Very interesting. Perhaps by combining a GPS reading and knowing how far the object is from the binoculars, it could consult a database of natural features documented in that area. The Database could be as simple as a file on a SD card or something...
In that case, I'd recommend making the house extensible rather than bleeding-edge with today's technology. Make sure that cable routes throuout the house are easily accessible as well as concealed so that when you decide to tweak something you are able to do so quickly and and painlessly. Oh, and make sure to document the project. I'm sure I speak for most of us when I say it sounds like an interesting thing to do;)
Could you please cite your source? It makes modding a little quicker if we can quickly access a reputable source by clicking a url rather than having to google for it. Sadly, this is often the difference between getting mod points and the moderator moving on to an easier to guague post.
I'm a little worried that, although the price will be right, too many people will invest in the low-end Mac and end up a little disappointed. Sometimes it's better not to try and compete for control of the market and instead nurture your niche.
If iPod users invest in this machine, they are quickly going to be disappointed in the lack of games (especially since the spec is relatively low), and find it struggles a bit when they start using large Garageband files. Still, only time will tell. We Slashdotters can, occasionally, be wrong.
Everything other than newspapers costs newspaper companies money. If I keep myself occupied and don't buy a newspaper because I don't have any time to read it, then everything I do which takes up my time costs them money. It's an econimic concept called 'opportunity cost'.
I think the ARM processor would make that a complicated affair. The accumulated man-hours of development would be greater than all the man-hours of entertainment the community would get from it. But yes, I agree with you in principle;)
They should have made a static html 'image' of the site when they realised that a slashdotting was in progress - it would mean they couldn't maintain an up-to-the-minute accurate wiki, but they would only have to do this for a few hours until the slashdotting recedes. Then switch back to their database-accessing monster;)
A popular work-around for this is to play the trailers at 8x speed. For some reason, they don't let you skip the adverts, but do allow you to skim over them.
I guess the flickering barrage of soundless images can also effectively and subtly advertise the product.
I buy CDs and DVDs because I like paying for my favourite bands and movies and I like to encourage them to continue making things that I like. I do not like it when they DRM their content so I don't buy it. I don't download it either, I simply go looking for something else. When you're listening to an album you've downloaded, you're not listening to something different from an independent artist, so even illegal downloads help reinforce 'mindshare'.
I'm not saying you downloaded anything, but your point made me think about this.
DO you think that is a responsible approach to resolving the issue? Seems terribly pragmatic to me. A much better approach is to buy non-restrictive DVDs. If you are morally opposed to DRM content, you should avoid it altogether and not simply circumvent it.
Unless they find some sneaky way to encrypt the audio as sent to the speakers, no DRM scheme will be effective. I know recording line-out to line-in is more convoluted than common ripping, but all it requires is one person to do it well and distribute the file.
I like to archive my music (I buy a lot of CDs every month, sometimes I can't find something a friend recommends I re-listen to) on my PC, and will not buy any CD that tries to prevent me.
I have an FX5200 and recently completed Half Life. It's not terrible, I practially bought it for the price of it's construction. It does run Counterstrike well and that's actually why I've not invested in new hardware for a long time. Counterstrike has contented me for the last year and a half.
"I was tired of my browser crashing everyday(sic) so I tried Firefox. Now I can't live without it. Pop-up blocking, secure browsing and no spyware and best of all... not a crash since I
switched - Austin Henderson, USA.
Substitute Firefox in the sentance above (from the NYT ad) for 'OS X'...
This ad is far more visually impressive than I anticipated. I am in the UK and will look for a hard copy when they arrive in newsagents.
I believe IE for the Mac is still on version 5.5. It has not been updated by MS for quite some time to compensate for vulnerabilities. I am a Mac user myself and find it hard to imagine chosing the clunky IE over Safari. Safari, despite being a little less-featured than Firefox (none of the new RSS tricks) is a very nippy little app that serves my needs. Unlike IE, it doesn't give me CSS rendering issues either.
The moving parts are not the iPod's weakness. The battery life (~18 months) is. Besides, flash memory can only be written to so often before it becomes unreliable. Flash memory is not the holy grail of reliable data storage that it could one day be.
...to consider. On Slashdot, I definitely click on ads on more than 0.5 percent of page loads. I do it moreso in Firefox since I can load the advertised page in another tab, but the most important reason for me making that click is that the adverts are relevant to me
I think it's important to consider which pages are most popular for IE and Firefox users; it's not a matter of browser but more a matter of the interests of the user. This click-ratio metric would only be relevant if we compared visitors to the same website, and know that the users have the same interests and are just as likely to click. This would be more accurately done in a controlled environment than using pagelogs.
