Even though there's no Walmart around here (for about 10,000k or so), there are certainly stores that sell crap. What should annoy everyone is that valuable raw materials are being used to make this crap (often unusable) that shouldn't be made in the first place. Simple example: I can buy a chinese dustpan on a stick and brush for $2.00. It can't be used though as the pan's edge has been warped during manufacture and it would be pointless trying to use it. There's about 10 of them, lined up, ready for sale.
In other words, some factory in China is pumping out this useless product, some importer/wholesaler is paying for the transport and a distributor sends them out and consumers are supposed to buy it (I don't think the store sold any). That translates into throwing away oil.
What is needed in situations like this is some kind of authority with enough clout to stop or even prevent material wastage on products that just can't be used.
There should be a form of quality control in the design and manufacture that is definitely missing in certain parts of the world.
The astronauts will have to undo more than 700 bolts [which held down the equipment during flight] to free up the equipment. There's got to be an easier way... I mean bubble wrap? Or a quick release mechanism... Better than unscrewing 700 bolts. Geez 4 would do!
From the Sci-Fi film "The Black Hole"
The film's ambiguous and rather cosmic ending, not unlike that of Into Infinity, has been the subject of some debate. As the Palomino survivors (The Heroes) reach the bottom of the black hole after a harrowing flight, they appear to enter Heaven and Hell.[3] We see Reinhardt (The Bad Guy) condemned to eternal imprisonment in the metal body of Maximillian in Hell (a sequence foreshadowed in Booth's line early in the film, that the Black Hole was like something "right out of Dante's Inferno"), then the crew of the Palomino are guided by an angel through Heaven. Eventually they emerge from a white hole into what appears to be a new universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Hole
If Usenet=Newsgroups (or unfiltered Newsgroups), then ISP's provide some sort of ng service for free, but I don't know if they are filtered or not. If it's the same thing, then I'm not sure why anyone would pay for a service unless we're talking about private Newsgroups (umm one of which I was a member (sig) of), but obviously these are not public. I can see that if usenet.com is providing a service for private newsgroups that pass on binaries, then the RIAA do have a case against usenet.com. If usenet.com are just a provider of public newsgroups, then what's the point? And for that matter, why use a subscribed service in the first place? Anonymity? A pubic newsgroup would be just as effective. If the RIAA have that much clout, then they would probably lobby for laws banning newsgroups if they want to stop this from happening. Also, using a newsgroup to post a 3.5mb mp3 file in text form must be a really inefficient way of doing things. It's a lot easier to torrent or pay for it.
I've read with interest that USENET proper evolved out of BBS (Bulletin Board Services), of which some part were just newsgroups. I remember them fondly from the mid 80's.
Isn't this because Usenet charge for their service? As (I think) they do, they are ripping off the RIAA and making a profit. I doubt that any subscription paid to usenet goes to artists etc.
Mind you, I don't know much about the usenet group or even accessing it. Just interested in what the RIAA is up to.
Yes it does work for Win9x machines: using a ram drive for the swapfile, but hard to do on XP as the utilities aren't easy to find. I did find one ramdrive app that worked, but maxed out at 32mb which was useless.
Good 3G service here (Hutchinson-Qualcomm and Telstra NextG) work very very well in Capital cities. NextG works well in rural areas as the frequency is quite low (850mhz I believe) so it travels further. No matter. Good coverage makes 3G work very well.
A Grammar Nazi would follow the rules of grammar, a Chiropractor would follow some sort of Chiropractic (medicine?) rules. It should be, "A Grammar Nazi would follow the rules of grammar. A Chiropractor would follow some sort of Chiropractic (medicine?) rules."
It's all a matter of credibility. Some of these writers (including Mr D. Pogue), write for the masses who are regularly duped with misinformation or unwarranted bias towards one product or another. Most of these writers seem to 'tow the line' and I don't think any change in process is going to make any worthwhile difference. Irritatingly, Pogue et. al. are constantly pushed by their publishers as 'must read' category, which almost all the time disappoints by lack of product/concept information, poor links (if any) and no follow-up. Although I love reading about IT (and other things that matter), I've created a sub-conscious ignore list based of '10 strikes and you're out' methodology. They've lost their credibility and objectivity for my liking.
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What Phone?
Google doesn't have a phone.
Even though there's no Walmart around here (for about 10,000k or so), there are certainly stores that sell crap.
What should annoy everyone is that valuable raw materials are being used to make this crap (often unusable) that shouldn't be made in the first place.
