I just like Outlook because I can do email (POP and HTTP), and have my tasks and calendar all in one. My email is perpetually open so I want all those other things in there as well to remind me to do crap, because I'm quite forgetful and hate paper calendars. I need something that will yell at me and that I'll look at EVERYDAY. I frankly don't understand how there is no complete rip-off of it's functionality out there on Windows. The HTTP mail is secondary but why is there nothing out there that has email, calendar and tasks all in one. Even just email and calendar! Mozilla mail is fine, I like the junk mail feature (except how it alerts me when I get junk mail, but it's pretty accurate once I've trained it). But I can't access my HTTP mail and I can't put things in a calendar or create a task list. I tried Ximian Evolution on my Linux box (which does the trick most definitely), but alas my Win2k box is my main box (flame away). If there is, I haven't found it. Is there?
That sounds like a good idea...perhaps it could even take the form of a character. Perhaps a paper clip. Hmmm...but to make it have a little more personality it should have a name. A name, a name, a name...just what could we call it?
Cellphone and wireless card for your laptop from your cellphone provider. I know Verizon offers a service for $79.99 (here in Seattle anyway) that gives you unlimited number of MB. It advertises 144kbps/sec I think, but you are going to really see about 60-90kbps, which is still a whole hell of a lot better than 28.8. I'm sure if you package that with a phone and voice minutes you could get all your data and voice for a little over $100/month. That's about the same cost with DSL, ISP and your phone line with voicemail, caller ID, etc. Although you're not running quite at 640kbps.
When first reading your post I kind of laughed at the idea of "lifeline" TV. I thought, "Only in America." But then I thought about it some more and it does kind of make sense. Things like the Emergency Broadcast System and local news are quite important in times of emergency. People will look to these things and just because "most people have cable or satellite" doesn't cut it. Kind of like along the lines that phone companies must provide dial-tone to a residence for emergency services. I like the idea of a poster way up there that says give all broadcast channels for free. Make it a part of the cable company's franchise agreement with the municipality. The only thing neccessary for a given person is to have the TV, which is obviously no different than today with broadcast.
Here's a thought. Bring a gas can along with you in your car. When you have to refuel, park your car to the side, fill up the can and then fill your car. Will they make every gascan in Oregon have to have a GPS device? I wonder what the black market on Out-of-State gas cans would be if they did?:)
This is the most annoying thing in the world! On my trips from Seattle to California I always make sure to fill up in Vancouver, WA so I can make it across Oregon without filling up. Of course I have a nice, fuel efficient car that allows me to go the length of the state without fueling. I bet this law alone takes away gas tax money.:)
Make a right on 3HG6T and travel for about half a mile, then left at the Texaco station, a right onto 9Y7FG and then a quick left onto H7RWW, we're the yellow house on the left. Just look for the 6 ft sign on the house that says H7RWW BP9YT...
Although considering all the letters, most people might be talking with the military-like phonetic alphabet
Actually monorails tend to be less cost per mile. It is less intrusive during construction because the pillars and rails can be constructed offsite and merely assembled. Plus you don't ride in traffic with everyone else, light rails have to stop at red lights just like cars.
Rise Above It All!!
So you would want to drop RAM into your machine that could easily hold more than your hard drive yet still have that good ol' hard drive reading information into it? This wouldn't be the equivilent of Intel/AMD introducing their new models of CPUs. This would be a fundamental change in computing. This is the solid state drive that is the future of computing.
I agree. America is not a two party system, though there are only two major parties that will get elected. Third parties have historically made big differences in elections and changed the message being given during an election and thereafter. In recent history, look at Ross Perot. He probably was never going to ever get elected but he had a MAJOR impact on the election. He redirected the talk to sane management of the government and a balanced budget. No major candidate even cared about a balanced budget before he came into the game, but he directed it that way as it made sense to most americans and it has shaped the years since. We finally got a balanced budget for the first time in YEARS. Too bad we know have Bush back in office. I just hope he follows in his fathers footsteps.
The real problem is in the media. Some people say money is what candidates want. That is not true. They want votes. They know that this is the only way to keep their power. However, money buys them media exposure and it is this media exposure that allows them to get votes. It is the failure of the media that has gotten us to the point where one needs to either be a multi-millionaire (billionaire) or have the backing of the two parties to win. Because they get the exposure. i'm sure that there are many other people that have a good message and could do the job, but obviously the media is not going to pay attention to them. Why would I vote for someone I don't know anything about? This is what most people would say. Since most people are very passive when it comes to politics, it has to seek them out. They won't seek it out. Until Americans care about politics, politics won't care about them.
Actually politicians only care about votes. The problem is that the money allows them to buy media exposure which most people seem to base their voting decisions on. It's really the failure of the media that has made money so important and thus turned over control to corporations with tons of money. A free and responsible media is necessary for a democracy.
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I just like Outlook because I can do email (POP and HTTP), and have my tasks and calendar all in one. My email is perpetually open so I want all those other things in there as well to remind me to do crap, because I'm quite forgetful and hate paper calendars. I need something that will yell at me and that I'll look at EVERYDAY. I frankly don't understand how there is no complete rip-off of it's functionality out there on Windows. The HTTP mail is secondary but why is there nothing out there that has email, calendar and tasks all in one. Even just email and calendar! Mozilla mail is fine, I like the junk mail feature (except how it alerts me when I get junk mail, but it's pretty accurate once I've trained it). But I can't access my HTTP mail and I can't put things in a calendar or create a task list. I tried Ximian Evolution on my Linux box (which does the trick most definitely), but alas my Win2k box is my main box (flame away). If there is, I haven't found it. Is there?
