We live in a remote area. There are two cell towers (AT&T and Verizon) in the county seat. They cover some, but not all of the local area. At our house, AT&T cell is blocked by a mountain. We get a little knife edge refraction signal, but you can't count on it. As far as using it for 911 calls, the idea is just silly.
If they get rid of the POTS, they pretty much get rid of phone service. Internet comes in by an rf link. We're pretty much the last house in the canyon we live in to get rf link internet or cell service. Everybody else uses smoke signals, satellite internet, or POTS.
Why doesn't the FCC do something useful, like bug the White House phones, and let the free market take care of the POTS demand?
Since we're introducing new concepts here, I propose something I call "Daylight Wasting Time." We all get up an hour later and go to bed an hour earlier regardless of the time of year. To heck with the lawn, having time to shovel snow, etc.
And oh, yes: leave the clocks alone.
You bet. Just because somebody puts something in print doesn't mean it is correct, or that they are on are side. What amazes me is that the Guardian hasn't gotten nailed for violation of the British Official Secrets act.
I use the Pi as the processor/display generator for a RasPlex system. While IMHO it isn't really fast enough for all 1080 video, it's plenty good enough for 720. That makes it a cheap alternative for things like our bedrood system. Although the RasPlex software is still in development, it works well enough for the purpose at hand, and better than some supposedly mature software. It's downloadable at http://rasplex.com/
The Pi is a nice little building block when you need a small, relatively inexpensive building block. It's been criticised for requiring an extermal power supply, keyboard, etc etc. But that seems to me to be a part of the building block idea. I wouldn't really want something that committed me to too many details! And, as someone has pointed out, you don't really need a permanent display, keyboard, or mouse, since it can be controlled over the network. I think it would make a nice router, if you wanted to really customize things.
Obama and his wife appear to be racists. It's kind of crow jim, though. They don't admit they are against white people and Christianity, but watch what they do!
This appears to be another of those broad, sweeping, statements made by groups with an axe to grind. Doesn't whether you send your kids to public school, private school, or home school them depend a lot on circumstances?
What schools are available to the child? What can the parents afford? What is the child like? My grandson has public school available to him. He has two different private schools available. Home schooling is a possibility, since my wife (his grandmother) was a public school teacher, then got a doctorate in teaching teachers to teach (!). There are other home schoolers around, which means some swapping of things is possible.
But our daughter choose to put him in public school. Why? He is an extremely social creature, and needs the time with other kids his own age. That probably has a severe impact on the success of home schooling him. The local public schools are clean, and the teachers appear to treat the students with respect. They seem to have a genuine concern for the students' success. Frankly, we can't afford either of the private schools.
A number of years ago, our two kids went through a mixture of private schooling, home schooling, and public schooling. The circumstances and the kids were different.
Before we totally slam public schooling, private schooling, or home schooling, let's carefully consider what is availabe in that area, and what the kid(s) is/are like.
I rarely find myself in agreement with Mr. Gates, but I may this time. The idea that people who lack health care and food somehow much have the internet shows a lack of priorities. While some of us might be inconvenienced if we did not have the internet, I doubt our world would come crashing down.
A local dealer sells ethanol-free gasoline, while others sell gas stated to have as much as 10% ethanol. When I run my truck on ethanol free gas, the milage jumps by 10%, when compared to gas with 10% ethanol. It doesn't sound to be as though the ethanol does much, other than generate more polution, because I'm burning more gas.
P.S.. Because I'm burning more gas, it costs more.
I would be interested to see how the resistance of air impacts this. What velocity must it impart (and at what alunch angle) to achieve an orbital velocity? It sounds like there might be some "gotchas" to me.
But if it sounds like it would work, I recommend we give it government funding, and make Obama the first human to try it as a passenger.
Remember the Falcon and the Snowman case in the 1970s? Falcon was given a fair trail, and sentenced to a long term in prison. Then he somehow managed to miraculously esacape, and was never seen again.
One wonders is something like that might happen to Snowden. Boy, that would sure be too bad!
Part of the longer life cycle is the lack of anything new with widespread appeal. Since Windows XP, the new versions have been lackluster. Sure, they draw a lot of really colorful pictures on the desktop. But they don't do much that couldn't already be done.
The existing PCs are powerful enough for most users, and have been for years. Most users are running Word, EXCEL, or their open source equivalents. They've had enough speed and memory for years. New hardware buys them little more than a keyboard without fingerprints. New software actually slows the machine down due to all the glitz.
Sure, there are a few people like me who want more speed for video processing, or other computational tasks,, but we're the exception, not the rule.
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We live in a remote area. There are two cell towers (AT&T and Verizon) in the county seat. They cover some, but not all of the local area. At our house, AT&T cell is blocked by a mountain. We get a little knife edge refraction signal, but you can't count on it. As far as using it for 911 calls, the idea is just silly.
If they get rid of the POTS, they pretty much get rid of phone service. Internet comes in by an rf link. We're pretty much the last house in the canyon we live in to get rf link internet or cell service. Everybody else uses smoke signals, satellite internet, or POTS.
