Even if everyone is artsy fartsy, I'm surprised that there are that many people without laptops. I thought that technology was for art people too these days.
Maybe suggest a nice little netbook next time someone asks?
I was on the fence about the G1...then I played with one.
Sure it has some flaws, but theyre all software so that can be fixed (and WILL, unlike anything apple related where it depends on what Steve had for breakfast).
I was especially nervous about the slide open feature...but its very solid. The phone feels solid in the hand, and the touch screen is every bit as responsive as the iphone (no multitouch yet, but again thats a software issue).
And I feel that the android market will eventually surpass the app store, there seems to be a lot of excited developers out there.
All in all, I find it to be an outstanding phone which does everything I need and more.
When I was stationed in Balad, Iraq I volunteered at the base hospital. We mostly just helped unload the choppers and what not, sometimes walk around and chat with the patients. Balad was the biggest hospital in theatre so the worst cases eventually made their way there for stabilization before being sent to Germany or sent home (in the case of Iraqis).
Anyways, I must have seen one or two patients a week come in with severe electrical burns from trying to steal copper wire, most of the time it was kids.
So its not ALWAYS some idiot out to make a quick buck...people can just get desperate.
I was under the impression that jailbreaking an iphone is not illegal (or at the most against their TOS not the DMCA), but Apple can do whatever they want to make it as difficult as possible.
Is this incorrect? Is what is being requested a requirement that Apple not block jailbreaking?
To play devil's advocate I wouls say that a single person can indeed act decently and change things for the better, but only if they actually have the power to make those changes.
In democratic governments the ability of the same individual within the government to make the same changes is minor compared to the larger number of those who would rather increase its size.
Not saying that autocratic governments are inherently better...but this is an aspect of democracy which one could argue is not always best.
That's sort of what I meant. I'm wondering if talking to a person next on a cell phone causes a greater decrease in efficiency than if they were next to you. In a laydiscussion like this I was considering "power" as a synonym for efficiency.
I suppose I need to use analogies since I don't know the proper terminology used in howthebrainworksology, so I shouldn't try and really make myself sound silly.
Basically all of these "compared to passengers" arguments are null and void when it comes to children in the backseat. Should we ban driving with children in the car? They won't help with directions or know not to distract the driver.
El-Al has had armed agents on flights for years, and they haven't had any issues with such a thing. And LOTS of folks would love to take down an El-Al flight.
What I've always wondered is if the increased distraction a cell phone brings vs. a passenger has something to do with the brain activity of talking on a cell vs. in person.
I'm no neurologist but I've noticed that while talking on a phone I have a tendency to imagine that person and their expressions, reactions, etc. Perhaps this results in the use of more brain "power" to use a cell than talk to a person?
Anyone know of any studies using fMRI or the like which suggest such a thing?
I used to be a big McCain fan. In fact when it looked like he wasn't going to win the primary a buddy and I were discussing how tought it would be to choose between Obama and McCain. Well, McCain sure made that choice alot easier.
What is really sad is that we were discussing this on a plane ride over for an Iraq tour...who would have thought that McCain would have driven away so much of the veteran vote?
Very sad to see a man I considered decent and honorable to fall so far so fast.
I wish I could get that low of error in any experiment I do...
According to wiki the mayan calendar started in about 3000BC (I'm just rounding it a bit here). So 30 days in 5000 years (tongue in cheek math alert!):
0.08 years/5000 = 1e-5
Whats that, one part in 100,000?
Without atomic clocks too!
Actually...now that I think about it I'm kinda scared...
It's obvious really. By the use of hydrino catalysts you can force the CO2 into a lower energy state allowing it to convert the two oxygen atoms into hydrogen. Just ask Dr. Mills.
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Even if everyone is artsy fartsy, I'm surprised that there are that many people without laptops. I thought that technology was for art people too these days.
Maybe suggest a nice little netbook next time someone asks?
No numbers, but heres a picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CERN-cables-p1030764.jpg
I'm in the exact same boat, and I would like to quit killing trees to read articles...but the LCD hurts my eyes!
Heck, I might be willing to pay 900 bucks for the DR-1000 if it had decent reviews, but as you mentioned they are very mixed.
I know lots and lots of academics who would pay the same.
You're absolutly right. Because since food is cheaper in the store I should stop shopping at amazon/newegg/tiger direct.
I've been so foolish this whole time.
9 times out of 10, shopping online will STILL be cheaper than retail.
If big box retailers think this will save their ass, they're in for a nasty suprise.
And I agree with the FP, sounds like this is going to be a mass of red tape. Think of the fights over who gets the sales tax from amazon...
Sounds DOA to me.
