Right now Micro-Center has the WD 200Gb drives for $199, (after 20% off, in store rebate and a $65 mail in rebate). I just got one and it'sa vera nice!
"All this smacks of desperation," says Eric Garland, president of BigChampagne, a company hired by major labels to measure online file-sharing traffic. "When you've got a consumer movement of this magnitude, when tens of millions of people say, 'I think CD copying is cool and I'm within my rights to do it,' it gets to the point where you have to say uncle and build a business model around it rather than fight it."
You'd think they'd get it eventually, but I guess some people never will.
I agree that public schools can't do the job. The teachers are told to crank the kids through as fast as they can with little to no support from the board or, more importantly, the parents. It's not their fault. They are among the lowest paid professionals doing a thankless job.
Solution, home school. My wife stays at home and raises our two kids. My 3 year old can count to 20 in English and Spanish (no, I'm not bilingual), do simple sums, and knows her alphabet. I plan on testing her knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem before she hits 10. She will not be rushed, pressured, bullied, or pampered. But we can give her a far better education than some underpaid, overworked teacher afraid to discipline her class for fear of losing her job or his life.
How soon will it take for someone to write a Tivo patch that auto-resizes/Zooms in on the screen to cut out this crap?
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Also, if you think the American public would be cool with prisoners being plugged into the Matrix and sealed off, you're a moron
I disagree. Here's a challenge: What would the only punishment be in a world with a PERFECT lie detector? I forget who first proposed this (this was asked of me in 1978, so no ST:TNG references) but the answer is death. Once the public comes to accept that ALL crime can be tied to a person (just ask enough people) tolerance for ANY crimes will drop to zero.
As someone who's been in your shoes, I'd recommend it IF time I'd take to build them is less than the savings.
The beauty of just ghosting another clone and handing it to a user, and troubleshooting the bad PC back in the rear is worth A LOT of hassle. You just need to get 5% more PC than what's on the floor (about 2.5% for replacement and 2.5% for spare parts/bad parts found during the initial build), and be prepared to spend the time to build them out.
Nope. At lease not anywhere there is humidity. I tried this in Houston, Tx and even with two 3 cubit foot dehydrators (system was sealed and a internal fan run for 12 hours prior to fridge being turned on), the board would run fine for about 36 hours and then lock. I blame it on the internal humidity. I'm still working on a solution.
Didn't the 18th amendment (Prohibition) teach us that making something people are gonna do anyway illegal just forces them to organize? Look at the facts:
1) Ripping CD is ALWAYS going to be possible
2) People like getting something for nothing (I rip my Cd for personal use only and don't share them, you may too but what all this noise about... Stopping music trading/sharing)
3) It is prohibitively expensive to prosecute individuals for trading/sharing music only - both finically and in terms of bad publicity
RIAA, face it - you are just giving more power to your "enemies" (read customers) by making this such a big issue. If you want to stop music trading/sharing online -- make it cheep and easy to download songs! That's the only way your gonna stop this. ANY other action you take will just force the "Bad people" committing this crime against your pocketbook to organize to become more effective.
What I want to see is a laptop with no hard drive, just one of those solid state RAM drives mentioned earlier (too lazy to look up link - don't need the karma). That would draw less power than a Hard drive, yes? Anyone got numbers on how much?
I've used several sites that ask for payment on the honor system. Stephen King tried his online book "The Plant" as a pay-per-chapter on the honor system (I got the first 3 chapters and paid AFTER I downloaded each) and did well initially. Some sites Like this one ask for upkeep payment if you use and enjoy the service. I know this wouldn't work for the MPAA folks, but if more site POLITELY asked for upkeep, I'd pay a buck to keep the ones I use up and available.
As a former manager, I got a $100.00 lump sum for the oncall guy (weekend only) and then he got whatever hours he worked. If no hours, he still got the $100.00. It's not a perfect setup, but the guys liked it and management bought it.
