I'm pretty sure you can use your own MP3 ringtones on any Motorola that has a transflash slot. Ringtones I've placed on my E815 using this process:
- Star Trek TOS "communicator" sound - Windows XP Startup sound - Windows "new mail" sound - The Halo music cue from the Bungee loading screen - Steve Ballmer yelling "Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!" (This one's my favorite!) - The "cloaking" noise that stealth tanks made in C&C Gold - A computer beepy noise from Star Trek TNG - The "come on down music" from the Price Is Right - The first four bars from "Clocks" by Coldplay - The Windows "chords" sound (This being the standard error dialog sound for Windows, it really irritates office mates) - The first phrase of the "Cantina Band" music from Star Wars - Jim Carey as Lloyd Christmas making "the most annoying sound in the world"
Or the guy in the dollar bills suit who seems to be a meth-based lifeform? "THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING AWAY FREE MONEY! MY BOOK TELLS YOU HOW TO GET IT!!!"
That would be Matthew Lesko, but it's question marks, not dollar bills.
If content from other music stores can't play on the iPod, it's not Apple's fault.
Sophistry. It's Apple's fault because the iPod deliberately supports a DRM scheme that is only available from Apple, and the only DRM scheme available from Apple only works with the iPod. It's clear and unambiguous lock-in. It is a given that commercial music will have to be encumbered with DRM to be made available at a reasonable price. That other services are unable to provide files with a DRM that is ipod-compatible is a result of Apple's actions and no others.
Why the hell do people insist on flailing around screaming for the hunters?
I believe it is because we are so desparate to find that we are not totally alone in the universe that we are willing to run the risk of our own destruction.
Back in the day if you're shopping for CPUs and come across a P3 933, you instantly had an idea of the chips performance, at least enough to say well that's probably a bit faster then an Athlon 750. I'm sure some nitpicking AMD fanboys will argue and say it wasn't, but lets face it 933 > 750.
Your own example is the very reason that AMD "broke" the naming scheme. It was because idiot consumers like yourself were apparently incapable of making the leap of logic that "clock speed" != "performance." Since Intel was aggressively pushing clockspeed while AMD was pushing the operations per cycle, this would leave AMD at a great marketing disadvantage. So they named their chips with numbers represented the clock speed of the Intel chip they roughly performance-competitive with. In reality, you got what you wanted - numbers that represented performance, not just clock speed.
Suppose ordinary reactors are used (not these RTGs). What would be the problem?
I think the chief problem is that traditional steam reactors are much more complex and that nobody to my knowledge has ever designed a steam reactor that small. It also seems much more prone to failure. One tiny coolant leak, for example, or a steam loop leak, and you're screwed.
I remember when interactive fiction was the best thing ever. You could tell the computer what you wanted to do and it would do it.
Pheh. You kids! Back in my day, "interactive fiction" meant you jumped to the bottom of the page, where it read something like, "To stay to help the gnome, turn to page 21. To run away, turn to page 16."
I don't think the argument there is that Apple is somehow more innovative than Microsoft for having copied widgets first, but that Microsoft fans believe that MS is so much better than Apple in its current state and that there's no reason to switch to Mac
It's not that Microsoft users believe that there is no reason to switch to Mac, it's that Mac users refuse to believe there are any reasons not to.
What is the thought process here? "China tests fusion reactor. What can I say that's topical, and witty, interesting, funny, or insightful? Of course! BASH AMERICA!"
Now compare that to Flip 3D. I'm gonna flip through my ROLODEX? From all the videos I saw it appeared each window shows up separately(Thanks you spell check) so I would actually have to hit the flip key 12 times here?
No, that's not how it works. You activate the Flip3d mode with a click or keypress. Open windows are presented in an angled and somewhat expanded stack (as you can see in the screenshot). You can often tell which window you want just by the visible portions. Clicking on any window, whether at the front or not, will bring it to the front. If you can't tell, then you can use the scroll wheel on your mouse to cycle through them.
I don't really see what's so bad about it. It works, it's simple, it's understandable. It certainly seems more usable than this and provides more information than this. I couldn't find an equivalent OS X screen - maybe it manages services in some radical, insanely great way, but frankly this seems like a ridiculous complaint.
The article is boring, but I read "IDF" as "Intel Defensive Forces" and imagined a division of Intel-powered robo-jews militarily occupying Santa Rosa, an amusing thought.
Boniface: Good evening. Tonight on "It's the Mind", we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before, that what is happening now has already happened. Tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've... (looks puzzled fir a moment) Anyway, tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu, that strange...
The thing which really made me cringe in Wargames was the fact that he realistically dials in, starts a countdown timer running which you see tick off time, and then logs off, but the countdown timer continues to count down.
Is it so hard to believe that the WOPR was using screen as its default shell? man screen
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Al Gore Created the Internet! Everybody knows that.
And of course, "Al Gore" is really a prototype DARPA-funded killbot that was repurposed for peaceful use. Thus, DARPA created the internet. QED.
I'm pretty sure you can use your own MP3 ringtones on any Motorola that has a transflash slot. Ringtones I've placed on my E815 using this process:
- Star Trek TOS "communicator" sound
- Windows XP Startup sound
- Windows "new mail" sound
- The Halo music cue from the Bungee loading screen
- Steve Ballmer yelling "Developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers!" (This one's my favorite!)
