If goods are to be taxed on eBay, who's state do I collect for? The home state? The destination state? Do you know how difficult that would be to pay? To keep up with?
Also, EVERYTHING I sell is used. Taxes cannot be charged on used goods. Taxes were ALREADY paid. I have heard of some states trying to come down on flea markets and yard salers in some states. If they are selling new, it's one thing. If selling used, again, taxes have already been paid.
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We did an experiment in college where we blindfolded a person. They were not able to tell whether it was dark or light in the room. We used sound detectors to detect sound in the room with the lights on or the lights off. There was no "humanly detected" sound with the lights on (they were special lights, had UV and other spectrums in it) - the "no light" room had no detectable sounds period.
We asked the "test subjects" to tell us which music was the original and which music was a copy. IN EVERY case, we played the exact same song from the exact same source, and in every case the "test subject" would pick the music heard in the dark as the original.
This proved that light, undetectable to human ear sounds, have effect the listening experience. I suppose it could be extrapolated that since Music affects mood, so would inaudibles.
My laptop (An Apple PowerBook G3 that is 3 years old lasts 2.5 hours watching a DVD on a 14.1" screen). The battery is about the size of a Gameboy color, it could be MUCH smaller, as the new iBook battery is which lasts 3 hours watching a DVD.
Similarly, the Sony Mavica CD Cameras last about 4 hours with the LCD on. MINI CD's and a MINI DVD does NOT spin up as fast, it doesn't have to, the tracks aren't as far spread.
I have been reading that the new OLED takes up 1/5 the power of an LCD.
The technology is all there, it would take VERY minimal effort to shrink the Gamecube, and the CPU it uses is SIMILAR to the one I have in my PowerBook a PPC G3 450, I beleive with ATI video. The new chips from IBM at this speed are almost cool to the touch!
Games don't make a platform. Popularity makes a platform, games follow.
I think awards are already given to "digital actors" - A) Special Effects for character animation are based (usually) on the person doing the voice over or a "real life object" B) Some of the "boring awards" we don't see, nominate or hand out awards for casting. All Pixar movies have been nominated for casting. I HONESTLY think the casting in Pixar movies has been genius. I doubt any other voices could have brought life to the chracters. C) The award is also sales. Billy Crystal's voice, John Goodman's Voice, Tom Hank's Voice sell - they are rewarded with big box office takes.
An actor that is upset because he/she isn't recognized has a self esteem problem not a recognition/nomination problem.
Current, "nearly CD diameter" CD Players get 20 hours off of two AA batteries. A Casio 4" TV gets about 4 hours off of two AA batteries. With a higher capacity LI ON or Polymer battery like the iPod has in it, the ability to play Mp3's and watch movies - like the rumored video iPod - could EASILY sell millions of units at $199. The gamecube could be shrunk, less controller, less bulk, less packaging = possibility to add the features I have mentioned. There would be almost ZERO cost for production (a little R&D) to produce a Gameboy cart interface for it. An entire gameboy "electronics set fits into a space about the size of a gameboy cart!
Besides, who YET has money money initially selling the hardware?
And I disagree with you. Cart games are EXPENSIVE to produce. optical games can be cranked out up to 20X faster and if I read right at Tokyo ETimes about this; a total "optical game" package costs even after royalty for about $4-$7 US. A cart costs up to $15 to produce.
Nintendo has LOST the home war. They will soon lose the portable war if they don't come up with something better than cartridges.
If I disagree with you I have a lot less chance of ridicule than agreeing with the Bible. (see this very discussion) So, agreeing with the Bible takes more courage. If you think religion is about following a crowd like Lemmings, then you miss the entire point of being a Christian. It is a personal decision ONLY, not a crowd pleaser or crowd acceptance modification. However, low self esteem and troubled lives are the first to BE accepted by churches - churches that want to bring that soul closer to happiness and enlightenment.
I have always used this as an example: If you can tell me ONE commandment out of the 10 that is wrong, or ONE story in the Bible that you didn't like, or one thing that Jesus said that is not loving or spiritually insightful, then, l may listen to your philiosophy and study more about how to become more like you!
As for the other post you made: I wasn't proving any Biblical validity, I was disproving evolution is a fact. It is a theory. Another poster also said there is NO fact in the Bible, another said, the Bible and God are not the same thing, I quoted an actual passage for him.
