"A few technical things seemed wrong - for example, it is quite feasible to run transportation systems off grid electricity (electric trains, subways, etc. do this) - would it be so hard to do it for personal transport too?"
They seemed to have this concept down in "super mario brothers the movie" so it must be possible!!!
heh funnie, when I read the article it reminded me of revelations where it says a star named wormwood would fall into the ocean killing (either 1/3 or 2/3s of the sea life) and make the waters bitter... hmmmm all of this written before any one knew of the danger of falling meteors or that one had before...
Actually...there was a documentary by Michael Moore called "Bowling for columbine", one of the points in the movie was why we had more gun violence than canada and he broke down the points most people make (More violence on US TV, more guns in US, etc..) and these points were basically false (as he proved one by one), for the most part US and Canada have the same number of gun ownerships per person....
Well I have downloaded a number (3, 4? i dunno i uninstalled it because i hate spyware) of songs from kazza that had the first 20 seconds or so of normal music, then the rest was that awful screeching sound...
"As one of your constituents, I was delighted to hear that you have decided to co-sponsor H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumer Rights Act.
This bill corrects a currently bad situation by giving people permission to create and distribute software which doesn't violate current copyright laws but yet falls under 'Fair use' as previously defined in our laws (pre-DMCA).
I am also delighted with the bill's labeling requirement for music discs containing copyright protection. Selling such items without disclosing the possible incompatibilities or dangers to equipment when using this media represents a bias towards big business and is hurtful to the buying public.
I urge you continue to support your co-sponsorship of this bill."
how did i do?
"Its 2004 now, so very difficult to buy any less than U160. I was only trying to indicate that I not using some 5 year old drive."
Oh ok, yah:)
"Well hhmm, my 15,000 RPM U160 drive I bought brand new for a whopping $100 bucks off of pricewatch defrag's in 5 minutes, loads games in 1/10th the time the basicly same box next to me does with SATA, has a 5 year warranty and an MTBF 10x greater than your IDE/SATA drive. Also it copies a gigabyte from one place to another (even in windows) in around 5-6 seconds. No, no advantage to U160 at all, nah."
There is no advantage to U160 when comparing transfer rates, having a 15000K RPM drive DOES make a difference though and this is why you are seeing the increased performance. The only time (am i repeating myself?) you would see a performance increase from using U160 is when using more than one drive in a RAID configuration.
"defrag's in 5 minutes" "has a 5 year warranty and an MTBF 10x greater than your IDE/SATA drive" wow this has a lot to do with the Channel bandwidth, smart of you to point it out,
Also you say: "Also it copies a gigabyte from one place to another (even in windows) in around 5-6 seconds." So how does this have anything to do with the Bandwidth of the HD anyway? AND unless your running 1-10GB ethernet/fiber I don't see how you would even be able to transfer at that speed let alone be able to fairly judge HD transfer rates. I gotta call BULLSH*T on that...
"What's to stop them from analyzing your work habits/surfing habits, and start pumping specific ads to the devices, or worse? "
Ummm, like they already do with their Cable service. I like how I pay through the nose for service, but yet I get pumped ads straight to my cable box for my browsing windows and neat "messages(read-spam)" that flash a red light at me until I read/delete them (with no way to turn either off).
yah i know "it would cost more to have it without ads, you should be greatful", um no, give me the OPTION to be ad free for a service i pay for, not force me to pay AND still read ads...
anyone notice the phone cable plugged into the back of the Comcast cable box?...hmmm
U160 doesn't mean anything with only one drive. There is no way that one drive can saturate 160MB/sec of bandwdith... why even use a U160 drive unless you want to look cool or got it for free...
