Homer: "Ooh, the new issue of 'Weird' is here! [opens magazine] Gigabyte! [laughs] They've done it again! Gigabyte!
Wait, this isn't 'Weird!' [looks at 'Wired' cover] Why, there's no magazine *called* "Weird", is there?
It's because of the USB drive, yes
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The best idea is that you use the stereo to control the music, not the portable player itself. I've been waiting for this for a LONG time. For several years, car stereos have decoded MP3s off of recordable CDs, but nothing would accept the convenience of the USB drive.
Personally, I don't own an iPod. I have a cheap Panasonic cd player that'll do MP3s, and has an am/fm radio for those times I'm not at home, work, or in my car. I'd almost never need a portable player. I bring music with me on my USB drive and play it at work. For $60 I can bring 1 GB of music, and play it on any computer, keep it in my pocket, and not worry about breaking it or someone stealing it.
I like this idea a lot. And USB will be ubiquitous and popular for at least as long as the car would be expected to last.
I don't have anything to shoot a hard drive with, but I do enjoy taking them apart. I disassemble them in the civil way (though sometimes I dremel the screws off 'cause I don't have a mini torx) The Neodymium magnets are quite useful for the fridge (they'll hold a whole buncha take-out menus without budging). I even have one of 'em under the wall-mounted bottle opener. It'll snag a beer cap from 4" away. The platters make a nice coaster, mobile, or wind chime. Good tech art.
You're forgetting one big concern with hurricanes that swing up to the upper east coast. Most of them that make it north of Cape Hatteras accelerate northward, occasionally reaching speeds of 50+ MPH. This isn't wind speed... this is the storm's motion. This gives very little time to prepare, and also means that a storm will plow a good distance inland very fast. Hurricanes have hit Nova Scotia, and caught them off guard. Nobody, from Texas to Maine, is "safe" from a hurricane, even those who aren't right on the shore.
I've lived in Connecticut my whole life, and I remember 2 storms that did a good deal of damage. Hurricane Gloria, and Hurricane Bob.
Studies in a lagoon in Rhode Island (behind the beach dunes) show that at roughly once every 100 years, a Category 3+ hits New England. It could easily damage, Providence, and Boston, too. Remember, we've only been here for roughly 300 yrs. The last time, the cities weren't nearly what they are now. Providence is in trouble if we get a Cat 3 coming our way.
The Earth emits more CO2 than most people are largely aware of. It's easy to figure out what humans create (buth by technology and breathing... 6 billion people can't be having only a negligible effect)
Other things, both natural and man made, include coal mine fires, Volcanos that on average release 145 million to 255 million short tons of CO2 annually, not to mention an equally immense amount of SO2. Check out Mammoth Mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range. The National Park Service has closed it to camping because it emits so much CO2 up through the soil that it can kill humans who stay in the area too long. It killed a lot of trees, too. Estimates state that Mammoth Mountain emits 50-150 tons of CO2 per DAY, which might cast doubt on the earlier estimate of how much volcanos produce.
I'm not going to suggest that we don't care about man-made emissions, but I think more study will find that it pales in comparison to nature. And what do we do if we find that the earth is warming up with or without our effort? Do we try to cool it down?? Might be something to think about, if in the next few thousand years Mankind eliminates "harmful" emissions to only find that the planet's trying to kill us anyways...
but that doesn't mean there aren't any other environmental effects. Burning fossil fuels also creates water, so the difference from switching to something else isn't likely to make a huge difference, but increasing the humidity can have an adverse local effect on the environment. I just suppose it depends on how much.
but I'm sure it won't fare nearly as well as the iPod itself. People get tired of their cell phones after a while. Especially when something new and flashy comes out.
just the average life expectancy is. The real reason the overall age is increasing is because of the dramatic increase in prenatal care, care of premature babies, and being able to reduce infant mortality. Humans used to lose kids all the time to all varieties of disease and sickness. Even 100 years or so, it was almost expected that you'd lose one to something. And our lifestyle choice isn't helping much. The only reason we're not reducing life expectancy is because we have technology to "save" people who would otherwise die. Heart attacks in particular. We're not really healthier, it's just slightly harder to die.
