The Wiimote is nice, but trying to do anything with precision in Photoshop would be impossible!
I prefer my Wacom Digitizer/tablet. It has a mouse and pen. The mouse is for general use, but the pen is when accuracy is needed.
I can see where some of these other input methods are nice, and have their uses... But I doubt that the mouse is really that close to being replaced yet.
Every ISP does that now. I would rather give OpenDns that than my ISP, as I am already paying them why should I also give them advertising money when I make a URL mistake. I would rather give that money to someone else.
I would have done this in January when I purchase day Toshiba Gaming laptop... But there are no drivers for video card(S) (SLI), or sound cards for XP! So I am STUCK WITH VISA if I want to play games, watch videos, or listen to music. (Or do anything fun)
Flatbed scanner. All digital camera pictures will look like crap. Save each page in a separate PNG or JPG file. Put them ito a CBR file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file Optional: Convert the CBR into a PDF with many available CBR free readers.
I do not think that the WiiFit is trying to replace a gym. But for some people this looks like a good workout machine.
I have various health problems. And I have noticed that sense I have gotten my Wii almost a year ago, that I have been playing the Wii Sports on a regular basis. (2-3 times a week for at least 30 minutes) And I have noticed that it has helped with my health a lot.
So I am planning on getting a WiiFit so I can add to my exercise routine. If I do it once or twice a week that should help even more.
I have a DGL-4500. With it I can block computers from accessing the Internet altogether. I can set priorities for traffic. The VOIP box is level 1 (The highest) most of the other computers are level 125. (The middle of the range) The computer that does my BitTorrent stuff is set at level 255 (The lowest setting). That way it only uses the "Leftover" bandwidth. There is also a setting where I can just block BitTorrent traffic also.
My response would be to warn him that if he does not fix the settings on his Torrent client, that you will have to change the router settings to allow others to use the Internet, and his torrenting may be completely blocked.
Like with other disabilities, they should adapt to the world instead of expecting the world to adapt to them. So instead of trying to get all wireless communications to stop, they should work to develop clothing that blocks such waves so that they are not effected, or effected less. (Faraday Cage based shirts maybe)
Asking the public to go without Wireless communication just because a minority of the population gets discomfort would be like... Little people requiring all public places to have little people accessible areas. Hotels would be required to have several rooms that are designed for their shorter stature... Public restrooms would have to have special stalls and lower sinks... Grocery stores would be required to have all products 4 foot or below... You get the idea.
And if they whine about how their special clothing is expensive, than they can kiss by ass! My wife has to use a power wheelchair. The costs over $10,000 USD!! (More than my van!) I also had to purchase a folding ramp to load and unload her wheelchair from my ramp... To the tune of $450.00. If I wanted to have a power lift installed... That would be another few thousand.
So they can get themselves clothing that blocks these signals! And if a single one of them owns a cell phone, 2.4 ghz cordless phone, uses anything BlueTooth, or has a WiFi router (WiFi on) should be tattooed on the forehead with "I am a publicity whore".
Just make a crossbow device to fire the CD's. That is what I did when a friend of mine got 3 cases of AOL cd's dropped off at his door... It would make a nice clean slot in the front of the melon... But the back was always missing. lol
Funny, with everything turned down I was able to run it on a 1.1ghz system at a decent frame rate! I only had laggy issues when there was a room full of beasts.
And what I find amusing is that for Doom 3 people are whining that their system at the time could not handle it... But everyone is trying to build the perfect CRYSIS machine... Crysis is good... But not THAT good.
The moment my Internet goes out (After power cycling my modem, and rebooting my router) I am on the phone with my ISP asking them to fix it. Same goes for my Cable TV. It goes out, I am on the phone within a couple of minutes asking them what is going on, and when it will be fixed.
This is just as bad as ComCast sending bad BitTorrent data packets! ISP's should not be allowed to modify ANY content for ANYTHING that they do not own the rights to! What next? They will start censoring my e-mails if I complain about their service?
It also takes ad revenue away from websites! If a visitor goes to my site, but my ads are not displayed... Than the ISP is getting paid for MY content!
From a user perspective... If my ISP wants to show me their adverts, that is fine, but I want my Internet service for FREE! (Or at a at major discount)
That all being said... I bet the ISP adverts can't get around AddBlock!