So how do we get rid of the DMCAA? can the supreme court overrule this? would it take a bill sponsored by grass roots? can someone help me understand why we have a system where this could happen? are my pants on fire? *checks pants*
omfg, is this quote for real? ""[T]he working stiffs...They make $75-100k a year. That's not much to live on." - Jack Valenti on who piracy hurts most "
Gee mr valenti, my wife and our 3 children live on 50,000 a year, i guess it makes sense TO GOUGE ME FOR EVERY PENNY!!!
how about the naming convention for evian, spelled backwards it describes the people who buy it.. classic (and im sure over told already:-/ sorry:) had to say it)
Besides having come up with this concept 3-4 years ago (damn i wish I knew how to patent) I know of a better solution than a wristband or other such wearable device
Make a pill, small hard ceramic or other non-toxic, non-absorable material to encapsulate the rf transmitter.
drink it down with some water, then poop it out the next day.... if taken before going to the park you dont have to worry about being able to throw it up (which is quite hard anyway for small pills).
The other "plus" is that a potential pedo won't know which child is protected and which is not, which IS possible now with a wearable device. The only down side to any of these devices would be the easy task of "blocking" the signal like the do for wireless phones now in theaters...
I would disagree, as a parent of 3 young ones and the owner of serveral computers in a at my house, it bothers me not to have my children play togther any video game, violent or not, my children seem to understand that Video games are pure fiction but i am constantly asked by them if what they see on TV and movies is real.
This is why i try to steer my children, who get nightmares from scary movies but have no discernable ill effects (violent behavior, nightmares, etc...) from blowing each other's butts off in UT2004, away from violent or horrific TV shows and movies.
Just the other day we were playing some UT2004 and I had blown up my son (age 7) with the redeemer on the ons-torlan map as he sat atop the middle structure waiting for that very same gun (which i had snagged moments earlier) to respawn, my daughter (age 8) started laughing because I had "blown his butt off" and my son gave me one of those looks akin to "thanks a lot dad!".
But yet this same little girl runs from the room as soon as she hears the warning music change (that typically signifies something scary or malicious about to happen) in a scary movie.
Side note, same child also loves to play GTA3 and I let her, as I watch her play i realize she wasnt at all interested in the role play laid out for most players (advance through the ranks as a mobster) but instead prefered to drive around the town in a taxi or fire engine helping people...
Yeah. And you're driving along looking at everyone else and what they are doing =P RUBBERNECKER!
Speaking of rubber necking, can we just once and for all agree that if there is a horrendous accident and you're driving by, don't slow down to look, it creates a traffic mess and the people you are staring at are under a lot of trauma and don't need to feel like a side show attraction at that moment.
"Researchers also tested a so-called "active" system in which the vehicle would actually adjust the steering automatically if it veered too far one way or the other."
So I guess this means if i am veering to avoid an accident, the car will automatically make sure that I hit that semi full of toxic liquid.
Could you post a link to any sites offering this? I know PS2 has usb connectors but I have never seen any keyboard or mouse compatible devices as such.
Actually, the old testament laws used gambling in different forms to decide outcomes, the high priests would use small talismans to make decisions when they felt God's intervention was needed, a common way to decide who would get to be the one picked for a certian tasks was to use "lots" (basically hold a lottery drawing) although both of these methods were under the assumption that God would put his hand into the outcome thus making the final decision....
Read anything on salon.com, it might be left slanted but at least every point is backed up with sources....
or you could read the countless times he lied here:
http://www.house.gov/appropriations_democrats/caug htonfilm.htm
http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm
what did clinton lie about? oh yah, getting a BJ, how many people did that hurt? oh yah maybe 5
what did Bush lie about? oh yah 100s of things, how many people did it effect? oh yah like EVERYONE IN THE US!!.
sorry for off topic..
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"A few technical things seemed wrong - for example, it is quite feasible to run transportation systems off grid electricity (electric trains, subways, etc. do this) - would it be so hard to do it for personal transport too?"
They seemed to have this concept down in "super mario brothers the movie" so it must be possible!!!
That's prolly why I can convert Grams to ounces/pounds and vice versa in a matter of seconds...
