As an extreme example of this, back in the Apollo days there was a design for an inflatible parachute to allow one person to return to earth wearing nothing more than a Mercury-class space suit!
Does this qualify as base jumping or baseo (building, aerial, span, earth, orbit)?
Why does your secretary need 1.8 GHz instead of 1.6 GHz?
Because unlike the CEO (who gets the latest and greatest PC on his desk to use as a paper weight whilst he's out playing golf) she actually does use her machine and produces useful output.
Wait... because the RIAA doesn't allow people to download music without paying for it, they're ignoring their customers?
Yep, exactly. Because that's what their customers are doing, and the RIAA just won't wake up and smell the coffee. The cat is out of the bag and it's time the RIAA did something constructive about it. The old way of doing business is going to get harder and the RIAA is doing it's members (and their customers) no favours by being obstructive about it.
The RIAA fucks over everyone. Why should I pay the RIAA for something that they didn't make just so some record exec can get richer whilst the artist starves. The RIAA (and the whole of the recording industry's) business practices stink worse than a day old fish. Why can't I give my money *directly* to the artist? It's not like the technology to do such a transaction doesn't exist.
The RIAA may be overzealous, but they are not in the wrong for pursuing those who infringe copyright.
Quite right. They *are* however in the wrong for buying votes to make copyright infringement a felony, they are in the wrong for introducing biased propaganda into school curriculums, they are in the wrong for robbing the artists and the customers, they are in the wrong for making a monoculture of music. These are the people that have screwed over so many artists, I hate the RIAA for their modern day slavery. Their behaviour is vile.
Just wait till the piercing/body modification crowd catches wind of this. I imagine tusks, horns, antlers, fangs, claws... The possibilities are endless.
One could also argue that getting kids interested in Jesus Christ can only be a better thing.
Except science is real, ie. assuming that Jesus weighed y, and that the surface tension of the water was x, write an equation showing exactly how hydrophobic the soles of Jesus' sandals would have had to have been.
I saw a link to this page on the Slashdot story about your son's spamming efforts: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/27/033524 6
I thought I would just add my voice to the sea of discontent that has already been generated by this unwelcome addition to the political landscape. I very much hope that you have decided to discontinue this practice (which currently puts you in the fine company of Viagra salesmen, animal porngraphers and Nigerian 419 scammers).
Apart from that episode being completely stupid, what about the irony of complaining about capital punishment when America has the death penalty. Clueless.
I would have thought that with a son in the IT industry, Jonnie Howard would have been at least mildly concerned about the software patent/IP issues in the unpopular "free trade" agreement we recently got shoved down out throats.
His son is a spammer, why would he care about the FTA? The only thing he would care about is finding the next baby to eat.
In Australia, we have 2 major parties: Liberal (Howard's) and Labor. In every election either party ends up holding the bulk of the seats, with independants holding a few (sometimes pivotal) seats.
Both parties are so similar as to be identical. Recently the Labor party caved on the Free Trade Agreement (what a misnomer) with America and caved on legislation against gay marriage (I'm not interested in getting married, but I'm gay, I do vote and I don't like my rights being sold out simply to win a few votes from religious nutters who are as sane as the Taliban).
Whilst voting in Australia is compulsory, it's also completely pointless. Both parties are a joke.
Inveterate Howard hater though I am, and as much as I dislike spam, I have to concede that it is his perfect right to do this, as it ought to be his right.
There is much to be said for the difference between things that one can do, and things that one should do.
Will people actually carry one of these around for their commutes? How much of an increase will we see in TV viewing? Will it contribute to the growing social isolation I'm beginning to see (a world full of people wearing headphones)?
Are people socially isolated if they read the paper or a book, or just stare blankly ahead a fixed point in space.
Isn't the real problem that other people are less interesting than music or reading and that it is socially unacceptable (generally speaking) to communicate with strangers without good cause.
Sorry, I just don't understand why the sequel consistently seems to rate higher with the general public.
Sigourney Weaver kills hundreds of aliens in a Rambo style machine gun and flamethrower rampage, and then has a bitch fight with the alien queen in what can only be described as a 'mecha forklift'. Bill Paxton is best supporting actor with his hysterical 'we're all going to die' performance. What's not to like?
Imagine the first people to fly to Europa. It would be exciting for the first, say, month. After that, you'd start to get bored and wig out.
Sign me up, I'm sick of shit happening all the time. I mean, am I the only person on the planet that thinks that life is too fast - slow down already. Learn to meditate or something if you can't cope with doing 'nothing'.
The idea of spending months without noise and distractions sounds excellent.
"Oh honey, look at the new cloths I got from Victoria Secret!"
*head whips around*
"I'm sorry! Did your plane crash?"
Reality:
Haven't you mown the lawn yet or are you still playing that stupid game!?
Nag, nag, bitch, bitch, moan, moan, etc. Plane lands safely and next mission begins...
