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Have you ever actually played with any of iRiver's products? I love my iRiver h320. I bought it several months ago before the iPod's color update. The iPod never really stood a chance in my mind when I held the two side by side. It was about the same size, but the iRiver had so much more to offer. To be fair, the iPod (then) *was* nice, but I needed the ability to transfer pictures from my camera to a large storage device. The iRiver offered that, the ability to view the photos, and play music as well. Everything I needed! Does the new iPod support USB-on-the-go (OTG)? That would make it very competetive to the h320 for my needs.
Well, it is a heavy metal, so injesting some is probably a bad idea. However, the fact that it is a heavy metal should be the least of your worries:-).
On a more serious note, I think pure U-235 is very reactive and will combust in an oxygen-rich environment (IIRC - which I probably don't).
For as often as I have my car stolen (which is... well... never) I think that is a stupid idea. I'd rather not have something tracking my everyday movements on the off chance that someday I *might* need it to recover my car.
I don't know about you, but when I get home, there's a beer with my name on it!
Hell, I'm working from home today! I'll have a beer right now!
As an HP employee, I am so glad to see this happen. She has done nothing good for the company. She's been a vampire that has drained the massive amount of enthusiasm that we used to have.
It's a bummer that I am working from home today. I have spoken to a few of my coworkers about this and people are celebrating with ice cream, cake, party-poppers and confetti, balloons, music and dancing, etc. Seriously.
"...and a brave but clumsy Gungan
warrior lead a desperate mission..." Are my hopes and dreams coming true? Is this the part where Jar-Jar finally dies?
We have a small laptop in the kitchen. My wife and I use it as a recipe book and calender. Another added benefit is that we can read news and/. in the morning over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table.
I wish I had a tablet PC so I could hide the keyboard, though. Most of what we do with it is point-and-click mouse work, and a keyboard is rather useless for that.
Actually, I almost bought an iPod. Then I found the iRiver H320. It's a comparably priced 20Gb player with a color screen that allows me to offload my digital camera's pictures without the need of a computer. With a couple trips coming up, an mp3/ogg player that can double as a large drive for my camera was just too much to pass up.
I think the iPod was cool when it came out, but it needs a refresher (and soon) if they want to say ahead of the pack. Other companies are catching up with Apple pretty quickly.
And we're not even speaking of how much power (wattage) these 'dual solutions' consume...
A long time ago I had an Obsidian X-24 graphics card, which was basically an SLI Voodoo2 on one card that drew its power from a single PCI slot. It used so much power that that my computer would just power off without warning quite frequently.
A 350 watt power supply fixed the problem (I had a 250 watt), and that was a LOT of power back then. Now I have a 400 watt Antec power supply which was the recommended solution for my AMD. I think in a year or so that 500 watts will be commonplace.
Stanley Idaho has DSL. The picture on their chamber of commerce website makes you wonder if they even have electricity or telephones (and yes, I can poke fun, my dad lives there:-). http://www.stanleycc.org/pages_comm/comm_hub.html
That's only half the article... The other part explains how they compared cells in human eyes to cells in the eyes of a tiny sea worm that has been relatively unchanged for 600 million years. The technique they used was called 'melcular fingerprinting'. The results yeilded striking similarities between the cells in our eyes and the cells in the worm eyes, which is 'concrete evidence' that the two different eyes are 'very likely to share a common ancestor cell'.
Bah. My post was modded "Flamebait"? Just because someone points out how the world actually works and you don't like it doesn't mean you have to get all pissy about it, and before you mod this one "Flamebait" too, read the rest of my post. It's a fact. It's what happens in most manufacturing today. The margins on these products are so low due to competion and the forces of the market that all the components use to build them are supplied by the lowest bidders. The (usual) reason why the lowest bidders can bid so low is because they cut corners, not because their products and processes are so innovative that they lead to major cost cuts. My XBox's WD hard drive might have been a rare lemon from the start (hey, it happens), but the DVD drives in the XBox might all be lemons. The massive push for the cheapest possible products has forced quality not just downhill, but off a cliff. The point I wanted to relay in my parent post was this- Why should we be suprised if this practice finally caught up to and bit a company (and the consumer) in the ass? I don't think lawsuits are the way to fix the problem. The way to fix the problem is to remind consumers that if they were willing to pay a little more up front, their XBox's DVD drive might have a more durable motor or more reliable laser. But most would rather save the buck or two.
It is kinda nice to have a place to sleep and eat when you assembling things in the empty vacuum of space:-).
