A) I live in California, they don't pre-announce earthquakes.
B) for a few years, I lived in Nebraska, where they did broadcast, with some regularity, warnings of tornados and flooding. Flooding NEVER applied to ME (since I didn't buy a house in a low area), and after a while, I began to treat tornado warnings as special invitations to go outside and see the cool angry-green lightning. My house was well built and held up well to 100 mph+ winds. No trailer for me.
C) Al Quesodilla just nuked LA. Well, shit, I guess I won't go there anymore.
Seriously, not to discount the system totally, but what percentage of you actually use/get benefit from it?
I suspect you don't need an emergency broadcast to tell you that Huricane XYZ is bearning right down on you now (sorry Tampa, hope you come out ok).
Maybe it's just me, but odd-shaped packaging is cute for about 1 minute, then it is just a pain. You can't stack stuff on it, you can't push is flat up against your cubicle wall, etc.
If form-follows-function, fine. But if there is no reason for some odd shape, can't we have something more practical, less fragile and, frankly, less goofy looking? I wouldn't buy one of these things solely based on how it looks.
If you lock a laptop up tight enough but don't watch it, someone may just stuck a pencil thru your LCD to spite you. That's what I would do if I were in a pissy mood and unable to steal your laptop that I was otherwise planning on taking (which I wasn't, if you were wondering.)
Better you just let the a-hole take it and get some some use out of it, I'd say.
On the other hand, if you are actually watching it (I mean, who locks a laptop and leaves it somewhere?) prolly nothing will happen to it.
This is analogous to the $500 damage someone does to your car to pull a stereo that has a $20 street value.
I am just rambling now... but what good is a laptop cable anyhow? Seems to me you have a couple of scenarios; A cable might work if you don't quite trust your roommate or his friends, I guess. Otherwise, forget it. You are in a "safe" environment, or not.
Bottom line, if you leave something valuable where folks might steal that something, it will get stolen, sooner or later.
I know, I've had much damage done to cars for little apparent gain for the thief. On the other hand I leave "tens of dollars" worth (but no more) of stuff on the sand when I am at the beach (add it up - towel(s), backpack, sunscreen...) with no ill results, so I am not totally paranoid, but not stupid either.
The particulars in this case aside, how much should a single CD-R cost?
Not counting any special rebates or coupons at your local vendor, what is a fair price for producing a CR-R with GPL'd software on it?
If I only "give away" one copy, is it $1000 (entire cost of the PC, burner, media, etc)?
Can I charge more for the first few, until I am sure I will recoup my costs? (I am not making any profit... What if my CD burning monkey costs $50 an hour and only has a 1X burner - can I not charge $49 a disc and only break even?
Just ask any accountant, especially a Hollywood accountant - you can probably justify any price for your GPL software as "just the distribution" price.
You say new profession, but the title has "Amateur" in it.
If it is really Amateur stuff, it doesn't really matter, it will suck anyhow. Badly lighted, poorly edited, etc.
If it is professional, you can probably use the same equipment, if you know what you are doing. However, there are lots of reviews in other forums that are probably more appropriate than "ask slashdot".
I can't tell you how many times Qt Developer has eaten (some) work.
I never "got" Eclipse - I haven't messed with it for over a year... hmm I haven't don't anything in Java for over a year either... Borland JBuilder was OK, as far as it went.
BTW - I do use vim on Windows, all the time. heh.
Windows, Linux, Mac, etc... they all suck (each in their own way). That's why I get the big bux;-)
Sales people want to sell stuff. Users want to use stuff. Neither of them give a hang what that stuff is.
Ok, so part of this new deal is buyers can't resell what they bought. I assume the original license would handle that.
One thing I have noticed on eBay, however, is that people DO resell physical CDs. So my question is how does the "fair use" of copyright come into play here. Assumming Joe Seller has copied the CD, under fair use, can he keep his copy when he sells the original?
What If someone steals my physical CD but I still have my high-quality MP3 on my player? Did my right to the MP3 get stolen too?
We ought to track our elected representatives with RFID tags.
I am pretty sure I didn't get to wander away from work as much as our public servants do, when I had a "real" job [Now that I work for myself, hey, If I run the kid down to the pool for an hour, who cares?].
I said too lazy too look it up, not "couldn't figure out how".
I am too busy being paid to figure out stuff to figure out my own stuff, unless I really care.
In the spirit of Slashdot, I spent more time posting, than researching. And I got two replies! How lame is that;-)
But I do have a more subtle issue some AC know-it-all might be able to supply: On WinXP, I can launch ".url" files with FireFox, but stupid XP complains each time. Any way to disable that behavior?
In it they explain how the current VIN number is layed out.
It says the 1st character is the country of origin - with 1,4,5 = USA, 2=Canada, 3=Mexico, etc.
So, that leaves only 31 other countries? [A-Z,0,6-9]
I know "J" cars are from Japan, I don't know about German, English, French, Swedish, Italian, Korean, etc. I am pretty sure they make cars in Ireland and Brazil too. I don't know how many places do make cars.
What happens if a 32nd country wants to make cars?
Aren't there something like 200 +/- countries in the world [and more all the time!]
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A) I live in California, they don't pre-announce earthquakes.
B) for a few years, I lived in Nebraska, where they did broadcast, with some regularity, warnings of tornados and flooding. Flooding NEVER applied to ME (since I didn't buy a house in a low area), and after a while, I began to treat tornado warnings as special invitations to go outside and see the cool angry-green lightning. My house was well built and held up well to 100 mph+ winds. No trailer for me.
C) Al Quesodilla just nuked LA. Well, shit, I guess I won't go there anymore.
