In WMP 10, go to "tools," then "options," then "privacy." There should be a check box next to "Acquire licences automatically." It took me less time to find that than it took for the program to open.
returned it for refunds or store gift cards that also were sold
That's how they got caught. This was actually a fairly original idea; if they'd used it very sparingly, and only kept the items for themselves, they most likely would never have been caught at it. Most criminals' undoing is in not knowing when to stop.
No, 180 cars isn't big time enough. not in a city with millions of people and at least as many vehicles. The scenario you described works, now. But when they've got hundreds of thousands of cars and a million members spread across hundreds of cities, they're not going to be able to screen and police their members nearly so well. I think it will break down at that point, if it even makes it that far.
This may work on a small scale, but I know how people treat rental cars, and many people trash the cars that they own. I'm supposed to drive one of these things after Comic Book Guy does God knows what in the back seat? I don't think so.
Right now these companies have a limited membership that they can screen. But this will never survive the transition to big-time.
Your reservations about the mouse are unfounded, but if what you want a computer for is gaming, you're probably right to pass up a Mac.
Some games (Warcraft, Quake 3) get released pretty quickly for Mac, but there are many games that will never be ported. And the graphics that any cheap Mac comes with will never be able to run Quake 3. If you want good, upgradeable graphics, you'll have to look at spending a minimum of $1500 or so on a G5 Powermac.
Having said all that, the more of these little computers they sell, the more software that will get ported/developed for them. I'll definitely be looking into a $500 Mac.
Now that I read more on the Opportunity mission page, I see that an "engineering examination" of the heat shield is planned. What other things will they be looking for? Will they use the microscopic imager and the spectrometers on it?
Straight line? You act as if the goal of the mission is to actually have the rover cover distance. When I look at that map, I see the rover going from one interesting object to the next. It's cool that they've covered two kilometers, but it's the stopping and looking, not the moving, that is the point.
1900 megatons isn't going to threaten the Earth, or the survival of the human race. This would be bad news for whatever continent or ocean it hits, though.
If a real extinction-event asteroid were to hit us, wouldn't you want to be under it? The people pn the other side of the planet are just going to slowly starve. I guess it comes down to a choice between a quick death or a slow one.
I wasn't a computer science major, but I lived with three of them in college. Ritually sacrificing a few old machines every year was a good outlet for stress. Try it sometime!
The plane doesn't have to be within range of the ground station, just the satellite. Your flight over the Pacific could be linked to Fresno, as long as the satellite can "see" them both.
Personally I would think more along the lines of those pop out punching glove xxxxB type things with a small worm drive to extend and retract it.
You're probably right, but I remember reading that NASA was researching flexible construction materials. A solar cell that can change it shape could track the sun by simply bending itself.
As I'm sure others will point out, this would not make a good solar sail. But that doesn't mean it would not be useful for space applications- picture a very long, flexible solar power-cell rolled up around a spacecraft for launch, then unrolled and made rigid in space (piezoelectricity?). I imagine it could have a lot more surface area than the solar cells currently used.
Satellite would have cost even more, and VOIP would have required either DSL (no phone line) or cable (also nonexistant). The nearest phone splice box was a long way away. The infrastructure just didn't exist- the telco had to put in poles and everything. To make things worse, they originally ran the wire on the surface, across the road, which quickly destroyed it.
Not a terribly competant company, but it was the cheapest (and best) option. They didn't make her pay for everything. This was all in rural Illinois.
My mother lives way out in the country, and the local telco quoted her an obscene price to run a landline to the house. Unfortunately, she lives too far from the highway to get decent cellphone coverage. She ended up having to pay it.
I have to believe, though, that if the people of Mink, LA really wanted phone coverage some company would have wanted to sell it to them. I guess it wasn't worth it, until now, for just fifteen homes.
I have a Motorola flip-phone. It's small, but it would not have to be made too much bigger to be able to hold a CF card. SD cards are even smaller, and go up to a gigabyte now. Just set it to play a different song depending on who's calling.
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In WMP 10, go to "tools," then "options," then "privacy." There should be a check box next to "Acquire licences automatically." It took me less time to find that than it took for the program to open.
returned it for refunds or store gift cards that also were sold
That's how they got caught. This was actually a fairly original idea; if they'd used it very sparingly, and only kept the items for themselves, they most likely would never have been caught at it. Most criminals' undoing is in not knowing when to stop.
