The general and trivial knowledge of the average high school student is pathetic, at best. Why? Anyone who grew up in public school can tell you, anyone with that kind of knowledge (along with other factors)is considered a "nerd" or "geek" and quickly becomes a social outcast. And they all want to be popular and accepted, so they either feign ignorance or they actually are. I'm inclined to believe the latter.
Hve you ever watched Street Smarts? I once saw a college kid who couldn't name the current president of the U.S.
You are correct in that the copyright holder has the right to seek compensation for his/her work, but they don't have a right seek it from people who aren't using their work. Imagine getting sued by the RIAA because you told a few friends where they can find a guy selling bootleg CDs... that's just plain stupid. Go after the bootlegger, by all means, but you can't really go after someone for KNOWING the bootlegger; that is frivolous.
Not to mention that these formats give you so many options in terms of quality settings you can have any filesize you want.
Careful how you word that, someone might think that they can use xvid or divx to cram 25 minutes of DVD quality por^H^H^Hvideo into a 2KB file. That's very different from what is actually possible.
Reminds me of the guy that thought he could get all of his files down to 1KB by "zipping" them over and over.
As a Vonage user, I doubt Comcast's first offering will be on-par with existing services, much in the way a new DVR service doesn't quite compare to Tivo (for ease of use and features, anyway). I was considering several VOIP services before I finally went with Vonage (over my cable provider's offering) for two reasons: features (such as Call Forwarding with Simultaneous ring, so the phone rings at your house and say, your cell phone), and the ability to take your existing phone number from your POTS line to Vonage. Can you really expect Comcast's first venture into the field to compare with this?
And btw, no, no one has been able to tell that I'm on VOIP rather than POTS.
I think it's interesting that this guy is talking about having our sweaters charge our cell phones / iPods etc. First of all, who wants to have a large AC adapter plugged into their sleeve? Secondly, why not just make the piece of electronic equipment incorporate the material, so you wouldn't need to plug it into anything? Have any part of the device that's usually exposed be coated with this - you're talking about enormous amounts of "talk time" - imagine, plugging your iPod into the outlet only ONCE a day?
Agreed. Number one, the "Power Failure Crash" is just stupid. This one gripe makes me believe that the author doesn't understand computers and how they work at all, for two reasons:
1) He complains that after a power failure, all work is lost. Resolutions: Save often, idiot. By RAM's very nature, it cannot keep information without power. The car analogy is just idiodic. If your information is that important, either save it often or buy a UPS, dumass.
2) Hard drives, by the very nature of the way information is written, can be damaged by losing power abrubtly, especially in the middle of a write operation. Avoid this by buying a UPS, or use a laptop that will automatically switch to backup if AC is lost.
The "continous save" idea is just idiotic. First off, applications already do this, just not after every TWO CHARACTERS typed. If an application DID do it that often, you can rest assured it would be very unpopular. After all, who wants an application that's sure to be nicknamed the "hard drive killer?"
The hardware fix is just as absurd: have you ever seen a memory dump of 1 GIG of memory take only 30 seconds? I sure haven't. Not even for 256MB. BUY A UPS you idiot. They are as cheap as $100, way cheaper than any integrated solution would be. And who wants a computer that weighs 100 pounds?
Needless to say, I stopped reading this stupid "article" after that first gripe.
You can't be serious. I have an iPod, and yes, while FM is a great option - I use the iPod in my car. That's neither here nor there, since there are people that walk around outside with their music players as well... but that thing is even uglier than this iPod "video" hack. It's obviously an iPod look-alike - the blue backlight, the shape, the "touch" pad, the wired remote. Even in the description!
There's no need to go round in circles with the ZEN MICRO's intuitive Vertical Touch Pad.
An obvious swipe at the iPod's scroll wheel. Honestly, I have had several mp3 players in the past, and the iPod exceeds them. I have yet to see an interface as innovative, intuitive, and simple as the iPod's scroll wheel (I prefer the 3g to the 4g wheel with buttons). Besides the fact that headphones are awesome as far as earbuds go.
Besides, it's only 5GB, and is only marginally smaller than the 40GB iPod.
Cheaper != Better
Don't hate the player, hate the game.
You're using the wrong word here - I think you mean "which do you think is simpler?" Just because there are more steps, doesn't mean it's less efficient. Think of driving to a destination, and you can either take a highway [10 miles] or local streets [8 miles]. Just because there are less miles in the local trip, doesn't mean it's more efficient.
