But still, a used Xbox can be found for under $100, and XBMC is mature. By comparison, a used Apple TV seem to go for $175+, and most of the projects are still new. Will the latest firmware update kill the Apple TV?
They should remove the AppleTV dependency (lock-in) on iTunes, and let me browse my network folder via alternate method. I know this will never happen, because most of Apple's products try to direct people to the iTunes/iTMS revenue stream.
The AppleTV is a cool looking device, but I don't want to be dependent on iTunes, especially for $229. iTunes is a horrible music organizer.
*clearly* he meant 01/15/8000000000008 , which in in the Mecurian calendar means the first month, fifteenth day in the 8-Trillion-and-8th Mecurian solar rotation.
Plus, the Mercury citizens have learned to simply abbreviate as '08' on their paper calendars-- if you write all the zeros, the paper calendars usually catch fire before you are done-- so it's important to write quickly!
The article is short on specs, but mentions there is no optical *drive*. There is no mention about the drive bay itself.
To keep things cheap, Shuttle may have reused the chassis from another Shuttle model, which may have drive bays. The motherboard may have a drive connector. Perhaps we can install our own drive into the chassis, and ditch the bezel.
Plus, there may be a USB port or two, so an external DVD drive may be possible.
And as a current California resident, I must point out that our current govinator is Republican:)
In addition, in the last 24 years, California has had 3 Republican Governors and 1 democrat. The Republicans served for a total of 20 years, while the Democrat served just over 4 years before being recalled during his second term. President Nixon & President Reagan both came from California. President Reagan and President Bush (Sr.) did win in California in 1980, 1984 & 1988.
There are many reasons why a Republican Presidential Candidate hasn't carried California since 1988, but the flawed Electoral system is only one part of that issue.
Hey this stuff is great. Next time I leave my house and forget to turn off my television, I use my cell phone to turn off my home television while I'm away at the restaurant.
I have this dishwasher, and it turns off after the cycle is complete. It's AMAZING, and I don't even need to turn it off using a webbrowser. Sometimes, I can even set it to 'Air Dry' after the wash cycle.... without a cell phone. Incredible.;)
Proprietary technology doesn't provide absolute security. If the code is exposed, or if crackers are secretly able to probe a system to determine how it works, the device can become vulnerable to attack. Cisco doesn't always inform it's clients of new vulnerabilities to it's hardware.
Well Windows suspend and sleep modes are flaky too.
My favorite feature of my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop.
I hit the power button which tells the system to shut down. I am expecting the system to shut down and power off.
But then I close the lid, which actually interrupts the 'Shut down'-- the system goes into Hibernate mode instead. The lid is closed, so I can't see this. System enters hibernate mode, lights turn off, etc.
Next morning I open the laptop and turn on the system. Windows reports that it is waking out of Hibernate mode! After waking up from Hibernate mode, it immediately returns back to it's pre-Hibernate state--- and the system shuts down.
If these people knew as little about hammers and they do about computers, there wouldn't be a round thumb left in the whole goddamn world.
If a computer was as simple as a hammer, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Instead, a computer far more complex. Sometimes all I need is a hammer, but I need to use the computer instead. Unfortunately, computers require that I deal with buggy products, tools that don't work as intended, undocumented features, obsolete manuals and bad technical support.
There are no pictures of a 'secret room' in your link. Your pictures all show the outside of an SBC/ATT facility on Folsom(?) street in the SOMA district of San Francisco, about a 5 minute walk from Wired office. I've walked by this building hundreds of times. I often saw homeless people sleeping on those front steps right under the 'Warning this facility is monitored by cameras' sign.
Where are the pictures of the 'secret room'?
The 'Warning... cameras' sign aren't unusual for an SBC/ATT facility. I think I remember the cameras and signs going up around year 2000.
The movie is a work of fiction. Once again, an American movie director distorts history to satisfy American audiences. This is an affront to our history-- why do we tollerate it?
