That's a great idea. I'm definetely going to go out and buy a Fujitsu drive tomorrow. That way, not only do I have to swap the hard drive back and forth to listen to MP3s on more than once computer, I'll have the added feature of not being able to share them with friends. Gee, I hope that everyone buys one of these drives. Then I won't be able to get any of their music, either.
Seriously, though. timothy mentions that "media, drives and applications" must cooperate in order for the plan to work. That's done easily enough with enough man hours working on proprietary software. But why does fujitsu think that they'll actually be able to sell any of these drives?
Yours in sarcasm,
Matt
I agree that it is a horrible precedent. We can only hope that apellate courts have more sense. Shouldn't web sites be ruled the same as parody in other forms of media, such as movies and songs? On a personal note, I really wish I had seen PETA.org before it was taken down so I could send my vegetarian friends to it.:)
Based on other people's opinions, I have a pretty low standard for movies. And this movie sucked. Well, that's not entirely fair. The majority of the movie was good. The last 20 minutes was piss-poor. As my friend put it, "about $6, $6.50 of that $8 ticket was well-spent."
I'm not surprised in the least that this is something Ford would do. For any of you fairly versed in your history, Henry conquered the car industry by giving his employees wages almost double the industry standard, thereby forcing the rest of the industry to raise their prices. (Entirely logical...people making the industry standard couldn't afford to buy his cars. By raising the standard, he also increased his market.)
Does this really surprise anyone? I think Govenor Ventura proved how successful an internet campaign can be. And with the number of us (surfers) there are, it was inevitable.
Nothing like some quality quickies to survive humpday.
Tomorrow's humpday for me. I'll have to save them. Good old Holliston High School didn't have school Monday and Tuesday because the Assistant Superintendant of schools was afraid of Y2K glitches. woohoo!
FYI: I'm 17. My family started with AOL, and my parents still like it. I convinced them to get an ISP, so now we do the 'bring your own access' for AOL. I still use the AOL e-mail account because I didn't want to bother having to tell everyone to e-mail me at another address. Oh...one other thing. Bite me.
Hmmm...if the machine is outside, you will need to run a power cable to it, correct? If you're running a power cable out to the computer, why not just have the computer inside and run a longer cable out to the antenna?
Alright. I agree that M$ shouldn't have been broken up. However, you, my friend, are foolish. How could you not think that MS has a monopoly when apparrently EVERY software application you run has been created by them?
I didn't really mean to create controvercy. The examples I cited were just that, examples. I'm 16 with no medical background (well, my dad's a nurse, but that doesn't count), nevermind knowledge of the nervous system. All I'm saying is that there are possibly positive ways that this technology could be used.
On the contrary, I think it could be quite useful to a large number of disabled people. There are so many things that we don't understand about the nervous system (including the brain). Who's to say that, for instance, that this couldn't prevent people with MS? Or possibly prevent at least the physical and damaging side of seizures for people with Epilepsy (anyone read the Terminal Man by Michael Crichton?). Or act as a "circuit breaker" of sorts to, for example, domestic abusers. Whenever they became enraged, the chip could immobilize their limbs, preventing them from harming another human. Not to mention my aforementioned Viagra alternative. If this technology was harnessed for the use of good, I see it as having great potential. --------
I'm a high school student (Junior). Last year my uncle gave me his used Cassiopeia A-10. I used it for about a month, and then went back to using a regular old planner. There were a couple reasons. A minor one being that, while everyone knows and accepts that I'm a geek, I try not to flash it around too much. More importantly, though, it was more of a hassle than it was worth. It's nice to be able to input as many notes as necessary, but it's a lot easier to open up your planner, turn to the right page, and just write down a page and problem number (the same basically applies for schedule keeping). Also, I agree with Mad Monk in that they probably will become highly abused. And what do you do if one student breaks his accidentally? Replace it or tell him "Tough"? I personally just think that its a little before its time. But, on the other hand, maybe I just didn't give it a chance.