I wouldn't worry about the exhaust, I would worry about shock. What are the implications of having a relatively tiny turbine spinning that fast and be dropped / jostled / jiggled / wiggled? Would that interrupt the rhythm and therefore the power output?
Not only that, but with licenses as they are, the police/gestapo/etc. have to ASK for your license to see who you are - that's the big difference. You know who is requesting your license information, and if you so desire, you can deny them this access. Not so with RFID. If a cop pulls you over, he gets all your driver information and anyone else in the vehicle carrying this RFID as he walks to your car (maybe even before he gets out of HIS car, without even talking to you.
Might not trouble some, but being a minority I've had my "fair" share of profiling. This brings it to a whole new level.
At the risk of being off topic, the Chrysler "K" car (Dodge Aries / Plymouth Reliant) dominated because it was cheaper than then alternatives, and easier to purchase.
In contrast, windows is significantly more expensive, and dominates the market for a good reason: people are too lazy to change. Why do you think banks still use AS400's and code in FORTRAN? It costs too much to change now, even though there are better alternatives.
This is why Microsloth still makes money. When you upgrade from one version of Windows to another, the front end is still basically the same. This is what users like - and they're willing to shell out $99-$500 bucks to keep their OS looking the same, but still be able to use DirectX 9000.0174x.
Until software developers make their stuff platform independent, (or more likely, there is a fundamental flaw in Windows that cannot be "patched" which results in script kiddies taking over the world), it will always be a Windows world.
I think you can attribute this to more and more "package" deals that weren't available previously. For instance, here in the NY/NJ area, Optimum Online is offering a TV/Internet/telephone deal for $90 / month for a year (digital cable, internet, SIP phone) to users of any one or two of their services. That is a stellar deal in my book, considering that with optimum I am used to averaging 8.5 megabits down. I'm sure there are deals like this all over the place.
Coupled with that, take a look at the number of modem-friendly web pages out there - I would think that this number declines proportionately with the increase in broadband use.
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The general and trivial knowledge of the average high school student is pathetic, at best. Why? Anyone who grew up in public school can tell you, anyone with that kind of knowledge (along with other factors)is considered a "nerd" or "geek" and quickly becomes a social outcast. And they all want to be popular and accepted, so they either feign ignorance or they actually are. I'm inclined to believe the latter.
Hve you ever watched Street Smarts? I once saw a college kid who couldn't name the current president of the U.S.
He's a wildly famous football player in Britain. [soccer, for us Americans] He's also married to some Spice Girl. The paparazzi love him.
Because this is the first time someone's referred to Blackberries as "trendy."
Now this is trendy!
You are correct in that the copyright holder has the right to seek compensation for his/her work, but they don't have a right seek it from people who aren't using their work. Imagine getting sued by the RIAA because you told a few friends where they can find a guy selling bootleg CDs... that's just plain stupid. Go after the bootlegger, by all means, but you can't really go after someone for KNOWING the bootlegger; that is frivolous.
Careful how you word that, someone might think that they can use xvid or divx to cram 25 minutes of DVD quality por^H^H^Hvideo into a 2KB file. That's very different from what is actually possible.
Reminds me of the guy that thought he could get all of his files down to 1KB by "zipping" them over and over.
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I get 8.5mb down and 1mb up... for $29.95 a month. Can you beat that with DSL?
As a Vonage user, I doubt Comcast's first offering will be on-par with existing services, much in the way a new DVR service doesn't quite compare to Tivo (for ease of use and features, anyway). I was considering several VOIP services before I finally went with Vonage (over my cable provider's offering) for two reasons: features (such as Call Forwarding with Simultaneous ring, so the phone rings at your house and say, your cell phone), and the ability to take your existing phone number from your POTS line to Vonage. Can you really expect Comcast's first venture into the field to compare with this?
And btw, no, no one has been able to tell that I'm on VOIP rather than POTS.
What is a Nebraska? /sarcasm
I think it's interesting that this guy is talking about having our sweaters charge our cell phones / iPods etc. First of all, who wants to have a large AC adapter plugged into their sleeve? Secondly, why not just make the piece of electronic equipment incorporate the material, so you wouldn't need to plug it into anything? Have any part of the device that's usually exposed be coated with this - you're talking about enormous amounts of "talk time" - imagine, plugging your iPod into the outlet only ONCE a day?
he didn't do the 2003's because Jenna Jameson was there, and this time she wasn't. He's mad as hell, and is not going to take it anymore!
