It really depends on what you use it for. I got the XM radio and subscription because the over-the-air and Internet choices for talk radio are so limited. I like to listen to ESPN radio pretty much around the clock and XM has two channels of ESPN plus four or five other sports channels. I also enjoy talk radio and there are quite a few choices for that as well. I am probably unusual in this regard but I rarely use the XM for music and the stuff I do use it for I don't need to record. I have had the subscription since May and it has been a great experience for a news/talk radio/sports junky.
It's the personal computer receiver for XM satellite radio. XM used to sell it but discontinued it when the TimeTrax software came out that allowed the XMPCR user to record music from the XMPCR hardware. The RIAA was apparently behind that action.
Their website does not have a whole lot of information though the XM product is their along with the $45 price and a shopping cart that allows you to order. What the site does not tell you is how this works with an existing XM account. For example, I have a subscription and a Roady I reciever. Would I be able to use the PC product and still use my Roady or does entering the subscription/radio code into the PC product "turn off" the Roady? XM charges an addtional $6.99 per month per device for up to four addtional receivers. Still, I'd pay the extra money to have the PC product. In my case it's not for recording as much as to be able to stream the music easily throughout my house. They also do not provide any software themselves right now though their website indicates they are working on developing a relationship with TimeTrax that I assume will allow them to bundle the software with their hardware. I think this would be a very popular offering. I wonder how long it will take before XM Radio or the RIAA gets a cease an desist order from a judge.
Your wife is also not relevant and I am happy you have something that passes for a sex life when you are not playing with your iPod. I am married as well with two kids.
Maybe Segway would prefer not to have this certified as medical devices because lawyers are salivating over the lawsuit potential. This is an ad from the home page of a law firm:
Accidents, injuries, and deaths arising from this new mobility product are inevitable. At Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C., we stay at the forefront of new litigation. Our personal injury lawyers are prepared to handle any case that may arise as a result of a Segway accident.
They even have a picture of the Segway on the page and details about how the Segway works. Their "motto" is We stay at the forefront of New Litigation."
I don't know if Segway's lobbyist makes comments about the Segway not being intended as a device for the disabled in order to facilitate his task of getting governments to approve it's use on sidewalks. This is apparently a very controversial issue in many cities. To read about the sidewalk and pedestrian issues as well as Segway attempting to put down pedestrians fears that the sidewalks will be take over by Segway-riding disabled people, read more here:Segway or the Highway.
I am assuming that if a Mac user needs a Windows application to run on their machine they use something like Virtual PC. Otherwise, I wonder what the point would be of running Windows on a Mac or PowerPC machine when the folks that own those probably have a strong preference for a non-Windows OS.
I can only speak for my little corner of the world but the three Radio Shacks in my town no longer ask you for anything when you make your purchase. It's been that way for going on a year. I haven't made a purchase over $10 in that time period either so maybe they aren't bothering with small purchases.
I suppose this is good for people who have lost control of their kids (I'm not parent-bashing, there are ways to lose control that have little to do with parenting). Do parents really want this? I don't care much either way because my kids aren't allowed to buy video games without my permission. They still end up with a lot of the popular titles,though,like Halo, SIMS 2, etc. This has been more of a problem for me at the video store where there are some R and NC17 movies that I simply will not allow them to rent. I know kids end up seeing this stuff away from home at times, but I am not going to give them the message that I think it's okay. Same with video games, they know how I feel about sex & violence in video games, but they still get some of those. It's a hell of a balancing act.
That's why I have a printer and a scanner, the all-in-one units are quite good but I wanted a really good scanner and a printer that could do a great job printing photo's. That's not to say there are not features that can be combined. I think music and video could go together well, especially with the larger hard drives in the players these days.
I think so, though it won't happen until the RIAA can convince a judge with incontravertible evidence of copyright infringement.
I think the US judges are, for the most part, loathe to give the okay to what ends up being a fishing expedition. What a fine line this is.
The RIAA is tenancious and they are not going to give up until they can get to the people that they believe are stealing (their words) copyrighted material. They seem to be on a three-pronged campaign of going through the courts, the legislature, and probably the executive brance (at least for lobbying). I don't see them losing this battle.
These changes seem like they would be time consuming and quite expensive. Does the studio recover these costs in new sales of the updated DVD? Or, does Lucas do this partly for the art?
The electric carts are manufactured in Italy by the World Alternative Transportation Technologies Corpration (W.A.T.T. Corp). This particular model is called "Teener E". It is a small, enclosed two passenger electric vehicle powered by rechargable batteris and driven by an electric motor. It can climb up to 18% grade steep hills. It's speed does not exceed 35 mph and has a range of 50 miles. Full battery recharge is 4 hours. It complies with all Federal Motor Safety Standards (ie. seatbelt, roll cage, emergency brakes, etc.)
The WiFi transmit/receiver unit on the cart has range of 1 mile (1.6 km) compare to standard WiFi equipment of 300 - 500 ft. It runs on Linux operating system, able to auto-recognize and auto-configure into local WiFi mesh. Various businesses in downtown Tempe area have given permission to Nasco's group to install WiFi units on their properties.
