Comment They're super! (Score 2, Funny) 12
Thanks for asking!
Journal Journal: Foes List Finally Comes To Facebook 1
Slashdot did it years ago with zoo.pl, but now the Foes List is finally coming to Facebook. It's about damn time!
Bookmark Cringely heads to the Moon (pbs.org)
Comment Re:$14,000 too high? (Score 2, Informative) 575
The Smart "pure" model starts out at "under $12,000" according to their site. Also, to test your theory, I went to toyota.com and configured a Corolla. Once I added in an automatic transmission and power windows/door locks (which is a $500 option on the Corolla!), my MSRP was $16,325. I would imagine that the Corolla will still be a more popular car -- but it's certainly not cheaper.
Journal Journal: Jack Valenti, dead at 85 1
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - MPAA leader Jack Valenti was found dead in his Washington home today. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
Submission + - big ram laptops? (beyond 4gb)
Fubari writes: Anybody know when laptops over 4gb might be coming out? Some of the devtools I want to run are just obscene ram-pigs. On the desktop I'm using now (win2003), it sucks up 1.6gb just to boot. By the time I log in and start doing work, it is stretching 2gb.
Move that to vista, add a vm-ware session or two, and I'm worried I'll be pushing 4gb.
I'm torn between buying a 4gb-max laptop now, or some mini-desktop that can fit in a set of luggage wheels. A friend of mine suggested something like this, but my first choice would be something designed to be portable.
Move that to vista, add a vm-ware session or two, and I'm worried I'll be pushing 4gb.
I'm torn between buying a 4gb-max laptop now, or some mini-desktop that can fit in a set of luggage wheels. A friend of mine suggested something like this, but my first choice would be something designed to be portable.
How Jobs Played Hardball In iPhone Birth 479
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Apple bucked the rules of the cellphone industry when creating the iPhone by wresting control away from normally powerful wireless carriers, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Only three executives at the carrier, which is now the wireless unit of AT&T Inc., got to see the iPhone before it was announced. Cingular agreed to leave its brand off the body of the phone. Upsetting some Cingular insiders, it also abandoned its usual insistence that phone makers carry its software for Web surfing, ringtones and other services... Mr. Jobs once referred to telecom operators as "orifices" that other companies, including phone makers, must go through to reach consumers. While meeting with Cingular and other wireless operators he often reminded them of his view, dismissing them as commodities and telling them that they would never understand the Web and entertainment industry the way Apple did, a person familiar with the talks says.'"
Toshiba Touts 51GB HD DVD 236
srizah writes to mention that Toshiba plans to launch a 51 GB HD DVD, with a 1 GB advantage over Sony's Blu-ray disc. From the article: Toshiba has submitted a triple-layer, 51GB HD DVD-ROM disc to the standard's overseer in the hope the technology will be adopted as a standard by the end of the year. If approved, it allow the format to exceed the 50GB storage capacity of rival medium Blu-ray Disc. The HD DVD standard currently defines single- and dual-layer discs capable of holding 15GB and 30GB of data, respectively."
Journal Journal: Eat eat you're so thin 4
Only in NYC: Fainting dieters cause subway delays.
Journal Journal: 2007 5
Finally! Am I the only one who has been thinking in 2007 for weeks if not months?
In any case, happy new year, all, and happy new beer to all who enjoy that sort of thing!
Journal Journal: "Peace Not Apartheid" 2
The anti-Carter campaign is predictable but off the mark. Anyone who follows the Israeli-Palestinian debate knows that the the term "apartheid" is commonly used by opponents of the wall that divides Palestinian communities in the West Bank. (Or the "separation barrier" as the Israelis call it.)
Journal Journal: Zakaria on Iraq 4
The always insightful Fareed Zakaria on what we should do in Iraq: secure Kurdistan, fight Al Qaeda, and contain rather than pretend to prevent sectarian violence while the Sunnis and Shiites fight it out. Korea is cited as an example - I would also include Bosnia which is peaceful now after the Dayton accords.
Journal Journal: North Korea 1
Journal Journal: "Spend more time with family" 4
What did the Hillary machine dig up on Mark Warner that caused him to quit the race?
