I don't really see the point. As long as you have to put the device in a specific location anyway, I don't see that it's much of an improvement over having to connect it with your charger. You have to connect it with a location just the same, with this new tech, just the plug is different (a pad vs a plug).
Wake me when you have a tech that charges my mobile from the moment I step in my home door and leave my mobile in my jacket pocket hanging in the foyer.
Until that use case can be satisfied, I think this is just the same-old, same-old.
A couple things...
1) Why would you leave your phone in your jacket pocket anyways? The ringer would be muffled and you'd probably miss calls.
2) There have been many times I set my phone down by the charger and either forgot to plug it in or I didn't have the plug in all the way, this would eliminate those issues.
3) This would allow me to charge multiple devices with the same mat, or just have multiple chargers in different locations in my house... I could just get multiple USB port chargers, but then I have to move the cables around and in doing so I might misplace a cable.
4) When I spend the night out somewhere, I typically take the USB cable for my phone and borrow an unused USB port, most of the time it's when I go out drinking, so I'm always paranoid about losing my USB cable. With this system I could just use my friend's charging mat, no lost cable worries.
5) Some form of security would have to be implemented in the house-wide system you mention, so someone couldn't setup up a power siphon outside your house, currently no wireless power systems I've heard of can implement this. The short range of this mat system circumvents any need for security.
All in all, this could turn out to be a great universal charging system, and I hope it works out, because this would really simplify my device charging and cable management.
The article mentions "The standard is for delivering up to 5 watts of power, which covers most smaller devices. "
This sounds like a pretty low limit to me. My iPhone charger delivers 5 watts and it takes hours before it's charged. Now imagine you buy one of those matts and your family or colleagues throw their phones on the matt as well. At the end of the day, they might not even be charged!
I'm not sure how you missed this sentence, but this makes it pretty clear to me.
Initial products are likely to come bundled with a small charging mat of their own, but if the technology takes off other companies are likely to sell mats that can charge multiple devices at once.
The scan image makes the dude look like a f*cking ken doll, true you could kinda make out his balls, but really, come on, ken dolls have a bulge too. Worse still, I fear that if children are exempt from such scans, terrorists/smugglers will start using children as mules (they probably already do, but this would certainly increase that).
I understand the mentality behind such a reaction, but really, which is worse: a pedo possibly getting jollies from a doll like image of a child (internet child porn is a far more explicit and available), or a child being used as a bomb or drug mule?
Oh come on, they were just running their unit tests, specifically DangerousTestSuite::testExplosivesOn8Travelers().
Shouldn't that be: DangerousTestSuite::plantExplosivesOnTravelers(8)? That way you could adjust the sample size via a passed in variable, maybe set the default value to 8 if no int is passed in. Plus wouldn't "test explosives on travelers" mean that they are detonating the travelers themselves?
I think you're getting anxious about getting the nuke to detonate, your points of E and F are the same thing... Aside from that small and somewhat comical error on your part, I do agree with you.
Which is great if users are able to connect to said address.
I'm not sure which is more funny, the original joke, or your complete lack of knowledge on the topic and trying to make a smart statement... Hmm, that is a tough one, I'm gonna go with your show of douche baggery FTW.
P.S.::1 is the IPv6 equivalent of IPv4's 127.0.0.1, AKA loopback or localhost, meaning that anyone with a properly functioning IPv6 stack (Vista and 7 come with this enabled by default) can reach this address. Your fail is epic, sir.
The people who are voting for the drug organizations are idiots who need to put down the bong for long enough to see that there are other human being starving and dying and suffering. The thought that people are putting the legalization of a recreational drug over say giving somebody a hot meal sickens me.
While throwing someone in prison for smoking or growing something completely natural, destroys their credibility, severely affects their ability to get most jobs and ruins their life isn't such a problem with you?
I'm not saying people who are starving are unimportant, far from it, but to say that it's simply a matter of a recreational drug is pure ignorance on your part, and it is you who sickens me.
OpenDNS breaks the DNS standard, as it returns a search page for non-existent domains, there was actually a/. article about sites doing this not too long ago. Lastly, not to mention, you're letting a 3rd party track almost 100% of your net activity.
In closing, "smart" DNS is a dumb decision, even for dumb people.
That sounds like a swell idea... NOT! Never use your file server as your router.
That's true for a data center or any serious server installation handling sensitive data, but seriously, a well configured system and firewall have a slim chance of being broken into and are fine for home use. I've been using this approach for well over 6 years, track over 100 automated SSH break in attempts each day and have yet to see one succeed, doubtful they ever will, as my SSH accepts key authentication only and uses IP/user combinations(well configured). Plus the chance of anyone putting serious effort into breaking into a random home system would be almost unheard of, because there's nothing of real value to obtain; maybe turning the machine into an open SMTP relay or for use in a DDoS, but trying to deliver a virus to the user would be so much easier and reliable.
