Basic house door lock and key from Home Depot - ~$20
Extra key cutting - ~$2
Watching your neighbour spending hundreds or more than a thousand to outfit their home with an iLock and having their iPhone run out of juice or fumbling and dropping/breaking it before they could unlock the front door.... Priceless.
Not long ago, some people realized that CDs were being mastered so that everything was loud and noted that instruments or tracks that should be subtle were being turned up.... all in the name of competing with other noises, I believe.
Do they do the same thing with the new vinyl?
Oh the year was 1778, how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now....
Pirates are the bad guys who rob from others on the high seas. Or perhaps the term used by victims to describe their perpetrators.
I believe "privateer" is the correct word for high seas thugs who operate on behalf of a particular group or country such as what's going on in Somalia.
I'd think not.
It's called "drive by wire" technology.
I bought an '09 Civic and the thing has a sensor attached to the gas pedal instead of the traditional wire directly to a butterfly valve.
I read somewhere that if the PCM didn't think things were right, there's a failsafe "limp home" mode that trips the throttle plate to some slightly higher than idle position and disconnects the pedal and any other controls.
One of the sales guys who I met in the process of buying this car insisted that the computer controlled throttle makes it more responsive and safer. Throttle by wire IMO, is fucking with the KISS rule.
I didn't know about the LSE adopting windows. But we can see here the problems that came of it.
I remember a story about the UK navy using Windows to power their battleships and all the flak that I and everyone thought would happen when push comes to shove. Anyone know how that turned out?
If I recall, this used to be called a Ground Radio Station license fee.
Long before cell phones, if you flew a radio controlled airplane, you had to buy one of these licenses every year because of the range and power.
I vaguely remember it being $50/year CAD in the 80s and early 90s.
Cell phone providers used to charge it one time per year but then they decided to divide that number by 10 and took the resulting number and charged you that same amount every month.
Then, they deregulated cell phones and radio control boxes from the GRS fee. Yet, I still see "system access fee" on my bill.
"I realize it's likely cost prohibitive, but from what I've seen of Mr (Dr, Sir?) Hawkings kit, the UI is very intuitive, especially for the portions where you're not trying to build a sentence (or a speech for that matter). You look at what you want to say and if you either blink or hover long enough the computer says it. It'd make yes/no I hurt, etc. questions a cakewalk."
IIRC, my wife who's in the field of speach therapy and augmentative communications, mentioned he uses a switch that measures muscle tension and a scanning keyboard/UI to pick and choose his words.
Yes, they are expensive. They also need training to use as well as it needing training, setup and/or direction from a speach therapist to a caregiver in order to setup.
For someone in a hospital, a communication board (8x10, 11x17 or whatever grid of organized pictures and letters) is more effective and simple. Most hospitals should have these to communicate basic needs like itchiness, pain, sensory answers a nurse of doctor would ask.
How is overpaying to listen to crap in person any different than overpaying to buy it on CD?
A song or album to listen to is copy-able and share-able hence the pleasure and price ratio is quite flexible and subject to people calling it overpriced.
A live concert in some venue is a moment in time. No amount of video taping/filming will capture the full moment. They've put a price on it and if people will pay the money to go see them, all the power to them. But at least you know that market forces will determine how long they can charge those rates rather than some old suit pulling numbers out of his ass and then suing people.
History furnishes few examples of big business successfully forcing the people to accept something not in their interests for extended periods. Once the public get wise to something, it will stop.
Add Monsanto, BGH and Roundup Ready wheat vs. Ma and Pa farmer comes to mind... Monsanto as Plaintiff
People can go weeks or months without mass media. But people can't go for more than a day or two without eating.
Announcer: Majority of New York FBI agents have never heard this sound...
*********
I'm sitting in the car and thinking, what? Fax machine? I guess not, e-mail, PDF and cell phones have replaced them all...
The guy continued reading and I realize he's talking about e-mail.
Geezus... let's put together a sound clip starting with Atari 2600 Pac Man getting beaten up by Pinky followed by a voice over of "News radio journalist are reporting on Grand Theft Auto Hot Coffee"
Um, exactly what was 'fortunate' about a large enough number of us Canadians being stupid enough to elect the Canadian Bigotry Party into power?
Previous government had been in power too long and deserved some form of punishment. The previous minority win didn't seem to sway them much.
A very slim minority of the CCRAP party keeps 'em at bay at least.