As for chronology, I reported them in the order they were discovered/documented and could list 100's of other examples.
With the size of a mini CD I don't see why Sony... could make something with a 3 inch screen and mini DVD and integrated controls. No expnsion slot needed just USB for ethernet, memory, etc.
Make it capable of using Mini DVD Videos like the Hitachi Camcorders. Other features: TV out, USB, Mp3 capability. I think this would be a popular convergence.
They could even release 5 game PS1 packs on one mini DVD. Most of those games were 100 - 300 MB.
I believe battery technology is where it would need to be for a unit like this as well.
An online reputation is basically the same as a Better Busiiness Bureau Report. Both are udderly useless and immensely important at the same time.
I have 10 negative comments out of 1500 on eBay. To the average buyer this means little. To the "I sit at home all day and like to be mean on Holidays" crowd, it's a flag and they agree with the OTHER 10 people. To the second person, I have a pattern of bad customer service. This is one reason I think ebay should make it as difficult to leave negative comments; as they make getting a credit for fees. (File Complaint after 7 days from auction, Wait 10 days for a response, File Non Paying bidder, wait 10 more days, apply for credit.)
The Better Business Bureau is no different. The ONLY way to get a complaint removed from your file or get it listed as resolved is DO EXACTLY what the Plaintiff says. I don't mean, just refund, if that's the case, but compensate and send a letter of apology if the Plaintiff requested it. Some people can not be satisfied, and some people get twisted pleasure out of misery.
It's hard to know a fair system. I think complaintants should have profiles too, This is one GOOD thing about eBay, you can view the "Feedback About Others" - in EVERY CASE the users that have left me negative, A) Did so by accident, B)Have a high percent of negatives on their feedback, or C) A high percent of bad experiences (as evidenced by their "FeedBack About Others")
It's one reason I like the "Karma" on/. - one is able to moderate more, the more Karma one has. One builds Karma by getting high scores for Insightful or Interesting comments, loses Karma by posting offtopic, negative, or stupid comments.
It is the fault of the complaintant if a transaction goes beyond the one step of asking/commenting nicely "There's something wrong, how can WE fix it?"
The customer is always right no matter what AS LONG as they are rational, professional, and thankful.
Obviously not a Bible reader: "the word" in the Bible is referring to the Bible, God, Christ, Spirit as all being one in the same. See John 1; "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word WAS God" - the first chapter of John goes on to say that Jesus is the word = the way, the truth, the light. No interpreation needed.
You do not follow archealogy very well. ALL of the stories I mentioned in the first statement have been PROVEN true. King Herod was DEFINATELY a king - his court's records have been found as well as art in temple's depicting him. It is also fact that Herod sent his army out to kill the first born son of every Jew. Sodom and Gomorrah has BEEN FOUND, in the place the Bible describes, and charred as the Bible states. I could go on and on.
I base everything I have said on actual published works and documented finds - where's the "logic" or "validity" in "I have heard from orthological sources..." - I have heard from VERY intelligent Computer Industry Analysts that Apple Computer was going out of business for the past 10 years - it is documented that they haven't and that it's really NOT even possible with the cash reserves and intellectual property they own.
My statement is truth though, it takes no courage or introspection to beleive what man can say (evolution of man), it takes courage to believe in God and instrospection to understand a higher power.
I'm not necessarily saying I don't believe in evolution, I just don't beleive it true for mankind.
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" Just because we can observe creatures evolving, it doesn't necessarily mean humans evolved in the same fashion."
Very good point
Considering "evolution theory" vs "religous faith" - I disagree with the other point. Theory is faith in man's self. Belief in God, is faith in something higher than man - something that takes courage and introspection. It takes no courage to stand up for man's ramblings. It takes a LOT of courage to stand up for your religous beliefs. (Because of the "scholarly" ridiculing you or endlessly making a statistical quote")
I would also disagree that God is non factual or theoretical. The majority of stories in the Bible have been proven true. (Soddom and Gommorah, King David, Herod, Abraham, Moses) - the stretch is believing one part of the Bible; after realizing these stories are true - the Bible says that "I am the word" - so it does take faith, but more courage to believe, if one thing is true in the Bible, it must all be true. If God is the word (the Bible) then the presence of God must be true.
