If you live in a rural area like I do where our mailboxes are simply conventional, lockless boxes at the end of the road (NOT in front of our houses, or in a super-mailbox), stuff very easily walks away.
I've had credit card bills go missing and the like; Viagra perscription charges appeared on the next bill.
Maybe it would be wise to take out a PO box or something..
What good is a 802.11 remote control? The batteries will run out in a matter of days or weeks, I'd imagine.
I have a remote for my c-band satellite receiver that uses UHF.. it works anywhere in my house and the batteries last months. Much better solution, I'd say.
I think the fact that the packaging and manuals had dire warnings saying that children under a certain age (6? 8?) could wreck their eyes permanently by playing it probably didn't help sales either..
For your kids well hrm they dont have any reasonable expectation of privacy untill 18 from there parents at least. Well I hope they dont if I'm civily responcible for them.
Well, they probably don't but I'd think it wise to establish a certain level of trust with one's teenage son/daugher instead of slapping a tracking device on them. I'm sure it would be REAL fun living with them if you did that..
This is getting more completely pointless and off topic, but in said book and all the rest published by Raincoast Books, I believe the original British text is presevered too. (i.e. single quotes for quotations, even though Canadian method is double-quotes)
The 8086 came first, and was 16-bit throughout. The 8088 was designed to be cheaper, as it had an 8bit external data bus.. but the processor was 16-bit.
Actually, it can take 1 hit at a time. There's no multitasking. This is probably why Contiki servers in the past haven't melted when they get a mention on Slashdot like the C64 server.. if it is already serving a page you wait until it is free... can't really overload it.
The document can still be reproduced, the point is -- the pseudo-hologram can not. If the document is missing the pseudo-hologram, you know that it has been duplicated.
Thing is, I happen to get annoyed with Web development as soon as I either want a user to input formatted text (just yer basic bold, italic, etc.) or I want to enable them to create an ordering in the list of objects they own. The latter currently involves a multiple selection box and a small-print A4 full of JavaScript garble.
It sounds like you are trying to write a word processor and a personal inventory system with HTML and Javascript and a bunch of back-end crap.
Why?
Just write a proper application and be done with it.
It seems everyone now thinks that there should be 'web-based' applications..
BBC is not the only broadcaster.. but AFAIK you must pay up if you want to watch absolutely anything on TV (even if you plan on NEVER watching BBC), and the money goes ONLY to the BBC, right?
I don't know if you've ever seen any Canadian digital satellite, but StarChoice up here is really awful. The movie channels are fine, but the rest is so-so.. the main channels of the major networks, i.e. CFTO and CBLT are poor looking but the smaller channels are even worse.. CHEX and the Game Show Network, for example have ridiculous amounts of compression artifacts visible constantly.
My C-band dish isn't getting replaced till I can't get programming and/or replacement parts..
Yes, but (pressed) CDs tend to be a lot more reliable than computer components.
I believe "license still has downloads available" means that you still have credit in your account. Basically, they are saying, pay us again.
Anyway, every hour spent online is way better than any hour spent on TV. Being online keeps your brain working, I doubt TV does that very often.
You'd think, but judging by what I see teenagers doing on the Internet at the local library the most they do is play awful flash games and send IM to each other. i.e.:
Well, the big issue is that DRM is usually very limiting. For example, with most online music services using DRM, you can't burn to CD, you are FORCED to use Windows+Windows Media Player (I have a Windows machine, Linux machine and DOS machine and I can listen to my MP3s on all of them), you can't listen to it on more than one of your computers... it's very limiting. Not to mention the uncertainty of 'phone-home' style DRM, which could either be a privacy issue or cause your entire collection to stop working if the service shut down...
Apple's service is a step in the right direction.. but I think that it is nearly impossible to implement DRM without it being an inconvenience. Either one of two things will happen: a) DRM will get the heave-ho, or b) People will just learn to accept it.
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Of course, there's no reason to tell your friends that it's NOT water, since it looks just like it.. :)
You mention mail..
If you live in a rural area like I do where our mailboxes are simply conventional, lockless boxes at the end of the road (NOT in front of our houses, or in a super-mailbox), stuff very easily walks away.
I've had credit card bills go missing and the like; Viagra perscription charges appeared on the next bill.
Maybe it would be wise to take out a PO box or something..
I have a remote for my c-band satellite receiver that uses UHF.. it works anywhere in my house and the batteries last months. Much better solution, I'd say.