My money is on one of the right wing nut jobs at the party's grass roots saying something or doing something in the next year or two that'll throw everything into disarray for them. Hopefully the Libs or even the NDP might have something to offer by then.
So, I hear republicans and big oil business folks still call this a theory.
We, north of that country, just barely (and fortunately) elected a government who feels the same way.
We're having a winter heat wave here in Southern Ontario while our summers have been bloody unbearable with bad air days...weeks, high humidity and high temperatures while massive flooding and totally untypical weather hits different parts of the world.
Exactly, what are these folks not seeing when it comes to denying global warming?
The CG is a bit annoying, since while it LOOKS good they have the Enterprise doing loop-de-loops that even the Defiant couldn't dream of pulling off. Watching the 60s show, the ship didn't move very fast. I'd be OK with modern-day trek style ship movement, but it is a bit disconcerting seeing the CG Enterprise move as if somebody is waving it around in front of a camera;)
The CG in the first episode looked far more believable and along the lines of Babylon 5/BSG 2004.
Considering we are probably talking 100s or 1000s of tonnes of ship in 0G here...
I was on the newvoyages board and they defended the CG ship movement in the second episode, likening it to someone on a surfboard causing it to lurch and such. Essentially that it was the pilot giving the ship some "personality."
That didn't do anything for my take on the physical believability. But still, it was good storytelling.
(flamebait post) All you folks who think this fan series is unwatchable and horrible have been too spoiled by Hollywood's offerings and need way too much eye candy (IMO) to suspend your disbelief.
I'd hate to hear what you folks have to say about classic Dr. Who... (/flamebait post)
That aside, I've been keeping up with New Voyages for the past year and I think they're heading into a critical point in their existance.
The first movie seemed warmly received and did look a bit amateurish. The second was a vast improvement along with some real characters who played minor roles in the Trek series.
The third, they're all slap happy patting themselves on the back for netting Walter Koenig and at least it's in post production.
They're talking episode 4 and 5 now plus George Takei and they've lost Jack Marshall who I got the impression was one of the key guys who helped launch it and see it through, making it a reality.
From what I've experienced with people who take on a venture with moderate success in the beginning, I'd say it would be possible and probable that they're riding the high of all the media attention garnered so far. They're likely so busy spinning new deals that attention to things such as pre and post production, volunteer/cast/crew relations and all those minor details like the proverbial sidewalk sweeping, bottle washing and etc are falling by the wayside. I'd suspect they're in danger of having the whole thing fall in on itself.
For the sake of this fan who actually enjoys New Voyages, I'm hoping Jack Marshall wasn't the only driving unifying force that kept everything together.
I suppose at its best, you could have a world where people get out of their cars, saving the air, and use the travel time on public transit to do their TV watching.
At its worst, there'll be alot of iPod video junkies strung out waiting for their next hit.
TV anywhere and everywhere, the new opiate for the masses.
My bad.... I thought XM was the generic name (like AM and FM, as opposed to a brand of Satellite radio)
That may be the case but is it worth it?
There are about 4 stations I listen to while living in a large metropolitan area (Toronto). All news and traffic radio, 24 hour Jazz, local university and some version of the CBC if I'm desperate.
There's alot more choice than that around here. As far as commercials go, yes, they do serve a purpose and especially on the all news channel, some things have gotten my attention.
As far as satellite radio goes, my attitude is "why, when there's already this much on the air?"
$10 to $12 / month is what it appears to cost and I'd bet they're thinking that portion of the population who maintain CC balances wouldn't notice it whether they listened to satellite radio or not.
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WRT54GL is great.... I've even got two setup in a wireless bridge that's 400meters apart.
the link says 36Mbps while actual throughput on the graphs is 18-19Mbps, half duplex of course.
A direct replacement with GigE and 802.11n along with the change-able antennas would be perfect.
C'mon Linksys, bring it on!!!!
I also doubt that this will make inroads into general acceptance for the masses.
Electronic controls for doors are good for big companies/buildings who want to have some sort of control or knowledge of who comes and goes.
But for a residence or your car to be tied into your Apple product? C'mon....
Taco Bell winning the franchise wars anyone?
Watching UHF and Stay Tuned back in the day made me ashamed of having watched so much TV and knowing where all the jokes came from.
The Mastercard commercial of listing off prices of things and then the overall effect as being priceless sums the iKey up succinctly.
Our pop culture does define us.
