They have a plan that is just over 2000 sqft. With the main level being only 1024sqft. It would be hard to make a house like that any smaller, because it requires a level in ground to get the geothermal affect. It is a really cool concept to bad it is way out of my price range anytime soon. That is also the reason I think they have the 6000sqft houses, the people who can afford the new tech, can afford and are used to having large houses.
I was talking with my dad and sister not to long ago about these bulbs. All us have been switching over and have saved quite a bit. My Dad says he saves $6 a month with just 2 bulbs. I proposed a tax on incandecant bulbs, $1 bulb. The proceeds of the Tax go to lowering the price of energy efficiant bulbs and R&D for other energy saving tech like solar, wind, tidal and others.
The problem now is people aren't informed or just buy whatever is cheapest when they need it. If the energy efficiant bulbs cost less then the old bulbs, people would buy the more efficiant bulbs just to save the money at the register.
I listen to Riff2 out of Detroit online and in my car via HD radio and it plays no comercials. The only non-music content are station ID's, introducing music and announcements about local concerts and music shows on TV. They also play a very wide array of music in the rock catagory. From Hardcore, to alt rock, to Punk Rock, they even play Detroit Hip Hop.
I just bought an HD radio for my car the JVC KD-HDR1 and it was only $229, I still have to mail in the $25 HD radio rebate. Plus it plays MP3 CDs. I haven't found a bunch of stations on HD yet but the one I like Riff2 has a very interesting format (Real Alt rock with some punk and Detroit area Hip Hop) and no commercials.
I think they do have a strategy in mind for this beta and I don't think it is webhosting. I think this is just a test of how well they can handle server side applications. I can see them ramping up the features and making it more robust, maybe even the ability to create PDF's or a format like that. I think this is there test for an online Word processor with all your files online and editable and emailable from any browser. I think this is Googles first step at real web based applications.
This is why some people hate geeks and why many geeks can't seem to socialize well. Since you can pick appart this question about the pure definition of technology you obviously know what he is talking about, often the context is more important than the words. You know what he is trying to convay.
I may not be communicating this properly, but I think the saying I get from sisters when I do the same thing would sum it up best and make my point:
Microsoft has dropped IE and now WMP for Mac, both of which are free. They are still making VirtualPC and are working on a version for Mac/Intel at $200 a pop if the current prices continue. So as long as everyone else makes cheap PC's and Apple never releases OSX for cheap PC's Microsoft can sell a copy of Windows for 95% of all computers. I wouldn't be suprised if the Office for Mac 5 year deal included a deal to make sure Virtual PC ran almost as fast as a PC. Microsoft's big money maker is Office, Windows is just a tool to sell all there other crap and services.
To fix popover ad's, stupid colors or layers they overlap so I can't read a page, I just click the the little user mode button. The background turns to white, all the text becomes black with the standard font and all the bad CSS crap gets turned off. And if I need it back I just click to turn Author mode back on. I don't know if Fire Fox has this option but for those of you more involved with the project it would be a nice added feature.
And anyone with half a brain can figure out this was put on the front page so there would be some discussion. If you look at all the posts you will find some insite on price, compatibilty and issues with various devices.
It's easy to say the answer is a USB key or iPod, the tough part is which one, or maybe there is something better than the obvious that someone on slashdot has found. I know I would be happy to know if brand X craps out after a week and when you try to get a replacement company X says fuck off.
Everyone knows many of the "reviews" on the net are just written by someone trying to sell there crappy product. At least on slashdot you get a better idea of what is crap.
First to actually do something about people having home computers. Before his marketing and pushing only companies with lots of money and some geeks that made the slashdot crowd look like preschoolers. He didn't invent the personal computer....he just made us think that we needed one and made IBM thing we needed one when he did so well. Without his vision computer would be much different now.
It's a matter of risk, and talent. I agree that people that put in more time and have more education should get more money, but it doesn't work that way. You also have to consider the risk, many people can be programmers because the work can be learned and there is a huge need for programmers. Actors, sports players and other less needed jobs take a leap of faith that they are good enough to beat out all the other people that want the "easy money" job. Truth is most don't make it because there is a limited market for those fields. If those professions didn't have high pay rates few would take the risk of not having work for years at a time to find a job. Just check out Wil Wheaton's site and look at the shit he had to go through because of his desicion to choose a career that it very hard do find work in even with talent.
My final point.... you could have done the same thing as the Simpson's voice actors...talked funny and get paid big, you just took the path with less risk going for a job that has more demand.
I doubt this would destroy a profession. It would take years for this to spread and there is still a need for Opthomologists. This would just make Optimologists a little less employable. This might actually increase eye glass sales. I know that I need a new perscription but I can't afford the $200 or more for even cheap exam, glasses and frames. If they could lower the cost of the exam, glasses and frames. I would mostly likely buy a new pair every year. I might even get a couple different types for different occations.
