This update also incorrectly identifies the Pegasus email client executable file as the Trojan.Dropper virus. An email to Semantic got nothing in return except instruction on how to remove a virus that I don't actually have.
You're right. And it was hyped to the gills. I still remember the expensive half hour infomercials they produces to convince us our life would be empty if we didn't spend our time reading the newspaper while sitting next to the PC, just in case we needed to scan a CueCat barcode.
Thanks for the link. Most of the software I've looked at to do geotagging has been spendware, which is ridiculous for something so easy. This looks like just what I wanted. However, I don't see any option for local time correction. May have to handle that manually.
The reply was directed to those who already have hand-held GPS units, obviously. If they can handle inputing waypoints, and uploading maps, etc., they can certainly handle setting the clock in their camera, and running a program against a file.
Hang out at the geocaching.com forums, and you'll see that "regular joes" aren't nearly as technologically inept as you seem to think.
You don't really need a gps in your camera. Just sync up the camera's clock with the time on your GPS, and turn its tracking function on. Software can them match up the picture's timecode with timecodes in the tracking file to determine the location you were at when you clicked the shutter.
These are for the customized Google Personal Home Page, not for "your web pages". And these have been around for quite a while. Nothing new here. Move along. Move along.
If you already own a GPS, there are several software-only solutions to perform the same function. Just sync your camera's clock to the GPS clock, and turn on the GPS tracking function. The software will link up locations by matching the photo's time-stamp with the tracklog time-stamp.
Without doubt, River was portrayed in the series as both very dangerous and unpredictable, not someone to be let near sharp objects. That she could shoot blindfolded speaks to her psychic abilities, not to any martial arts training. And there's the difference. In the film, she's obviously had a massive amount of martial arts training (but whether or not it was actual physical training, or something that was inserted into her mind, is not clear).
There's a difference between lashing out at someone with a weapon, as we've seen in the series, and what's on the big screen. Here, we see Buffy annihilating a roomful of vamps... oops, I mean River annihilating a roomful of reavers, in a way never hinted at in the series.
When it comes to TV and Movies, Joss Whedon seems to need two tries to get it right. "Buffy", the movie, sucked (no pun intended... okay, maybe it was). "Firefly", likewise seemed only half thought-out before they started the cameras running. They couldn't decide if the story spanned star systems, and FTL was possible, or it all took place in a single solar system (the different intros on the show implied different things). In the movie, they make it very clear that the entire Alliance, and the outlying worlds, are all within a single solar system. Of course, that doesn't explain how all these planets seem to have about the same temperature range. But we're not supposed to think about such things.
The biggest change people will notice, is the near-complete abandonment of the western theme. They still strap on their six-shooters, but that's about it. There's not a horse in sight. And finally, there's the Buffyication of the character of River. There's no indication in the series that she had been turned into the ultimate killing machine (no spoiler that, it's all over the trailers). But Riverbuffy goes on a couple of killing sprees that would look right at home at Sunnydale High.
It's painfully obvious that Mossberg, the author, has little or no actual experience actually using GMail. Color coded labels? What's he talking about? Yes, you can create labels, and attach them to emails, but they're certainly not color coded. (Is he just making things up?) The labels perform the same function (the grouping of mail) as folders do, but with the added benefit of being able to attach multiple labels to a single piece of mail. Few folder-based email clients allow that.
The only thing I find lacking in GMail is the ability to add annotation to emails.
It's painfully obvious that Mossberg, the author, has little or no actual experience using GMail. Color coded labels? What's he talking about? Yes, you can create labels, and attach them to emails, but they're certainly not color coded. (Is he just making things up?) The labels perform the same function (the grouping of mail) as folders do, but with the added benefit of being able to attach multiple labels to a single piece of mail. Few folder-based email clients allow that.
The only thing I find lacking in GMail is the ability to add annotation to emails.
It's not really untethered if it has to always be in contact with the grid that supplies the power and communication link. It's about as "untethered" as the electric bumpercars at the fair.
That's because it was a really bad western in space. And with Deadwood and Galactica showing us how well each genera can be done, it looks even worse. That's probably why the whole "western" aspect of the series was removed from the most recent trailer. That's not to say it doesn't remain in the actual film. Time will tell.
Perhaps Garmin, which makes the Vista GPS, should also sue. After all, that whole "Where do you want to go today?" slogan of MS's could also apply to a GPS.
