It's a small detail, but is it necessary to call this version 2.40 instead of 2.4? I seen several version naming conventions that include multiple decimal points, letters, abbreviations and descriptions of states of readiness.
Displaying a null and valueless digit with nothing preceeding it seems redundant. If a previous version was 2.39, this version would still be titled 2.4 not 2.40.
An upstart scientist imploded today when he activated his kitchen microwave oven. His appliance was powered by a new kind of energy that he had developed in his basement. In addition to warping the fabric of spacetime, he also burned his English muffin.
As I recall, I lost interest in the Dreamcast when I realized that Sega had pulled off the same stunt several times where they made a gaming system and games to go with it, but any ability to play games from a prior system was a poorly executed afterthought. Even when the add-on CD player became available, it just seemed like Sega was taking advantage of its core customer base by creating yet another system to which they have to buy essentially the same games over and over again.
I eventually bought the Gamecube thinking I had selected a system that was capable of providing years of entertainment value, only to realize after the fact that Nintendo was doing the same thing I had accused Sega of doing for years. After playing a few 'Gamecube Only' titles and pushing for a personal best high score on my favorite games, I boxed up my GC and haven't played it since.
This time around I think I'll skip the whole console fever and save up for a solid laptop.
I used to own a C-64 back in the day. What was the difference between the 1541 disk drive and the 1541C? If I remember correctly, didn't the 1541C spin up each time a disk was inserted or removed?
This gives a new meaning to the phrase "Scratch & Sniff":_(
Wasn't Apple supposed to catch this during product testing for material durability? Jobs approved time spent for laser engraving when he should have spent time checking to see how the Nano holds up under actual daily use.
Here's an example of a recording industry executive wishing he had added a clause in the contract that allowed for scalar revenue based off of artist popularity as it pertains to actual recordings purchased.
He seems to find fault with the $.99 scheme Apple uses, but he failed to tell us how much his company made when Apple purchased the right to use their recordings to generate revenue in the first place. If this recording executive was so concerned about 'artist compensation', he and the company he represents should have penned a better deal to make sure they would not be locked out of any potential cash flow.
I bought A New Kind Of Science and I've still got it. I read a few pages and went for a swim. Came back and read a few more. Maybe someday I'll finish the darn thing, but here's the catch: his ideas are sound. Forget about the business side of a man trying to get a buck for something he spent 2 decades working on. I saw a video of him explaining the text and it had me convinced and interested. This man knows what makes simple systems tick.
I think Gabe is pushing for a foothold. He wants to have a game OS and frontend that runs concurrently with the 360 OS. In the world of console real estate, Gabe wants beachfront property so he can have users connect to his VALVE servers, download his proprietary content, and pay subscription fees that are deposited into his bank account. It would extend the console lifespan that MS has established by having a continuous stream of new content available that, after the initial purchase of the 360 and the VALVE client gamedisk, would cut MS out of the revenue stream.
If MS opens this door, where software developers are allowed to run clients and use the 360 (or PS3 for that matter) as a PC emulator, Microsoft will be making a mistake. It would open the door to console mods and new content that can be created by anyone, uploaded from a PC to the main VALVE server and then accessed using the VALVE 360 client for only $59.99.
That beachfront spot boys and girls, is where Gabe wants to pitch his tent.
Sony is pretty smart. While the guys pushing competing technology are held up with the usual industry standardization delays, just release your version as a stand-alone product. Having a marketing lead like that is the kind of advantage money can't buy.
I was just recently wondering if there were wi-fi digital cameras available. I was shopping at Target when I saw one of those Kodak 'do-it-yourself' digital photocenters with half a dozen slots for almost every type of portable storage media. Mounted on the side was a design afterthought - a bubble of plastic that housed an infared sensor. I would never use the Kodak photocenter simply because bored checkstand onlookers would be able to view my my most private pictures while I crop and edit them. However, the wi-fi add-on seemed like a natural feature.
Then I had another thought: with the advent of protable digtal cams being used to feed a modern culture of voyeurs, it's just a matter of time before there are voyeurs with protable wi-fi cam sniffers, lingering nearby to leech onto an unsuspecting data transfer. I read a few months ago about how some guys had built a bluetooth sniper rifle; unnoticed, they would stand atop tall downtown buildings and digitally eavesdrop on nearby blackberries and other pdas.
It seems the more freedom we embrace, the more we surrender.
Here's the hard part: proving that daily exposure to microwave radiation irrepairably damaged the microscopic structure of your eyes, or the result was due to aging. So your eyes don't see as far and as clearly as they used to; welcome to the human body.
