310 Hours! I have you covered. I have 370 hours in the "MP3" folder (30.9GB), most of it is actually legit;-) Some, of "unknown" origin. Stuff just shops up.
We'll put my collection on "shuffle" for ya.
The real reason for my reply is this - CRAP! I don't care if you can make it "thinner than a sheet of paper". Please make it thicker, just for marketing purposes. I'll feel better, a lot of folks would. I don't know how thick it needs to be to be "substantial", that is a question for some undergrade survey.
OT: LOL - I just put my ENTIRE MP3 collection on shuffle, to get that total number. Damn! my (15 yro) daughter must have been adding to it... I am now listening to "Martyr Ad" - "American Hollow". I think If I heard this in the space elevator, I'd Fear for Falling all the way to the "bottom".
When the space elevator is built, just what kind of elevator music will it have?
The longest song in my MP3 collection is 22:43 (Autobahn by Kraftwerk - even on topic, sort of...) Is that long enough for the ride up? How many quarters do I need to put in the slot?
This is off topic, but some posts bemoan how "hard" it is to get some retailers to take old NiCd's etc.
Just keep in mind there are lots of recycle-freindly stores called "Radio Shack". If you go in for nothing else, they will take old batteries for you.
Also, Staples office supply stores have a big bin for old ink and laser cartridges, no human interaction required, just drop your junk in their box. (Of course the one closest to me always seems to be stuffed to near over-flowing...)
When you use TCP/IP, do you care if it wired, wireless, fibre? As long as the packets get there in a timely fashion.
I submit that normal USERS (not some geek with an odd political fetish) really don't care what the hardware is. I am sure the OS will still be "Mac OS X".
Sheesh, do I care if my snail-mail letters are carried via pigeon, car, truck, plane or train, as long as the bill is marked "paid" on time!
Thanks for trying, I guess I'll just wait for reality to catch up, and then I will know for sure. Somehow I suspect "SP5" will be involved in the name, just a hunch.
I know this isn't a Slashdot issue, since the cited article says it, but "The Update Rollup, which replaces Windows 2000 SP5 (Service Pack 5)" doens't make sense!
I think they meant to say "The Update Rollup, will be Windows 2000 SP5 (Service Pack 5)" or something like that...
Sheesh. Editors, please, don't drink until after 5pm, or whenever you submit articles, whichever is later. Maybe each post should get two approvals before we see it?
My first thought, when I see "CA" is "California", as that is the official US Postal Service designation for that state. (Sorry CAnada, we have more people here, more Money, etc.)
So, when I saw the article, I thought... what does "CA" know about botnets (CA in this case, being "the government") - they (the legislature) regularly spend more than they have, do odd things like try to give criminal non-citizens drivers licenses, and the like - what would they know about computer security?
Editors - please explain abbreviations - this is not the first time you get lots of posts about WTF is XYZ?.
This will be modded as a troll, or off-topic due to the implied political sentiments regarding our illegal residents who do NOT contribute as much as they extract from our community.
Ok, the title is a tease, but I do have one Win2K machine that is the least maintenence of the bunch. (The wife needs to run old software with, get this, floppy based security!)
I have A couple of WinXP Pro machines, a few Linux based machines, and a Windows 2003 Server machine (MSDN "test os", for a side project).
Being behind a firewall, and using Firefox, the Kids don't pick up as much junk as before, but the WinXP boxes still get some minor trash to clean up now and then.
I have 5 personal computers and 3 work computers on-site (home based office).
They all suck!
I am seriously considering buying a Mac for the next computer, I am sure it will suck too, but in a different, and less troublesome way.
The point is simple: success anywhere in the world is not correlated with how hard you work (almost everybody works hard). If it is correlated with anything at all other than dumb luck, it is correlated with personality traits like ruthlessness.
This statement tells me our world view is closer than you might think. The difference is in how much one appreciates the subtleties of "ruthlessness". Also, I disagree about the "anywhere in the world" part. Even with one's cynical-o-meter turned on full gain, you have to see that some parts of the world are clearly worse for making material gains than others. But you are correct, the "game" is rigged, the world over.
Look at it this way; Life is not fair. Play the game of life in USA and it is like playing it in down-town Vegas. The odds are against you, but they are what they are. Living in more socialist western democracies is like playing on the strip - the house takes more, so the odds aren't as good. Other places in the world are like playing in some illegal, rigged slot-machine parlor - crappy odds, if not outright cheating. Check the stats - well off people, per capita, by country. There is a strong correlation to freedoms and rule-of-law, current hell-in-a-handbasket trend of US not withstanding.
Heh, if they updated the setting too much, we'd have Indy getting to his destination, and his gun and bullwhip would be missing from his luggage, with a simple note saying that the TSA had to inspect his bags, sorry for any inconvenience...
