And what happens if the song that you do download does not finish fully or it is not of very good quality and you want to download it again? Who's going to regulate the quality of what you're paying for?
I read in the local paper (link about half way down - reg required) that the same thing also happened in New Orleans this week. The meteorite, which looked like a snady colored rock containing minerals commonly found in meteorites (tested at Tulane University) punched a hole through Ray Fausset's roof and two floors before coming to rest in the crawl space beneath the house, as reported.
It would be great to see some of these cases marketed. I would be more than willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for one of these cases, as they look very cool indeed. Of course I guess that would defeat the point of these guys going to the huge amount of trouble to create these impressive cases, but still, there has to be some money to be made there, if marketed correctly.
I work in telemarketing (well its classed as that, even though I wouldn't really call it that) and we have to actually listen out for background noises as a way of identify a persons interests. For example, a baby crying, a dog barking, Pearl Jam playing on the CD. Guess this will mean one less thing to think about when on the phone, sounds like a good idea!
I definately agree with the letter to U.S. Representatives Lamar S. Smith and Howard L. Berman about this. When I first looked into registering a domain, I looked for a company that would list their contact details in the WHOIS database, and they would hold my records, keeping them off the public domain. This seemed like a good idea until I wanted to change companies, and they were basically uncontactable (always had their machine on, never returned calls or emails (10+ of each)) and they wanted to charge 3-4 years worth to drop my details so I could register with another.
On another side note, I remember once reading a site that was linked on/., and the webmaster had these words on the site,
"This site is owned and operated by myself, a veteran of the US Navy. I'm not giving out my name any more BECAUSE the cops harass me, not the criminals. Nice huh! At least it gives my site credibility..
Funny thing was, if you went to the WHOIS database, all of his personal details were there to be seen, and he even lived not too far away, could have dropped by and said hi or something.
Speaking of spam, yesterday I submitted a story to/. which was published. Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to include my email address in the story. Today I had over 100 virus' and spam sent to me, whereas in the last 3 months of using the address, I have had 0 spam. Just a warning to anyone else who wants to submit an article. I also wrote an email to Rob about this asking that a warning be put on the submission page about using email addresses on the site.
The CD will come out monthly, not every Sunday as reported in the story.
I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier actually. Magazine's have been slapping on CDs to their publications for a long while now (especially Gaming and computer mags) and these days you can even get CD's on Breakfast Cereal boxes.
Of course, whether or not any of the information contained on the cd's will be of any use/quality is another matter.
An anonymous reader writes "Vicroads does regular surveys of the roads in Victoria, Australia, to determine where they need to be patched or otherwise repaired. It used to be done in a vehicle travelling at 12 mph: slow, tedious, and hazardous to the traffic around it. Now, thanks to Linux, it's being done at speeds of 50 to 60 mph. The Melbourne Age has the details. Short version: the cost has fallen from $800,000 USD to $560,000. Not bad...
I have had 2 successful dealing with making money on the internet.
The first was with my ex-employer. They provided online mail, administration tools and a portal page to schools across Australia, New Zealand, UK and Hong Kong. They also acted as a service provider for several hundred schools in Victoria, Australia.
They were able to make money because of a couple of key reasons. Firstly, schools have to be held far more accountable than the average home user. If a home user uses a product illegally, usually not too much is done. If a school does this, the Principal has the right to fire the IT manager (or whoever is in charge of software/hardware management), and most guys prefer not to lose their jobs over something like that.
Another key was that they kept all of the software online on their own (or leased) hardware. This meant that software was never installed on clients computers, making it easier to track who was on the system, how much they were using etc. This is a sucessful business with around 50 employees.
I also run my own webpage and message board which has around 100 paid members and 2 major sponsors at the moment. Membership costs $10. I consider this quite successful as I originally never wrote the site to make money. I also ran the site without Members for 2 1/2 years before we started accumulating Members. There were several keys to this. The first was having the right website and code development to handle what we wanted. Some of the big sites spend a LOT of money getting this to work, the first problem.
