I like that they made it available in so many diferent colors. That will definately be a selling-point. However, I'm surprised this one isn't also flash memory, or is that too heavy for 5GB? I'm considering complementing this with my iPod becuase it has radio, and sometimes my apetite is only satisfied with AM radio.
So it's an iPod killer with, at most, one-third the storage space.
They are rivaling the iPod Mini. Creative and others have realized that the average consumer doesn't need to carry around more than 1000 songs per day, or week, or month. So they opted for smaller size, with focus on style and features. The 5GB will become obsolete once people decide to emulate walking computers by caryying their data all over the place, the way we do laptops. The large iPods are meant for us hard-core music lovers, but are too bulky in some people's opinion.
The ironic thing about finger print verification systems is that you can simply breathe on them and they will recognize the last used fingerprint. As long as the last person who placed their hand there was verified, you're in! Yes, it's been proven to work, or rather, proven to make these systems not work. The last verified print is not smudged with previos ones because otherwise there wasn't verification. So on that technology, forget it.
Not as far as the current consumer XM technology goes. The receivers they sell are just that - receivers, and do not have transmit capabilities. It would not be feasible to install a built in tracking device because it cuts out from your bottom line, and XMSR are value maximizers - like any subscriber-based business (Comcast).
Tin foil hats could be useful once the satellites are employed for another reason, but what personal identifiers make you traceable? None so far. Sleep tite.
Two major devices linked is a lot more than peple want to carry around. More likely we'll see Apple partnering with XM to design an iPod with integrated XM. The feasibility of such a device can be judged once we see the specs of the wearable XM.
So its drinkable, how does that help the millions of people in urban slums in African nations and India? Are you gonna find someone to go into a politically unstable country and install a ZeeWeed® 500 based water treatment machine, or enough to supply clean water to those densely populated areas. Oh, and who pays? Maintains? Regulates?, so some rebel doesn't monopolize the thing and rape anyone who doesn't feel obliged to pay him.
Pipe dreams my friends. As wonderful as it sounds, the realities of implementation are far more severe. You can lure the investors, but don't blow smoke up my ass.
This is the real reason the record ompanies have been losing money: The quality of music is worsening, requiring more cash to get radio stations to play them, thereby reducing the company's bottom line. I wonder how much they spent on Hoobastank....omg
About the only website that the current version Opera has a problem with is Gmail, because of all its weird code, and even then there are simple workarounds for that.
Sparking the curiosity of an independent web designer and gmail user, what kind of problems were there? Reply is much appreciated.
I am. Have yahoo, hotmail and gmail. Gmail is favorite, but composing in outlook (Thunderbird is not compatible so far?) is way better. Gmail spell check isn't that drastic, but Outlook 2003 flows very nicely (and much better layout than the 2000 version).
Personally, I signed up for hotmail when I needed a free email account and disliked the current format and disfunctionality of yahoo!mail. Since then however, hotmail dropped from 10MB to 2MB, and I can't even send myself 2 pictures. Ridiculous. This caused me to migrate away from hotmail back to yahoo, and this past weekend scored a gmail account, which doesn't force you to pick and choose what to keep before you have to put a VISA on file with hotmail.
I just hope that Gmail will soon develop pop3 support for Thunderbird.:(
,I>In his race for the presidency, Senator Kirk dropped six figures in the polls after it was revealed that he spent three years on the reckless drivers list of insurance companies from 2006-2009."
I also find this very interesting, especially the pay-as-you-drive concept. It could really change things for the environment, gas prices, et al.
But anyway, if the current devices record when disconnected if a driver feels like hitting 100mph, who wants to be the first to come up with a software patch for this issue? hehe.
Advice to fellow consumers: I am a stickler about checking receipts whenever I make purchases using my credit card/debit card. Looking at the receipt, one will wither see a 4982**************, or the actual credit card number followed by exp. date. While I shred the receipts I don't need tht have the full info, my finances are only as safe as the store I just bought from. I have been forewarned that people go through garbages looking for receiptswith the info necessary to dig up 25 numbers with full info.
In response, there should be a law against systems that publish the credit card number on paper, since it is increasingly difficult to track the culprit when two years later you lose $2000 to fraud.
Here's a downside, if it really is so easy, thousands of middle-aged executives will feel rebellious and want to spite Gates by using one of these. The false appeal here is that they would be diving into a Linux laptop without knowledge of linux, bash, using source code etc. While much of that knowledge is not necessary for business applications, I think eery Linux user shoud have some scripting capabilities to make full use of their OS. From my own experience in a law firm, everyonewants a diferent setting, color, and have different needs. Well, those needs can be met with Linux diveristy, but the burden falls oon the experts to exhaustingly devote man-hours to explaining the differences and how to change things. I love *nix systems, (as I write this from office on Windows) but is the average consumer ready? After all, we now have rear-view cameras and auto parking systems for idiot drivers...
When I was running Norton Internet Security 2003 on my Win 2K home PC, intrusions were in the 20s per day. I do not even own a business. I'm not sure how most of these attempts are triggered, but I presume it's other persons, not just adware (i run a clean ship).
"The percentage of spamming IP addresses within the U.S. is in line with other surveys, but in the actual number of messages, the U.S. is responsible for the vast bulk of spam."
Yes, well, excess is a part of the American lifestyle.
If the author doesn't even have the final say about the TITLE OF HER OWN BOOK, then something else is seriously wrong.
That's bullshit. If a publisher is going to agree to spend the money to print and market your book, they will also decide how to attractpeople by coming up with an appealing title. For example, I could put out a book called "The Economics of Personal Income", or I can create a captivating title like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (see book by Robert Kiyosaki)
I have been using the t616 since it came out a yea ago, by far the best phone I ever owned. Having bluetooth on wil only drain your batteries, and you receive random advertisements from phone co.'s and misc. online services on mMode. There is no point to leaving it on until you are transferring your phonebook, sending images, or in class, waiting to battle someone else in mini-golf!
