So fix it. If you use an Audioscrobbler plugin and listen to a correctly tagged version, Last.fm will then have the correct information at least in one place.
Last.fm is driven by us....
I had a CDMA/Analog phone with Verizon. A basic LG. When I dropped into analog mode, it would let me try and make a call, and pretend to work for maybe 30 seconds and then lose signal. Same thing would happen with the wife's.
Now, with T-Mobile I have a tri-band, although still all digital. For all intents and purposes in the USA it is a dual band, 1900 / 800 since we don't use the third band. But it is a Nokia, and has performed well so far.
We can receive signals from a spacecraft launched before I was born and travelling outside of the solar system - but we can't make a cell phone that will cross town without dropping signal....:)
I ditched Cingular becuase they couldn't maintain a call in the middle of I-5 on a sunny (or cloudy for that matter)day. I ditched VoiceStream (now T-mobile) because they couldn't calculate a bill to save their collective souls but once every 4 months. When I finally and lastly tried Verizon, I got customer service & descent rates & so far the bill has been totally straight. WOW. Now I am hooked.
Funny. I have had the same experiences only switching around the companies.
Was originally with Voicestream. They couldn't get a bill right to save their soul. Switched to ATTWS. ATTWS is now ATT/Cingular and has abysmal customer service and poor coverage. So I switched to Verizon. Verizon cripples their bluetooth phones, kept screwing up our bill. Additionally the customer service people would LIE (caught by calling successive times and asking the same question) and they never cared about us and treated us poorly. The straw that broke my back was Verizon - with the nations most reliable network (not) - would not work at all at Mt. Hood Meadows on Mt. Hood. So I switched to T-Mobile (back to where I started T-Mobile/Voicestream). So far things have been nice customer service wise (I am still new) and their coverage is better for me than Verizon's was. And they have real bluetooth phones.
Maybe I didn't have enough contractors to choose from, but the best I could find would pay itself off in 26 years. 26 YEARS!! Sorry, but no thanks. I will have moved to another house by then, and I won't get my money back for that system.
First off, you are assuming that it will not add any value to your house. Sure you may not get your money back in actual utility bills (although the utility rates always go up) - you will get it back with increased resale value, and possibly tax incentives to boot!
But second, there are a whole host of ways that you "get your money back" from things like this that are intangibles. Things that cannot be directly amoritized, but should be considered. Much like biofuels.
Using solar you put less demand on the utility infrastructure. That can mean reduced infrastructure costs and help keep rates down and reduce things like blackouts and whatnot.
You reduce demand for power generated by dirty sources like coal plants or disruptive sources like hydro. Which can in turn save money by reducing pollution that needs be cleaned up, or reducing negative effects of pollution that have to be dealt with, like increases in asthma cases or reduced fish populations.
Solar can help reduce heat island effects, and put to use some of the non permeable building surfaces we have created.
Solar systems can help you keep your power for most things during power outages or storms, or natural disasters.
I am just imagining things - but I am sure that there are many intangible ways that using solar reduces your tax dollars spent, and other benefits as well.
Just something to think about. Not an exact science - just food for thought.
My doctor refuses Medicare and public aid. He is still allowed to by law, but this may change. Because he refuses public insurance, he can lower his prices (and he still makes housecalls)
MOD PARENT UP. In fact the parent post should be made into a disclaimer at thet top of the f-ing article!
We can tell ourselves till we are blue in the face - but *we* are not the *world*. Despite what we were taught in the 80's.
When this is picked up in the AP, or on some stupid local TV "tech news" segment and ma and pa consumer see it, they will be patting themselves on the back that they shelled out the $199 for the WAL-MART PC and avoided one of those insecure Makytoshes or Linus computers their geeky nephew keep talking about....
Changing an internal component does not make it a whole new model. It is still a GameBoy Advance SP, just now the screen is brighter.
When they went from the GameBoy to the GameBoy Pocket - that was a whole new model. When they went from GameBoy to GameBoy Color - THAT was a whole new model. When they went from GameBoy Color to GameBoy Advance, that was a whole new model. When they went from GBA to GBA SP, that was whole new mode. And finally, GameBoy Advance SP to GameBoy Micro is a whole new model.
GBA SP with less bright screen to GBA SP with more bright screen ? Not new model.... (just now the boxes say in a little starburst "Now with brighter screen!")
I like how two anonymous cowards post to tell me I'm wrong.
OK, I'll admit - I was exaggerating. But it is *not* easy, and it is *not* something that most people want to do.
