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Not very good, I'm running short of glue and I don't want some of the inmates "whipping" up a batch for me....I'll trade some cigs for some Elmers Glue....you got any?
I'm also toying with the idea of starting a quilting bee with some of the more mellow inmates, those that can use needles for constructive purposes......instead of mainling like that cigy or gigy or whatever that things name is.
The Rocket Car would be done about now, if only I had some glue
Phreezing Philo of the Nord
I'm hoping I don't have to enlist these guys to break me out.
OT: Breaking News: French Surrender!
France Surrenders to Texas High School
By David Burge
CNSNews.com
February 28, 2003
Paris (CNSNews.com) - What began as a six-day chaperoned music tour by a group of suburban Texan teenagers ended in an epic conquest in the pre-dawn hours of Friday morning as French military and government officials offered their unconditional surrender to students of the Aldine, Texas Eisenhower High School Music Department.
Accepting the surrender, Eisenhower High School Band and Choral Director Gary Baumer praised the French for avoiding further bloodshed and vowed an immediate postwar rebuilding effort. "We hope to achieve national recovery by prom," said Baumer. "The seniors have voted for the theme "Springtime in Paris."
In a goodwill gesture, Baumer said the victorious students would soon begin releasing most of the 400,000 French prisoners of war they had captured during the brutal three-day campaign.
"We want the prisoners reunited with their families," said Justin Gonzales, a junior tenor in the Eisenhower Glee Chorus. "Besides, you can't even begin to imagine the smell."
Baumer also granted former government officials and their families safe passage out of the country. Former President Jacques Chirac was last seen boarding his private Airbus jet at Orly Airport, as the Eisenhower Jazz Ensemble taunted him with an off-key rendition of "Na Na Na Na (Hey Hey) Goodbye."
Chirac's plane was reportedly intercepted and escorted away by Royal Air Force fighter jets as it attempted to enter British air space. According to sources familiar with Britain's MI2 intelligence service, Chirac has accepted exile in Iraq.
Details of the Franco-American conflict were still emerging Friday morning, but British and American intelligence sources indicated the confrontation was prompted by the dismissive sneers of French onlookers as the Eisenhower
Lady Madrigals performed 'The Greatest Love of All' at a Paris park.
"It may not sound like much, but after three days of smelly French cigarettes and being called 'cowboys' and 'arrogant' and 'stupid' and stuff, it finally gets to you," said Megan Prosser, a sophomore alto who led the initial charge. "Basically, we just snapped."
Those who have seen the videotapes of the Wednesday charge described it as "disturbing." "It is said the French oppose war because they know first hand its horror," said Edward Krohn, a visiting Professor from the Naval War College. "When I see hundreds of grown French men being beaten senseless by Texas schoolgirls, I completely see their point."
By the time the Eisenhower Boys Barbershop Chorale learned of the melee, the Lady Madrigals had already captured Paris' Second, Third and Fifth Arrondisements.
"It became sort of like a game," explained senior baritone Kevin Wilkes. "Like Ghost Recon , except the other guy just wets himself and runs away. We just wanted to win more ground than the girls and I guess it got out of hand."
When dawn broke Friday, the students had swept north to Calais, blocking the English Channel from would-be French escapees.
Plagued by massive desertions and too-firm brie rations, the French army and Legion Etranger were ready to collapse by Thursday morning, but held out another 12 hours after receiving reinforcements from a group of 15 volunteer human shields from the United States.
Led by filmmaker Michael Moore, the group vowed to "use our own bodies to block American high school imperialism and colonialism," and asked the French to "show us your solidarity with pastry, and some good butter."
Moore was later taken into custody after an Eisenhower PsyOps agent mesmerized him with a box of the band's fundraising chocolate bars.
Amid panic and widespread wine shortages, President Chirac called Washington Thursday evening to request emergency U.S. military support for the crumbling nation.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said President Bush vowed to "immediately send Secretary of State Powell to the United Nations to request the scheduling of a vote for the formulation of a committee to create an investigative team, at the earliest possible convenience."