Having a tin foil hat about security is great, but you have to keep your environment(home or corporate) in mind and keep your view of reality in check.
P.S. Yes, I have worked in IT security, but I doubt you have, as you're just regurgitating common "best practices".
But in response to the article, I'd recommend a PC with 1+ GHz and 1 GB RAM using Linux, personally I love Arch Linux and Shorewall for this. Some may say these specs are overkill, but they leave room for other services and room for future services, and a system with these specs will still be dirt cheap.
The student demoing the suit could do 30kg (~66lb) on his own, and 50kg (~110lb) assisted by the suit, that's a 60% increase in lifting capacity... Maybe MJOLNIR armor isn't too far off... Dibs on serial # 117.
Something like this is unlikely to happen, from their websites, they are extremely anti-GM crops... When will people learn that GM crops will most likely save the world(from hunger)?
You should have read the post a bit more carefully, because you'd know they don't have to aimlessly research some device for their child; all they have to do is buy the strap. They came here in search of opinions, which Slashdot is amazing for, because of the diverse and broad spectrum of views that the readers have.
P.S. You get a good effort sticker on your comment for calling this concerned parent paranoid though.
Cheers, with certain providers you can change the port to 443(which they *hopefully* wouldn't slow down). I regularly see average speeds of 1.8-2MB/s with bursts to 3. One time 7, but that's the only time it's gone above 3, I was shocked and it was a sustained rate for about 2 minutes.
I'll name drop for Astraweb here just because they've been rock solid for me.
What consumer glass tables are more than 4mm thick? Yeah designer stuff and commerical furniture that has glass surfaces use 5-10mm glass, but this will still be useless on consumer grade furniture. Chances are, if you're a consumer using a consumer grade mouse, you'll be using it on consumer grade glass furniture.
Just measured the thickness of the glass on my IKEA desk, 5mm. I think that IKEA is a would be a good "standard" to go by what a lot of home and office users would have. I wouldn't classify IKEA as "designer" or "commercial" either, even though they do commercial sales for office furniture, it's the same products as those sold to a home consumer.
The poster was asking for alternatives, last time I checked, Linux runs Gears and Firefox... Can we say mute point? If you're going to say OS migration might not be an option to the user, blah, blah, blah... The OP already stated all data is backed up onto the cloud.
Feel free to post a rebuttal, but really, what's the point?
I've been a Shaw customer here in calgary for 10 years roughly, they have never blocked port 25 on my connection, plus it's always out performed other modems... horray for a 1MB+ connection
Slashdot Mirror
I don't really see the point. As long as you have to put the device in a specific location anyway, I don't see that it's much of an improvement over having to connect it with your charger. You have to connect it with a location just the same, with this new tech, just the plug is different (a pad vs a plug).
Wake me when you have a tech that charges my mobile from the moment I step in my home door and leave my mobile in my jacket pocket hanging in the foyer.
Until that use case can be satisfied, I think this is just the same-old, same-old.
A couple things...
All in all, this could turn out to be a great universal charging system, and I hope it works out, because this would really simplify my device charging and cable management.
The article mentions "The standard is for delivering up to 5 watts of power, which covers most smaller devices. "
This sounds like a pretty low limit to me. My iPhone charger delivers 5 watts and it takes hours before it's charged. Now imagine you buy one of those matts and your family or colleagues throw their phones on the matt as well. At the end of the day, they might not even be charged!
I'm not sure how you missed this sentence, but this makes it pretty clear to me.
Initial products are likely to come bundled with a small charging mat of their own, but if the technology takes off other companies are likely to sell mats that can charge multiple devices at once.
The scan image makes the dude look like a f*cking ken doll, true you could kinda make out his balls, but really, come on, ken dolls have a bulge too. Worse still, I fear that if children are exempt from such scans, terrorists/smugglers will start using children as mules (they probably already do, but this would certainly increase that).
I understand the mentality behind such a reaction, but really, which is worse: a pedo possibly getting jollies from a doll like image of a child (internet child porn is a far more explicit and available), or a child being used as a bomb or drug mule?
Wrong, Canadians call football, football and we call soccer, soccer... As it should be.
Oh come on, they were just running their unit tests, specifically DangerousTestSuite::testExplosivesOn8Travelers().
Shouldn't that be: DangerousTestSuite::plantExplosivesOnTravelers(8)? That way you could adjust the sample size via a passed in variable, maybe set the default value to 8 if no int is passed in. Plus wouldn't "test explosives on travelers" mean that they are detonating the travelers themselves?
Just food for thought.
I think you're getting anxious about getting the nuke to detonate, your points of E and F are the same thing... Aside from that small and somewhat comical error on your part, I do agree with you.
Which is great if users are able to connect to said address.