You either have to use a passthrough device every time, or just once to flash your DS firmware... And the passthrough device you have to use varies based on which version of firmware your DS has. And you have to have a ROM image of one of your DS games all set up, and then you have to have the GBA Flash Card reader.
The process is far from straight forward and easy - especially for the average Game Boy customer.
Check out the PassMe2 with M3 and Supercard reviews. You mean to tell me that it is an easy simple painless process?
A lot of money and a lot of hassle - especially for non-hackers.
Not that it isn't possible - just not worth *my* time. Dude $30 for a game I will play for > 100 hours? Thats a good deal. $10 for a ticket to a movie? Not a good deal. See? I have no problem with the $30 for the game... If it is still too much, just buy used. I just paid $5 for a used SSX Tricky (I know, like 3 years old) on my GameCube. I have spent easily 50 enjoyable hours so far playing that game. That is 10 hours PER DOLLAR.
And I didn't have to hack anything, change any firmware, or stand on one leg while touching my knose with my right hand and powering on the gamecube with my left.
I have never heard about a satisfying solution to this very serious problems with these so-called heavy lifter next-gen airships. Maybe because there isn't one...?
Methinks someone is fishing for government or corporate funding for a dead-end project.
You're right. We should just give up. I mean if YOU haven't heard of a solution - there must not be one...
The company's Game Boy Advance SP, the newest version of Nintendo's popular hand-held system, sold 4.6 million units in North America in 2005, compared with 7.6 million in 2004.
The GBA Micro is newer than the GBA SP.
Both are darn cool as well.
Also, chalk another > 20 year old DS owner here... Not a kiddy system IMO...
You jest. But unfortunately, that is how most people think. When I talk about great "free" open source stuff - most (non-slashdot-reading) people look at me like I am kicking a puppy.
Windows users do not switch to Linux for the same reason they hesitate to switch to Apple. Because they cannot go into WAL-MART, Target, SEARS, or any other generic place where people shop - and find 5000 programs to use.
Seriously. I get that *all the time*. "I would switch to Apple but there is no software..."
Apple is trying to address that by making Apple retail stores. People know that they will be able to get stuff for an Apple computer at an Apple store - so they are more willing to make the jump.
Is there a Linux store? No. Most people don't even recognize the Linux aisle at Fry's or CompUSA. And if they get stuck in there they cry for help until the nice salesman directs them to the TurboTax in the Windows section...
It doesn't matter how free it is or how well named we make it, Linux cannot compete until it is available for the dumbest most annoying stupid customer you can think of. Because that is 85% of the computer market...
But with regard to naming? I can't think of any non-technical people I know that would install something called Ubuntu.
poor children in developing countries need food/water/shelter/clothing, not hand cranked computers. what are they going to do with these things? play "mavis beacon teaches typing" and "oregon trail"? how about 100 dollars per kid goes to books,paper,pencils, teachers.
I think the computers also would have shipped with one free Sony/BMG CD each...
Yeah, not exactly experimental. I have over 50,000 miles on a 2002 Volkswagen New Beetle TDI, and over 5000 miles on a Jeep Liberty CRD burning biodiesel. In the summer I use 100% (B100) biodiesel, in the winter depending on how cold it is I use 50% (B50) to 20% (B20) biodiesel.
I know people with over 100,000 miles of biodiesel use.
All with no modifications to their stock diesel engines.
Our local city and state government use biodiesel in all their fleets.
Here is a list of some local businesses that use Biodiesel and contribute to the production of biodiesel in our area.
Here is a good site that has links, and a good group of forums on real world biodiesel use.
I have. It is not 100% compatible. And in situations like those, you can't have random formatting errors, or screwed up bulleting, crappy graphics, or messed up tables.
I have yet to find an Office alternative that can handle a complex Word document.
I have an original ipaq - the battery life is now about 15 mins with backlight. If the thing is left unplugged for more than 2 hours everything in memory is lost.
And you haven't sued Compaq? What are you waiting for?
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So fix it. If you use an Audioscrobbler plugin and listen to a correctly tagged version, Last.fm will then have the correct information at least in one place. Last.fm is driven by us....