As I remember it, 60 Minutes did a report a few years back regarding numerous claims that cellphone microwave radiation caused brain tumors. In the end, it took an independant lab (in Germany I think) conducting their own tests showing how a bisected prostrate dummy with a head full of acoustic gel could infact receive doses of microwave radiation in excess of what individual cellphone manufacturers advertised. The cellphone manufacturing community responded with "hands-free" and "ear buds".
On the other hand, we never heard how those individuals who claimed that cellphone emissions caused their brain tumors became part of a case study showing frequency of use, daily exposure to microwaves in general and their genetic propensity for brain tumors. Naturally something caused the brain tumors, but was it the specifically the daily use of a cellphone held at ear level that triggered it, or some other combination of factors in which the microwaves played a part. This is the angle that cellphone manufacturers will persue.
Studies have shown that people that live near power lines develop cancers, people that use cellphones develop brain tumors, and now a claim that people who use cellphones develop micro-fractures in the structure of their eyes. With cellphone sales becoming one of the leading catagories of consumer electronics, the odds that an unbiased study for a definititive answer seems unlikely in the near future.
On the other hand, the microwaves could trigger latent mutant genes in someone and usher in the next age in human development.
The square design seems a tad... inconvienient. How about the same idea and functionality in the form of one of those wafer-thin calculators. They have a power source and a display.
It looks like a great idea, just an odd form factor.
Richard Hatch's postition on becoming an actor in Ron Moore's version of Galactica seemed to be a combination of "don't cast me as a bit part in a miniseries", contractual negotiations concerning his promotion of a remake of Moore's original series and an attitude of, "hey I got us [the original Galactica fans] this far, didn't I?". I'd love to see him in that GalactiCon video backing Moore and looking like a complete sellout. Big money, here I come!
From the article, Hatch seems to provoke an air of original determinism, when in fact he really just wanted to be back in the next iteration of the show that launched him to sci-fi stardom. To all of the fans of Richard Hatch, just know that he sold out as soon as his antics looked like they were played out. We'll never know how much he really wanted an "original restart" since he signed a agreement ending his assault on the Galactica property and their appointees post haste.
As for Ron Moore, I can only say thank you!. You jump-started a series that was dead in the water and a sequel that was likewise (does anyone remember the ill-fated Galactica 198x series, with the two lunk-heads on motorcycles?) dead on arrival. Moore was in a position a stark few of us wish we were, to re-tool a franchise and re-make history, refreshed and revitalized. Hatch would have been dumber than that robotic dog's pcb turds to not have seen this and change his tune.
There should be national support and a firm deadline for the conversion of all public service vehicles to hybrid technology. Something along the lines of "all hybrid by 2008".
With respect to hybrid, there should be no reason why fleet vehicles that are either fully owned or subsidized by local governments are not already on a program with an equally agressive posture. Most of us in the USA already see some kind of eBus or hybrid vehicle presence in daily use for public rapid transport. They are still so novel that I take the time to notice and admire that this is one more step in the right direction. I'm not referring to the overhead "bumper car" style electric busses or trolleys, but the true free-drive busses used for inner city and rural public transport. What I'm proposing is the conversion of the entire fleet in every American city, and a deadline to back it up.
I know the article is about taxicabs, but if owner-operators can make the leap in New York, why can't it work also on the national level as a mandate for the conversion of all public service vehicles? The sheer number of vehicles sold should be incentive enough for all auto manufacturers that have (or will have) a hybrid vehicle in their lineup to become involved in garnering support from appointed public officials and their constituents.
How can a complete conversion of fleet vehicles, especially public service inner city or rural transportation, not make sense everywhere? People will still have their SUVs and QuadCabs as a means to get around for personal transport, and rightly so. However, when you choose to ride public transport - school busses included - you would do so on a vehicle that was part of a comprehensive national fuel conservation and toxic emissions reduction agenda.
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7. Chewbacca Sprouts His First Pubic Carpet.
6. Prom Night, Bantha Style.
5. Who Put Sand In Uncle Owen's Thong?
4. Womp Stew Again?
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It's a small detail, but is it necessary to call this version 2.40 instead of 2.4? I seen several version naming conventions that include multiple decimal points, letters, abbreviations and descriptions of states of readiness.
Displaying a null and valueless digit with nothing preceeding it seems redundant. If a previous version was 2.39, this version would still be titled 2.4 not 2.40.
