It's comments like "As far as I know, kids don't have constitutional rights." that have made life for loners and geeks so difficult. It may be true that children do not have all the rights that adults have, but this has been taken advantage of by the government and corporations for years. What about the teenage curfews across the country? What would happen if the lawmakers make it illegal for people ages 21 to 28 to drive on the roads at night because they have a higher statistic rate of drunk driving? The voters would never allow it and the politician who tried to do that would screw his career. But politicians do not have to worry about screwing kids out of their rights and treating them like sacks of sh*t just because CHILDREN CAN'T VOTE! OK, I've vented. I feel better.
OK, 9600 Baud is slow, but it could be used for research all over the globe for scientists. This would be good for unmanned stations like weather, seismagraph, ocean level, etc. Things that require realtime data, but only small amounts of it. If lighter hardware could be made, it would be good for tracking vehicles or automated drones. Just put a GPS receiver on a high-altitude weather balloon and have your iridium data link that transmits the weather data and current location. What about taking a couple thousand BUD (big Ugly Dishes) satellite dishes and setting them up all over the globe and hooking them up to PC's to process data. A sort of automated SETI sniffer. Sniffer stations can use the iridium network to get assignments, and if any interesting results are found, it'll send a signal to the monitoring station through iridium for someone to come by and physically pick up the data. The network is already there. Don't throw it away. With some brainstorming, many good uses can come out of it.
Actually, there are episode descriptions for most programs. For instance, I can select a Simpsons episode in the program guide and read what the episode is about. I know everyone is afraid of the Divx thing, but Tivo has to connect SOMEWHERE to get program guide data so it knows the times to record your shows. Personally, I would like to see an ethernet jack as an optional accessory for all us geeks with LANs. That way the Tivo could update without having to be hooked up to a phone line. I have had a Tivo long enough so my viewing habits have changed. I am less stressed at work and am no longer late because I can watch my favorite shows whenever I feel like it. Hell, my Tivo recorded Trainspotting last night and I didn't even know it was on (But I love the movie). All you people fishing for stock tips, invest in Tivo, or their competitor ReplayTV (IPO Soon) because this is going to catch on and consumers will buy these FAST.
Sorry to tell you but identical twins have different DNA. Only clones are truely identical. You can't kill your neighbor and have your twin to take the rap. An interesting note: Recently in England, someone was going to be charged with a crime because the DNA at the scene matched his DNA in the UK DNA database using the standard 6 point test, but when he objected and they tested it with a 10 point test, it was proven that he was not the criminal. I do not remember the exact odds, but I believe they were greater than the population of the earth. Things that make you go hmmmm.
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It's comments like "As far as I know, kids don't have constitutional rights." that have made life for loners and geeks so difficult. It may be true that children do not have all the rights that adults have, but this has been taken advantage of by the government and corporations for years. What about the teenage curfews across the country? What would happen if the lawmakers make it illegal for people ages 21 to 28 to drive on the roads at night because they have a higher statistic rate of drunk driving? The voters would never allow it and the politician who tried to do that would screw his career. But politicians do not have to worry about screwing kids out of their rights and treating them like sacks of sh*t just because CHILDREN CAN'T VOTE! OK, I've vented. I feel better.
OK, 9600 Baud is slow, but it could be used for research all over the globe for scientists. This would be good for unmanned stations like weather, seismagraph, ocean level, etc. Things that require realtime data, but only small amounts of it.
If lighter hardware could be made, it would be good for tracking vehicles or automated drones. Just put a GPS receiver on a high-altitude weather balloon and have your iridium data link that transmits the weather data and current location.
What about taking a couple thousand BUD (big Ugly Dishes) satellite dishes and setting them up all over the globe and hooking them up to PC's to process data. A sort of automated SETI sniffer. Sniffer stations can use the iridium network to get assignments, and if any interesting results are found, it'll send a signal to the monitoring station through iridium for someone to come by and physically pick up the data.
The network is already there. Don't throw it away. With some brainstorming, many good uses can come out of it.
Actually, there are episode descriptions for most programs. For instance, I can select a Simpsons episode in the program guide and read what the episode is about. I know everyone is afraid of the Divx thing, but Tivo has to connect SOMEWHERE to get program guide data so it knows the times to record your shows. Personally, I would like to see an ethernet jack as an optional accessory for all us geeks with LANs. That way the Tivo could update without having to be hooked up to a phone line. I have had a Tivo long enough so my viewing habits have changed. I am less stressed at work and am no longer late because I can watch my favorite shows whenever I feel like it. Hell, my Tivo recorded Trainspotting last night and I didn't even know it was on (But I love the movie). All you people fishing for stock tips, invest in Tivo, or their competitor ReplayTV (IPO Soon) because this is going to catch on and consumers will buy these FAST.
Sorry to tell you but identical twins have different DNA. Only clones are truely identical. You can't kill your neighbor and have your twin to take the rap. An interesting note: Recently in England, someone was going to be charged with a crime because the DNA at the scene matched his DNA in the UK DNA database using the standard 6 point test, but when he objected and they tested it with a 10 point test, it was proven that he was not the criminal. I do not remember the exact odds, but I believe they were greater than the population of the earth. Things that make you go hmmmm.