I'm not sure which is more funny, the original joke, or your complete lack of knowledge on the topic and trying to make a smart statement... Hmm, that is a tough one, I'm gonna go with your show of douche baggery FTW.
::1 is the IPv6 equivalent of IPv4's 127.0.0.1, AKA loopback or localhost, meaning that anyone with a properly functioning IPv6 stack (Vista and 7 come with this enabled by default) can reach this address. Your fail is epic, sir.
P.S.
The people who are voting for the drug organizations are idiots who need to put down the bong for long enough to see that there are other human being starving and dying and suffering. The thought that people are putting the legalization of a recreational drug over say giving somebody a hot meal sickens me.
While throwing someone in prison for smoking or growing something completely natural, destroys their credibility, severely affects their ability to get most jobs and ruins their life isn't such a problem with you?
I'm not saying people who are starving are unimportant, far from it, but to say that it's simply a matter of a recreational drug is pure ignorance on your part, and it is you who sickens me.
OpenDNS breaks the DNS standard, as it returns a search page for non-existent domains, there was actually a /. article about sites doing this not too long ago. Lastly, not to mention, you're letting a 3rd party track almost 100% of your net activity.
In closing, "smart" DNS is a dumb decision, even for dumb people.
The beams at the LHC go round and round, round and round, round and round.....
That sounds like a swell idea... NOT! Never use your file server as your router.
That's true for a data center or any serious server installation handling sensitive data, but seriously, a well configured system and firewall have a slim chance of being broken into and are fine for home use. I've been using this approach for well over 6 years, track over 100 automated SSH break in attempts each day and have yet to see one succeed, doubtful they ever will, as my SSH accepts key authentication only and uses IP/user combinations(well configured). Plus the chance of anyone putting serious effort into breaking into a random home system would be almost unheard of, because there's nothing of real value to obtain; maybe turning the machine into an open SMTP relay or for use in a DDoS, but trying to deliver a virus to the user would be so much easier and reliable.
Having a tin foil hat about security is great, but you have to keep your environment(home or corporate) in mind and keep your view of reality in check.
P.S. Yes, I have worked in IT security, but I doubt you have, as you're just regurgitating common "best practices".
But in response to the article, I'd recommend a PC with 1+ GHz and 1 GB RAM using Linux, personally I love Arch Linux and Shorewall for this. Some may say these specs are overkill, but they leave room for other services and room for future services, and a system with these specs will still be dirt cheap.
The student demoing the suit could do 30kg (~66lb) on his own, and 50kg (~110lb) assisted by the suit, that's a 60% increase in lifting capacity... Maybe MJOLNIR armor isn't too far off... Dibs on serial # 117.
P.S. I mean something that looks more kickass than this: http://dvice.com/archives/2007/01/reallife_halo_suit_is_develope.php
Something like this is unlikely to happen, from their websites, they are extremely anti-GM crops... When will people learn that GM crops will most likely save the world(from hunger)?
You should have read the post a bit more carefully, because you'd know they don't have to aimlessly research some device for their child; all they have to do is buy the strap. They came here in search of opinions, which Slashdot is amazing for, because of the diverse and broad spectrum of views that the readers have.
P.S. You get a good effort sticker on your comment for calling this concerned parent paranoid though.
Cheers, with certain providers you can change the port to 443(which they *hopefully* wouldn't slow down). I regularly see average speeds of 1.8-2MB/s with bursts to 3. One time 7, but that's the only time it's gone above 3, I was shocked and it was a sustained rate for about 2 minutes.
I'll name drop for Astraweb here just because they've been rock solid for me.
Never mind, it just took forever to load the flash at the online demo.
Using Firefox 3.5 on Kubuntu 9.04 64 bit = no love, only "browser native svg" rendering works on the demo page, none of the samples work.
What consumer glass tables are more than 4mm thick? Yeah designer stuff and commerical furniture that has glass surfaces use 5-10mm glass, but this will still be useless on consumer grade furniture. Chances are, if you're a consumer using a consumer grade mouse, you'll be using it on consumer grade glass furniture.
Just measured the thickness of the glass on my IKEA desk, 5mm. I think that IKEA is a would be a good "standard" to go by what a lot of home and office users would have. I wouldn't classify IKEA as "designer" or "commercial" either, even though they do commercial sales for office furniture, it's the same products as those sold to a home consumer.
The poster was asking for alternatives, last time I checked, Linux runs Gears and Firefox... Can we say mute point? If you're going to say OS migration might not be an option to the user, blah, blah, blah... The OP already stated all data is backed up onto the cloud.
Feel free to post a rebuttal, but really, what's the point?
I've been a Shaw customer here in calgary for 10 years roughly, they have never blocked port 25 on my connection, plus it's always out performed other modems... horray for a 1MB+ connection