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An upstart scientist imploded today when he activated his kitchen microwave oven. His appliance was powered by a new kind of energy that he had developed in his basement. In addition to warping the fabric of spacetime, he also burned his English muffin.
As I recall, I lost interest in the Dreamcast when I realized that Sega had pulled off the same stunt several times where they made a gaming system and games to go with it, but any ability to play games from a prior system was a poorly executed afterthought. Even when the add-on CD player became available, it just seemed like Sega was taking advantage of its core customer base by creating yet another system to which they have to buy essentially the same games over and over again.
I eventually bought the Gamecube thinking I had selected a system that was capable of providing years of entertainment value, only to realize after the fact that Nintendo was doing the same thing I had accused Sega of doing for years. After playing a few 'Gamecube Only' titles and pushing for a personal best high score on my favorite games, I boxed up my GC and haven't played it since.
This time around I think I'll skip the whole console fever and save up for a solid laptop.
I used to own a C-64 back in the day. What was the difference between the 1541 disk drive and the 1541C? If I remember correctly, didn't the 1541C spin up each time a disk was inserted or removed?
Oh great! Not only has my Nano been cursed with a delicate screen that invites scratches, now it seems it's capable of succumbing to cancer as well.
This gives a new meaning to the phrase "Scratch & Sniff" :_(
Wasn't Apple supposed to catch this during product testing for material durability? Jobs approved time spent for laser engraving when he should have spent time checking to see how the Nano holds up under actual daily use.
Here's an example of a recording industry executive wishing he had added a clause in the contract that allowed for scalar revenue based off of artist popularity as it pertains to actual recordings purchased.
He seems to find fault with the $.99 scheme Apple uses, but he failed to tell us how much his company made when Apple purchased the right to use their recordings to generate revenue in the first place. If this recording executive was so concerned about 'artist compensation', he and the company he represents should have penned a better deal to make sure they would not be locked out of any potential cash flow.
I bought A New Kind Of Science and I've still got it. I read a few pages and went for a swim. Came back and read a few more. Maybe someday I'll finish the darn thing, but here's the catch: his ideas are sound. Forget about the business side of a man trying to get a buck for something he spent 2 decades working on. I saw a video of him explaining the text and it had me convinced and interested. This man knows what makes simple systems tick.
I think Gabe is pushing for a foothold. He wants to have a game OS and frontend that runs concurrently with the 360 OS. In the world of console real estate, Gabe wants beachfront property so he can have users connect to his VALVE servers, download his proprietary content, and pay subscription fees that are deposited into his bank account. It would extend the console lifespan that MS has established by having a continuous stream of new content available that, after the initial purchase of the 360 and the VALVE client gamedisk, would cut MS out of the revenue stream.
If MS opens this door, where software developers are allowed to run clients and use the 360 (or PS3 for that matter) as a PC emulator, Microsoft will be making a mistake. It would open the door to console mods and new content that can be created by anyone, uploaded from a PC to the main VALVE server and then accessed using the VALVE 360 client for only $59.99.
That beachfront spot boys and girls, is where Gabe wants to pitch his tent.
Sony is pretty smart. While the guys pushing competing technology are held up with the usual industry standardization delays, just release your version as a stand-alone product. Having a marketing lead like that is the kind of advantage money can't buy.
Google is starting to remind me of a well-known community that served a traditional grape kool-aid beverage.
I was just recently wondering if there were wi-fi digital cameras available. I was shopping at Target when I saw one of those Kodak 'do-it-yourself' digital photocenters with half a dozen slots for almost every type of portable storage media. Mounted on the side was a design afterthought - a bubble of plastic that housed an infared sensor. I would never use the Kodak photocenter simply because bored checkstand onlookers would be able to view my my most private pictures while I crop and edit them. However, the wi-fi add-on seemed like a natural feature.
Then I had another thought: with the advent of protable digtal cams being used to feed a modern culture of voyeurs, it's just a matter of time before there are voyeurs with protable wi-fi cam sniffers, lingering nearby to leech onto an unsuspecting data transfer. I read a few months ago about how some guys had built a bluetooth sniper rifle; unnoticed, they would stand atop tall downtown buildings and digitally eavesdrop on nearby blackberries and other pdas.
It seems the more freedom we embrace, the more we surrender.
Here's the hard part: proving that daily exposure to microwave radiation irrepairably damaged the microscopic structure of your eyes, or the result was due to aging. So your eyes don't see as far and as clearly as they used to; welcome to the human body.