IANAL, but wouldn't it look bad in court if after AMD went through all the trouble to spin off the whateverfoundry with nary a peep from intel?
Now all of a sudden Intel cries foul? That sounds awfully anti-competitive, to sit on something like that until the split it complete.
Okay. And what do you call what Obama's doing?
And it is my fault that Obama is going to finish off the country with more spending and a socialist agenda.
Might want to ease up there killer, I'm pretty sure he was slamming BOTH Bush and Obama.
The year of linux on the countertop?
Yeah..but, then she gets fat...
Warmth in the winter my friend...
I was on the fence about the G1...then I played with one.
Sure it has some flaws, but theyre all software so that can be fixed (and WILL, unlike anything apple related where it depends on what Steve had for breakfast).
I was especially nervous about the slide open feature...but its very solid. The phone feels solid in the hand, and the touch screen is every bit as responsive as the iphone (no multitouch yet, but again thats a software issue).
And I feel that the android market will eventually surpass the app store, there seems to be a lot of excited developers out there.
All in all, I find it to be an outstanding phone which does everything I need and more.
Every month...same chick...who knows exactly which spot to touch.
No akward first-time-with-new-person sex.
It totally sucks, lemme tell you.
A single solid booster got us to the Moon. Solid grouped with liquid stages has killed astronauts, more than once.
Wasn't the Saturn V all liquid fueled?
When I was stationed in Balad, Iraq I volunteered at the base hospital. We mostly just helped unload the choppers and what not, sometimes walk around and chat with the patients. Balad was the biggest hospital in theatre so the worst cases eventually made their way there for stabilization before being sent to Germany or sent home (in the case of Iraqis).
Anyways, I must have seen one or two patients a week come in with severe electrical burns from trying to steal copper wire, most of the time it was kids.
So its not ALWAYS some idiot out to make a quick buck...people can just get desperate.
I was under the impression that jailbreaking an iphone is not illegal (or at the most against their TOS not the DMCA), but Apple can do whatever they want to make it as difficult as possible.
Is this incorrect? Is what is being requested a requirement that Apple not block jailbreaking?
To play devil's advocate I wouls say that a single person can indeed act decently and change things for the better, but only if they actually have the power to make those changes.
In democratic governments the ability of the same individual within the government to make the same changes is minor compared to the larger number of those who would rather increase its size.
Not saying that autocratic governments are inherently better...but this is an aspect of democracy which one could argue is not always best.
That's sort of what I meant. I'm wondering if talking to a person next on a cell phone causes a greater decrease in efficiency than if they were next to you. In a laydiscussion like this I was considering "power" as a synonym for efficiency.
I suppose I need to use analogies since I don't know the proper terminology used in howthebrainworksology, so I shouldn't try and really make myself sound silly.
Basically all of these "compared to passengers" arguments are null and void when it comes to children in the backseat. Should we ban driving with children in the car? They won't help with directions or know not to distract the driver.
Nope. Just require them to ride in the trunk.
Plus I bet cell phone reception in a giant superconducting magnet is just awful!
El-Al has had armed agents on flights for years, and they haven't had any issues with such a thing. And LOTS of folks would love to take down an El-Al flight.
What I've always wondered is if the increased distraction a cell phone brings vs. a passenger has something to do with the brain activity of talking on a cell vs. in person.
I'm no neurologist but I've noticed that while talking on a phone I have a tendency to imagine that person and their expressions, reactions, etc. Perhaps this results in the use of more brain "power" to use a cell than talk to a person?
Anyone know of any studies using fMRI or the like which suggest such a thing?
Sleeping at the wheel found to correspond to an increase in accidents.
Hear hear!
I used to be a big McCain fan. In fact when it looked like he wasn't going to win the primary a buddy and I were discussing how tought it would be to choose between Obama and McCain. Well, McCain sure made that choice alot easier.
What is really sad is that we were discussing this on a plane ride over for an Iraq tour...who would have thought that McCain would have driven away so much of the veteran vote?
Very sad to see a man I considered decent and honorable to fall so far so fast.
I wish I could get that low of error in any experiment I do...
According to wiki the mayan calendar started in about 3000BC (I'm just rounding it a bit here). So 30 days in 5000 years (tongue in cheek math alert!):
0.08 years/5000 = 1e-5
Whats that, one part in 100,000?
Without atomic clocks too!
Actually...now that I think about it I'm kinda scared...
Derivatives?
Take your socialist calculus elsewhere!
It's obvious really. By the use of hydrino catalysts you can force the CO2 into a lower energy state allowing it to convert the two oxygen atoms into hydrogen. Just ask Dr. Mills.