Now that it has been established by many posts that the drives are crap when it comes to ethernet perhaps someone can suggest a better product?
Implementing ethernet to IDE (using smb) for portable enclosures can't be *that* difficult to get right, can it? I can appreciate that USB and ethernet are not the same thing but the ICs to do the job exist. There are plenty of TCP/IP stack implementations available, smb is implemented in Samba (which is open source and therefore cheap).
This device is not quite what I am talking about but it's real close.
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Does this qualify as base jumping or baseo (building, aerial, span, earth, orbit)?
Whatever, just don't dance again.
When they first came out I'd call handsfrees 'psycho' kits. People would get on the train and be talking to themselves, etc.
Because unlike the CEO (who gets the latest and greatest PC on his desk to use as a paper weight whilst he's out playing golf) she actually does use her machine and produces useful output.
Isn't that like calling an amputee's stump a hightlight?
DRM is not a thing I want as a consumer, as it offers me nothing. I would rather buy the cheaper non DRM device from taiwan.
I feel like someone has just taken a giant pin to my cortex, and now all the air is rushing out.
Sony is smart, they get the RIAA, MPAA to do their dirty work whilst producing all the recording devices at the coalface.
Yep, exactly. Because that's what their customers are doing, and the RIAA just won't wake up and smell the coffee. The cat is out of the bag and it's time the RIAA did something constructive about it. The old way of doing business is going to get harder and the RIAA is doing it's members (and their customers) no favours by being obstructive about it.
The RIAA fucks over everyone. Why should I pay the RIAA for something that they didn't make just so some record exec can get richer whilst the artist starves. The RIAA (and the whole of the recording industry's) business practices stink worse than a day old fish. Why can't I give my money *directly* to the artist? It's not like the technology to do such a transaction doesn't exist.
The RIAA may be overzealous, but they are not in the wrong for pursuing those who infringe copyright.
Quite right. They *are* however in the wrong for buying votes to make copyright infringement a felony, they are in the wrong for introducing biased propaganda into school curriculums, they are in the wrong for robbing the artists and the customers, they are in the wrong for making a monoculture of music. These are the people that have screwed over so many artists, I hate the RIAA for their modern day slavery. Their behaviour is vile.
The difference is that Sony knows how to do business, and hasn't forgotten who it's customers are. Pity the RIAA can't say the same.
Can't you just copy me and send that guy to work instead?
Too late.
Warning, truly yucky.
Except science is real, ie. assuming that Jesus weighed y, and that the surface tension of the water was x, write an equation showing exactly how hydrophobic the soles of Jesus' sandals would have had to have been.
And it's real dark in here.
My letter:
Apart from that episode being completely stupid, what about the irony of complaining about capital punishment when America has the death penalty. Clueless.
His son is a spammer, why would he care about the FTA? The only thing he would care about is finding the next baby to eat.
And replace him with what?
In Australia, we have 2 major parties: Liberal (Howard's) and Labor. In every election either party ends up holding the bulk of the seats, with independants holding a few (sometimes pivotal) seats.
Both parties are so similar as to be identical. Recently the Labor party caved on the Free Trade Agreement (what a misnomer) with America and caved on legislation against gay marriage (I'm not interested in getting married, but I'm gay, I do vote and I don't like my rights being sold out simply to win a few votes from religious nutters who are as sane as the Taliban).
Whilst voting in Australia is compulsory, it's also completely pointless. Both parties are a joke.
There is much to be said for the difference between things that one can do, and things that one should do.
Are people socially isolated if they read the paper or a book, or just stare blankly ahead a fixed point in space.
Isn't the real problem that other people are less interesting than music or reading and that it is socially unacceptable (generally speaking) to communicate with strangers without good cause.
Sigourney Weaver kills hundreds of aliens in a Rambo style machine gun and flamethrower rampage, and then has a bitch fight with the alien queen in what can only be described as a 'mecha forklift'. Bill Paxton is best supporting actor with his hysterical 'we're all going to die' performance. What's not to like?
Sign me up, I'm sick of shit happening all the time. I mean, am I the only person on the planet that thinks that life is too fast - slow down already. Learn to meditate or something if you can't cope with doing 'nothing'.
The idea of spending months without noise and distractions sounds excellent.
No doubt a dual core processor will incur a dual cpu license fee as well.
That's an interesting definition of everyone.
Fantasy:
Reality:
Now that it has been established by many posts that the drives are crap when it comes to ethernet perhaps someone can suggest a better product?
Implementing ethernet to IDE (using smb) for portable enclosures can't be *that* difficult to get right, can it? I can appreciate that USB and ethernet are not the same thing but the ICs to do the job exist. There are plenty of TCP/IP stack implementations available, smb is implemented in Samba (which is open source and therefore cheap).
This device is not quite what I am talking about but it's real close.
Blaggghh! (the sound of me vomiting).
The role of Jar-Jar Binks will now be played by Kate Capshaw.