If its like the brand new Toshiba laptop I just purchased w/ Vista on it, just plug in a mouse.
Bam, instant BSOD.
When it happened to me, I was quite impressed as you can imagine.
But that would require actually going to the neighbor's house in the first place. At that point you might as well just _ask_ them to turn down the music.
My solution is Pantera. No matter what the neighbors are playing, Pantera is louder. "Fucking Hostile" is over in under three minutes, and by that time 12 other neighbors have already called the cops or taken up arms themselves.
Many Sprint phones are now utilizing USB [mini/micro] for their charging ports. Three phones [LG Lotus, HTC Diamond, and HTC Pro] all utilize USB cables that -physically- detach from a USB wall outlet adapter that comes in the box.
Those are not Sprint phones. They are, like you said, LG and HTC phones. If you buy the phone from Orange or Cellcom you get the same connector.
I have seen them. It wouldn't be hard to make. Also the power only usb outlets i have seen only have 2 wires in the plug too which you can check for.
No, the airport takes your screwdriver as you pass though security. Seriously, I've had that happen! (I carry a small electrical tester-screwdriver with me always.)
The newer Air New Zealand planes have USB power in each seat. It's not enough to power a laptop, but it's enough for most other gadgets.
Even if it can not power the laptop, can it help extend the usable battery life? If the batteries will get me 2 hours of usage, will the USB connection help me get 3?
For that matter, is there any laptop that can recharge via USB? I've never seen such a laptop. I suppose that the parent must have soldered together his own Dell-proprietary to USB connector to determine that it doesn't have enough juice to power a laptop.
Then go with a large brand name, and get a common model. One of the advantages of buying in meatspace is that there is _less_ selection, so you only have the common (and supposedly mainstream tech) models to look at.
Are these differences that anyone but hardcore gamers could notice? I do notice when LCD monitors look green / yellow or when they have low viewing angles, but the whole 6/7/8 bit and response time thing: is it noticeable?
The passport card does have a foil sleeve. And if I understand correctly the newest RFID passports are foiled on the inside of the covers so they can only be read when open.
Then why have an RFID chip in there at all? What is the advantage?
A Faraday cage, must totally enclose the device, i.e. no magnetic flux lines can leave the cage, and terminate outside the cage.
so unless you have a tiny phone I doubt a wallet was designed to totally contain an object the size of a phone
I see, thanks. I'm no electrical engineer, so this was not all that clear to me. Tell me, assuming average human adult cranial dimensions, what size should a real tinfoil hat be then?
"The animals will hear!" bellowed the ear licking penguin as the awesomely endowed midget sucked her oozing charlies and plugged his purple middle leg into her festering cunt.
I have such a wallet that I bought from Ebay. To test it I put my cellphone in and called it. The phone rang just like it should. Is there a better way to test the effectiveness of these wallets?
Which gives me pause and causes me to wonder... are they really going to use the same marketing strategy they did with Vista?
Most likely. That 'strategy' is having the PC manufacturers preinstall it. That is how most normal people get Windows.
I am surprised that they didn't go with _7_ versions. They could have then called them Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy. Exercise to the reader to match them up with Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Fully Cracked editions.
The games there are windows-only. Please tag as "windowsonly" so the Linux, BSD & Mac OS loving fellow slashdotters will know that they should skip this slashvertisment.
How many developers want to put in the extra effort for a 0.1% wider audience? And consider the Linux crowd has the "free (as in beer) software mentality".... so I figure an even less percentage sales increase.
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If its like the brand new Toshiba laptop I just purchased w/ Vista on it, just plug in a mouse.
Bam, instant BSOD.
When it happened to me, I was quite impressed as you can imagine.
But that would require actually going to the neighbor's house in the first place. At that point you might as well just _ask_ them to turn down the music.
My solution is Pantera. No matter what the neighbors are playing, Pantera is louder. "Fucking Hostile" is over in under three minutes, and by that time 12 other neighbors have already called the cops or taken up arms themselves.
"A democratic, earth-caring nation?" What country are you talking about, again?
Iran.
100mA is the _minimum_ that a host must be prepared to supply before a negotiation can take place where it can then ask for up to 1 amp.
No, they can ask for up to 500 mA. Any more is a fire hazard risk for the smaller B-style connectors.
Many Sprint phones are now utilizing USB [mini/micro] for their charging ports. Three phones [LG Lotus, HTC Diamond, and HTC Pro] all utilize USB cables that -physically- detach from a USB wall outlet adapter that comes in the box.
