem to let you customize it however you want, B&W or color screen, memory size, built-in modules. That would be pretty neat to custom build your own PDA just as you can custom build your own PC.
Pretty tricky scam. Obviously a lot of work went into making it happen. The first serious red flag that went up for me was the exchange rate information. The exchange rate is never so precise that 4,000 pounds-sterling would exactly equal $8,000.
a 2GB SD card would let me keep roadmaps for my GPS mapping/routing software for the entire US in non-zipped format. And that high speed card would mean for quick searches and route planning.
Sweet.
Uh, the space shuttle is propelled by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. For all intents and purposes, "rocket fuel" is hydrogen. A hydrogen filled blimp would be much less dangerous than the space shuttle.
Maybe we should realize as a society that it is an individual's responsibility to TAKE CARE OF THEMSELF in a situation such as this. This is yet another example of giving power to "the man" in exchange for a false sense of security.
A hiker who comes ill-prepared to deal with an accident or getting lost shouldn't be hiking in the first place. We don't need to waste any money idiot-proofing the woods.
I seem to recall an episode of Mr. Wizard's world where he demonstrated that it got to the point where it was impossible to pull the water column any higher, even with a mechanical pump.
I remember watching a show called "Beyond 2000" on the Discovery Channel years and years ago (1995ish?). I remember an episode where they had a tank of some liquid that they submerged a TV into.
So is this concept of non-conductive-water-like substances all that new?
Too bad the iRiver iHP-120 is overlooked so often....
iPod Mini : $249 / 4GB : MP3,WMA
iHP-120 : $340ish / 20GB : MP3,WMA,OGG, Optical In/Out, PNP drive w/ no software in Windows (probably Linux and Apple too), analog and *optical* line in and outs, recording, lyric support, oh, 8+ hour battery life, and FM radio.
A nice improvement to the existing iHP line, but iRiver should be concentrating on fixing the *numerous* bugs in the current firmware of the iHP-100/120 series. Such as....
1. Shuffle still isn't random (just all your tracks in a different order - but always the same order)
2. Doesn't support any type of secure files.
3. DB application can't handle OGG or WMA file tags, so you can only search by Artist/Album/Genre if it's an mp3 file.
4. No on-the-fly playlist ability, and very limited playlist ability at all (only when using the Beta firmware that's been out since November).
As many/.'ers know, in 2002 the Library of Congress decided on.07 cents per song (retroactive to '98).
Really? How in the world did they get away with making a law retroactive? I could have sworn that was prohibited in the constitution, something about ex post facto laws...
Already done. If memory serves, this is awfully close to the plot of "The Man with the Golden Gun". His island ray-gun converted sunlight into frickin' laser beams, but I remember Scorpio (or whatever his name was) telling Bond about how he would sell the technology around the world to end energy problems. Even involved an unfortunate henchman falling into a vat of liquid nitrogen - causing a meltdown....
So you're close, but like many Bond movies it would just be a repeat of an old plot.
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After reading more of their website and watching the video, no it really isn't. After watching the (clearly edited together) video it looks entirely too funky. $600 is absurd for such a thing, $99.95 is more like it.
Looks a little strange. I do like the fact that they seem to let you customize it however you want, B&W or color screen, memory size, built-in modules. That would be pretty neat to custom build your own PDA just as you can custom build your own PC.
V'Ger aka Voyager Six (or was it Seven....)
Pretty tricky scam. Obviously a lot of work went into making it happen. The first serious red flag that went up for me was the exchange rate information. The exchange rate is never so precise that 4,000 pounds-sterling would exactly equal $8,000.
obviously not an english major.... the g is hard like in *gun*, not as in gems...
From my college astronomy class, I believe it's pronounced "hoygens". Hoy rhymes with soy, and the g is hard like in gems.
Cool pictures, but some of them freak me out. That black sphere on the sun is just too reminiscent of Jupiter being consumed by the obelisks in 2010.
a 2GB SD card would let me keep roadmaps for my GPS mapping/routing software for the entire US in non-zipped format. And that high speed card would mean for quick searches and route planning. Sweet.
Check out "Alive" at your local video store. It is a movie based upon that event.
Yes, and one bullet to the main fuel tank and you've got another Challenger on your hands.
Uh, the space shuttle is propelled by liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. For all intents and purposes, "rocket fuel" is hydrogen. A hydrogen filled blimp would be much less dangerous than the space shuttle.
A hiker who comes ill-prepared to deal with an accident or getting lost shouldn't be hiking in the first place. We don't need to waste any money idiot-proofing the woods.
I seem to recall an episode of Mr. Wizard's world where he demonstrated that it got to the point where it was impossible to pull the water column any higher, even with a mechanical pump.
So is this concept of non-conductive-water-like substances all that new?
I'll second that vote. Axiom speakers are quite amazing for the bucks you'll spend on them.
meant AAC for the iPod Mini, not WMA...
iPod Mini : $249 / 4GB : MP3,WMA iHP-120 : $340ish / 20GB : MP3,WMA,OGG, Optical In/Out, PNP drive w/ no software in Windows (probably Linux and Apple too), analog and *optical* line in and outs, recording, lyric support, oh, 8+ hour battery life, and FM radio.
1. Shuffle still isn't random (just all your tracks in a different order - but always the same order)
2. Doesn't support any type of secure files.
3. DB application can't handle OGG or WMA file tags, so you can only search by Artist/Album/Genre if it's an mp3 file.
4. No on-the-fly playlist ability, and very limited playlist ability at all (only when using the Beta firmware that's been out since November).
Yamaha makes many, many products. Engines, Motorcycles, Audio receivers, speakers, pianos, watercraft, etc. Go to www.yamaha.com and see for yourself.
Check out the new Rebel Digital. 6mp, body is $899, accepts all EOS lenses.
Indeed, what *can* Brown do for you!
Interresting nobody mentioned it. Supports OGG, supports recording, and is completely plug-and-play with Windows XP/2K/ME. No weird software required.
Really? How in the world did they get away with making a law retroactive? I could have sworn that was prohibited in the constitution, something about ex post facto laws...
Well, we've got to have probability processors before we can ever hope to make an Infinite Improbability Drive !
Already done. If memory serves, this is awfully close to the plot of "The Man with the Golden Gun". His island ray-gun converted sunlight into frickin' laser beams, but I remember Scorpio (or whatever his name was) telling Bond about how he would sell the technology around the world to end energy problems. Even involved an unfortunate henchman falling into a vat of liquid nitrogen - causing a meltdown.... So you're close, but like many Bond movies it would just be a repeat of an old plot.