A modern Formula One car is capable of developing 3.5 g lateral cornering force (three and a half times its own weight) thanks to aerodynamic downforce. That means that, theoretically, at high speeds they could drive upside down.
One other feature that Digg has over Slashdot: You can report dupes/old news/stupid posts and enough people reporting these things can trigger it to not get posted.
Therefore, while the Sony matters (and other issues) are red-hot on this site, they are not well known outside of slashdot and similar sites.
To the contrary, I believe that the 368 stories listed on Google News, including ones in the Wahington Post, USA Today, NY Times, Boston Globe, BBC News, CNN, and many more could be counted as more than a few mainstream articles. The fact of the matter is while it may have been techies that uncovered it, the public was made aware of it and more importantly, it is forcing Sony to take some kind of action.
Not only a question of trust. It's also a matter of Google's reputation. Much like in the recent backlash at Sony, people are not going to sit idly when a company does something stupid. Google has much more to lose by pulling a stunt like that than the gain it would provide. Plus, you could always just rip the snippet out of your page if it does something undesirable.
Yeah, I don't know what I was looking at. The linked ZDnet article is from yesterday. And the Nature article is already up, though you have to subscribe to read it.
The Radio/XM to iTunes analogy doesn't exactly work, since if people weren't watching shows through iTunes, they'd see them through cable or satellite and see the ads associated with them. iTunes is an alternative to that that doesn't offer the content distributors revenue, only the networks (through direct dealing). I believe the networks have deals worked out that work similarly to DVD sales of TV shows. Eventually, cable and satellite become a useless (or at least less profitable) middleman.
This could usher in a whole new era for TV, and I wouldn't miss cable or satellite one bit.
Which is exactly why it's only a matter of time before there's a huge backlash from these content distributors, much like the music industry is already against iTunes. Now, cable and satellite companies will be joining the fight. It's in their best interest to beat down this new method of content distribution for TV.
Anyway, this does seem a little bit like getting a map of China when you don't even have the means of transportation to get past the 7-11 at the end of your street.
But finding something interesting there could drive faster development of the means to get there.
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Maybe ebay is an additional halving, or the number of bogus bids is really that high and none of these sellers are going to collect anything.
Sold to a guy with no feedback. Good luck collecting on that :)
Then again, there probably is someone crazy enough to pay that much. I wish I had thought to wait in line to make a few grand on ebay.
Apparently some people are willing to pay over a thousand bucks for one.
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For those that haven't gone blind yet (article minus the blinding blue theme): http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/22/17462
A modern Formula One car is capable of developing 3.5 g lateral cornering force (three and a half times its own weight) thanks to aerodynamic downforce. That means that, theoretically, at high speeds they could drive upside down.
How do they define high speed? 200mph? 1500mph?
One other feature that Digg has over Slashdot: You can report dupes/old news/stupid posts and enough people reporting these things can trigger it to not get posted.
Whenever I try to use the ATM machine, I always forget my PIN number.
...another pet peeve :)
Sounds like something 3D is afoot.
Therefore, while the Sony matters (and other issues) are red-hot on this site, they are not well known outside of slashdot and similar sites.
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To the contrary, I believe that the 368 stories listed on Google News, including ones in the Wahington Post, USA Today, NY Times, Boston Globe, BBC News, CNN, and many more could be counted as more than a few mainstream articles. The fact of the matter is while it may have been techies that uncovered it, the public was made aware of it and more importantly, it is forcing Sony to take some kind of action.
Even the Bush administration spoke out against it: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/11/19
It is a question of trust.
Not only a question of trust. It's also a matter of Google's reputation. Much like in the recent backlash at Sony, people are not going to sit idly when a company does something stupid. Google has much more to lose by pulling a stunt like that than the gain it would provide. Plus, you could always just rip the snippet out of your page if it does something undesirable.
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Actually, it's the power companies that are to blame. They are enabling piracy to occur. Piracy could obviously not happen if we didn't have power!
This is one of those cases when it could really be grammar or spelling (or both) :)
Sure, just sign up for these great deals which have no strings attached*!
* By no strings attached we mean there are actually many, many strings attached.
Yeah, I don't know what I was looking at. The linked ZDnet article is from yesterday. And the Nature article is already up, though you have to subscribe to read it.
Actually, Slashdot posted this the same day as the article was created (*gasp, shock, horror!*) and so they probably mean next Wednesday.
Who doesn't want to turn into one of those dancing shadows? Seriously, it was a powerful part of defining the iPod as "cool"
It's all 3. (The third option is being lazy)
The Radio/XM to iTunes analogy doesn't exactly work, since if people weren't watching shows through iTunes, they'd see them through cable or satellite and see the ads associated with them. iTunes is an alternative to that that doesn't offer the content distributors revenue, only the networks (through direct dealing). I believe the networks have deals worked out that work similarly to DVD sales of TV shows. Eventually, cable and satellite become a useless (or at least less profitable) middleman.
This could usher in a whole new era for TV, and I wouldn't miss cable or satellite one bit.
Which is exactly why it's only a matter of time before there's a huge backlash from these content distributors, much like the music industry is already against iTunes. Now, cable and satellite companies will be joining the fight. It's in their best interest to beat down this new method of content distribution for TV.
But the NES was a hit, controlling a healthy 90 percent...
...which weren't healthy for much longer!
The images below that last line link to the different articles. Try this: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3144996
Google just hired 300 former NASA Jet Propulsion Lab engineers who used to work next door.
How about re-inventing the gameplay? How about actually concentrating on virtual reality?
Say hello to Nintendo's business plan.
Anyway, this does seem a little bit like getting a map of China when you don't even have the means of transportation to get past the 7-11 at the end of your street.
But finding something interesting there could drive faster development of the means to get there.
Finally I can catch up on shows I missed while driving to work the next day.