Nasco is also in contact with city of Tempe to further WiFi coverage, hopefully in next few years the city will be complete wireless.
Now that is an example of folks working well together for a common good. I wish my town would do that. But, they will not even allow a single cell site so we barely have cellular phone service out here much less wifi. Oh, well, to some, the lack of cell phone service is seen as a benefit.
I agree. I would not agree to have a tag implanted in me if it is going to contain medical records or history because it is just too easy for other folks with readers to get that information. However, I do like the idea that my "UPC" code keeps me from getting mixed up with another patient when I am unconscious and unable to say, "No, I am not here for to have my gonads removed, I am here for an appendectomy." Well, a silly example, but you get my point. I would especially like how these tags might help my kids to be safer in a hospital. And yes, like you, I would not be an early adopter of this technology. I too would like to see it "grow" some history first.
Yes. And good for him. This kind of technology can prevent people from getting wrong treatments in the hospital because they will not be mis-identified. It may also keep babies from being switched after birth. There are many good uses besides those two.
We just need to address privacy issues up front. This is no different, to me, than the availability of printed records that people can access now. These RFID tags only identify you, they do not contain medical records.
The implant only has a key that can unlock your records within the doctor's office database or the hospital. The RFID tag itself does not contain any medical records. The tag also acts as the equivalent of a UPC code. This might reduce or eliminate the kind of errors where you are thought to be patient B who is getting a leg amputated where you are really patient Z getting your tonsils out. So, there are some fantastically good things that this technology achieves. The privacy concerns are valid but this kind of technology is going to come into use sooner or later so we might as well prepare for it in such a way that privacy issues are addressed up front and appropriately.
This would be a great idea for our beleagured borders where there are not enough police. The communications stuff is great as well. But, mostly, I like the idea of the level of security you can get with such a system. I do hope that safeguards are put in place to avoid abuse.
Darl will sue all of them for using sco in their name. This will then give him the notion to go through the dictionary, find all words that have sco embedded in them and sue the dictionaries for licensing fees to use the letters s-c-o in that order. It could happen . . .
A site by SCO supporting SCO using SCO facts. I am guessing that knuckle dragging Darl doesn't see the credibility problem with such a site. He continues to respond to his critics by morphing into an angry child on a playground yelling and screaming at the other kids who won't play fair.
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It really depends on what you use it for. I got the XM radio and subscription because the over-the-air and Internet choices for talk radio are so limited. I like to listen to ESPN radio pretty much around the clock and XM has two channels of ESPN plus four or five other sports channels. I also enjoy talk radio and there are quite a few choices for that as well. I am probably unusual in this regard but I rarely use the XM for music and the stuff I do use it for I don't need to record. I have had the subscription since May and it has been a great experience for a news/talk radio/sports junky.
Their website indicates that you need an XM radio to which their USB cable and adapter connect.
It's the personal computer receiver for XM satellite radio. XM used to sell it but discontinued it when the TimeTrax software came out that allowed the XMPCR user to record music from the XMPCR hardware. The RIAA was apparently behind that action.
Their website does not have a whole lot of information though the XM product is their along with the $45 price and a shopping cart that allows you to order. What the site does not tell you is how this works with an existing XM account. For example, I have a subscription and a Roady I reciever. Would I be able to use the PC product and still use my Roady or does entering the subscription/radio code into the PC product "turn off" the Roady? XM charges an addtional $6.99 per month per device for up to four addtional receivers. Still, I'd pay the extra money to have the PC product. In my case it's not for recording as much as to be able to stream the music easily throughout my house. They also do not provide any software themselves right now though their website indicates they are working on developing a relationship with TimeTrax that I assume will allow them to bundle the software with their hardware. I think this would be a very popular offering. I wonder how long it will take before XM Radio or the RIAA gets a cease an desist order from a judge.
Your wife is also not relevant and I am happy you have something that passes for a sex life when you are not playing with your iPod. I am married as well with two kids.
298 grams = 10.5 ounces.
Accidents, injuries, and deaths arising from this new mobility product are inevitable. At Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C., we stay at the forefront of new litigation. Our personal injury lawyers are prepared to handle any case that may arise as a result of a Segway accident.
You can read the rest here
They even have a picture of the Segway on the page and details about how the Segway works. Their "motto" is We stay at the forefront of New Litigation."
I don't know if Segway's lobbyist makes comments about the Segway not being intended as a device for the disabled in order to facilitate his task of getting governments to approve it's use on sidewalks. This is apparently a very controversial issue in many cities. To read about the sidewalk and pedestrian issues as well as Segway attempting to put down pedestrians fears that the sidewalks will be take over by Segway-riding disabled people, read more here:Segway or the Highway.
Yes it does. And I should know - I am the only person on the planet that likes XP :-)
I am assuming that if a Mac user needs a Windows application to run on their machine they use something like Virtual PC. Otherwise, I wonder what the point would be of running Windows on a Mac or PowerPC machine when the folks that own those probably have a strong preference for a non-Windows OS.
I can only speak for my little corner of the world but the three Radio Shacks in my town no longer ask you for anything when you make your purchase. It's been that way for going on a year. I haven't made a purchase over $10 in that time period either so maybe they aren't bothering with small purchases.