The assault continued into the night Thursday as various forces of the school's performing arts department formed sweeping attack columns: Glee Club to the Pyrennes, Swing Band and Wind Ensemble to the Mediterranean, Symphonic Band to the Rhein. By early Friday morning, the fighting had
largely ended.
"We kept hearing about some French resistance," said Baumer. "Apparently that was a myth."
Despite the furious action, casualties were low with no reported deaths. Some two million French remain hospitalized with minor injuries sustained while bowing, scraping, pleading and running away. Six of the 135
Eisenhower students were treated for injuries related to foot blisters and excessive kissing.
The swift rout of Europe's second largest military force caught many in the international diplomatic community by surprise.
United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan convened an emergency meeting of the General Assembly late Thursday to consider whether teen-occupied France would retain its seat on the UN Security Council.
A member of the Dutch delegation, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the country had sufficient votes to retain council membership because "international stability is paramount when considering American teenagers with nuclear weapons."
By mid-morning Friday, more than 40 countries had contacted Baumer to offer congratulations and request formal diplomatic ties, but as many as 100 world leaders expressed concern over prank phone calls from students. Particularly
hard-hit was President Uthai Partasuk Jaat of Thailand, whose name vaguely resembles a popular character in Star Wars episode IV.
While normalization continues, there remains widespread confusion of the crisis and its effect on volatile world hotspots such as Iraq, Iran, Israel and North Korea.
On Friday, it remained unclear what the name of the new country would be. Baumer said the victorious band and choir members were evenly split between 'France Junior' and 'Cowboy Corral'.
Raucous celebrations followed news of the French surrender, as dozens of Eisenhower students tossed rolls of toilet paper at the barren elms along the Champs Elysses and staged drag races through the Arc de Triomphe, mooning the populace through the windows of commandeered Citroens. Others unfurled a huge banner from the Eiffel Tower declaring "EHS Rulez, EU Droolz".
The revelry led Baumer to issue a stern reprimand to the students, warning of consequences including "UN sanctions, or even worse, ... possibly a note home to your parents."
In Aldine, disciplinary notes seemed unlikely to dampen the enthusiasm of parents and families of the triumphant Eisenhower music students. Hundreds of local residents followed the action on television, and the conquest of
the Gallic land mass has become a point of civic pride.
"Beating France is the biggest win for Eisenhower since we beat Conroe Judson in the '88 Super-sectionals," says longtime resident Wayne McDaniel, president of the Eisenhower Eagle Booster Club. "We're planning a big wing-ding when they get back."
Activities planned for the commemoration include a parade, as well as what McDaniel called "a very big plaque," at the Aldine Kiwanis hall.
"Although, we might have to wait on that for a while," added McDaniel. We're having a bake sale and car wash to send the football team to Germany."
I would like to be out!!!
How did we survive??????
My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and
spread mayo on the same cutting board with
the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't
seem to get food poisoning.
My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the
counter AND I used to eat it raw sometimes
too, but I can't remember getting E-coli.
Almost all of us would have rather gone
swimming in the lake instead of in a
pristine pool (talk about boring).
The term cell phone would have conjured
up a phone in a jail cell, and a pager
was the school PA system.
We all took gym, not PE... and risked
permanent injury with a pair of high top
Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of
having cross-training athletic shoes
with air cushion soles and built in light
reflectors. I can't recall any injuries
but they must have happened because they
tell us how much safer we are now.
Flunking gym was not an option... even for
stupid kids! I guess PE must be much harder
than gym.
Every year, someone taught the whole school
a lesson by running the halls with leather
soles on linoleum tile and hitting the wet spot.
How much better off would we be today if we
only knew we could have sued the school system.
Speaking of school, we all said prayers and the
pledge and staying in detention after school
caught all sorts of negative attention. We must
have had horribly damaged psyches.
