The term "jet pack" gets thrown around rather freely these days. The "jet pack" that James Bond used was a rocket belt. I suppose this "hose pack" is more like the jets used in jet skis. The other "jet pack" in the news recently is actually a ducted fan piston engine.
It should read "10 million images dating back to the 1750s from Life magazine's archives" since Life (not the earlier humor magazine of the same name) was first published in 1936.
There are three brands of PillCams (look up capsule endoscopy) already on the market. They are smaller than the body of a dragonfly and can broadcast live video images to a receiver. Just add wings and a more powerful antenna and you have your dragonfly-sized spy plane. The FBI says it doesn’t have anything like that because it’s probably already obsolete.
Why bother spying at a public gathering? To see if anyone noticed, is my guess. And they did. There must have been something unnatural about the way they moved when they flapped their wings, kind of the way bats don’t look like birds.
These devices appear to be compact, next-generation DVR/cable modems. Note the USB and FireWire ports on the back, and the VCR-type controls along the top.
So Why Do Bootleg CDs Sell So Well?
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Bootleg CDs may not be a big deal in other cities, but they're on almost every corner here in NYC. They even have standardized pricing: one for $5, three for $12. They sell like hotcakes because I think that's the price point buyers are comfortable with.
I think of bootlegs as preview CDs. If I like something a lot I'll buy the real CD in a store. A case in point is the Pink CD. I was pleasantly surprised, since it was so long since I bought a CD in a store, at the elaborate pink-themed packaging (bootlegs are blank with color xeroxed cover inserts). I think I'd buy more CDs in stores just for the packaging, if they were cheaper.
What about DVDs, then? At $15-25, they're priced just right for what you get. And from a $ per MB standpoint they make sence, too. At $4 for 700 MB of music on a bootleg CD, a DVD with about 4200 MB of music and video should cost about $24. And they do.
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The pink pony site a few years ago was funnier.
The term "jet pack" gets thrown around rather freely these days. The "jet pack" that James Bond used was a rocket belt. I suppose this "hose pack" is more like the jets used in jet skis. The other "jet pack" in the news recently is actually a ducted fan piston engine.
It should read "10 million images dating back to the 1750s from Life magazine's archives" since Life (not the earlier humor magazine of the same name) was first published in 1936.
There are three brands of PillCams (look up capsule endoscopy) already on the market. They are smaller than the body of a dragonfly and can broadcast live video images to a receiver. Just add wings and a more powerful antenna and you have your dragonfly-sized spy plane. The FBI says it doesn’t have anything like that because it’s probably already obsolete.
Why bother spying at a public gathering? To see if anyone noticed, is my guess. And they did. There must have been something unnatural about the way they moved when they flapped their wings, kind of the way bats don’t look like birds.
Thought it said "What women want from STEVE Jobs." That might have been more interesting.
I'd like to see a test of running System 6 in emulation on a G5 to see how FAST it is.
These devices appear to be compact, next-generation DVR/cable modems. Note the USB and FireWire ports on the back, and the VCR-type controls along the top.
Bootleg CDs may not be a big deal in other cities, but they're on almost every corner here in NYC. They even have standardized pricing: one for $5, three for $12. They sell like hotcakes because I think that's the price point buyers are comfortable with.
I think of bootlegs as preview CDs. If I like something a lot I'll buy the real CD in a store. A case in point is the Pink CD. I was pleasantly surprised, since it was so long since I bought a CD in a store, at the elaborate pink-themed packaging (bootlegs are blank with color xeroxed cover inserts). I think I'd buy more CDs in stores just for the packaging, if they were cheaper.
What about DVDs, then? At $15-25, they're priced just right for what you get. And from a $ per MB standpoint they make sence, too. At $4 for 700 MB of music on a bootleg CD, a DVD with about 4200 MB of music and video should cost about $24. And they do.