Those are not Sprint phones. They are, like you said, LG and HTC phones. If you buy the phone from Orange or Cellcom you get the same connector.
I have seen them. It wouldn't be hard to make. Also the power only usb outlets i have seen only have 2 wires in the plug too which you can check for.
No, the airport takes your screwdriver as you pass though security. Seriously, I've had that happen! (I carry a small electrical tester-screwdriver with me always.)
The newer Air New Zealand planes have USB power in each seat. It's not enough to power a laptop, but it's enough for most other gadgets.
Even if it can not power the laptop, can it help extend the usable battery life? If the batteries will get me 2 hours of usage, will the USB connection help me get 3?
For that matter, is there any laptop that can recharge via USB? I've never seen such a laptop. I suppose that the parent must have soldered together his own Dell-proprietary to USB connector to determine that it doesn't have enough juice to power a laptop.
You actually tried to RTFA? Guards!
Then go with a large brand name, and get a common model. One of the advantages of buying in meatspace is that there is _less_ selection, so you only have the common (and supposedly mainstream tech) models to look at.
Are these differences that anyone but hardcore gamers could notice? I do notice when LCD monitors look green / yellow or when they have low viewing angles, but the whole 6/7/8 bit and response time thing: is it noticeable?
Curious about Ms Fix It
Not after what Ms. Pac Man did to me!
Isn't that the opposite of what Microsoft does?
Exactly. That's why I've written this page explaining the differences between Silverlight and Moonlight:
http://dotancohen.com/eng/silverlight_moonlight.html
The passport card does have a foil sleeve. And if I understand correctly the newest RFID passports are foiled on the inside of the covers so they can only be read when open.
Then why have an RFID chip in there at all? What is the advantage?
A Faraday cage, must totally enclose the device, i.e. no magnetic flux lines can leave the cage, and terminate outside the cage.
so unless you have a tiny phone I doubt a wallet was designed to totally contain an object the size of a phone
I see, thanks. I'm no electrical engineer, so this was not all that clear to me. Tell me, assuming average human adult cranial dimensions, what size should a real tinfoil hat be then?
You are a sick little man, you know that?
"The animals will hear!" bellowed the ear licking penguin as the awesomely endowed midget sucked her oozing charlies and plugged his purple middle leg into her festering cunt.
... for 20 now? How many miles on it?
And Cinderella as the Linux version?
Cinduntu?
There, fixed that for you.
For once I contend. You beat me!
The Passport Card comes with a protective sleeve lined with foil on the inside designed to prevent such an intrusion.
Per usual, security usually fails because of the user.
I don't know about the Passport Card, but the US Passport comes with no such sleeve.
I have such a wallet that I bought from Ebay. To test it I put my cellphone in and called it. The phone rang just like it should. Is there a better way to test the effectiveness of these wallets?
Which gives me pause and causes me to wonder ... are they really going to use the same marketing strategy they did with Vista?
Most likely. That 'strategy' is having the PC manufacturers preinstall it. That is how most normal people get Windows.
I am surprised that they didn't go with _7_ versions. They could have then called them Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy. Exercise to the reader to match them up with Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Fully Cracked editions.
The games there are windows-only. Please tag as "windowsonly" so the Linux, BSD & Mac OS loving fellow slashdotters will know that they should skip this slashvertisment.
Here are the Linux games:
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Systems-Games/b/qid=1233752310/ref=sr_tc_img_2_0?ie=UTF8&node=290573
...because it's always a work in progress. We in the Linux world appear to always be "chasing" a prize that can never be caught.
I applaud the programmers in this effort though.
And when do you suppose the Linux kernel will be done? Or MS Office? Or your local bus service?
What is done?
How many developers want to put in the extra effort for a 0.1% wider audience? And consider the Linux crowd has the "free (as in beer) software mentality".... so I figure an even less percentage sales increase.
(ducks and covers)
http://hoodyhoo.kumeelyun.com/2007/11/20/note-to-self-23-free-vs-free/
I name my PCs/Servers by the core name of the CPU
I have 45 Xeon servers. Should I start calling them by their last names?
Why it's a best practice when coding to name the "Total annual cost" variable something like "totalAnnualCost" instead of "HappyZippers"?
Because HappyZippers begins with a capital letter.
mod this one up!
I remember the first computer I networked I changed so it showed up as H3110 (Hello) ... since they insisted on numbers.
H3110 is a number? I think that the numbers end at F.