It's also so-against a lot of other threads.. When I posted it, people were complaining about how Cellphones were incapable of high speed (like, what could you do with high speed internet on a phone?), and how they have such small screens.
It's thinking outside every other post I saw before it... They were all complaining about the small screen, and the inability of using a Cellphone for high speed, anyway.
Only weirdness I've ever encouterd from PC's is that my friends one tends to turn my Nokia 5510 off... First time it happend I though I had just left it out of keylock, but it happens every time it gets turned on.
To this day, I have no idea how that happens, but it does.
People who want something like an iPod, that can play movies.
Personally, I'd get it for taking movies around to my mates places, and playing MP3's inbetween. Oh, and for In-Car entertainment that I can take out of the car, and leave behind no trace of it.
This would probably just lead to people getting annoyed at Google, and ignoring GMail in favour of the MS-Branded Hotmail.
The problem with getting these standards implemented would be that Microsoft wouldn't support them, and your avewrage user isn't going to go out of their way to get Mozilla just to 'visit one site'
To your average user, the "benifits" of using internet explorer is that it is there when you start. Most of the world -does- run on windows.
It seems good to them that Interent Explorer will conveniently update itself, to keep their computer 'with-the-times' of what's on the internet, here and now.
Whatsmore, most people don't even know that Mozilla exists. While a few people will have a hazy memory of Netscape, before MS really held the reigns, Mozilla is a new and foerign concept to them.
People will always go with what they trust, and from what I've seen of some people, they fear downloading anything at all from the internet because of viruses, or hackers, or both. Now, with these 'possible threats', is your average user going to consider using this thing they've never heard of? Realistically, probably not.
The use of a specifically non-IE site would annoy the general public, and would push them to seek alternatives. An alternative to GMail isn't hard to find, even if it doesn't have the same amount of space. Why, there's that free hotmail link right there when you start internet explorer... That would do.
While I agree it could work, I think that realistically it's an unlikely event. People trust MS, and they use it because there is no effort to make it go. It'd be nice if that stratergy worked, but I think Google would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did that.
Wireless internet plans such as this are already in place. I'm not sure what technology they use, but they do have most of Auckland covered (entire CBD, most residential).
It is in the $40-$50 USD range (About $70 NZ, $120 for 2mbit - Pretty good when you consider 256kbit ADSL costs you about $70 per month)
Stream a LOT of movies live onto a projector, and enjoy.
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Sounds awesome!
Then again, so would "Station Mad Scientest" Plus extra danger money...
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This is an awesome idea. You could also do random experiments, such as, throwing sodium into a pool of some kind.
Heh, ThinkGeek Shopping infomercials... now that would be awesome.
Restrict the Show reruns (Dilbert, Futurama etc) to normal TV hours, so we can also pick up the non-technically-minded people and get some extra viewers for prime time (ads)
So have a rule written in not to do it to google (and whatever other hosts), do it to, say... A spammers hostname... assuming they'll return the requests...
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It's about as strange as the MPT SmogBuster
Don't worry, You weren't the only one.
But soon enough she'd figure out that if she couldn't find him he was at the bar.
We're still out on the debate as to if a thousand monkeys at a thousand keyboards could write enough Cease and Desist letters for the RIAA/MPAA
And if you don't like the color, try BluTack or Utac (you know, that stuff for sticking posters to the wall)
It's also so-against a lot of other threads.. When I posted it, people were complaining about how Cellphones were incapable of high speed (like, what could you do with high speed internet on a phone?), and how they have such small screens.
There's actually an ISP dedicated to Data serivces over the Cellular netwok - $54.95 per month for 'unlimited' transfer @ 250kbps
I see what you mean...
Hmm....
Then, Idea 3.0:
user@google.cell
Giving you the ability to store up to 1GB of MMS messages on their server, and delivering Targeted ads while you talk!
For people outside businesses, they could have one supplied by their provider.
