That is true, I could see someone doing that. My question was more whether someone would take apart an old computer just to make a speaker, particularly if they did not have easy access to dead Mac computers.
It would have been pretty cool to see your finished product. Old cases with new guts are generally pretty interesting.
Yep... it looks like all he did was stick a speaker and an amp into an old Mac case. In this picture you can even see the 3.5" cable attached to the iPod.
Oh well. It is a cool looking case, but I wonder how many slashdotters would actually rip apart vintage Apple gear just to make a speaker.
Funny story, but... 'News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters'?
Don't get me wrong, I got as much of a chuckle out of this as anyone, but the game settled a dispute about the location of a deposition in an insurance trial, not a copyright or patent suit, or anything else relating to technology for that matter.
I have seen shake-to-power flashlights that would work very well for what you are talking about. The light is powered by a magnet in a tube that has a coil around it, so when you shake the light, the magnet goes through the coil and charges the light.
They actually last for quite a while, and you don't need to be in the sunlight to charge them. Quite nifty, actually.
If you listen to the full podcast (LTFP?), they say that the seperation between the browser and the OS will only come in Vista. In XP versions, IE7 will only add new restrictions to ActiveX controls.
So I guess they were not lying, at least according to BusinessWeek.
I see, my mistake. However, you must understand that the theatres' essentially only sources of revenue are 1) 'over-priced candy bars' and concession items and 2) advertising.
The studios have a tendency to hurt those who help them most, theatre owners and consumers. For the latter, they put ridiculous DRM on their media. For theatres, they take almost all ticket sale revenues, forcing the theatres to find other, less customer-friendly, ways of staying in business.
You'd be suprised, though, at how many people come to the movies just to see the previews. My theatre has something called 'The Twenty', which is basically just hardcore advertising (not previews; mostly ads for NBC tv shows), and I have heard many, many people say how much they look forward to seeing it.
If you really hate previews, come to the movie about 15 minutes late--that's how long they usually last.
Good call on using the AC to talk about Social Darwinism. I wouldn't want my name associated with it. To name a few other supports of the idea: Hitler, Mussolini...
Most of those who starve do not do so because they are 'weak' and inherently 'unable to sustain themselves'. It is usually due to the fact that they do not have the opportunity to improve their condition. To use starving Africa as an example, you could be the smartest, strongest person in the world there, but I reckon you would still have trouble finding food if your entire country is a battlefield.
I'm not trying to say that the Google Boys should give up all their money; it is theirs, they earned it through their own blood and sweat. I am saying, however, that it is a ridiculous notion that feeding starving people somehow perpetuates a strain of less-evolved subhumans who really should not have survived into today's world.
And if you meant that in a sarcastic way (which I hope you did... why oh why would anyone mod that comment anything but funny?), you have my apologies.
I think the chicken/egg problem they talk about is a pretty interesting point.
The DNA is only a small portion of the cell. If they want to make a whole synthetic organism, they're going to have to make the other organelles and various membranes--a task I would imagine would be just as difficult as building the DNA.
Sure, this is a big deal. But I don't think you can call an organism synthetic if all you are doing is injecting synthetic DNA into a pre-existing organism.
I guess they don't really have a choice (since it is a court order), but it's kind of pathetic that they would have to do this.
Last time I checked, it was the parents' job to ensure their kids were safe. Sure, the state/society has a certain role to play in that as well, but the largest responsibility is on the parent: he/she should make sure his/her kids know right from wrong, not to talk to strangers, etc.
Yeah... Knoxville is in the river valley created by the Tennessee River. We're protected from most storms by the Cumberland Plateau on the west and then the mountains on the east. It's never cold enough down here to cause much snow (usually it's just wet and cold in the winter). Even in higher elevations, there is only an average of about 4"-8" for a snow storm, and the last 'real' snowstorm we had was in 1993.
As for coal hills catching on fire... I've lived here for almost 17 years and I've never heard of that happening anywhere near here. The mountains around here are mostly tourist things; most of the coal is already gone.
Maybe I'm partial to where I live but Knoxville, TN doesn't have much of a 'natural disaster' problem, nor does most of Appalachia.
Sure, we had earthquakes a few million years ago, but nothing besided the occasional thunderstorm occurs. It's actually pretty boring weather-wise.
There is, of course, the constant threat of the mass of rednecks rising up or something. Hillbillies coming down from the mountain could be pretty bad indeed.
It's going to be great to be able to leverage Google search stuff into IM conversations. I know, we already have logs and Google Desktop, but the same could have been said about email prior to Gmail. I know I make use of Gmail's powerful search on at least a weekly basis. After your messages reach the thousands, it makes things so much easier, and I'm sure most people IM more than they email.
Lots of indexed docs is nice, but it doesn't mean much if the indexed stuff isn't meaningful.
I wonder how many of those indexed images are spacers and things, or how many of those documents are just copies/meaningless information.
But enough being a naysayer. More documents does mean that Yahoo! is more likely to have found the document I'm looking for, and that amount of searched stuff will definitely help for those more obsucre searches.
