OK, fair enough, I didn't read the article, but at first thought, I envisioned some mad general using it with Darth Vader-like abilities, choking those who oppose him...
D'oh! So much for trying to show off my impressive 'logic' to Slashdot -- I believe the correct four-letter org is MPAA, not RIAA. So similar, but so.... meh... I get confused. I'm drinking coffee again. I have an excuse.
OK, sure, these are 0.0004% of the installed base.. Big whoop, but they are in the headlines and some people only read the headlines. Also, just the fringe-element mentioning this can start to fan flames of some longtime Mac-users to contemplate making the 'switch' --yeah, pun intended. I do believe the flames are starting to fan, here...
On a more somber note, I have become dissatisfied with Apple, as a whole. The discontinuation of Darwin GPL, their aggression against free speech, the strange specter of a company looking like a fledgling Microsoft, all over again, with media capitalization on their minds (iTunes Store, Disney), possible stock fraud, and iPod sweatshops (I own a sweaty Nano!!!:( are turning my apple bitter. Jobs seemed to be about listening to the user experience when he was younger and idealistic, but I guess a multinational corporation doesn't or can't do that anymore.
A friend of mine in the film industry was at a meeting sponsored by Avid. After the presntaton, a spokesman told him the reason Apple increases system requirements for Final Cut Pro with every version was to encourage new hardware purchases. Understandable, if a company makes 60% of it's bottom-line on hardware (pre-iPod era). Knowing basic economics and some sociology, I knew this is suicidal as a business model. Many people who want to make films have a limited budget with high-price hardware. If a person can get better performance from one app that costs the same as another (same features, etc.) then most likely, I'll buy the performer. But if both companies are going to meet each others hardware requirements, I may be forced to get a new computer and pirate the software. It's that simple.
In a nutshell, if people can get increased performance and OSS is meeting their production needs, like Blender, then I'd even think of running Linux.
So, in this essence, if landmines don't discriminate against anyone, as I see it, there is comparison to the (I believe) Greek ideal that said poisoning your enemy was the most lecherous of acts in warime.
I suspect they would think the same of chemical/biological weapons, and even conventional bombs. Heck, they would probably think guns are unfair.
I'd say that's debatable. My power bills were more in Denver than an hour north. In Fort Collins, Colorado, a study found that the quality of life was higher because the skyline lacked the unsightly transmission lines. I can say, being here, that it is a benefit to creating an overall, less-clustered atmosphere (I like to see the mountains when the pollution isn't in the way). The plan to bury lines was started before the town started growing, so various infrastructure was already well established to handle a growing population, e.g., roads, schools, etc. The cost of labor, materials and fuel was also cheaper when they started the program over a decade ago. They continue to add more buried lines to new neighborhoods and are still burying exposed lines in the back of older neighborhoods to this day. I'd like to note that our city handles water and electric, not a privately-held utility, like our gas company, Xcel.
Sure, our town is in a budget crunch. Well, more like we have a six million dollar deficit, but there's other reasons for that. I've often wondered why places like Florida don't bury their lines as they suffer so many storm-related disruptions. That's got to take a bigger hit on the economy, but when you think that every person has to start over to some extent, they will spend their insurance money on a new PS2 as much as a new house (unless the insurance company goes broke trying to settle claims). The Miami Herald has an article about the debate to bury or not to bury:
The long-term cost of maintaining the conduit may be offset by increased services the government can give in the event of crisis because they don't have to bear the cost of repair and/or the cost of lost productivity when responding with reduced public services. I admit that the environment here is completely different than Florida. I would imagine, because it is dry here, we don't have to worry too much about drainage/plant related problems with our conduits, but ICBW... I also notice that our utility crews seem very well-prepared and, at least, look like they're working!
"Most of their communication now takes place on websites outside of the United States jurisdiction and most of the conversations are encrypted and coded.
Now, how would you know that? (insert Homer Simpson's voice) Unless..... Oh my god! Marge! Slashdot has ferreted out its first terrorist!
