Google is your friend... They still exist. Doctors still hate them. Just you don't get them from Verizon, ATT, Sprint, etc. But as Google can show you, there are paging services still out there. Beepers.com might be a better place to look as metrotel's website wasn't working for me...
I'm increasingly amazed (well, until my amaz-o-meter reached $FF a while back) at the Orwellian policies being established in the home of Orwell. I mean, from traffic cameras to tracking of people in public places, to storing of all types of personal information and communication -- even the Stazi would be impressed.
The thing that makes Earths Systems Science and Climate Science so complex is how much they interact with each other. Changing one thing (such as the albedo, which is the scientific term for how much sunlight is reflected) can cause many other things to change which may amplify the effect, or stall the effect. For example, just quick thinking off my head, increasing the albedo of the earth by putting particles in the air would decrease global temperatures. This would increase the area of the polar ice caps. Which increases the albedo more, which cools the earth more. This is a simple feedback. But then there are many, many more feedbacks further down the chain. This is why climate science requires so much processing power to make models of the earth -- everything affects everything else.
To answer your question, how it gets "turned off" is that eventually the particles will fall back down to earth, which is dependent on the altitude they're dispersed at and the particle size. But just think of the problems that could cause. What if the particles undergo a chemical change while in the atmosphere that causes them to be a carcinogen? What about those with respiration problems? Will crops be affected? I'm not saying it will cause any of these, but they're scenarios that will have to be carefully studied before ever embarking on planetary geoengineering projects. It's so complicated -- but if it can be carefully studied and simulated, it could lead to huge rewards. Not just for fixing humanity's impact on the earth in the past, but potentially improving the earth for continued growth of humanity. I dare say geology is the science that will have the biggest impact on our everyday lives for the next generation or two.
My state uses optically read paper ballots. I think it's the best of both. It can be machine read, but the paper ballot is still there to double check or recount. Is it really that hard to fill in a bubble with a #2 pencil?
So what's the point of iMovie? If I'm going to be doing video editing on my top-of-the-line machine, I'm going to be using FinalCut.
The only thing I could think of is that a special cable would have to be used for USB target mode.
Why is this insightful?
I was ready to purchase a Macbook until I noticed it didn't have Firewire, and that I couldn't get an adapter (ethernet, expresscard) for it. I play games, so I was planning on bootcamping it and utilizing the 9400m on it (I'm not a hardcore gamer, I just want things to run.) But I also want to make home movies of my daughter on my camcorder. I mean, it's a Mac. What's the point of iLife if I can't make movies on it?
So as a consumer, I can't use my consumer grade camcorder that only has Firewire out? My miniDV camcorder from 4 years ago isn't so outdated for making home movies that it's an antique. It's actually about the definition of a consumer camcorder. So why do I need the "Pro" version again?
Hardware encoding acceleration h.264 isn't easy to do on GPUs as I recall. Your source video file isn't really meant to be worked in parallel, so a serial approach (like this) should work better. At least from what I've been reading/told, which is mostly related to transcoding rather than pure encoding. Someone else might be able to enlighten us more (hopefully a dev from x264 maybe?)
What's the disadvantage (beyond legacy devices) to switching to IPv6? Don't most operating systems support it? (noob question I know, but what's the deal?)
So, how about this question, does anyone know of a NICE wireless telecom?
Verizon screws you with BREW.
Sprint had terrible customer service and voice coverage (I know it's being worked on. I'm sure WIMAX is the answer to everything...)
AT&T is... AT&T. Shitty coverage (their map is such a terrible terrible lie) and shitty data (3G coverage is so spotty. My market is just now getting it. Sprint has had it since at least 2002 for 1xRTT and shortly after their EVDO launch it was in my area.)
T-Mobile, as of yet, can't be signed up for in all the metropolitan markets (my city of 500,000+ doesn't have T-Mobile. I think it has to do with the FCC. They have towers there, just no area codes.)
So there's the big four. Who am I supposed to like? Maybe Verizon once they move to LTE and (hopefully) dump BREW (pretty please?.) I don't mind Sprint since I know how to treat a CSR, but I really do wonder about their long-term viability as a company.
To the wankers from Adobe reading this forum, I think it's about time the EU took a look at this practice.
Why should the EU legislate prices on something with able competitors? There are alternatives to Adobe products. And if you don't feel they are as high quality, why not encourage the EU to provide incentives for competitors to enter the market? With 200 million more people than the United States and decent higher education systems, why is Europe relying on so many American products to power their computers, especially when prices for those products are so high? Foster open competition, not price controls. You'll find you'll have lower prices for better products in the end.
About the only thing I would say the EU should ensure is that reverse engineering of proprietary file formats, even with encryption, is legal. That way something as unimportant as a file format doesn't impede forward progress for those concerned about legacy compatibility. (Not that I'm advocating that companies be required to open or license their formats either, just that if another company wants to spend the time and effort of reverse engineering it, something like encryption laws (*cough DMCA cough*) shouldn't stop them.))
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That's true! The Minister of Silly Walks' gait is quite unique.
There's a lot of people still trying to find genetic proof of homosexuality, in many cases for purely scientific reasons, in others, to justify the naturalness of homosexuality. Anyways, some links: http://www.livescience.com/health/080617-hereditary-homosexuality.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation
Nah, it's just all coded recursively.