Why doesn't the FCC do something useful, like bug the White House phones, and let the free market take care of the POTS demand?
Hang him, before he convinces someone important he isn't just a traitor in politically acceptable clothing.
Since we're introducing new concepts here, I propose something I call "Daylight Wasting Time." We all get up an hour later and go to bed an hour earlier regardless of the time of year. To heck with the lawn, having time to shovel snow, etc. And oh, yes: leave the clocks alone.
How we chose to run our state is our business. Period. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.
Horrors! The world is going to end. How will I know what to think today?
I have faith. The government could screw even open source up.
You bet. Just because somebody puts something in print doesn't mean it is correct, or that they are on are side. What amazes me is that the Guardian hasn't gotten nailed for violation of the British Official Secrets act.
I use the Pi as the processor/display generator for a RasPlex system. While IMHO it isn't really fast enough for all 1080 video, it's plenty good enough for 720. That makes it a cheap alternative for things like our bedrood system. Although the RasPlex software is still in development, it works well enough for the purpose at hand, and better than some supposedly mature software. It's downloadable at http://rasplex.com/ The Pi is a nice little building block when you need a small, relatively inexpensive building block. It's been criticised for requiring an extermal power supply, keyboard, etc etc. But that seems to me to be a part of the building block idea. I wouldn't really want something that committed me to too many details! And, as someone has pointed out, you don't really need a permanent display, keyboard, or mouse, since it can be controlled over the network. I think it would make a nice router, if you wanted to really customize things.
It just goes to show that if you want to do something questionable, you really need to either run for office, or work for the government.
Unfortunately, for those of us who live in the U.S., Finnish schools are not available.
Obama and his wife appear to be racists. It's kind of crow jim, though. They don't admit they are against white people and Christianity, but watch what they do!
This appears to be another of those broad, sweeping, statements made by groups with an axe to grind. Doesn't whether you send your kids to public school, private school, or home school them depend a lot on circumstances? What schools are available to the child? What can the parents afford? What is the child like? My grandson has public school available to him. He has two different private schools available. Home schooling is a possibility, since my wife (his grandmother) was a public school teacher, then got a doctorate in teaching teachers to teach (!). There are other home schoolers around, which means some swapping of things is possible.
But our daughter choose to put him in public school. Why? He is an extremely social creature, and needs the time with other kids his own age. That probably has a severe impact on the success of home schooling him. The local public schools are clean, and the teachers appear to treat the students with respect. They seem to have a genuine concern for the students' success. Frankly, we can't afford either of the private schools.
A number of years ago, our two kids went through a mixture of private schooling, home schooling, and public schooling. The circumstances and the kids were different.
Before we totally slam public schooling, private schooling, or home schooling, let's carefully consider what is availabe in that area, and what the kid(s) is/are like.
Or maybe a lot of people realize that any fast, dramatic climate change is largely nonsense.
I rarely find myself in agreement with Mr. Gates, but I may this time. The idea that people who lack health care and food somehow much have the internet shows a lack of priorities. While some of us might be inconvenienced if we did not have the internet, I doubt our world would come crashing down.
I can well believe Debian has been forked. No, wait, it's another word I had in mind.
Where is Commando Cody when you need him?
You don't need to be able to read. Your computer will do it for you.
A local dealer sells ethanol-free gasoline, while others sell gas stated to have as much as 10% ethanol. When I run my truck on ethanol free gas, the milage jumps by 10%, when compared to gas with 10% ethanol. It doesn't sound to be as though the ethanol does much, other than generate more polution, because I'm burning more gas.
P.S.. Because I'm burning more gas, it costs more.
His mouth is open.
Please leave Ada Lovelace's figure out of this.
I would be interested to see how the resistance of air impacts this. What velocity must it impart (and at what alunch angle) to achieve an orbital velocity? It sounds like there might be some "gotchas" to me. But if it sounds like it would work, I recommend we give it government funding, and make Obama the first human to try it as a passenger.
Remember the Falcon and the Snowman case in the 1970s? Falcon was given a fair trail, and sentenced to a long term in prison. Then he somehow managed to miraculously esacape, and was never seen again.
One wonders is something like that might happen to Snowden. Boy, that would sure be too bad!
It's reported one of the betaq testers said, when asked how well it worked: "hey, no sweat!"
Part of the longer life cycle is the lack of anything new with widespread appeal. Since Windows XP, the new versions have been lackluster. Sure, they draw a lot of really colorful pictures on the desktop. But they don't do much that couldn't already be done.
The existing PCs are powerful enough for most users, and have been for years. Most users are running Word, EXCEL, or their open source equivalents. They've had enough speed and memory for years. New hardware buys them little more than a keyboard without fingerprints. New software actually slows the machine down due to all the glitz.
Sure, there are a few people like me who want more speed for video processing, or other computational tasks,, but we're the exception, not the rule.
Aww, come on, fellas and gals: this IS the five sided puzzle palace we're talking about. You're expecting too much of them.