Slightly off-topic but I just discovered Ur-Quan Masters, an old Star Trek-like RPG game that's pretty decent. Massive world to explore, engaging storyline. Open-source, too.
Here in the Philippines, we have full-sized laptops going for $400, the cheapest they've ever been. Not Via processors, mind you, but dual core. Not just no-name brands, either, but Acer and Lenovo. And they all ship with some version of Linux or other. I've seen units preloaded with Ubuntu, and the horribly named Linpus is very popular with Acer notebooks.
However, it's likely that once the buyers bring the unit home, a bootleg version of Windows gets loaded on it. Linux is preloaded just to show that the unit is working.
On the other hand, netbooks aren't really living up to the name. They're coming in with more memory and more disk space -- case in point is the Deep Blue H1 (not sure what the designation is in other countries): 1GB memory and 40GB hard disk, and all of $300.
People won't just buy it for its price or features, they'll also buy it for the wow factor. If the production cost difference is minimal, why not go the extra distance?
Philosophical rethinking? Hmmm....
So if Phoenix found fossils, it means that we're not the only lifeform in the universe? And then what?
But if Phoenix didn't find any, it just means that we haven't been looking hard enough?
Seems like either way, a lot of it is based on faith.
...just to hear Bono's rendition of the Spider-Man theme song. "Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can...."
Acrobatics aside, the Spider-Man story does have very operatic themes: ambition, death of a parental figure, revenge, and of course, responsibility. So who knows?
For the record, Superman was produced as a Broadway musical in 1966, though it only had a very short run. More on Wikipedia.
The map traces incoming links to a site, instead of outgoing links. So I think it means that most links going into LJ sites are coming from LJ itself, instead of from outside that community. Hence, the island.
Now I wish they had a map of outgoing links...
I found out about this story from Slashdot. Initial panic as my friend is studying in VT. No way to contact him. What to do but head over to his blog where, thankfully, he posted news that he was alright.
It's hard to care when the only means of access is limited to big government. Space exploration is exciting, but the complex bureacracy required to pull it off isn't. A few thousand more incremental improvements in technology to bring space into private enterprise is required.
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We Filipinos were way ahead in that regard -> http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/103053707_82776c774a.jpg
("Bayanihan" roughly translated means "helping your neighbor." House-moving is the most common depiction.)
Frankly, I kind of doubt it. But you never know...
Now I'm surprised why "bad feeling about this" didn't show up earlier. Must be losing our mojo.
Great! That means our spacesuits will always be free from molds.
I'd like to revisit this thread in 25 years and see what came of this enterprise. ;-)
And just last week, we had the "Pensieve" thing-y from IBM.
When are the flying broomsticks coming?
Slightly off-topic but I just discovered Ur-Quan Masters, an old Star Trek-like RPG game that's pretty decent. Massive world to explore, engaging storyline. Open-source, too.
It's a little old, but worth a look. http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
However, it's likely that once the buyers bring the unit home, a bootleg version of Windows gets loaded on it. Linux is preloaded just to show that the unit is working.
On the other hand, netbooks aren't really living up to the name. They're coming in with more memory and more disk space -- case in point is the Deep Blue H1 (not sure what the designation is in other countries): 1GB memory and 40GB hard disk, and all of $300.
People won't just buy it for its price or features, they'll also buy it for the wow factor. If the production cost difference is minimal, why not go the extra distance?
Where I am, the EeePC is outselling other competitors (Classmate, Astone UMPC) precisely because of that. Sure, it's pricier, but you won't get embarrassed whipping it out in a café.
Looks like the EBox was designed to look like a Wii.
Philosophical rethinking? Hmmm.... So if Phoenix found fossils, it means that we're not the only lifeform in the universe? And then what? But if Phoenix didn't find any, it just means that we haven't been looking hard enough? Seems like either way, a lot of it is based on faith.
It was the height of irony when Charlton Heston appeared as an ape in the "Planet of the Apes" remake...and gave an anti-gun speech.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Methinks Japanese video game players need more calcium in their diet.
...and if the aliens said they were sent by God, what then?
True enough! With gravity that strong, strange visitors from that planet would find it so easy to, er, leap a tall building in a single bound.
...'coz your job don't got no curvy Vulcans and Borgs in catsuits.
I believe it's called positive reinforcement.
So should we classify a planet like this as Class "M"?
...just to hear Bono's rendition of the Spider-Man theme song. "Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can...." Acrobatics aside, the Spider-Man story does have very operatic themes: ambition, death of a parental figure, revenge, and of course, responsibility. So who knows? For the record, Superman was produced as a Broadway musical in 1966, though it only had a very short run. More on Wikipedia.
The map traces incoming links to a site, instead of outgoing links. So I think it means that most links going into LJ sites are coming from LJ itself, instead of from outside that community. Hence, the island. Now I wish they had a map of outgoing links...
I found out about this story from Slashdot. Initial panic as my friend is studying in VT. No way to contact him. What to do but head over to his blog where, thankfully, he posted news that he was alright.
It's hard to care when the only means of access is limited to big government. Space exploration is exciting, but the complex bureacracy required to pull it off isn't. A few thousand more incremental improvements in technology to bring space into private enterprise is required.
Given Vista's steep hardware requirements, I doubt if just sending out CDs would have done much good.
Ah, yes, but I daresay she'd be hotter still once she hosts her Trill symbiote. Va-va-voom!
One of the hallmarks of Web 2.0 is that the consumer is also a producer.... Apply that to porn? Gasp!
Of course! AJAX is also SOAP.