My Scion xA came standard with an Audio-in jack, and I could upgrade to a stereo with an iPod interface. The stereo is a 160W max Pioneer Stereo, I'm not sure exactly what model.
Actually the Nintendo 64 (N64) featured an analog stick, in addition to the digital pads, and the N64 was released in (drumroll please) 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64) and it was publically introduced in 1995, so Nintendo can indeed claim prior art.
I wonder if for instance, Google, which is used by a large portion of internet users to find anything on the internet, were to not pay the fees that ISPs decided they needed from them. Would that drive people to change things? If you suddenly could not use Google what would you do? Where I live there isn't a big choice in internet providers. So I'm either stuck with dial-up, satellite, or the cable company, to which I currently subscribe. Maybe the ISPs would have to allow Google's traffic because of the public outcry? That seems more likely than the ISPs becoming net neutral.
Although this is a good point, it says in the summary that Adults are able to ask permission to access these sites. They really shouldn't have to ask, but at least they didn't cut off access completely, so some homeless guy can actually have an email address to send out resumes.
Simply because people fear what they don't know, and also because Apple products are expensive as compared to many budget computers that come with Windows preinstalled.
I would love to switch over to an apple macbook pro, but frankly their laptops are too expensive, and for a student purchasing something so expensive to replace a laptop that still works fine isnt worth it. Many other people are already comfortable with windows, are uninformed about OS X, and are unwilling to shell out that much money for a laptop, particularly when they can go to Dell and buy a laptop for dirt cheap with an operating system that they don't have to relearn how to use. It would be great if people would switch away from Windows, but I don't see it happening to a large extent right now.
I think what he meant was that quiet zones would set your phone to vibrate, not keep you from talking on the phone. His point seems to be that many people would not talk on a phone in a theater, but would go outside to talk, but many people often forget to turn their phones off in quiet places, and on the other hand, may forget to turn their phones back on when they leave those quiet places.
Although I have never ordered from Newegg I plan to shortly, and in my shop and compare phase I have found many helpful comments, with real world experience with the parts and some troubleshooting issues. I really wouldn't want to read reviews that say "don't buy this piece of $hit!!!" That's plainly trolling. However, I have seen many lower ratings on products but for the most part those reviews were intelligent and have specific gripes. So I say good for Newegg, keep weeding out the crap.
I also agree that somebody should not purchase a product based solely on the customer reviews. I for one have done quite a bit of research on the products I plan to buy by sifting through well respected review sites. Customer reviews are helpful though.
This is actually a great project. It would be great if there was some way to adopt this on a much larger scale, covering as many large cities as possible, thus making it incredibly useful to tourists who are visiting cities. It shouldn't be limited to just American cities either. Obviously this may not be reasonable, considering the amount of work it would entail, and also I am not aware of how difficult it would be to get crime data for cities in other countries, but it certainly would be something worth looking into I think.
I definitely like the Google personalized homepage, but I can see how many people wouldn't, and I certainly wouldn't want it to become too cluttered like MSN or Yahoo. I like being able to read Slashdot and Google news headlines and preview my gmail. They definitely are on the right track with this one. However, I think that they should keep the default homepage clean and simple as it is now and offer the personalized page only to those that truly want it. I think that one good feature about google products is their simplicity. They should keep it that way.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has said the company is focused on search and is not a Web "portal." A Web portal is a site which offers a range of personalized services on one page.
This is a good move, focus on what they are good at, searching, and build all of their services around it, instead of trying to spread themselves too thin and only being mediocre at everything that they do. seriously good job
I love Futurama. It's great to think that there's a possibility that they might make more, particularly with the cliffhanger-like last episode =)
I definitely had an decent run with 5 seasons but it could have easily lasted more than that, and I for one look forward to its return, even if it is only to DVD and not TV.
This was a very interesting article, although long. It's good to know that law enforcement agencies are at least trying to do something to stop this crime, but as the article stated it is hard because of things like little available funding and difficulties inherent in dealing with foreign governments with lax cybercrime laws, like Russia, but still, they're trying.
I for one worry little about these government task forces spying on the rest of us. Sure, it might happen, but I would think that as long as we're not doing anything illegal we should be fine. I doubt that most people would be affected by this though.
The law enforcement cybercrime techniques are getting better, but they will always be behind the criminals I think, but at least they are putting a dent in their business.
I don't want a phone with a camera, video games, multiple ring tones. All that I really find useful is a phone that acts like a phone. Why can't people simply be content with making phone calls on their cellular phones?
Plus, this feature will just add to the distraction that's already caused by cell phones. So now not only do we have to deal with cell phones going off during class/meetings/movies/etc but we also have to deal with people watching television? Lots of people seem to have very little self control as it is. Do we really need to be encouraging these people. For example, what makes you think that those people who actually answer their phones during a movie wouldn't use the TV feature at inappropriate times?
Sure, I'll be the first to admit that this feature is cool, and I love gadgets, but it isn't really useful for anything. Why can't people buy a portable television instead of an overpriced cell phone? Anyway, just my two cents.
I agree that Mozilla should support their users and not wait to supply updates just so that other Mozilla based browsers can update simultaneously. Although, it would certainly be great to let these other projects know about the vulnerability and make the update available to them, but waiting to update their own product is bad for their own users.
