The Australian Holden Camira (198'ish) has the reputation of being extremely crappy and always breaking down, so they are very cheap to buy (2nd hand of course)
They aren't a bad looking car, and the (few) people who love them say that if you get one from the right 'batch' they are extremely reliable.
It makes me wonder how many of the lemon cars are caused by design faults or just had a lot of manufacturing problems.
The great thing about Linux (as far as home users go) is the number of 'free' games and utilities installed by default. It's something to play around with.
People aren't going to install Linux and jump into a spreadsheet for the boss - they want to stuff around - and that's whats good; there are a heap of small games and odd utilities to keep the newbie amused for a reasonable amount of time.
With the live CDs, this is a great way to show home users *easily* what sort of stuff is installed for FREE with Linux.
Now, if there was just an easy way for them to access their Outlook email...
I still use CDR's at home at tapes at work - cyclic backups with offsite copies. Its just that I dont trust them.
The only time I would need to restore from them if something really horrible happened, like a missile hitting the building (in which case I probably wouldnt care). My point is that, its better to have all your old backups online on multiple hard drives/ servers because the data is there in a known state - if your HD goes bad, you know about it fast, and can start restoring from recent backups, but if your 12 year old tape goes bad you might not know about it for another 5 years.
I've had floppies, CDs, DATs, Zip disks and even tapes go corrupt over time.
If it wasnt for multiple backups I'd have been stuffed, so for my personal stuff (and work) I keep everything on the hard disk. Luckily the size doubles every few years, so as long as the size of the data doesnt outgrow the size of the drives, I'll be fine.
It wouldn't hurt to get all your old disks and tapes and (un?) back them up onto a spare hard drive before its too late.
depending on how much this costs, it seems like a waste of time extracting the hydrogen from 'oil', when there is a *chance* it could get up to 3 times more energy.
Surely, the answer has to lie in getting the hydrogen from water - we just need a massive breakthrough in solar panel technology.
and funnily enough the Poma device is the perfect tool to look *at* attractive models! and gives the wearer the ability to privately view websites
mmmmmmm... pr0n at work.....
I know what you're saying, but not everyone has the dollars to get the latest game console.
If all you have is an GameCube, and your bored with playing the games - then WTF - hack away!
You have nothing to lose**, and you'll learn heaps doing this stuff - well done!
**apart from stupid lawsuits, angry Dads and potentially the local Fire department:)
Its bloody hard to parallel park when your pissed:)
Seriously, this is just one step closer to the car that drives itself - its going to take a long time for the public and the laws to allow this to happen, but eventually it will happen.
I am sick and tired of having to FAX my damn signature around the place
1. print the form
2. sign it
3. scan it
4. fax it
I mean, come on - how outdated is this method?
If the Banks let us use online banking to transfer all our money around, surely a digital signature system can be built.
But then, I am not an encryption expert so what do I know.
The fact that there is a lot of illegal content on it, does not make all users of the medium illegal downloaders (which is what was implied).
The way the web is going with more and more intrusive adverts, scams and crap - P2P may end up being the primary source of file download from the shareware sites.
Yes, its great they're repeating all the series. I cant really handle the first one at the moment, but I'm looking forward to the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker series.
My kids (teenagers) almost fell out of their chairs laughing at the "special effects" [mind you, they are pretty funny].
This is basic resource management - if you have too much work, you either:
a) tell customer there is a delay for 'xx' years
b) increase price to deter bullshit patents
c) get more staff
they should not be letting stupid patents go through simply because they are overworked.
The types of employees you use this system are the sorts that already have the draconian timesheets setup.
My guess is that if they implemented this in a mainsteam environment, they would find that most employees are actually working more that they are paid [at least in the IT environments]
And that would be a fun thing to see - the managers finally seeing how much people are working and NOT getting paid overtime.
The average user who clicks OK OK OK OK to get the software/music/whatever installed does not currently give a shit about any DRM crap.
They just want to get it working... now once this simple method of click through installs [ignorance] starts to fail and they realise the CD they bought wont work in their car, or the software they bought wont run after 3 months - they will scream loudly and it will really be heard.
'Poor Grandma Jones saved for 341 months to buy an MP3 for her grandsons new car hifi system - but the evil record producers wont let him listen to it'.
And that's only the start of it - imagine in 2006 when you 'purchase a game' (say DOOM5) - you'll need separate licenses for your home PC, laptop, work PC, PDA, mobile phone, game console, wristwatch PC, sunglasses HUD display unit, etc.. all up - to be able to play the game on your own personal devices (or use the software) you need to pay 6 times the cost of the software. There is no way people will stand for that, and, as a consequence there will continue to be piracy until they start to make it a bit fairer.
Slashdot Mirror
No.
Because that would be the first step down the slipperly slope into a full blown portal with weather, news, horoscopes, blah, blah, blah.
Keep it clean and simple, or they will no longer be the number one
Developers, Developers, Developers!!!!!
:(
We all know where this is going to lead
no, its actually hobbitses - and quite frankly a blantant plug for ROTK in the oscars :)
The Australian Holden Camira (198'ish) has the reputation of being extremely crappy and always breaking down, so they are very cheap to buy (2nd hand of course)
They aren't a bad looking car, and the (few) people who love them say that if you get one from the right 'batch' they are extremely reliable.
It makes me wonder how many of the lemon cars are caused by design faults or just had a lot of manufacturing problems.
if either program opens the others files the user wont (and shouldn't have to) give a shit which method is used.
"As long as it works"
They all did a fantastic job with the movies. I never would have believed it could be done so well.