Microsoft did not create new technology, they simply took over markets and technologies of other companies Ah, I see, so millions of folks just forked over money to MSFT, from day one, for no reason whatsoever. By that logic they did nothing more than create a "pet rock" and collect money from people with no value returned.
like the thousands of dollars of unwanted Windows licenses I have ended up paying for for machines that don't even run Windows
If you paid thousands of dollars for Windows licenses you didn't need, you (or your purchasing dept) are not doing their job. Why would you buy something you didn't need? (Unless the overall deal was still good - in which case you have no gripe). For example, the last car I bought had some options I didn't want, but it was discounted below the price of the same model without those features - so what? So I adjusted the super-duper electic seat once and never touched those controls again. This argument is like saying "they gave me too many fries in my order, and I ate them all even though I wasn't hungry".
Of course, hard work and good luck allow anyone in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Russia can make millions, too--like the brutal warlords themselves.
Here's a test for you; You need to make a million dollars. Step one. Pick a country to give it a go in: a) Afghanistan, b) Iraq, c) Somalia, d) Russia, e) U.S.A. -- quick what it the sane answer... assume you have no "connections" in any of those places.
The vast majority of people who work hard (often double jobs) will remain poor So? What is the point of that statement, mr. obvious? You want to be rich? Be a warlord. You want a pretty decent life (attitudes not withstanding) live in any western democracy, USA included.
I think I will go buy a lotto ticket now - if I win a couple of hundred K I can retire in some crappy country and live like a king!
The sad truth is that the billion$ earned by microserfs are ours
Remember kids, economics is not a zero-sum game. This is how wealth is created.
Love MSFT or hate it, this is what "makes America great".
My first computer cost $2500 - if I had bought MSFT at that time, and sold it at the peak, I'd be a MSFT millionaire too (just not as an employee).
Yup, hard work, good luck, and the lack of brutal warlords means anyone in the US can make millions - but it takes years and years of hard work, don't forget that part.
If you can wait a couple of days, you can get it mail order for about 1/2 of that price, full version, albeit OEM, but still 1/2 price, including the required "hardware" purchase (floppy cable, etc.)
We all know you can't prove a negative, therefore, you can't prove anything is extinct.
I think alien picnickers had the wildflower seeds their sandwich rolls, and lost some.
I also have it on good authority, for example, that the genetic material for dinosaurs is safe and sound on the mothership. Lets hope the next picnic doesn't involve escaped raptors that were meant for the BBQ!
I use a "big bank", but as far as I can tell, they make no money off me.
Everything I do with them is "free" - free checking, atm use, etc.
Whenever I have excess money in the bank, it gets swept into an online bank account that pays decent interest, or I send it off to my brokerage account where I gamble it away on bad stock picks;-)
I buy my checks from random cheapo check printers.
As far as I can tell, I get the benefit of the big bank (lots of atms, grocery store locations, etc) and if anything should happen to my account, security-wise, it's their problem, not mine.
As long as it is legal tender, I pay cold, hard cash for lots of stuff.
I dress like a slob, so I am not a mugging target, and I don't spend what I don't have, so I don't have any credit card debt.
When the clerk asks for personal info, even if it is just "Can I have your zip code, sir?", I say "No".
Sure, I could get a couple of percent on "the float", but just not hassling with big bills is worth it. Paying for a meal you excreted a month ago sucks.
Has anyone ever bought anything online because of an online (placed, pop-up, ad-sense, or otherwise "targeted") ad?
Sure, I have purchased lots of stuff online, but I can't say that any content sponsering ad has ever "grabbed" me. Of course, as far as I know, traditional media ads don't affect me either, but I understand research shows that they "work".
Is it the same with online ads - has the net fallen into being the same as traditional media, with the same statistical influence of ad copy on the masses?
Heh, my reply was tongue-in-cheek, and I didn't expect a reply to the reply. However, with all due respect, and Slashdot pissing-moaning aside, I think fair-use still applies. I don't think you have to *buy* they retail movie again.
You are free to reformat your content yourself, for use on your PSP. You just might find that hard to do. Let's take your DVD/VHS example, to start with. Say you own the DVD, but need a VHS copy to view, for your own use. You have two choices:
1) Make a fair-use copy of the DVD, onto VHS media. Of course, even this is not free, you need a blank tape, a machine capable of playing back the DVD, cables to connect it to a device capable of recording VHS tapes (hey, some people only have players). Count something for your time too.
2) Just go buy it again in a 2nd format. One could reasonable say, in some cases, that this option is "cheaper".
It is just a quirk of history that option 1 is also a viable option for many people.
