I've been taking Amtrak recently instead of flying (going back and forth between Philadelphia and Washington DC). Lemme tell ya... its great! I've got more leg room than I would in first class (Important when you're 6'4"), and there is a 120v outlet on each row. I plug my laptop in, get a beer from the dining car, stretch out, and watch a dvd. Also, its usually not very crowed, so I often get a row to myself. Coupled with not having to deal with airport bullshit, I'm sold. Check out Amtrak the next time you travel. --
Donald Roeber
I believe Tori Amos released the first single of the album "To Venus and Back" digitally before the acutal single was released on CD. You could buy the (I assume high quality) MP3 for two or three bucks. I don't know if it came with b-sides or not, though. Yes, she released a few singles from TVAB before it was released. (Can't remember for the life of me which ones though). She also toured with Alannis Morrisette last summer. The tour was sponsored by mp3.com, who had mp3 broadcasts of a few shows. -- Donald Roeber
After all the mess with Napster, mp3s, et alle, its good to see a band doing the Right Thing with mp3s. They Might Be Giants has a very 'geeky' and loyal fan base, but has trouble with record contracts. So, they get together with emusic.com, and say "We want to put out a mp3 only album". It sells wonderfully, even if its only a collection of bsides with a few new songs. A few months later, they add a mailing list, and people subscribe to get the latest TMBG news and here's the kicker: a FREE mp3 from the band with a short story behind that weeks selection. It may be a song from a live show that was particularly memorable, it may be a new song they're fooling around with, doesn't matter, the fans love it. Just last week, TMBG decided to put their upcoming EP on emusic.com. You pay $7.99, and get to download the 7 or so mp3s, and they then mail you the cd! Wow! Does it get any better? You've got fans that aren't mad at you, you get your music out, you make a couple bucks (probably more than you would if you had to deal with a record company), and people are generally happy! Whats so wrong with that?
Be has said on a number of occasions that they're shifting focus to the WebPad embedded device market, and I don't blame them. Having used BeOS in the past, I can see how a trimmed down version with a good browser would do a great job. By giving away their old operating system, they'll be able to attract developers, so they can have a better product for investors. Can't blame 'em one bit.
We want Open Backhoes! No more shall we let other people dictate when our fiber will be cut! The community should have the option to review and modify all backhoes to suit their individual needs. -- Donald Roeber
As far as I know, everything is allowed here at University of Pennsylvania. I'm a bit concerned about all of these universities getting upset about the amount of bandwith that Napster and the like use. Do they not see that this is only the beginning of some very high traffic applications? At Penn, there is a lot of work being done with Internet 2 research, and applications that use ungodly amounts of bandwith. If these universities can't keep up with the increasing bandwith demands, how do they expect to keep there researchers? And if the researchers and professors go away, so will the students. -- Donald Roeber
Man, I loved that movie. Saw it twice in one weekend, with different groups of friends, just to get their reactions. I see its out on DVD now. Must get it.
-- Donald Roeber
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My family lives about 3hrs away from me, so I don't get to see them often. Picking up a phone a dealing with long distance charges gets expensive. I talk with my family almost daily now, thanks to IM and email. We have more in depth conversations now than when I lived with them. -- Donald Roeber
Picked this up awhile ago. Very impressed, I thought it translated quite well. AcornMedia is promising more Discworld dvds later in 2001. Soul Music is next, I believe. --
Donald Roeber
Quit complaining, and go download either Real Media Player or Windows Media Player for the mac. Would've preferred them to use Quicktime though. I can't stand Real Players GUI.
I use mine every day. I don't know what I'd do without it. Actually, this morning, it fell out of my bag, and landed on the pavement. I nearly had a heart attack. Thats the second time I've dropped my PalmV, both times without any damage. But I think I'll buy a protective case now:) -- Donald Roeber
It should take no more than a few weeks. They're essentially telling the distributors and manufacturers to make the Windows version of Q3A -NOW- and the manufacturers will stop everything that they're doing to make it happen, since its an easy buck. It takes a bit longer to convince them to take a chance and press some linux cds. If you wait the extra time, it'll help get linux into the gaming market by showing the distributors that this is what people want.
Personally, if I hadn't preordered the game back in February, i'd gladly hold off, since my windows machine is in a state of disrepair right now anyway. -- Donald Roeber
I believe John has said he wants to get back to working on Trinity, which is supposed to be a much more single-player focused game. Maybe this will happen, or maybe Trinity will, once again, turn into a test platform for new programming tricks that he just drops into the next version of Quake. -- Donald Roeber
I'm going to guess they're either going to ship Redhat or OpenLinux. I don't think anyone is ready to ship BeOS yet.
I do however think we're a long way from getting a computer with a blank hard disk from a large manufacturer.
Hopefully they'll start shipping "alternatitive operating systems" with laptops as well, cutting out the Windmodem and other Windows-only devices. -- Donald Roeber
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I've been taking Amtrak recently instead of flying (going back and forth between Philadelphia and Washington DC). Lemme tell ya... its great! I've got more leg room than I would in first class (Important when you're 6'4"), and there is a 120v outlet on each row. I plug my laptop in, get a beer from the dining car, stretch out, and watch a dvd. Also, its usually not very crowed, so I often get a row to myself. Coupled with not having to deal with airport bullshit, I'm sold. Check out Amtrak the next time you travel.
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Donald Roeber
Unfortunately, the FN key is hardware controlled. Sucky :(
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Donald Roeber
I wonder if those potato powered webservers are up to the task?
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Donald Roeber
No, not yet. Later this year.
