If they set it up so it's a "preemptive return" of things that came from your wishlist to a predefined address they could likely work past the spirit if not the letter of the law.
I can envision an email that says "Aunt Milly is sending you a gift from your wishlist. Would you like to know what it is? Yes? It's that Gumby boxed set. Still want it? Ah, you bought it for yourself at Walmart. We'll make a note of that, you disloyal bastard. Ok, we'll just send you a gift card and a preaddressed envelope that you can use for that thank-you note you'll send to Auntie."
It's a money-saver for them; every return they have to deal with is a drain on the bottom line. It's a win for the nephew; who needs two Gumby box sets? Aunt Milly will never know.
You are aware, Congress, that you can't legislate the advace of technology right? "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth." -- Pres. Kennedy, May 25, 1961
You certainly can't legislate innovation, but you definitely give it a helping hand by: a) encouraging it, and b) funding it
Then what are we supposed to do if we want/need to travel outside the area serviced by this or other public transit systems?
You head over to your local Zipcar and drive there. Or, even better, take one of these little things to the train and then take another little taxi to your destination.
Yes, it's a scary thought, but reducing the number of personal cars on the road by 90% would be a great thing.
Sounds like you've got an older version of the OS. I've got 2.5.1 and I can do the following:
For example, you couldn't ask it to record "Mission to Mars" whenever it comes on next.
Yes you can. When you create a wishlist (which you can do by show title), one of the options is to record it whenever it shows up.
You can't ask it to record programs matching criteria like a particular actor, or keyword in title etc.
You can make wishlists for actors and/or keywords and records them as above.
Once a program has been selected for recording, you can't change the record quality without cancelling it, finding it again via search, channel guide or whatever, and re-selecting to record it.
If you go to the ToDo screen and select the recording there, you can change the quality.
NASA started losing its appeal to the everyman around the late 80's, following the Challenger explosion.
Actually, I don't think that's a causal relationship. From what I've observed, it's the _lack_ of recent explosions that's created the atmosphere of the ordinary. When you can pull off ten straight launches that look like duplicates of each other, there's nothing to catch the public's interest. (See the recent state of air travel for another example of the unusal creating interest...)
I can only hope (since I'm a cynic enough to believe that advertising will reach everywhere, eventually.) that the ad execs will push the space program further than they've managed to go with congress weighing them down. (Putting a logo on the moon has been a dream of businessmen since Tharg started his first Sharp Stick Emporium many years ago.)
Since the aircraft will be a combatant vehicle, it will have to be CLEARLY marked with insignia showing
that fact. It will have the ubiquitous "U.S. Air Force" on the side, star/stripe logo on the wings, etc, etc.
And that will help protect from an over-the-horizon missle how?
On the other hand, I'm not likely to be flying much during a war, 747 or no...
Do any Slashdot readers know of a grocery chain where I can shop in the northeast US that will let me shop with a mask on, to protect my privacy?
Try the Star Market in Porter Square, Cambridge, USA. I went in there this morning to pick up some lunch supplies and wore my ski mask. Only one customer stared and no employees did anything out of the ordinary.
YMMV.
(A more appropriate anaology would be "I went to buy cat food, but they wouldn't sell it to me unless I gave them a DNA sample first.")
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If they set it up so it's a "preemptive return" of things that came from your wishlist to a predefined address they could likely work past the spirit if not the letter of the law.
I can envision an email that says "Aunt Milly is sending you a gift from your wishlist. Would you like to know what it is? Yes? It's that Gumby boxed set. Still want it? Ah, you bought it for yourself at Walmart. We'll make a note of that, you disloyal bastard. Ok, we'll just send you a gift card and a preaddressed envelope that you can use for that thank-you note you'll send to Auntie."
It's a money-saver for them; every return they have to deal with is a drain on the bottom line.
It's a win for the nephew; who needs two Gumby box sets?
Aunt Milly will never know.
You are aware, Congress, that you can't legislate the advace of technology right?
...both of which help a lot.
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
-- Pres. Kennedy, May 25, 1961
You certainly can't legislate innovation, but you definitely give it a helping hand by:
a) encouraging it, and
b) funding it
Then what are we supposed to do if we want/need to travel outside the area serviced by this or other public transit systems?
You head over to your local Zipcar and drive there. Or, even better, take one of these little things to the train and then take another little taxi to your destination.
Yes, it's a scary thought, but reducing the number of personal cars on the road by 90% would be a great thing.
Sounds like you've got an older version of the OS. I've got 2.5.1 and I can do the following:
For example, you couldn't ask it to record "Mission to Mars" whenever it comes on next.
Yes you can. When you create a wishlist (which you can do by show title), one of the options is to record it whenever it shows up.
You can't ask it to record programs matching criteria like a particular actor, or keyword in title etc.
You can make wishlists for actors and/or keywords and records them as above.
Once a program has been selected for recording, you can't change the record quality without cancelling it, finding it again via search, channel guide or whatever, and re-selecting to record it.
If you go to the ToDo screen and select the recording there, you can change the quality.
NASA started losing its appeal to the everyman around the late 80's, following the Challenger explosion.
Actually, I don't think that's a causal relationship. From what I've observed, it's the _lack_ of recent explosions that's created the atmosphere of the ordinary. When you can pull off ten straight launches that look like duplicates of each other, there's nothing to catch the public's interest. (See the recent state of air travel for another example of the unusal creating interest...)
I can only hope (since I'm a cynic enough to believe that advertising will reach everywhere, eventually.) that the ad execs will push the space program further than they've managed to go with congress weighing them down. (Putting a logo on the moon has been a dream of businessmen since Tharg started his first Sharp Stick Emporium many years ago.)
Since the aircraft will be a combatant vehicle, it will have to be CLEARLY marked with insignia showing that fact. It will have the ubiquitous "U.S. Air Force" on the side, star/stripe logo on the wings, etc, etc.
And that will help protect from an over-the-horizon missle how?
On the other hand, I'm not likely to be flying much during a war, 747 or no...
- C3nZC3nZC3nZC3bXChvXC3nX : 000000000032362002
- C3nZC3nZC3nZC3bWD3D3C3nX : 000000000033444002
- C3nZC3nZC3nZDhj2ENnYCNnY : 000000000715901101
All from the same box at the same Radio Shack. Looks like a serial to me. *sigh*Try the Star Market in Porter Square, Cambridge, USA. I went in there this morning to pick up some lunch supplies and wore my ski mask. Only one customer stared and no employees did anything out of the ordinary.
YMMV.
(A more appropriate anaology would be "I went to buy cat food, but they wouldn't sell it to me unless I gave them a DNA sample first.")