I think the fact that the packaging and manuals had dire warnings saying that children under a certain age (6? 8?) could wreck their eyes permanently by playing it probably didn't help sales either..
Well, they probably don't but I'd think it wise to establish a certain level of trust with one's teenage son/daugher instead of slapping a tracking device on them. I'm sure it would be REAL fun living with them if you did that..
Until just recently it was illegal for gay men to have consentual sex in Texas..
It seems some Texans feel they have a right to dictate what others can and can not do even when it doesn't affect them in the least and isn't harmful.
CDN$999.99 right now. Ouch. I guess that is supposed to look less painful than CDN$1000.00.
This is getting more completely pointless and off topic, but in said book and all the rest published by Raincoast Books, I believe the original British text is presevered too. (i.e. single quotes for quotations, even though Canadian method is double-quotes)
Whoops.. my mistake.
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The 8086 came first, and was 16-bit throughout.
The 8088 was designed to be cheaper, as it had an 8bit external data bus.. but the processor was 16-bit.
http://firstpc.no-ip.com/en/8086/page02/x86c.ht
That page is running on an 8086, BTW.
Actually, it can take 1 hit at a time. There's no multitasking. This is probably why Contiki servers in the past haven't melted when they get a mention on Slashdot like the C64 server.. if it is already serving a page you wait until it is free... can't really overload it.
Right. The 8088 is the 8-bit processor, which was followed up by the 8086, a 16-bit processor.
http://www.eznos.org
Here's an XT running EZNOS.. there's also other 8088/87 projects, a 386 and other stuff.. neat.
Also, a web server running on the original IBM PC.
I've been wating to get these people slashdotted ;)...
Here in Canada, we already have plenty Bob the Builder toys.. I can't really see why they'd rename it for the American release.
First of all, I'm Canadian.
Second, I am not suggesting that the BBC is owned by the government.
I want to know where the TV-licensing money goes. To the BBC (and other channels), right?
Therefore, the BBC is getting funding from the government. Is there something I don't understand?
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The document can still be reproduced, the point is -- the pseudo-hologram can not. If the document is missing the pseudo-hologram, you know that it has been duplicated.
It sounds like you are trying to write a word processor and a personal inventory system with HTML and Javascript and a bunch of back-end crap.
Why?
Just write a proper application and be done with it.
It seems everyone now thinks that there should be 'web-based' applications..
Really? Where is all that TV-licensing money going, then?
BBC is not the only broadcaster.. but AFAIK you must pay up if you want to watch absolutely anything on TV (even if you plan on NEVER watching BBC), and the money goes ONLY to the BBC, right?
I don't know if you've ever seen any Canadian digital satellite, but StarChoice up here is really awful. The movie channels are fine, but the rest is so-so.. the main channels of the major networks, i.e. CFTO and CBLT are poor looking but the smaller channels are even worse.. CHEX and the Game Show Network, for example have ridiculous amounts of compression artifacts visible constantly.
My C-band dish isn't getting replaced till I can't get programming and/or replacement parts..
Yes, but (pressed) CDs tend to be a lot more reliable than computer components. I believe "license still has downloads available" means that you still have credit in your account. Basically, they are saying, pay us again.
Worse than Pokémon, I say...
You'd think, but judging by what I see teenagers doing on the Internet at the local library the most they do is play awful flash games and send IM to each other. i.e.:
sexy_babe_6969_imsogreat_15_really_long_hotmail_ad address_are_cool_65372_omg_yay@hotmail.com says:
omg! wtf??!?!!?!!?
Can you elaborate? You're saying you stick your ATM card in a dongle attached to your computer to access your online banking??
Well, the big issue is that DRM is usually very limiting. For example, with most online music services using DRM, you can't burn to CD, you are FORCED to use Windows+Windows Media Player (I have a Windows machine, Linux machine and DOS machine and I can listen to my MP3s on all of them), you can't listen to it on more than one of your computers... it's very limiting. Not to mention the uncertainty of 'phone-home' style DRM, which could either be a privacy issue or cause your entire collection to stop working if the service shut down...
Apple's service is a step in the right direction.. but I think that it is nearly impossible to implement DRM without it being an inconvenience. Either one of two things will happen: a) DRM will get the heave-ho, or b) People will just learn to accept it.
This guy has an um.. interesting setup.