Once we had that, due to a very good standing with readers, most people were more than happy to pay $10 for the year to help support the website. It didn't matter to them that they could get the same information for free anyway, they just wanted to support the site and be considered official members. This has helped me to upgrade the site further (trophies for event days, upgrade the message board to vBulletin (coming real soon) and several other benefits.
The key is providing something that my readers want at a fair price, trying to look after their wants, and providing them with useful information. I also have a couple of sponsors but this discussion isn't about that.
It is important to note that cards greater than 2 GB can only be used in cameras that support the FAT32 file system. Please be sure to install the latest version of Image Rescue (version 1.1.5) that is bundled on the card on your computers before using the card in a camera.
Image Rescue can assist you in properly reformatting the cards to FAT32 if they are mistakenly used in a non-FAT32 compliant camera.
At this time the 4 GB card can be used with the following cameras that support FAT32 and have a CF Type II slot.
Cameras that accept CompactFlash Type II that are also FAT32-compatible:
Kodak DCS 720X (A CompactFlash-to-PC Card adapter is required with these models)
Kodak DCS 760 (A CompactFlash-to-PC Card adapter is required with these models)
Kodak DCS Pro Back (all models)
Kodak DCS Pro 14n
Olympus E-1
Hmm, you may want to keep that in mind before you consider this product.
... I would be curious to hear from anyone who knows what the scene is like in Perth for cheap, affordable world-class Internet bandwidth?
There isn't, simple. And I can't see there being for quite a long time either. I am from Perth originally (lived 18 years, now residing in Washington) and broadband in Australia is still in a very poor state, unless you are exceedingly wealthy.
Slashdot Mirror
This guy already has a flying car
Web * * www.aerocool.com.tw HTTP 403.9 - Internet Information Services () * Web * Microsoft Support
Interesting, if you paste the text in the foreign language into slashot and press preview, it converts it to english!
Me too!
:)
Except mine said
1. Fill with clothes
2. Give to mom
Sounds like a good deal to me
But Mr. Anderson, what good is your custom made electronic lock when you can no longer find your card?
And what happens if the song that you do download does not finish fully or it is not of very good quality and you want to download it again? Who's going to regulate the quality of what you're paying for?
Can't see this one working at all.
I read in the local paper (link about half way down - reg required) that the same thing also happened in New Orleans this week. The meteorite, which looked like a snady colored rock containing minerals commonly found in meteorites (tested at Tulane University) punched a hole through Ray Fausset's roof and two floors before coming to rest in the crawl space beneath the house, as reported.
I meant going to the huge amount of trouble to create these as a unique case that no-one else would have.
It would be great to see some of these cases marketed. I would be more than willing to pay a reasonable amount of money for one of these cases, as they look very cool indeed. Of course I guess that would defeat the point of these guys going to the huge amount of trouble to create these impressive cases, but still, there has to be some money to be made there, if marketed correctly.
I work in telemarketing (well its classed as that, even though I wouldn't really call it that) and we have to actually listen out for background noises as a way of identify a persons interests. For example, a baby crying, a dog barking, Pearl Jam playing on the CD. Guess this will mean one less thing to think about when on the phone, sounds like a good idea!
I definately agree with the letter to U.S. Representatives Lamar S. Smith and Howard L. Berman about this. When I first looked into registering a domain, I looked for a company that would list their contact details in the WHOIS database, and they would hold my records, keeping them off the public domain. This seemed like a good idea until I wanted to change companies, and they were basically uncontactable (always had their machine on, never returned calls or emails (10+ of each)) and they wanted to charge 3-4 years worth to drop my details so I could register with another.
/., and the webmaster had these words on the site,
On another side note, I remember once reading a site that was linked on
"This site is owned and operated by myself, a veteran of the US Navy. I'm not giving out my name any more BECAUSE the cops harass me, not the criminals. Nice huh! At least it gives my site credibility..
Funny thing was, if you went to the WHOIS database, all of his personal details were there to be seen, and he even lived not too far away, could have dropped by and said hi or something.
We don't have 'notarizers' in Australia. Do they plan to offer some other way for me to sign up? I really keen to do it ... :)
Speaking of spam, yesterday I submitted a story to /. which was published. Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to include my email address in the story. Today I had over 100 virus' and spam sent to me, whereas in the last 3 months of using the address, I have had 0 spam. Just a warning to anyone else who wants to submit an article. I also wrote an email to Rob about this asking that a warning be put on the submission page about using email addresses on the site.
