I've posted about this before, but it is such a great tool it really needs to be included in everyone's regular mozilla/firebird setup along with mouse gestures.
Flash Click-to-View helps get rid of those stupid blinking flash ads. These are the ones that get around most ad-blocking software. Combine this with adblock and you have a very effective combination that gets rid of almost every ad out there with minimal configuration (just add the offending domains or some keywords to adblock's list, like "*.doubleclick.*" "*.atdmt.*" "*.x10*" "*ads.*", you get the idea).
THis system doesn't represent the middle people. What it does is get the canidates to make one or two stops in the largest cities of the states. All they care about is getting more of the vote than the rest of the canidates. Those living in rural areas never get addressed, or talked about because they take work to get to. Why should you bother if you are effectivly going to get their votes anyway when the state's electors vote?
A popular vote would compleatly throw off current caimpaigning practices. Because those who are in charge are the ones who are campaigning, there will never be a change unless there is a huge public outcry that can't be silenced by replacing the voting machines or a similar measure that realy doesn't change anything but looks like they did.
HA! Sturdyness will be suspect, just like about everything at wal-mart. Also, they don't have the tech support infrastructure that Dell, Apple, or any of the other laptop manufacturers have.
Here's what they will be: Heavy, flimsy, laptops with short battery life that will take two months to be repaired when they break.
The industry makes their money off of people replacing old formats. Now that pretty much everyone has converted their old collections to CD, that stream of money has pretty much dried up.
It really was only a matter of time before a new format with one or two new features (and a few glaring flaws to be fixed in the next format) would be introduced as the replacement to the compact disc.
With a capacitor or even a small battery this could be avoided.
What really got me thinking is the increasing popularity of disc brakes on bikes. I would think it would be fairly easy to mount some magnets to the disc and use it as an alternator. Combine it with a simple rectifying and regulatory circuit it could be very usefull. With no additional moving parts to break, it would outlast generators that rub the wheel and those built into the hub.
NiMH's are better than NiCd's because they don't have large amounts of toxic Cadmium. They are also better than Alkalines because they can be reused so many times.
A good set of name brand batteries with an overnight charger will quickly pay for itself. The only problem with them is that they will run down on their own if you don't use them often, which is why I use alkalines for remote controls. So if you remember to swap the batteries every week or so, to make sure you have a fresh set in there you should be in good shape.
Whatever happened to those bike lights that would pull power from the rotating wheels? With the low current that LEDs require I would think such a system would work well.
In the bar near the begining of Episode IV, after Luke and Obi Wan leave, Han gets stopped at gunpoint by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter sits Han down and says that Jabba the Hut wants his head, but if Han would give him the same amount as the bounty he would forget he saw him. During this little discussion Han slowly gets his hand to his blaster-pistol thing.
Here's where things change:
In the original film, Han simply shoots and kills the bounty hunter.
In the New Spiffy-Edition films, the bounty hunter fires first (missing from five feet away) and Han fires back in self defense.
While this makes Han a "nice guy" because he doesn't kill anyone unprovoked, it doesn't really make sense. #1: Why would a bounty hunter kill his bounty, and therefor lose out on collecting any money? #2: What caused the idiot to miss from across the table? #3: What does this change add to the film?
Basically people harp on this because it is a pointless and not well thought out change where no change was needed, which most people feel applies to all the changes in the Spiffy-Edition.
I bet some scientists are a bit pissed right now. I mean, strongest flare ever and they don't have a good picture of it because it overloaded the sensors.
Space.com's other cams have some really interesting pictures. The animated one is especially cool because you can see all the activity that has been going on lately. It is over 11MB to load though, so if you aren't on dial up you'd better just forget about it.
That's what I wonder about. Couldn't you just record the raw signal? It would be like a very dumb tape recorder. Record the signal without decoding it, and then play it back later to be decoded by the TV.
Also, what about analog outputs? Sure, going from digital->analog->digital isn't good for the quality, but it would remove those pesky flags. Perhaps you couldn't do it all in one box, but what keeps it from being done?
Yeah, but I think people enjoy using condoms a bit more than they do shaving. Besides, it not like once you use one brand you can ONLY use that brand, that would be scary...
Last time I checked the blades for th Mach3 were over $2 each. their other razors cost about $1 each. And people wonder why razor blades are the most shoplifted item in stores.
If you are on the SSS in the US Gillette sends you a "free" Mach3 with two blades and a little can of gel. So they literally are just giving the razor handle away, and paying to ship it to you, to get the money back from the blades.
