For anyone looking to try audiobooks, check if your local library is part of the Overdrive (or other) system, which gives you access to a large library for free.
I like audio books for all the tedious day to day tasks. I can listen while driving, commuting, doing dishes, cleaning the house, doing laundry. Basically anything where i dont need to listen to someone else speak or concentrate hard i can listen to book. Makes menial tasks much easier to get through for me.
Switches over to Audiobooks on Overdrive last spring. i'm not 'reading' anywhere from 5-10 books a month. Depends on the length, some books at 8-10 hours, others are 30+. listening at 1.4x i can get through an 8 hour book in a day.
Right now i have finished the "Robots" series by Isaac Asimov, and now on book 2 of the Foundation series.
Overdrive really changed my ability to get through books, i probably read more now in a month the i used to in a year. I highly recommend it to anyone who's local library is a member. The best part is that is completely free.
Amazon.ca does not sell the fireTV, or Firestick, unless they are actually $150, in which case i dont think they understand their target audience. Since amazon prime video came to Canada, i've watch 3/4 of one movie, because I want to watch things on my TV, not my phone or PC.
Apparently there is an Prime Video app on Roku. I borrowed a roku from a friend who was not using it anymore, can't find the app. Looks like again they don't offer that app on Roku in Canada.
But hey, lets go after the Cable box market, because that is clearly a growing market segment...
There is huge hype in the media that THIS year will be the year of wearable tech. Until there are better input methods then voice, i dont think it will take off. I hate interacting with my phone through voice, and i feel like Glass would be even worse.
Wearable tech is still a lot of hype by the industry, and I don't know if the consumer is really looking to spend money on it just yet. I feel like we need a breakout tech to really get people on board, and Glass hasn't done that.
So basically all the features I have been using for the last 3 years on XBMC + Steam, except for Voice and motion input(which i think are silly and I don't want).
Had this been an issues with a new blackberry, you know they would be crucified. The media loves to let apple getaway with stuff like this all the time, but any mistakemade by RIM and it means the end of the company. If this is a software bug, why are we waiting weeks for a fix? Because apple knows they can do as they please, and these devices will still fly off the shelves faster then they can build them.
Atleast in scientific application there is no reason to use Imperial. Metric makes all calculations simpler, and is accepted by a much larger portion of the world, and should be the standard in all science.
Not sure if the OP meant this, but I like the fact that if I have a game I like, for example L4D2 which is around 7 gigs, and a friend picks it up, I can bring over the backup files from my computer, and install the game using those. He does not have to go and waste a few hours re-downloading the games. All of my games are backed up to an external NAS at my house, and whenever I install them, its just a matter of clicking on the files on the NAS, and running the install. Then once its installed, the game is automatically patched to the latest version by steam( I can re-backup with this patch for next time ). I can then bring my NAS with my to my friends, and as long as he owns the license he can still use the same install files. Very much like when games were bought on physical media. The advantage? No Stupid CD/DVD protection, i can give him a COPY of the backup file on DVD if I like. No Key to remember. How many old games do I have that I no longer have the original packaging for? That means I have to crack the game to get around the activation key. Also I can keep redundant copies of the game at home, and if my house burns down, steam still has a copy for me. If I own all my games on DVD and my house burns down, I'm S.O.L.
So, the first one builds a friend, then each builds a friend, and each of those builds a friend. Soon enough there will be millions, and they will be able to invade your blood cells!
You can get away with fraud when dealing with the government. It's the Vacuum company that got them in trouble. The government would have probably went on for a few more years buying them if it wasn't for these people getting greedy and going after the lucrative vacuum market.
The difference is that we all know that Google is a giant Advertiser. Most people are under the impression that Ubuntu is a free OS, not an Ad Sponsored/Data mining revenue oriented OS.
If you have the money, you should look into some Network Access Control(NAC), or enterprise firewall solutions. Something by companies like Mirage, ForeScout, or Fortinet(among others). This way, you can force any laptop on the network to authenticate, either AD, 802.1x, or captive portal. You can then run a host check to check for up to day Virus scanning software, as well as many other things. While they are at school, the laptop has certain policies. You can push firewall, etc to the host. As well they can have Single Sign on for network resources. At home the user has a client to connect into school resources through IPSec or SSL VPN. Policies can be put in place for home use, or can be allowed full access, as long as when you reconnect to the network you meet your policy.
Look into these companies and find a distributor to help you install it. Each devices servers different needs. My company has deployed a similar solution for a School board in Ontario in the last year, and so far they like it.
Whats all this talk about DVD? Why not sure Blu-Ray? whats it got 50 gigs? Little better...240 Disks for the example above where someone said 1600+ dvds. Also Blu-Ray today have 2 layers. In the future i am sure that will increase, or the next optical medium will be even more condensed.
That being said i still believe that SSD is the way of the future.
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For anyone looking to try audiobooks, check if your local library is part of the Overdrive (or other) system, which gives you access to a large library for free.
I like audio books for all the tedious day to day tasks. I can listen while driving, commuting, doing dishes, cleaning the house, doing laundry. Basically anything where i dont need to listen to someone else speak or concentrate hard i can listen to book. Makes menial tasks much easier to get through for me.
Is that Neal Stephenson? If so i already have Crypto-nomicon on my hold list in overdrive :) Looking forward to it
They are a bit dated, but have you read any Asimov or Heinlein? I haven't come across things like that in any of the books i have read thus far.
