Better watch out - will they define that 250GB cap as most hard drive manufacturers do, as 250 billion... or will it be the more technically correct 250 * (1024 ^ 2)?
Yeah! Also, will my bakery sell me a dozen muffins and give me 12, or the more technically accurate 13?
Maybe you're too young to remember this, but back in the days of AOL, Prodigy, Compuserv, etc. You would buy service by the minute or hour (much like how telephone companies charged.) The basic AOL account at one time was as low as 8 hours (of 2400bps dialup) and then you paid by the minute above that. You paid for this time when connected, regardless of whether you actually downloaded anything or not, and most of your data came from AOL itself, rather than through connections AOL had to other servers.
This turned out to be popular, but people wanted more. Soon you saw 20 hours, 40 hours, 100 hours, unlimited. As in, you were able to leave the connection on all the time. Not that they expected you to actually use the full bandwidth for all of that time.
Now, always-on connections are ubiquitous, so the word, "unlimited" seems like it must refer to some other limit that doesn't exist. Which is why the providers have quietly been ceasing to use that word in their advertisements.
From the coral cache, it looks like all they've got are some pretty 3ds Max pictures. (and possibly notably, there is some clipping in there...)
But Moller has had a functional 2-seat volantor for about four years and "A FAA certified model is more than four years away." and has been for at least a decade.
Suffice to say, I don't think that this is an easy problem to solve.
See, MS and all the rest actually PAY their people to do work, so what is the incentive for THEM to insert something malicious and potentially lose their job or worse?
If it suddenly goes down, you would be compensated for the lost subscription days by the disks you wouldn't have to return. Well.. unless they were already in the mail.
To prevent access by a "common individual" just write all zeros (or any other character you choose) to the drive. Everything else requires special equipment.
And "custom firmware" is without a doubt special equipment that a "common individual" would not have access to.
I would much rather live downwind of a nuke plant than a coal plant. Or a burning-anything plant, really. I don't have the choice of living downwind of a hydro plant (no elevated bodies of water nearby).
I vote, me. If there's a nuclear plant nearby, it's quite unlikely that a coal plant will move in next door.
This is WoW we're talking about. You pay $15/month or you don't play. (discounts for paying for several months up front) I think it's pretty clear that it's a rental.
Yeah, they claimed that it was only $188, but since you could never buy one for $200, only $400, I've got to say that the real cost could've been anywhere less than $400. And the "Give one" part of the G1G1 could've been a scam where you and several others combined to give one.
Where's the evidence that the G1s actually shipped?
If he has to replace his gas tank after 100,000 miles, I suspect it will cost considerably less than $25k.
In fact, even if he has to replace the entire engine, fuel delivery system, and transmission, it will still run under $25k.
Further, If he also has to replace the body, climate control, and interior, he can get all of that for under $25k. Although he'll probably opt for some amenities that would bring the price up.
Winter doesn't even matter. As I said, you can always pile on more sweaters and blankets. 70 even sounds high in the winter. I keep my thermostat at 64 during the winter, and 50 (it's lowest setting that isn't off. I don't want the pipes to freeze if it suddenly gets cold) when I'm not going to be around for a while.
But you can't just go average the other way (and I still contend that 78 is an optimistic average). If you set AT the average comfort temperature, half the people will be uncomfortably warm or even sweating, and half the people will be comfortable (since they'll just apply the requisite number of sweaters to reach their comfort temp if it's higher than the set-temp.)
And yes, I'm one of those people that could strip down to skivvies and still be uncomfortably warm in a 78 degree room, unless I've been immobile for the previous hour.
Coke is weird though. I've tried to order "Cola" at places where I'm unsure which one they serve (and on the off chance I might luck out and they carry RC for some reason...) and I get funny looks everywhere.
It's gotten to the point that using the correct term does little more than make you look (and feel) like a pedantic jerk.
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Two orders of magnitude improvement in resolution should just about do it. Less if they can figure out how to do grayscale (for aliasing)
I hate jagged edged letters.
Maybe you're too young to remember this, but back in the days of AOL, Prodigy, Compuserv, etc. You would buy service by the minute or hour (much like how telephone companies charged.) The basic AOL account at one time was as low as 8 hours (of 2400bps dialup) and then you paid by the minute above that. You paid for this time when connected, regardless of whether you actually downloaded anything or not, and most of your data came from AOL itself, rather than through connections AOL had to other servers.