"...and a scant handful of simultaneous releases."
More like 'a scat handful of simultaneous releases' --seriously. The crap they are releasing is the only reason that attendance is suffering.
If they want to make money off crappy movies, give them away for free. If some turkey likes "Fantastic Four" enough, he can buy a DVD at max quality. Nick Cage as Ghostrider? I want to cry. Starting to see a pattern emerge, now?
Don't even get me started about Lucas. He's trying to squeeze your last dollars with the 'new' DVD-release of the original trilogy. Most of the good stuff seems to be on TV, lately. But I still refuse to pay for 150 channels of crap when all I want is a couple. So, it would seem that neither industry can get their vision of future commerce to gain wide acceptance. Too bad they get little to none of my money as a result.
That was strange. I thought that the government would've used the immigration debate/legitimacy to silently introduce federal ID cards. However, a chip solves a lot of problems concerning counterfeiting or illegal tampering.
I'm not an expert on anything, nor do I profess to be. However, anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see that the "laws on health care are messed up" --in fact, you don't even have to be a doctor or intelligent to know that. You just have to be sick and poor.
At first, I thought it was an OSS documentary about the BBC. What is an OSS documentary? Would they give out all the raw footage for others to cut and re-edit the documentary as they saw fit?
This company has been around for years. Out of Spokane, WA, they are currently able to make only their flagship model, the Tango T600 until they get enough money to pay the millions necessary to design, test and meet federal requirements for the two lower-tier models.
The article also didn't mention the raw numbers of the EV vs. ICE. Performance-wise, the T600 rocks. I'd love to have one of these around town... From their website:
"As far as performance goes, the Tango is no slouch. Since electric cars--especially small ones--are generally thought to be slow and weak performers we set out to blow some minds by designing the Tango to accelerate through the standing 1/4 mile in 12 seconds at over 120 mph and travel from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds."
The X1's charge isn't as fast @ 4.5 hours versus the Tango's three hours. Again, from their website:
"Its 80-mile range is nearly 4 times the distance the average commuter travels per day. With high-tech batteries, range could exceed 150 miles per charge.
To minimize any day-time inconvenience, the Tango can charge to 80% in just 10 minutes from a 200 amp charging station. This gives approximately 50 additional miles of range per quick-charge. Typically one would just plug in each night to a dryer outlet and get a complete charge in less than 3 hours and be ready for work the next morning."
Besides the other pluses of having a roof over your head, a NHRA-certified rollcage, a nice stereo, and (gasp) even A/C, I think the Tango is more for me.
now... if I can only remember where I put that pesky $108,000 that was cluttering up my bank account.
This may be out-of-print, so if you missed the Jaguar ad, you're bummed! I never laughed so hard. The Sony commercial was hilarious, too. If all TV ads were like this, I would pay for cable again.
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OK, fair enough, I didn't read the article, but at first thought, I envisioned some mad general using it with Darth Vader-like abilities, choking those who oppose him...
D'oh! So much for trying to show off my impressive 'logic' to Slashdot -- I believe the correct four-letter org is MPAA, not RIAA. So similar, but so .... meh... I get confused. I'm drinking coffee again. I have an excuse.
Fessing up to the RIAA claims: $2,500
Ermm... more like flat, outright denying any RIAA claims.
gawd, I feel like I'm trolling a little, and it was a funny post, so, logic-whoring aside, karma forgive me...
Ahh, my friend, I usually refer such matters to professionals.
I would have put you in my Friend's list if you weren't an AC... 8^)_~
OK, sure, these are 0.0004% of the installed base.. Big whoop, but they are in the headlines and some people only read the headlines. Also, just the fringe-element mentioning this can start to fan flames of some longtime Mac-users to contemplate making the 'switch' --yeah, pun intended. I do believe the flames are starting to fan, here...
:( are turning my apple bitter. Jobs seemed to be about listening to the user experience when he was younger and idealistic, but I guess a multinational corporation doesn't or can't do that anymore.