IBM showed a prototype A/B/G mini PCI card last week to developers. They had it installed in a streaming MP4 video product. The story is currently in the CNNTech section
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I service a large advertising firm - all computers are Macs (Mostly PowerMac G3 Blue/Whites & iMac CRTs 4 G4 Graphites, one Cube, one PowerBook Titanium, one PowerBook G3) - all of these machines have Airport Cards (802.11b) - I purchased an Airport Extreme Base station for this client. All machines worked fine with the 802.11b - just as before with Snow BaseStation 2.0 they had previously.
This client decided to put a PC on the network along with several networked printers. All networked printers worked fine with current Macs utilizing the "802.11b part" of the Airport Extreme (802.11b/802.11g hybrid)
The PC, with a Linksys 802.11g card didn't like the network - while it saw the network and Macs saw it, no connection could be made to the internet via AE BaseStation t1 internet.
I called Linksys, and they said, "At the moment, the Linksys 802.11g (which includes a new implementation of 802.11b) was only compatible with other Linksys equipment". Phone support managed to help me get the 802.11b working. I was transferred to a tech where discussed timeframes and support. I was told that Linksys is actually working with Apple to make a standard since more people initially will buy Airport Extreme. I was told to expect a flash updater for both units by the middle of March.
I would challege 90% of the hearing man to distinguish the difference between a perfectly encoded 192k or 256k even better, file and the original or a CD or in most cases a live performance.
believe in evolution of humankind. What we, even those of us who are educated or not religous, need to realize is that evolution of mankind is a theory. It is the same type of theory as relativity or comets/asteroids killing the dinosaurs. These theories, by example, are disproved or questioned almost every day. Some theories that we thought are fact ARE theory. The planned/purposeful extinction and natural selection of species is fact. Evolution is theory.
In a post the other day on/. - one scientist was very upset that Mars didn't have the polar ice needed to "terraform" the planet. We are not able to terraform this planet if it were to need such at this point.
If you ARE religous, this is an insult. God gave all of us the ability to create. Some have this ability more than others. God, to beleivers, is the CREATOR of all that is creative.
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The SlimP3 is platform independent - ethernet and your software is all it needs
I think if YOU want it that way, you should have to pay for it to be delivered that way. You can read most magazines online, or you can pay to have them delivered. Besides, what News do those sites cover that isn't here on/. or on Yahoo news;) ?
I think your ISP should grant you 100 credits a month. You use those credits = (1 per) email. Anything beyond that is 10 cents per email. No carryover month to month.
You are creditted your (credit) back if the other person responds to the ORIGIN. This would once and for all stop fake sendmail logs. Although, ISPs should be resolving these anyway and not allowing them through.
Replies do not get charged for, all forwards are charged for, no matter what the content.
Hackers or abusers of the policy are warned once, fined HEAVILY second offense, loose business liscense 3rd offense.
All solicitations are required to be labelled as such, if not labelled, 10 reports, get's a warning, 10 more a HEAVY fine. All sender's of email are allowed ONE account per IP.
Unfair to legit advertisers? No, they can go back to website ads and banner ads. Unfair to campaign constiuents? No, they should have to pay for media as they do other outlets.
I think this would require modified email clients.
I think it is VERY unprofessional for scientists use "scifi" or buzzwords in their arguements for or against something. It's fine to speculate, but the scientists are saying that terraforming may be out now for Mars! Terraforming isn't possible even if the whole planet was a lush H2O ocean with beautiful land masses sprinkled here and there.
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What are you talking about? Have you ever opened up the average high end PC? Sony chip here, Sony drive there, Sony CRT - Sony and Matshita (panasonic) are in close to 70% of ALL computers sold in some fashion. Don't tell me that competition doesn't want to support others. Apple DIRECTLY competes with Sony (Steve even says so in the keynotes) - that said, Steve uses t68i phones on stage and they happen to be the MOST used phone by Mac USers now. Apple used to use Sony floppy drives and Sony CRTs. Several chips on the motherboards for Apple computers are Sony. Some drives are Sony, some are Matshita, some Toshiba.
Your assertion is that the way to succeed is to "use inhouse". The R&D at your company must be phenomenal! Motorola thinks that way, I hope they make it!