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Donald Roeber
I believe Tori Amos released the first single of the album "To Venus and Back" digitally before the acutal single was released on CD. You could buy the (I assume high quality) MP3 for two or three bucks. I don't know if it came with b-sides or not, though.
Yes, she released a few singles from TVAB before it was released. (Can't remember for the life of me which ones though). She also toured with Alannis Morrisette last summer. The tour was sponsored by mp3.com, who had mp3 broadcasts of a few shows.
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Donald Roeber
After all the mess with Napster, mp3s, et alle, its good to see a band doing the Right Thing with mp3s. They Might Be Giants has a very 'geeky' and loyal fan base, but has trouble with record contracts. So, they get together with emusic.com, and say "We want to put out a mp3 only album". It sells wonderfully, even if its only a collection of bsides with a few new songs. A few months later, they add a mailing list, and people subscribe to get the latest TMBG news and here's the kicker: a FREE mp3 from the band with a short story behind that weeks selection. It may be a song from a live show that was particularly memorable, it may be a new song they're fooling around with, doesn't matter, the fans love it. Just last week, TMBG decided to put their upcoming EP on emusic.com. You pay $7.99, and get to download the 7 or so mp3s, and they then mail you the cd! Wow! Does it get any better? You've got fans that aren't mad at you, you get your music out, you make a couple bucks (probably more than you would if you had to deal with a record company), and people are generally happy! Whats so wrong with that?
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Donald Roeber
There already is a product that is a "lojack for your laptop". Unfortunately, its Windows only.
http://sentryinc.com/CAProductInfo.cfm
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Donald Roeber
You want to read up on MacOS X, due to ship sometime this summer. http://www.apple.com/macosx
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Donald Roeber
Be has said on a number of occasions that they're shifting focus to the WebPad embedded device market, and I don't blame them. Having used BeOS in the past, I can see how a trimmed down version with a good browser would do a great job. By giving away their old operating system, they'll be able to attract developers, so they can have a better product for investors. Can't blame 'em one bit.
--
Donald Roeber
We want Open Backhoes! No more shall we let other people dictate when our fiber will be cut! The community should have the option to review and modify all backhoes to suit their individual needs.
--
Donald Roeber
As far as I know, everything is allowed here at University of Pennsylvania. I'm a bit concerned about all of these universities getting upset about the amount of bandwith that Napster and the like use. Do they not see that this is only the beginning of some very high traffic applications? At Penn, there is a lot of work being done with Internet 2 research, and applications that use ungodly amounts of bandwith. If these universities can't keep up with the increasing bandwith demands, how do they expect to keep there researchers? And if the researchers and professors go away, so will the students.
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Donald Roeber
Man, I loved that movie. Saw it twice in one weekend, with different groups of friends, just to get their reactions. I see its out on DVD now. Must get it.
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Donald Roeber
My family lives about 3hrs away from me, so I don't get to see them often. Picking up a phone a dealing with long distance charges gets expensive. I talk with my family almost daily now, thanks to IM and email. We have more in depth conversations now than when I lived with them.
--
Donald Roeber
Picked this up awhile ago. Very impressed, I thought it translated quite well. AcornMedia is promising more Discworld dvds later in 2001. Soul Music is next, I believe.
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Donald Roeber
We all know he wants HUGE PECTORAL MUSCLES!
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Donald Roeber
Quit complaining, and go download either Real Media Player or Windows Media Player for the mac. Would've preferred them to use Quicktime though. I can't stand Real Players GUI.
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Donald Roeber
Perhaps thats what Transmetta is sitting on? We've got to wait until the 19th though.
Yay! Speculation is fun!
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Donald Roeber
I use mine every day. I don't know what I'd do without it. Actually, this morning, it fell out of my bag, and landed on the pavement. I nearly had a heart attack. Thats the second time I've dropped my PalmV, both times without any damage. But I think I'll buy a protective case now :)
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Donald Roeber
I've been wondering a simmilar thing... Will you be allowed to take a PowerBook G4 (when and if they're released) out of the country?
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Donald Roeber
You've got it all wrong! You don't bake them!
Hmm.. perhaps where Intel and AMD are going wrong... they're trying to bake their chips. Everyone knows that they taste better before you bake them.
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Donald Roeber
It should take no more than a few weeks. They're essentially telling the distributors and manufacturers to make the Windows version of Q3A -NOW- and the manufacturers will stop everything that they're doing to make it happen, since its an easy buck. It takes a bit longer to convince them to take a chance and press some linux cds. If you wait the extra time, it'll help get linux into the gaming market by showing the distributors that this is what people want.
Personally, if I hadn't preordered the game back in February, i'd gladly hold off, since my windows machine is in a state of disrepair right now anyway.
--
Donald Roeber
I believe John has said he wants to get back to working on Trinity, which is supposed to be a much more single-player focused game. Maybe this will happen, or maybe Trinity will, once again, turn into a test platform for new programming tricks that he just drops into the next version of Quake.
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Donald Roeber
I prefer to use mythological places. One of my favorite machine names is "caucasus", which is the mountain Prometheus was bound to.
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Donald Roeber
I'm going to guess they're either going to ship Redhat or OpenLinux. I don't think anyone is ready to ship BeOS yet.
I do however think we're a long way from getting a computer with a blank hard disk from a large manufacturer.
Hopefully they'll start shipping "alternatitive operating systems" with laptops as well, cutting out the Windmodem and other Windows-only devices.
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Donald Roeber
I've got a first edition copy of The Fountainhead. Too bad I can't get it signed.
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Donald Roeber