sounds familiar to a scam my brother tried a few times. Can't remember where he heard about it, but he would dress like a security guard, and sit outside a bank, late at night, put an "OUT OF ORDER" sign on the atm, and when people came up, he stated that if they wanted to make a deposit. If they said yes, he said that they were to put it into the large metal box he had brought with him. He could typically make about $1000+ in no time;)
June 27, 1967...Barclay's Bank installs the first "Barclaycash" in England. It could only handle withdrawls, and was intended for use in emergencies when the bank was closed. An American (BJ Meredith) saw it, and was amazed at why it wasn't already in the States. He and his younger brother (Don Meredith, Dallas Cowboys quarterback) put some money together, and founded Docutel, Inc. In November 1971, they installed the world's first fully automated teller machine; a Docutel Total Teller (TT) 300, in the lobby of Atlanta's Citizens & Southern National Bank. Unfortunately customers didn't know what they were, or how to use them. Finally, First National Bank of Atlanta installed one, painted it red, and called it Tillie the All-Time Teller, and spent over half a million dollars advertising it. It made headlines all over the country. By 1977, Docutel was a $31 million company. Unfortunately, competition grew, and Docutel rushed a new model (the TT2000), in September of 1977. The buttons stuck, the machine ate cards like they were candy, and the computer overloaded after several hours of use. Plus it was larger than the previous model, so banks had to knock bigger holes in the walls to replace older models. Docutel's market share plummeted from 80% to 27%. In 1982, they merged with a company named Olivetti, but even that didn't help. In 1986, they threw in the towel. They changed the banking world forever, but never survived long enough to cash in on the world they had created.
Unfortunately, like Family Guy, Futurama fell victim of Fox's scheduling stupidity. Family Guy was put up against Fraiser, and Futurama got bumped around, cancelled by football, and so much worse. Both of them ultimately lost many viewers due to these blunders. If Fox was intelligent, they would have put it on right after The Simpsons, and moved Malcolm in the Middle to some other day. That way fans of the Simpsons could watch Futurama afterwards, in a sort of Groening Hour of Power.
I don't care how much you whine and cry, this won't be making any Star Wars style holographs. You could project a 2D image onto it, but a full 3D image (viewable from all angles), would likely be impossible. How would you manage to project images into all the crevices and such, and also how would you hold the fog in a specific shape?
We initially WERE naked. Obviously the Lord didn't create Adam and Eve, and then hand them some GAP clothes. Humans created clothing throughout history, mainly as a way of showing wealth (more money = better clothes). Anywho, this is mainly a political discussion, not a religious one. Don't recall Jesus ever payign a visit to the Lone Star State
RIAA sues people who are potential customers. People can likely not afford full amount they're being sued for, and end up declaring bancruptcy, or finding someway out. RIAA gets no money because people are now broke....
Profit?
What is the big deal about Canadians helping out (I'm Canadian, btw). We already help out most of the time, with Canadarm and such, albeit on a different level I suppose.
You would think that, but with the money to maintain a porsche, you could afford the better gas. This is a bad analogy, because the main reason a person would put a cheap PSU in their PC, is because they can't afford it. Hell, my PSU blew not too long ago, and took half my computer with it (motherboard/processor, HDD, etc), and I just rushed out and bought the simplest, and cheapest one. I had too many other things to worry about paying for. I had roommates and friends giving me this spiel about how I should buy the cool looking 500 dollar ones. I just laughed at them and installed my 35 dollar wonder:P
How hard would it be for the camera to have a specific type of rechargeable battery, or special recharger, so that you COULD steal it, but when the batteries die, you're SOL?
Or they could just rent it out at $10.99, and if you decide to keep it, you get charged a much bigger amount (like when you rent a movie from Blockbuster, and they rape you for $100+ when you lose the movie)
That was a big part of the old Anti-Trust lawsuits. When they included IE with Windows, Netscape went through the roof. MS just has to bump up the price of their upcoming versions of Windows, and throw in product X. Consumers are thrifty, and will likely not want/need another word processor, graphics editor, tax filing program, etc. The only way for your product to survive is to beat Windows itself, and that won't likely happen for a LONG time.....or just make games instead ^_^
Cartoons were almost ALWAYS marketed with the hopes of selling products (GI Joe toys, etc). Nowadays, most children are more interested in buying videogames, or what not. This is why alot of the popular cartoons are marketing ploys for video games (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, etc).
New character types! Finally, spearazons can exist, seeing as their are some elite polearms and spears. Also, many other elite items means more character builds. Finally, barbs that AREN'T swordies (I always went with an ax barb). It took a little too long to come out (after December, which was 3 months after they claimed they would release the patch, I gave up).
In theory??? I dare you to take an older subwoofer, and put it next to your case:) I'll talk to you when you finish replacing all the malfunctioning parts, lol!
