A discussion of this phenomenon appears in the 4 October 1999 issue of Newsweek magazine (See also the December 1998 issue of Scientific American.) The mystery of the tiny unexplained acceleration towards the sun in the motion of the Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 and Ulysses spacecraft remains unexplained./html
Are computers the most needed commodity for rural India? It seems to me that the resources spent for these computers could easily be put to better use. I am ceaselessly baffled by the assumption that computers are the answer to everything. Our school districted invested over $20 million purchasing and maintaining laptops for about 7000 high school students, because this was going to be the end all solution to the woes of the education system. The result? Essentially you had 7000 $1300 NES emulators and a surge in interest for all the classic games. Educationally the result was nil, though that's not what the district officials, polititions, and ITs will tell you.
I wonder if the same situation is occuring in India. Sounds to me like this is more for publicity than actual benefit.
I'm an 18-year old kid and 13-year computer nerd. While I have had access to the internet for only 8 of those years, I slowly become increasingly disillusioned with my inital view of the internet now.
Granted I was young, but when I first dialed with my 14.4, I was enamored by the sensible and meaningful content that dominated the internet. It was intelligent. As the internet has trickled down to the masses, we are now plagued by commercialism, ignorance and stupid people, spam, congestion, and far too much subscription-based content. The internet, IMHO, is now another outlet for the media and people who take advantage of the anonymity. Granted there are still hundreds of sites such as this and others that still offer that of value, but they are easily overwhelmed by the other garbage that's out there now. I used to come home from school every day and dial up. Now, with a few exceptions, I sit down and use the internet only when I have to, because it's just not worth it.
So many people have been asking why port CE, why port anything to the x-box? Why not? It's a hobby. People have fun doing it, and I personally admire the skills these people have. Will it in the long run be beneficial? Probably not. You get experience from doing stuff like this and enjoy it at the same time. Sounds good to me.
Apple targets the masses in their marketing for the iPod, not geeks. Geeks would be quite satisfied and even more so with an Archos player for cheaper that holds more. Who needs style anyway:)?
Remember a couple of years ago when Bitboys released information about their new Glaze3D graphics processor? I guess a newcomer has a hard time starting up against nVidia and, in those days, 3Dfx.
Actually, the city I live in is in the process of collecting information about smells. Why? The city's landfill boarders a sewage treatment plant as well as a landfill from another city, all within a five mile radius.
I used to live around this area some time ago, and I can say that, besides the rare occasion when the wind blew just the right way, smell was not a problem. Seems to me just another waste of money, but maybe there are others that are effected greater than I.
Our school district issued laptops to all high school students (more than 6000) from Dell. The price for these 1.7ghz Celeron, 20gb computers with a low-end ATI card and lacking a CD drive was $1300 per unit.
The newest, hottest technology becomes a must-have, until everyone has it and is completely saturated by it. Then new technology comes out to couter the old technology.
Good point. I just find it vexing to know that I could handle things better than they. I don't want to sound arrogant (too late, I know), but their solution to everything is to reimage it or call Dell or MS, the two companies they've signed blood oaths with, and wait a week or two for a response.
The high school I attend is completely saturated with technology, but only half of it works half the time. We suffer from horrible ineffiency due for the most part to our ITs/admins who got put in a job they have no idea how to do. They can't contend with all they have before them and thus adopt a horrible attitude. Nobody wants to talk to them or be around them, and nothing gets done.
I could see a partnership with the Russians, but not the Chinese. The only way the great American public will be won on an idea like this is to invoke competition, and since they're the ones we're competing against...
California suffered from insufficient energy, a few problems with electing their governor, and now they go after the fish. It seems like their priorities are not quite right.
As the new series premieres, those of us who loved the old one will lament the modernized, politically correct show geared towards the typical American audience.
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Batteries for spacecraft are generally nuclear batteries.