This was what I was thinking, a real solution.I know if they didn't have the stupid turn off your cell phone message before a movie I would forget to turn mine silent. I have had my phone ring in a theater before but I turned if off after the first ring, and felt like a dick for having it on.
A Blue tooth standard quite zone spec would be great for cell phones. With options on the phone to set the quiet zone settings to either vibrate or silent. Maybe even an indicator for quite zone on the phone itself.
That would surely help the forgetful people like me. My cell phone has become like a wallet or watch, I don't think about them until I need them.
I think it all depends on the Apps you use. I use the calendar all the time to keep track of things I do for work and the address book , notes for different client info and such. The programs I use the most aren't included with the Palm,Showtimes, MyCheckbook and Diet and Exercise Assistant.
Showtimes is just cool, it puts movie times in a database you can search on your Palm for movies playing in any area you configure.
MyCheckbook has saved me a bunch of money because I actualy keep track of my ATM/Checking account and know exactly what I have and don't have to worry about keeping reciepts around and entering them in some spread sheet later.
Diet and Exercise Assistant has helped me lose weight, because it lets me do the one proven thing to loose weight, lower calorie intake. It makes counting calories doable, before the Palm it was a pain in the ass and I never when for more than a couple days before giving up.
I heard...second hand mind you from a Real Estate agent in Saline that if you ask the phone company if they have DSL they say no. Because they don't offer the service, but there are ISP's near Saline that offer DSL for the Saline area. You just have to call around. (I can't remember the name of the exact ISP that the agent found)
It isn't as fast as Sat. but you could get a multiple Dialup setup. One our clients had a remote office in Grass Lake MI with a CISCO router and 6 dialup lines. This is what they setup after the POS Starband system wouldn't stay connected with multiple users. The ISP was Digital Realm in Ypsilanti...they most likely still have the equipment and nothing to do with it. Our client finaly was able to get a T1 that could handle IP traffic so the dialup system was taken out.
I think the reason there is such a backlash, is because most people don't realize where the popups come from. I work for a company that does contract computer support and see it all the time. I notice Kazza, weather bug, date manager and all the other crap installed.
I ask them, "do you get a lot of popup ads?" They almost always answers yes I do. I remove that crap and they don't get nearly as many.
I have no problems with websites having a popup ad or something, if they get to anoying I won't use that site, but the programs that hide the use of excessive popups hidden in there EULA piss me off.
I was watching the League of Ex. Gentalmen the other day and thought that Mr. Hyde was done really well and if he had a green tint would have made a an excelent Hulk.
I have to agree that the CGI was really bad, and the acting, and the plot but the whole movie wasn't bad. I think the direction was pretty cool. I liked how they had the panals like in a comic book. So if you ignore the dialog and CGI the actual frame work of the movie is good.
Of course you can't make a good tasting cake with flour made of shit, but it can look pretty.
I have to agree. I called Dell support after they sent a tech to replace a motherboard for a customer of ours. The computer still wouldn't boot after the new motherboard was installed. That didn't make me mad, because it was damaged from a powersurge from the "great black out". What pissed me off was that the tech didn't even boot the computer to see if it was working. So I was called in again to fix the computer they were supposed to fix.
It was bad memory. I even took memory from another computer and that worked fine. I called Dell support and it took them close to an hour to agree with me, after I told them it was bad memory and I had a good stick and the computer booted fine.
It cost our clients a bunch of extra cash because they had to pay me for my time to get it all straightened out.
Like mentioned earlier most major carriers already have this ability. Most trucks can be tracked and have an instant messaging like system in the trucks...and that same satilite communication device can be plugged into the electronically controlled engine. It's really interesting, you can see every turn the truck makes, how fast it goes and how often and how long it stops. If the trucker drives too fast the trucking company can even change the top speed govenor. (To limit fuel usage)
But if you wanted too you could just slowly drop the speed govenor until the truck is going 1MPH and you could then shut the engine off.
It doesn't really matter that much. I would guess the Ferrari has a 15 gallon tank at about 12Mpg so would get around 180 miles. But here is the important part if you run out of fuel it only takes a few minutes to get more. Not to mention the cars have different perposes the TZero is more of a proof of concept the Ferrari is a toy for the rich that like to go very fast and impress people.
Of course this brings up the biggest problem with electric cars. The problem isn't speed or range as much as it is charging time. If someone could come up with a way to charge the batteries in 5 minutes or less then electric cars would be all over the place.
No one wants to go 301 miles and have to wait 4 hours for the car to charge to keep going, and no one wants to wake up late for work and realize they forgot to plug the car in last night and they may not have the juice to get to work.