I am really enjoying Asimov and Heinlein. Can you recommend a good book to start Stephenson ? Never heard of him.
Switches over to Audiobooks on Overdrive last spring. i'm not 'reading' anywhere from 5-10 books a month. Depends on the length, some books at 8-10 hours, others are 30+. listening at 1.4x i can get through an 8 hour book in a day.
Right now i have finished the "Robots" series by Isaac Asimov, and now on book 2 of the Foundation series.
Overdrive really changed my ability to get through books, i probably read more now in a month the i used to in a year. I highly recommend it to anyone who's local library is a member. The best part is that is completely free.
Amazon.ca does not sell the fireTV, or Firestick, unless they are actually $150, in which case i dont think they understand their target audience. Since amazon prime video came to Canada, i've watch 3/4 of one movie, because I want to watch things on my TV, not my phone or PC.
Apparently there is an Prime Video app on Roku. I borrowed a roku from a friend who was not using it anymore, can't find the app. Looks like again they don't offer that app on Roku in Canada.
But hey, lets go after the Cable box market, because that is clearly a growing market segment...
Maybe they should first offer something and basic as Chromecast support on their mobile apps.
They just need more time so that the government can implement their back doors into the new algorithm
There is huge hype in the media that THIS year will be the year of wearable tech. Until there are better input methods then voice, i dont think it will take off. I hate interacting with my phone through voice, and i feel like Glass would be even worse.
Wearable tech is still a lot of hype by the industry, and I don't know if the consumer is really looking to spend money on it just yet. I feel like we need a breakout tech to really get people on board, and Glass hasn't done that.
So basically all the features I have been using for the last 3 years on XBMC + Steam, except for Voice and motion input(which i think are silly and I don't want).
Valve needs to concentrade on releasing the next edition of the game, and stop working on a 1000 other projects on the sidelines.
Had this been an issues with a new blackberry, you know they would be crucified. The media loves to let apple getaway with stuff like this all the time, but any mistakemade by RIM and it means the end of the company. If this is a software bug, why are we waiting weeks for a fix? Because apple knows they can do as they please, and these devices will still fly off the shelves faster then they can build them.
Atleast in scientific application there is no reason to use Imperial. Metric makes all calculations simpler, and is accepted by a much larger portion of the world, and should be the standard in all science.
Yeah, cause when i am on a packed train, all i want to do it talk my private message into my phone :)
Voice recognition is over hyped, and it will not work as a sole means for data entry, ever.
Not sure if the OP meant this, but I like the fact that if I have a game I like, for example L4D2 which is around 7 gigs, and a friend picks it up, I can bring over the backup files from my computer, and install the game using those. He does not have to go and waste a few hours re-downloading the games. All of my games are backed up to an external NAS at my house, and whenever I install them, its just a matter of clicking on the files on the NAS, and running the install. Then once its installed, the game is automatically patched to the latest version by steam( I can re-backup with this patch for next time ).
I can then bring my NAS with my to my friends, and as long as he owns the license he can still use the same install files. Very much like when games were bought on physical media. The advantage? No Stupid CD/DVD protection, i can give him a COPY of the backup file on DVD if I like.
No Key to remember. How many old games do I have that I no longer have the original packaging for? That means I have to crack the game to get around the activation key.
Also I can keep redundant copies of the game at home, and if my house burns down, steam still has a copy for me. If I own all my games on DVD and my house burns down, I'm S.O.L.
So, the first one builds a friend, then each builds a friend, and each of those builds a friend. Soon enough there will be millions, and they will be able to invade your blood cells!
I for one welcome our nano sized robot overlords
Your average Joe probably doesn't even know what IPv4 is, let alone the reasons for going to 6
You can get away with fraud when dealing with the government. It's the Vacuum company that got them in trouble. The government would have probably went on for a few more years buying them if it wasn't for these people getting greedy and going after the lucrative vacuum market.
So, now they will just take away my laptop for 4 days. Good thing my flight is in two hours, and I am not back for 6 weeks...
-EL
The difference is that we all know that Google is a giant Advertiser.
Most people are under the impression that Ubuntu is a free OS, not an Ad Sponsored/Data mining revenue oriented OS.
If you have the money, you should look into some Network Access Control(NAC), or enterprise firewall solutions. Something by companies like Mirage, ForeScout, or Fortinet(among others). This way, you can force any laptop on the network to authenticate, either AD, 802.1x, or captive portal. You can then run a host check to check for up to day Virus scanning software, as well as many other things.
While they are at school, the laptop has certain policies. You can push firewall, etc to the host. As well they can have Single Sign on for network resources.
At home the user has a client to connect into school resources through IPSec or SSL VPN. Policies can be put in place for home use, or can be allowed full access, as long as when you reconnect to the network you meet your policy.
Look into these companies and find a distributor to help you install it. Each devices servers different needs.
My company has deployed a similar solution for a School board in Ontario in the last year, and so far they like it.
Whats all this talk about DVD? Why not sure Blu-Ray? whats it got 50 gigs? Little better...240 Disks for the example above where someone said 1600+ dvds. Also Blu-Ray today have 2 layers. In the future i am sure that will increase, or the next optical medium will be even more condensed. That being said i still believe that SSD is the way of the future.
Maybe with the FIN flag?
So, In other words, a language for Windows.