Unlike real life, the Internet has no rules, be it content, language, format, or organization. These rules are generally asserted to better help web designers (as there are some horrendously designed sites), but they are by no means written in stone. Follow what you think is best.
Your physics teacher is an idiot for believing in anything other than what is observable and testable, which does not include "energy" fields that acupuncture taps into. Science doesn't believe in "energy fields" or "feng shui" even if others may.
There is no conclusive evidence that WiFi is hazardous. Cellphones put out 10x more power, and even being so close to your head, they only raise the cell temperatures by.01 degress, which is nothing. Having forty people using WiFi (which is improbable) will not have adverse health effects.
It says the Segway tops out at 6 mph. In reality, the number is 10 mph for the P Series and 12.5 for the I and E Series. (source: Seqway Specs. Get your facts straight!
The Embryo is a concept. Until it is realized and a prototype is built, it is as good as any notebook sketch. The numbers quoted for speed are estimates. Given that, it is ridiculous to compare it to the Segway, which is in production.
The U.S.'s domination as a world power and as a leader in whatever field (in this case, aerospace) will end at one time or another. Perhaps that time is dawning. I don't know, but for certain, looks like others are starting to pull ahead.
Seriously - don't flame me. Win CE is very user friendly out of the box, and that's what one needs in a car interface. Familiarity is also key. Add some flashy, touch screen navigation, and voila. I'd have thought the increased cost of using MS as a reason to use a Linux flavor, but hey, I'm not the one spending money here.
I know they can trace the IP to a general area, but how were they able to find his street and address(even assuming they had the MAC)? Just curious, that's all.
"For years, gamers have been looked down upon by the media. We are said to be crazy lunatics who, given the chance, might decide to shoot up our school because of the games we play."
Nah. Any group which spends an immense amount of time and money on playing lame video games will be too stupid to conjure up shootings.:)
In my opinion, Open Office still has many issues which need to be fixed in future releases to compete with MS Office. I don't know whether that was taken into consideration in this move, but certainly a step in the right direction for open source.
First of all, as many have said before me, the battery costs $99, not $250. Also, the site went up days *after* the announcement, which means they were irresponsible enough to keep it on.
Second, batteries don't last forever. There can't be a life expectancy because that number is dependent on number of charges, hours used, length of time used, and other factors. If they said "13000 hours" and some fool's iPod went dead before that, then he'd be compelled to put it on a site like these people did, which IMO, is ridiculous.
It is very possible their tech support guy was a moron, but they shouldn't tarnish the reputation of iPod or Apple. It's so pathetic how they always go for the most successful products and attempt to break them to pieces.
His "steps" can be attributed to just about any business under the sun. The purpose of a business is to make money, and by controlling the market, you therefore make the most money. To just focus on the music industry is be unfair about the whole situation. What he writes is what every corporate exec knows and wants. But why does that make them evil? They need to make money. If you were in their shoes, you'd do the same.
Yeah, because we don't have poor people in the United States living on the streets, in trailer parks, and in slums. It's all right for us to spend billions researching how ants interact in space (and spend much, much, much less on problems on earth), but it's not all right for China to do the very same, and albeit, spend much, much, much less on the space program. Hypocrisy.
That's rich! Are you saying Wernher von Braun or the other German rocket scientists had any ties to America and the American "advances"? There were no advances. Even in the 30's, Goddard was having many problems. Despite lack of contact, von Braun took Germany from nothing to a pioneering rocket program. Had it not been for him, the U.S. space program wouldn't be what it is today. Don't you forget that.
You anonymous coward. Pure communism would be close to utopia, and I never said it was wholly Marxist. However, China is a strong communist force, and despite popular western belief, is doing pretty well. See the computer you're staring at? Guess what, most of it came from China. Their communist ways, despite your beliefs, will make them a superpower within the next century.
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Unlike real life, the Internet has no rules, be it content, language, format, or organization. These rules are generally asserted to better help web designers (as there are some horrendously designed sites), but they are by no means written in stone. Follow what you think is best.
Ah...it takes someone like yourself to realize a joke as lame as that. ;)
I think I wet my pants.
If an infinite loop is infinite, how can it be finished?
