IANAL, but check the agreement he had to sign when he registered the domain. It may have said something along the lines of "we, the Company, hereby retain all rights of ownership to the domain. In exchange for a monthly fee of $[amount], we will allow the Customer usage of the domain." If it's got something like that, there's not much he can do, since they legally own the domain. It's underhanded and unethical, but still legal.
What about GCC for Palm OS? I've never used it, but I'm going to give it a try on my Clie sometime... Since Palm doesn't have their own C++ compiler, this looks like the best option.
There are a few downsides. Public schools lack funding to buy a bunch of these things, unless they get a killer discount. I've tried writing some C++ on my Clie, and it's a pain to write for extended periods of time without a keyboard. Also, these would get stolen pretty easily. The screens on these are not the toughest, so you would wind up with a lot of mangled screens (similar to what I did to my crappy cell phone). Also, administrating all of these would be a pain in the ass. Kids would play around with the reset button, lose the stylus, etc.
I've been considering getting a portable music player for a while, but I've had a few problems. Flash memory players are too small capacity, and cost too much per meg. Hard drive players tend to be too large, however. The only two I've seen that are good are the iPod (too expensive), and the Zen (considering it). However, since this plays.oggs, that gives it a nice big advantage over the Zen. Also, it weighs about 2/3 what the Zen weighs... Anybody have any info on the price of the iRiver? I'm also looking at the Muvo^2, but I'm not sure what the price is... I'll have to look that up...
I just listened to one of the classical music ones (Bach on the Violin or something), and I found it to be pretty good. I'd buy it, but I think they just got slashdotted...:-| Anyway, I'll probably buy that and maybe a few other albums from them once their site's back up. See, RIAA? This is the way to sell music!
Omnimax has great picture quality, and I always get the feeling of movement (which I suppose could turn to nausea in more sensitive people) when I watch an Omni movie... Anybody have a comparison between the two specs (yes, I know one is film-based)?
I might actually end up getting a Gamecube for Super Smash Bros. Melee now... This may be a prelude to Nintendo's next console's launch. Was there a similar price drop on the N64 before the Gamecube was released? Also, when are the PS3 and XBox2 due out?
Pricewatch lists 160 gig drives as costing about $100. Assuming they cost $125 (including shipping, and not from the lowest priced place), 7 drives, giving you 1120 gigs of storage space, would cost you $875. Add in some decent hardware for a file server, and you're looking at $1250-$1500. Compared to prices for NAS drives, etc., this would probably be your most economical option, not to mention the most versatile (you could also use it as a web server, etc.). Heck, stick in a decent PCI TV tuner and you've got an uber-TiVo!
Yes, but bitrate isn't the only factor in streaming audio. If the latency from the 28 kbps site is relatively low compared to that of the 56 kbit site, it will sound better because it will actually be able to make use of the bandwidth. There was a site on this, but I lost the url. Sorry!
Pick up a nice old used keyboard. An IBM Model M off eBay will cost you about 15 bucks. Right now, I've got my desktop hooked up to an old SGI keyboard that I picked up at the MIT Swapfest for about 3 or 4 dollars. I love the thing - best feel I've ever seen in a keyboard.
An X20 camera with ninja mount will do perfectly! And since we've stuck this in your face, you obviously want to get one! If you order now, we'll throw in a free multi-tool kitchen doohickey!
I find the callsign database quite useful. (I go through qrz.com) Need to send out a QSL card? No problem! Just look up the guy's address and send it to him! Granted, I can see the potential problems, but I've been a ham for about 5 years and never had anything bad happen to me. The database has actually been up for a while (the QRZ one, anyway), at least as long as I've been a ham.
What he proposes is way too strict. Right now, I run through a firewall and proxy, keep my system up to date, etc. Is it my fault if someone hacks into my computer and uses it? No. I've done everything possible to make my computer secure, short of spending thousands of dollars on corporate-level firewalls, etc., or disconnecting it from the internet completely. No computer is 100% hackproof.
What about the AT&T Relay? If you used it through dialup, would that work? Alternatively, what if you connected a cell phone to the computer via an X-JACK (or whatever it's called) connector, and uesd that for text messaging?
$699 for a single CPU license? Jeez... I bet (even if SCO had a valid case, and they won the lawsuit[s]), almost everyone would go to a non-System V OS rather than use UnixWare... What makes them think they can get that amount of money from anyone, even if they win the case[s]?
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Isn't the point of all punishment to deter the criminal and/or others from committing criminal acts?
More like Firestones...