I suppose this is good for people who have lost control of their kids (I'm not parent-bashing, there are ways to lose control that have little to do with parenting). Do parents really want this? I don't care much either way because my kids aren't allowed to buy video games without my permission. They still end up with a lot of the popular titles ,though ,like Halo, SIMS 2, etc. This has been more of a problem for me at the video store where there are some R and NC17 movies that I simply will not allow them to rent. I know kids end up seeing this stuff away from home at times, but I am not going to give them the message that I think it's okay. Same with video games, they know how I feel about sex & violence in video games, but they still get some of those. It's a hell of a balancing act.
That's why I have a printer and a scanner, the all-in-one units are quite good but I wanted a really good scanner and a printer that could do a great job printing photo's. That's not to say there are not features that can be combined. I think music and video could go together well, especially with the larger hard drives in the players these days.
I think the US judges are, for the most part, loathe to give the okay to what ends up being a fishing expedition. What a fine line this is.
The RIAA is tenancious and they are not going to give up until they can get to the people that they believe are stealing (their words) copyrighted material. They seem to be on a three-pronged campaign of going through the courts, the legislature, and probably the executive brance (at least for lobbying). I don't see them losing this battle.
These changes seem like they would be time consuming and quite expensive. Does the studio recover these costs in new sales of the updated DVD? Or, does Lucas do this partly for the art?
August 02, 2004, TOKYO, JAPAN - Using its proprietary optical technology, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD. has developed the world's first lens using transparent ceramics. This breakthrough will make it possible to create zoom lenses for cameras with greatly reduced profiles.
There are soom cool pictures of the lenses as well as some text and graphics that explain what is going on pretty well.
Compaq bought DEC in 1998 and that is why DEC is no more.
I'm 6'5" so the extra space would be good . . I don't think I could actually get into the one in the article. But, it sure looks cool :-)
The electric carts are manufactured in Italy by the World Alternative Transportation Technologies Corpration (W.A.T.T. Corp). This particular model is called "Teener E". It is a small, enclosed two passenger electric vehicle powered by rechargable batteris and driven by an electric motor. It can climb up to 18% grade steep hills. It's speed does not exceed 35 mph and has a range of 50 miles. Full battery recharge is 4 hours. It complies with all Federal Motor Safety Standards (ie. seatbelt, roll cage, emergency brakes, etc.)
The WiFi transmit/receiver unit on the cart has range of 1 mile (1.6 km) compare to standard WiFi equipment of 300 - 500 ft. It runs on Linux operating system, able to auto-recognize and auto-configure into local WiFi mesh. Various businesses in downtown Tempe area have given permission to Nasco's group to install WiFi units on their properties.
Nasco is also in contact with city of Tempe to further WiFi coverage, hopefully in next few years the city will be complete wireless.
Now that is an example of folks working well together for a common good. I wish my town would do that. But, they will not even allow a single cell site so we barely have cellular phone service out here much less wifi. Oh, well, to some, the lack of cell phone service is seen as a benefit.
Here is another interesting article about Tropos: Mesh could be the solution to a proposed $1 billion wireless municipal network for New York City emergency workers.
I agree. I would not agree to have a tag implanted in me if it is going to contain medical records or history because it is just too easy for other folks with readers to get that information. However, I do like the idea that my "UPC" code keeps me from getting mixed up with another patient when I am unconscious and unable to say, "No, I am not here for to have my gonads removed, I am here for an appendectomy." Well, a silly example, but you get my point. I would especially like how these tags might help my kids to be safer in a hospital. And yes, like you, I would not be an early adopter of this technology. I too would like to see it "grow" some history first.
Yes. And good for him. This kind of technology can prevent people from getting wrong treatments in the hospital because they will not be mis-identified. It may also keep babies from being switched after birth. There are many good uses besides those two. We just need to address privacy issues up front. This is no different, to me, than the availability of printed records that people can access now. These RFID tags only identify you, they do not contain medical records.
The implant only has a key that can unlock your records within the doctor's office database or the hospital. The RFID tag itself does not contain any medical records. The tag also acts as the equivalent of a UPC code. This might reduce or eliminate the kind of errors where you are thought to be patient B who is getting a leg amputated where you are really patient Z getting your tonsils out. So, there are some fantastically good things that this technology achieves. The privacy concerns are valid but this kind of technology is going to come into use sooner or later so we might as well prepare for it in such a way that privacy issues are addressed up front and appropriately.
This would be a great idea for our beleagured borders where there are not enough police. The communications stuff is great as well. But, mostly, I like the idea of the level of security you can get with such a system. I do hope that safeguards are put in place to avoid abuse.
Darl will sue all of them for using sco in their name. This will then give him the notion to go through the dictionary, find all words that have sco embedded in them and sue the dictionaries for licensing fees to use the letters s-c-o in that order. It could happen . . .
A site by SCO supporting SCO using SCO facts. I am guessing that knuckle dragging Darl doesn't see the credibility problem with such a site. He continues to respond to his critics by morphing into an angry child on a playground yelling and screaming at the other kids who won't play fair.