That's the only use I could find. Letting it put a 'mood indicator' on the various IM services.
"Calm and collected - Feel free to message me." "High heart rate - Playing something with lots of blood. Messaging not good now." "Messaging me is likely to get your head ripped off." "Tell me that lolwtf3985@hotmail.com is a virus once more and I will personally shove your PC up your ass."
I think for the moment at least there will be no way of taking things up with you. You won't need luggage, and it will be difficult to conceal things whilst boarding etc.
I have two drives (a 20gb and an 80gb) with 'old' stuff on, and I just keep them in a network storage array. I can then use Google Desktop (Or similar, ymmv) to quickly run through what is there if I need something. The advantage is I can keep the file structure of the old systems exactly the same, and find (for example) fonts I use when designing. The disadvantage... I've got 100gb of crap sat on my network:(
If they're anything like cards here in the UK, any EDGE/EVDO/GPRS/GSM PCMCIA cards don't fit inside the form of the card, ie they have a 'lump'. This doesn't bode well for the form factor of the 770.
It would make far more sense to include a SIM slot and associated cell network goodies then get carriers to sell a 'VoIP where available, GMS when not' service.
The eBay profiles of people in my 6th form would make no sense, since people in lower 6th (17 years old) bid using the accounts of upper 6th (18) and then pay should they win. I think mine would profile me to be a girl with a jewellery fetish.
/me points to "Privacy Information Icon" in bottom right of IE, present since v5 iirc. Also, the information bar throws up a nice warning for you as well the first time you get a cookie.
That said, most people don't read dialog boxes unless it's something non-essential like an overwrite warning, in which case they call an IT tech. I don't expect a big flashing pink box saying "YOU HAVE A COOKIE! READ THIS AND I WILL EXPLAIN MORE!!!!LOLZ!!!1!!!!111!!!" to have any effect.
For the physical product, yes they are overpriced. For the sheer 'it just works' factor and the support, it's fair.
iPod and iTunes just work. iPhoto plays nice with both of them. They all integrate perfectly with OS X, which runs like a charm on my Mac Mini. The whole thing is displayed in perfect colour on a monitor which needed no configuration, and is controlled by a well designed and manufactured keyboard and mouse. This "it just works" is what you pay for. As for iPods playing more formats, some people aren't bothered by being able to play 101 formats of music on the train. AAC and MP3 work well enough for my music I want to listen to on a regular basis, OGG doesn't feature much in an environment trying to avoid format wars.
Next in line for this ease of use is Windows. Windows Media and it's swathes of music players works after a fashion, but is nowhere near as intuitive or reliable as Apple's solution. Drivers are mostly solid, but problems aren't dealt with elegantly at all. OS integration with things such as media is getting better but isn't there yet (Although the beta shows that it's well on the way for Vista).
Then there's Linux and Co. coming last in the ease of use charts. Improving, but ultimately a cobbled together set of individual components. I know this is the entire idea, and I love working with Linux for many tasks, but the fact it is just a set of loosely connected pieces with no unification (Where should config files live, for example?) relates to its free status. You aren't having to pay anybody to keep it together.
"I find it hard to believe that all insurers are charging males more just as a dirty trick."
In the UK there is a having female only (Yes, female only) insurance company. If that isn't breaking a discrimination law I don't know what is.
At the end of the day you can make statistics say what you want. To quote Disraeli, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics". We could be arguing all night over this one.
I'm learning to drive, and people who treat indicators as an optional extra are nothing more than life threatening. It's difficult enough for me to try keep tabs on everything I should be doing, what other people are doing, and what the road markings tell me to do without some asshole merging lanes without indicating.
As for the mostly males involved in crashes, it's the same statistical nonsense as mostly red cars are involved in crashes. It's simply because there are more males on the road to be driving dangerously. Insurance for me (18yo Male, learning to drive) is phenominal even on a low power car. Fortunately I plan to do a Pass Plus (An extra test for additional road skills) so it should drop, but your comment about subsidising the idiots still holds true even then.
Take a look at the Vista beta 1 (Still known as "Longhorn Beta 1") and you'll see that a lot of the marketing is actually in there and good stuff. The virtual folders are nice, as is the more metadata-oriented indexing. It's true that Explorer crashes and burns regularly (Doesn't seem to like copying lots of files) but for a beta 1 it's not bad going.
A lot more of the hype is satisfied if you install the WinFS and WinFX betas for the new filesystem and graphical API. All in all, it's shaping up to be reasonable but then again the marketing people haven't really begun writing release hype yet.
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That's the only use I could find. Letting it put a 'mood indicator' on the various IM services.
"Calm and collected - Feel free to message me."
"High heart rate - Playing something with lots of blood. Messaging not good now."
"Messaging me is likely to get your head ripped off."
"Tell me that lolwtf3985@hotmail.com is a virus once more and I will personally shove your PC up your ass."
I can see the advantages...
I think for the moment at least there will be no way of taking things up with you. You won't need luggage, and it will be difficult to conceal things whilst boarding etc.
