Just checked it out. I have to say I agree, it is pretty bad. But compared to the flash-infested-crap-hole that is the normal hotmail interface, it's a breath of fresh air.
I read somewhere, not too long ago, that Hotmail was set to go to a new and improved user interface that would look alot like Outlook. I haven't seen or heard anything since, certainly not on my Hotmail account. Can anyone shead some more light on this rumor. When, where and for whom is this update coming?
I would take that even further and say that this issue extends well beyond/. Whether you call it a pandemic or a revolution depends on your point of view.
I'm still trying to decide if the fact that there is an indepth and well reasoned description/discussion, of a scene from a south park episode 8 years ago, on an information site that becomes more respected and referenced every day means we are progressing as a society, or if it's a sign of the coming apacolypse.
"Look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey!".... *SPLAT*
I know the ultimate space is limited and the file transfer size might cause a professional problems, but for the casual photographer why not get youself a Gmail account and email yourself the pictures you take as you take them? 2 Gb of storage is more than enough for my current collection of digital photos. And I trust Googles backup device, whatever it is, way more than anything I could ever set up and have easy access to.
As a matter of fact I have taken to storing other important documents in this fashion. Tax returns for example, file electronically and save the documents as PDFs. Also a quick set of videos I did of the house I just bought, code to AVIs and email to myself.
Lets face it, even if you get abitious about file backups, how many of use are really going to put the time and effort into haveing something off site incase of fire/flood? Gmail solves those problems with relatively little fuss.
The problem with any power generation scheme is that there are always side effects, you just have to pick your poison.
With photovoltaic systems you have the nasty chemicals currently associated with manufacture, with wind power you have what some people consider noise and landscape pollution, along with bird strike problems, although this problem is probably over hyped with newer windmill designs.
Ok so the population for the USA right now is estimated at almost 300 million people. So if we do some quick math that comes out to $5 per person. I suppose you could try and do some thing per household but I'm not really sure how that would work since most households have more than one TV anyway.
Since new TV's capable of receiving digital signals are not going to come down in price THAT significantly over the next 3 years, I'm betting this is a voucher program for D to A converter boxes not TV's.
As fine an example of "good" trolling as this might be... I still can't believe this post is as highly moderated as it is. What ever the mods are on, they need bring enough for everyone.
I don't think it can be overstated how important automation is to our future.
If we can turn technologies like this into something that: collects, proccesses, and utilizes' raw matireials, and self replicates, the possibilites are limitless. If we can get automation sufficiently advanced we can send a small robotic factory to the moon or mars and have a habitate, fuel, air, water, and bio-mass ready for use when we get there. Terraforming and other "sci-fi" ideas become a little more plausable.
The raw matirals are out there that will allow the human race to expand away from the "one planet, one disaster away from extinction" problem. And the solution isn't people in space it's automatons as an extention of our will.
*checks above post* Whoa! Too much Red Mars today.
"TOAST"
All around the country and coast to coast
people always say "what do you like most?"
i dont wanna brag, i dont wanna boast
i always tell'em i like toast
ya toast!
ya toast!
i get up in the morning about 6 am
have a lil jelly, have a lil jam
take a piece of bread put it in the slot
push down the lever and the wires get hot
i get toast
ya toast!
ahhhhahh toast!
now there's no secret to toasting perfection
there's a dial on the side and you make your selection
you push to the dark or the light and then
if it pops up too soon, press down again
make toast
ya toast!
*mumbling toast*
when the first caveman drove in from the dregs
he didnt know what would go with the bacon and the eggs
must of been a genius got it in his head
plug the toaster in the wall and bought a bag of bread..
and make toast
ya toast!
ugh hmmmmmmm
oh oui oui,monseiur bon jour croquette
uh huh croissant chevy covertte
maurice chevalier eiffel tower
oh oui marie baguettue bon soir
FRENCH TOAST!
FRENCH TOAST!
in (city) or where the heck i am right now
yeah toast
yea hey he hmmm....
TOAST!
Come on! Who here on/., who went to college in the age of IM, didn't have at least one lengthy conversation with their dorm mate when they were sitting at a computer right next to you.
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Just checked it out. I have to say I agree, it is pretty bad. But compared to the flash-infested-crap-hole that is the normal hotmail interface, it's a breath of fresh air.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I read somewhere, not too long ago, that Hotmail was set to go to a new and improved user interface that would look alot like Outlook. I haven't seen or heard anything since, certainly not on my Hotmail account. Can anyone shead some more light on this rumor. When, where and for whom is this update coming?
Or am I just being delusional again?
I would take that even further and say that this issue extends well beyond /. Whether you call it a pandemic or a revolution depends on your point of view.
I'm still trying to decide if the fact that there is an indepth and well reasoned description/discussion, of a scene from a south park episode 8 years ago, on an information site that becomes more respected and referenced every day means we are progressing as a society, or if it's a sign of the coming apacolypse.
.... *SPLAT*
"Look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey!"