I had a CDMA/Analog phone with Verizon. A basic LG. When I dropped into analog mode, it would let me try and make a call, and pretend to work for maybe 30 seconds and then lose signal. Same thing would happen with the wife's. Now, with T-Mobile I have a tri-band, although still all digital. For all intents and purposes in the USA it is a dual band, 1900 / 800 since we don't use the third band. But it is a Nokia, and has performed well so far. We can receive signals from a spacecraft launched before I was born and travelling outside of the solar system - but we can't make a cell phone that will cross town without dropping signal.... :)
In a related note, the costs associated with train robberies is way down. And cattle rustling related costs have virtually dissapeared.
As the world changes, so does the crime.
I ditched Cingular becuase they couldn't maintain a call in the middle of I-5 on a sunny (or cloudy for that matter)day. I ditched VoiceStream (now T-mobile) because they couldn't calculate a bill to save their collective souls but once every 4 months. When I finally and lastly tried Verizon, I got customer service & descent rates & so far the bill has been totally straight. WOW. Now I am hooked.
;)
Funny. I have had the same experiences only switching around the companies.
Was originally with Voicestream. They couldn't get a bill right to save their soul. Switched to ATTWS. ATTWS is now ATT/Cingular and has abysmal customer service and poor coverage. So I switched to Verizon. Verizon cripples their bluetooth phones, kept screwing up our bill. Additionally the customer service people would LIE (caught by calling successive times and asking the same question) and they never cared about us and treated us poorly. The straw that broke my back was Verizon - with the nations most reliable network (not) - would not work at all at Mt. Hood Meadows on Mt. Hood. So I switched to T-Mobile (back to where I started T-Mobile/Voicestream). So far things have been nice customer service wise (I am still new) and their coverage is better for me than Verizon's was. And they have real bluetooth phones.
Moral? All companies suck.
Maybe I didn't have enough contractors to choose from, but the best I could find would pay itself off in 26 years. 26 YEARS!! Sorry, but no thanks. I will have moved to another house by then, and I won't get my money back for that system.
First off, you are assuming that it will not add any value to your house. Sure you may not get your money back in actual utility bills (although the utility rates always go up) - you will get it back with increased resale value, and possibly tax incentives to boot!
But second, there are a whole host of ways that you "get your money back" from things like this that are intangibles. Things that cannot be directly amoritized, but should be considered. Much like biofuels.
Using solar you put less demand on the utility infrastructure. That can mean reduced infrastructure costs and help keep rates down and reduce things like blackouts and whatnot.
You reduce demand for power generated by dirty sources like coal plants or disruptive sources like hydro. Which can in turn save money by reducing pollution that needs be cleaned up, or reducing negative effects of pollution that have to be dealt with, like increases in asthma cases or reduced fish populations.
Solar can help reduce heat island effects, and put to use some of the non permeable building surfaces we have created.
Solar systems can help you keep your power for most things during power outages or storms, or natural disasters.
I am just imagining things - but I am sure that there are many intangible ways that using solar reduces your tax dollars spent, and other benefits as well.
Just something to think about. Not an exact science - just food for thought.
My doctor refuses Medicare and public aid. He is still allowed to by law, but this may change. Because he refuses public insurance, he can lower his prices (and he still makes housecalls)
Is he Theodoric of York?"
Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster!
MOD PARENT UP. In fact the parent post should be made into a disclaimer at thet top of the f-ing article!
We can tell ourselves till we are blue in the face - but *we* are not the *world*. Despite what we were taught in the 80's.
When this is picked up in the AP, or on some stupid local TV "tech news" segment and ma and pa consumer see it, they will be patting themselves on the back that they shelled out the $199 for the WAL-MART PC and avoided one of those insecure Makytoshes or Linus computers their geeky nephew keep talking about....
I want to see an Airwolf vs. Blue Thunder movie...
Here is a mashup someone made (unfortunately windows media): Airwolf vs. Blue Thunder
Who the hell is Mark?
Nice to see you bring politics into a nice discussion about logistics....
Changing an internal component does not make it a whole new model. It is still a GameBoy Advance SP, just now the screen is brighter.
When they went from the GameBoy to the GameBoy Pocket - that was a whole new model. When they went from GameBoy to GameBoy Color - THAT was a whole new model. When they went from GameBoy Color to GameBoy Advance, that was a whole new model. When they went from GBA to GBA SP, that was whole new mode. And finally, GameBoy Advance SP to GameBoy Micro is a whole new model.
GBA SP with less bright screen to GBA SP with more bright screen ? Not new model.... (just now the boxes say in a little starburst "Now with brighter screen!")
The GameBoy Micro *is* a GameBoy Advance.
I like how two anonymous cowards post to tell me I'm wrong.