How about they start filtering for viruses, spyware, and other nasty stuff? No, there is no profit in protecting customers. Instead they would rather protect copyright holders.
However I would LOVE to see someone get sued by the RIAA/MPAA after this goes into effect, and their defense is, "But my ISP said they filtered out all copyrighted content, I thought what I was downloading/sharing was legit"
Make the ISP's responsible for this task, and who knows where it will stop! Will ISP's be responsible to monitor how users use their connection? If someone visits a site that describes how o make a bomb, will the ISP have to start reporting the users to authorities?
The MythBusters did that already! They shot a gun through the window, then the hull. The plain was fine! It took an explosive charge blowing the window out to cause the plain to rip apart.
Thanks to OpenDNS I can filter the worst of the worst advertising systems BEFORE the even reach my home! So it does not matter WHAT OS or browser you use. That way I can protect EVERYONE in my home from that DoubleClick crap!
Personally I feel that Flash adverts are too invasive. There is no need to use Flash! Animated GIF and other eye-catching techniques are far more effective. And the WORST are the Flash adverts that make NOISE!!!! I find that just plain offensive!
Is this going to be a new way to meet a one night stand at a club? Place your phone in your back pocket, and if it pairs with someone, you take them home?
What if your phone pairs with the same gender, and you are not gay? So you become offended, or shake again?
The mentality of corporate America is that it is legal until a judge says so.
"Even if another company did the same thing and got busted for it, I can do it because the judge never said I could not do it, just them..."
This is where the bottom line is more important than what is legal.
Corporate America also takes into account fines and such. "Is it more cost effective to break the law and pay the fine, than to do it legally?" If it is, then the law will be broken!
I think there is a standard limit to regeneration cycles. HOWEVER the heart of the Tardis can do amazing things... Sooo They could do something involving that..
And The Face of Boe this season did tell the good Doctor that he was not alone... So maybe there is another timelord out there that could take over...
The possibilities are endless. The only limits are the ones that the writers have when they have writers block. (And ratings)
Why even use the USB port at all??? That still ties it to an OS by drivers!!!
Want to make a hardware firewall that will impress me? Simple. Make a hardware firewall that has an ethernet on BOTH ends. One end goes to the wall, the other end goes to my ethernet port. Think of it as a 1 port ROUTER! You can get POWER fro the USB port, but I would leave it at that.
Oh want a hardware firewall for your wifi? No Problem! Make a WiFi version that is powered off of the USB port. Give the little box 2 wifi transcivers. One is the WAN transciver that connects to the internet, the other one is a LAN transciver that connects to your laptop!
With either of the above solutions you KNOW you are secure because it is OUTSIDE of whatever OS you choose! The above solutions would work with ALL Operating Systems! And only the WIFI one would need to really be configured.
Yes, what I described is basucally a 1 port router. But it would WORK and would be SECURE!
When the keyboard was first announced I was soo interested. When they said it would be the price of a good cell-phone I was interested. When they announced a release date, I was ready with $400.00 to get one. Then they delayed the release date. I was disappointed but still ready to purchase. Then they decided to release a 3 button wimpy device first, I was disappointed but waiting for the real thing. Then they announced it would be B&W, then they changed their minds a day or so later and said it would be color again. I realized that they did not care about anything except yanking people's chains. I became disinterested. Then they announced a $1,200+ price-tag. I am no longer interested.
They way they have handled themselves acting like a rock-star when they have YET to release an "OMG I have to have it" device so they have not earned that attitude yet.
Now that fancy OLED keyboard has decreased in value to me from $400.00 to $30.00 or less. If I happen to see one in a discount bin somewhere for less than $30.00 then I might consider getting one, maybe. However I might also just pass on it. I would hate to give my money to a company that behaves like they are the king of the world, when they are far from earning that title.
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The Wiimote is nice, but trying to do anything with precision in Photoshop would be impossible!
I prefer my Wacom Digitizer/tablet. It has a mouse and pen. The mouse is for general use, but the pen is when accuracy is needed.
I can see where some of these other input methods are nice, and have their uses... But I doubt that the mouse is really that close to being replaced yet.
Every ISP does that now. I would rather give OpenDns that than my ISP, as I am already paying them why should I also give them advertising money when I make a URL mistake. I would rather give that money to someone else.
Thanks to the Homebrew Channel I have been playing Secret of Monkey Island on my Wii for almost a month now. I was going to try out Loom next week.