Your physics teacher is an idiot for believing in anything other than what is observable and testable, which does not include "energy" fields that acupuncture taps into. Science doesn't believe in "energy fields" or "feng shui" even if others may.
There is no conclusive evidence that WiFi is hazardous. Cellphones put out 10x more power, and even being so close to your head, they only raise the cell temperatures by .01 degress, which is nothing. Having forty people using WiFi (which is improbable) will not have adverse health effects.
It says the Segway tops out at 6 mph. In reality, the number is 10 mph for the P Series and 12.5 for the I and E Series. (source: Seqway Specs.
Get your facts straight!
The Embryo is a concept. Until it is realized and a prototype is built, it is as good as any notebook sketch. The numbers quoted for speed are estimates. Given that, it is ridiculous to compare it to the Segway, which is in production.
You guys are morons...
The U.S.'s domination as a world power and as a leader in whatever field (in this case, aerospace) will end at one time or another. Perhaps that time is dawning. I don't know, but for certain, looks like others are starting to pull ahead.
Seriously - don't flame me. Win CE is very user friendly out of the box, and that's what one needs in a car interface. Familiarity is also key. Add some flashy, touch screen navigation, and voila. I'd have thought the increased cost of using MS as a reason to use a Linux flavor, but hey, I'm not the one spending money here.
I know they can trace the IP to a general area, but how were they able to find his street and address(even assuming they had the MAC)? Just curious, that's all.
Sounds good. I'll download gigabits of stuff via a Canadian proxy and see some poor bloke get screwed. ;)
http://www.port80software.com/surveys/top1000webse rvers/
Did someone say biased?
Is this really Slashdot material (pun unintentional)?
"For years, gamers have been looked down upon by the media. We are said to be crazy lunatics who, given the chance, might decide to shoot up our school because of the games we play."
:)
Nah. Any group which spends an immense amount of time and money on playing lame video games will be too stupid to conjure up shootings.
That's two hours PER FRAME, not 100's of 1000's of frames.
Average time to render one frame: 2 hours
That's quite a bit of time for 1600 separate computers, isn't it? Anyone know what resolution it is all rendered to?
In my opinion, Open Office still has many issues which need to be fixed in future releases to compete with MS Office. I don't know whether that was taken into consideration in this move, but certainly a step in the right direction for open source.
First of all, as many have said before me, the battery costs $99, not $250. Also, the site went up days *after* the announcement, which means they were irresponsible enough to keep it on.
Second, batteries don't last forever. There can't be a life expectancy because that number is dependent on number of charges, hours used, length of time used, and other factors. If they said "13000 hours" and some fool's iPod went dead before that, then he'd be compelled to put it on a site like these people did, which IMO, is ridiculous.
It is very possible their tech support guy was a moron, but they shouldn't tarnish the reputation of iPod or Apple. It's so pathetic how they always go for the most successful products and attempt to break them to pieces.
His "steps" can be attributed to just about any business under the sun. The purpose of a business is to make money, and by controlling the market, you therefore make the most money. To just focus on the music industry is be unfair about the whole situation. What he writes is what every corporate exec knows and wants. But why does that make them evil? They need to make money. If you were in their shoes, you'd do the same.
Yeah, because we don't have poor people in the United States living on the streets, in trailer parks, and in slums. It's all right for us to spend billions researching how ants interact in space (and spend much, much, much less on problems on earth), but it's not all right for China to do the very same, and albeit, spend much, much, much less on the space program. Hypocrisy.
That's rich! Are you saying Wernher von Braun or the other German rocket scientists had any ties to America and the American "advances"? There were no advances. Even in the 30's, Goddard was having many problems. Despite lack of contact, von Braun took Germany from nothing to a pioneering rocket program. Had it not been for him, the U.S. space program wouldn't be what it is today. Don't you forget that.
You anonymous coward. Pure communism would be close to utopia, and I never said it was wholly Marxist. However, China is a strong communist force, and despite popular western belief, is doing pretty well. See the computer you're staring at? Guess what, most of it came from China. Their communist ways, despite your beliefs, will make them a superpower within the next century.
No, it's not about supremacy, but rather, about national pride of the collective. It is the beauty of communism.