Basic house door lock and key from Home Depot - ~$20
Extra key cutting - ~$2
Watching your neighbour spending hundreds or more than a thousand to outfit their home with an iLock and having their iPhone run out of juice or fumbling and dropping/breaking it before they could unlock the front door.... Priceless.
Not long ago, some people realized that CDs were being mastered so that everything was loud and noted that instruments or tracks that should be subtle were being turned up.... all in the name of competing with other noises, I believe. Do they do the same thing with the new vinyl?
...cruise the seas for American gold, and fire no guns, shed no tears! And certainly not broken men on a Somali pier...
It wouldn’t be the first time that a group of criminals have created a society.
Well said. Bronfman family up here in Canada and the rum running during prohibition comes to mind. History will also record them as folk heroes.
Oh the year was 1778, how I wish I was in Sherbrooke now.... Pirates are the bad guys who rob from others on the high seas. Or perhaps the term used by victims to describe their perpetrators. I believe "privateer" is the correct word for high seas thugs who operate on behalf of a particular group or country such as what's going on in Somalia.
I'd think not. It's called "drive by wire" technology. I bought an '09 Civic and the thing has a sensor attached to the gas pedal instead of the traditional wire directly to a butterfly valve. I read somewhere that if the PCM didn't think things were right, there's a failsafe "limp home" mode that trips the throttle plate to some slightly higher than idle position and disconnects the pedal and any other controls. One of the sales guys who I met in the process of buying this car insisted that the computer controlled throttle makes it more responsive and safer. Throttle by wire IMO, is fucking with the KISS rule.
I didn't know about the LSE adopting windows. But we can see here the problems that came of it. I remember a story about the UK navy using Windows to power their battleships and all the flak that I and everyone thought would happen when push comes to shove. Anyone know how that turned out?
If I recall, this used to be called a Ground Radio Station license fee.
Long before cell phones, if you flew a radio controlled airplane, you had to buy one of these licenses every year because of the range and power.
I vaguely remember it being $50/year CAD in the 80s and early 90s.
Cell phone providers used to charge it one time per year but then they decided to divide that number by 10 and took the resulting number and charged you that same amount every month.
Then, they deregulated cell phones and radio control boxes from the GRS fee. Yet, I still see "system access fee" on my bill.
Yup.... greedy bastards.
"I realize it's likely cost prohibitive, but from what I've seen of Mr (Dr, Sir?) Hawkings kit, the UI is very intuitive, especially for the portions where you're not trying to build a sentence (or a speech for that matter). You look at what you want to say and if you either blink or hover long enough the computer says it. It'd make yes/no I hurt, etc. questions a cakewalk."
It's called a Dynavox. http://www.dynavoxtech.com/
IIRC, my wife who's in the field of speach therapy and augmentative communications, mentioned he uses a switch that measures muscle tension and a scanning keyboard/UI to pick and choose his words.
Yes, they are expensive. They also need training to use as well as it needing training, setup and/or direction from a speach therapist to a caregiver in order to setup.
For someone in a hospital, a communication board (8x10, 11x17 or whatever grid of organized pictures and letters) is more effective and simple. Most hospitals should have these to communicate basic needs like itchiness, pain, sensory answers a nurse of doctor would ask.
Not to mention that a few monestaries produce some amazing beers.
How is overpaying to listen to crap in person any different than overpaying to buy it on CD?
A song or album to listen to is copy-able and share-able hence the pleasure and price ratio is quite flexible and subject to people calling it overpriced.
A live concert in some venue is a moment in time. No amount of video taping/filming will capture the full moment. They've put a price on it and if people will pay the money to go see them, all the power to them. But at least you know that market forces will determine how long they can charge those rates rather than some old suit pulling numbers out of his ass and then suing people.
History furnishes few examples of big business successfully forcing the people to accept something not in their interests for extended periods. Once the public get wise to something, it will stop.
Add Monsanto, BGH and Roundup Ready wheat vs. Ma and Pa farmer comes to mind... Monsanto as Plaintiff
People can go weeks or months without mass media. But people can't go for more than a day or two without eating.
I heard this piece on the radio yesterday.
The funniest thing was how they put the togeter.
*********
Announcer: Majority of New York FBI agents have never heard this sound...
*********
I'm sitting in the car and thinking, what? Fax machine? I guess not, e-mail, PDF and cell phones have replaced them all...
The guy continued reading and I realize he's talking about e-mail.