The CD will come out monthly, not every Sunday as reported in the story.
I'm surprised this hasn't happened earlier actually. Magazine's have been slapping on CDs to their publications for a long while now (especially Gaming and computer mags) and these days you can even get CD's on Breakfast Cereal boxes.
Of course, whether or not any of the information contained on the cd's will be of any use/quality is another matter.
Bill does read slashdot! It has to be him.
And this guy from ebay has it cheaper again!
An anonymous reader writes "Vicroads does regular surveys of the roads in Victoria, Australia, to determine where they need to be patched or otherwise repaired. It used to be done in a vehicle travelling at 12 mph: slow, tedious, and hazardous to the traffic around it. Now, thanks to Linux, it's being done at speeds of 50 to 60 mph. The Melbourne Age has the details. Short version: the cost has fallen from $800,000 USD to $560,000. Not bad...
I have had 2 successful dealing with making money on the internet.
The first was with my ex-employer. They provided online mail, administration tools and a portal page to schools across Australia, New Zealand, UK and Hong Kong. They also acted as a service provider for several hundred schools in Victoria, Australia.
They were able to make money because of a couple of key reasons. Firstly, schools have to be held far more accountable than the average home user. If a home user uses a product illegally, usually not too much is done. If a school does this, the Principal has the right to fire the IT manager (or whoever is in charge of software/hardware management), and most guys prefer not to lose their jobs over something like that.
Another key was that they kept all of the software online on their own (or leased) hardware. This meant that software was never installed on clients computers, making it easier to track who was on the system, how much they were using etc. This is a sucessful business with around 50 employees.
I also run my own webpage and message board which has around 100 paid members and 2 major sponsors at the moment. Membership costs $10. I consider this quite successful as I originally never wrote the site to make money. I also ran the site without Members for 2 1/2 years before we started accumulating Members. There were several keys to this. The first was having the right website and code development to handle what we wanted. Some of the big sites spend a LOT of money getting this to work, the first problem.
Once we had that, due to a very good standing with readers, most people were more than happy to pay $10 for the year to help support the website. It didn't matter to them that they could get the same information for free anyway, they just wanted to support the site and be considered official members. This has helped me to upgrade the site further (trophies for event days, upgrade the message board to vBulletin (coming real soon) and several other benefits.
The key is providing something that my readers want at a fair price, trying to look after their wants, and providing them with useful information. I also have a couple of sponsors but this discussion isn't about that.
Cheers
From the Lexar Media website [digitalfilm.com] / [lexarmedia.com]
It is important to note that cards greater than 2 GB can only be used in cameras that support the FAT32 file system. Please be sure to install the latest version of Image Rescue (version 1.1.5) that is bundled on the card on your computers before using the card in a camera.
Image Rescue can assist you in properly reformatting the cards to FAT32 if they are mistakenly used in a non-FAT32 compliant camera.
At this time the 4 GB card can be used with the following cameras that support FAT32 and have a CF Type II slot.
Cameras that accept CompactFlash Type II that are also FAT32-compatible:
Canon Powershot G3
Canon Powershot G5
Canon Powershot S45
Canon Powershot S50
Canon EOS 10D
Canon EOS-1Ds
Kodak DCS 720X (A CompactFlash-to-PC Card adapter is required with these models)
Kodak DCS 760 (A CompactFlash-to-PC Card adapter is required with these models)
Kodak DCS Pro Back (all models)
Kodak DCS Pro 14n
Olympus E-1
Hmm, you may want to keep that in mind before you consider this product.
... I would be curious to hear from anyone who knows what the scene is like in Perth for cheap, affordable world-class Internet bandwidth?
There isn't, simple. And I can't see there being for quite a long time either. I am from Perth originally (lived 18 years, now residing in Washington) and broadband in Australia is still in a very poor state, unless you are exceedingly wealthy.
1. Make a game 2. Scare the shit out of people 3. ??? 4. Profit!!!
get hold of a mouse and keyboard for the xbox. If M$ will let you.