The first 32bit CD console. Truly "multimedia" by the contemporary definition - It played audio CDs, using the controller as a remote. With a plug-in cartridge it could play full-motion mpeg video, a la the CD-i. Since it was basically an Amiga 1200 without a keyboard, it could easily be expanded into a full-fledged home computer, with the addition of a keyboard, mouse, RAM, HDD etc... very similar to what Sony seem to be pushing with the ps3.
Shame that Commodore went bust soon after the machine was released. Stupid Commodore.
I hope you're joking... Yes, alternatives are good. To use the old car analogy, if somebody gave you $200 to buy a car, would you refuse because it's not enough to buy the _whole car_? So why do we spurn solar/wind/geothermal because it won't solve 100% of the world's energy issues?
But we have to be realistic. As an earlier poster said, how is this blasting all that into orbit supposed to be cheaper than putting a crapload of solar cells here on Earth?
Even more wasteful than that, presumably the people who came up with this idea got *paid* for their time!
I second that. I've been in this country for two weeks and it seems that the homegrown lunatics outnumber the foreign lunatics by a factor of approximately infinity. The mall in Omaha, both churches in Denver, that teenager in Las Vegas... My sample size is growing disturbingly fast. Sure, they haven't hijacked any planes, but if the goal is terror, then all it takes is one of the above crazies opening up in a mall/church/bus stop.
Didn't Benjamin Franklin do just that? After he did his famous experiment with the kite and the key in the thunderstorm, I remember reading that he used the same apparatus to charge a Leyden jar (a primitive capacitor, using a glass jar as the dielectric to separate two metal plates)
The efficiency was probably pretty terrible though.
As an Australian who has also lived in the US for a while, I second that Australia runs a close second to the USA with ineffective, knee-jerk laws. At least wait until there's a change of government before thining about moving here. John Howard can't take Bush's dick out of mouth for long enough to do any real governing. I don't blame Bush for that, I blame the Australian people for believing his bullshit for so many years: -No GST -No interest rate rises -Babies oveboard -etc.
I drive for an airport shuttle company and I can tell you for sure that our GPS system uses the GSM phone network to deliver continuous updates of vehicle speed and location to dispatch.
Unfortunately our system does not do anything cool like tell the driver or passengers where they are - it can _only_ be used by management to spy on us.
The company is also currently installing cameras in all our vehicles. Again, the drivers has NO access to the footage of ourselves.
Can any Slashdot pseudo-lawyers advise me on a course of action? It sucks not being able to scratch my nuts or pick my nose during shifts that often run over 15 hours.
Gah! My pet peeve. OUr ancestors may have had a 30year _life expectancy at birth_ but this is VERY different. Humans don't actually live that much older than our ancestors, but the _average_ life expectancy has increased because we have drastically reduced childhood mortality from things like birth complications and childhood diseases like polio, measles, diarrhoea etc.
I really hope people don't need a "top of the line architect" to suggest they insulate their home, use efficient lighting/appliances, window coverings... is it really that hard to figure out?
IIRC, part of the reason we're so worried about influenza is because the virus has no proofreading of its RNA when the virus replicates. Therefore the frequency of mutation is much higher than for other types of viruses, incresing the probability of something nasty appearing.
Nope, only the grammar nazis... remember, the apostrophe is NEVER used to indicate plural:-)
Funny that the Americans had decimal money for years before the UK converted - surely they can see that factors of 10 are easier than shillings, farthings etc...
And to stick it up the religious nuts who say the bible is against the metric system - that very same money says IN GOD WE TRUST.
So, as a British person, do you get sick of Americans calling the Imperial system The "English" system, even though even the English have now joined the rest of the world in metric? What about the fact that many of their measurements, eg, the US gallon, are not even "English" anyway?
The screenshots on their website actually look pretty cool - it has an Amiga-ish feel but looks uncluttered and easy. A few of the features sound like a good idea too, like the instant-on and instant-off, multiple screens, RAM disk etc... I'd definitely play with it given the chance...
I was in Amsterdam in August, I was staying right by the Singel canal. They still have the old green-painted urinals there, very useful too! There were few others around but, like many first-time tourists in Amsterdam, I was not 100% alert to recall exactly where they were;-)
I wish I had mod points. You are 100% correct. A suicide doesn't expect to live, so until the authorities start cavity searching every single passenger and crew member, all this new security rigmarole is one very expensive waste of time.
90 days my hairy white arse. I'm still waiting for my $150 for a product I bought in January. I reckon it would be a laugh to mail the CEO a big shit sealed in an envelope. Would this get me my rebate? Nope. But it would restore balance in the universe....
Allow me to also recommend http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2936/article.html from an Australian automotive site. The author is attempting to build a recumbent human-powered vehicle from scratch. So far he's detailed frame design, prototyped front and rear suspension, all the while explaining his selections and describing alternatives. Even if you are not excited by cars, the site is worth a look for articles such as the recumbent bike, and general tech articles about making things, or re-using junked technology to make other cool stuff.
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The first 32bit CD console. Truly "multimedia" by the contemporary definition - It played audio CDs, using the controller as a remote. With a plug-in cartridge it could play full-motion mpeg video, a la the CD-i. Since it was basically an Amiga 1200 without a keyboard, it could easily be expanded into a full-fledged home computer, with the addition of a keyboard, mouse, RAM, HDD etc... very similar to what Sony seem to be pushing with the ps3.
Shame that Commodore went bust soon after the machine was released. Stupid Commodore.
What the hell is a bushel? What is the conversion to African Elephants, or Volkswagen Beetles?