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Seriously, though. timothy mentions that "media, drives and applications" must cooperate in order for the plan to work. That's done easily enough with enough man hours working on proprietary software. But why does fujitsu think that they'll actually be able to sell any of these drives? Yours in sarcasm, Matt
Nice! I was praying they'd make it available for download! Now if I could just get this darn DNA replicator to boot up...
I agree that it is a horrible precedent. We can only hope that apellate courts have more sense. Shouldn't web sites be ruled the same as parody in other forms of media, such as movies and songs? On a personal note, I really wish I had seen PETA.org before it was taken down so I could send my vegetarian friends to it. :)
So...does this mean we should be looking out for more posts "en espanol" in the future? ~Matt
Awesome! But I think the next step has to be something that incorporates a life-size x-wing. :) or maybe a pod racer...
Based on other people's opinions, I have a pretty low standard for movies. And this movie sucked. Well, that's not entirely fair. The majority of the movie was good. The last 20 minutes was piss-poor. As my friend put it, "about $6, $6.50 of that $8 ticket was well-spent."
I'm not surprised in the least that this is something Ford would do. For any of you fairly versed in your history, Henry conquered the car industry by giving his employees wages almost double the industry standard, thereby forcing the rest of the industry to raise their prices. (Entirely logical...people making the industry standard couldn't afford to buy his cars. By raising the standard, he also increased his market.)
Is there any way to find out the IP of ACs? ::devious grin::
Does this really surprise anyone? I think Govenor Ventura proved how successful an internet campaign can be. And with the number of us (surfers) there are, it was inevitable.
Tomorrow's humpday for me. I'll have to save them. Good old Holliston High School didn't have school Monday and Tuesday because the Assistant Superintendant of schools was afraid of Y2K glitches. woohoo!
FYI: I'm 17. My family started with AOL, and my parents still like it. I convinced them to get an ISP, so now we do the 'bring your own access' for AOL. I still use the AOL e-mail account because I didn't want to bother having to tell everyone to e-mail me at another address. Oh...one other thing. Bite me.
you've got soap in the toilet? Do you shower in your shitter? Why do you need soap in your toilet?
Hmmm...if the machine is outside, you will need to run a power cable to it, correct? If you're running a power cable out to the computer, why not just have the computer inside and run a longer cable out to the antenna?
As in Wolfenstein 3D? :) I think I was about 8 years old when it came out.
Alright. I agree that M$ shouldn't have been broken up. However, you, my friend, are foolish. How could you not think that MS has a monopoly when apparrently EVERY software application you run has been created by them?
I didn't really mean to create controvercy. The examples I cited were just that, examples. I'm 16 with no medical background (well, my dad's a nurse, but that doesn't count), nevermind knowledge of the nervous system. All I'm saying is that there are possibly positive ways that this technology could be used.
On the contrary, I think it could be quite useful to a large number of disabled people. There are so many things that we don't understand about the nervous system (including the brain). Who's to say that, for instance, that this couldn't prevent people with MS? Or possibly prevent at least the physical and damaging side of seizures for people with Epilepsy (anyone read the Terminal Man by Michael Crichton?). Or act as a "circuit breaker" of sorts to, for example, domestic abusers. Whenever they became enraged, the chip could immobilize their limbs, preventing them from harming another human. Not to mention my aforementioned Viagra alternative. If this technology was harnessed for the use of good, I see it as having great potential. --------
Could this also be used as an alternative to Viagra?
I'm a high school student (Junior). Last year my uncle gave me his used Cassiopeia A-10. I used it for about a month, and then went back to using a regular old planner. There were a couple reasons. A minor one being that, while everyone knows and accepts that I'm a geek, I try not to flash it around too much. More importantly, though, it was more of a hassle than it was worth. It's nice to be able to input as many notes as necessary, but it's a lot easier to open up your planner, turn to the right page, and just write down a page and problem number (the same basically applies for schedule keeping). Also, I agree with Mad Monk in that they probably will become highly abused. And what do you do if one student breaks his accidentally? Replace it or tell him "Tough"? I personally just think that its a little before its time. But, on the other hand, maybe I just didn't give it a chance.