I can't understand it. Schools didn't offer 14
year olds an abortion or condoms (we wouldn't
have known what either was anyway) but they did
give us a couple of baby aspirin and cough syrup
if we started getting the sniffles. What an
archaic health system we had then. Remember
school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.
I thought that I was supposed to accomplish
something before I was allowed to be proud of
myself.
I just can't recall how bored we were without
computers, PlayStation, Nintendo, X-box or
270 digital cable stations.
I must be repressing that memory as I try to
rationalize through the denial of the dangers
could have befallen us as we trekked off each
day about a mile down the road to some guy's
vacant 20, built forts out of branches and
pieces of plywood, made trails, and fought over
who got to be the Lone Ranger. What was that
property owner thinking, letting us play on that
lot. He should have been locked up for not putting
up a fence around the property, complete with a
self-closing gate and an infrared intruder alarm.
Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and
sterilization kit when I got that bee sting? I
could have been killed!
We played king of the hill on piles of gravel
left on vacant construction sites and when we
got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48 cent bottle of
Mercurochrome and then we got our butt spanked.
Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed
by a 10-day dose of a $49 bottle of antibiotics
and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the
contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile
of gravel where it was such a threat.
We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either
because if we did, we got our butt spanked
(physical abuse) here too ... and then we got
butt spanked again when we got home.
Mom invited the door to door salesman inside for
coffee, kids choked down the dust from the gravel
driveway while playing with Tonka trucks (remember
why Tonka trucks were made tough... it wasn't so
that they could take the rough Berber in the family
room), and Dad drove a car with leaded gas.
Our music had to be left inside when we went out to
play and I am sure that I nearly exhausted my
Imagination a couple of times when we went on
vacations. I should probably sue the folks now for
the danger they put us in when we all slept in
campgrounds in the family tent.
Summers were spent behind the push lawnmower and
I didn't even know that mowers came with motors
until I was 13 and we got one without an automatic
blade-stop or an auto-drive.
How sick were my parents? Of course my parents
weren't the only psychos. I recall Donny Reynolds
from next door coming over and doing his tricks
on the frontstoop just before he fell off. Little
did his Mom know that she could have owned our house.
Instead she picked him up and swatted him for
being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.
To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever
been told that they were from a dysfunctional family.
How could we possibly have known that. We needed to
get into group therapy and anger management classes?
We were obviously so duped by so many societal ills,
that we didn't even notice that the entire country
wasn't taking Prozac! How did we survive?
Popsicle Sticks
Remember those? You can buy big boxes- 500 and 1,000 of them in the small or large size at any craft store. Which is a good thing, because at 5:15pm I was running to Hobby Lobby to get some so Will could make a boat for a project that is due, yes, tomorrow. To his credit, he had tried to make it before and it just didn't work. He was near 'bout in tears.....i told him that when I make a cake I use fresh ingredients, that when you play hockey you wear the right equipment, and when you build a boat you need the right materials. After a brief discussion of available material, including a review of previously tried and unsuitable materials, we settled on popsicle pops. Thus, my shopping expedition.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, Ben was sentenced to solitary confinement and David was restricted from tv for a week.
I don't know if I want to build something really exciting,like this ROCKET CAR[/B]; Here is the link if any of you other Jailbirds want to build one too!!! Or a Mouse maze at the bottom of this page. What do you think I should make Matt? You know what they say, Idle hands and then some other thing.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/eng/projects/car.html
To understand the concepts behind building a life-size rocket car by building a smaller version with popsicle stick frames and film canister cap wheels. These little rocket cars are equipped with a small CO2 cartridge for an engine and are guided along a fishing line as they reach speeds up to 70 km/h.
For years the need for speed has intrigued humankind. A new record for speed was set on October 15, 1997 when a car travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time. The rocket powered car Thrust SSC reached 763 miles per hour in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.