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One of the VERY reasons the Japanese economy has struggled is the very "diverse conglomeration" you pointed out. Only the small divisions of Sony innovate anymore. You know, it's ironic, but a company can be most innovative by using standards. Sony, feels just the opposite. They beleive in proprietary technology making the money and standards to help get brand name recognition. Sony, ALWAYS without fail, gets behind the proprietary side of things, and pours cash on top of it. Very few Sony proprietary technologies have ever become a standard. Very few items they have produced are mega successful. (The walkman sold a lot, but OTHER companies tape players are what made that market) WHY? They can't focus, because if it has even one wire inside, they make it.
The segway; Sun is all about proprietary (13W3, sbus, solaris) - this is why they may make a great pairing with Sony. Sun could be to Sony, what the Xserve market is to Apple. It could be Sony's opportunity to be recognized in the corporate world. Apple and Sony share the exact same "creative market" - those don't buy Apple in the market, tend to want Sony A) brand, B )it's the same brand as their other equipment, C) Looks, D) Integration & Media nature of their product
Conversely, I have always thought Sun would be a good merge with Apple. I think Sun would be best getting away from almost TOTAL proprietary, allow Apple's genius to help with development of Java and further integrate it in to Unix/BSD, and give Apple some of the best blade technology in the industry, and possibly a stronger development partner for RISC processors.
I had even come up with a good slogan for a Steve Jobs Keynote; "Every Apple Needs a Little Sun To Grow!"
While I do think it's a neat idea and agree and disagree with the terraforming suggestions that have been posed in the forums here.... as of now, it's not possible to be done. We can NOT terraform any planet in our solar system, NOT even our own.
Hopefully, at one point, we will be able to do this, but by the time we are capable of doing such, I'm almost CERTAIN we'll have a better technology than using the icecaps anyway!
One suggestion has been to make absolutely certain the planet contains no life (which is doubtful it does) and then nuke the entire planet in strategic places causing a nuclear winter and possibly even creating a magnetic atmosphere that will hold in more gases and atmospheric components. To spread algae in a blanket over the planet and other life to evolve and create "semi-artificial" biospheres is probably a good technique.
BUT, again, while it's nice to speculate about terraforming, remember we are at LEAST 15 years away from a manned mission and probably over a century away from a colony, then two centuries from having the ability to take on something like this, and by then, we will most likely be able to snap our fingers and terraform the planet.
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Also, EVERYTHING I sell is used. Taxes cannot be charged on used goods. Taxes were ALREADY paid. I have heard of some states trying to come down on flea markets and yard salers in some states. If they are selling new, it's one thing. If selling used, again, taxes have already been paid.
We asked the "test subjects" to tell us which music was the original and which music was a copy. IN EVERY case, we played the exact same song from the exact same source, and in every case the "test subject" would pick the music heard in the dark as the original.
This proved that light, undetectable to human ear sounds, have effect the listening experience. I suppose it could be extrapolated that since Music affects mood, so would inaudibles.
Similarly, the Sony Mavica CD Cameras last about 4 hours with the LCD on. MINI CD's and a MINI DVD does NOT spin up as fast, it doesn't have to, the tracks aren't as far spread.
I have been reading that the new OLED takes up 1/5 the power of an LCD.
The technology is all there, it would take VERY minimal effort to shrink the Gamecube, and the CPU it uses is SIMILAR to the one I have in my PowerBook a PPC G3 450, I beleive with ATI video. The new chips from IBM at this speed are almost cool to the touch!
Games don't make a platform. Popularity makes a platform, games follow.
As for casting, the genius of knowing the part and playing the playing part - is in of itself a recognition of the actor that IS cast.
It isn't $1 or $2 dollars - that may be materials cost, but not production, marketting, royalty, distribution costs. Investigate before speaking :)
An actor that is upset because he/she isn't recognized has a self esteem problem not a recognition/nomination problem.
Besides, who YET has money money initially selling the hardware?
And I disagree with you. Cart games are EXPENSIVE to produce. optical games can be cranked out up to 20X faster and if I read right at Tokyo ETimes about this; a total "optical game" package costs even after royalty for about $4-$7 US. A cart costs up to $15 to produce.