No, I wouldn't think so. I think the danger of the cell phone emissions is the fact that they are so intense (seeing as they originate right next to your head). Unless you live with an AP right next to you all day, it's not going to matter, as these waves lose their intensity quickly with distance. Think light from a projector--if the wall is two inches away, it's going to be really bright, but if the wall is even ten feet away, it will be significantly less intense.
Well, yeah, I'm sure microwaves can cause some damage to the eyes. But honestly, what do you think is more important to the average person, the long term health of their eyes, or their next phone call?
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That is true, I could see someone doing that. My question was more whether someone would take apart an old computer just to make a speaker, particularly if they did not have easy access to dead Mac computers.
It would have been pretty cool to see your finished product. Old cases with new guts are generally pretty interesting.
Oh well. It is a cool looking case, but I wonder how many slashdotters would actually rip apart vintage Apple gear just to make a speaker.
Funny story, but... 'News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters'?
Don't get me wrong, I got as much of a chuckle out of this as anyone, but the game settled a dispute about the location of a deposition in an insurance trial, not a copyright or patent suit, or anything else relating to technology for that matter.
They actually last for quite a while, and you don't need to be in the sunlight to charge them. Quite nifty, actually.
I think it was called a 'picture'. ;)
After all, a revolution is not a revolution without dancing.
So I guess they were not lying, at least according to BusinessWeek.
The studios have a tendency to hurt those who help them most, theatre owners and consumers. For the latter, they put ridiculous DRM on their media. For theatres, they take almost all ticket sale revenues, forcing the theatres to find other, less customer-friendly, ways of staying in business.
If you really hate previews, come to the movie about 15 minutes late--that's how long they usually last.
The real cause of flamewars is to post a story about the cause of flamewars.
Sheesh.
From the mysterious future: Al Michaels commits suicide; friends cite work-related depression.
Most of those who starve do not do so because they are 'weak' and inherently 'unable to sustain themselves'. It is usually due to the fact that they do not have the opportunity to improve their condition. To use starving Africa as an example, you could be the smartest, strongest person in the world there, but I reckon you would still have trouble finding food if your entire country is a battlefield.
I'm not trying to say that the Google Boys should give up all their money; it is theirs, they earned it through their own blood and sweat. I am saying, however, that it is a ridiculous notion that feeding starving people somehow perpetuates a strain of less-evolved subhumans who really should not have survived into today's world.
And if you meant that in a sarcastic way (which I hope you did... why oh why would anyone mod that comment anything but funny?), you have my apologies.
I know Apple is into the minimalist thing, but eliminating the numbers 45-50 is a whole new level.
The DNA is only a small portion of the cell. If they want to make a whole synthetic organism, they're going to have to make the other organelles and various membranes--a task I would imagine would be just as difficult as building the DNA.
Sure, this is a big deal. But I don't think you can call an organism synthetic if all you are doing is injecting synthetic DNA into a pre-existing organism.
...you agree to give me your firstborn child.
Last time I checked, it was the parents' job to ensure their kids were safe. Sure, the state/society has a certain role to play in that as well, but the largest responsibility is on the parent: he/she should make sure his/her kids know right from wrong, not to talk to strangers, etc.
This is where Vanuatu is.
Yeah... Knoxville is in the river valley created by the Tennessee River. We're protected from most storms by the Cumberland Plateau on the west and then the mountains on the east. It's never cold enough down here to cause much snow (usually it's just wet and cold in the winter). Even in higher elevations, there is only an average of about 4"-8" for a snow storm, and the last 'real' snowstorm we had was in 1993.
As for coal hills catching on fire... I've lived here for almost 17 years and I've never heard of that happening anywhere near here. The mountains around here are mostly tourist things; most of the coal is already gone.
Maybe I'm partial to where I live but Knoxville, TN doesn't have much of a 'natural disaster' problem, nor does most of Appalachia.
Sure, we had earthquakes a few million years ago, but nothing besided the occasional thunderstorm occurs. It's actually pretty boring weather-wise.
There is, of course, the constant threat of the mass of rednecks rising up or something. Hillbillies coming down from the mountain could be pretty bad indeed.
It's going to be great to be able to leverage Google search stuff into IM conversations. I know, we already have logs and Google Desktop, but the same could have been said about email prior to Gmail. I know I make use of Gmail's powerful search on at least a weekly basis. After your messages reach the thousands, it makes things so much easier, and I'm sure most people IM more than they email.
Lots of indexed docs is nice, but it doesn't mean much if the indexed stuff isn't meaningful.
I wonder how many of those indexed images are spacers and things, or how many of those documents are just copies/meaningless information.
But enough being a naysayer. More documents does mean that Yahoo! is more likely to have found the document I'm looking for, and that amount of searched stuff will definitely help for those more obsucre searches.
No, I wouldn't think so. I think the danger of the cell phone emissions is the fact that they are so intense (seeing as they originate right next to your head). Unless you live with an AP right next to you all day, it's not going to matter, as these waves lose their intensity quickly with distance. Think light from a projector--if the wall is two inches away, it's going to be really bright, but if the wall is even ten feet away, it will be significantly less intense.
Well, yeah, I'm sure microwaves can cause some damage to the eyes. But honestly, what do you think is more important to the average person, the long term health of their eyes, or their next phone call?
umm, no it isn't.
that said google's still better, because i can see the land down under in color.