I'd really be curious to see what the life expectancy trend is of people who were healthy at age 18, not just a live birth.
I'm 25 (Born in 1980) The first game system I had was NES, in 1987. That is, I can't remember much before '86, and my parents didn't buy me Atari. So the NES really is the roots of my video gaming life. A teenager is probably beyond the original NES as far as roots go.
I've spent the last 8 years moving back and forth from college and various apartments... and 2 weeks ago, I dug my original NES out of the box, hooked it up, and played Metroid. It really was a blast from the past. It's been 15 years since I played it.
And if you really want a tribute to good ol' fashioned gossip and fan networks, think how fast the Justin Bailey code spread without the existene of the internet or BBS.
I work for a General Dynamics subsidiary (Electric Boat) and we're currently forbidden to bring in any form of a camera, even on a cell phone or PDA. Most of the time you're trusted, but they check on occasion. You'd be lucky if you didn't get canned for bringing one in, so most people aren't willing to risk it. We're also forbidden to connect anything to the computers, even though there's nothing classified on the user desktops. Again, they log everything and check.
The problem lies with the fact that it's getting harder and harder to find PDAs and mobile phones that do not have camera/video capability. And for the folks who travel or move around a lot for business, it's a lot more convenient if the company can provide you with a useful gadget. It's either that, or I just stick to writing stuff down on a notepad, and using a 4 year old cell phone.
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Director: Oh, the living. Well, fortunately, this
model features the Cadaver-Cam.
[turns on a small TV embedded in a monument. We see
Bart clawing at the lid of the casket]
I'm wondering how much worse this has been made by the new policy of only allowing updates for legit copies of Windows. Can the millions with illegal copies get their fix, or will they just be sitting ducks for this and the next exploit to come along?
Don't forget... the main reasin for higher fuel efficiency is to reduce emissions, not just general consumption. Carburetors have one big strike... they cannot achieve the emissions of a fuel injected vehicle. EFI accounts for changes in oxygen content of the incoming air, and changes the amount of fuel injected to achieve a perfect stoichiometric balance of hydrocarbons and oxygen. This reduces harmful emissions. A carburetor only regulates the amount of gas with respect to incoming air flow, using the venturi effect. Carburetors went out of fashion because of more stringent emissions ratings. A toyota Echo may only get 40 MPG to your 50+ Geo, but the emissions are probably orders of magnitude higher in the Geo. That's the real technological improvement.
Well, Lieberman tends to wait and make a argument that's a little more thought out than most public officials. He's just biding his time.
While I'm conservative in most respects, I do have an appreciation for Lieberman's professionalism. He really puts an effort into doing what he thinks the people of CT really want.
And while I live in CT and don't particularly care for censorship, there's a large number of people here (and nationwide) that want "someone else" (Uncle Sam) to take the legwork out of their parenting. They don't want to understand it, they just want the Cliff Notes when it comes to the latest trend so they can spend 5 seconds on their decision.
Again, Lieberman is doing what he thinks is right... but that's largely reflected by the population of people who want their info all prepped for them. Hence the ESRB.
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I call BS on that. 60km per gallon, perhaps. But unless you drove a steady 40mph on a flat highway, I seriously doubt you got 60 mpg.
Homer: "Ooh, the new issue of 'Weird' is here! [opens magazine] Gigabyte! [laughs] They've done it again! Gigabyte!
Wait, this isn't 'Weird!' [looks at 'Wired' cover] Why, there's no magazine *called* "Weird", is there?
The best idea is that you use the stereo to control the music, not the portable player itself. I've been waiting for this for a LONG time. For several years, car stereos have decoded MP3s off of recordable CDs, but nothing would accept the convenience of the USB drive.
