Strangely, my PowerBook G3 gets very hot, even though I have four small, square stickypads elevating it from the surface of my desk 1/2" in front and 3/4" in back. Go figure.
In this instance, though, I might be right. My brother uses Yahoo!SBC DSL, and in order to connect, it's not a matter of plugging in the network cable. He has to run some specialized Yahoo!SBC software which connects to the provider when he runs it. This software, in particular, is probably not made for Mac customers.
Then again, I could be grossly wrong and am merely pointing out my ignorance... I've never used any kind of DSL before (cable modem=my preference).
We should be so lucky. I'm always hearing about some new way marketers have found to intrude, and am frequently appalled. Houston billboards covering the whole sky are bad enough (this cloud brought to you by Clear Channel and 107.5 theBuzz), but each new marketing technique is just another invasion to me. Telemarketers have ruined the usefulness of phone books, as everyone drops their land lines, or keeps them unlisted. Popups, motion video ads, and SPAM are doing the same to the 'net.
And how about the marketers salivating about GPS cellphones, so that they can send text ads for businesses you merely come into the vicinity of.
Similarly, the idea that making the ads more targeted will cause them to diminish in number is mistaken. Okay, the thing is more targeted... yet the magazine's publisher, say, is going to NOT look forward to even more profits by being able to sell the same amount of ads at a higher price?
Hasn't something like this been going on for quite some time already with ISP's? I can't enumerate how many times I've heard a radio ad for an ISP offering broadband... to Windows users, only.
Yahoo!SBC DSL, a large baby-bell provider in Houston, for a long time didn't offer anything for Macintosh. I believe they still don't.
There is, after all, a reason one finds Macintosh ISP's out there...
And, things would be less efficient and cost more, perhaps?
After all, if companies can introduce new technologies to make things more efficient, save money, and sometimes pass the savings on to the customer, then (gasp) some jobs might become obselete. Whoa, no!
Remember in '02 or '03, when the California dockworkers went on strike? One of the reasons they were striking was to prevent some technological advances throughout the docks, such as using newfangled things like laser barcode scanners instead of a lot of guys reading and doublechecking numbers.
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That may be true, but this guy's gotta eat. And how does his food get from its production place to the store? What energy affords the transportation of products?
Unless the trucking co's are going to hire a bunch of guys with bikes and trailers, then yes, he's going to be in the same boat as us, just in a different way. Maybe in a boat next to us, then.
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Ahh, but the book isn't about crude oil per se; it's about gas. So while regulations/fewer refineries may have little affect on per-barrel oil prices, it'll have quite an affect on per-gallon gas prices.
Here, I'll translate your points for you: "How dare you make a conservative argument. Don't you realize this is Slashdot?!"
Here's another advantage of OLED's: flexibility. The displacy surface can easily be bent, flexed, and straightened. Or, it can be attached to a round surface.
Think of a device which you pull apart while the display surface unrolls out of the larger half as you're pulling it out (like older window shades). Hollywood showed us this device in the movie Red Planet. True, just the possibility of this is a long way off, but OLED's are a step in this direction.
GearBits has a cool animation of a pen using this technology.
almost. Maybe a few generations on from their current plan. You see, their current plan is for a ship to go up to 62 miles, while the ISS files at a minimum altitude of 224 miles.
So, while Xcor might send a ship to the space station sometime, it'll be some time after their current ideas...
Since people keep asking about the requirements... here ya go
The site shows something else interesting... that while Xcor isn't participating in the X Prize, they do plan on participating in the X Prize Cup (which will happen later).
XCor has basically designed a rocket engine, and slapped it into a modified kit plane to test it. Sure, they've got renderings of a larger, suborbital-worthy ship, but nothing else to show for it for a few years now.
Scaled Composites, OTOH, has designed and built a rocket engine, a suborbital spaceship, and a carrier to get the ship up to launching altitude.
They may both be competing for dollars (present or future), but it's easy to see who's farther along.
Well, at least their logo has evolved. Before, the X of XCor was the back of a sideways rocket, forming the bottom of its verticle fins. I'd find the image on the Wayback Machine but it's down now.
