During a visit to the research centre CERN in Geneva in 1985, Hawking contracted pneumonia, which in his condition was life-threatening as it further restricted his already limited respiratory capacity. He had an emergency tracheotomy, and as a result lost what remained of his ability to speak. He has since used an electronic voice synthesizer to communicate. The DECtalk DTC01 voice synthesizer he uses, which has an American accent, is no longer being produced. Asked why he has still kept it after so many years, Hawking mentioned that he has not heard a voice he likes better and that he identifies with it. Hawking is said to be looking for a replacement since, aside from being obsolete, the synthesizer is both large and fragile by modern standards. However, as of present, finding a workable software alternative has been difficult. In Hawking's many media appearances he appears to speak fluently through his synthesizer but, in reality, creating the text is a tedious drawn-out process. Hawking's setup uses a predictive text entry system, which only requires the first few characters in order to auto-complete the word, but as he is only able to use his cheek for data entry, constructing complete sentences takes time.
Yes that is a problem for someone who is used to playing Guitar. Keep in mind however that this becomes MUCH less of a problem on harder difficulty levels
"You only have two people that will win this election. As much as you or I would wish otherwise, this is fact. This is reality."
You are only fueling the fire buddy.
We MAKE this our reality by CHOOSING to not vote for any other party. Sure you can argue that everyone else is going to vote dem or rep anyways so a vote for any other party would not count for anything. This is only true when people assume everyone else is voting for one of those two parties. I believe we call this conforming, and as long as sheeple keep conforming based on that assumption then this will never change and we will always see a Dem or Rep in office.
Anyways I guess the point is vote for whoever you best see fit. Even if your vote counts for very little now, those numbers will build over time once sheeple see that there is actual support for these minor parties and in turn they will gain more votes.
In a democratic system change starts with us, not the other way around.
TFA mentions CS "From early forays like this an unspoken partnership was born between developers and end users that has exploded into a fiery dynamic world of user created content that takes the games we know and love, and makes them better. Counter-Strike is a case in point"
Not all that familiar with American law but I believe if someone is to display your face in the media you must sign a release form. Else it is a violation of privacy, you never gave consent for your face to be publicly displayed.
Now as far as I know this should still apply for websites.... but they'll probably get you with an EULA if they are doing something shady.
As for facebook, well it isnt facebook thats uploading your pictures its people who use facebook. Facebook just provides the infrastructure for this. Therefore I dont think would be in violation of any privacy laws..... and if they are I'm sure they get you with an EULA as well, and if your not a member and havent signed the EULA whoever uploaded the content obviously did and so the EULA is probably disgned to get them off the hook for such cases.
If you and your phone are boxed in a thick slab of concrete an your mobile equipment can not communicate with a BST then of course it wont be sent to a buffer, thats just common sense. I think the article implies that its practical because the recipient doesnt need to be available, the recipient can be box in a thick slab of concrete and when he or she gets out of said box and their mobile equipment can talk with a base station then they will receive the msg.
Think of it like email, you dont need to have someone sitting at the other end logged in while you send the msg for them to receive it.
It is not completely false
First, yes its all data. However SMS travels over a GSM network which is primarily for voice transmission. While other data transmissions,MMS, wap/html browsing, etc use a GPRS network.
And as for new phones not having the 900mghz band..... well that's just ridiculous. IMHO Any quality phone will be quad band (or at least tri band) and be able to pick up signal from anywhere in the world with a GSM network infrastructure and a roaming agreement.
The post offers no insights, it barely even makes a point for that matter, instead the post just makes a statement with a rhetorical question. If anything someone should mod it "no shit Sherlock"
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Please take zombies SERIOUSLY! Like this guy and his anti-zombie/lancer gun
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During a visit to the research centre CERN in Geneva in 1985, Hawking contracted pneumonia, which in his condition was life-threatening as it further restricted his already limited respiratory capacity. He had an emergency tracheotomy, and as a result lost what remained of his ability to speak. He has since used an electronic voice synthesizer to communicate. The DECtalk DTC01 voice synthesizer he uses, which has an American accent, is no longer being produced. Asked why he has still kept it after so many years, Hawking mentioned that he has not heard a voice he likes better and that he identifies with it. Hawking is said to be looking for a replacement since, aside from being obsolete, the synthesizer is both large and fragile by modern standards. However, as of present, finding a workable software alternative has been difficult. In Hawking's many media appearances he appears to speak fluently through his synthesizer but, in reality, creating the text is a tedious drawn-out process. Hawking's setup uses a predictive text entry system, which only requires the first few characters in order to auto-complete the word, but as he is only able to use his cheek for data entry, constructing complete sentences takes time.
Yes that is a problem for someone who is used to playing Guitar. Keep in mind however that this becomes MUCH less of a problem on harder difficulty levels
You'll never get first post with all that "proof reading" gibberish you speak of.
"You only have two people that will win this election. As much as you or I would wish otherwise, this is fact. This is reality."
You are only fueling the fire buddy.
We MAKE this our reality by CHOOSING to not vote for any other party. Sure you can argue that everyone else is going to vote dem or rep anyways so a vote for any other party would not count for anything. This is only true when people assume everyone else is voting for one of those two parties. I believe we call this conforming, and as long as sheeple keep conforming based on that assumption then this will never change and we will always see a Dem or Rep in office.
Anyways I guess the point is vote for whoever you best see fit. Even if your vote counts for very little now, those numbers will build over time once sheeple see that there is actual support for these minor parties and in turn they will gain more votes.
In a democratic system change starts with us, not the other way around.
TFA mentions CS
"From early forays like this an unspoken partnership was born between developers and end users that has exploded into a fiery dynamic world of user created content that takes the games we know and love, and makes them better. Counter-Strike is a case in point"
The device READS brain data, not WRITE. So this device can not "accidentally erase your mind"
Not all that familiar with American law but I believe if someone is to display your face in the media you must sign a release form. Else it is a violation of privacy, you never gave consent for your face to be publicly displayed. Now as far as I know this should still apply for websites.... but they'll probably get you with an EULA if they are doing something shady. As for facebook, well it isnt facebook thats uploading your pictures its people who use facebook. Facebook just provides the infrastructure for this. Therefore I dont think would be in violation of any privacy laws..... and if they are I'm sure they get you with an EULA as well, and if your not a member and havent signed the EULA whoever uploaded the content obviously did and so the EULA is probably disgned to get them off the hook for such cases.
If you and your phone are boxed in a thick slab of concrete an your mobile equipment can not communicate with a BST then of course it wont be sent to a buffer, thats just common sense. I think the article implies that its practical because the recipient doesnt need to be available, the recipient can be box in a thick slab of concrete and when he or she gets out of said box and their mobile equipment can talk with a base station then they will receive the msg. Think of it like email, you dont need to have someone sitting at the other end logged in while you send the msg for them to receive it.
It is not completely false First, yes its all data. However SMS travels over a GSM network which is primarily for voice transmission. While other data transmissions,MMS, wap/html browsing, etc use a GPRS network. And as for new phones not having the 900mghz band..... well that's just ridiculous. IMHO Any quality phone will be quad band (or at least tri band) and be able to pick up signal from anywhere in the world with a GSM network infrastructure and a roaming agreement.
The post offers no insights, it barely even makes a point for that matter, instead the post just makes a statement with a rhetorical question. If anything someone should mod it "no shit Sherlock"