IANAL, but check the agreement he had to sign when he registered the domain. It may have said something along the lines of "we, the Company, hereby retain all rights of ownership to the domain. In exchange for a monthly fee of $[amount], we will allow the Customer usage of the domain." If it's got something like that, there's not much he can do, since they legally own the domain. It's underhanded and unethical, but still legal.
Oooh... An onboard compiler... Ooops... Aaaand... Yay for SourceForge.
What about GCC for Palm OS? I've never used it, but I'm going to give it a try on my Clie sometime... Since Palm doesn't have their own C++ compiler, this looks like the best option.
There are a few downsides. Public schools lack funding to buy a bunch of these things, unless they get a killer discount. I've tried writing some C++ on my Clie, and it's a pain to write for extended periods of time without a keyboard. Also, these would get stolen pretty easily. The screens on these are not the toughest, so you would wind up with a lot of mangled screens (similar to what I did to my crappy cell phone). Also, administrating all of these would be a pain in the ass. Kids would play around with the reset button, lose the stylus, etc.
I've been considering getting a portable music player for a while, but I've had a few problems. Flash memory players are too small capacity, and cost too much per meg. Hard drive players tend to be too large, however. The only two I've seen that are good are the iPod (too expensive), and the Zen (considering it). However, since this plays .oggs, that gives it a nice big advantage over the Zen. Also, it weighs about 2/3 what the Zen weighs... Anybody have any info on the price of the iRiver? I'm also looking at the Muvo^2, but I'm not sure what the price is... I'll have to look that up...
I just listened to one of the classical music ones (Bach on the Violin or something), and I found it to be pretty good. I'd buy it, but I think they just got slashdotted... :-| Anyway, I'll probably buy that and maybe a few other albums from them once their site's back up. See, RIAA? This is the way to sell music!
Omnimax has great picture quality, and I always get the feeling of movement (which I suppose could turn to nausea in more sensitive people) when I watch an Omni movie... Anybody have a comparison between the two specs (yes, I know one is film-based)?
Just give it to a luddite...
Their net connection must be using TCP/IP over bongo drums; it's already slashdotted. :P
I might actually end up getting a Gamecube for Super Smash Bros. Melee now... This may be a prelude to Nintendo's next console's launch. Was there a similar price drop on the N64 before the Gamecube was released? Also, when are the PS3 and XBox2 due out?
Pricewatch lists 160 gig drives as costing about $100. Assuming they cost $125 (including shipping, and not from the lowest priced place), 7 drives, giving you 1120 gigs of storage space, would cost you $875. Add in some decent hardware for a file server, and you're looking at $1250-$1500. Compared to prices for NAS drives, etc., this would probably be your most economical option, not to mention the most versatile (you could also use it as a web server, etc.). Heck, stick in a decent PCI TV tuner and you've got an uber-TiVo!
Yes, but bitrate isn't the only factor in streaming audio. If the latency from the 28 kbps site is relatively low compared to that of the 56 kbit site, it will sound better because it will actually be able to make use of the bandwidth. There was a site on this, but I lost the url. Sorry!
Hi, and welcome to slashdot. You must be new here.
It's an endless supply of pr0n!
...what I'd like to see is them use this for prosecuting deadbeat bidders/sellers. It'd make eBay a heck of a lot more reliable...
Pick up a nice old used keyboard. An IBM Model M off eBay will cost you about 15 bucks. Right now, I've got my desktop hooked up to an old SGI keyboard that I picked up at the MIT Swapfest for about 3 or 4 dollars. I love the thing - best feel I've ever seen in a keyboard.
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I find the callsign database quite useful. (I go through qrz.com) Need to send out a QSL card? No problem! Just look up the guy's address and send it to him! Granted, I can see the potential problems, but I've been a ham for about 5 years and never had anything bad happen to me. The database has actually been up for a while (the QRZ one, anyway), at least as long as I've been a ham.
What he proposes is way too strict. Right now, I run through a firewall and proxy, keep my system up to date, etc. Is it my fault if someone hacks into my computer and uses it? No. I've done everything possible to make my computer secure, short of spending thousands of dollars on corporate-level firewalls, etc., or disconnecting it from the internet completely. No computer is 100% hackproof.
What about the AT&T Relay? If you used it through dialup, would that work? Alternatively, what if you connected a cell phone to the computer via an X-JACK (or whatever it's called) connector, and uesd that for text messaging?
Don't scare me like that! I thought I was going to have to pay more for my d20s!
$699 for a single CPU license? Jeez... I bet (even if SCO had a valid case, and they won the lawsuit[s]), almost everyone would go to a non-System V OS rather than use UnixWare... What makes them think they can get that amount of money from anyone, even if they win the case[s]?