At least now, the text stands alone, with art around it. Much better than before.
Worst movie: The Reagans. And no, this ain't flamebait. Think of it this way: look at who made & starred in the movie. Now, what if Sean Hannity was in charge of a biography movie on The Clintons? Fair's fair, 'tis simple.
Best movie: uh... um... I'll go with "I'm an underemployed recent computer science graduate and can't afford movies, you insensitive clod!" Yeah, that works...
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Strangely, my PowerBook G3 gets very hot, even though I have four small, square stickypads elevating it from the surface of my desk 1/2" in front and 3/4" in back. Go figure.
Thanks! And by the way, "Moof!"
Then again, I could be grossly wrong and am merely pointing out my ignorance ... I've never used any kind of DSL before (cable modem=my preference).
And how about the marketers salivating about GPS cellphones, so that they can send text ads for businesses you merely come into the vicinity of.
Similarly, the idea that making the ads more targeted will cause them to diminish in number is mistaken. Okay, the thing is more targeted ... yet the magazine's publisher, say, is going to NOT look forward to even more profits by being able to sell the same amount of ads at a higher price?
Hasn't something like this been going on for quite some time already with ISP's? I can't enumerate how many times I've heard a radio ad for an ISP offering broadband ... to Windows users, only.
Yahoo!SBC DSL, a large baby-bell provider in Houston, for a long time didn't offer anything for Macintosh. I believe they still don't.
There is, after all, a reason one finds Macintosh ISP's out there ...
After all, if companies can introduce new technologies to make things more efficient, save money, and sometimes pass the savings on to the customer, then (gasp) some jobs might become obselete. Whoa, no!
Remember in '02 or '03, when the California dockworkers went on strike? One of the reasons they were striking was to prevent some technological advances throughout the docks, such as using newfangled things like laser barcode scanners instead of a lot of guys reading and doublechecking numbers.
Consider it done. :P
Unless the trucking co's are going to hire a bunch of guys with bikes and trailers, then yes, he's going to be in the same boat as us, just in a different way. Maybe in a boat next to us, then.
Ahh, but the book isn't about crude oil per se; it's about gas. So while regulations/fewer refineries may have little affect on per-barrel oil prices, it'll have quite an affect on per-gallon gas prices. Here, I'll translate your points for you: "How dare you make a conservative argument. Don't you realize this is Slashdot?!"
Pictures of both are included. That's a use I'd never thought of.
Think of a device which you pull apart while the display surface unrolls out of the larger half as you're pulling it out (like older window shades). Hollywood showed us this device in the movie Red Planet. True, just the possibility of this is a long way off, but OLED's are a step in this direction.
GearBits has a cool animation of a pen using this technology.
So, while Xcor might send a ship to the space station sometime, it'll be some time after their current ideas ...
The site shows something else interesting ... that while Xcor isn't participating in the X Prize, they do plan on participating in the X Prize Cup (which will happen later).
XCor has basically designed a rocket engine, and slapped it into a modified kit plane to test it. Sure, they've got renderings of a larger, suborbital-worthy ship, but nothing else to show for it for a few years now.
Scaled Composites, OTOH, has designed and built a rocket engine, a suborbital spaceship, and a carrier to get the ship up to launching altitude.
They may both be competing for dollars (present or future), but it's easy to see who's farther along.
Well, at least their logo has evolved. Before, the X of XCor was the back of a sideways rocket, forming the bottom of its verticle fins. I'd find the image on the Wayback Machine but it's down now. At least now, the text stands alone, with art around it. Much better than before.
I would, too, though my wife says she'll never be ready to let me go up in space. Of course, by that time, maybe she'll have changed her mind ...
Worst movie: The Reagans. And no, this ain't flamebait. Think of it this way: look at who made & starred in the movie. Now, what if Sean Hannity was in charge of a biography movie on The Clintons? Fair's fair, 'tis simple. Best movie: uh ... um ... I'll go with "I'm an underemployed recent computer science graduate and can't afford movies, you insensitive clod!" Yeah, that works ...