I dunno where this came from, but since we 'merkins have pointed heads and our eyes are too close together maybe you Brits got the better end of the deal. Oh and guns, lots of guns.
This would be an excellent board for a quiet mini-system. Toss in something like a thumb drive or whatever and it would stay quiet. BTW Toms hardware said they will sell for around $180 too, which is pretty reasonable.
The schools should charge the RIAA "storage fees" until they come pick up these boxes of useless CDs. I am thinking something along the lines of $100/per day/per box. If these CDs are worth what the RIAA says they are, why can't they sell them and pay the schools the money?
Rail guns do not require explosives or propellent.
Nothing keeps them from adding explosives that cause additional damage however. Or is the military required to build a railgun just like the one you saw in some video game once?
I can't believe no one has gotten the tin foil hat wearers in an uproar by pointing out this superbaby is from Germany (hint: WWII eugenics). Now I gotta run and buy some RJ Reynolds stock.
Dunno about the railgun they will use, but they could fire projectiles that don't have any explosives in them (or at the very least, no propellent). If I have to sit out on a boat in the middle of the ocean, I would be much happier if it had as few explosives onboard as possible (i.e. fewer chances of random catastrophic explosions, especially after being hit by enemy fire). Just a random thought.
Maybe they can include a free roll of ipod custom attachment tape (i.e. basically just duct tape) to fix this problem?
Which reminds me of something my brother used to do. He was too cheap to buy a lint brush, so he had a handy roll of duct tape to remove excess lint/cat hair/etc from his clothes (just wrap a strip around hand sticky side up and pat clothes). Brilliant!
Yet another thing that makes me glad I didn't buy an Xbox. If the PS3 didn't have backwards compatibility with the big pile of games I have for the PS2, there would be no way I would buy one for a long long time. It is almost like MS is trying to destroy what little market they already have, how bizarre is that? And even though I never had a PS1, yes I have bought and rented PS1 games, so compatibility is certainly a factor. Just imagine someone buying a console for the first time when the xbox2 comes out, do they buy a console with almost no games at all (since no one will be developing for this thing for quite awhile because of cost) or a PS2 which has piles of games, or even wait for a PS3?
It's taken them several years and untold billions of dollars, but finally NASA has a project they can handle. *drum roll* they can re-paint a 30yr old rocket. I'm glad my tax dollars and american pride is so well invested.
Maybe they can get corporate sponsors to paint logos on the side to help defer the cost of upkeep? Nothing says 'merica like a big McDonald's M(tm) on the side of an unused million dollar rocket.
Well I assumed that there were going to be games that required the hard drive to run, but maybe not? I.E game comes on two DVD disks, at least one of which you have to load onto the drive to play for example. Being able to save games on the harddrive instead of crummy little memory cards would be nice too.
Hopefully once the PSX comes out the price of PS2 games will drop (but probably not before hell freezes over however). One can hope anyway. Or will there be no PSX-only-compatible games for quite some time?
Remember the Best Buy commercial where a puppet asks a woman..... That guy doesn't know it yet...
You all know that the puppet isn't real right? Maybe it is just a pet peeve of mine, but it drives me nuts when people refer to fake people/things on TV like they really exist. You know, like the cast of Friends, cast of Star Trek, Ralph Nadar, etc.
when some guy in his underwear with too much free time can take down a Washington politician.
I want to go look at this guys website, but I am afraid to see what kind of pictures he has photoshopped (gimped?) together to descredit the politician.
On the flip side, I look forward to a new world order led by geeks sitting at home in their underwear.
We all get two passwords. We can go to a website where we enter the "correct" password to see our vote as it was really counted, or an "invalid" password that shows we voted for the other guy?:-) (I am only being slight humorous here)
How many different times did they recount the paper ballots in Florida, and how many times did they come up with differing numbers? I would bet money if you had different people count the same exact ballots you would have come up with differing numbers (see the bazillion "hanging chad" conversations of several years ago).
Perhaps a receipt that I can use later to verify my vote online, and if it is wrong I can file a protest (x percentage of protests and they have to declare the election invalid). The only problem with this is I can now sell my vote (or be coerced into voting a certain way) and someone else can verify who I voted for. I guess the point I was trying to make though is there isn't really a way NOW to verify votes anyway, I mean can you tell me 100% for sure that the last time you voted your vote was counted and counted towards the candidate you really voted for? I am pretty sure they don't let the average joe walk in off the street and hand count the ballots either.
As long as it is secure, I can't see how an electronic system could be worse than paper ballots that you look at and can't tell which candidate the voter voted for. If the system verified for me which candidates I voted for before I left the poll, that would be great (so I know my vote got registered correctly). And certainly there is some kind of permanant audit trail that could be verified later?
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I dunno where this came from, but since we 'merkins have pointed heads and our eyes are too close together maybe you Brits got the better end of the deal. Oh and guns, lots of guns.