As far as the PSP goes, it is a multi-use device. It mainly plays games, the fact that it can play movies is a bonus, for some people. Sony calculated that it would be better for them, if the format you needed to play movies, was proprietary - thus giving them additional revenue, should you wish to use that feature.
I guess it worked, if you bought a PSP. Personally, I purchase very few Sony products for the very reason of this thread - odd, proprietary formats bug me. (Example, most recently, I passed on a Sony camera, in favor of one that uses CF Flash, not a Memory Stick).
Please don't interpret this reply to your reply to my reply with any ill will. You just caught me in a loquacious mood.
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We'll put my collection on "shuffle" for ya.
The real reason for my reply is this - CRAP! I don't care if you can make it "thinner than a sheet of paper". Please make it thicker, just for marketing purposes. I'll feel better, a lot of folks would. I don't know how thick it needs to be to be "substantial", that is a question for some undergrade survey.
OT: LOL - I just put my ENTIRE MP3 collection on shuffle, to get that total number. Damn! my (15 yro) daughter must have been adding to it... I am now listening to "Martyr Ad" - "American Hollow". I think If I heard this in the space elevator, I'd Fear for Falling all the way to the "bottom".
The longest song in my MP3 collection is 22:43 (Autobahn by Kraftwerk - even on topic, sort of...) Is that long enough for the ride up? How many quarters do I need to put in the slot?
Just keep in mind there are lots of recycle-freindly stores called "Radio Shack". If you go in for nothing else, they will take old batteries for you.
Also, Staples office supply stores have a big bin for old ink and laser cartridges, no human interaction required, just drop your junk in their box. (Of course the one closest to me always seems to be stuffed to near over-flowing...)
I submit that normal USERS (not some geek with an odd political fetish) really don't care what the hardware is. I am sure the OS will still be "Mac OS X".
Sheesh, do I care if my snail-mail letters are carried via pigeon, car, truck, plane or train, as long as the bill is marked "paid" on time!
Thanks for trying, I guess I'll just wait for reality to catch up, and then I will know for sure. Somehow I suspect "SP5" will be involved in the name, just a hunch.
I think they meant to say "The Update Rollup, will be Windows 2000 SP5 (Service Pack 5)" or something like that...
Sheesh. Editors, please, don't drink until after 5pm, or whenever you submit articles, whichever is later. Maybe each post should get two approvals before we see it?
So, when I saw the article, I thought... what does "CA" know about botnets (CA in this case, being "the government") - they (the legislature) regularly spend more than they have, do odd things like try to give criminal non-citizens drivers licenses, and the like - what would they know about computer security?
Editors - please explain abbreviations - this is not the first time you get lots of posts about WTF is XYZ?.
This will be modded as a troll, or off-topic due to the implied political sentiments regarding our illegal residents who do NOT contribute as much as they extract from our community.
BTW, I am still not going to read it.
I have A couple of WinXP Pro machines, a few Linux based machines, and a Windows 2003 Server machine (MSDN "test os", for a side project).
Being behind a firewall, and using Firefox, the Kids don't pick up as much junk as before, but the WinXP boxes still get some minor trash to clean up now and then.
I have 5 personal computers and 3 work computers on-site (home based office).
They all suck!
I am seriously considering buying a Mac for the next computer, I am sure it will suck too, but in a different, and less troublesome way.
win 2k because it works for me Q.E.D.
What does the original contract say, I am sure it is all in the fine print, somewhere.
This statement tells me our world view is closer than you might think. The difference is in how much one appreciates the subtleties of "ruthlessness". Also, I disagree about the "anywhere in the world" part. Even with one's cynical-o-meter turned on full gain, you have to see that some parts of the world are clearly worse for making material gains than others. But you are correct, the "game" is rigged, the world over.
Look at it this way; Life is not fair. Play the game of life in USA and it is like playing it in down-town Vegas. The odds are against you, but they are what they are. Living in more socialist western democracies is like playing on the strip - the house takes more, so the odds aren't as good. Other places in the world are like playing in some illegal, rigged slot-machine parlor - crappy odds, if not outright cheating. Check the stats - well off people, per capita, by country. There is a strong correlation to freedoms and rule-of-law, current hell-in-a-handbasket trend of US not withstanding.
Heh, if they updated the setting too much, we'd have Indy getting to his destination, and his gun and bullwhip would be missing from his luggage, with a simple note saying that the TSA had to inspect his bags, sorry for any inconvenience...
like the thousands of dollars of unwanted Windows licenses I have ended up paying for for machines that don't even run Windows If you paid thousands of dollars for Windows licenses you didn't need, you (or your purchasing dept) are not doing their job. Why would you buy something you didn't need? (Unless the overall deal was still good - in which case you have no gripe). For example, the last car I bought had some options I didn't want, but it was discounted below the price of the same model without those features - so what? So I adjusted the super-duper electic seat once and never touched those controls again. This argument is like saying "they gave me too many fries in my order, and I ate them all even though I wasn't hungry".