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Laurie said most people don't think they have valuable data on their phones, but many people store passwords, PINs and financial account numbers in their phones.
Where there's a will, there is a way. This is similar to the spam issue. Many arguethat spam would be reduced adn sys admins would have an easier life if curious people did not impulsively click on evrey ad that they see, nor respond to every question about income or dick size that landed in your email.
In the caseof bluetooth, people need to realize that these are phones, not safes with locks. tThe average person takes data security for granted, because they don't understand or care to consider the functionality of the device or the technology they are carrying. "If it's in my pocket, it's safe." BS. If you can send signals with it, it can receive signals. Similarly, if you park your car for three days with the driver side door open, most likely it will not be there when you come back (Unless you live on an island where yours is one of five cars, easily recoverable). Getsmart people!
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I like that they made it available in so many diferent colors. That will definately be a selling-point. However, I'm surprised this one isn't also flash memory, or is that too heavy for 5GB? I'm considering complementing this with my iPod becuase it has radio, and sometimes my apetite is only satisfied with AM radio.
They are rivaling the iPod Mini. Creative and others have realized that the average consumer doesn't need to carry around more than 1000 songs per day, or week, or month. So they opted for smaller size, with focus on style and features. The 5GB will become obsolete once people decide to emulate walking computers by caryying their data all over the place, the way we do laptops.
The large iPods are meant for us hard-core music lovers, but are too bulky in some people's opinion.
The ironic thing about finger print verification systems is that you can simply breathe on them and they will recognize the last used fingerprint. As long as the last person who placed their hand there was verified, you're in! Yes, it's been proven to work, or rather, proven to make these systems not work. The last verified print is not smudged with previos ones because otherwise there wasn't verification. So on that technology, forget it.
This woman should set up A Tale in the Desert 3 where she is Cleopatra (like he was "Pharao"). Then she can diss all the men.
"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie wooooorld!"
Yea, well, Sirius paid this guy $500M for 5 years to do discussions on sex, boobs and boners. I think I know where my loyalty lies...
Tin foil hats could be useful once the satellites are employed for another reason, but what personal identifiers make you traceable? None so far. Sleep tite.
Pipe dreams my friends. As wonderful as it sounds, the realities of implementation are far more severe. You can lure the investors, but don't blow smoke up my ass.
Sparking the curiosity of an independent web designer and gmail user, what kind of problems were there? Reply is much appreciated.
Good.
I just hope that Gmail will soon develop pop3 support for Thunderbird. :(
,I>In his race for the presidency, Senator Kirk dropped six figures in the polls after it was revealed that he spent three years on the reckless drivers list of insurance companies from 2006-2009."
But anyway, if the current devices record when disconnected if a driver feels like hitting 100mph, who wants to be the first to come up with a software patch for this issue? hehe.
I am a stickler about checking receipts whenever I make purchases using my credit card/debit card. Looking at the receipt, one will wither see a 4982**************, or the actual credit card number followed by exp. date. While I shred the receipts I don't need tht have the full info, my finances are only as safe as the store I just bought from. I have been forewarned that people go through garbages looking for receiptswith the info necessary to dig up 25 numbers with full info.
In response, there should be a law against systems that publish the credit card number on paper, since it is increasingly difficult to track the culprit when two years later you lose $2000 to fraud.
Here's a downside, if it really is so easy, thousands of middle-aged executives will feel rebellious and want to spite Gates by using one of these. The false appeal here is that they would be diving into a Linux laptop without knowledge of linux, bash, using source code etc. While much of that knowledge is not necessary for business applications, I think eery Linux user shoud have some scripting capabilities to make full use of their OS. From my own experience in a law firm, everyonewants a diferent setting, color, and have different needs. Well, those needs can be met with Linux diveristy, but the burden falls oon the experts to exhaustingly devote man-hours to explaining the differences and how to change things. I love *nix systems, (as I write this from office on Windows) but is the average consumer ready? After all, we now have rear-view cameras and auto parking systems for idiot drivers...
When I was running Norton Internet Security 2003 on my Win 2K home PC, intrusions were in the 20s per day. I do not even own a business. I'm not sure how most of these attempts are triggered, but I presume it's other persons, not just adware (i run a clean ship).
Yes, well, excess is a part of the American lifestyle.
I realize this. But there are firms that use bluetooth to transmit ads that otherwise would not be receivd. Turn it on, try it sometimes.
That's bullshit. If a publisher is going to agree to spend the money to print and market your book, they will also decide how to attractpeople by coming up with an appealing title. For example, I could put out a book called "The Economics of Personal Income", or I can create a captivating title like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" (see book by Robert Kiyosaki)
I have been using the t616 since it came out a yea ago, by far the best phone I ever owned. Having bluetooth on wil only drain your batteries, and you receive random advertisements from phone co.'s and misc. online services on mMode. There is no point to leaving it on until you are transferring your phonebook, sending images, or in class, waiting to battle someone else in mini-golf!
Where there's a will, there is a way. This is similar to the spam issue. Many arguethat spam would be reduced adn sys admins would have an easier life if curious people did not impulsively click on evrey ad that they see, nor respond to every question about income or dick size that landed in your email.
In the caseof bluetooth, people need to realize that these are phones, not safes with locks. tThe average person takes data security for granted, because they don't understand or care to consider the functionality of the device or the technology they are carrying. "If it's in my pocket, it's safe." BS. If you can send signals with it, it can receive signals. Similarly, if you park your car for three days with the driver side door open, most likely it will not be there when you come back (Unless you live on an island where yours is one of five cars, easily recoverable). Getsmart people!