If you just want to listen to music while you work out, then this is exactly what you want.
The thing I don't get about this is why bother getting an iPod at all? So you can say "I have an iPod"? The reason people love the iPod is because it's control is so intuitive. With this, there's no control, so why not bother getting a cheaper 3rd party brand (if one exists)?
1. Nope, not that I know of 2. Nokia N-Gage 3. iPod has breakout 4. Some motorolla phones do this 5. Nokia N-Gage again 6. Not that I know of 7. Well, Nokia N-Gage.
I'd also like to mention that the Game Boy Camera acts as a Gameboy that takes digital pictures.
I find it funny that you don't mention The Office when you even have a quote from it in your sig.
I just picked up season one the other day and loved it so much I picked up season two the next day. Very, very good series. I wish more Americans enjoyed British humor so we could get more shows coming on our shores. We're making an Americanized version of The Office which I assume is going to suck, and hard.
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You're kidding right?
Crossfire's purpose is to make Ted Turner more money. That's CNN's purpose. That's about all news' purpose. That's why pretty much all news channels have gotten so horrible over the years. The only news on the television that isn't a sensationalistic joke is Fox News. Fox News, unfortunately, is just as bad or worse because it's purpose is to bring right-wing views and opnions to the people.
Ever seen a peacock at the zoo? What you seem to be focusing on is the color and design of the tail, instead of the structure and form of it.
Here's a picture of a peacock with the tail down. Notice how long it is. This is extremely counter-survival because it adds a lot of weight to the end of the bird, which makes flying much, much more difficult (I tried to get a picture of a peacock flying, but nothing turned up on GIS). People who have studied peacocks all agree about this, including Darwin.
Darwin once said something to the effect of "The sight of a peocock makes me sick" because he could not explain why they evolved to have an apendage. He later discovered what the grandparent post was talking about. Peahens find big, exhuberant tails sexy, and are more inclined to mate with males who have them. It goes to show that it's more important to mate than to stay alive.
I can tell you with quite certainty that your third potato is quite rotten. While Mandrake is a fine distrobution for x86, it is quite a different OS on PPC. There are power problems, graphic problems, and none of the function keys (brightness, sound) work.
I haven't tried anything else, but that'll show you that just because distros are available for the mac doesn't mean they're worth using.
I got a set for christmas a few years ago. 1996 maybe (I was 8 then)? They were fun. I still have them. But I never knew they were old. I had never heard of them before. Actually, come to think of it, now's the only time I've heard them mentioned outside of my house.
I am a... (choose one)
A. Idiot
B. Insensitive jackass
C. Libertarian
D. Terrorist
Obviously I'm joking, but that quiz does have a serious slant. I'm most definitely not a libertarian, but answering questions truthfully showed me to be a strong one.
There are a few good tricks like that. Here are some of my favorites that I recommend to people who don't like coming up with or remembering passwords with letters and numbers.
One is to take whatever password you have now and make it into really basic l337. This is really one of the most useful uses of l337 I've thought of. If a password is mycatkittens, tell them to change only 1 or 2 letters into l337, making it into myca7ki773ns. This is good because it allows them to have a more secure password while also preventing them from having to remembering a new one.
Another one I've thought of is similar to yours in that it varies from site to site based on the site's name. Take the name of the site, and then take the md5 hash of that name. Use the first 9 characters and you have a new secure password that changes from site to site. Also, it's very easy to look up if you ever forget without the danger of leaving post-it notes around.
I'm sure there are several other tricks and tips out there (though the best ones won't be posted for obvious reasons). What do all the rest of you slashdotters recommend?
That's the main reason I use abiword. A lot of my friends who use OSS prefer OOo Writer, but I don't see why. Abiword has all the features of Word that I need, but absolutely none of the bloat. It's also one of the few open sourced programs* I can feel confident recommending to my non-geek friends, and that's saying a lot.
Alright, that makes sense. Honestly I think we have a bigger problem, that people who would want to "vote for the winner" being able to vote at all. But that's the cynic in me talking.