ScummVM is already really playable and stable. And it runs off of an inexpensive 2gig DS card.
LOL Blasted "T" did not go through. Sorry! My Fault!
VISA = VISTA
lol
That works great... IF DRIVERS EXIST!!!!!
I would have done this in January when I purchase day Toshiba Gaming laptop...
But there are no drivers for video card(S) (SLI), or sound cards for XP!
So I am STUCK WITH VISA if I want to play games, watch videos, or listen to music. (Or do anything fun)
Flatbed scanner. All digital camera pictures will look like crap.
Save each page in a separate PNG or JPG file.
Put them ito a CBR file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Book_Archive_file
Optional: Convert the CBR into a PDF with many available CBR free readers.
I do not think that the WiiFit is trying to replace a gym. But for some people this looks like a good workout machine.
I have various health problems. And I have noticed that sense I have gotten my Wii almost a year ago, that I have been playing the Wii Sports on a regular basis. (2-3 times a week for at least 30 minutes) And I have noticed that it has helped with my health a lot.
So I am planning on getting a WiiFit so I can add to my exercise routine. If I do it once or twice a week that should help even more.
I have a DGL-4500. With it I can block computers from accessing the Internet altogether.
I can set priorities for traffic. The VOIP box is level 1 (The highest) most of the other computers are level 125. (The middle of the range)
The computer that does my BitTorrent stuff is set at level 255 (The lowest setting). That way it only uses the "Leftover" bandwidth.
There is also a setting where I can just block BitTorrent traffic also.
My response would be to warn him that if he does not fix the settings on his Torrent client, that you will have to change the router settings to allow others to use the Internet, and his torrenting may be completely blocked.
Like with other disabilities, they should adapt to the world instead of expecting the world to adapt to them.
So instead of trying to get all wireless communications to stop, they should work to develop clothing that blocks such waves so that they are not effected, or effected less. (Faraday Cage based shirts maybe)
Asking the public to go without Wireless communication just because a minority of the population gets discomfort would be like...
Little people requiring all public places to have little people accessible areas. Hotels would be required to have several rooms that are designed for their shorter stature... Public restrooms would have to have special stalls and lower sinks... Grocery stores would be required to have all products 4 foot or below... You get the idea.
And if they whine about how their special clothing is expensive, than they can kiss by ass! My wife has to use a power wheelchair. The costs over $10,000 USD!! (More than my van!) I also had to purchase a folding ramp to load and unload her wheelchair from my ramp... To the tune of $450.00. If I wanted to have a power lift installed... That would be another few thousand.
So they can get themselves clothing that blocks these signals! And if a single one of them owns a cell phone, 2.4 ghz cordless phone, uses anything BlueTooth, or has a WiFi router (WiFi on) should be tattooed on the forehead with "I am a publicity whore".
Just make a crossbow device to fire the CD's. That is what I did when a friend of mine got 3 cases of AOL cd's dropped off at his door... It would make a nice clean slot in the front of the melon... But the back was always missing. lol
Funny, with everything turned down I was able to run it on a 1.1ghz system at a decent frame rate! I only had laggy issues when there was a room full of beasts.
And what I find amusing is that for Doom 3 people are whining that their system at the time could not handle it... But everyone is trying to build the perfect CRYSIS machine...
Crysis is good... But not THAT good.
I had a TurboGrafx(16) with the CD Drive attachment well BEFORE Sega ever released their CD device!
Why does everyone continue to give Sega credit for the CD-Drive on consoles, when the TG(16) did it first!
The moment my Internet goes out (After power cycling my modem, and rebooting my router) I am on the phone with my ISP asking them to fix it. Same goes for my Cable TV. It goes out, I am on the phone within a couple of minutes asking them what is going on, and when it will be fixed.
This is just as bad as ComCast sending bad BitTorrent data packets! ISP's should not be allowed to modify ANY content for ANYTHING that they do not own the rights to! What next? They will start censoring my e-mails if I complain about their service?
It also takes ad revenue away from websites! If a visitor goes to my site, but my ads are not displayed... Than the ISP is getting paid for MY content!
From a user perspective... If my ISP wants to show me their adverts, that is fine, but I want my Internet service for FREE! (Or at a at major discount)
That all being said... I bet the ISP adverts can't get around AddBlock!