This futuristic car needed a sleek aerodynamic body and a scoop-shaped fin to prevent it from leaving the ground. At high speeds, a low pressure zone (fast air) can be created at the top of a car coupled with a high pressure zone (slow air) under the body of a car causing the car to take flight. This phenomenon is better known as Bernoulli's Principle.
Any rocket car trying to break the sound barrier has to be carefully engineered to reduce all friction. Friction is the force opposing the movement of a body by something from the outside environment. In a rocket car, friction can be found within the bearings of its wheels and axle, at the contact point between the tires and the ground, and upon the body of the car caused by air resistance.
Building the Cars
1 wooden shish cabob skewer
4 film canister caps
2 large straws
1/4 bottle of white glue
one 7 x 15 cm piece of paper
1 CO2 cartridge, 19 mm diameter
popsicle sticks
The CO2 cartridge holder: Lay out the strip of paper.
Spread glue on half of the paper. Using the CO2 cartridge, roll the paper into a tube, starting at the end with no glue. Keep the paper tight and make sure it does not stick to the CO2 cartridge.
Place a small bead of glue along the final seam to ensure it is completely sealed. Pinch the paper tight over the rounded end of the CO2 cartridge and glue down the pinched end. Remove the CO2 cartridge.
The wheel assembly: Cut the wooden skewer and one of the straws into halves.
Glue each straw half to 2 separate popsicle sticks and allow to dry.
Using the sharp end of the skewer poke holes in the centre of the four film canister caps.
Push the skewer piece through the hole in one of the film canister caps. Thread the free end of the skewer through one of the glued straws. Put the other film canister cap on the free end of the skewer and you will then have two sets of wheels for your car.
It is important for launching that the centre of the CO2 cartridge be 3 cm from the ground. This is easily done by attaching the paper CO2 cartridge holder to the popsicle stick on the wheel assembly.
The body and the frame: Next you should design a frame of popsicle sticks abiding by the following constraints:
the car must be less than 15 cm wide
the CO2 cartridge must be the piece the farthest to the back of the car
the CO2 cartridge holder must be tightly secured (encased in popsicle sticks)
The final straw must be used as a runner for the guide wire and secured to the underbody of the car as low to the ground as possible
The figure below is an example of a simple frame to build.
Building the launcher
The starter
Materials listed correspond to their number and are found in the figures below.
two 2" x 4", 35 cm long
two 1" angle irons 7 cm long
two 3/4" diameter steel bars 6 cm long
one 1" x 4", 35 cm long
one 3/4" steel bar 12 cm long
two 1" angle irons 15 cm long
one 1" steel bar 6 cm long
one 1" steel bar 9 cm long
one 1" angle iron 28 cm long
two 3/4" bar 38 cm long
two 1" angle irons 7 cm long
one 2" x 4", 35 cm long
two large eyelet screws with bolts
one small spring cut to desired tension
one 1/4" diameter steel bar 38 cm long
two 1/8" diameter steel nail sharpened
two small springs to cover 1/4" of each nail
two small wires for nail cotter pins
twenty-two 3/4" wood screws
two small washers for release mechanism
four 2" wood screws
two small cotter pins
The finish
two wood pieces 1" by 2" cut 90 cm long
two 2" x 4" cut 35 cm long
two 1" x 4" cut 45 cm long
twelve 2" wood screws
200' of 40 pound test fishing line
Put together the launcher as shown in Figure 2 & 3. Parts 7, 8, 9, and 15 are all welded to each other. The angle iron used for part number 9 should strike both nails simultaneously to allow for an equal start in each lane. The eyelet screws are used to attach the fishing line and for fine adjustments in the tension. The spring should be tight to allow the arm to strike the nails at a large enough speed to puncture the CO2 cartridge. Parts 5 and 7 combine to create a starting lever for when the hammer is cocked and the spring is stretched. The steel bars (part 8) are mounted on the back of the starter so that it can be fastened under a door to remain stable. The finish also needs to be weighted down to keep the guide line taut.