- The "cloaking" noise that stealth tanks made in C&C Gold
- A computer beepy noise from Star Trek TNG
- The "come on down music" from the Price Is Right
- The first four bars from "Clocks" by Coldplay
- The Windows "chords" sound (This being the standard error dialog sound for Windows, it really irritates office mates)
- The first phrase of the "Cantina Band" music from Star Wars
- Jim Carey as Lloyd Christmas making "the most annoying sound in the world"
Or the guy in the dollar bills suit who seems to be a meth-based lifeform? "THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING AWAY FREE MONEY! MY BOOK TELLS YOU HOW TO GET IT!!!"
That would be Matthew Lesko, but it's question marks, not dollar bills.
If content from other music stores can't play on the iPod, it's not Apple's fault.
Sophistry. It's Apple's fault because the iPod deliberately supports a DRM scheme that is only available from Apple, and the only DRM scheme available from Apple only works with the iPod. It's clear and unambiguous lock-in. It is a given that commercial music will have to be encumbered with DRM to be made available at a reasonable price. That other services are unable to provide files with a DRM that is ipod-compatible is a result of Apple's actions and no others.
Why the hell do people insist on flailing around screaming for the hunters?
I believe it is because we are so desparate to find that we are not totally alone in the universe that we are willing to run the risk of our own destruction.
What's the trust? Walmart is not a monopoly just because they are the largest single component of the market (which isn't even a majority by itself).
Back in the day if you're shopping for CPUs and come across a P3 933, you instantly had an idea of the chips performance, at least enough to say well that's probably a bit faster then an Athlon 750. I'm sure some nitpicking AMD fanboys will argue and say it wasn't, but lets face it 933 > 750.
Your own example is the very reason that AMD "broke" the naming scheme. It was because idiot consumers like yourself were apparently incapable of making the leap of logic that "clock speed" != "performance." Since Intel was aggressively pushing clockspeed while AMD was pushing the operations per cycle, this would leave AMD at a great marketing disadvantage. So they named their chips with numbers represented the clock speed of the Intel chip they roughly performance-competitive with. In reality, you got what you wanted - numbers that represented performance, not just clock speed.
Suppose ordinary reactors are used (not these RTGs). What would be the problem?
I think the chief problem is that traditional steam reactors are much more complex and that nobody to my knowledge has ever designed a steam reactor that small. It also seems much more prone to failure. One tiny coolant leak, for example, or a steam loop leak, and you're screwed.
I remember when interactive fiction was the best thing ever. You could tell the computer what you wanted to do and it would do it.
Pheh. You kids! Back in my day, "interactive fiction" meant you jumped to the bottom of the page, where it read something like, "To stay to help the gnome, turn to page 21. To run away, turn to page 16."
And we liked it that way!
I don't think the argument there is that Apple is somehow more innovative than Microsoft for having copied widgets first, but that Microsoft fans believe that MS is so much better than Apple in its current state and that there's no reason to switch to Mac
It's not that Microsoft users believe that there is no reason to switch to Mac, it's that Mac users refuse to believe there are any reasons not to.
That's their own faults for being idiots and hardcoding "C:\Documents and Settings" instead of using %userprofile% like they are supposed to.
Try running XP (or Vista if you're feeling masochistic) on a 500mhz Pentium.
My parent have XP running on a PIII 450Mhz. My grandfather has XP running on a PIII 500 Mhz. It works fine.
What is the thought process here? "China tests fusion reactor. What can I say that's topical, and witty, interesting, funny, or insightful? Of course! BASH AMERICA!"
Now compare that to Flip 3D. I'm gonna flip through my ROLODEX? From all the videos I saw it appeared each window shows up separately(Thanks you spell check) so I would actually have to hit the flip key 12 times here?
No, that's not how it works. You activate the Flip3d mode with a click or keypress. Open windows are presented in an angled and somewhat expanded stack (as you can see in the screenshot). You can often tell which window you want just by the visible portions. Clicking on any window, whether at the front or not, will bring it to the front. If you can't tell, then you can use the scroll wheel on your mouse to cycle through them.
You really should try it before you bash it.
Yes, you can do all that the same way you can in XP: by selecting the "Windows Classic" theme.
I don't really see what's so bad about it. It works, it's simple, it's understandable. It certainly seems more usable than this and provides more information than this. I couldn't find an equivalent OS X screen - maybe it manages services in some radical, insanely great way, but frankly this seems like a ridiculous complaint.
Come again? The services "UI" is services.msc - has been for ages.
Do you think spy satellites are detected using a RADAR?
Well, how do YOU think they are detected? SONAR?
Mr. Potato-head! MR. POTATO-HEAD! Plenty of other countries have spy satellites that pass over us regularly!
The article is boring, but I read "IDF" as "Intel Defensive Forces" and imagined a division of Intel-powered robo-jews militarily occupying Santa Rosa, an amusing thought.
Boniface: Good evening. Tonight on "It's the Mind", we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that we've lived through something before, that what is happening now has already happened. Tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu, that strange feeling we sometimes get that we've ... (looks puzzled fir a moment) Anyway, tonight on "It's the Mind" we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu, that strange...
So would the infrastructure for switching to a hydrogen economy
Would it really? Is there any real reason we couldn't use the massive natural gas infrastructure already in place?
The thing which really made me cringe in Wargames was the fact that he realistically dials in, starts a countdown timer running which you see tick off time, and then logs off, but the countdown timer continues to count down.
Is it so hard to believe that the WOPR was using screen as its default shell? man screen
Right, well, that's typical for mac users, isn't it?
I didn't see the movie - which one is the DaVinci code?