What are the benefits of this breakthrough, to us? Will we be able to send files at several hundred megs a second sometime in the near future, and if so, when and how? I only ask because my cable connection just isn't fast enough for me:(
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sounds familiar to a scam my brother tried a few times. Can't remember where he heard about it, but he would dress like a security guard, and sit outside a bank, late at night, put an "OUT OF ORDER" sign on the atm, and when people came up, he stated that if they wanted to make a deposit. If they said yes, he said that they were to put it into the large metal box he had brought with him. He could typically make about $1000+ in no time ;)
It does deserve a mod rating of 5 :)
June 27, 1967...Barclay's Bank installs the first "Barclaycash" in England. It could only handle withdrawls, and was intended for use in emergencies when the bank was closed. An American (BJ Meredith) saw it, and was amazed at why it wasn't already in the States. He and his younger brother (Don Meredith, Dallas Cowboys quarterback) put some money together, and founded Docutel, Inc. In November 1971, they installed the world's first fully automated teller machine; a Docutel Total Teller (TT) 300, in the lobby of Atlanta's Citizens & Southern National Bank. Unfortunately customers didn't know what they were, or how to use them. Finally, First National Bank of Atlanta installed one, painted it red, and called it Tillie the All-Time Teller, and spent over half a million dollars advertising it. It made headlines all over the country. By 1977, Docutel was a $31 million company. Unfortunately, competition grew, and Docutel rushed a new model (the TT2000), in September of 1977. The buttons stuck, the machine ate cards like they were candy, and the computer overloaded after several hours of use. Plus it was larger than the previous model, so banks had to knock bigger holes in the walls to replace older models. Docutel's market share plummeted from 80% to 27%. In 1982, they merged with a company named Olivetti, but even that didn't help. In 1986, they threw in the towel. They changed the banking world forever, but never survived long enough to cash in on the world they had created.
Unfortunately, like Family Guy, Futurama fell victim of Fox's scheduling stupidity. Family Guy was put up against Fraiser, and Futurama got bumped around, cancelled by football, and so much worse. Both of them ultimately lost many viewers due to these blunders. If Fox was intelligent, they would have put it on right after The Simpsons, and moved Malcolm in the Middle to some other day. That way fans of the Simpsons could watch Futurama afterwards, in a sort of Groening Hour of Power.
I don't care how much you whine and cry, this won't be making any Star Wars style holographs. You could project a 2D image onto it, but a full 3D image (viewable from all angles), would likely be impossible. How would you manage to project images into all the crevices and such, and also how would you hold the fog in a specific shape?
E-Bay will now be charging a 15,000% "We Got Sued" tax on all completed bids over the price of $0.01
We initially WERE naked. Obviously the Lord didn't create Adam and Eve, and then hand them some GAP clothes. Humans created clothing throughout history, mainly as a way of showing wealth (more money = better clothes). Anywho, this is mainly a political discussion, not a religious one. Don't recall Jesus ever payign a visit to the Lone Star State
RIAA sues people who are potential customers. People can likely not afford full amount they're being sued for, and end up declaring bancruptcy, or finding someway out. RIAA gets no money because people are now broke.... Profit?
Some poor Irish guy is gonna be standing on the beach all alone, get nailed in the head with a model plane, and get REALLY confused.
What is the big deal about Canadians helping out (I'm Canadian, btw). We already help out most of the time, with Canadarm and such, albeit on a different level I suppose.
You would think that, but with the money to maintain a porsche, you could afford the better gas. This is a bad analogy, because the main reason a person would put a cheap PSU in their PC, is because they can't afford it. Hell, my PSU blew not too long ago, and took half my computer with it (motherboard/processor, HDD, etc), and I just rushed out and bought the simplest, and cheapest one. I had too many other things to worry about paying for. I had roommates and friends giving me this spiel about how I should buy the cool looking 500 dollar ones. I just laughed at them and installed my 35 dollar wonder :P
How hard would it be for the camera to have a specific type of rechargeable battery, or special recharger, so that you COULD steal it, but when the batteries die, you're SOL? Or they could just rent it out at $10.99, and if you decide to keep it, you get charged a much bigger amount (like when you rent a movie from Blockbuster, and they rape you for $100+ when you lose the movie)
That was a big part of the old Anti-Trust lawsuits. When they included IE with Windows, Netscape went through the roof. MS just has to bump up the price of their upcoming versions of Windows, and throw in product X. Consumers are thrifty, and will likely not want/need another word processor, graphics editor, tax filing program, etc. The only way for your product to survive is to beat Windows itself, and that won't likely happen for a LONG time.....or just make games instead ^_^
Cartoons were almost ALWAYS marketed with the hopes of selling products (GI Joe toys, etc). Nowadays, most children are more interested in buying videogames, or what not. This is why alot of the popular cartoons are marketing ploys for video games (Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, etc).
have you ever actually checked out www.shhhhh.com ???
New character types! Finally, spearazons can exist, seeing as their are some elite polearms and spears. Also, many other elite items means more character builds. Finally, barbs that AREN'T swordies (I always went with an ax barb). It took a little too long to come out (after December, which was 3 months after they claimed they would release the patch, I gave up).
the Alan Parsons project *stops with the Austin Powers jokes*
In theory??? I dare you to take an older subwoofer, and put it next to your case :) I'll talk to you when you finish replacing all the malfunctioning parts, lol!
Not only can they hack my computer, but they can give me cancer as well now! When will those bastards ever stop???
I guess it's back to stabbing them in the back, black mage style :)
Funniest. Comment. Ever!
...I think I'll stick with Kazaa/IRC/Gnutella/etc. And admit it, most of you will as well
I call dibs on Joe Millionaire's face....that way I can definitely get some women!!
What are the benefits of this breakthrough, to us? Will we be able to send files at several hundred megs a second sometime in the near future, and if so, when and how? I only ask because my cable connection just isn't fast enough for me :(
Yeah, it is cool to see your own city on something important like /. Kinda makes you actually like this polluted dying city....for awhile, anyways