> So could the TiVo think work? Potentially, yes. Start small. The R2D2 toy comes to mind.
that sounds like asking for failure. companies like Nike are where the advertizing money is. and demographics can get confusing.
how do you acheive the equivalent of getting slashdot surfers to want to click on a McDonalds banner ad? I think Tivo should mix in what they know viewers like, even if it is completely unrelated. pr0n comes to mind, with Pepsi product placement. ugh.
> Is anyone else reminded of the blipverts from the Max Headroom series?
no, but it seems to me that Max Headroom was interesting because it was simply something different to look at. unfortunately, at this point in the flow of time, old school TV commercials aren't so interesting anymore.
what Tivo needs to do is promote some sort of development of interactive software that the viewer will *want* to mess around with. that way, Tivo could keep the viewer engaged while waiting for something less interactive to come along, like the next feed of some pr0n.
of course, I'm talking about a game that's fun to play and has Pepsi splattered all over it. Pepsi gets advertized, producers of old school commercials move to a new industry, Tivo gets its viable business model of commercials on demand, and geeks get paid.
if you really knew what you were talking about, then you'd know that Opera already has automatic reloading. set it to 5 seconds; that should be enough, you freak.
oh, please. it wasn't the spyware stuff. look it up :
usage Nigger in senses 1 and 2 can be found in the works of such writers of the past as Joseph Conrad, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens, but it now ranks as perhaps the most offensive and inflammatory racial slur in English.
> I was really hoping nobody would come up with it.
but isn't that a good reason to have pushed your patent through? so that no one else could use it without your permission (which would be presumably difficult to get)?
duno about the poster's speed, but check out felinoid's comments, some in this thread. you don't hold a candle.
felinoid usually has something of value to say, but I think the moderators (and myself) have a hard time getting past the spelling. seems to have an affinity for cats.
The SCO Group Announces First Quarter 2004 Results
Wednesday March 3, 7:02 am ET
LINDON, Utah, March 3/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), owner of the UNIX operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today reported revenue of $11,392,000 for the quarter ended January 31, 2004. In the comparable quarter of the prior year, the Company generated revenue of $13,540,000. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was in line with the Company's expectations, and was comprised of $11,372,000 from UNIX products and services and $20,000 from SCOsource initiatives.
...
anybody else getting something like this message when they try the link in the article?
- The server's name "www.thescogroup.com" does not match the certificate's name "www.sco.com". Somebody may be trying to eavesdrop on you.
I'm using Opera, so your message may vary. I've gotten messages like this previously; it seems SCO isn't keeping track of which certificate gets used where. doesn't bode well for their general grip on things, but then we already knew that weak, I spoze.
> No one else has ever thought to put a subwooder in the battery.
actually, it's a separate power source for the subwoofer. it requires extra power because it's kinda loud.
the problem is that if you use it at anything approaching max volume, it starts causing your hard drive to get read errors. sometimes certain keys get accidently activated, like ESC (which is on a corner where the vibrations seem to accumulate).
you could get a car cig lighter adapter, put this thing in your trunk and give the other cruisers on Main Street a run for their money. and you could then just unplug and move to another car as desired.
so it's the usual story: on the cutting edge you sometimes bleed.
it doesn't become saturated. it seems it can wear out, however.
the article states:
The particles absorb ultraviolet radiation
in sunlight and use this energy to convert
NOx to nitric acid.
which means that the titanium dioxide particles must do some sort of combining with the NOx. there's a finite number of particles, and so the paint would have a lifetime, estimated in the article to be about 5 years for a "typical 0.3-millimetre layer".
> "The acid is then either washed away in rain,...and the stuff that gets produced isn't stuck in the paint (and so can be washed away).
and yes, that sounds worrisome. washed away to where?
> but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to > other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers.
no, the REAL difference between these cultures is that Windows programmers feel that Notepad (even with syntax highlighting) is a perfectly good text editor for source code.
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> The results - with expert legal analysis - will be published free - we're not doing this to sell reports etc.
if you go to the site, you'll notice that on their front page they're advertizing Microsoft FUD by way of the Yankee Group.
what sort of analysis will the results of this survey be subjected to? I fear a slant....
> So could the TiVo think work? Potentially, yes. Start small. The R2D2 toy comes to mind.
that sounds like asking for failure. companies like Nike are where the advertizing money is. and demographics can get confusing.
how do you acheive the equivalent of getting slashdot surfers to want to click on a McDonalds banner ad? I think Tivo should mix in what they know viewers like, even if it is completely unrelated. pr0n comes to mind, with Pepsi product placement. ugh.