Looking at those roads gave me flashbacks to "The Road Warrior".
yah, CDs went down, from $18 per to $17.95 per... when the cost of the media went from 1-2$ per to 5-10 cents per.
Nice.
heh funnie, when I read the article it reminded me of revelations where it says a star named wormwood would fall into the ocean killing (either 1/3 or 2/3s of the sea life) and make the waters bitter... hmmmm all of this written before any one knew of the danger of falling meteors or that one had before...
Actually...there was a documentary by Michael Moore called "Bowling for columbine", one of the points in the movie was why we had more gun violence than canada and he broke down the points most people make (More violence on US TV, more guns in US, etc..) and these points were basically false (as he proved one by one), for the most part US and Canada have the same number of gun ownerships per person....
Fire was found to scald people when they stick their hands in it, also water is wet.
More informational news to follow @11PM for people who still download and open files without scanning them...
Sounds like someone is afraid the DEA will be able to track them to their pot farm =P
im in california, time difference to england is +9 hours, so posting/calling at 5 pm my time (PST) would be 2 am their time...
Well I have downloaded a number (3, 4? i dunno i uninstalled it because i hate spyware) of songs from kazza that had the first 20 seconds or so of normal music, then the rest was that awful screeching sound...
NICE!! so i did the same teehee
"As one of your constituents, I was delighted to hear that you have decided to co-sponsor H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumer Rights Act.
This bill corrects a currently bad situation by giving people permission to create and distribute software which doesn't violate current copyright laws but yet falls under 'Fair use' as previously defined in our laws (pre-DMCA).
I am also delighted with the bill's labeling requirement for music discs containing copyright protection. Selling such items without disclosing the possible incompatibilities or dangers to equipment when using this media represents a bias towards big business and is hurtful to the buying public.
I urge you continue to support your co-sponsorship of this bill."
how did i do?
"Its 2004 now, so very difficult to buy any less than U160. I was only trying to indicate that I not using some 5 year old drive."
:)
Oh ok, yah
"Well hhmm, my 15,000 RPM U160 drive I bought brand new for a whopping $100 bucks off of pricewatch defrag's in 5 minutes, loads games in 1/10th the time the basicly same box next to me does with SATA, has a 5 year warranty and an MTBF 10x greater than your IDE/SATA drive. Also it copies a gigabyte from one place to another (even in windows) in around 5-6 seconds. No, no advantage to U160 at all, nah."
There is no advantage to U160 when comparing transfer rates, having a 15000K RPM drive DOES make a difference though and this is why you are seeing the increased performance.
The only time (am i repeating myself?) you would see a performance increase from using U160 is when using more than one drive in a RAID configuration.
"defrag's in 5 minutes"
"has a 5 year warranty and an MTBF 10x greater than your IDE/SATA drive"
wow this has a lot to do with the Channel bandwidth, smart of you to point it out,
Also you say:
"Also it copies a gigabyte from one place to another (even in windows) in around 5-6 seconds."
So how does this have anything to do with the Bandwidth of the HD anyway? AND unless your running 1-10GB ethernet/fiber I don't see how you would even be able to transfer at that speed let alone be able to fairly judge HD transfer rates. I gotta call BULLSH*T on that...
"What's to stop them from analyzing your work habits/surfing habits, and start pumping specific ads to the devices, or worse? " Ummm, like they already do with their Cable service.
I like how I pay through the nose for service, but yet I get pumped ads straight to my cable box for my browsing windows and neat "messages(read-spam)" that flash a red light at me until I read/delete them (with no way to turn either off).
yah i know "it would cost more to have it without ads, you should be greatful", um no, give me the OPTION to be ad free for a service i pay for, not force me to pay AND still read ads...
anyone notice the phone cable plugged into the back of the Comcast cable box?...hmmm
U160 doesn't mean anything with only one drive. There is no way that one drive can saturate 160MB/sec of bandwdith... why even use a U160 drive unless you want to look cool or got it for free...