Extra Info:
keep some sandpaper handy to sharpen the nails between rounds
the person launching the cars should hold on to the CO2 canister when the launch is taking place to ensure that a large enough hole is punctured
keep the guide line tight to prevent cars from crossing tracks
before launch the straw used for a guide wire will need to be sliced down the middle in order to allow the guide wire to slide in; once the wire is in, tape the straw shut for safety
safety goggles should be worn by the launcher
caution posters should be laid along the track to avoid tripping over the guide wires
Newton's Third Law of Motion explains why the rocket cars move forward. Newton's Third Law says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. In this case, the force of the compressed CO2 escaping backwards out of the cartridge exerts an equal force on the cartridge, but in the opposite direction. The car, which is attached to the cartridge, thus moves forward.
You can see the effects of Newton's Third Law all around you. For one thing, it explains the motion of rockets; the hot gas coming down out of the rocket exerts an equal but opposite force on the rocket, propelling it upward. But Newton's Third Law also explains more everyday events. When you lean against a wall, the reason you don't fall over has to do with Newton's Third Law. Your body pushes sideways against the wall. According to Newton's Third Law, the wall pushes back with a force equal and opposite. This force from the wall is what holds you up.
MOUSE MAZE
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Things you will need:
1. Tic Tac Container
2. Popsicle Sticks
3. Scissors
4. White Paint
5. White Paper
6. "Mouse-Colored" Chenille Stem (Pipe Cleaner)
7. Small piece of yellow craft foam
8. Glue
* If you don't have something listed above, try substituting
something close
Directions:
1. Peel the labels off of the Tic Tac container. DO NOT soak them off. (If you do,
there will be a "shadow" left behind.)
*. If you would like to use a pattern, go to step "A" below.
2. Cut the popsicle sticks into small pieces. (These are the walls.)
3. Paint the pieces of popsicle sticks white.
4. Cut the piece of paper to fit the bottom of the Tic Tac container.
5. Glue the sticks onto the paper in a maze shape.
6. Put a drop of glue on the maze, and cut bits of the chenille onto it. This is your mouse.
7. Glue the foam into the end of the maze. (This is the cheese.)
8. Let all of the glue dry, then slide the maze into place, and glue it there.
9. Cut off most of the part of the lid that fits into the container. Glue the lid in place.
To use the pattern:
A. Print out the page here..
B. Cut the round ends off of 10 popsicle sticks.
C. Place the flat ends of the sticks against the top red line.
D. Cut one (1) stick at each line without a number.
E. Cut the number of sticks indicated at the length of lines with a number.
F. Cut the maze to fit the container.
G. Glue the sticks onto the lines.
H. Go to step "6" above.
* Optional "extra" ideas: Make a tail for your mouse, put 2 mice in the maze, or draw
fake tunnels on some of the walls!
Matt:
I have been working diligently making you this very nice popsicle stick log cabin. However, I am having some problems; what type of glue do you use for your projects? (I'm not talking about the stuff you sniff either)
It says to: Glue craft sticks to the paper to make the wall of the cabin.
Cut a triangular roof for the cabin and glue it to the paper. Cut a rectangular door and square window; the window should be bigger than a penny. Glue the door and window to the cabin. Glue a penny, Lincoln side up, to the window. Draw a door knob and a background. You may want to add a chimney, trees, and other details that the children think of. Label the picture, Abraham Lincoln's Log Cabin.
Since it is a Abe Lincoln cabin and he freed the slaves, maybe you'll let me go as well.
Philo
Well, whatever you think...........you're the doctor.
I burnt my three posts, so I better go back and work on that popsicle stick project you started for us.
Yes and no........but thanks for asking........I use the kneepads to do my morning prayers........asking the Gods at KrispyKreme for forgiveness.
Matt, what do I have to do to get released? How long is my incarceration?