A chimp can hack the Diebold system, but can a Floridian punch a hole?
nVidia's had a program out for quite a while now that can do this. It's not free, but you can get a full-version limited-time trial at
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http://www.nvidia.com/object/nzone_keyholenv_ho
A discussion of this phenomenon appears in the 4 October 1999 issue of Newsweek magazine (See also the December 1998 issue of Scientific American.) The mystery of the tiny unexplained acceleration towards the sun in the motion of the Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11 and Ulysses spacecraft remains unexplained. /html
Are computers the most needed commodity for rural India? It seems to me that the resources spent for these computers could easily be put to better use. I am ceaselessly baffled by the assumption that computers are the answer to everything. Our school districted invested over $20 million purchasing and maintaining laptops for about 7000 high school students, because this was going to be the end all solution to the woes of the education system. The result? Essentially you had 7000 $1300 NES emulators and a surge in interest for all the classic games. Educationally the result was nil, though that's not what the district officials, polititions, and ITs will tell you.
I wonder if the same situation is occuring in India. Sounds to me like this is more for publicity than actual benefit.
I'm an 18-year old kid and 13-year computer nerd. While I have had access to the internet for only 8 of those years, I slowly become increasingly disillusioned with my inital view of the internet now.
Granted I was young, but when I first dialed with my 14.4, I was enamored by the sensible and meaningful content that dominated the internet. It was intelligent. As the internet has trickled down to the masses, we are now plagued by commercialism, ignorance and stupid people, spam, congestion, and far too much subscription-based content. The internet, IMHO, is now another outlet for the media and people who take advantage of the anonymity. Granted there are still hundreds of sites such as this and others that still offer that of value, but they are easily overwhelmed by the other garbage that's out there now. I used to come home from school every day and dial up. Now, with a few exceptions, I sit down and use the internet only when I have to, because it's just not worth it.
...Al Gore's invention.
So many people have been asking why port CE, why port anything to the x-box? Why not? It's a hobby. People have fun doing it, and I personally admire the skills these people have. Will it in the long run be beneficial? Probably not. You get experience from doing stuff like this and enjoy it at the same time. Sounds good to me.
Does this have anything to do with MS's licensing of the FAT filesystem?
Apple targets the masses in their marketing for the iPod, not geeks. Geeks would be quite satisfied and even more so with an Archos player for cheaper that holds more. Who needs style anyway :)?
Remember a couple of years ago when Bitboys released information about their new Glaze3D graphics processor? I guess a newcomer has a hard time starting up against nVidia and, in those days, 3Dfx.
Maybe our government agencies should consider a more secure standard after receiving a 'D'.
Actually, the city I live in is in the process of collecting information about smells. Why? The city's landfill boarders a sewage treatment plant as well as a landfill from another city, all within a five mile radius.
I used to live around this area some time ago, and I can say that, besides the rare occasion when the wind blew just the right way, smell was not a problem. Seems to me just another waste of money, but maybe there are others that are effected greater than I.
Our school district issued laptops to all high school students (more than 6000) from Dell. The price for these 1.7ghz Celeron, 20gb computers with a low-end ATI card and lacking a CD drive was $1300 per unit.
The newest, hottest technology becomes a must-have, until everyone has it and is completely saturated by it. Then new technology comes out to couter the old technology.
Good point. I just find it vexing to know that I could handle things better than they. I don't want to sound arrogant (too late, I know), but their solution to everything is to reimage it or call Dell or MS, the two companies they've signed blood oaths with, and wait a week or two for a response.
The high school I attend is completely saturated with technology, but only half of it works half the time. We suffer from horrible ineffiency due for the most part to our ITs/admins who got put in a job they have no idea how to do. They can't contend with all they have before them and thus adopt a horrible attitude. Nobody wants to talk to them or be around them, and nothing gets done.
I could see a partnership with the Russians, but not the Chinese. The only way the great American public will be won on an idea like this is to invoke competition, and since they're the ones we're competing against...
California suffered from insufficient energy, a few problems with electing their governor, and now they go after the fish. It seems like their priorities are not quite right.
Need I say more?
Half-Life 2 will not be out this year, will not go gold this year, and would not have been out this year if Valve hadn't been hacked.
Check out the halflife2.net message board under the offical Valve thread.
Maybe their shirts will happen to get cleanly ripped half way off.
As the new series premieres, those of us who loved the old one will lament the modernized, politically correct show geared towards the typical American audience.
If we don't stop the illegal sharing, the artists' millions they have stashed up will never be able to support them!