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name.surname.or.nickname@yourprovider.countryco
It's thinking outside every other post I saw before it... They were all complaining about the small screen, and the inability of using a Cellphone for high speed, anyway.
The title is rather inaccurate, I geuss...
I know this is an unfarmiliar concept tosome of you, but hear me out.
One GSM Modem + One Laptop + One provider offering High Speed wireless internet over its network = a Laptop on the internet.
We've got such setups going in New Zealand, and it's slowly becoming mainstream.
Only weirdness I've ever encouterd from PC's is that my friends one tends to turn my Nokia 5510 off... First time it happend I though I had just left it out of keylock, but it happens every time it gets turned on.
To this day, I have no idea how that happens, but it does.
All you need is 10,000 visitors @ $10 to cover the cost of buying it...
Plus a fair amount for shipping and a location
But I imagine 20,000 visitors would cover it fully.
People who want something like an iPod, that can play movies.
Personally, I'd get it for taking movies around to my mates places, and playing MP3's inbetween. Oh, and for In-Car entertainment that I can take out of the car, and leave behind no trace of it.
Oooh, Look, BonziBuddy! And Gator! It'll remember my passwords for me, so I don't have to, weeee!
This would probably just lead to people getting annoyed at Google, and ignoring GMail in favour of the MS-Branded Hotmail.
The problem with getting these standards implemented would be that Microsoft wouldn't support them, and your avewrage user isn't going to go out of their way to get Mozilla just to 'visit one site'
To your average user, the "benifits" of using internet explorer is that it is there when you start. Most of the world -does- run on windows.
It seems good to them that Interent Explorer will conveniently update itself, to keep their computer 'with-the-times' of what's on the internet, here and now.
Whatsmore, most people don't even know that Mozilla exists. While a few people will have a hazy memory of Netscape, before MS really held the reigns, Mozilla is a new and foerign concept to them.
People will always go with what they trust, and from what I've seen of some people, they fear downloading anything at all from the internet because of viruses, or hackers, or both. Now, with these 'possible threats', is your average user going to consider using this thing they've never heard of? Realistically, probably not.
The use of a specifically non-IE site would annoy the general public, and would push them to seek alternatives. An alternative to GMail isn't hard to find, even if it doesn't have the same amount of space. Why, there's that free hotmail link right there when you start internet explorer... That would do.
While I agree it could work, I think that realistically it's an unlikely event. People trust MS, and they use it because there is no effort to make it go. It'd be nice if that stratergy worked, but I think Google would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did that.
Wireless internet plans such as this are already in place. I'm not sure what technology they use, but they do have most of Auckland covered (entire CBD, most residential).
It is in the $40-$50 USD range (About $70 NZ, $120 for 2mbit - Pretty good when you consider 256kbit ADSL costs you about $70 per month)
...Good for TV's, Monitors, Video Cameras and the like. Their consoles are pretty good too.
But their MP3 players... evil. Their software sucks anyway, you're not missing out on much.
Stream a LOT of movies live onto a projector, and enjoy.
Sounds awesome!
Then again, so would "Station Mad Scientest"
Plus extra danger money...
This is an awesome idea. You could also do random experiments, such as, throwing sodium into a pool of some kind.
Heh, ThinkGeek Shopping infomercials... now that would be awesome.
Restrict the Show reruns (Dilbert, Futurama etc) to normal TV hours, so we can also pick up the non-technically-minded people and get some extra viewers for prime time (ads)
The exhaust is a little too hot for a jetbelt... you know, about, 590 Degrees Celsius (That's 1094 F) too hot to be comfortable.
Also, I don't think the model is travelling all that fast. It would be interesting to know how fast it actually is...
Note to self, don't sleep and slashdot.
already been done. http://www.emaculation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1 151 - screenshot at http://sveinbjorn.vefsyn.is/images/maconwinonmac.j pg
So have a rule written in not to do it to google (and whatever other hosts), do it to, say... A spammers hostname... assuming they'll return the requests...