Simple example: I can buy a chinese dustpan on a stick and brush for $2.00. It can't be used though as the pan's edge has been warped during manufacture and it would be pointless trying to use it. There's about 10 of them, lined up, ready for sale.
In other words, some factory in China is pumping out this useless product, some importer/wholesaler is paying for the transport and a distributor sends them out and consumers are supposed to buy it (I don't think the store sold any).
That translates into throwing away oil.
What is needed in situations like this is some kind of authority with enough clout to stop or even prevent material wastage on products that just can't be used.
There should be a form of quality control in the design and manufacture that is definitely missing in certain parts of the world.
You're lucky! At least you thought "PORN!"
I'm so unlucky as to have misread it as "Symantec Web"
OMG! Another Norton product!!!!!!
And ducks?
Where does the duck get into it?
Then it stops all of a sudden.
You forgot spin.
It also depended on how fast the paddle moved as the ball hit.
The faster, the more spin.
Which do you mean?
From the Sci-Fi film "The Black Hole" The film's ambiguous and rather cosmic ending, not unlike that of Into Infinity, has been the subject of some debate. As the Palomino survivors (The Heroes) reach the bottom of the black hole after a harrowing flight, they appear to enter Heaven and Hell.[3] We see Reinhardt (The Bad Guy) condemned to eternal imprisonment in the metal body of Maximillian in Hell (a sequence foreshadowed in Booth's line early in the film, that the Black Hole was like something "right out of Dante's Inferno"), then the crew of the Palomino are guided by an angel through Heaven. Eventually they emerge from a white hole into what appears to be a new universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Hole
Would someone do the:
"I for one, welcome my invisible solar nano cell overlords" bit.
I miss it.....
Well that's one more mystery I can cross off my list.
Thanks.
If Usenet=Newsgroups (or unfiltered Newsgroups), then ISP's provide some sort of ng service for free, but I don't know if they are filtered or not.
If it's the same thing, then I'm not sure why anyone would pay for a service unless we're talking about private Newsgroups (umm one of which I was a member (sig) of), but obviously these are not public.
I can see that if usenet.com is providing a service for private newsgroups that pass on binaries, then the RIAA do have a case against usenet.com. If usenet.com are just a provider of public newsgroups, then what's the point? And for that matter, why use a subscribed service in the first place? Anonymity? A pubic newsgroup would be just as effective.
If the RIAA have that much clout, then they would probably lobby for laws banning newsgroups if they want to stop this from happening.
Also, using a newsgroup to post a 3.5mb mp3 file in text form must be a really inefficient way of doing things. It's a lot easier to torrent or pay for it.
I've read with interest that USENET proper evolved out of BBS (Bulletin Board Services), of which some part were just newsgroups. I remember them fondly from the mid 80's.
DAMN! And here I was dusting off my CB radio and SWR meter and now I find out that there'll be no damn sunspots!
I ain't gonna 10-4 no more!
Maybe I'll just slide my Truckers cassette into the rig's deck and sing along to them good old days!
Isn't this because Usenet charge for their service?
As (I think) they do, they are ripping off the RIAA and making a profit.
I doubt that any subscription paid to usenet goes to artists etc.
Mind you, I don't know much about the usenet group or even accessing it. Just interested in what the RIAA is up to.
Yes it does work for Win9x machines: using a ram drive for the swapfile, but hard to do on XP as the utilities aren't easy to find. I did find one ramdrive app that worked, but maxed out at 32mb which was useless.
Good 3G service here (Hutchinson-Qualcomm and Telstra NextG) work very very well in Capital cities. NextG works well in rural areas as the frequency is quite low (850mhz I believe) so it travels further.
No matter. Good coverage makes 3G work very well.
- I guess they got what was cuming for them.'
There! Fixed it for you.
A Maser will do it.
So would a laser.
Not a problem, but hasn't been done on a large scale as there's been no need.
Australian pigeons have been known to hitch a ride on cars going through Sydney city tunnels. Sp I don't see why birds can't avoid windmills.
lol
Well done!
Hey! Have MS fixed that bug yet?
It's all a matter of credibility. Some of these writers (including Mr D. Pogue), write for the masses who are regularly duped with misinformation or unwarranted bias towards one product or another.
Most of these writers seem to 'tow the line' and I don't think any change in process is going to make any worthwhile difference.
Irritatingly, Pogue et. al. are constantly pushed by their publishers as 'must read' category, which almost all the time disappoints by lack of product/concept information, poor links (if any) and no follow-up.
Although I love reading about IT (and other things that matter), I've created a sub-conscious ignore list based of '10 strikes and you're out' methodology.
They've lost their credibility and objectivity for my liking.