As for people who would be discouraged from voting because their person's fate is decided, this is one of the reasons I hate the electoral college. That's happening already and happening all the time. For the past 4 years I've rolled my eyes whenever some liberal dishes out the "gore won the popular vote" line (and it looks like I'm in for four more with the right's "most votes in history"). The popular vote doesn't mean anything anymore, because so many people feel disenfranchised in states like Utah, Texas, Mass, or DC.
I've always wondered why voting isn't done like this in the first place. Why all the cramming into one day, and therefore driving away would-be voters because of the crowds?
1. Buy the mouse and the stick.
2. Create a 512 meg partition. Install windows 95 and all the old games you want (might I recommend flight simulator?)
3. Copy the partition onto the memory card.
4. Boot from mouse.
5. Profit!
I've said the same thing about left/right satire nowadays. After reading a bit of Ann Coulter or Michael Moore, all satire is lost. This is of course, because figures on both sides have become so stretched to the sides it's absurd.
Truth is stranger (or at least as strange) as fiction.
If you noticed, my example said "If you were going to buy the CD but instead pirated it...". I was, of course, going for the worst possible situation. And even though I believe most of the downloading is more akin to your example, I believe that there is a small percentage of people who would have oherwise bought the CD or DVD.
You would literally get off easier if you went and stole the DVDs form a store. Now that's an actual real theft, with reall loss (you took something of value they had, depriving them of it), not just copyright infringement.
Not quite. If you steal it it only hurts the retailer.
Here's an example. Imagine if Sony put out a CD you wanted and sold it to WalMart for $10. Then WalMart would price it at $12 for the consumer. If you were going to buy the CD but instead pirated it, then there is a loss. Sony loses a theoretical $10 and WalMart loses a theoretical $2.
Now consider if you steal it instead of download it. Now, WalMart has lost an item they paid for. They have a theoretical loss of $2 plus an actual loss of $10. Needing to buy more, they purchase another copy from Sony. Now, it's just like Sony made a sale. Sony loses nothing from this.
It's actually better for the RIAA if you go to a store and steal a CD.
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I'd be more worried if I wanted to play "Why Don't We Do it in the Road?".
Don't worry, it was waffles. But her dad used the last of the syrup. Man, he never can think of her needs, can he? I mean really, what's his problem?
Seen "Waking Life"?
Waking Life uses the same effect as this does. It's a fantastic movie, and it uses this style of animation as a tool in its storytelling.
Go rent it/add to your netflix list. You'll thank me.
1. Nope, not that I know of
2. Nokia N-Gage
3. iPod has breakout
4. Some motorolla phones do this
5. Nokia N-Gage again
6. Not that I know of
7. Well, Nokia N-Gage.
I'd also like to mention that the Game Boy Camera acts as a Gameboy that takes digital pictures.
I find it funny that you don't mention The Office when you even have a quote from it in your sig.
I just picked up season one the other day and loved it so much I picked up season two the next day. Very, very good series. I wish more Americans enjoyed British humor so we could get more shows coming on our shores. We're making an Americanized version of The Office which I assume is going to suck, and hard.
Still there for me. Perhaps you changed something in settings?
You're kidding right?
Crossfire's purpose is to make Ted Turner more money. That's CNN's purpose. That's about all news' purpose. That's why pretty much all news channels have gotten so horrible over the years. The only news on the television that isn't a sensationalistic joke is Fox News. Fox News, unfortunately, is just as bad or worse because it's purpose is to bring right-wing views and opnions to the people.
Ever seen a peacock at the zoo? What you seem to be focusing on is the color and design of the tail, instead of the structure and form of it.
Here's a picture of a peacock with the tail down. Notice how long it is. This is extremely counter-survival because it adds a lot of weight to the end of the bird, which makes flying much, much more difficult (I tried to get a picture of a peacock flying, but nothing turned up on GIS). People who have studied peacocks all agree about this, including Darwin.
Darwin once said something to the effect of "The sight of a peocock makes me sick" because he could not explain why they evolved to have an apendage. He later discovered what the grandparent post was talking about. Peahens find big, exhuberant tails sexy, and are more inclined to mate with males who have them. It goes to show that it's more important to mate than to stay alive.
In all fairness, this really isn't reinventing the wheel. The Tweel is still a wheel. They did reinvent the tire though.