The movie shows American packs. However, any history book will show that those are clearly British packs.
"Hi Sir, this is Jack from DomainsRus. We want to warn you that your domain will expire 'real soon now' (9 months) and that you better register your domain IMMEDIATELY or you will lose your website. Registration only costs $159.99! Can I have your credit card number?"
-- or --
"Hi Sir, this is Jack from DomainScam.com. I want to BUY your domain!"
-- or --
"Hi. I was calling for...... Steee-faaan. Stee-faan, I found your resume online and I think I have a job opportunity you might be interested in. Do you work with...... Inter-web?"
imagine how the guy at Home Depot is going to feel when he finds this whiz-bang-blinkenlights metal brick in his box of tiles.
Home Depot only sells two kinds of tile: smashed tiles, and missing tiles. I'm sure this metal brick will be smashed into a million pieces before it even reaches the shelf.
Does this not defeat the point of Wikipedia, and will Wikipedia see any of the profits made?
This does not defeat the purpose of Wikipedia, as Wikipedia allows other sites to reuse the Wikipedia content. Veropedia is not required to donate profits back to Wikipedia. However, Veropedia is offering to contribute content back to Wikipedia, unlike many sites which resell Wikipedia content.
The Wikipedia founders chose a content license which allows free distribution and reproduction of the content. During the discussions to choose the license, the founders were made fully aware of most ramifications of this license. I'm sure the founders were perfectly aware that sites like Veropedia might spring up and try to resell the content. They could have chosen a more restrictive content license which *didn't* allow free distribution and reproduction, or which required a percentage of profits to be given back to Wikipedia. In face of these questions, they still chose this particular content license, which means they don't have any major problems when other sites reproduce the Wikipedia content.
"A technological error in a recent communication inadvertently disclosed certain email addresses."
Gee, did that technological error happen twice? It sounds like someone tried to activate Microsoft Outlook's 'Recall' feature afterwards, which is only intended for MS Exchange networks (And even on Exchange, recall rarely works).
Compounding the mistake, the committee later sent out a second email attempting to recall the original email; it, too, included all recipients in the "to:" field, according to a recipient of the emails.
"Yes, our top secret "Whistleblower database" is really just Outlook running on the Admin Assistant's laptop."
A shredder doesn't help when a credit card company delivers a pre-approved credit card offer, or when the community college uses your SSN as your 'Student Identification Number' on a freshly printed postcard.
If Credit Card companies really cared about identity theft, then why do they mail out millions of unsolicited, pre-approved credit card offers every year? Even if someone signs up for the 'opt-out' list, some unscrupulous lenders will ignore the list and send unsolicited offers in the mail.
What percentage of identity theft occurs from someone stealing one of those little envelopes, I wonder.
That guy who just barely got to the airport on time has his luggage put in last, nearest the door. When the luggage comes out, the container nearest the door comes out first.
The baggage handlers still need to load the luggage onto the luggage trailer, which means it may be first onto the trailer, with other bags piled on top. It's First-in-last-out. And then there may be multiple trailers, each unloaded onto the luggage conveyor belt in a different order, possibly with different handlers.
I travel with a small wheeled suitcase. The baggage handlers often throw (They throw with vigor!) the small luggage to the side while they load the big bags onto the trailer. Small suitcases go on top, and sometimes they may be first out--- SIFO (Small-in-first-out). Usually, it makes no difference.
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And for the price to drop.
The summary doesn't make this clear, but the actual article is referring to Netscape as the the dominant browser from Early 1990s to 1998.
Thems was the REAL browser wars. Do you have your Windows 95 Plus Pack yet?
I've been checking into some of those hacks.
But still, a used Xbox can be found for under $100, and XBMC is mature. By comparison, a used Apple TV seem to go for $175+, and most of the projects are still new. Will the latest firmware update kill the Apple TV?
Now they just need a linux release of iTunes.