So how do we get rid of the DMCAA? can the supreme court overrule this? would it take a bill sponsored by grass roots? can someone help me understand why we have a system where this could happen? are my pants on fire? *checks pants*
omfg, is this quote for real? ""[T]he working stiffs...They make $75-100k a year. That's not much to live on." - Jack Valenti on who piracy hurts most "
Gee mr valenti, my wife and our 3 children live on 50,000 a year, i guess it makes sense TO GOUGE ME FOR EVERY PENNY!!!
how about the naming convention for evian, spelled backwards it describes the people who buy it.. classic (and im sure over told already :-/ sorry :) had to say it)
Besides having come up with this concept 3-4 years ago (damn i wish I knew how to patent) I know of a better solution than a wristband or other such wearable device
Make a pill, small hard ceramic or other non-toxic, non-absorable material to encapsulate the rf transmitter.
drink it down with some water, then poop it out the next day.... if taken before going to the park you dont have to worry about being able to throw it up (which is quite hard anyway for small pills).
The other "plus" is that a potential pedo won't know which child is protected and which is not, which IS possible now with a wearable device.
The only down side to any of these devices would be the easy task of "blocking" the signal like the do for wireless phones now in theaters...
another thing to have to cut off while they are shaving the kids hair and changing their clothing in the bathroom.
I would disagree, as a parent of 3 young ones and the owner of serveral computers in a at my house, it bothers me not to have my children play togther any video game, violent or not, my children seem to understand that Video games are pure fiction but i am constantly asked by them if what they see on TV and movies is real.
This is why i try to steer my children, who get nightmares from scary movies but have no discernable ill effects (violent behavior, nightmares, etc...) from blowing each other's butts off in UT2004, away from violent or horrific TV shows and movies.
Just the other day we were playing some UT2004 and I had blown up my son (age 7) with the redeemer on the ons-torlan map as he sat atop the middle structure waiting for that very same gun (which i had snagged moments earlier) to respawn, my daughter (age 8) started laughing because I had "blown his butt off" and my son gave me one of those looks akin to "thanks a lot dad!".
But yet this same little girl runs from the room as soon as she hears the warning music change (that typically signifies something scary or malicious about to happen) in a scary movie.
Side note, same child also loves to play GTA3 and I let her, as I watch her play i realize she wasnt at all interested in the role play laid out for most players (advance through the ranks as a mobster) but instead prefered to drive around the town in a taxi or fire engine helping people...
Yeah. And you're driving along looking at everyone else and what they are doing =P
RUBBERNECKER!
Speaking of rubber necking, can we just once and for all agree that if there is a horrendous accident and you're driving by, don't slow down to look, it creates a traffic mess and the people you are staring at are under a lot of trauma and don't need to feel like a side show attraction at that moment.
Also
"Researchers also tested a so-called "active" system in which the vehicle would actually adjust the steering automatically if it veered too far one way or the other."
So I guess this means if i am veering to avoid an accident, the car will automatically make sure that I hit that semi full of toxic liquid.
Nice
Could you post a link to any sites offering this? I know PS2 has usb connectors but I have never seen any keyboard or mouse compatible devices as such.
Actually, the old testament laws used gambling in different forms to decide outcomes, the high priests would use small talismans to make decisions when they felt God's intervention was needed, a common way to decide who would get to be the one picked for a certian tasks was to use "lots" (basically hold a lottery drawing) although both of these methods were under the assumption that God would put his hand into the outcome thus making the final decision....
Read anything on salon.com, it might be left slanted but at least every point is backed up with sources....g htonfilm.htm
or you could read the countless times he lied here: http://www.house.gov/appropriations_democrats/cau
http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm what did clinton lie about? oh yah, getting a BJ, how many people did that hurt? oh yah maybe 5 what did Bush lie about? oh yah 100s of things, how many people did it effect? oh yah like EVERYONE IN THE US!!. sorry for off topic..