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My Scion xA came standard with an Audio-in jack, and I could upgrade to a stereo with an iPod interface. The stereo is a 160W max Pioneer Stereo, I'm not sure exactly what model.
Actually the Nintendo 64 (N64) featured an analog stick, in addition to the digital pads, and the N64 was released in (drumroll please) 1996 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64) and it was publically introduced in 1995, so Nintendo can indeed claim prior art.
I wonder if for instance, Google, which is used by a large portion of internet users to find anything on the internet, were to not pay the fees that ISPs decided they needed from them. Would that drive people to change things? If you suddenly could not use Google what would you do? Where I live there isn't a big choice in internet providers. So I'm either stuck with dial-up, satellite, or the cable company, to which I currently subscribe. Maybe the ISPs would have to allow Google's traffic because of the public outcry? That seems more likely than the ISPs becoming net neutral.
Although this is a good point, it says in the summary that Adults are able to ask permission to access these sites. They really shouldn't have to ask, but at least they didn't cut off access completely, so some homeless guy can actually have an email address to send out resumes.
Simply because people fear what they don't know, and also because Apple products are expensive as compared to many budget computers that come with Windows preinstalled.
I would love to switch over to an apple macbook pro, but frankly their laptops are too expensive, and for a student purchasing something so expensive to replace a laptop that still works fine isnt worth it. Many other people are already comfortable with windows, are uninformed about OS X, and are unwilling to shell out that much money for a laptop, particularly when they can go to Dell and buy a laptop for dirt cheap with an operating system that they don't have to relearn how to use. It would be great if people would switch away from Windows, but I don't see it happening to a large extent right now.
I think what he meant was that quiet zones would set your phone to vibrate, not keep you from talking on the phone. His point seems to be that many people would not talk on a phone in a theater, but would go outside to talk, but many people often forget to turn their phones off in quiet places, and on the other hand, may forget to turn their phones back on when they leave those quiet places.
yeah and they could use GTA:SA as sex education
Although I have never ordered from Newegg I plan to shortly, and in my shop and compare phase I have found many helpful comments, with real world experience with the parts and some troubleshooting issues. I really wouldn't want to read reviews that say "don't buy this piece of $hit!!!" That's plainly trolling. However, I have seen many lower ratings on products but for the most part those reviews were intelligent and have specific gripes. So I say good for Newegg, keep weeding out the crap. I also agree that somebody should not purchase a product based solely on the customer reviews. I for one have done quite a bit of research on the products I plan to buy by sifting through well respected review sites. Customer reviews are helpful though.
This is actually a great project. It would be great if there was some way to adopt this on a much larger scale, covering as many large cities as possible, thus making it incredibly useful to tourists who are visiting cities. It shouldn't be limited to just American cities either. Obviously this may not be reasonable, considering the amount of work it would entail, and also I am not aware of how difficult it would be to get crime data for cities in other countries, but it certainly would be something worth looking into I think.
I definitely like the Google personalized homepage, but I can see how many people wouldn't, and I certainly wouldn't want it to become too cluttered like MSN or Yahoo. I like being able to read Slashdot and Google news headlines and preview my gmail. They definitely are on the right track with this one. However, I think that they should keep the default homepage clean and simple as it is now and offer the personalized page only to those that truly want it. I think that one good feature about google products is their simplicity. They should keep it that way.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has said the company is focused on search and is not a Web "portal." A Web portal is a site which offers a range of personalized services on one page.
This is a good move, focus on what they are good at, searching, and build all of their services around it, instead of trying to spread themselves too thin and only being mediocre at everything that they do. seriously good job
I love Futurama. It's great to think that there's a possibility that they might make more, particularly with the cliffhanger-like last episode =)
I definitely had an decent run with 5 seasons but it could have easily lasted more than that, and I for one look forward to its return, even if it is only to DVD and not TV.
This was a very interesting article, although long. It's good to know that law enforcement agencies are at least trying to do something to stop this crime, but as the article stated it is hard because of things like little available funding and difficulties inherent in dealing with foreign governments with lax cybercrime laws, like Russia, but still, they're trying.
I for one worry little about these government task forces spying on the rest of us. Sure, it might happen, but I would think that as long as we're not doing anything illegal we should be fine. I doubt that most people would be affected by this though.
The law enforcement cybercrime techniques are getting better, but they will always be behind the criminals I think, but at least they are putting a dent in their business.
I don't want a phone with a camera, video games, multiple ring tones. All that I really find useful is a phone that acts like a phone. Why can't people simply be content with making phone calls on their cellular phones?
Plus, this feature will just add to the distraction that's already caused by cell phones. So now not only do we have to deal with cell phones going off during class/meetings/movies/etc but we also have to deal with people watching television? Lots of people seem to have very little self control as it is. Do we really need to be encouraging these people. For example, what makes you think that those people who actually answer their phones during a movie wouldn't use the TV feature at inappropriate times?
Sure, I'll be the first to admit that this feature is cool, and I love gadgets, but it isn't really useful for anything. Why can't people buy a portable television instead of an overpriced cell phone? Anyway, just my two cents.
I agree that Mozilla should support their users and not wait to supply updates just so that other Mozilla based browsers can update simultaneously. Although, it would certainly be great to let these other projects know about the vulnerability and make the update available to them, but waiting to update their own product is bad for their own users.