Personally, I don't own an iPod. I have a cheap Panasonic cd player that'll do MP3s, and has an am/fm radio for those times I'm not at home, work, or in my car. I'd almost never need a portable player. I bring music with me on my USB drive and play it at work. For $60 I can bring 1 GB of music, and play it on any computer, keep it in my pocket, and not worry about breaking it or someone stealing it.
I like this idea a lot. And USB will be ubiquitous and popular for at least as long as the car would be expected to last.
I don't have anything to shoot a hard drive with, but I do enjoy taking them apart. I disassemble them in the civil way (though sometimes I dremel the screws off 'cause I don't have a mini torx)
The Neodymium magnets are quite useful for the fridge (they'll hold a whole buncha take-out menus without budging). I even have one of 'em under the wall-mounted bottle opener. It'll snag a beer cap from 4" away.
The platters make a nice coaster, mobile, or wind chime. Good tech art.
but I've been standing in line at the ATM and heard more than one person mumble their PIN as they punched it in.
It's a good thing I'm a nice guy. The only thing between me and cash were my morals. But I suppose that's the case most of the time in society.
You're forgetting one big concern with hurricanes that swing up to the upper east coast. Most of them that make it north of Cape Hatteras accelerate northward, occasionally reaching speeds of 50+ MPH. This isn't wind speed... this is the storm's motion. This gives very little time to prepare, and also means that a storm will plow a good distance inland very fast.
Hurricanes have hit Nova Scotia, and caught them off guard. Nobody, from Texas to Maine, is "safe" from a hurricane, even those who aren't right on the shore.
I've lived in Connecticut my whole life, and I remember 2 storms that did a good deal of damage. Hurricane Gloria, and Hurricane Bob.
Studies in a lagoon in Rhode Island (behind the beach dunes) show that at roughly once every 100 years, a Category 3+ hits New England. It could easily damage, Providence, and Boston, too. Remember, we've only been here for roughly 300 yrs. The last time, the cities weren't nearly what they are now. Providence is in trouble if we get a Cat 3 coming our way.
I shouldn't say "if." I mean "when."
The Earth emits more CO2 than most people are largely aware of. It's easy to figure out what humans create (buth by technology and breathing... 6 billion people can't be having only a negligible effect)
Other things, both natural and man made, include coal mine fires, Volcanos that on average release 145 million to 255 million short tons of CO2 annually, not to mention an equally immense amount of SO2. Check out Mammoth Mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range. The National Park Service has closed it to camping because it emits so much CO2 up through the soil that it can kill humans who stay in the area too long. It killed a lot of trees, too. Estimates state that Mammoth Mountain emits 50-150 tons of CO2 per DAY, which might cast doubt on the earlier estimate of how much volcanos produce.
I'm not going to suggest that we don't care about man-made emissions, but I think more study will find that it pales in comparison to nature. And what do we do if we find that the earth is warming up with or without our effort? Do we try to cool it down?? Might be something to think about, if in the next few thousand years Mankind eliminates "harmful" emissions to only find that the planet's trying to kill us anyways...
"Ridin' on the bus, ridin' on the bus..."
Hmmm. The news reports did say the Mexicans were sending some troops to New Orleans...
NOAA also has an article, with pictures and a movie, too.
but that doesn't mean there aren't any other environmental effects. Burning fossil fuels also creates water, so the difference from switching to something else isn't likely to make a huge difference, but increasing the humidity can have an adverse local effect on the environment. I just suppose it depends on how much.
but I'm sure it won't fare nearly as well as the iPod itself. People get tired of their cell phones after a while. Especially when something new and flashy comes out.
Gadgets really shouldn't require contracts.
If only chicks went down as easy as that server.
just the average life expectancy is. The real reason the overall age is increasing is because of the dramatic increase in prenatal care, care of premature babies, and being able to reduce infant mortality. Humans used to lose kids all the time to all varieties of disease and sickness. Even 100 years or so, it was almost expected that you'd lose one to something.