As I remember it, 60 Minutes did a report a few years back regarding numerous claims that cellphone microwave radiation caused brain tumors. In the end, it took an independant lab (in Germany I think) conducting their own tests showing how a bisected prostrate dummy with a head full of acoustic gel could infact receive doses of microwave radiation in excess of what individual cellphone manufacturers advertised. The cellphone manufacturing community responded with "hands-free" and "ear buds".
On the other hand, we never heard how those individuals who claimed that cellphone emissions caused their brain tumors became part of a case study showing frequency of use, daily exposure to microwaves in general and their genetic propensity for brain tumors. Naturally something caused the brain tumors, but was it the specifically the daily use of a cellphone held at ear level that triggered it, or some other combination of factors in which the microwaves played a part. This is the angle that cellphone manufacturers will persue.
Studies have shown that people that live near power lines develop cancers, people that use cellphones develop brain tumors, and now a claim that people who use cellphones develop micro-fractures in the structure of their eyes. With cellphone sales becoming one of the leading catagories of consumer electronics, the odds that an unbiased study for a definititive answer seems unlikely in the near future.
On the other hand, the microwaves could trigger latent mutant genes in someone and usher in the next age in human development.
The square design seems a tad... inconvienient. How about the same idea and functionality in the form of one of those wafer-thin calculators. They have a power source and a display.
It looks like a great idea, just an odd form factor.
Personally, I like what the Wachowski brothers have done so far and I can't wait to see this film.
Richard Hatch's postition on becoming an actor in Ron Moore's version of Galactica seemed to be a combination of "don't cast me as a bit part in a miniseries", contractual negotiations concerning his promotion of a remake of Moore's original series and an attitude of, "hey I got us [the original Galactica fans] this far, didn't I?". I'd love to see him in that GalactiCon video backing Moore and looking like a complete sellout. Big money, here I come!
From the article, Hatch seems to provoke an air of original determinism, when in fact he really just wanted to be back in the next iteration of the show that launched him to sci-fi stardom. To all of the fans of Richard Hatch, just know that he sold out as soon as his antics looked like they were played out. We'll never know how much he really wanted an "original restart" since he signed a agreement ending his assault on the Galactica property and their appointees post haste.
As for Ron Moore, I can only say thank you!. You jump-started a series that was dead in the water and a sequel that was likewise (does anyone remember the ill-fated Galactica 198x series, with the two lunk-heads on motorcycles?) dead on arrival. Moore was in a position a stark few of us wish we were, to re-tool a franchise and re-make history, refreshed and revitalized. Hatch would have been dumber than that robotic dog's pcb turds to not have seen this and change his tune.
There should be national support and a firm deadline for the conversion of all public service vehicles to hybrid technology. Something along the lines of "all hybrid by 2008" .
With respect to hybrid, there should be no reason why fleet vehicles that are either fully owned or subsidized by local governments are not already on a program with an equally agressive posture. Most of us in the USA already see some kind of eBus or hybrid vehicle presence in daily use for public rapid transport. They are still so novel that I take the time to notice and admire that this is one more step in the right direction. I'm not referring to the overhead "bumper car" style electric busses or trolleys, but the true free-drive busses used for inner city and rural public transport. What I'm proposing is the conversion of the entire fleet in every American city, and a deadline to back it up.
I know the article is about taxicabs, but if owner-operators can make the leap in New York, why can't it work also on the national level as a mandate for the conversion of all public service vehicles? The sheer number of vehicles sold should be incentive enough for all auto manufacturers that have (or will have) a hybrid vehicle in their lineup to become involved in garnering support from appointed public officials and their constituents.
How can a complete conversion of fleet vehicles, especially public service inner city or rural transportation, not make sense everywhere? People will still have their SUVs and QuadCabs as a means to get around for personal transport, and rightly so. However, when you choose to ride public transport - school busses included - you would do so on a vehicle that was part of a comprehensive national fuel conservation and toxic emissions reduction agenda.
10. Aunt Beru's Bra Strap She-nanigans. 9. Luke And Wedge Get Caught Smokin Tusken Gold. 8. Han Owes Jabba Bigtime. 7. Chewbacca Sprouts His First Pubic Carpet. 6. Prom Night, Bantha Style. 5. Who Put Sand In Uncle Owen's Thong? 4. Womp Stew Again? 3. Maybe Next Year, Luke. 2. These ARE The Droids You're Looking For. And the number 1 Star Wars Eposide Title: 1. Cantina Jug Band Jam-bo-ree.