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Post by Swimmy on Feb 10, 2008 0:46:01 GMT -5
I've often encouraged using Wikipedia as a starting point, but that there are more reliable sources out there. I don't see Wikipedia becoming a top notch authority.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 10, 2008 9:06:06 GMT -5
I like the Wiki Newsroom page: en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Newsroom"...a place to see what articles are being written and what you can do to help write them." And did you notice the "Articles In Dispute"? Follow the thread re the 22 year old beaten up by Safeway employees, what might be a typical kind of problem in the future. He said/She said makes news." Turns out the article was submitted by the victim. |
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Post by losjibaros on Feb 10, 2008 10:09:49 GMT -5
swimmy, google just rolled out news paper and radio ads, you give them the ad, they market you want it in and they go get bids for you to run these ads, tv is next..
you dont think there is a reason billions were spent by a tv conglomerate for myspace? why google spent the GNP on buying Youtube?
There is going to come a point when your TV, your Radio and your Computer are all one single piece of equipment. When this happens, there might be an ABC and a FOX.. but you wont see a Utica OD or a WKTV.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 10, 2008 14:25:57 GMT -5
Wiki News: Have you noticed that most of the references are from "legitimate" news sources? So what is the point of Wiki News?
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Post by frankcor on Feb 10, 2008 14:53:05 GMT -5
Los Jibaros, add telephone, GPS and mp3 player to your list of functions in the appliance of the future. Can I get mine implanted somewhere so I don't lose it?
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Post by Swimmy on Feb 10, 2008 15:32:20 GMT -5
Wait about 10 years. The technology is underway and currently is being tested for those with physical disabilities. I imagine that as the technology improves you'll be able to have it implanted.
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Post by Ralph on Feb 11, 2008 0:29:00 GMT -5
Maybe it’s just me; but I like the feel of a book in my hand, I can’t stand trying to read PDF’s and such.
I also like to listen to CD’s when at home instead of my MP3 player, and would rather watch TV on my TV than on my PC.
While I do appreciate the advances in technology, I find it much more comforting to crawl in bed with the latest Robert Parker mystery and smear peanut butter and jelly on a page than I do trying it with my laptop.
I also enjoy the feel that if my CD player craps out, I can get a new one and not have lost the entirety of my music collection in the process.
And despite the fact that we have a houseful of PC’s with web cams, video e-mail, MySpace and all the associated forms of communication with our children…….there is nothing more special than when I get a card or note from one of my kids in their own handwriting that simply says “Hey Dad, I Love You”.
As far as the media goes, locally……when they learn decent (not necessarily correct, but decent) grammar and punctuation for their print and when the local TV personalities learn how to pronounce words and area names correctly, I might actually read/listen to the point they are trying to get across.
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Post by losjibaros on Feb 11, 2008 11:14:04 GMT -5
and would rather watch TV on my TV than on my PC...
ralph, drink the friggin coolaid, your sounding like my father did when they stoped making BETA movies and 8-Track tapes players....
Its all going to be wonderful Ralph.. your refrigerator is going to tell Coca-Cola how many sodas you have in your fridge...
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Post by frankcor on Feb 11, 2008 13:11:19 GMT -5
Ralph, did you moan when the buggy whip fell into disuse? ::snicker::
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Post by losjibaros on Feb 11, 2008 13:19:33 GMT -5
I saw ralph wacking his datsun B210's 8-track player with a buggy whip... seems it was "double tracking"
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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 11, 2008 20:39:40 GMT -5
1. Toast crumbs on my newspaper: shake it over the wastebasket on the way to recycling bin. Toast crumbs in my keyboard: major pain! get out the little vacuum attachments. More pain if you like peanut butter.
2. What if my 802.11b router doesn't have enough range to reach the bathroom?
3. Ever try to swat a spider with a laptop?
4. Four kids and a wife on a 1000 mile trip in a minivan = 5 laptops.
5. I actually worked on 8 track technology. I think it would still be here except for The Captain & Tenile.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 11, 2008 21:17:45 GMT -5
Boy, that 8 track stuff was noisy. Hisssssssssssss. Was it because it was before Dolby?
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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 11, 2008 21:35:52 GMT -5
Sort of in the middle of.
Ray Dolby did his work on cassette, which was even worse than 8 track in terms of tape noise.
As an aside, I didn't know until a few years ago that the same idea was used on aircraft "black boxes"; pulling from the inside of a continuous loop wound into a spiral and winding back onto the outside. Air Canada needed a new tape supplier since their old one had cone to manufacturing heaven. Took half a day and an old Rolodex to find someone to put their planes back in the air.
They paid outrageous amounts to have someone broker a deal from an old audio supplier to slit tape to their requirements. I hope they've gone digital by now,
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Post by frankcor on Feb 11, 2008 23:29:41 GMT -5
Clarence, your family must be hell on that minivan battery. And because of your Captain & Tenile line, all the breadcrumbs and peanut butter in my keyboard are now floating in coffee. Forget the little attachments, I going downstairs to get the shop vac. 0.5 HP arrr. arrr. arrr.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Feb 12, 2008 7:04:02 GMT -5
Actually, I lied. They were all very quiet and well-behaved (yeah, sure). The maximum electrical load we ever had was one lap top, 2 CD players, one TV with a built in 8mm tape player & books on tape on the van's cassette player.
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