> Is anyone else reminded of the blipverts from the Max Headroom series?
no, but it seems to me that Max Headroom was interesting because it was simply something different to look at. unfortunately, at this point in the flow of time, old school TV commercials aren't so interesting anymore.
what Tivo needs to do is promote some sort of development of interactive software that the viewer will *want* to mess around with. that way, Tivo could keep the viewer engaged while waiting for something less interactive to come along, like the next feed of some pr0n.
of course, I'm talking about a game that's fun to play and has Pepsi splattered all over it. Pepsi gets advertized, producers of old school commercials move to a new industry, Tivo gets its viable business model of commercials on demand, and geeks get paid.
what am I missing?
> They meant a white guy from Alabama
heh. I missed that connotation.
but this means they know who it was!
> Browser: reload, reload, reload, reload, reload
if you really knew what you were talking about, then you'd know that Opera already has automatic reloading. set it to 5 seconds; that should be enough, you freak.
thank god. I was tired of wiggling that damn mouse.
anywhere else that Billy has seen fit to leave his mark?
I hate to user the word in this context, but libraries...
I guess pointing out spyware is now a troll.
oh, please. it wasn't the spyware stuff. look it up :
Table 2: Nielsen//NetRatings Internet Access Penetration (U.S., Home)
well, duh. no wonder it's highest among women.
you are being much too responsible with taxpayer money.
> I thought she still heads groklaw...
as of Tue Mar 16 12:41:33 MST 2004 she hasn't made any announcement to the contrary...
> I was really hoping nobody would come up with it.
but isn't that a good reason to have pushed your patent through? so that no one else could use it without your permission (which would be presumably difficult to get)?
duno about the poster's speed, but check out felinoid's comments, some in this thread. you don't hold a candle.
felinoid usually has something of value to say, but I think the moderators (and myself) have a hard time getting past the spelling. seems to have an affinity for cats.
seems that SCOsource was a rather weak source of income:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040303/law039_1.html
The SCO Group Announces First Quarter 2004 Results
Wednesday March 3, 7:02 am ET
LINDON, Utah, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX - News), owner of the UNIX operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today reported revenue of $11,392,000 for the quarter ended January 31, 2004. In the comparable quarter of the prior year, the Company generated revenue of $13,540,000. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 was in line with the Company's expectations, and was comprised of $11,372,000 from UNIX products and services and $20,000 from SCOsource initiatives.
...
anybody else getting something like this message when they try the link in the article?
I'm using Opera, so your message may vary. I've gotten messages like this previously; it seems SCO isn't keeping track of which certificate gets used where. doesn't bode well for their general grip on things, but then we already knew that weak, I spoze.wtf they using a certificate for anyway?
shit. now how am I supposed to choose my response reliably to a slashdot poll?
> Hey, some of us remember 1984,
yeah, and what was that crack about hairstyles supposed to mean? I still look like that.
> No one else has ever thought to put a subwooder in the battery.
actually, it's a separate power source for the subwoofer. it requires extra power because it's kinda loud.
the problem is that if you use it at anything approaching max volume, it starts causing your hard drive to get read errors. sometimes certain keys get accidently activated, like ESC (which is on a corner where the vibrations seem to accumulate).
you could get a car cig lighter adapter, put this thing in your trunk and give the other cruisers on Main Street a run for their money. and you could then just unplug and move to another car as desired.
so it's the usual story: on the cutting edge you sometimes bleed.
> you should end with "end of letter"
I prefer ^D.
> What happens when the paint is saturated?
...and the stuff that gets produced isn't stuck in the paint (and so can be washed away).
it doesn't become saturated. it seems it can wear out, however.
the article states:
The particles absorb ultraviolet radiation
in sunlight and use this energy to convert
NOx to nitric acid.
which means that the titanium dioxide particles must do some sort of combining with the NOx. there's a finite number of particles, and so the paint would have a lifetime, estimated in the article to be about 5 years for a "typical 0.3-millimetre layer".
> "The acid is then either washed away in rain,
and yes, that sounds worrisome. washed away to where?
aw, jeez. forget that kid stuff. what I want to know is what happened to the the Uranus Project nomination ????
> When the object a pronoun is pointing to is masculine,
> the s is omitted. She. hahhaha, not on slashdot, buddy...
well, also not on slashdot is always R'ing TFA, and clicking all the frigging links to see if it's some hottie doing stuff with her hands.
give timothy a break. he may not have been trawling for babes (like I was), but at least he (apparently) read the article.
> The parent post is a parody of Lt. Speirs in Band of Brothers
dang. there's way too much free time and persistent memory around here.
gosh, aside from your house-cubie, your office looks just like mine! what a coincidence!
> but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to
> other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers.
no, the REAL difference between these cultures is that Windows programmers feel that Notepad (even with syntax highlighting) is a perfectly good text editor for source code.