This turned out to be popular, but people wanted more. Soon you saw 20 hours, 40 hours, 100 hours, unlimited. As in, you were able to leave the connection on all the time. Not that they expected you to actually use the full bandwidth for all of that time.
Now, always-on connections are ubiquitous, so the word, "unlimited" seems like it must refer to some other limit that doesn't exist. Which is why the providers have quietly been ceasing to use that word in their advertisements.
Indeed. Although they *should* advertise the quota, since it's a piece of information people might use to decide between providers.
that $20/month 6MBPS sounds like a good deal compared to your current $40/month 1MBPS, but that's not all the information available, is it.
From the coral cache, it looks like all they've got are some pretty 3ds Max pictures. (and possibly notably, there is some clipping in there...)
But Moller has had a functional 2-seat volantor for about four years and "A FAA certified model is more than four years away." and has been for at least a decade.
Suffice to say, I don't think that this is an easy problem to solve.
What's the density on it? Could you just sprinkle some iron filings on the bare disk and take a picture?
Bribes from competitors?
Who cares if watermarks don't expire, no one is going to be checking them after the work goes into public domain.
How do they prevent you from fair use in any way?
The only downside to watermarks is if they're audible. Are they audible?
If it suddenly goes down, you would be compensated for the lost subscription days by the disks you wouldn't have to return. Well.. unless they were already in the mail.
If you did, you'd notice that the copy doesn't work.
To prevent access by a "common individual" just write all zeros (or any other character you choose) to the drive. Everything else requires special equipment.
And "custom firmware" is without a doubt special equipment that a "common individual" would not have access to.
I would much rather live downwind of a nuke plant than a coal plant. Or a burning-anything plant, really. I don't have the choice of living downwind of a hydro plant (no elevated bodies of water nearby).
I vote, me. If there's a nuclear plant nearby, it's quite unlikely that a coal plant will move in next door.
You didn't see any birds lying around, but how many foxes? ;)
If the earth's current resources were really incapable of meeting the needs of the current population, then that population would be decreasing.
It's not. Ergo, the earth is capable of supporting the current population with the current resources.
Yeah, basically you want roughly 10x the sweep diameter between the turbines for the flow to settle.
Yeah, but hamlets are all moody and never get anything done until the in-laws finally visit for a weekend of murder.
This is WoW we're talking about. You pay $15/month or you don't play. (discounts for paying for several months up front) I think it's pretty clear that it's a rental.
What? Nails are cool. Especially if all you've got is a hammer.
so can a2ps, but without all the overhead of a lisp-interpreted operating system and completely non-intuitive settings menu system.
Yeah, they claimed that it was only $188, but since you could never buy one for $200, only $400, I've got to say that the real cost could've been anywhere less than $400. And the "Give one" part of the G1G1 could've been a scam where you and several others combined to give one.
Where's the evidence that the G1s actually shipped?
60 Watt(A-hat)hours/km?
What is it, a solar raycer? <looks at pic> Oh.. it basically is... Carry on, then.
If he has to replace his gas tank after 100,000 miles, I suspect it will cost considerably less than $25k.
In fact, even if he has to replace the entire engine, fuel delivery system, and transmission, it will still run under $25k.
Further, If he also has to replace the body, climate control, and interior, he can get all of that for under $25k. Although he'll probably opt for some amenities that would bring the price up.
Winter doesn't even matter. As I said, you can always pile on more sweaters and blankets. 70 even sounds high in the winter. I keep my thermostat at 64 during the winter, and 50 (it's lowest setting that isn't off. I don't want the pipes to freeze if it suddenly gets cold) when I'm not going to be around for a while.
But you can't just go average the other way (and I still contend that 78 is an optimistic average). If you set AT the average comfort temperature, half the people will be uncomfortably warm or even sweating, and half the people will be comfortable (since they'll just apply the requisite number of sweaters to reach their comfort temp if it's higher than the set-temp.)
And yes, I'm one of those people that could strip down to skivvies and still be uncomfortably warm in a 78 degree room, unless I've been immobile for the previous hour.
Coke is weird though. I've tried to order "Cola" at places where I'm unsure which one they serve (and on the off chance I might luck out and they carry RC for some reason...) and I get funny looks everywhere.
It's gotten to the point that using the correct term does little more than make you look (and feel) like a pedantic jerk.
Legal rulings are like genie wishes (or is that the other way around...).
As soon as you hit the period, you get your wish. Usually corrupted in a horribly unforeseen way.