Seriously, Paris Hilton and Lisa Simpson, but they snubbed Hedy Lamar? I mean seriously, how can you top a gorgeous movie star geek?
Hedy Lamarr (November 9, 1913 - January 19, 2000) was an Austrian/American actress and communications technology innovator. Though known primarily for her great beauty, she also co-invented the first form of spread spectrum, a key to modern wireless communication.
Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received U.S. patent #2,292,387 for their Secret Communication System. This early version of frequency hopping used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam. The patent was little-known until recently because Lamarr applied for it under her then-married name of Hedy Kiesler Markey. Neither Lamarr nor Antheil made any money from the patent. It had expired by the time the U.S. military barely began using this system after 1962. It took electronics technology a long time to catch up with the concept.
Lamarr's frequency-hopping idea served as the basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology used in devices ranging from cordless telephones to WiFi Internet connections. In 1997, the two of them received an EFF Pioneer Award for the invention.
I was at WalMart today walking through the electronics section, and I stopped, as usual to look at the mp3 players. My 9 year old son saw the Zune sitting off to the side, and said "wow, that's ugly dad!" My 4 year old son promptly poitned at it and said "haha! stupid!"
The appeal of Bab5, in a nutshell, was a solid and engaging story with interesting characters. Too many of the Star Trek series devolve into episodic "interstellar anomaly" of the week doldrums, which in my opinion gets boring very quickly. While Bab5 did feature its share of one-off episodes that didn't advance the plot, in general it was a serial show that kept you watching to see what would happen next...
Much like the current crop of popular tv shows such as Lost, Heroes, Jericho, 24, Prison Break, etc.
That said, it DID start off really slow in the first season. But the later seasons were some of the finest sci-fi I've ever seen on television.
1Up, in my experience is just another juvenile games site made to appeal to children. Their 'articles' are heavily biased, do not quote sources, feature poor grammar and 'edgy' attitude, etc. It should never be taken as actual news.
Not that I know of a reasonably mature games site...I haven't read anything like that since the paper NextGen magazine died.
Microsoft v. Lindows.com, Inc. is a court case brought by Microsoft against Lindows, Inc, claiming that the name "Lindows" was a violation of its trademark "Windows."
Clearly, we must force a regime change in Estonia before the Axis of Evil can harness their mighty broadband penetration to further their goals of nuclear proliferation, uncle abuse, and dog hickies.
However, the name brand "PlayStation" is still very strong and will probably keep it going.
That's what Atari used to think. And Nintendo. Both had what seemed to be an unbeatable combination of market share and brand recognition...until they bought into their own perceived invulnerability and started making bad decisions.
Sound familiar?
Online gaming addiction is much more enjoyable when its free. That way, when you lose your job you can keep on playing and sink further down the spiral! Huzzah.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Songbird here. Its still a ways away from final release but looks like a pretty promising alternative to iTunes bloat and MS DRM. Plus, its built from Mozilla, available for Linux/Mac/Win, and open source.
Or they could continue to develop sub-par products and then force us to use them by pushing them out with Automatic Google Toolbar updates until we have a mass of sub-optimal and barely maintained software that we didn't want in the first place, replete with a huge mess of security flaws and...and...oh wait.
Sorry, I got confused there for a minute.
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Now that's hot, Paris.
I was at WalMart today walking through the electronics section, and I stopped, as usual to look at the mp3 players. My 9 year old son saw the Zune sitting off to the side, and said "wow, that's ugly dad!" My 4 year old son promptly poitned at it and said "haha! stupid!"
Nuff said.
Wow, so you buy a Zune and literally get fucked by Microsoft.
Please stop linking to 1Up. I come to Slashdot to read interesting articles (haha), not the ridiculous grade-school crap that 1Up consistently posts.
The appeal of Bab5, in a nutshell, was a solid and engaging story with interesting characters. Too many of the Star Trek series devolve into episodic "interstellar anomaly" of the week doldrums, which in my opinion gets boring very quickly. While Bab5 did feature its share of one-off episodes that didn't advance the plot, in general it was a serial show that kept you watching to see what would happen next...
Much like the current crop of popular tv shows such as Lost, Heroes, Jericho, 24, Prison Break, etc.
That said, it DID start off really slow in the first season. But the later seasons were some of the finest sci-fi I've ever seen on television.
1Up, in my experience is just another juvenile games site made to appeal to children. Their 'articles' are heavily biased, do not quote sources, feature poor grammar and 'edgy' attitude, etc. It should never be taken as actual news. Not that I know of a reasonably mature games site...I haven't read anything like that since the paper NextGen magazine died.
- From Microsoft_vs._Lindows Wiki
Just sayin'.
Clearly, we must force a regime change in Estonia before the Axis of Evil can harness their mighty broadband penetration to further their goals of nuclear proliferation, uncle abuse, and dog hickies.
However, the name brand "PlayStation" is still very strong and will probably keep it going. That's what Atari used to think. And Nintendo. Both had what seemed to be an unbeatable combination of market share and brand recognition...until they bought into their own perceived invulnerability and started making bad decisions. Sound familiar?
Online gaming addiction is much more enjoyable when its free. That way, when you lose your job you can keep on playing and sink further down the spiral! Huzzah.
You need to work a little harder on your trolling skills, that was stupidly obvious and not really very funny. Think of the children.
Oh noes, Jack Thompson is going to have a field day with this new "pubic nuisance" feature!
I suggest purging those parties which dare to complain. Siberian exile is another popular choice. In Soviet Russia, conflicts resolve YOU!
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Songbird here. Its still a ways away from final release but looks like a pretty promising alternative to iTunes bloat and MS DRM. Plus, its built from Mozilla, available for Linux/Mac/Win, and open source.
In other news, fire has been found to be hot, water is wet, and Microsoft is bad.
Or they could continue to develop sub-par products and then force us to use them by pushing them out with Automatic Google Toolbar updates until we have a mass of sub-optimal and barely maintained software that we didn't want in the first place, replete with a huge mess of security flaws and...and...oh wait. Sorry, I got confused there for a minute.
In Soviet Russia, files share YOU.