Agreed. Number one, the "Power Failure Crash" is just stupid. This one gripe makes me believe that the author doesn't understand computers and how they work at all, for two reasons:
1) He complains that after a power failure, all work is lost. Resolutions: Save often, idiot. By RAM's very nature, it cannot keep information without power. The car analogy is just idiodic. If your information is that important, either save it often or buy a UPS, dumass.
2) Hard drives, by the very nature of the way information is written, can be damaged by losing power abrubtly, especially in the middle of a write operation. Avoid this by buying a UPS, or use a laptop that will automatically switch to backup if AC is lost.
The "continous save" idea is just idiotic. First off, applications already do this, just not after every TWO CHARACTERS typed. If an application DID do it that often, you can rest assured it would be very unpopular. After all, who wants an application that's sure to be nicknamed the "hard drive killer?"
The hardware fix is just as absurd: have you ever seen a memory dump of 1 GIG of memory take only 30 seconds? I sure haven't. Not even for 256MB. BUY A UPS you idiot. They are as cheap as $100, way cheaper than any integrated solution would be. And who wants a computer that weighs 100 pounds?
Needless to say, I stopped reading this stupid "article" after that first gripe.
An obvious swipe at the iPod's scroll wheel. Honestly, I have had several mp3 players in the past, and the iPod exceeds them. I have yet to see an interface as innovative, intuitive, and simple as the iPod's scroll wheel (I prefer the 3g to the 4g wheel with buttons). Besides the fact that headphones are awesome as far as earbuds go.
Besides, it's only 5GB, and is only marginally smaller than the 40GB iPod.
Cheaper != Better Don't hate the player, hate the game.
The funny thing is, you had $19 in your account.
Explain your statement? I have a GBA:SP and love it. Are you speaking of the original GBA?
You're using the wrong word here - I think you mean "which do you think is simpler?" Just because there are more steps, doesn't mean it's less efficient. Think of driving to a destination, and you can either take a highway [10 miles] or local streets [8 miles]. Just because there are less miles in the local trip, doesn't mean it's more efficient.
I wouldn't worry about the exhaust, I would worry about shock. What are the implications of having a relatively tiny turbine spinning that fast and be dropped / jostled / jiggled / wiggled? Would that interrupt the rhythm and therefore the power output?
what makes you think that the people passing this law won't also make it illegal to purposely block or interfere with the signal?
It seems to me that the proper course of action would be to prevent this from becoming law in the first place.
Not only that, but with licenses as they are, the police/gestapo/etc. have to ASK for your license to see who you are - that's the big difference. You know who is requesting your license information, and if you so desire, you can deny them this access. Not so with RFID. If a cop pulls you over, he gets all your driver information and anyone else in the vehicle carrying this RFID as he walks to your car (maybe even before he gets out of HIS car, without even talking to you.
Might not trouble some, but being a minority I've had my "fair" share of profiling. This brings it to a whole new level.
Yes, and their batteries die after about 2-3 hours (unless you get a battery upgrade). This device has an estimated 12 hours of battery life.
The AS400 / FORTRAN statement is a seperate assertion from the laziness statement - I never said banks were lazy - I said it costs too much to update.
At the risk of being off topic, the Chrysler "K" car (Dodge Aries / Plymouth Reliant) dominated because it was cheaper than then alternatives, and easier to purchase.
In contrast, windows is significantly more expensive, and dominates the market for a good reason: people are too lazy to change. Why do you think banks still use AS400's and code in FORTRAN? It costs too much to change now, even though there are better alternatives.
This is why Microsloth still makes money. When you upgrade from one version of Windows to another, the front end is still basically the same. This is what users like - and they're willing to shell out $99-$500 bucks to keep their OS looking the same, but still be able to use DirectX 9000.0174x.
Until software developers make their stuff platform independent, (or more likely, there is a fundamental flaw in Windows that cannot be "patched" which results in script kiddies taking over the world), it will always be a Windows world.
Go fig.
It's the largest flash mob in the US. Why do you think they call them "Thousands Standing Around"?
I think Optimum Online is the best internet service available in my area. I get 8.5 mbps down and over 900 kbps up.
I think you can attribute this to more and more "package" deals that weren't available previously. For instance, here in the NY/NJ area, Optimum Online is offering a TV/Internet/telephone deal for $90 / month for a year (digital cable, internet, SIP phone) to users of any one or two of their services. That is a stellar deal in my book, considering that with optimum I am used to averaging 8.5 megabits down. I'm sure there are deals like this all over the place.
Coupled with that, take a look at the number of modem-friendly web pages out there - I would think that this number declines proportionately with the increase in broadband use.