That said, I do accept that Firefox and IE users have different attitudes towards internet use, but the point in TFA about IE users thinking the banner is a system notification made me laugh:)
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Very interesting. Perhaps by combining a GPS reading and knowing how far the object is from the binoculars, it could consult a database of natural features documented in that area. The Database could be as simple as a file on a SD card or something...
In that case, I'd recommend making the house extensible rather than bleeding-edge with today's technology. Make sure that cable routes throuout the house are easily accessible as well as concealed so that when you decide to tweak something you are able to do so quickly and and painlessly. Oh, and make sure to document the project. I'm sure I speak for most of us when I say it sounds like an interesting thing to do ;)
Could you please cite your source? It makes modding a little quicker if we can quickly access a reputable source by clicking a url rather than having to google for it. Sadly, this is often the difference between getting mod points and the moderator moving on to an easier to guague post.
If iPod users invest in this machine, they are quickly going to be disappointed in the lack of games (especially since the spec is relatively low), and find it struggles a bit when they start using large Garageband files. Still, only time will tell. We Slashdotters can, occasionally, be wrong.
If that thing came after your flesh, I doubt you'd have much difficulty resisting it. It's a very strange brand of paranoia you've got there.
Drains my soul. That's in addition to the power supply though, so I guess it doesn't count.
Each sale in Walmart is worth less. They don't sell 2.8M DVDs per day. I agree, however, that Walmart is on a completely different scale to Amazon.
Everything other than newspapers costs newspaper companies money. If I keep myself occupied and don't buy a newspaper because I don't have any time to read it, then everything I do which takes up my time costs them money. It's an econimic concept called 'opportunity cost'.
I think the ARM processor would make that a complicated affair. The accumulated man-hours of development would be greater than all the man-hours of entertainment the community would get from it. But yes, I agree with you in principle ;)
They should have made a static html 'image' of the site when they realised that a slashdotting was in progress - it would mean they couldn't maintain an up-to-the-minute accurate wiki, but they would only have to do this for a few hours until the slashdotting recedes. Then switch back to their database-accessing monster ;)
Noone would want to use their machine resources to make things pretty. That's why Windows is so popular =)
I've never broken anything but I have tested the robustness of my keyboard a few times.
I guess the flickering barrage of soundless images can also effectively and subtly advertise the product.
I'm not saying you downloaded anything, but your point made me think about this.
DO you think that is a responsible approach to resolving the issue? Seems terribly pragmatic to me. A much better approach is to buy non-restrictive DVDs. If you are morally opposed to DRM content, you should avoid it altogether and not simply circumvent it.
I like to archive my music (I buy a lot of CDs every month, sometimes I can't find something a friend recommends I re-listen to) on my PC, and will not buy any CD that tries to prevent me.
Because you don't have to worry about geological or comological events in the past killing you.
I have an FX5200 and recently completed Half Life. It's not terrible, I practially bought it for the price of it's construction. It does run Counterstrike well and that's actually why I've not invested in new hardware for a long time. Counterstrike has contented me for the last year and a half.
Substitute Firefox in the sentance above (from the NYT ad) for 'OS X'...
This ad is far more visually impressive than I anticipated. I am in the UK and will look for a hard copy when they arrive in newsagents.
This is true, I put Firefox 0.8 onto my uni network space, no installation required. I'm not sure how well this will work for 1.0.
I believe IE for the Mac is still on version 5.5. It has not been updated by MS for quite some time to compensate for vulnerabilities.
I am a Mac user myself and find it hard to imagine chosing the clunky IE over Safari. Safari, despite being a little less-featured than Firefox (none of the new RSS tricks) is a very nippy little app that serves my needs. Unlike IE, it doesn't give me CSS rendering issues either.
Point taken though, 18 months is an aggressively conservative estimation of the battery's life.
The moving parts are not the iPod's weakness. The battery life (~18 months) is. Besides, flash memory can only be written to so often before it becomes unreliable. Flash memory is not the holy grail of reliable data storage that it could one day be.
He does not want to piss on someone's licence. He just wants to use his computer as a PVR, which is reasonable.
I think it's important to consider which pages are most popular for IE and Firefox users; it's not a matter of browser but more a matter of the interests of the user. This click-ratio metric would only be relevant if we compared visitors to the same website, and know that the users have the same interests and are just as likely to click. This would be more accurately done in a controlled environment than using pagelogs.
That said, I do accept that Firefox and IE users have different attitudes towards internet use, but the point in TFA about IE users thinking the banner is a system notification made me laugh :)