When Skylab was launched on a Saturn V it suffered a lot of damage. If you think about it, it was almost a disadvantage to push the entire thing in to orbit in one shot. It had to be designed to withstand a launch after being completely assembled so I'm sure there were a lot of sacrifices and added cost. Even then, things broke. The Shuttle probably would have been a much better tool for the job (even if it took three or four trips).
The shuttle's max payload to LEO is 28800 kg. If you include the weight of the shuttle itself, then, yes, it is 104000kg. Saturn V's payload is 118000kg. If you want to lift a massive amount to LEO at once, the Saturn V was the way to go. Skylab was launched with a single two stage Saturn V. What normally would have been the third stage was the entire Skylab space station. In fact, if you examine only lifting capacity, you could have boosted the entire International Space station to low earth orbit with two Saturn V's (with plenty to spare). How many trips have the shuttle and other rockets made to take parts up for that thing? Certainly more than two. As a heavy lifter, few have matched the Saturn V.
They are magnificent! I think they still stand as being some of the most complicated and powerful things ever built! And all that was done 40 years ago... they were absolutely amazing.
A little snippet from wikipedia: "The Saturn V is arguably one of the most impressive machines in human history. Over 110 m high and 10 m in diameter, with a total mass of three thousand metric tonnes and a payload capacity of 118,000 kg to LEO, the Saturn V dwarfed and overpowered all other rockets which have ever successfully flown, with the exception of the Soviet Energia booster." 118000 kilos to low earth orbit! It would take about 5 space shuttle missions to lift that same amount. I wonder what could be accomplished now given our advances in lightweight materials and computing power?
When I modded my XBox I replaced the Western Digital in it with a 120GB drive. If IIRC, the drive that came with my XBox was a 5400RPM 10GB Western Digital partitioned and formatted to 8GB (!!). I gave it to a friend so he could build a computer for his brother and the drive failed after about six months. Is it really suprising that Microsoft, who is selling XBox's at a loss, designed it with the cheapest components they could buy, only to find that they have a high rate of failure?
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Have you ever actually played with any of iRiver's products? I love my iRiver h320. I bought it several months ago before the iPod's color update. The iPod never really stood a chance in my mind when I held the two side by side. It was about the same size, but the iRiver had so much more to offer.
To be fair, the iPod (then) *was* nice, but I needed the ability to transfer pictures from my camera to a large storage device. The iRiver offered that, the ability to view the photos, and play music as well. Everything I needed!
Does the new iPod support USB-on-the-go (OTG)? That would make it very competetive to the h320 for my needs.
That last 6000 years contains all the industrial revolution records, so I think we're still set. :-)
Law takes precedent over a EULA.
Well, it is a heavy metal, so injesting some is probably a bad idea. However, the fact that it is a heavy metal should be the least of your worries :-).
On a more serious note, I think pure U-235 is very reactive and will combust in an oxygen-rich environment (IIRC - which I probably don't).
For as often as I have my car stolen (which is... well... never) I think that is a stupid idea. I'd rather not have something tracking my everyday movements on the off chance that someday I *might* need it to recover my car.
I don't know about you, but when I get home, there's a beer with my name on it!
Hell, I'm working from home today! I'll have a beer right now!
As an HP employee, I am so glad to see this happen. She has done nothing good for the company. She's been a vampire that has drained the massive amount of enthusiasm that we used to have.
It's a bummer that I am working from home today. I have spoken to a few of my coworkers about this and people are celebrating with ice cream, cake, party-poppers and confetti, balloons, music and dancing, etc. Seriously.
Make a good product and people will buy it. I really don't find this too suprising.
"...and a brave but clumsy Gungan warrior lead a desperate mission..."
Are my hopes and dreams coming true? Is this the part where Jar-Jar finally dies?
We have a small laptop in the kitchen. My wife and I use it as a recipe book and calender. Another added benefit is that we can read news and /. in the morning over a cup of coffee at the kitchen table.
I wish I had a tablet PC so I could hide the keyboard, though. Most of what we do with it is point-and-click mouse work, and a keyboard is rather useless for that.
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Actually, I almost bought an iPod. Then I found the iRiver H320. It's a comparably priced 20Gb player with a color screen that allows me to offload my digital camera's pictures without the need of a computer. With a couple trips coming up, an mp3/ogg player that can double as a large drive for my camera was just too much to pass up.
I think the iPod was cool when it came out, but it needs a refresher (and soon) if they want to say ahead of the pack. Other companies are catching up with Apple pretty quickly.