Philo
The question one has, is how do you find the time to post 24/7/365 with an alligator in your possession?
I know you have a problem finding friends, and an alligator is a good match for you, but doesn't that just seem a bit overbearing in your "mother hen" mode?
Of course this is just my opinion, but what is your problem? I've have never in my life seen a more bitter person. Isn't it hard to get up and look in the mirror each morning? Or do your hollow and sunken eyes just see "gray" each and every day?
Did you ever see the movie Matilida? Perhaps not, it's a great movie to see with your children, but then, who would have sex with you in then first place....anyway..I was getting off track there.....hate to do that.
Well Matilda had some parents that were not too bright, kinda like Soxfan and Buttanyway....all they cared for was themselves. And Maltilda loved to read, and read and read and read, and the good thing was she learned. The bad thing was she had to go to a school where the Principal was just the worse. In fact she was so bad, in my mind that's what you must look like.
Well to make a long story short, as I'm sure I'm boring you right now as you probably are picking your nose, GOOD OVERCAME EVIL.....AND THE SAME WILL HAPPEN WITH YOU.
Life is a wonderful thing, but it's what you make of it and the friends you make along the way.....everyday I can look up with my head held high and thank God for all of the good things in life..........CAN YOU.
Philo
No unfortunately you still hold that moniker.......and from what I can tell, will not be giving it up for quite some time.
Philo
Matt:
What is the correct protocol to get released? Do I need to get fitted for an ankle braclet?
Philo
Hotrod, good point........oh oh........I'm down to no posts left.
Well, whenever it was said, I must have meant it. Probably through all of the frustration of weeding through the important messages being posted on that night about saving our souls.
Matt are you sure it was me? It could have been that guy on the "grassy knoll".
Since that time, I have gone to church 16 times, sometimes twice a day......hoping for forgiveness.....
Hotrod, good point........oh oh........I'm down to one post left?
Matt, so that is what it was, a "wide spread" net? So what was my offense? Posting the weather?
I guess I got caught up in the "moment", it was a dark and mysterious night, if I remember correctly. I think my fingers slipped on the keyboard.........yeah, that's it, my fingers slipped.....
Trend, lets hope so and this was a very nice and pleasant surprise. Especially for a sham company.
It is nice to see that the bashers have gone back to their holes (albeit temporary).
Up Up and away.................
Phoggy Philo
Wow, it's amazing that I was able to go through the posts and not have a skip in numbering. Great news.
Yippppppppppppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Phoggy PHilo
First off, I would like to thank Letgojoe, GoSilver and Tinroad for all of the things you guys have done over the past years. I can understand your frustration and I don't blame you one bit for leaving.
THANK YOU.
I was roaming through the Ihub Q & A board and they were talking about us leaving. I don't remember the post number, but I thought it was interesting because their arrogance of thinking that we will be back after we leave. this is the 2nd highest post board that they have, the other one is a "premium" site and I guess they'll be happy with us gone.
NOW: Having said that. I would like to tell SOCKPHAN, BUTTDICKHEAD AND TRUTHorFRICTION. To go GET A LIFE, YOU PEOPLE ARE LOWER THAN THE SCUM OF THE EARTH......YOUR HIGHLIGHT IN LIFE MUST BE POPPING WHITEHEADS IN THE MIRROR AND TAKING TURNS LICKING THE PUSS OFF OF IT.
It simply amazes me that you think you have some right to post past history, lies and innuendos for some legitimate reason. You don't own a frigging share of this stock, yet you get your rocks off for doing what? What in the world is your mission?
Not that i really care, maybe someday they'll come up with a drug to help you......unfortunately Dr. Kevorkian is in prison.
Reuters
Music industry targets workplace downloaders
Thursday February 13, 8:31 am ET
By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent
LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The recording industry directed its anti-piracy campaign at large companies in the United States, Europe and Asia on Thursday, warning them that employees are illegally downloading music on company time.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a global trade group representing the major music labels, said it had begun issuing brochures to thousands of companies spelling out the legal and technological dangers of giving employees access to online file-sharing networks.