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They have a plan that is just over 2000 sqft. With the main level being only 1024sqft. It would be hard to make a house like that any smaller, because it requires a level in ground to get the geothermal affect. It is a really cool concept to bad it is way out of my price range anytime soon. That is also the reason I think they have the 6000sqft houses, the people who can afford the new tech, can afford and are used to having large houses.
I was talking with my dad and sister not to long ago about these bulbs.
All us have been switching over and have saved quite a bit. My Dad says he saves $6 a month with just 2 bulbs. I proposed a tax on incandecant bulbs, $1 bulb. The proceeds of the Tax go to lowering the price of energy efficiant bulbs and R&D for other energy saving tech like solar, wind, tidal and others.
The problem now is people aren't informed or just buy whatever is cheapest when they need it. If the energy efficiant bulbs cost less then the old bulbs, people would buy the more efficiant bulbs just to save the money at the register.
Try Riff2.com in Detroit.
I listen to Riff2 out of Detroit online and in my car via HD radio and it plays no comercials. The only non-music content are station ID's, introducing music and announcements about local concerts and music shows on TV. They also play a very wide array of music in the rock catagory. From Hardcore, to alt rock, to Punk Rock, they even play Detroit Hip Hop.
I just bought an HD radio for my car the JVC KD-HDR1 and it was only $229, I still have to mail in the $25 HD radio rebate. Plus it plays MP3 CDs. I haven't found a bunch of stations on HD yet but the one I like Riff2 has a very interesting format (Real Alt rock with some punk and Detroit area Hip Hop) and no commercials.
I think they do have a strategy in mind for this beta and I don't think it is webhosting. I think this is just a test of how well they can handle server side applications. I can see them ramping up the features and making it more robust, maybe even the ability to create PDF's or a format like that. I think this is there test for an online Word processor with all your files online and editable and emailable from any browser. I think this is Googles first step at real web based applications.
This is why some people hate geeks and why many geeks can't seem to socialize well. Since you can pick appart this question about the pure definition of technology you obviously know what he is talking about, often the context is more important than the words. You know what he is trying to convay.
I may not be communicating this properly, but I think the saying I get from sisters when I do the same thing would sum it up best and make my point:
You know what I was talking about smart ass!
Also the G5 had 1GB of memory and the intel had 512MB
Microsoft has dropped IE and now WMP for Mac, both of which are free. They are still making VirtualPC and are working on a version for Mac/Intel at $200 a pop if the current prices continue. So as long as everyone else makes cheap PC's and Apple never releases OSX for cheap PC's Microsoft can sell a copy of Windows for 95% of all computers. I wouldn't be suprised if the Office for Mac 5 year deal included a deal to make sure Virtual PC ran almost as fast as a PC. Microsoft's big money maker is Office, Windows is just a tool to sell all there other crap and services.
To fix popover ad's, stupid colors or layers they overlap so I can't read a page, I just click the the little user mode button. The background turns to white, all the text becomes black with the standard font and all the bad CSS crap gets turned off. And if I need it back I just click to turn Author mode back on.
I don't know if Fire Fox has this option but for those of you more involved with the project it would be a nice added feature.
And anyone with half a brain can figure out this was put on the front page so there would be some discussion. If you look at all the posts you will find some insite on price, compatibilty and issues with various devices.
It's easy to say the answer is a USB key or iPod, the tough part is which one, or maybe there is something better than the obvious that someone on slashdot has found. I know I would be happy to know if brand X craps out after a week and when you try to get a replacement company X says fuck off.
Everyone knows many of the "reviews" on the net are just written by someone trying to sell there crappy product. At least on slashdot you get a better idea of what is crap.
First to actually do something about people having home computers. Before his marketing and pushing only companies with lots of money and some geeks that made the slashdot crowd look like preschoolers. He didn't invent the personal computer....he just made us think that we needed one and made IBM thing we needed one when he did so well. Without his vision computer would be much different now.
Hey, you must be the guy that keeps making me use a different email when I try to "register" with fuck@you.com for websites.
It's a matter of risk, and talent. I agree that people that put in more time and have more education should get more money, but it doesn't work that way. You also have to consider the risk, many people can be programmers because the work can be learned and there is a huge need for programmers. Actors, sports players and other less needed jobs take a leap of faith that they are good enough to beat out all the other people that want the "easy money" job. Truth is most don't make it because there is a limited market for those fields. If those professions didn't have high pay rates few would take the risk of not having work for years at a time to find a job. Just check out Wil Wheaton's site and look at the shit he had to go through because of his desicion to choose a career that it very hard do find work in even with talent.
My final point.... you could have done the same thing as the Simpson's voice actors...talked funny and get paid big, you just took the path with less risk going for a job that has more demand.
I doubt this would destroy a profession. It would take years for this to spread and there is still a need for Opthomologists. This would just make Optimologists a little less employable. This might actually increase eye glass sales. I know that I need a new perscription but I can't afford the $200 or more for even cheap exam, glasses and frames. If they could lower the cost of the exam, glasses and frames. I would mostly likely buy a new pair every year. I might even get a couple different types for different occations.