Nintendo has LOST the home war. They will soon lose the portable war if they don't come up with something better than cartridges.
I have always used this as an example: If you can tell me ONE commandment out of the 10 that is wrong, or ONE story in the Bible that you didn't like, or one thing that Jesus said that is not loving or spiritually insightful, then, l may listen to your philiosophy and study more about how to become more like you!
As for the other post you made: I wasn't proving any Biblical validity, I was disproving evolution is a fact. It is a theory. Another poster also said there is NO fact in the Bible, another said, the Bible and God are not the same thing, I quoted an actual passage for him.
As for chronology, I reported them in the order they were discovered/documented and could list 100's of other examples.
Make it capable of using Mini DVD Videos like the Hitachi Camcorders. Other features: TV out, USB, Mp3 capability. I think this would be a popular convergence.
They could even release 5 game PS1 packs on one mini DVD. Most of those games were 100 - 300 MB.
I believe battery technology is where it would need to be for a unit like this as well.
I have 10 negative comments out of 1500 on eBay. To the average buyer this means little. To the "I sit at home all day and like to be mean on Holidays" crowd, it's a flag and they agree with the OTHER 10 people. To the second person, I have a pattern of bad customer service. This is one reason I think ebay should make it as difficult to leave negative comments; as they make getting a credit for fees. (File Complaint after 7 days from auction, Wait 10 days for a response, File Non Paying bidder, wait 10 more days, apply for credit.)
The Better Business Bureau is no different. The ONLY way to get a complaint removed from your file or get it listed as resolved is DO EXACTLY what the Plaintiff says. I don't mean, just refund, if that's the case, but compensate and send a letter of apology if the Plaintiff requested it. Some people can not be satisfied, and some people get twisted pleasure out of misery.
It's hard to know a fair system. I think complaintants should have profiles too, This is one GOOD thing about eBay, you can view the "Feedback About Others" - in EVERY CASE the users that have left me negative, A) Did so by accident, B)Have a high percent of negatives on their feedback, or C) A high percent of bad experiences (as evidenced by their "FeedBack About Others")
It's one reason I like the "Karma" on /. - one is able to moderate more, the more Karma one has. One builds Karma by getting high scores for Insightful or Interesting comments, loses Karma by posting offtopic, negative, or stupid comments.
It is the fault of the complaintant if a transaction goes beyond the one step of asking/commenting nicely "There's something wrong, how can WE fix it?"
The customer is always right no matter what AS LONG as they are rational, professional, and thankful.
You do not follow archealogy very well. ALL of the stories I mentioned in the first statement have been PROVEN true. King Herod was DEFINATELY a king - his court's records have been found as well as art in temple's depicting him. It is also fact that Herod sent his army out to kill the first born son of every Jew. Sodom and Gomorrah has BEEN FOUND, in the place the Bible describes, and charred as the Bible states. I could go on and on.
I base everything I have said on actual published works and documented finds - where's the "logic" or "validity" in "I have heard from orthological sources ..." - I have heard from VERY intelligent Computer Industry Analysts that Apple Computer was going out of business for the past 10 years - it is documented that they haven't and that it's really NOT even possible with the cash reserves and intellectual property they own.
My statement is truth though, it takes no courage or introspection to beleive what man can say (evolution of man), it takes courage to believe in God and instrospection to understand a higher power.
I'm not necessarily saying I don't believe in evolution, I just don't beleive it true for mankind.
Quick clarification: The B/W G3's are using MacWireless 802.11 USB adapters, iMacs, G4's, Cube, and PowerBooks, use "built in Airport
Very good point
Considering "evolution theory" vs "religous faith" - I disagree with the other point. Theory is faith in man's self. Belief in God, is faith in something higher than man - something that takes courage and introspection. It takes no courage to stand up for man's ramblings. It takes a LOT of courage to stand up for your religous beliefs. (Because of the "scholarly" ridiculing you or endlessly making a statistical quote")
I would also disagree that God is non factual or theoretical. The majority of stories in the Bible have been proven true. (Soddom and Gommorah, King David, Herod, Abraham, Moses) - the stretch is believing one part of the Bible; after realizing these stories are true - the Bible says that "I am the word" - so it does take faith, but more courage to believe, if one thing is true in the Bible, it must all be true. If God is the word (the Bible) then the presence of God must be true.
