So this bot is going to lie in its crib, thrashing its arm and legs, screaming at the top of its lungs, until someone picks it, gives it a full juice bottle, a cookie and walks it around trying desparately to amuse it?
Also, if you look at the pictures this is actually just an electric Ariel Atom, which is also faster than a 360 Spider or Carrera GT.
And don't forget, a motorcycle as well (eg.: Honda CBR 600 RR) when driven a real track and not just blasting off from the traffic lights. I doubt the same can be said about the X1.
In fact, it's second only to the French-made Bugatti Veyron, a 1,000-horsepower, 16-cylinder beast that hits 60 mph...
They say that like it's a bad thing.
It's certainly not as bad as explaining the X1...
"What do you have under the hood?"
"Um...a magnet..."
And, who cares anyway? As anyone can obviously see, this is no practical vehicle, it's supposed to be (look like?) a weekend racer. Anyone who drives a weekend racer is doing it for fun, and a huge part of the fun factor in any car is the sound it's engine makes.
Ever heard the engine sound that the Ariel Atom (from which the X1 gets its chassis) makes? It's a glorious four-cylinder rumble accompanied by the super-charger whining several octaves above.
Now replace that sound with the whirring of rubber on tarmac. Not quite the same.
I'd take the Atom over the X1 any day, especially considering that it's about half the price of the X1.
"And that nullifies the validity of these posts how?" Maybe you should read the posts? They're all about buying hard drives and ram and video cards? Moron?
The formatting of your post demonstrates quite nicely why you didn't understand the joke.
Walmart is going to sell Towers, Monitors, Keyboards, Mice, and Speakers seperately. Not the individule hardware pieces of the tower. Can't anyone read articles before posting them?
And that nullifies the validity of these posts how?
Whatever happened to making methane fuel from cow crap?
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You're right. It's certinaly not a new product, and not even a so-called "solution".
Everything Intel claimed Viiv could do has been possible for years. We already have suround-sound wireless speaker systems that we can setup around the living-room. We already have video cards capable of television output. We already have all the tools we need to manage our digital media and setup systems around our homes.
Of course, these devices all use the evil analog hole, so we can't "trust" those demonic things!
How so? That statement is very true. No doubt what has been causing delays in HD DVD and Bluray is DRM. We'd be ten years ahead if it wasn't for our good 'ol technologically-retarded, consumer-hating buddies at **AA.
It's not. You're confusing two issues. You can unlock your phone so that it can work on other networks.
Is that not what he's saying is illegal?
Why don't you change your car's license plates and try the `it's my car, I'll do what I want` defence?
It's not like you're being locked into one specific vendor (at least in places where insurance companies aren't crown corporations). You can buy your licence plate wherever you want.
Be that adding a camera was a good idea, despite the charges we have to pay for downloading and uploading photos. Heaven forbid we might use a USB cable and download these photos directly or upload our own ringtones that don't suck!
That is completely correct. There are absoutely no technically or physically limiting factors as to why we can't interface cell phones to our PCs. But most sheeple are dumb enough to believe there is.
You'd have to modify it in some way to use it again (and that modification is illegal). So a lot of stolen phones end up in Africa/Asia.
Oh, yeah, I just love being told that I'm not allowed to take a screwdriver to something that I payed good money (or was forced into a contract) for...even though it's 100% mine. Oh wait, I'm just "licencing" the "right" to use the phone. Yeah, uh-huh.
Cell phones should be sold separately of providers and those providers should all work with a standard protocol so you can choose what provider gives you the best package for your personal needs.
Honestly, I don't know how this racketeering through lock-in (lock-out?) is actually legal.
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...welcome our new SmartShirt overloads!
You mean buffer overloads?
...who hopes to circumnavigate the world In 80 days...
Does anyone else feel pain when reading that?
A Vista-capable processor for $130? Wow!
Why did they give it Mick Jagger's lips and Keith Richards' eyes?
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So this bot is going to lie in its crib, thrashing its arm and legs, screaming at the top of its lungs, until someone picks it, gives it a full juice bottle, a cookie and walks it around trying desparately to amuse it?
But will it run Linux?
People are going to think you're from the loonie bin when you're laughing out loud at the comedy show you're watching.