OK, I'll admit - I was exaggerating. But it is *not* easy, and it is *not* something that most people want to do.
You either have to use a passthrough device every time, or just once to flash your DS firmware... And the passthrough device you have to use varies based on which version of firmware your DS has. And you have to have a ROM image of one of your DS games all set up, and then you have to have the GBA Flash Card reader.
The process is far from straight forward and easy - especially for the average Game Boy customer.
Nintendo DS HomeBrew
Check out the PassMe2 with M3 and Supercard reviews. You mean to tell me that it is an easy simple painless process?
A lot of money and a lot of hassle - especially for non-hackers.
Not that it isn't possible - just not worth *my* time. Dude $30 for a game I will play for > 100 hours? Thats a good deal. $10 for a ticket to a movie? Not a good deal. See? I have no problem with the $30 for the game... If it is still too much, just buy used. I just paid $5 for a used SSX Tricky (I know, like 3 years old) on my GameCube. I have spent easily 50 enjoyable hours so far playing that game. That is 10 hours PER DOLLAR.
And I didn't have to hack anything, change any firmware, or stand on one leg while touching my knose with my right hand and powering on the gamecube with my left.
I have never heard about a satisfying solution to this very serious problems with these so-called heavy lifter next-gen airships. Maybe because there isn't one...?
Methinks someone is fishing for government or corporate funding for a dead-end project.
You're right. We should just give up. I mean if YOU haven't heard of a solution - there must not be one...
The article (for those who read it) said:
The company's Game Boy Advance SP, the newest version of Nintendo's popular hand-held system, sold 4.6 million units in North America in 2005, compared with 7.6 million in 2004.
The GBA Micro is newer than the GBA SP.
Both are darn cool as well.
Also, chalk another > 20 year old DS owner here... Not a kiddy system IMO...
Dude, the process to set up your DS to use the flash cards is about as complicated as launching a space shuttle, and only costs marginally less..
I'll just buy the $30 games and be done with it.
You jest. But unfortunately, that is how most people think. When I talk about great "free" open source stuff - most (non-slashdot-reading) people look at me like I am kicking a puppy.
Windows users do not switch to Linux for the same reason they hesitate to switch to Apple. Because they cannot go into WAL-MART, Target, SEARS, or any other generic place where people shop - and find 5000 programs to use. Seriously. I get that *all the time*. "I would switch to Apple but there is no software..." Apple is trying to address that by making Apple retail stores. People know that they will be able to get stuff for an Apple computer at an Apple store - so they are more willing to make the jump. Is there a Linux store? No. Most people don't even recognize the Linux aisle at Fry's or CompUSA. And if they get stuck in there they cry for help until the nice salesman directs them to the TurboTax in the Windows section... It doesn't matter how free it is or how well named we make it, Linux cannot compete until it is available for the dumbest most annoying stupid customer you can think of. Because that is 85% of the computer market... But with regard to naming? I can't think of any non-technical people I know that would install something called Ubuntu.
poor children in developing countries need food/water/shelter/clothing, not hand cranked computers. what are they going to do with these things? play "mavis beacon teaches typing" and "oregon trail"? how about 100 dollars per kid goes to books,paper,pencils, teachers.
I think the computers also would have shipped with one free Sony/BMG CD each...
According to Wikipedia, it does.
Did Adam Curry write it?
According to Wikipedia...
Yeah, not exactly experimental. I have over 50,000 miles on a 2002 Volkswagen New Beetle TDI, and over 5000 miles on a Jeep Liberty CRD burning biodiesel. In the summer I use 100% (B100) biodiesel, in the winter depending on how cold it is I use 50% (B50) to 20% (B20) biodiesel.
I know people with over 100,000 miles of biodiesel use.
All with no modifications to their stock diesel engines.
Our local city and state government use biodiesel in all their fleets.
Here is a list of some local businesses that use Biodiesel and contribute to the production of biodiesel in our area.
Here is a good site that has links, and a good group of forums on real world biodiesel use.
I see no problem with this sort of restriction in a private religious school, as long as they don't receive any tax dollars.
'doh!
I have. It is not 100% compatible. And in situations like those, you can't have random formatting errors, or screwed up bulleting, crappy graphics, or messed up tables.
I have yet to find an Office alternative that can handle a complex Word document.
And I *so* want to.... I dislike MS Office...
I have an original ipaq - the battery life is now about 15 mins with backlight. If the thing is left unplugged for more than 2 hours everything in memory is lost.
And you haven't sued Compaq? What are you waiting for?