On a more somber note, I have become dissatisfied with Apple, as a whole. The discontinuation of Darwin GPL, their aggression against free speech, the strange specter of a company looking like a fledgling Microsoft, all over again, with media capitalization on their minds (iTunes Store, Disney), possible stock fraud, and iPod sweatshops (I own a sweaty Nano!!!
A friend of mine in the film industry was at a meeting sponsored by Avid. After the presntaton, a spokesman told him the reason Apple increases system requirements for Final Cut Pro with every version was to encourage new hardware purchases. Understandable, if a company makes 60% of it's bottom-line on hardware (pre-iPod era). Knowing basic economics and some sociology, I knew this is suicidal as a business model. Many people who want to make films have a limited budget with high-price hardware. If a person can get better performance from one app that costs the same as another (same features, etc.) then most likely, I'll buy the performer. But if both companies are going to meet each others hardware requirements, I may be forced to get a new computer and pirate the software. It's that simple.
In a nutshell, if people can get increased performance and OSS is meeting their production needs, like Blender, then I'd even think of running Linux.
So, in this essence, if landmines don't discriminate against anyone, as I see it, there is comparison to the (I believe) Greek ideal that said poisoning your enemy was the most lecherous of acts in warime.
I suspect they would think the same of chemical/biological weapons, and even conventional bombs. Heck, they would probably think guns are unfair.
Sure, there's no return call, but there's no repeat business.
"Long term it still costs more."
I'd say that's debatable. My power bills were more in Denver than an hour north. In Fort Collins, Colorado, a study found that the quality of life was higher because the skyline lacked the unsightly transmission lines. I can say, being here, that it is a benefit to creating an overall, less-clustered atmosphere (I like to see the mountains when the pollution isn't in the way). The plan to bury lines was started before the town started growing, so various infrastructure was already well established to handle a growing population, e.g., roads, schools, etc. The cost of labor, materials and fuel was also cheaper when they started the program over a decade ago. They continue to add more buried lines to new neighborhoods and are still burying exposed lines in the back of older neighborhoods to this day. I'd like to note that our city handles water and electric, not a privately-held utility, like our gas company, Xcel.
Sure, our town is in a budget crunch. Well, more like we have a six million dollar deficit, but there's other reasons for that. I've often wondered why places like Florida don't bury their lines as they suffer so many storm-related disruptions. That's got to take a bigger hit on the economy, but when you think that every person has to start over to some extent, they will spend their insurance money on a new PS2 as much as a new house (unless the insurance company goes broke trying to settle claims). The Miami Herald has an article about the debate to bury or not to bury:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12502044.htm
The long-term cost of maintaining the conduit may be offset by increased services the government can give in the event of crisis because they don't have to bear the cost of repair and/or the cost of lost productivity when responding with reduced public services. I admit that the environment here is completely different than Florida. I would imagine, because it is dry here, we don't have to worry too much about drainage/plant related problems with our conduits, but ICBW... I also notice that our utility crews seem very well-prepared and, at least, look like they're working!
"Most of their communication now takes place on websites outside of the United States jurisdiction and most of the conversations are encrypted and coded.
Now, how would you know that? (insert Homer Simpson's voice) Unless..... Oh my god! Marge! Slashdot has ferreted out its first terrorist!
"...features that help in circumventing the Shinese government censors."
Hrm. It almost sounds like one of our Engrish-reading friends submitted this story from behind the Great Firewall of Shina.
Why do otherwise educated people, especially Americans, not understand accuracy.
Accuracy?
In America, it's customary to end a sentence with a question mark if it was posed as a question.
Yes, indeed. It could be Aku is stealing our water for some nefarious reason.
That's a Samurai Jack reference for those out of the know.
"I would be willing to pay up to $4000 to buy such a kitten..."
The only way I would pay that much is if it came with the laser eyes option and could program it for guard duty.