Of course, hard work and good luck allow anyone in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Russia can make millions, too--like the brutal warlords themselves. Here's a test for you; You need to make a million dollars. Step one. Pick a country to give it a go in: a) Afghanistan, b) Iraq, c) Somalia, d) Russia, e) U.S.A. -- quick what it the sane answer... assume you have no "connections" in any of those places.
The vast majority of people who work hard (often double jobs) will remain poor So? What is the point of that statement, mr. obvious? You want to be rich? Be a warlord. You want a pretty decent life (attitudes not withstanding) live in any western democracy, USA included.
I think I will go buy a lotto ticket now - if I win a couple of hundred K I can retire in some crappy country and live like a king!
Remember kids, economics is not a zero-sum game. This is how wealth is created.
Love MSFT or hate it, this is what "makes America great".
My first computer cost $2500 - if I had bought MSFT at that time, and sold it at the peak, I'd be a MSFT millionaire too (just not as an employee).
Yup, hard work, good luck, and the lack of brutal warlords means anyone in the US can make millions - but it takes years and years of hard work, don't forget that part.
If you can wait a couple of days, you can get it mail order for about 1/2 of that price, full version, albeit OEM, but still 1/2 price, including the required "hardware" purchase (floppy cable, etc.)
I think alien picnickers had the wildflower seeds their sandwich rolls, and lost some.
I also have it on good authority, for example, that the genetic material for dinosaurs is safe and sound on the mothership. Lets hope the next picnic doesn't involve escaped raptors that were meant for the BBQ!
Prove this isn't so.
I use a "big bank", but as far as I can tell, they make no money off me.
Everything I do with them is "free" - free checking, atm use, etc.
Whenever I have excess money in the bank, it gets swept into an online bank account that pays decent interest, or I send it off to my brokerage account where I gamble it away on bad stock picks ;-)
I buy my checks from random cheapo check printers.
As far as I can tell, I get the benefit of the big bank (lots of atms, grocery store locations, etc) and if anything should happen to my account, security-wise, it's their problem, not mine.
I dress like a slob, so I am not a mugging target, and I don't spend what I don't have, so I don't have any credit card debt.
When the clerk asks for personal info, even if it is just "Can I have your zip code, sir?", I say "No".
Sure, I could get a couple of percent on "the float", but just not hassling with big bills is worth it. Paying for a meal you excreted a month ago sucks.
Pay as you go. Be happy.
Sure, I have purchased lots of stuff online, but I can't say that any content sponsering ad has ever "grabbed" me. Of course, as far as I know, traditional media ads don't affect me either, but I understand research shows that they "work".
Is it the same with online ads - has the net fallen into being the same as traditional media, with the same statistical influence of ad copy on the masses?
In this case, the rodent in question wasn't discovered until those who care about such things proclaim it discovered.
In other news, everything else is just as it was before, just a day older, whether you knew it or not. Carry on.
For most people, the ergonomics of that stuff bites. If I had to use one of those roll-up barf-proof keyboards for any length of time I would go nuts.
Different configurations for different folks - and I think the market is doing that, albeit too slowly for the tastes of the "wearable" crowd.
No, I am not the AC that posted the parent, I might, however, be a high-functioning idiot. I'll ask my wife, she is a Psychologist.
You are free to reformat your content yourself, for use on your PSP. You just might find that hard to do. Let's take your DVD/VHS example, to start with. Say you own the DVD, but need a VHS copy to view, for your own use. You have two choices:
1) Make a fair-use copy of the DVD, onto VHS media. Of course, even this is not free, you need a blank tape, a machine capable of playing back the DVD, cables to connect it to a device capable of recording VHS tapes (hey, some people only have players). Count something for your time too.
2) Just go buy it again in a 2nd format. One could reasonable say, in some cases, that this option is "cheaper".
It is just a quirk of history that option 1 is also a viable option for many people.
As far as the PSP goes, it is a multi-use device. It mainly plays games, the fact that it can play movies is a bonus, for some people. Sony calculated that it would be better for them, if the format you needed to play movies, was proprietary - thus giving them additional revenue, should you wish to use that feature.
I guess it worked, if you bought a PSP. Personally, I purchase very few Sony products for the very reason of this thread - odd, proprietary formats bug me. (Example, most recently, I passed on a Sony camera, in favor of one that uses CF Flash, not a Memory Stick).
Please don't interpret this reply to your reply to my reply with any ill will. You just caught me in a loquacious mood.
Still, I suppose that is better than needing a lung transplant.