Google is your friend... They still exist. Doctors still hate them. Just you don't get them from Verizon, ATT, Sprint, etc. But as Google can show you, there are paging services still out there. Beepers.com might be a better place to look as metrotel's website wasn't working for me...
I'm increasingly amazed (well, until my amaz-o-meter reached $FF a while back) at the Orwellian policies being established in the home of Orwell. I mean, from traffic cameras to tracking of people in public places, to storing of all types of personal information and communication -- even the Stazi would be impressed.
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The thing that makes Earths Systems Science and Climate Science so complex is how much they interact with each other. Changing one thing (such as the albedo, which is the scientific term for how much sunlight is reflected) can cause many other things to change which may amplify the effect, or stall the effect. For example, just quick thinking off my head, increasing the albedo of the earth by putting particles in the air would decrease global temperatures. This would increase the area of the polar ice caps. Which increases the albedo more, which cools the earth more. This is a simple feedback. But then there are many, many more feedbacks further down the chain. This is why climate science requires so much processing power to make models of the earth -- everything affects everything else. To answer your question, how it gets "turned off" is that eventually the particles will fall back down to earth, which is dependent on the altitude they're dispersed at and the particle size. But just think of the problems that could cause. What if the particles undergo a chemical change while in the atmosphere that causes them to be a carcinogen? What about those with respiration problems? Will crops be affected? I'm not saying it will cause any of these, but they're scenarios that will have to be carefully studied before ever embarking on planetary geoengineering projects. It's so complicated -- but if it can be carefully studied and simulated, it could lead to huge rewards. Not just for fixing humanity's impact on the earth in the past, but potentially improving the earth for continued growth of humanity. I dare say geology is the science that will have the biggest impact on our everyday lives for the next generation or two.
RAID 01 then?
RAID-10 ftw? Expensive I know, but at least you have a full layer of redundancy rather than just a parity drive.
My state uses optically read paper ballots. I think it's the best of both. It can be machine read, but the paper ballot is still there to double check or recount. Is it really that hard to fill in a bubble with a #2 pencil?
Not buy a new MacBook?
So what's the point of iMovie? If I'm going to be doing video editing on my top-of-the-line machine, I'm going to be using FinalCut. The only thing I could think of is that a special cable would have to be used for USB target mode.
I've got a Dell, and I use Firewire. Lots and lots of camcorders use Firewire. It's only recently that USB2 camcorders have become available.
Why is this insightful? I was ready to purchase a Macbook until I noticed it didn't have Firewire, and that I couldn't get an adapter (ethernet, expresscard) for it. I play games, so I was planning on bootcamping it and utilizing the 9400m on it (I'm not a hardcore gamer, I just want things to run.) But I also want to make home movies of my daughter on my camcorder. I mean, it's a Mac. What's the point of iLife if I can't make movies on it?
So as a consumer, I can't use my consumer grade camcorder that only has Firewire out? My miniDV camcorder from 4 years ago isn't so outdated for making home movies that it's an antique. It's actually about the definition of a consumer camcorder. So why do I need the "Pro" version again?
Video card + firewire were my criteria for getting a new Macbook.
Hardware encoding acceleration h.264 isn't easy to do on GPUs as I recall. Your source video file isn't really meant to be worked in parallel, so a serial approach (like this) should work better. At least from what I've been reading/told, which is mostly related to transcoding rather than pure encoding. Someone else might be able to enlighten us more (hopefully a dev from x264 maybe?)
What's the disadvantage (beyond legacy devices) to switching to IPv6? Don't most operating systems support it? (noob question I know, but what's the deal?)
Anybody know the operable range of an 802.11g signal in space?
Finally! The ISS is available to everyone with a Pringles can and a pigtail!
So, how about this question, does anyone know of a NICE wireless telecom? Verizon screws you with BREW. Sprint had terrible customer service and voice coverage (I know it's being worked on. I'm sure WIMAX is the answer to everything...) AT&T is... AT&T. Shitty coverage (their map is such a terrible terrible lie) and shitty data (3G coverage is so spotty. My market is just now getting it. Sprint has had it since at least 2002 for 1xRTT and shortly after their EVDO launch it was in my area.) T-Mobile, as of yet, can't be signed up for in all the metropolitan markets (my city of 500,000+ doesn't have T-Mobile. I think it has to do with the FCC. They have towers there, just no area codes.) So there's the big four. Who am I supposed to like? Maybe Verizon once they move to LTE and (hopefully) dump BREW (pretty please?.) I don't mind Sprint since I know how to treat a CSR, but I really do wonder about their long-term viability as a company.
To the wankers from Adobe reading this forum, I think it's about time the EU took a look at this practice.
Why should the EU legislate prices on something with able competitors? There are alternatives to Adobe products. And if you don't feel they are as high quality, why not encourage the EU to provide incentives for competitors to enter the market? With 200 million more people than the United States and decent higher education systems, why is Europe relying on so many American products to power their computers, especially when prices for those products are so high? Foster open competition, not price controls. You'll find you'll have lower prices for better products in the end. About the only thing I would say the EU should ensure is that reverse engineering of proprietary file formats, even with encryption, is legal. That way something as unimportant as a file format doesn't impede forward progress for those concerned about legacy compatibility. (Not that I'm advocating that companies be required to open or license their formats either, just that if another company wants to spend the time and effort of reverse engineering it, something like encryption laws (*cough DMCA cough*) shouldn't stop them.))