The great thing about Linux (as far as home users go) is the number of 'free' games and utilities installed by default. It's something to play around with.
People aren't going to install Linux and jump into a spreadsheet for the boss - they want to stuff around - and that's whats good; there are a heap of small games and odd utilities to keep the newbie amused for a reasonable amount of time.
With the live CDs, this is a great way to show home users *easily* what sort of stuff is installed for FREE with Linux.
Now, if there was just an easy way for them to access their Outlook email...
I still use CDR's at home at tapes at work - cyclic backups with offsite copies. Its just that I dont trust them.
The only time I would need to restore from them if something really horrible happened, like a missile hitting the building (in which case I probably wouldnt care). My point is that, its better to have all your old backups online on multiple hard drives/ servers because the data is there in a known state - if your HD goes bad, you know about it fast, and can start restoring from recent backups, but if your 12 year old tape goes bad you might not know about it for another 5 years.
I've had floppies, CDs, DATs, Zip disks and even tapes go corrupt over time.
If it wasnt for multiple backups I'd have been stuffed, so for my personal stuff (and work) I keep everything on the hard disk. Luckily the size doubles every few years, so as long as the size of the data doesnt outgrow the size of the drives, I'll be fine.
It wouldn't hurt to get all your old disks and tapes and (un?) back them up onto a spare hard drive before its too late.
depending on how much this costs, it seems like a waste of time extracting the hydrogen from 'oil', when there is a *chance* it could get up to 3 times more energy.
Surely, the answer has to lie in getting the hydrogen from water - we just need a massive breakthrough in solar panel technology.
and funnily enough the Poma device is the perfect tool to look *at* attractive models!
and gives the wearer the ability to privately view websites
mmmmmmm... pr0n at work.....
I know what you're saying, but not everyone has the dollars to get the latest game console.
:)
If all you have is an GameCube, and your bored with playing the games - then WTF - hack away!
You have nothing to lose**, and you'll learn heaps doing this stuff - well done!
**apart from stupid lawsuits, angry Dads and potentially the local Fire department
Its bloody hard to parallel park when your pissed :)
Seriously, this is just one step closer to the car that drives itself - its going to take a long time for the public and the laws to allow this to happen, but eventually it will happen.
The Mars mission is a fake - just like the moon landing was.
Sad thing is - a lot of people believe this
There is certainly something fishy about the cancellation at this late stage in the project.
What, didnt they have tape measures to check the widths of the tracks they were going to join onto?
Or maybe it was because it floated they thought it would
'just, you know... fly over the tracks'.
I've tried the mouse signing trick and it looked terrible.
:
and this is why I hate the current secure 'fax' method
Anyone can scan my signature and save it as a JPG and have a field day signing forms.
Surely a secure website is a better validation method.
(Dont mind me - I've had a personal vendetta against fax verification since 1996)
I am sick and tired of having to FAX my damn signature around the place
1. print the form
2. sign it
3. scan it
4. fax it
I mean, come on - how outdated is this method?
If the Banks let us use online banking to transfer all our money around, surely a digital signature system can be built.
But then, I am not an encryption expert so what do I know.
The fact that there is a lot of illegal content on it, does not make all users of the medium illegal downloaders (which is what was implied).
The way the web is going with more and more intrusive adverts, scams and crap - P2P may end up being the primary source of file download from the shareware sites.
I'm sure parent is a troll, but in case you're not...
... fuck off
Think of P2P as a glorified client version of the web with a decent index - its just giant shareware site, or a shared file server.
There are hundreds of legit uses.
Yes, its great they're repeating all the series. I cant really handle the first one at the moment, but I'm looking forward to the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker series.
My kids (teenagers) almost fell out of their chairs laughing at the "special effects" [mind you, they are pretty funny].
It is *entirely* the fault of the Patent Office.
This is basic resource management - if you have too much work, you either:
a) tell customer there is a delay for 'xx' years
b) increase price to deter bullshit patents
c) get more staff
they should not be letting stupid patents go through simply because they are overworked.
Yes, that's the point..
The types of employees you use this system are the sorts that already have the draconian timesheets setup.
My guess is that if they implemented this in a mainsteam environment, they would find that most employees are actually working more that they are paid [at least in the IT environments]
And that would be a fun thing to see - the managers finally seeing how much people are working and NOT getting paid overtime.
... or a nosy receptionist.
What am I missing here - they are paying for labour, so why shouldn't they make sure people start on time?
The average user who clicks OK OK OK OK to get the software/music/whatever installed does not currently give a shit about any DRM crap.
They just want to get it working... now once this simple method of click through installs [ignorance] starts to fail and they realise the CD they bought wont work in their car, or the software they bought wont run after 3 months - they will scream loudly and it will really be heard.
'Poor Grandma Jones saved for 341 months to buy an MP3 for her grandsons new car hifi system - but the evil record producers wont let him listen to it'.
And that's only the start of it - imagine in 2006 when you 'purchase a game' (say DOOM5) - you'll need separate licenses for your home PC, laptop, work PC, PDA, mobile phone, game console, wristwatch PC, sunglasses HUD display unit, etc.. all up - to be able to play the game on your own personal devices (or use the software) you need to pay 6 times the cost of the software. There is no way people will stand for that, and, as a consequence there will continue to be piracy until they start to make it a bit fairer.
Uni's and schools get very big discounts on Software and other items, so why not music as well?
Maybe they got a site license discount on the assumption that a smallish percentage of the students will actually use this service.
Either way - its a great service for the students, and its a fantastic marketing tool for the Uni- get a degree and we throw in free music downloads!