Actually I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps entering a blank photo would be appropriate (or maybe a picture of a highway would be more humorous).
I knew there was a reason I haven't gone to the dentist in a few years.
This would be an excellent board for a quiet mini-system. Toss in something like a thumb drive or whatever and it would stay quiet. BTW Toms hardware said they will sell for around $180 too, which is pretty reasonable.
The schools should charge the RIAA "storage fees" until they come pick up these boxes of useless CDs. I am thinking something along the lines of $100/per day/per box. If these CDs are worth what the RIAA says they are, why can't they sell them and pay the schools the money?
Nothing keeps them from adding explosives that cause additional damage however. Or is the military required to build a railgun just like the one you saw in some video game once?
I can't believe no one has gotten the tin foil hat wearers in an uproar by pointing out this superbaby is from Germany (hint: WWII eugenics). Now I gotta run and buy some RJ Reynolds stock.
Dunno about the railgun they will use, but they could fire projectiles that don't have any explosives in them (or at the very least, no propellent). If I have to sit out on a boat in the middle of the ocean, I would be much happier if it had as few explosives onboard as possible (i.e. fewer chances of random catastrophic explosions, especially after being hit by enemy fire). Just a random thought.
Which reminds me of something my brother used to do. He was too cheap to buy a lint brush, so he had a handy roll of duct tape to remove excess lint/cat hair/etc from his clothes (just wrap a strip around hand sticky side up and pat clothes). Brilliant!
Yet another thing that makes me glad I didn't buy an Xbox. If the PS3 didn't have backwards compatibility with the big pile of games I have for the PS2, there would be no way I would buy one for a long long time. It is almost like MS is trying to destroy what little market they already have, how bizarre is that? And even though I never had a PS1, yes I have bought and rented PS1 games, so compatibility is certainly a factor. Just imagine someone buying a console for the first time when the xbox2 comes out, do they buy a console with almost no games at all (since no one will be developing for this thing for quite awhile because of cost) or a PS2 which has piles of games, or even wait for a PS3?
Everytime I see my UID I think of the Van Halen OU812 album for some reason.....
Maybe they can get corporate sponsors to paint logos on the side to help defer the cost of upkeep? Nothing says 'merica like a big McDonald's M(tm) on the side of an unused million dollar rocket.
Yes, and here we have the most depressing economic forecast ever. Don't forget "fighting over petrol" and "driving really fast cars".
Well I assumed that there were going to be games that required the hard drive to run, but maybe not? I.E game comes on two DVD disks, at least one of which you have to load onto the drive to play for example. Being able to save games on the harddrive instead of crummy little memory cards would be nice too.
Hopefully once the PSX comes out the price of PS2 games will drop (but probably not before hell freezes over however). One can hope anyway. Or will there be no PSX-only-compatible games for quite some time?
You all know that the puppet isn't real right? Maybe it is just a pet peeve of mine, but it drives me nuts when people refer to fake people/things on TV like they really exist. You know, like the cast of Friends, cast of Star Trek, Ralph Nadar, etc.
No thats mace you smell, not perfume. ;-)
I want to go look at this guys website, but I am afraid to see what kind of pictures he has photoshopped (gimped?) together to descredit the politician.
On the flip side, I look forward to a new world order led by geeks sitting at home in their underwear.
You will get sleep but sadly your neighbors won't as you scream until you finally pass out.
I think the submitter meant they should make it in a pretty shade of lime green or mulberry purple to make it less ugly perhaps?
We all get two passwords. We can go to a website where we enter the "correct" password to see our vote as it was really counted, or an "invalid" password that shows we voted for the other guy? :-) (I am only being slight humorous here)
How many different times did they recount the paper ballots in Florida, and how many times did they come up with differing numbers? I would bet money if you had different people count the same exact ballots you would have come up with differing numbers (see the bazillion "hanging chad" conversations of several years ago).
Perhaps a receipt that I can use later to verify my vote online, and if it is wrong I can file a protest (x percentage of protests and they have to declare the election invalid). The only problem with this is I can now sell my vote (or be coerced into voting a certain way) and someone else can verify who I voted for. I guess the point I was trying to make though is there isn't really a way NOW to verify votes anyway, I mean can you tell me 100% for sure that the last time you voted your vote was counted and counted towards the candidate you really voted for? I am pretty sure they don't let the average joe walk in off the street and hand count the ballots either.
As long as it is secure, I can't see how an electronic system could be worse than paper ballots that you look at and can't tell which candidate the voter voted for. If the system verified for me which candidates I voted for before I left the poll, that would be great (so I know my vote got registered correctly). And certainly there is some kind of permanant audit trail that could be verified later?
Wow they would really need a magic bus to drive all the way from the UK! Seriously though, I can't wait too (must get local LUG organized.....)