Ummm...how about you buy it at school. No shipping involved.
And just in case it's the best school in upstate New York to which you are going...Go Big Red!
I prefer to call it the vegetable rotter as I only tend to look in that damned compartment about once a month.
I think that's what English teachers call hy-per-bo-le
I hear it's treated with reverence in Hawaii for some reason...
That sounds like a good idea...perhaps it could even take the form of a character. Perhaps a paper clip. Hmmm...but to make it have a little more personality it should have a name. A name, a name, a name...just what could we call it?
Cellphone and wireless card for your laptop from your cellphone provider. I know Verizon offers a service for $79.99 (here in Seattle anyway) that gives you unlimited number of MB. It advertises 144kbps/sec I think, but you are going to really see about 60-90kbps, which is still a whole hell of a lot better than 28.8. I'm sure if you package that with a phone and voice minutes you could get all your data and voice for a little over $100/month. That's about the same cost with DSL, ISP and your phone line with voicemail, caller ID, etc. Although you're not running quite at 640kbps.
No the environment will be just fine. Now an environment that is conducive to human life, that's a whole 'nother thing.
The saddest thing is that on your first try you did better than most /. posters with the old-school method.
When first reading your post I kind of laughed at the idea of "lifeline" TV. I thought, "Only in America." But then I thought about it some more and it does kind of make sense. Things like the Emergency Broadcast System and local news are quite important in times of emergency. People will look to these things and just because "most people have cable or satellite" doesn't cut it. Kind of like along the lines that phone companies must provide dial-tone to a residence for emergency services. I like the idea of a poster way up there that says give all broadcast channels for free. Make it a part of the cable company's franchise agreement with the municipality. The only thing neccessary for a given person is to have the TV, which is obviously no different than today with broadcast.
CHP? In Oregon?
Here's a thought. Bring a gas can along with you in your car. When you have to refuel, park your car to the side, fill up the can and then fill your car. Will they make every gascan in Oregon have to have a GPS device? I wonder what the black market on Out-of-State gas cans would be if they did? :)
This is the most annoying thing in the world! On my trips from Seattle to California I always make sure to fill up in Vancouver, WA so I can make it across Oregon without filling up. Of course I have a nice, fuel efficient car that allows me to go the length of the state without fueling. I bet this law alone takes away gas tax money. :)
How 'bout them 8CNB5 Q8Z4R Mets...great team this year...
Hmmm...maybe we could develop some DNS-like system in order to find an address. Perhaps Microsoft would be willing to do such a thing. ;)
Make a right on 3HG6T and travel for about half a mile, then left at the Texaco station, a right onto 9Y7FG and then a quick left onto H7RWW, we're the yellow house on the left. Just look for the 6 ft sign on the house that says H7RWW BP9YT...
Although considering all the letters, most people might be talking with the military-like phonetic alphabet
That obvious, eh? *grin*
Actually monorails tend to be less cost per mile. It is less intrusive during construction because the pillars and rails can be constructed offsite and merely assembled. Plus you don't ride in traffic with everyone else, light rails have to stop at red lights just like cars. Rise Above It All!!
If there is a hotfix available for the problem you are calling about there is no charge for the call
I don't know how long, but let's hope they don't use one of these processors to figure it out.
So you would want to drop RAM into your machine that could easily hold more than your hard drive yet still have that good ol' hard drive reading information into it? This wouldn't be the equivilent of Intel/AMD introducing their new models of CPUs. This would be a fundamental change in computing. This is the solid state drive that is the future of computing.
How do you do offsite storage?
I agree. America is not a two party system, though there are only two major parties that will get elected. Third parties have historically made big differences in elections and changed the message being given during an election and thereafter. In recent history, look at Ross Perot. He probably was never going to ever get elected but he had a MAJOR impact on the election. He redirected the talk to sane management of the government and a balanced budget. No major candidate even cared about a balanced budget before he came into the game, but he directed it that way as it made sense to most americans and it has shaped the years since. We finally got a balanced budget for the first time in YEARS. Too bad we know have Bush back in office. I just hope he follows in his fathers footsteps.
The real problem is in the media. Some people say money is what candidates want. That is not true. They want votes. They know that this is the only way to keep their power. However, money buys them media exposure and it is this media exposure that allows them to get votes. It is the failure of the media that has gotten us to the point where one needs to either be a multi-millionaire (billionaire) or have the backing of the two parties to win. Because they get the exposure. i'm sure that there are many other people that have a good message and could do the job, but obviously the media is not going to pay attention to them. Why would I vote for someone I don't know anything about? This is what most people would say. Since most people are very passive when it comes to politics, it has to seek them out. They won't seek it out. Until Americans care about politics, politics won't care about them.
Ha!
Third time's a charm...but I wish I had mod points...
Actually politicians only care about votes. The problem is that the money allows them to buy media exposure which most people seem to base their voting decisions on. It's really the failure of the media that has made money so important and thus turned over control to corporations with tons of money. A free and responsible media is necessary for a democracy.