"We were surprised to see that peer-to-peer services are being accessed by a lot of companies' computer networks," Allen Dixon, general counsel at IFPI in London told Reuters.
The IFPI blames peer-to-peer networks for part of the decline in recorded music sales over the past two years. Online file-sharing networks such as Kazaa and Morpheus attract millions of consumers daily who swap all manner of music, film and software.
Corporate computers tend to be connected to high-speed networks and have ample storage space, two essentials for downloading large files.
IT experts warn that such connections can greatly slow network speeds and leave a company's computer networks vulnerable to viruses and other digital intrusions.
LEGAL DANGERS
In addition to technological risks, unauthorised copying is illegal in many countries. Threat of a copyright-infringement law suit, the IFPI hopes, will motivate corporations to ban employee access to such networks.
Last month, IFPI chairman Jay Berman said in a keynote address at the annual Midem music conference that the industry intended to beef up its fight against online piracy this year through education initiatives, lobbying efforts and offering more compelling commercial download services.
Commercial alternatives to Kazaa have been a weak competitor to the free file-sharing networks, particularly because major labels have released a relatively small portion of their repertoire to the industry-backed Web services.
Earlier this week, Italian Internet service provider Tiscali (Milan:TIS.MI - News) began offering customers free music downloads in an effort to jumpstart its commercial music download service and attract new ISP customers.
The IFPI, which represents majors Warner Music (NYSE:AOL - News), Universal Music (Paris:EAUG.PA - News), EMI (London:EMI.L - News), Sony Music (Tokyo:6758.T - News) and BMG , began issuing the brochures to companies and government organisations on Thursday in the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Malaysia.
going there now
sorry, need to make some on topic talk. I really liked the review today and hope more will be coming withforth or forks
Philo
Sentinel,you and me both....they were pretty tight and lets hope they keep heading north. I was pleasantly surprised by the review today, it was a nice feather in our hat..now if we can only make a headdress.
Philo of the NOrd
What? Didn't we close above $0.21?
Attack of the Clones: e.Digital's Odyssey 1000 Is No iPod
But for $150 less, I'll take it!
By Shoshana Berger, February 12, 2003
I have iPod envy. But every time I feel the pang and revisit the Apple (AAPL) website, I'm hit with the same sticker shock. Though iPod prices are finally starting to tumble, it's still hard -- even for a card-carrying early adopter -- to rationalize paying so much for an MP3 player. Sure, an iPod could store every version of every song the Rolling Stones ever recorded (the 20-gigabyte model holds as many as 4,000 tracks), and yes, the device has that satisfying, new-bar-of-soap look, but is it really worth $500?
That question takes on renewed urgency with each additional iPod clone that hits the market. Toshiba brought out its Mobilephile late last year, and two weeks ago, e.Digital released its 20GB Odyssey 1000. Like the Mobilephile, the Odyssey has an ersatz iPod form factor. But instead of the chrome back, milky front, and touch-sensitive menu wheel, the Odyssey is covered in smudge-loving chrome and has a manual scroll wheel. The two higher-end iPod models (10GB and 20GB) can talk to either PC or Mac through a FireWire adapter, while the Odyssey is a Windows-only player and transfers MP3s via a USB 2.0 connector (boasting download speeds of up to 8 megabits per second -- a rate that nearly matches that of the iPod's FireWire). I'm not on the USB 2.0 bus yet, but even without it, the transfer rate is plenty fast.
Once I've downloaded the e.Digital software and uploaded a bunch of MP3s to the player, I try it out with the bundled collapsible headphones and my own higher-end pair. The sound on both is extraordinarily rich and distortion-free (the experience is as good as or better than listening to a CD through headphones on my computer), and the volume reaches eardrum-popping levels (I fear for our children). The literature says the player has "SRS Labs' WOW audio enhancement technology for a 3-D listening experience and rich bass." Whatever that means, it's working.