This was what I was thinking, a real solution.I know if they didn't have the stupid turn off your cell phone message before a movie I would forget to turn mine silent. I have had my phone ring in a theater before but I turned if off after the first ring, and felt like a dick for having it on.
A Blue tooth standard quite zone spec would be great for cell phones. With options on the phone to set the quiet zone settings to either vibrate or silent. Maybe even an indicator for quite zone on the phone itself.
That would surely help the forgetful people like me. My cell phone has become like a wallet or watch, I don't think about them until I need them.
I think it all depends on the Apps you use. I use the calendar all the time to keep track of things I do for work and the address book , notes for different client info and such. The programs I use the most aren't included with the Palm,Showtimes, MyCheckbook and Diet and Exercise Assistant.
Showtimes is just cool, it puts movie times in a database you can search on your Palm for movies playing in any area you configure.
MyCheckbook has saved me a bunch of money because I actualy keep track of my ATM/Checking account and know exactly what I have and don't have to worry about keeping reciepts around and entering them in some spread sheet later.
Diet and Exercise Assistant has helped me lose weight, because it lets me do the one proven thing to loose weight, lower calorie intake. It makes counting calories doable, before the Palm it was a pain in the ass and I never when for more than a couple days before giving up.
P.S. This is all on an old Palm V with 4MB
I heard...second hand mind you from a Real Estate agent in Saline that if you ask the phone company if they have DSL they say no. Because they don't offer the service, but there are ISP's near Saline that offer DSL for the Saline area. You just have to call around. (I can't remember the name of the exact ISP that the agent found)
It isn't as fast as Sat. but you could get a multiple Dialup setup. One our clients had a remote office in Grass Lake MI with a CISCO router and 6 dialup lines. This is what they setup after the POS Starband system wouldn't stay connected with multiple users. The ISP was Digital Realm in Ypsilanti...they most likely still have the equipment and nothing to do with it. Our client finaly was able to get a T1 that could handle IP traffic so the dialup system was taken out.
I think the reason there is such a backlash, is because most people don't realize where the popups come from. I work for a company that does contract computer support and see it all the time. I notice Kazza, weather bug, date manager and all the other crap installed.
I ask them, "do you get a lot of popup ads?" They almost always answers yes I do. I remove that crap and they don't get nearly as many.
I have no problems with websites having a popup ad or something, if they get to anoying I won't use that site, but the programs that hide the use of excessive popups hidden in there EULA piss me off.
I was watching the League of Ex. Gentalmen the other day and thought that Mr. Hyde was done really well and if he had a green tint would have made a an excelent Hulk.
I have to agree that the CGI was really bad, and the acting, and the plot but the whole movie wasn't bad. I think the direction was pretty cool. I liked how they had the panals like in a comic book. So if you ignore the dialog and CGI the actual frame work of the movie is good.
Of course you can't make a good tasting cake with flour made of shit, but it can look pretty.
I have to agree. I called Dell support after they sent a tech to replace a motherboard for a customer of ours. The computer still wouldn't boot after the new motherboard was installed. That didn't make me mad, because it was damaged from a powersurge from the "great black out". What pissed me off was that the tech didn't even boot the computer to see if it was working. So I was called in again to fix the computer they were supposed to fix.
It was bad memory. I even took memory from another computer and that worked fine. I called Dell support and it took them close to an hour to agree with me, after I told them it was bad memory and I had a good stick and the computer booted fine.
It cost our clients a bunch of extra cash because they had to pay me for my time to get it all straightened out.
Like mentioned earlier most major carriers already have this ability. Most trucks can be tracked and have an instant messaging like system in the trucks...and that same satilite communication device can be plugged into the electronically controlled engine. It's really interesting, you can see every turn the truck makes, how fast it goes and how often and how long it stops. If the trucker drives too fast the trucking company can even change the top speed govenor. (To limit fuel usage)
But if you wanted too you could just slowly drop the speed govenor until the truck is going 1MPH and you could then shut the engine off.
It doesn't really matter that much. I would guess the Ferrari has a 15 gallon tank at about 12Mpg so would get around 180 miles. But here is the important part if you run out of fuel it only takes a few minutes to get more. Not to mention the cars have different perposes the TZero is more of a proof of concept the Ferrari is a toy for the rich that like to go very fast and impress people.
Of course this brings up the biggest problem with electric cars. The problem isn't speed or range as much as it is charging time. If someone could come up with a way to charge the batteries in 5 minutes or less then electric cars would be all over the place.
No one wants to go 301 miles and have to wait 4 hours for the car to charge to keep going, and no one wants to wake up late for work and realize they forgot to plug the car in last night and they may not have the juice to get to work.