No, 180 cars isn't big time enough. not in a city with millions of people and at least as many vehicles. The scenario you described works, now. But when they've got hundreds of thousands of cars and a million members spread across hundreds of cities, they're not going to be able to screen and police their members nearly so well. I think it will break down at that point, if it even makes it that far.
This may work on a small scale, but I know how people treat rental cars, and many people trash the cars that they own. I'm supposed to drive one of these things after Comic Book Guy does God knows what in the back seat? I don't think so.
Right now these companies have a limited membership that they can screen. But this will never survive the transition to big-time.
Your reservations about the mouse are unfounded, but if what you want a computer for is gaming, you're probably right to pass up a Mac.
Some games (Warcraft, Quake 3) get released pretty quickly for Mac, but there are many games that will never be ported. And the graphics that any cheap Mac comes with will never be able to run Quake 3. If you want good, upgradeable graphics, you'll have to look at spending a minimum of $1500 or so on a G5 Powermac.
Having said all that, the more of these little computers they sell, the more software that will get ported/developed for them. I'll definitely be looking into a $500 Mac.
Now that I read more on the Opportunity mission page, I see that an "engineering examination" of the heat shield is planned. What other things will they be looking for? Will they use the microscopic imager and the spectrometers on it?
(Sincere aplogies for replying to my own post.)
It will be interesting to see how much sand has been blown over the shield in almost a year. Might give more insights into Martian weather.
Even if they did not know exactly where the shield was, I'm sure they would have recognized it instantly. There's really nothing else it could be.
Straight line? You act as if the goal of the mission is to actually have the rover cover distance. When I look at that map, I see the rover going from one interesting object to the next. It's cool that they've covered two kilometers, but it's the stopping and looking, not the moving, that is the point.
Slashdot has editors? Who knew...
Then he could occupy all points in the universe simultaneously- the only way to deliver presents to all the little girls and boys in the Federation.
1900 megatons isn't going to threaten the Earth, or the survival of the human race. This would be bad news for whatever continent or ocean it hits, though.
If a real extinction-event asteroid were to hit us, wouldn't you want to be under it? The people pn the other side of the planet are just going to slowly starve. I guess it comes down to a choice between a quick death or a slow one.
I wasn't a computer science major, but I lived with three of them in college. Ritually sacrificing a few old machines every year was a good outlet for stress. Try it sometime!
I doubt it could run the PPC WindowsNT
Aren't G5's running Windows NT being used to develop games for the XBox2? How does that work?
How long before someone live-blogs their flight to wherever? And how pathetic would that be?
The plane doesn't have to be within range of the ground station, just the satellite. Your flight over the Pacific could be linked to Fresno, as long as the satellite can "see" them both.
Personally I would think more along the lines of those pop out punching glove xxxxB type things with a small worm drive to extend and retract it.
You're probably right, but I remember reading that NASA was researching flexible construction materials. A solar cell that can change it shape could track the sun by simply bending itself.
As I'm sure others will point out, this would not make a good solar sail. But that doesn't mean it would not be useful for space applications- picture a very long, flexible solar power-cell rolled up around a spacecraft for launch, then unrolled and made rigid in space (piezoelectricity?). I imagine it could have a lot more surface area than the solar cells currently used.
Satellite would have cost even more, and VOIP would have required either DSL (no phone line) or cable (also nonexistant). The nearest phone splice box was a long way away. The infrastructure just didn't exist- the telco had to put in poles and everything. To make things worse, they originally ran the wire on the surface, across the road, which quickly destroyed it.
Not a terribly competant company, but it was the cheapest (and best) option. They didn't make her pay for everything. This was all in rural Illinois.
My mother lives way out in the country, and the local telco quoted her an obscene price to run a landline to the house. Unfortunately, she lives too far from the highway to get decent cellphone coverage. She ended up having to pay it.
I have to believe, though, that if the people of Mink, LA really wanted phone coverage some company would have wanted to sell it to them. I guess it wasn't worth it, until now, for just fifteen homes.
I have a Motorola flip-phone. It's small, but it would not have to be made too much bigger to be able to hold a CF card. SD cards are even smaller, and go up to a gigabyte now. Just set it to play a different song depending on who's calling.
Why not breed a dog with a cat, and produce man's best friend who ignores him?
Ahh, another lame attempt at humor leads to frustration.
...the Yucca Mountain Brewery will open for business.
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