If you want to go portable or even just a travel keyboard, try a Twiddler. It means learning a how to "chord key" but it is reasonably fast to learn and includes a mouse AND a keyboard in ONE HAND.
My nieces two yeard ago (10 and 8 at the time) had to write a web site that included requierments such as:
- Links
- Grapghics (thier own)
- linking to a powerpoint presentation they made in class
I helped them, but they wrote thier own code and did the work themselves. This was in the Montgomery School district (north Houston). I was impressed!
I myself am a recent bailer. The company I worked for was looking like they would close their doors any day. I stayed as long as I thought I could for the sake of the people I worked with (we had a really great team).
I bailed in October. The company is still in business and I regret leaving, but it was the right move at the time. You will probably regret it whether the company sinks or keeps swimming, but you have to do what's right for you.
Look at it this way: If you don't leave, will the company have any loyalty for you? Will they try and get you your last paycheck or hang you out to dry. I know people who hung around and worked without getting paid "for the company" and got screwed. Will your company do this to you? If they might, bail.
I read several peoples rants about how "I'd just go out and buy non-encrypted hard drives" and other such crap. What happens when a law get quietly passed REQUIRING ALL hard drives/OS to support this encryption? Seem a little over the top or unlikely? What would we have/did we say about the DMCA just 5 years ago? It coming and they've gotten smarter about how to get it done. They're not smart, but DeCSS (and WE by opposing them openly) has taught them how to get this kind of thing done. Ask yourself:
If I were a Movie or Recording mogul, what would I want the industry to look like in 10 years? Think about this for a moment.
Isn't it what's already happening?
How?
Because of verbal Congressional votes and lack of education. Don't bitch about the dark. Go light a candle. Ask your Congressman how he voted on this issue. I'm gonna write a descent flyer and start handing them out at movie theaters. I'd ask each of you to do the equivalent.
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To that end...
Check out johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.com
I'm gonna have to see it on Netflix first. If Hayden really is in RotJ, then I won't be buying it!!
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"All this smacks of desperation," says Eric Garland, president of BigChampagne, a company hired by major labels to measure online file-sharing traffic. "When you've got a consumer movement of this magnitude, when tens of millions of people say, 'I think CD copying is cool and I'm within my rights to do it,' it gets to the point where you have to say uncle and build a business model around it rather than fight it."
You'd think they'd get it eventually, but I guess some people never will.
I agree that public schools can't do the job. The teachers are told to crank the kids through as fast as they can with little to no support from the board or, more importantly, the parents. It's not their fault. They are among the lowest paid professionals doing a thankless job.
Solution, home school. My wife stays at home and raises our two kids. My 3 year old can count to 20 in English and Spanish (no, I'm not bilingual), do simple sums, and knows her alphabet. I plan on testing her knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem before she hits 10. She will not be rushed, pressured, bullied, or pampered. But we can give her a far better education than some underpaid, overworked teacher afraid to discipline her class for fear of losing her job or his life.
Where was the uproar over the change to 1000 bits = 1K vs 1024? This was a blaitent marketing spin that went unheard except for the geeks.
How soon will it take for someone to write a Tivo patch that auto-resizes/Zooms in on the screen to cut out this crap?
I disagree. Here's a challenge: What would the only punishment be in a world with a PERFECT lie detector? I forget who first proposed this (this was asked of me in 1978, so no ST:TNG references) but the answer is death. Once the public comes to accept that ALL crime can be tied to a person (just ask enough people) tolerance for ANY crimes will drop to zero.
it was better the first time.
Damn. Hope no one was under that 8' fall. I hear those things are heavy!!
As someone who's been in your shoes, I'd recommend it IF time I'd take to build them is less than the savings.
The beauty of just ghosting another clone and handing it to a user, and troubleshooting the bad PC back in the rear is worth A LOT of hassle. You just need to get 5% more PC than what's on the floor (about 2.5% for replacement and 2.5% for spare parts/bad parts found during the initial build), and be prepared to spend the time to build them out.