The interesting thing is that it's not really a mix of their standard map display and satellite display. The map used to overlay the aerial (a more correct term) image, is a completely different map from that which you get in standard Map mode. They've stripped out all the background shading for different areas, made the roads much narrower, and made the street names more visible.
If you select an area where they don't have detailed aerial images at the closest zoom setting, and then switch between Map and Hybrid, you can see just how different the maps are.
And for any developers out there, the constant value to set the initial display type to Hybrid is G_HYBRID_TYPE. Happy coding!
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Who will be the first to write a Firefox extension to block the Firefox blocking? Gentlemen, start your coding!
two, too, to. Sigh...
This update also incorrectly identifies the Pegasus email client executable file as the Trojan.Dropper virus. An email to Semantic got nothing in return except instruction on how to remove a virus that I don't actually have.
You're right. And it was hyped to the gills. I still remember the expensive half hour infomercials they produces to convince us our life would be empty if we didn't spend our time reading the newspaper while sitting next to the PC, just in case we needed to scan a CueCat barcode.
Thanks for the link. Most of the software I've looked at to do geotagging has been spendware, which is ridiculous for something so easy. This looks like just what I wanted. However, I don't see any option for local time correction. May have to handle that manually.
Hang out at the geocaching.com forums, and you'll see that "regular joes" aren't nearly as technologically inept as you seem to think.
You don't really need a gps in your camera. Just sync up the camera's clock with the time on your GPS, and turn its tracking function on. Software can them match up the picture's timecode with timecodes in the tracking file to determine the location you were at when you clicked the shutter.
These are for the customized Google Personal Home Page, not for "your web pages". And these have been around for quite a while. Nothing new here. Move along. Move along.
If you already own a GPS, there are several software-only solutions to perform the same function. Just sync your camera's clock to the GPS clock, and turn on the GPS tracking function. The software will link up locations by matching the photo's time-stamp with the tracklog time-stamp.
Who do I talk to about getting their cardboard cutout business? SIX GRAND???? That's 15 times too much for a cardboard cutout of anything.
Of course he is. Mark Stephens doesn't cease to exist just because he uses a nom de plume.
And lets face it, the best articles on /. showed up on Boing Boing two days earlier.
There's a difference between lashing out at someone with a weapon, as we've seen in the series, and what's on the big screen. Here, we see Buffy annihilating a roomful of vamps... oops, I mean River annihilating a roomful of reavers, in a way never hinted at in the series.
The biggest change people will notice, is the near-complete abandonment of the western theme. They still strap on their six-shooters, but that's about it. There's not a horse in sight. And finally, there's the Buffyication of the character of River. There's no indication in the series that she had been turned into the ultimate killing machine (no spoiler that, it's all over the trailers). But Riverbuffy goes on a couple of killing sprees that would look right at home at Sunnydale High.
The only thing I find lacking in GMail is the ability to add annotation to emails.
It's painfully obvious that Mossberg, the author, has little or no actual experience using GMail. Color coded labels? What's he talking about? Yes, you can create labels, and attach them to emails, but they're certainly not color coded. (Is he just making things up?) The labels perform the same function (the grouping of mail) as folders do, but with the added benefit of being able to attach multiple labels to a single piece of mail. Few folder-based email clients allow that. The only thing I find lacking in GMail is the ability to add annotation to emails.
You'll have much more time to contemplate the meaning of the universe while you wait for it to boot up. So basically it makes you a better person.
It's not really untethered if it has to always be in contact with the grid that supplies the power and communication link. It's about as "untethered" as the electric bumpercars at the fair.
Supposedly "safe" Taser guns can kill people, and we're supposed to believe that they've perfected a non-lethal lightening bolt?
Pixelvision lives!
You just need to remember to change tapes after George Takei talkes, and before the costume contest starts.
We already have radio-controlled humans. How else do you explain the stupid actions of Rush Limbaugh listeners?
That's because it was a really bad western in space. And with Deadwood and Galactica showing us how well each genera can be done, it looks even worse. That's probably why the whole "western" aspect of the series was removed from the most recent trailer. That's not to say it doesn't remain in the actual film. Time will tell.
Perhaps Garmin, which makes the Vista GPS, should also sue. After all, that whole "Where do you want to go today?" slogan of MS's could also apply to a GPS.
If you select an area where they don't have detailed aerial images at the closest zoom setting, and then switch between Map and Hybrid, you can see just how different the maps are.
And for any developers out there, the constant value to set the initial display type to Hybrid is G_HYBRID_TYPE. Happy coding!