They should remove the AppleTV dependency (lock-in) on iTunes, and let me browse my network folder via alternate method. I know this will never happen, because most of Apple's products try to direct people to the iTunes/iTMS revenue stream.
The AppleTV is a cool looking device, but I don't want to be dependent on iTunes, especially for $229. iTunes is a horrible music organizer.
Prepare to die.
You succeeded 2 million years ago. Or did you forget?
*clearly* he meant 01/15/8000000000008 , which in in the Mecurian calendar means the first month, fifteenth day in the 8-Trillion-and-8th Mecurian solar rotation.
Plus, the Mercury citizens have learned to simply abbreviate as '08' on their paper calendars-- if you write all the zeros, the paper calendars usually catch fire before you are done-- so it's important to write quickly!
The article is short on specs, but mentions there is no optical *drive*. There is no mention about the drive bay itself.
To keep things cheap, Shuttle may have reused the chassis from another Shuttle model, which may have drive bays. The motherboard may have a drive connector. Perhaps we can install our own drive into the chassis, and ditch the bezel.
Plus, there may be a USB port or two, so an external DVD drive may be possible.
And as a current California resident, I must point out that our current govinator is Republican :)
In addition, in the last 24 years, California has had 3 Republican Governors and 1 democrat. The Republicans served for a total of 20 years, while the Democrat served just over 4 years before being recalled during his second term. President Nixon & President Reagan both came from California. President Reagan and President Bush (Sr.) did win in California in 1980, 1984 & 1988.
There are many reasons why a Republican Presidential Candidate hasn't carried California since 1988, but the flawed Electoral system is only one part of that issue.
Hey this stuff is great. Next time I leave my house and forget to turn off my television, I use my cell phone to turn off my home television while I'm away at the restaurant.
;)
I have this dishwasher, and it turns off after the cycle is complete. It's AMAZING, and I don't even need to turn it off using a webbrowser. Sometimes, I can even set it to 'Air Dry' after the wash cycle.... without a cell phone. Incredible.
I don't know why this happens.
But I do know that that several of us should slow down and watch the Slashdot news queue... Just to make sure that everyone is OK.
Proprietary technology doesn't provide absolute security. If the code is exposed, or if crackers are secretly able to probe a system to determine how it works, the device can become vulnerable to attack. Cisco doesn't always inform it's clients of new vulnerabilities to it's hardware.
A few years ago, someone leaked portions of Cisco IOS source code. I forget if this ended up being a hoax.
Well Windows suspend and sleep modes are flaky too.
My favorite feature of my Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop.
I hit the power button which tells the system to shut down. I am expecting the system to shut down and power off.
But then I close the lid, which actually interrupts the 'Shut down'-- the system goes into Hibernate mode instead. The lid is closed, so I can't see this. System enters hibernate mode, lights turn off, etc.
Next morning I open the laptop and turn on the system. Windows reports that it is waking out of Hibernate mode! After waking up from Hibernate mode, it immediately returns back to it's pre-Hibernate state--- and the system shuts down.
If these people knew as little about hammers and they do about computers, there wouldn't be a round thumb left in the whole goddamn world.
If a computer was as simple as a hammer, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Instead, a computer far more complex. Sometimes all I need is a hammer, but I need to use the computer instead. Unfortunately, computers require that I deal with buggy products, tools that don't work as intended, undocumented features, obsolete manuals and bad technical support.
pictures of the secret room at AT&T here.
There are no pictures of a 'secret room' in your link. Your pictures all show the outside of an SBC/ATT facility on Folsom(?) street in the SOMA district of San Francisco, about a 5 minute walk from Wired office. I've walked by this building hundreds of times. I often saw homeless people sleeping on those front steps right under the 'Warning this facility is monitored by cameras' sign.
Where are the pictures of the 'secret room'?
The 'Warning... cameras' sign aren't unusual for an SBC/ATT facility. I think I remember the cameras and signs going up around year 2000.