Seriously, not to discount the system totally, but what percentage of you actually use/get benefit from it?
I suspect you don't need an emergency broadcast to tell you that Huricane XYZ is bearning right down on you now (sorry Tampa, hope you come out ok).
"Oh, and it is sexy as hell."
Maybe it's just me, but odd-shaped packaging is cute for about 1 minute, then it is just a pain. You can't stack stuff on it, you can't push is flat up against your cubicle wall, etc.
If form-follows-function, fine. But if there is no reason for some odd shape, can't we have something more practical, less fragile and, frankly, less goofy looking? I wouldn't buy one of these things solely based on how it looks.
Practically, is there anywhere else?
I sure as hell don't have the diskspace to save all of usenet...
Better you just let the a-hole take it and get some some use out of it, I'd say.
On the other hand, if you are actually watching it (I mean, who locks a laptop and leaves it somewhere?) prolly nothing will happen to it.
This is analogous to the $500 damage someone does to your car to pull a stereo that has a $20 street value.
I am just rambling now... but what good is a laptop cable anyhow? Seems to me you have a couple of scenarios; A cable might work if you don't quite trust your roommate or his friends, I guess. Otherwise, forget it. You are in a "safe" environment, or not.
Bottom line, if you leave something valuable where folks might steal that something, it will get stolen, sooner or later.
I know, I've had much damage done to cars for little apparent gain for the thief. On the other hand I leave "tens of dollars" worth (but no more) of stuff on the sand when I am at the beach (add it up - towel(s), backpack, sunscreen...) with no ill results, so I am not totally paranoid, but not stupid either.
I was not enticed to read the article link.
Anyone else feel that way?
mmmmkay?
Back when they were actual cards, of course. ;-)
Now that's anarchy!
Not counting any special rebates or coupons at your local vendor, what is a fair price for producing a CR-R with GPL'd software on it?
If I only "give away" one copy, is it $1000 (entire cost of the PC, burner, media, etc)?
Can I charge more for the first few, until I am sure I will recoup my costs? (I am not making any profit... What if my CD burning monkey costs $50 an hour and only has a 1X burner - can I not charge $49 a disc and only break even?
Just ask any accountant, especially a Hollywood accountant - you can probably justify any price for your GPL software as "just the distribution" price.
If it is really Amateur stuff, it doesn't really matter, it will suck anyhow. Badly lighted, poorly edited, etc.
If it is professional, you can probably use the same equipment, if you know what you are doing. However, there are lots of reviews in other forums that are probably more appropriate than "ask slashdot".
I can't tell you how many times Qt Developer has eaten (some) work.
I never "got" Eclipse - I haven't messed with it for over a year... hmm I haven't don't anything in Java for over a year either... Borland JBuilder was OK, as far as it went.
BTW - I do use vim on Windows, all the time. heh.
Windows, Linux, Mac, etc... they all suck (each in their own way). That's why I get the big bux ;-)
Sales people want to sell stuff. Users want to use stuff. Neither of them give a hang what that stuff is.
One thing I have noticed on eBay, however, is that people DO resell physical CDs. So my question is how does the "fair use" of copyright come into play here. Assumming Joe Seller has copied the CD, under fair use, can he keep his copy when he sells the original?
What If someone steals my physical CD but I still have my high-quality MP3 on my player? Did my right to the MP3 get stolen too?
etc. Discuss amongst yourselves.
You are right, however. Simple caluculation with the given numbers "2 miles per second" imply 7200 miles per hour, as you say.
I am no longer amazed at how often you can find errors like this in everyday news stories and in business life - let alone slashdot postings.
You don't need the hardware to last.
Will I have to track down the "orginal RFID tag" then?
I am pretty sure I didn't get to wander away from work as much as our public servants do, when I had a "real" job [Now that I work for myself, hey, If I run the kid down to the pool for an hour, who cares?].
I think the parent was going for "Funny", not Insightful... maybe there isn't much difference.
I am too busy being paid to figure out stuff to figure out my own stuff, unless I really care.
In the spirit of Slashdot, I spent more time posting, than researching. And I got two replies! How lame is that ;-)
But I do have a more subtle issue some AC know-it-all might be able to supply: On WinXP, I can launch ".url" files with FireFox, but stupid XP complains each time. Any way to disable that behavior?
I was dragged kicking and screaming off my nice Win2K sytem into XP [When I am not working on my Linux Box] and that is really annoying.
Hmmm, come to think of it I think my Red Hat does that too... Oh, I get it...
In it they explain how the current VIN number is layed out.
It says the 1st character is the country of origin - with 1,4,5 = USA, 2=Canada, 3=Mexico, etc.
So, that leaves only 31 other countries? [A-Z,0,6-9]
I know "J" cars are from Japan, I don't know about German, English, French, Swedish, Italian, Korean, etc. I am pretty sure they make cars in Ireland and Brazil too. I don't know how many places do make cars.
What happens if a 32nd country wants to make cars?
Aren't there something like 200 +/- countries in the world [and more all the time!]
heh, of course DIRectory is not case sensitive, and is actually mnemonic...
I don't think Viewsonic would have made it if they didn't think they could sell it.
I sure wouldn't want to live somewhere where a commitee decides what products people need.
A Four HD picture-in-picture display!
Tell that to the movie theater owners who have just been told that "stadium seating" is no good because wheelchair users can use the stairs...
Thanks for the offer, but you can keep your $1. I thought for sure, you would simply change your sig and make me look silly ;-)
Ok, you owe me a dollar...
Why would anyone need an editor other than vi - I mean, it does TAGS, what more do you want?