IBM showed a prototype A/B/G mini PCI card last week to developers. They had it installed in a streaming MP4 video product. The story is currently in the CNNTech section
This client decided to put a PC on the network along with several networked printers. All networked printers worked fine with current Macs utilizing the "802.11b part" of the Airport Extreme (802.11b/802.11g hybrid)
The PC, with a Linksys 802.11g card didn't like the network - while it saw the network and Macs saw it, no connection could be made to the internet via AE BaseStation t1 internet.
I called Linksys, and they said, "At the moment, the Linksys 802.11g (which includes a new implementation of 802.11b) was only compatible with other Linksys equipment". Phone support managed to help me get the 802.11b working. I was transferred to a tech where discussed timeframes and support. I was told that Linksys is actually working with Apple to make a standard since more people initially will buy Airport Extreme. I was told to expect a flash updater for both units by the middle of March.
I would challege 90% of the hearing man to distinguish the difference between a perfectly encoded 192k or 256k even better, file and the original or a CD or in most cases a live performance.
In a post the other day on /. - one scientist was very upset that Mars didn't have the polar ice needed to "terraform" the planet. We are not able to terraform this planet if it were to need such at this point.
If you ARE religous, this is an insult. God gave all of us the ability to create. Some have this ability more than others. God, to beleivers, is the CREATOR of all that is creative.
The SlimP3 is platform independent - ethernet and your software is all it needs
You are creditted your (credit) back if the other person responds to the ORIGIN. This would once and for all stop fake sendmail logs. Although, ISPs should be resolving these anyway and not allowing them through.
Replies do not get charged for, all forwards are charged for, no matter what the content.
Hackers or abusers of the policy are warned once, fined HEAVILY second offense, loose business liscense 3rd offense.
All solicitations are required to be labelled as such, if not labelled, 10 reports, get's a warning, 10 more a HEAVY fine. All sender's of email are allowed ONE account per IP.
Unfair to legit advertisers? No, they can go back to website ads and banner ads. Unfair to campaign constiuents? No, they should have to pay for media as they do other outlets.
I think this would require modified email clients.
Feel free to add to restrictions and comments.
I think it is VERY unprofessional for scientists use "scifi" or buzzwords in their arguements for or against something. It's fine to speculate, but the scientists are saying that terraforming may be out now for Mars! Terraforming isn't possible even if the whole planet was a lush H2O ocean with beautiful land masses sprinkled here and there.
The name's Rus & I would say, "I'm realistic" : )
Your assertion is that the way to succeed is to "use inhouse". The R&D at your company must be phenomenal! Motorola thinks that way, I hope they make it!
The segway; Sun is all about proprietary (13W3, sbus, solaris) - this is why they may make a great pairing with Sony. Sun could be to Sony, what the Xserve market is to Apple. It could be Sony's opportunity to be recognized in the corporate world. Apple and Sony share the exact same "creative market" - those don't buy Apple in the market, tend to want Sony A) brand, B )it's the same brand as their other equipment, C) Looks, D) Integration & Media nature of their product
Conversely, I have always thought Sun would be a good merge with Apple. I think Sun would be best getting away from almost TOTAL proprietary, allow Apple's genius to help with development of Java and further integrate it in to Unix/BSD, and give Apple some of the best blade technology in the industry, and possibly a stronger development partner for RISC processors.
I had even come up with a good slogan for a Steve Jobs Keynote; "Every Apple Needs a Little Sun To Grow!"
Hopefully, at one point, we will be able to do this, but by the time we are capable of doing such, I'm almost CERTAIN we'll have a better technology than using the icecaps anyway!
One suggestion has been to make absolutely certain the planet contains no life (which is doubtful it does) and then nuke the entire planet in strategic places causing a nuclear winter and possibly even creating a magnetic atmosphere that will hold in more gases and atmospheric components. To spread algae in a blanket over the planet and other life to evolve and create "semi-artificial" biospheres is probably a good technique.
BUT, again, while it's nice to speculate about terraforming, remember we are at LEAST 15 years away from a manned mission and probably over a century away from a colony, then two centuries from having the ability to take on something like this, and by then, we will most likely be able to snap our fingers and terraform the planet.