Also, if you look at the pictures this is actually just an electric Ariel Atom, which is also faster than a 360 Spider or Carrera GT.
And don't forget, a motorcycle as well (eg.: Honda CBR 600 RR) when driven a real track and not just blasting off from the traffic lights. I doubt the same can be said about the X1.
In fact, it's second only to the French-made Bugatti Veyron, a 1,000-horsepower, 16-cylinder beast that hits 60 mph...
They say that like it's a bad thing.
It's certainly not as bad as explaining the X1...
"What do you have under the hood?"
"Um...a magnet..."
And, who cares anyway? As anyone can obviously see, this is no practical vehicle, it's supposed to be (look like?) a weekend racer. Anyone who drives a weekend racer is doing it for fun, and a huge part of the fun factor in any car is the sound it's engine makes.
Ever heard the engine sound that the Ariel Atom (from which the X1 gets its chassis) makes? It's a glorious four-cylinder rumble accompanied by the super-charger whining several octaves above.
Now replace that sound with the whirring of rubber on tarmac. Not quite the same.
I'd take the Atom over the X1 any day, especially considering that it's about half the price of the X1.
"And that nullifies the validity of these posts how?" Maybe you should read the posts? They're all about buying hard drives and ram and video cards? Moron?
The formatting of your post demonstrates quite nicely why you didn't understand the joke.
...and require all batteries to be removeable
Well, that part sounds good to me. I think it should be a law regardless of the environmental effect...
Walmart is going to sell Towers, Monitors, Keyboards, Mice, and Speakers seperately. Not the individule hardware pieces of the tower. Can't anyone read articles before posting them?
And that nullifies the validity of these posts how?
Whatever happened to making methane fuel from cow crap?
You're right. It's certinaly not a new product, and not even a so-called "solution".
Everything Intel claimed Viiv could do has been possible for years. We already have suround-sound wireless speaker systems that we can setup around the living-room. We already have video cards capable of television output. We already have all the tools we need to manage our digital media and setup systems around our homes.
Of course, these devices all use the evil analog hole, so we can't "trust" those demonic things!
'The two burdens that are probably most annoying to the user are a complex and difficult control interface and lack of reliability.'
Wrong. There is only one, and it ends with two 'A's...
So, it's just another flag, which the MPAA is extorting businesses via lawsuit threats to implement anyway? How is this revolutionary? How is this newsworthy?
What? That isn't insightful in the slightest!
How so? That statement is very true. No doubt what has been causing delays in HD DVD and Bluray is DRM. We'd be ten years ahead if it wasn't for our good 'ol technologically-retarded, consumer-hating buddies at **AA.
Great, now they sell $6000 laptops to people who don't need them
It's not. You're confusing two issues. You can unlock your phone so that it can work on other networks.
Is that not what he's saying is illegal?
Why don't you change your car's license plates and try the `it's my car, I'll do what I want` defence?
It's not like you're being locked into one specific vendor (at least in places where insurance companies aren't crown corporations). You can buy your licence plate wherever you want.
Be that adding a camera was a good idea, despite the charges we have to pay for downloading and uploading photos. Heaven forbid we might use a USB cable and download these photos directly or upload our own ringtones that don't suck!
That is completely correct. There are absoutely no technically or physically limiting factors as to why we can't interface cell phones to our PCs. But most sheeple are dumb enough to believe there is.
You'd have to modify it in some way to use it again (and that modification is illegal). So a lot of stolen phones end up in Africa/Asia.
Oh, yeah, I just love being told that I'm not allowed to take a screwdriver to something that I payed good money (or was forced into a contract) for...even though it's 100% mine. Oh wait, I'm just "licencing" the "right" to use the phone. Yeah, uh-huh.
Cell phones should be sold separately of providers and those providers should all work with a standard protocol so you can choose what provider gives you the best package for your personal needs.
Honestly, I don't know how this racketeering through lock-in (lock-out?) is actually legal.
Augh...a Slashdot story that's more than 100 characters? Are you serious?!
Oh yeah? Well how many cycles per gallon are you getting?
LOL! Seriously, that quite amusing.
1. I work from home, so my limit is my hard drive ;)
2. PST files? Outlook? Ugh. Eudora is far better.
My total email amount only considering text (*.MBX) is 92MB. With attachments, et al, it's 628MB.