I have two drives (a 20gb and an 80gb) with 'old' stuff on, and I just keep them in a network storage array. I can then use Google Desktop (Or similar, ymmv) to quickly run through what is there if I need something. The advantage is I can keep the file structure of the old systems exactly the same, and find (for example) fonts I use when designing. The disadvantage... I've got 100gb of crap sat on my network :(
If they're anything like cards here in the UK, any EDGE/EVDO/GPRS/GSM PCMCIA cards don't fit inside the form of the card, ie they have a 'lump'. This doesn't bode well for the form factor of the 770.
It would make far more sense to include a SIM slot and associated cell network goodies then get carriers to sell a 'VoIP where available, GMS when not' service.
I thought the executables had to be signed, but the media didn't unless the executable signature said so.
Or am I talking crap?
The eBay profiles of people in my 6th form would make no sense, since people in lower 6th (17 years old) bid using the accounts of upper 6th (18) and then pay should they win. I think mine would profile me to be a girl with a jewellery fetish.
/me points to "Privacy Information Icon" in bottom right of IE, present since v5 iirc. Also, the information bar throws up a nice warning for you as well the first time you get a cookie.
That said, most people don't read dialog boxes unless it's something non-essential like an overwrite warning, in which case they call an IT tech. I don't expect a big flashing pink box saying "YOU HAVE A COOKIE! READ THIS AND I WILL EXPLAIN MORE!!!!LOLZ!!!1!!!!111!!!" to have any effect.
WINCE?
*whoosh*
For the physical product, yes they are overpriced. For the sheer 'it just works' factor and the support, it's fair.
iPod and iTunes just work. iPhoto plays nice with both of them. They all integrate perfectly with OS X, which runs like a charm on my Mac Mini. The whole thing is displayed in perfect colour on a monitor which needed no configuration, and is controlled by a well designed and manufactured keyboard and mouse. This "it just works" is what you pay for. As for iPods playing more formats, some people aren't bothered by being able to play 101 formats of music on the train. AAC and MP3 work well enough for my music I want to listen to on a regular basis, OGG doesn't feature much in an environment trying to avoid format wars.
Next in line for this ease of use is Windows. Windows Media and it's swathes of music players works after a fashion, but is nowhere near as intuitive or reliable as Apple's solution. Drivers are mostly solid, but problems aren't dealt with elegantly at all. OS integration with things such as media is getting better but isn't there yet (Although the beta shows that it's well on the way for Vista).
Then there's Linux and Co. coming last in the ease of use charts. Improving, but ultimately a cobbled together set of individual components. I know this is the entire idea, and I love working with Linux for many tasks, but the fact it is just a set of loosely connected pieces with no unification (Where should config files live, for example?) relates to its free status. You aren't having to pay anybody to keep it together.
nVidia blades, with the PhysX processor blades as well.
Realtime raytracing on accurately modelled physics. Oooh, refractive water splashes...
C#? What are you on about, John Williams never composes in C#! Try E, or maybe A Minor.
Hang on, is German - French native or is it German - English - French?
"How are you gentlemen !!"
"I find it hard to believe that all insurers are charging males more just as a dirty trick."
In the UK there is a having female only (Yes, female only) insurance company. If that isn't breaking a discrimination law I don't know what is.
At the end of the day you can make statistics say what you want. To quote Disraeli, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics". We could be arguing all night over this one.
I'm learning to drive, and people who treat indicators as an optional extra are nothing more than life threatening. It's difficult enough for me to try keep tabs on everything I should be doing, what other people are doing, and what the road markings tell me to do without some asshole merging lanes without indicating.
As for the mostly males involved in crashes, it's the same statistical nonsense as mostly red cars are involved in crashes. It's simply because there are more males on the road to be driving dangerously. Insurance for me (18yo Male, learning to drive) is phenominal even on a low power car. Fortunately I plan to do a Pass Plus (An extra test for additional road skills) so it should drop, but your comment about subsidising the idiots still holds true even then.
Only if there's something externally providing power. Batteries (which spacecraft usually need) really dislike extreme cold.
Seconded. This could allow actual feedback on dupes.
It could possibly work with MiniSD
Yes, and tied with metadata they become quite powerful. For example:
All audio files under C: longer than 30 seconds rated 2 stars or more.
Any documents viewed in the past month with "work" as a keyword.
Or even a nice simple:
Anything with "holiday" as a keyword.
Hey, I never said MS invented it.
Here's the NYUD cache for it.
Take a look at the Vista beta 1 (Still known as "Longhorn Beta 1") and you'll see that a lot of the marketing is actually in there and good stuff. The virtual folders are nice, as is the more metadata-oriented indexing. It's true that Explorer crashes and burns regularly (Doesn't seem to like copying lots of files) but for a beta 1 it's not bad going.
A lot more of the hype is satisfied if you install the WinFS and WinFX betas for the new filesystem and graphical API. All in all, it's shaping up to be reasonable but then again the marketing people haven't really begun writing release hype yet.
And it's dermatologically tested!
It took about 8 seconds to unregister the DLL from all systems on the network (Go active directory!) and limit applications ability to load it.
Never, because we set up our systems properly in the first place.