Other perks: The Odyssey features a "Back" button (the operation of which is more intuitive than turning the iPod's menu wheel counterclockwise), voice memo recording, and a voice navigation technology that recognizes the spoken name of an artist or track. (I didn't find this feature to be very useful, however -- or accurate: I ask it for Rafael Toral, it gives me John Fahey.) Though it lacks the iPod's calendar and contact list functions, the Odyssey does have an FM radio.
How charmingly retro!
e.Digital Odyssey 1000 personal digital jukebox: $349; available at http://www.edig.com.
BMPSKR: Yes I too thought it was a good review. I suppose if she took the marbles out of her mouth, the VoiceNav may have understood her.
OT: Remember to filter out those who you feel should be and as DaBoss says don't feed the Baaaaaaaaaaaashers. Gosh that almost sounded like a sheep didn't it? I guess where one goes the rest follows.
Phreezing Philo of the Nord
this sounded nice:
Once I've downloaded the e.Digital software and uploaded a bunch of MP3s to the player, I try it out with the bundled collapsible headphones and my own higher-end pair. The sound on both is extraordinarily rich and distortion-free (the experience is as good as or better than listening to a CD through headphones on my computer), and the volume reaches eardrum-popping levels (I fear for our children). The literature says the player has "SRS Labs' WOW audio enhancement technology for a 3-D listening experience and rich bass." Whatever that means, it's working.
No Oz, it doesn't make any sense....the little group of circle jerks with their head pivotperson (you can fill in any name that comes to mind, for me its TOF), has for the most part been given the green light to do whatever they please.....but perhaps if we do a mass filtering of those right now, they may get the message (Matt & Bob), but I doubt it.
The next step could be complete stoppage of posts for a set period of time. And if that doesn't work, well, I guess hand the keys over to the rocketsurgeons and close the doors.
Of course this is just my opinion, BWTFDIKOCFTM
Philo
You must first follow SoxFan to the board from which he comes. He's been staying at the Jail and here is one of his or her's posts http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=738214
Philo
It's just a hunch, but I would say ToF has been in contact........but the again WTFDIKAWDIM
OT:
Thanks Arkie.........
Annie, it's good to see that you're still alive and kicking. Yes, if the Masters of this Universe let this happen, then I'll have to say that Packers assessment of Matt was right on target.
Lets all band together to fight this evil hoard or whored. Come on now, ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL.
A LITTLE SMILE, A LITTLE DANCE, A LITTLE SELTZER DOWN YOUR PANTS (line from Chuckles the Clown on Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Philo
Well, I guess we should all contact the BOB AND MATT Show and let them know our intentions. But it should be a concerted effort from all of us.
Philo
OT:
What about the suit? You never said anything about the liesure suit..........It's not your favorite one is it? You did get rid of it back in 79 right?
Philo
Oh my God, we got BJ and the Bear........if I get to meet you sometime in the future, please don't be wearing a lime green liesure suit.........I couldn't take it
Philo
Ditto LL, but I'm glad we got the heads up and what Ihub is all about $$$$
Philo
LL, I'm glad he posted that. Open your eyes and see whats going on. It appears he is informing us of TOF coming here. Hopefully she'll be stopped in her tracks.
PHilo
Well, it appears if that happens, the MASS EXODUS WILL OCCUR. Of course this is my opinion, for whatever it's worth.
Philo
I don't know if the chart came up or not.
http://clearstation.etrade.com/cgi-bin/intra?tic=10-day&cs=&ci=None&Symbol1=EDIG&i1=...
what does this mean? I'm chart challenged?
Wouldn't it be nice to see us break this resistance? How tight are the Bollinger Bands now?
Phreezing Philo of the Nord
Arkie, you and me both !!!!
@What about the ask?