Geezus... let's put together a sound clip starting with Atari 2600 Pac Man getting beaten up by Pinky followed by a voice over of "News radio journalist are reporting on Grand Theft Auto Hot Coffee"
Um, exactly what was 'fortunate' about a large enough number of us Canadians being stupid enough to elect the Canadian Bigotry Party into power?
Previous government had been in power too long and deserved some form of punishment. The previous minority win didn't seem to sway them much.
A very slim minority of the CCRAP party keeps 'em at bay at least.
My money is on one of the right wing nut jobs at the party's grass roots saying something or doing something in the next year or two that'll throw everything into disarray for them. Hopefully the Libs or even the NDP might have something to offer by then.
So, I hear republicans and big oil business folks still call this a theory.
We, north of that country, just barely (and fortunately) elected a government who feels the same way.
We're having a winter heat wave here in Southern Ontario while our summers have been bloody unbearable with bad air days...weeks, high humidity and high temperatures while massive flooding and totally untypical weather hits different parts of the world.
Exactly, what are these folks not seeing when it comes to denying global warming?
The CG is a bit annoying, since while it LOOKS good they have the Enterprise doing loop-de-loops that even the Defiant couldn't dream of pulling off. Watching the 60s show, the ship didn't move very fast. I'd be OK with modern-day trek style ship movement, but it is a bit disconcerting seeing the CG Enterprise move as if somebody is waving it around in front of a camera ;)
The CG in the first episode looked far more believable and along the lines of Babylon 5/BSG 2004.
Considering we are probably talking 100s or 1000s of tonnes of ship in 0G here...
I was on the newvoyages board and they defended the CG ship movement in the second episode, likening it to someone on a surfboard causing it to lurch and such. Essentially that it was the pilot giving the ship some "personality."
That didn't do anything for my take on the physical believability. But still, it was good storytelling.
Okay.... Gotta get the first part off my chest.
(flamebait post)
All you folks who think this fan series is unwatchable and horrible have been too spoiled by Hollywood's offerings and need way too much eye candy (IMO) to suspend your disbelief.
I'd hate to hear what you folks have to say about classic Dr. Who...
(/flamebait post)
That aside, I've been keeping up with New Voyages for the past year and I think they're heading into a critical point in their existance.
The first movie seemed warmly received and did look a bit amateurish. The second was a vast improvement along with some real characters who played minor roles in the Trek series.
The third, they're all slap happy patting themselves on the back for netting Walter Koenig and at least it's in post production.
They're talking episode 4 and 5 now plus George Takei and they've lost Jack Marshall who I got the impression was one of the key guys who helped launch it and see it through, making it a reality.
From what I've experienced with people who take on a venture with moderate success in the beginning, I'd say it would be possible and probable that they're riding the high of all the media attention garnered so far. They're likely so busy spinning new deals that attention to things such as pre and post production, volunteer/cast/crew relations and all those minor details like the proverbial sidewalk sweeping, bottle washing and etc are falling by the wayside. I'd suspect they're in danger of having the whole thing fall in on itself.
For the sake of this fan who actually enjoys New Voyages, I'm hoping Jack Marshall wasn't the only driving unifying force that kept everything together.
That's amusing coming from a guy posting on Slashdot.
Indeed...
But damnnit! I've got mod points but can't use 'em here since I'm the OP.
I suppose at its best, you could have a world where people get out of their cars, saving the air, and use the travel time on public transit to do their TV watching.
At its worst, there'll be alot of iPod video junkies strung out waiting for their next hit.
TV anywhere and everywhere, the new opiate for the masses.
My bad.... I thought XM was the generic name (like AM and FM, as opposed to a brand of Satellite radio) That may be the case but is it worth it? There are about 4 stations I listen to while living in a large metropolitan area (Toronto). All news and traffic radio, 24 hour Jazz, local university and some version of the CBC if I'm desperate. There's alot more choice than that around here. As far as commercials go, yes, they do serve a purpose and especially on the all news channel, some things have gotten my attention. As far as satellite radio goes, my attitude is "why, when there's already this much on the air?" $10 to $12 / month is what it appears to cost and I'd bet they're thinking that portion of the population who maintain CC balances wouldn't notice it whether they listened to satellite radio or not.
Offtopic?
I'm a little confused?
Should I have written something about how I thought they missed adding XM radio to the list of "failed technology trends"?
Quick poll...
How many folks here are actually subscribing or thinking about subscribing to XM radio?
There's alot of marketing hype in my area in Canada right now.