How about they start filtering for viruses, spyware, and other nasty stuff? No, there is no profit in protecting customers. Instead they would rather protect copyright holders.
However I would LOVE to see someone get sued by the RIAA/MPAA after this goes into effect, and their defense is, "But my ISP said they filtered out all copyrighted content, I thought what I was downloading/sharing was legit"
Make the ISP's responsible for this task, and who knows where it will stop! Will ISP's be responsible to monitor how users use their connection? If someone visits a site that describes how o make a bomb, will the ISP have to start reporting the users to authorities?
The MythBusters did that already!
They shot a gun through the window, then the hull. The plain was fine! It took an explosive charge blowing the window out to cause the plain to rip apart.
When I worked for a computer shop, we gave the customer all the old parts!
The only time they did not get the parts back was when they purchased and upgrade and they were trading in their old parts.
So if it is not warranty work, the customer should be givin ALL old parts back! And I feel that should go for ALL repairs, not just computer ones.
Thanks to OpenDNS I can filter the worst of the worst advertising systems BEFORE the even reach my home! So it does not matter WHAT OS or browser you use. That way I can protect EVERYONE in my home from that DoubleClick crap!
Personally I feel that Flash adverts are too invasive. There is no need to use Flash! Animated GIF and other eye-catching techniques are far more effective.
And the WORST are the Flash adverts that make NOISE!!!! I find that just plain offensive!
Is this going to be a new way to meet a one night stand at a club? Place your phone in your back pocket, and if it pairs with someone, you take them home?
What if your phone pairs with the same gender, and you are not gay? So you become offended, or shake again?
The mentality of corporate America is that it is legal until a judge says so.
"Even if another company did the same thing and got busted for it, I can do it because the judge never said I could not do it, just them..."
This is where the bottom line is more important than what is legal.
Corporate America also takes into account fines and such. "Is it more cost effective to break the law and pay the fine, than to do it legally?" If it is, then the law will be broken!
Screw them! It is faster to just take a pic of the ISBN number. You can be in and out before they can do anything about it!
OR you can just keep comming back every 30 minutes or so. Get a bite to eat, come back write down more book ISBN numbers.
"New and improved Joker Products! With a new secret ingredient: Smylex"
I think there is a standard limit to regeneration cycles. HOWEVER the heart of the Tardis can do amazing things... Sooo They could do something involving that..
And The Face of Boe this season did tell the good Doctor that he was not alone... So maybe there is another timelord out there that could take over...
The possibilities are endless. The only limits are the ones that the writers have when they have writers block. (And ratings)
Why even use the USB port at all??? That still ties it to an OS by drivers!!!
Want to make a hardware firewall that will impress me? Simple. Make a hardware firewall that has an ethernet on BOTH ends. One end goes to the wall, the other end goes to my ethernet port. Think of it as a 1 port ROUTER! You can get POWER fro the USB port, but I would leave it at that.
Oh want a hardware firewall for your wifi? No Problem! Make a WiFi version that is powered off of the USB port. Give the little box 2 wifi transcivers. One is the WAN transciver that connects to the internet, the other one is a LAN transciver that connects to your laptop!
With either of the above solutions you KNOW you are secure because it is OUTSIDE of whatever OS you choose! The above solutions would work with ALL Operating Systems! And only the WIFI one would need to really be configured.
Yes, what I described is basucally a 1 port router. But it would WORK and would be SECURE!
When the keyboard was first announced I was soo interested.
When they said it would be the price of a good cell-phone I was interested.
When they announced a release date, I was ready with $400.00 to get one.
Then they delayed the release date. I was disappointed but still ready to purchase.
Then they decided to release a 3 button wimpy device first, I was disappointed but waiting for the real thing.
Then they announced it would be B&W, then they changed their minds a day or so later and said it would be color again. I realized that they did not care about anything except yanking people's chains. I became disinterested.
Then they announced a $1,200+ price-tag. I am no longer interested.
They way they have handled themselves acting like a rock-star when they have YET to release an "OMG I have to have it" device so they have not earned that attitude yet.
Now that fancy OLED keyboard has decreased in value to me from $400.00 to $30.00 or less. If I happen to see one in a discount bin somewhere for less than $30.00 then I might consider getting one, maybe. However I might also just pass on it. I would hate to give my money to a company that behaves like they are the king of the world, when they are far from earning that title.