Why do so many people seem to have to phone someone just to shout "Hi. I'm on the train...yes the train....now Its leaving the station.... bye".
And then on the intercity trips there is always someone next to you that obviously uses his phone for business but has that really loud ringtone of Abba singing "Waterloo". He always puts his phone back in his pocket after each call and then takes 20 seconds to get it out again when he's called two minutes later. I know your being funny, but that scenario is not unusual at all here in the Philippines. Here in this part of the world, all major carriers offer unlimited text and call plans to its consumers. One carrier even offers P10/30min ($0.25/30min) plan for 3G/GPRS service.
Trains are uncommon, so you'll hear this instead: "Hi. I'm on the jeep...yes the jeep.... I'm stuck in the traffic....bye".
I guess it all depends on the market. If a carrier won't offer an unlimited plan, its competitors would quickly eat up their market share. The consumers, which are mostly composed of teenagers, are notorious for buying multiple SIM cards from each carrier to take advantage of whatever unlimited plans are being offered. Network lock-ins are unheard of. Sell a network-locked phones to Filipinos and either one of these will happen: (a) It won't sell. (b) It will be circumvented.
I find my IQ of 159 to aid me in multi tasking like playing multiple ogame.org strategy games in differant alliances, and it keeps me sharp to keep doing many things. If i sit there and do nothing. I feel lazy, slow and....well STUPID. Like i should be doing something. Who did htey test on this a bunch a retards? My IQ is in the 99th percentile, but I can't seem to manage basic chores unless I drink coffee. Multitasking only works for me if caffeine is inside my system.
hmmm....reminds me of something very familiar Oh yea....it sounds like American Business, so whats the problem? The smart ones are not the ones on the top, unfortunately.
...the only hope is to find some non-technical, non-computer, non-geek outlet for the fact that we are human and need what everyone else needs. Translation: Slashdotters need to get laid.
...and I wonder what a library will become in the future, anyway They will become a repository of knowledge that can instantly be downloaded into your brain.
Well, i'm off to use my iPatriot computer and drive my Patriot Chevy to the Patriot Meeting this afternoon. Come to think of it, thats probably why New England is winning so much, everyone else just needs to put Patriot in their team name! Yes, I'm gonna blow you up with my Patriot Missiles.
What the fuck? Won't this disrupt the functionality of existing sites? What if an application needs to parse the data returned, such as a REST-based Flash app? Trying different things my ass.
I dunno dude. I can imagine a new type of toy though. Just replace the audio file for the shaking device, and you've got a new toy that will be a hit among women. =)
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Trains are uncommon, so you'll hear this instead: "Hi. I'm on the jeep...yes the jeep.... I'm stuck in the traffic....bye".
I guess it all depends on the market. If a carrier won't offer an unlimited plan, its competitors would quickly eat up their market share. The consumers, which are mostly composed of teenagers, are notorious for buying multiple SIM cards from each carrier to take advantage of whatever unlimited plans are being offered. Network lock-ins are unheard of. Sell a network-locked phones to Filipinos and either one of these will happen: (a) It won't sell. (b) It will be circumvented.
No, she's Claire Bennet's sister.
I thought I read, "Robot Plans to Track Weather and Climate". I guess we're still years away from true AI.
...the only hope is to find some non-technical, non-computer, non-geek outlet for the fact that we are human and need what everyone else needs. Translation: Slashdotters need to get laid.
...and I wonder what a library will become in the future, anyway They will become a repository of knowledge that can instantly be downloaded into your brain.I, for one, very much welcome our Jessica Alba look-alike human-cat hybrids.
Isn't that an ACME portable hole?
I wonder what would happen if I would post a completely off-topic Slashdot comment about me having died in a blogging accident.
Too bad we can't natively run BOINC on our amd64 FreeBSD boxes.
I volunteer to contribute to this noble endeavor...
"Ah, much better..."
I can't wait for Firefox to stop crashing every now and then. I'm seriously looking forward for Firefox 3.0
What the fuck? Won't this disrupt the functionality of existing sites? What if an application needs to parse the data returned, such as a REST-based Flash app? Trying different things my ass.
I wonder how we can actually evolve into an energy-based being... hmmm...
Yeah, especially if each nanorobot can be addressable via IPv6. =)
I wonder if it's really possible to inject ourselves with nanorobots that would continuously repair our bodies...
I'm curious, is there a published standard for brewing coffee?
I dunno dude. I can imagine a new type of toy though. Just replace the audio file for the shaking device, and you've got a new toy that will be a hit among women. =)