A 350 watt power supply fixed the problem (I had a 250 watt), and that was a LOT of power back then. Now I have a 400 watt Antec power supply which was the recommended solution for my AMD. I think in a year or so that 500 watts will be commonplace.
My time is worth more than a thimble full of soda and small bag of peanuts :-)
So much for the three laws of robotics.
Stanley Idaho has DSL. The picture on their chamber of commerce website makes you wonder if they even have electricity or telephones (and yes, I can poke fun, my dad lives there :-).
http://www.stanleycc.org/pages_comm/comm_hub.html
It's the first time Bush has won a presidential election! I'm disappointed Kerry lost, but I'm glad we didn't end up with the debacle of 2000.
That's only half the article... The other part explains how they compared cells in human eyes to cells in the eyes of a tiny sea worm that has been relatively unchanged for 600 million years. The technique they used was called 'melcular fingerprinting'.
The results yeilded striking similarities between the cells in our eyes and the cells in the worm eyes, which is 'concrete evidence' that the two different eyes are 'very likely to share a common ancestor cell'.
Bah. My post was modded "Flamebait"? Just because someone points out how the world actually works and you don't like it doesn't mean you have to get all pissy about it, and before you mod this one "Flamebait" too, read the rest of my post.
It's a fact. It's what happens in most manufacturing today. The margins on these products are so low due to competion and the forces of the market that all the components use to build them are supplied by the lowest bidders. The (usual) reason why the lowest bidders can bid so low is because they cut corners, not because their products and processes are so innovative that they lead to major cost cuts.
My XBox's WD hard drive might have been a rare lemon from the start (hey, it happens), but the DVD drives in the XBox might all be lemons.
The massive push for the cheapest possible products has forced quality not just downhill, but off a cliff. The point I wanted to relay in my parent post was this- Why should we be suprised if this practice finally caught up to and bit a company (and the consumer) in the ass? I don't think lawsuits are the way to fix the problem. The way to fix the problem is to remind consumers that if they were willing to pay a little more up front, their XBox's DVD drive might have a more durable motor or more reliable laser. But most would rather save the buck or two.
It is kinda nice to have a place to sleep and eat when you assembling things in the empty vacuum of space :-).
When Skylab was launched on a Saturn V it suffered a lot of damage. If you think about it, it was almost a disadvantage to push the entire thing in to orbit in one shot. It had to be designed to withstand a launch after being completely assembled so I'm sure there were a lot of sacrifices and added cost. Even then, things broke.
The Shuttle probably would have been a much better tool for the job (even if it took three or four trips).
The shuttle's max payload to LEO is 28800 kg. If you include the weight of the shuttle itself, then, yes, it is 104000kg.
Saturn V's payload is 118000kg. If you want to lift a massive amount to LEO at once, the Saturn V was the way to go. Skylab was launched with a single two stage Saturn V. What normally would have been the third stage was the entire Skylab space station.
In fact, if you examine only lifting capacity, you could have boosted the entire International Space station to low earth orbit with two Saturn V's (with plenty to spare). How many trips have the shuttle and other rockets made to take parts up for that thing? Certainly more than two. As a heavy lifter, few have matched the Saturn V.
They are magnificent! I think they still stand as being some of the most complicated and powerful things ever built! And all that was done 40 years ago... they were absolutely amazing.
A little snippet from wikipedia: "The Saturn V is arguably one of the most impressive machines in human history. Over 110 m high and 10 m in diameter, with a total mass of three thousand metric tonnes and a payload capacity of 118,000 kg to LEO, the Saturn V dwarfed and overpowered all other rockets which have ever successfully flown, with the exception of the Soviet Energia booster."
118000 kilos to low earth orbit! It would take about 5 space shuttle missions to lift that same amount. I wonder what could be accomplished now given our advances in lightweight materials and computing power?
When I modded my XBox I replaced the Western Digital in it with a 120GB drive. If IIRC, the drive that came with my XBox was a 5400RPM 10GB Western Digital partitioned and formatted to 8GB (!!). I gave it to a friend so he could build a computer for his brother and the drive failed after about six months.
Is it really suprising that Microsoft, who is selling XBox's at a loss, designed it with the cheapest components they could buy, only to find that they have a high rate of failure?
I was thinking, "Wow, what a dumb way to spell 'sheep'." So I googled it: http://www.wordspy.com/words/sheeple.asp
I feel like a dork. But the beer is helping!
More info on Piltdown Man: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/piltdown.html