How cool would that be?
and it only took an AC to make the funniest, yet most insightful, comment of the post.... gosh, that was so much faster than 24 years.
When I read the article title, I thought of the movie, The Arrival, given all the talk of global warming, lately.
I recall the balls of fire in the movie were significantly larger and were not lightning/plasma, though.
"...and a scant handful of simultaneous releases."
More like 'a scat handful of simultaneous releases' --seriously. The crap they are releasing is the only reason that attendance is suffering.
If they want to make money off crappy movies, give them away for free. If some turkey likes "Fantastic Four" enough, he can buy a DVD at max quality. Nick Cage as Ghostrider? I want to cry. Starting to see a pattern emerge, now?
Don't even get me started about Lucas. He's trying to squeeze your last dollars with the 'new' DVD-release of the original trilogy. Most of the good stuff seems to be on TV, lately. But I still refuse to pay for 150 channels of crap when all I want is a couple. So, it would seem that neither industry can get their vision of future commerce to gain wide acceptance. Too bad they get little to none of my money as a result.
It appears that South Dakota may be on to something...........
/ local/14638294.htm
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news
Don't like your outcome? Exhausted all your appeals? Then sue the judge!
That was strange. I thought that the government would've used the immigration debate/legitimacy to silently introduce federal ID cards. However, a chip solves a lot of problems concerning counterfeiting or illegal tampering.
Wow. Such forethought. This coming from the man that proclaimed that the internet was only a fad.
I thought the computer was supposed to end the "Paper and Pen" era.
"A study by the University of California in Berkeley found that paper consumption in offices has gone up 43% since 1999"
I'm not an expert on anything, nor do I profess to be. However, anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see that the "laws on health care are messed up" --in fact, you don't even have to be a doctor or intelligent to know that. You just have to be sick and poor.
By the way, what "laws" are you referring to?
At first, I thought it was an OSS documentary about the BBC. What is an OSS documentary? Would they give out all the raw footage for others to cut and re-edit the documentary as they saw fit?
Hmmm...
"I guess these are the reasons that EV's never really caught on."
Or, it could be that they are still prohibitively expensive and nothing but a toy for the rich.
The EV's name that the article fails to mention actor George Clooney purchased for $108,000 is the CommuterCar Tango T600.
http://www.commutercars.com/
This company has been around for years. Out of Spokane, WA, they are currently able to make only their flagship model, the Tango T600 until they get enough money to pay the millions necessary to design, test and meet federal requirements for the two lower-tier models.
The article also didn't mention the raw numbers of the EV vs. ICE. Performance-wise, the T600 rocks. I'd love to have one of these around town... From their website:
"As far as performance goes, the Tango is no slouch. Since electric cars--especially small ones--are generally thought to be slow and weak performers we set out to blow some minds by designing the Tango to accelerate through the standing 1/4 mile in 12 seconds at over 120 mph and travel from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds."
The X1's charge isn't as fast @ 4.5 hours versus the Tango's three hours. Again, from their website:
"Its 80-mile range is nearly 4 times the distance the average commuter travels per day. With high-tech batteries, range could exceed 150 miles per charge.
To minimize any day-time inconvenience, the Tango can charge to 80% in just 10 minutes from a 200 amp charging station. This gives approximately 50 additional miles of range per quick-charge. Typically one would just plug in each night to a dryer outlet and get a complete charge in less than 3 hours and be ready for work the next morning."
Besides the other pluses of having a roof over your head, a NHRA-certified rollcage, a nice stereo, and (gasp) even A/C, I think the Tango is more for me.
now... if I can only remember where I put that pesky $108,000 that was cluttering up my bank account.
Just start another new section and call it, "Negative points of view about Wal-mart" section.
'nuff said!
-Stan Lee
Maybe some truth in advertising would be funnier.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0099316/
This may be out-of-print, so if you missed the Jaguar ad, you're bummed! I never laughed so hard. The Sony commercial was hilarious, too. If all TV ads were like this, I would pay for cable again.