I can tell you with quite certainty that your third potato is quite rotten. While Mandrake is a fine distrobution for x86, it is quite a different OS on PPC. There are power problems, graphic problems, and none of the function keys (brightness, sound) work.
I haven't tried anything else, but that'll show you that just because distros are available for the mac doesn't mean they're worth using.
Those are old?
I got a set for christmas a few years ago. 1996 maybe (I was 8 then)? They were fun. I still have them. But I never knew they were old. I had never heard of them before. Actually, come to think of it, now's the only time I've heard them mentioned outside of my house.
Obviously I'm joking, but that quiz does have a serious slant. I'm most definitely not a libertarian, but answering questions truthfully showed me to be a strong one.
My Pentium III 800mhz machine is just fine with Firefox 1.0 with maybe 3 or so extensions. What machine are you running?
He needed something to use with the 8 million new monitors he bought.
Duh.
There are a few good tricks like that. Here are some of my favorites that I recommend to people who don't like coming up with or remembering passwords with letters and numbers.
One is to take whatever password you have now and make it into really basic l337. This is really one of the most useful uses of l337 I've thought of. If a password is mycatkittens, tell them to change only 1 or 2 letters into l337, making it into myca7ki773ns. This is good because it allows them to have a more secure password while also preventing them from having to remembering a new one.
Another one I've thought of is similar to yours in that it varies from site to site based on the site's name. Take the name of the site, and then take the md5 hash of that name. Use the first 9 characters and you have a new secure password that changes from site to site. Also, it's very easy to look up if you ever forget without the danger of leaving post-it notes around.
I'm sure there are several other tricks and tips out there (though the best ones won't be posted for obvious reasons). What do all the rest of you slashdotters recommend?
*looks at your post*
*looks at your email*
Impressive.
Hey, I'm not alone!
That's the main reason I use abiword. A lot of my friends who use OSS prefer OOo Writer, but I don't see why. Abiword has all the features of Word that I need, but absolutely none of the bloat. It's also one of the few open sourced programs* I can feel confident recommending to my non-geek friends, and that's saying a lot.
*The others being Firefox and gaim
Alright, that makes sense. Honestly I think we have a bigger problem, that people who would want to "vote for the winner" being able to vote at all. But that's the cynic in me talking.
As for people who would be discouraged from voting because their person's fate is decided, this is one of the reasons I hate the electoral college. That's happening already and happening all the time. For the past 4 years I've rolled my eyes whenever some liberal dishes out the "gore won the popular vote" line (and it looks like I'm in for four more with the right's "most votes in history"). The popular vote doesn't mean anything anymore, because so many people feel disenfranchised in states like Utah, Texas, Mass, or DC.
I've always wondered why voting isn't done like this in the first place. Why all the cramming into one day, and therefore driving away would-be voters because of the crowds?
1. Buy the mouse and the stick.
2. Create a 512 meg partition. Install windows 95 and all the old games you want (might I recommend flight simulator?)
3. Copy the partition onto the memory card.
4. Boot from mouse.
5. Profit!
I've said the same thing about left/right satire nowadays. After reading a bit of Ann Coulter or Michael Moore, all satire is lost. This is of course, because figures on both sides have become so stretched to the sides it's absurd.
Truth is stranger (or at least as strange) as fiction.
If you noticed, my example said "If you were going to buy the CD but instead pirated it...". I was, of course, going for the worst possible situation. And even though I believe most of the downloading is more akin to your example, I believe that there is a small percentage of people who would have oherwise bought the CD or DVD.
Here's an example. Imagine if Sony put out a CD you wanted and sold it to WalMart for $10. Then WalMart would price it at $12 for the consumer. If you were going to buy the CD but instead pirated it, then there is a loss. Sony loses a theoretical $10 and WalMart loses a theoretical $2.
Now consider if you steal it instead of download it. Now, WalMart has lost an item they paid for. They have a theoretical loss of $2 plus an actual loss of $10. Needing to buy more, they purchase another copy from Sony. Now, it's just like Sony made a sale. Sony loses nothing from this.
It's actually better for the RIAA if you go to a store and steal a CD.