I know the ultimate space is limited and the file transfer size might cause a professional problems, but for the casual photographer why not get youself a Gmail account and email yourself the pictures you take as you take them? 2 Gb of storage is more than enough for my current collection of digital photos. And I trust Googles backup device, whatever it is, way more than anything I could ever set up and have easy access to.
As a matter of fact I have taken to storing other important documents in this fashion. Tax returns for example, file electronically and save the documents as PDFs. Also a quick set of videos I did of the house I just bought, code to AVIs and email to myself.
Lets face it, even if you get abitious about file backups, how many of use are really going to put the time and effort into haveing something off site incase of fire/flood? Gmail solves those problems with relatively little fuss.
The problem with any power generation scheme is that there are always side effects, you just have to pick your poison.
With photovoltaic systems you have the nasty chemicals currently associated with manufacture, with wind power you have what some people consider noise and landscape pollution, along with bird strike problems, although this problem is probably over hyped with newer windmill designs.
There is, as they say, no free lunch.
Ok so the population for the USA right now is estimated at almost 300 million people. So if we do some quick math that comes out to $5 per person. I suppose you could try and do some thing per household but I'm not really sure how that would work since most households have more than one TV anyway.
Since new TV's capable of receiving digital signals are not going to come down in price THAT significantly over the next 3 years, I'm betting this is a voucher program for D to A converter boxes not TV's.
*SPLAT* Your head a splod.
As fine an example of "good" trolling as this might be... I still can't believe this post is as highly moderated as it is. What ever the mods are on, they need bring enough for everyone.
For anyone else out there who has no clue what the parent is talking about, check out this site. http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/
Seems like there's a nice beat, but I'll have to wait till I get home from work to really crank it up.
"Are said to hold 300GB of data, 60 times that of a conventional DVD with only a slight increase in size."
So the real question is will it fit in my laser lisc player.
Life imitates Star Trek yet again. Hope they can use this for other things besides vaccines. I Can't stand shots. http://www.popsci.com/popsci/bown2005/personalheal th/8407ee82ea447010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
Ahh sweet, sweet nicotine. and a link for the clueless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomacco
made my day, "special attack"! "User ID in heaven"! HA!
You just made my day.
h p#scv
And got me thinking; What other good starcraft qoutes haven't I heard in a while? Didn't take to long to find a more comprehensive list than I thought possible. http://www.sclegacy.com/encyclopedia/unitquotes.p
Ahhh, the joys of the intraweb.
Although the review looks like it was actually writen by a person this time, instead of a sugar crazed rabbit. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/14/ 1828250&tid=212
It's called a water purifier http://www.rei.com/product/47575396.htm?vcat=REI_S SHP_CAMPING_TOC.
s /factsht_giardia.htm for a couple days you'll always have one with you after that.
The good ones have a ceramic filter that gets alot of the nasty microbes out of the water. Go camping some time and get Giardia http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/giardiasi
I don't think it can be overstated how important automation is to our future.
If we can turn technologies like this into something that: collects, proccesses, and utilizes' raw matireials, and self replicates, the possibilites are limitless. If we can get automation sufficiently advanced we can send a small robotic factory to the moon or mars and have a habitate, fuel, air, water, and bio-mass ready for use when we get there. Terraforming and other "sci-fi" ideas become a little more plausable.
The raw matirals are out there that will allow the human race to expand away from the "one planet, one disaster away from extinction" problem. And the solution isn't people in space it's automatons as an extention of our will.
*checks above post* Whoa! Too much Red Mars today.
I suppose you think the elevators should have "Real People Personaities" too huh?
Imagine the lawsuits when one of the elevators suddenly starts spouting how depressed it is, and decides to end it all with a nice long free fall.
I have to say I agree, maybe It's just nosalgia but this is a great movie, right up there with Real Genius in my opinion.
"TOAST"
All around the country and coast to coast
people always say "what do you like most?"
i dont wanna brag, i dont wanna boast
i always tell'em i like toast
ya toast!
ya toast!
i get up in the morning about 6 am
have a lil jelly, have a lil jam
take a piece of bread put it in the slot
push down the lever and the wires get hot
i get toast
ya toast!
ahhhhahh toast!
now there's no secret to toasting perfection
there's a dial on the side and you make your selection
you push to the dark or the light and then
if it pops up too soon, press down again
make toast
ya toast!
*mumbling toast*
when the first caveman drove in from the dregs
he didnt know what would go with the bacon and the eggs
must of been a genius got it in his head
plug the toaster in the wall and bought a bag of bread..
and make toast
ya toast!
ugh hmmmmmmm
oh oui oui,monseiur bon jour croquette
uh huh croissant chevy covertte
maurice chevalier eiffel tower
oh oui marie baguettue bon soir
FRENCH TOAST!
FRENCH TOAST!
in (city) or where the heck i am right now
yeah toast
yea hey he hmmm....
TOAST!
- by Heywood Banks
Been there, done that.
/., who went to college in the age of IM, didn't have at least one lengthy conversation with their dorm mate when they were sitting at a computer right next to you.
Come on! Who here on
Glad to see I'm not the only Sluggy freak left on /.
Can you say iSophagus?