Nope. At lease not anywhere there is humidity. I tried this in Houston, Tx and even with two 3 cubit foot dehydrators (system was sealed and a internal fan run for 12 hours prior to fridge being turned on), the board would run fine for about 36 hours and then lock. I blame it on the internal humidity. I'm still working on a solution.
Any suggestions?
Here ya go Not much more info, but a pretty picture of a non-painted solar cell ;-P
Not to be too picky (yes I know, too late) but linking to a page when the entire contents are in the article seems a little goofy.
Didn't the 18th amendment (Prohibition) teach us that making something people are gonna do anyway illegal just forces them to organize? Look at the facts:
... Stopping music trading/sharing)
1) Ripping CD is ALWAYS going to be possible
2) People like getting something for nothing (I rip my Cd for personal use only and don't share them, you may too but what all this noise about
3) It is prohibitively expensive to prosecute individuals for trading/sharing music only - both finically and in terms of bad publicity
RIAA, face it - you are just giving more power to your "enemies" (read customers) by making this such a big issue. If you want to stop music trading/sharing online -- make it cheep and easy to download songs! That's the only way your gonna stop this. ANY other action you take will just force the "Bad people" committing this crime against your pocketbook to organize to become more effective.
What I want to see is a laptop with no hard drive, just one of those solid state RAM drives mentioned earlier (too lazy to look up link - don't need the karma). That would draw less power than a Hard drive, yes? Anyone got numbers on how much?
I've used several sites that ask for payment on the honor system. Stephen King tried his online book "The Plant" as a pay-per-chapter on the honor system (I got the first 3 chapters and paid AFTER I downloaded each) and did well initially. Some sites Like this one ask for upkeep payment if you use and enjoy the service. I know this wouldn't work for the MPAA folks, but if more site POLITELY asked for upkeep, I'd pay a buck to keep the ones I use up and available.
As a former manager, I got a $100.00 lump sum for the oncall guy (weekend only) and then he got whatever hours he worked. If no hours, he still got the $100.00. It's not a perfect setup, but the guys liked it and management bought it.
Is that becasue if they were any better, then they WOULDN"T HAVE BEEN CAUGHT?
If you want to go portable or even just a travel keyboard, try a Twiddler. It means learning a how to "chord key" but it is reasonably fast to learn and includes a mouse AND a keyboard in ONE HAND.
- Links
- Grapghics (thier own)
- linking to a powerpoint presentation they made in class
I helped them, but they wrote thier own code and did the work themselves. This was in the Montgomery School district (north Houston). I was impressed!
I bailed in October. The company is still in business and I regret leaving, but it was the right move at the time. You will probably regret it whether the company sinks or keeps swimming, but you have to do what's right for you.
Look at it this way: If you don't leave, will the company have any loyalty for you? Will they try and get you your last paycheck or hang you out to dry. I know people who hung around and worked without getting paid "for the company" and got screwed. Will your company do this to you? If they might, bail.
Ya, move to Norway. The MPAA has NO influence there!
I read several peoples rants about how "I'd just go out and buy non-encrypted hard drives" and other such crap. What happens when a law get quietly passed REQUIRING ALL hard drives/OS to support this encryption? Seem a little over the top or unlikely? What would we have/did we say about the DMCA just 5 years ago? It coming and they've gotten smarter about how to get it done. They're not smart, but DeCSS (and WE by opposing them openly) has taught them how to get this kind of thing done. Ask yourself:
If I were a Movie or Recording mogul, what would I want the industry to look like in 10 years? Think about this for a moment.
Isn't it what's already happening?
How?
Because of verbal Congressional votes and lack of education. Don't bitch about the dark. Go light a candle. Ask your Congressman how he voted on this issue. I'm gonna write a descent flyer and start handing them out at movie theaters. I'd ask each of you to do the equivalent.
That's just my opinion.