And our lifestyle choice isn't helping much. The only reason we're not reducing life expectancy is because we have technology to "save" people who would otherwise die. Heart attacks in particular. We're not really healthier, it's just slightly harder to die.
I'd really be curious to see what the life expectancy trend is of people who were healthy at age 18, not just a live birth.
also tend to be more inclined to win a Darwin award. Stupid women don't tend to blow themselves up as often as stupid men do.
I'm 25 (Born in 1980) The first game system I had was NES, in 1987. That is, I can't remember much before '86, and my parents didn't buy me Atari. So the NES really is the roots of my video gaming life. A teenager is probably beyond the original NES as far as roots go.
I've spent the last 8 years moving back and forth from college and various apartments... and 2 weeks ago, I dug my original NES out of the box, hooked it up, and played Metroid. It really was a blast from the past. It's been 15 years since I played it.
And if you really want a tribute to good ol' fashioned gossip and fan networks, think how fast the Justin Bailey code spread without the existene of the internet or BBS.
Those are roots.
I work for a General Dynamics subsidiary (Electric Boat) and we're currently forbidden to bring in any form of a camera, even on a cell phone or PDA. Most of the time you're trusted, but they check on occasion. You'd be lucky if you didn't get canned for bringing one in, so most people aren't willing to risk it. We're also forbidden to connect anything to the computers, even though there's nothing classified on the user desktops. Again, they log everything and check.
The problem lies with the fact that it's getting harder and harder to find PDAs and mobile phones that do not have camera/video capability. And for the folks who travel or move around a lot for business, it's a lot more convenient if the company can provide you with a useful gadget. It's either that, or I just stick to writing stuff down on a notepad, and using a 4 year old cell phone.
Director: Oh, the living. Well, fortunately, this
model features the Cadaver-Cam.
[turns on a small TV embedded in a monument. We see
Bart clawing at the lid of the casket]
Abe: Haha. Look at him go!
Homer: That thing got picture-in-picture?
Director: Of course. This is the Contempo.
I'm wondering how much worse this has been made by the new policy of only allowing updates for legit copies of Windows. Can the millions with illegal copies get their fix, or will they just be sitting ducks for this and the next exploit to come along?
Don't forget... the main reasin for higher fuel efficiency is to reduce emissions, not just general consumption. Carburetors have one big strike... they cannot achieve the emissions of a fuel injected vehicle.
EFI accounts for changes in oxygen content of the incoming air, and changes the amount of fuel injected to achieve a perfect stoichiometric balance of hydrocarbons and oxygen. This reduces harmful emissions.
A carburetor only regulates the amount of gas with respect to incoming air flow, using the venturi effect.
Carburetors went out of fashion because of more stringent emissions ratings. A toyota Echo may only get 40 MPG to your 50+ Geo, but the emissions are probably orders of magnitude higher in the Geo. That's the real technological improvement.
It'd be a lot more convenient if they could hear my shouts of "it's the passing lane, not the fast lane!" and "use your d@mn turn signals!"
Better driving through feedback!
"What I love about space, is that the more we discover, the more we have to learn."/i>
The same goes for voyeurism, actually.
Well, Lieberman tends to wait and make a argument that's a little more thought out than most public officials. He's just biding his time.
While I'm conservative in most respects, I do have an appreciation for Lieberman's professionalism. He really puts an effort into doing what he thinks the people of CT really want.
And while I live in CT and don't particularly care for censorship, there's a large number of people here (and nationwide) that want "someone else" (Uncle Sam) to take the legwork out of their parenting. They don't want to understand it, they just want the Cliff Notes when it comes to the latest trend so they can spend 5 seconds on their decision.
Again, Lieberman is doing what he thinks is right... but that's largely reflected by the population of people who want their info all prepped for them. Hence the ESRB.
That's still not as good as Fuckidol (TM)