I think Microsoft themselves stated that if they ever tired of doing product activation with XP they would release their own crack, key generator, or universal activation key. This was in response to complaints that the OS could be rendered useless if they ever decided to stop providing keys.
"unfortuantly there is no other player which plays their media"
There is Real Alternative. I'm not sure how legal it is, but it plays the files and I don't have to install the RealOne crap. Until I found it I simply didn't use any sites that relied upon realplayer files. I was so happy when Amazon.com added WMP samples.
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Wrong person to bust. The person who sold it to him would be the person who would get the citation.
I think that ride is either at Epcot or MGM. I remember it too, and I know I didn't ride it before 1985.
Flash Click-to-View helps get rid of those stupid blinking flash ads. These are the ones that get around most ad-blocking software. Combine this with adblock and you have a very effective combination that gets rid of almost every ad out there with minimal configuration (just add the offending domains or some keywords to adblock's list, like "*.doubleclick.*" "*.atdmt.*" "*.x10*" "*ads.*", you get the idea).
A popular vote would compleatly throw off current caimpaigning practices. Because those who are in charge are the ones who are campaigning, there will never be a change unless there is a huge public outcry that can't be silenced by replacing the voting machines or a similar measure that realy doesn't change anything but looks like they did.
Here's what they will be: Heavy, flimsy, laptops with short battery life that will take two months to be repaired when they break.
It really was only a matter of time before a new format with one or two new features (and a few glaring flaws to be fixed in the next format) would be introduced as the replacement to the compact disc.
What really got me thinking is the increasing popularity of disc brakes on bikes. I would think it would be fairly easy to mount some magnets to the disc and use it as an alternator. Combine it with a simple rectifying and regulatory circuit it could be very usefull. With no additional moving parts to break, it would outlast generators that rub the wheel and those built into the hub.
A good set of name brand batteries with an overnight charger will quickly pay for itself. The only problem with them is that they will run down on their own if you don't use them often, which is why I use alkalines for remote controls. So if you remember to swap the batteries every week or so, to make sure you have a fresh set in there you should be in good shape.
Whatever happened to those bike lights that would pull power from the rotating wheels? With the low current that LEDs require I would think such a system would work well.
It's a bit slow, but much better than a single desktop
There's some psychological term for it, but I think this poster pretty much sums it up.
Here's where things change:
In the original film, Han simply shoots and kills the bounty hunter.
In the New Spiffy-Edition films, the bounty hunter fires first (missing from five feet away) and Han fires back in self defense.
While this makes Han a "nice guy" because he doesn't kill anyone unprovoked, it doesn't really make sense. #1: Why would a bounty hunter kill his bounty, and therefor lose out on collecting any money? #2: What caused the idiot to miss from across the table? #3: What does this change add to the film?
Basically people harp on this because it is a pointless and not well thought out change where no change was needed, which most people feel applies to all the changes in the Spiffy-Edition.
It should work for you normal mozilla users as well
Whatever ad designer got the great idea to use flash should be beaten with a clue bat. Thank goodness for the flash click to play plugin for firebird.
Space.com's other cams have some really interesting pictures. The animated one is especially cool because you can see all the activity that has been going on lately. It is over 11MB to load though, so if you aren't on dial up you'd better just forget about it.
Also, what about analog outputs? Sure, going from digital->analog->digital isn't good for the quality, but it would remove those pesky flags. Perhaps you couldn't do it all in one box, but what keeps it from being done?
According to Intel the real drivers are "in development" for the wireless chipset. Rumored release is in the first half of 2004.
But if you unplug it, doesn't that leave open ports in the back of it?
Or would the whole avian family be covered by the patent?
If a bunch of people put such things into their sigs, it will have a much greater effect that us talking about it in the threads.
Yeah, but I think people enjoy using condoms a bit more than they do shaving. Besides, it not like once you use one brand you can ONLY use that brand, that would be scary...
If you are on the SSS in the US Gillette sends you a "free" Mach3 with two blades and a little can of gel. So they literally are just giving the razor handle away, and paying to ship it to you, to get the money back from the blades.
I think Microsoft themselves stated that if they ever tired of doing product activation with XP they would release their own crack, key generator, or universal activation key. This was in response to complaints that the OS could be rendered useless if they ever decided to stop providing keys.
There is Real Alternative. I'm not sure how legal it is, but it plays the files and I don't have to install the RealOne crap. Until I found it I simply didn't use any sites that relied upon realplayer files. I was so happy when Amazon.com added WMP samples.
The numbers I allways hear for spam are around 1 hit (purchase, mortgage lead, etc) per 100,000 emails sent. I've even heard 1 per 1,000,000.
This is closer to asking your hostages for some bullets because you forgot yours.