Jokes about suing and whatnot aside, this could be useful when an iPod is connected to a stereo, by means of tape-deck adapter, or RCA cables. Sometimes, when operating the scroll wheel, the volume gets turned up well beyond its ideal level for this type of connection (~50%). Limiting this would prevent accidental, unwanted increase in volume.
Funny that they mention eBay in their own patent, as if they've been targeting them all along:
Electronic commerce on the Internet generally can be organized into two categories, database driven applications and indexing or information portal services. Database driven applications can be further categorized as either transactional or non-transactional applications. Auction sites such as ebay.TM. are non-transactional database driven applications in that transactions are external to the ebay system and between third party participants that use the system, i.e., ebay as a web site and on-line commerce application does not process payment information or require payment information to participate in the system. Ebay type non-transactional systems are a source of dynamic pricing information.
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On that (off) note, what ever happened to William Hung? Guess he ran his 15 minutes into the ground, huh?
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Literally, that would seem to be the case:
http://www.brokennewz.com/displaystory.asp_Q_stor
Jokes about suing and whatnot aside, this could be useful when an iPod is connected to a stereo, by means of tape-deck adapter, or RCA cables. Sometimes, when operating the scroll wheel, the volume gets turned up well beyond its ideal level for this type of connection (~50%). Limiting this would prevent accidental, unwanted increase in volume.
Larry Page just farted and nearly crapped his pants. Slashdot article and detailed coverage coming soon.
Hey, some cavemen called, and they want their invention of the wheel back.
actually, as somoene suggested above, I just broke down and dropped $25 on a tv-b-gone... a pretty red one - http://www.tvbgone.com/
it should arrive in a few days... joy.
I find it completely reasonable - as well as entertaining - to unplug those unruly flat-screen squak boxes that are hanging all over the supermarket.
Silence is golden...
When I was about 12, I wrote about half of a BBS on my Apple II
You mean you modified GBBS?
I don't know - why don't you go google it...
damn link. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-03/1 4/content_534795.htm
Western press? What western press?
The report originated from Reuters' Beijing office! The Beijing office didn't do the fact-checking!
Funny that they mention eBay in their own patent, as if they've been targeting them all along:
Agreed, Gundeep Hora is a tool.
Enjoying capitalism? Maybe...as long as she's not at home enjoying a pile of snort.
You're not dense, the article is...
He wrote that he was trying to e-mail JavaScript code from a Yahoo account to a G-mail account. The code will run in a preview pane...
in *a* preview pane... what preview pane... where? Yahoo's preview pane? How is that google's problem?
I'm totally confused...