Apparently it's my lame attempt at a joke. I was talking about American vs. British *dinosaurs*, but that was misunderstood, somehow.
The movie is a work of fiction. Once again, an American movie director distorts history to satisfy American audiences. This is an affront to our history-- why do we tollerate it?
The movie shows American packs. However, any history book will show that those are clearly British packs.
"hello?"
... ... Steee-faaan. Stee-faan, I found your resume online and I think I have a job opportunity you might be interested in. Do you work with ... ... Inter-web?"
"Hi Sir, this is Jack from DomainsRus. We want to warn you that your domain will expire 'real soon now' (9 months) and that you better register your domain IMMEDIATELY or you will lose your website. Registration only costs $159.99! Can I have your credit card number?"
-- or --
"Hi Sir, this is Jack from DomainScam.com. I want to BUY your domain!"
-- or --
"Hi. I was calling for
imagine how the guy at Home Depot is going to feel when he finds this whiz-bang-blinkenlights metal brick in his box of tiles.
Home Depot only sells two kinds of tile: smashed tiles, and missing tiles. I'm sure this metal brick will be smashed into a million pieces before it even reaches the shelf.
Does this not defeat the point of Wikipedia, and will Wikipedia see any of the profits made?
This does not defeat the purpose of Wikipedia, as Wikipedia allows other sites to reuse the Wikipedia content. Veropedia is not required to donate profits back to Wikipedia. However, Veropedia is offering to contribute content back to Wikipedia, unlike many sites which resell Wikipedia content.
The Wikipedia founders chose a content license which allows free distribution and reproduction of the content. During the discussions to choose the license, the founders were made fully aware of most ramifications of this license. I'm sure the founders were perfectly aware that sites like Veropedia might spring up and try to resell the content. They could have chosen a more restrictive content license which *didn't* allow free distribution and reproduction, or which required a percentage of profits to be given back to Wikipedia. In face of these questions, they still chose this particular content license, which means they don't have any major problems when other sites reproduce the Wikipedia content.
"A technological error in a recent communication inadvertently disclosed certain email addresses."
Gee, did that technological error happen twice? It sounds like someone tried to activate Microsoft Outlook's 'Recall' feature afterwards, which is only intended for MS Exchange networks (And even on Exchange, recall rarely works).
Compounding the mistake, the committee later sent out a second email attempting to recall the original email; it, too, included all recipients in the "to:" field, according to a recipient of the emails.
"Yes, our top secret "Whistleblower database" is really just Outlook running on the Admin Assistant's laptop."
I'm talking about the period before I get 'em, before Ipick up your mail and drop it in the shredder.
The unsolicited credit card offer sits in the mailbox until I return from work, or return from a long weekend.
A shredder doesn't help when a credit card company delivers a pre-approved credit card offer, or when the community college uses your SSN as your 'Student Identification Number' on a freshly printed postcard.
If Credit Card companies really cared about identity theft, then why do they mail out millions of unsolicited, pre-approved credit card offers every year? Even if someone signs up for the 'opt-out' list, some unscrupulous lenders will ignore the list and send unsolicited offers in the mail.
What percentage of identity theft occurs from someone stealing one of those little envelopes, I wonder.
Nuke it from orbit; it's the only way to be sure.
and make phone calls.
The computer IS my phone, you insensitive clod. Convergence ahoy!
That guy who just barely got to the airport on time has his luggage put in last, nearest the door. When the luggage comes out, the container nearest the door comes out first.
The baggage handlers still need to load the luggage onto the luggage trailer, which means it may be first onto the trailer, with other bags piled on top. It's First-in-last-out. And then there may be multiple trailers, each unloaded onto the luggage conveyor belt in a different order, possibly with different handlers.
I travel with a small wheeled suitcase. The baggage handlers often throw (They throw with vigor!) the small luggage to the side while they load the big bags onto the trailer. Small suitcases go on top, and sometimes they may be first out--- SIFO (Small-in-first-out). Usually, it makes no difference.