Sad but true: http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20070709/NEWS/70709026
Worse, this is in a very wealthy, presumably well-educated county who of all demographics should know better.
I hope you're joking... Yes, alternatives are good. To use the old car analogy, if somebody gave you $200 to buy a car, would you refuse because it's not enough to buy the _whole car_? So why do we spurn solar/wind/geothermal because it won't solve 100% of the world's energy issues?
But we have to be realistic. As an earlier poster said, how is this blasting all that into orbit supposed to be cheaper than putting a crapload of solar cells here on Earth?
Even more wasteful than that, presumably the people who came up with this idea got *paid* for their time!
Yes, the British HAD the imperial gallon, which was about 4.4 litres. However even the British are now moving to the metric system.
I second that. I've been in this country for two weeks and it seems that the homegrown lunatics outnumber the foreign lunatics by a factor of approximately infinity. The mall in Omaha, both churches in Denver, that teenager in Las Vegas... My sample size is growing disturbingly fast. Sure, they haven't hijacked any planes, but if the goal is terror, then all it takes is one of the above crazies opening up in a mall/church/bus stop.
Uh, I don't think he was talking about the software...
Didn't Benjamin Franklin do just that? After he did his famous experiment with the kite and the key in the thunderstorm, I remember reading that he used the same apparatus to charge a Leyden jar (a primitive capacitor, using a glass jar as the dielectric to separate two metal plates)
The efficiency was probably pretty terrible though.
As an Australian who has also lived in the US for a while, I second that Australia runs a close second to the USA with ineffective, knee-jerk laws. At least wait until there's a change of government before thining about moving here. John Howard can't take Bush's dick out of mouth for long enough to do any real governing. I don't blame Bush for that, I blame the Australian people for believing his bullshit for so many years:
-No GST
-No interest rate rises
-Babies oveboard
-etc.
Rant over, I feel slightly better now.
I drive for an airport shuttle company and I can tell you for sure that our GPS system uses the GSM phone network to deliver continuous updates of vehicle speed and location to dispatch.
Unfortunately our system does not do anything cool like tell the driver or passengers where they are - it can _only_ be used by management to spy on us.
The company is also currently installing cameras in all our vehicles. Again, the drivers has NO access to the footage of ourselves.
Can any Slashdot pseudo-lawyers advise me on a course of action? It sucks not being able to scratch my nuts or pick my nose during shifts that often run over 15 hours.
Wasn't that guy in NZ doing exactly that? I don't remember the exact link but he runs www.aardvark.co.nz
He made a lot of noise about a pulsejet powered microcontroller-brained cruise missile a few years back...
I can't believe nobody has linked to the original articles in The Australian at http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,2216 2513-2702,00.html?from=public_rss6 1037-28737,00.html?from=public_rss
and http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,221
It's slightly less sensationalist than the Inquirer article... but still not great journalism. I do however want to get a job at this High Tech Crime Centre in Canberra!
Gah! My pet peeve. OUr ancestors may have had a 30year _life expectancy at birth_ but this is VERY different. Humans don't actually live that much older than our ancestors, but the _average_ life expectancy has increased because we have drastically reduced childhood mortality from things like birth complications and childhood diseases like polio, measles, diarrhoea etc.
I really hope people don't need a "top of the line architect" to suggest they insulate their home, use efficient lighting/appliances, window coverings... is it really that hard to figure out?
IIRC, part of the reason we're so worried about influenza is because the virus has no proofreading of its RNA when the virus replicates. Therefore the frequency of mutation is much higher than for other types of viruses, incresing the probability of something nasty appearing.
Nope, only the grammar nazis... remember, the apostrophe is NEVER used to indicate plural:-)
Funny that the Americans had decimal money for years before the UK converted - surely they can see that factors of 10 are easier than shillings, farthings etc...
And to stick it up the religious nuts who say the bible is against the metric system - that very same money says IN GOD WE TRUST.
So, as a British person, do you get sick of Americans calling the Imperial system The "English" system, even though even the English have now joined the rest of the world in metric? What about the fact that many of their measurements, eg, the US gallon, are not even "English" anyway?
The screenshots on their website actually look pretty cool - it has an Amiga-ish feel but looks uncluttered and easy. A few of the features sound like a good idea too, like the instant-on and instant-off, multiple screens, RAM disk etc... I'd definitely play with it given the chance...
Remember the James Bond book/film From Russia with Love? The KGB's top strategist was the national chess chamion. Life imitates art?
I didn't know ants could type so well.
I was in Amsterdam in August, I was staying right by the Singel canal. They still have the old green-painted urinals there, very useful too! There were few others around but, like many first-time tourists in Amsterdam, I was not 100% alert to recall exactly where they were;-)
I wish I had mod points. You are 100% correct. A suicide doesn't expect to live, so until the authorities start cavity searching every single passenger and crew member, all this new security rigmarole is one very expensive waste of time.
Erm, this may have been pointed out already, but if you're a suicide bomber I don't think the dangerous nature of nitroglycerine is really an issue!
90 days my hairy white arse. I'm still waiting for my $150 for a product I bought in January. I reckon it would be a laugh to mail the CEO a big shit sealed in an envelope. Would this get me my rebate? Nope. But it would restore balance in the universe....
Allow me to also recommend http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2936/article.html from an Australian automotive site. The author is attempting to build a recumbent human-powered vehicle from scratch. So far he's detailed frame design, prototyped front and rear suspension, all the while explaining his selections and describing alternatives. Even if you are not excited by cars, the site is worth a look for articles such as the recumbent bike, and general tech articles about making things, or re-using junked technology to make other cool stuff.