My zire 71's been on that trip three or four times. Still works like a gem. Of course, you'd have to be sprinting to have enough music on my 64MB card to last 8 miles.
We don't need guns to 'protect ourselves' in case of intrusion
So when I go spend a couple of weeks in my adobe cabin in southern New Mexico, in a relatively high crime area compared with the rest of the U.S., with no phone access and the nearest state police about 70 minutes away (That's driving 130mph) and I hear a bump in the night that turns out to be an armed burglar or two, should I just hide under my bed until they leave with all my electronics? And then get in my car (which only goes about 85pmh) to drive two hours to the police station so they can drive one hour back and what... nab 'em while they're at the end of my drive way? They'd be in Mexico by then. From my cold dead hands.
Why can't someone build computers and software, someway, somehow, that don't need an army of men to maintain it?
Why can I have a machine as intricate as my internal combustion engine car that could likely go 30-40,000 miles without me doing any more than putting gasoline in it. I don't need a team of mechanics constantly following me around. Yet no one can devise a system that can deliver web pages upon request without a team of IT guys monitoring it 24/7.
My father just put this in his den. I'll admit, it feels nice to step onto off the cold tile. But if I sit there watching tv for more than ten minutes with my fee flat on the floor, they start to sweat like no tomorrow.
Instead of just a plain old clunky laptop with a built in big screen tv like those 17" macs...
How about a sub-notebook? Nice 'n' lite, they usually boast better battery life than regular notebooks and are typically powerful enough to run any modern OS. A sub-notebook would be much more convenient for carrying from class to class. Some of them even fit in large coat pockets.
Get a cheap external CRT monitor for your dorm room for gaming or movies if you don't think the screen's big enough...
They are a bit pricey for a college student, but so is a tablet pc...
I remember an article in the Harvard Business Review on entrepreneurship I read about two months ago. One statistic stuck out in my mind:
40% of the small businesses on the 1988 Inc. 500 list did not have a business plan.
Lots of decisions are made on the fly. Many businesses change their whole market and direction when they realize what they started to sell was not what their clients wanted to buy.
I'll agree it's important to have a business plan. But if you're self-financed and you're the leader with fewer than 50 employees, there's no reason it can't just be in your head.
"...and the Federal Government stands to lose billions in revenue if they don't regulate it..."
Not true.
Rather, they could choose to not tax it and allow everyone to telecommunicate more efficiently resulting in monetary savings to each individual, business and the country as a whole. These untaxed savings will be used to expand businesses, invest, or buy Porches, all of which create jobs, grow the economy, increase the national and world GDP and make everyone richer. THEN they can grab a bigger chunk of everyone's income.
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My zire 71's been on that trip three or four times. Still works like a gem. Of course, you'd have to be sprinting to have enough music on my 64MB card to last 8 miles.
So when I go spend a couple of weeks in my adobe cabin in southern New Mexico, in a relatively high crime area compared with the rest of the U.S., with no phone access and the nearest state police about 70 minutes away (That's driving 130mph) and I hear a bump in the night that turns out to be an armed burglar or two, should I just hide under my bed until they leave with all my electronics? And then get in my car (which only goes about 85pmh) to drive two hours to the police station so they can drive one hour back and what... nab 'em while they're at the end of my drive way? They'd be in Mexico by then. From my cold dead hands.
Why can I have a machine as intricate as my internal combustion engine car that could likely go 30-40,000 miles without me doing any more than putting gasoline in it. I don't need a team of mechanics constantly following me around. Yet no one can devise a system that can deliver web pages upon request without a team of IT guys monitoring it 24/7.
What's wrong with the analogy?
That's GOTTA hurt!
Brilliant!
1. Build asteroid defense system
2. Wait for asteroid to come threateningly close (or make people think one is)
3. Extort the world.
4. Profit!
http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2003/03 /25/1
What do you mean you were really excited for a minute? Why? Planes Exist. Helicopters Exist. Buy one or build one if it's so exciting to fly.
It takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
My father just put this in his den. I'll admit, it feels nice to step onto off the cold tile. But if I sit there watching tv for more than ten minutes with my fee flat on the floor, they start to sweat like no tomorrow.
And the adolescent male homosexual in me is also giddily excited at the prospects. We're not all pansies ya know.
How about a sub-notebook? Nice 'n' lite, they usually boast better battery life than regular notebooks and are typically powerful enough to run any modern OS. A sub-notebook would be much more convenient for carrying from class to class. Some of them even fit in large coat pockets.
Get a cheap external CRT monitor for your dorm room for gaming or movies if you don't think the screen's big enough...
They are a bit pricey for a college student, but so is a tablet pc...
I particularly like the JVC Interlink
http://www.dynamism.com/7310/gallery.shtml
I remember an article in the Harvard Business Review on entrepreneurship I read about two months ago. One statistic stuck out in my mind: 40% of the small businesses on the 1988 Inc. 500 list did not have a business plan. Lots of decisions are made on the fly. Many businesses change their whole market and direction when they realize what they started to sell was not what their clients wanted to buy. I'll agree it's important to have a business plan. But if you're self-financed and you're the leader with fewer than 50 employees, there's no reason it can't just be in your head.
I do the same thing. Have a landing strip right behind me (just a big stretch of dirt). But I built the plane I use so I avoid the annual inspections.
"...and the Federal Government stands to lose billions in revenue if they don't regulate it..." Not true. Rather, they could choose to not tax it and allow everyone to telecommunicate more efficiently resulting in monetary savings to each individual, business and the country as a whole. These untaxed savings will be used to expand businesses, invest, or buy Porches, all of which create jobs, grow the economy, increase the national and world GDP and make everyone richer. THEN they can grab a bigger chunk of everyone's income.