It is funny you try to claim he is a whistleblower when he made no effort to be a whistleblower. Selling IC secrets to the highest bidder is hardly whistleblowing.
Thank you for the heads up, I don't often view the firehose, so I missed that one. Maybe we should get a kickstarter going to buy Slashdot off of Dice as the members and make it independent again.
Death is one of the consequences of treason/espionage. What he did could easily have cost lives, so death would be on the table. I believe that the president has come out and said that death isn't on the table though.
I was taken a little by surprise over this yesterday when I got the email about it, I wasn't even aware of the court fight going on. I am happy to hear that Newegg is standing up to the trolls, and their shirt about it is kind of cute.
I can't see any reason to take the phone with you diving, I took my Kyocera Brigadier out on the boat diving in the DR, but I left it on the boat. I did however take my camera down, and actually went to 10 M with it. I was amazed it survived at that depth, but it made it back.
I have done that with 2.4 GHz antennas before. They make your skin crawl. This is because 2.4 GHz reacts strongly to water (it is Microwaves after all). This is a property you would not want in a wireless charging device as you lose too much power to the water in the air.
On top of what the AC said, which are all valid points, QI also enables waterproof design. No one has yet (as far as I have seen) removed the plug, but you could do so. You could also leave the phone in a waterproof case if it is thin enough and charge it right through the case. It is really nice to charge my cell phone by just dropping it into a stand, no need to hunt for wires, no need to figure which way the plug needs to be plugged in, no need to worry about damaged connectors or cables, just drop it and charge.
I know likely you are making a joke, but I highly doubt you would ever feel any kind of tingle around a QI charger. I have one a foot from my pillow, and have never had any issue.
No, having an alternate charging possibility did absolutely nothing to contradict my position. If you think it did, you are more of a moron than I already think you are from this string.
I am curious about what lies you think these people told. I haven't heard anything about Christie lying. The whole bridgegate thing was pretty clear, he said he had no idea about it, and even with access to emails, no one was able to point to any indication that he knew about it.
Because many people in the northern US can't afford oil/natural gas to heat their homes, therefore they get subsidies that pay for that oil so they don't freeze to death.
The only oil and gas subsidies I know of are the ones that provide heating oil/gas for poor people up north. This prevents people from freezing to death, but I guess redirecting this money to people who own their own houses (therefore doing better than the average citizen) makes sense to a lefty...
I also learned many of those things in high school, in the US.
Comparing your personal education to the average education in the US is silly. Calculus AB and BC are the college level Calculus courses in the US, they are offered in high school for those smart enough to take them. In science they offered college level Physics and Chemistry (at least), I took Physics in high school myself.
Most of the problems the US education system has have to do with the inner cities and the way averages work. There is a large population in the US who doesn't care if their kids pass or fail, and it falls back on the state to somehow ensure that they get the education they deserve, but without parental involvement, education is unlikely to succeed. There are no good solutions to this problem, and unfortunately the problem only seems to get worse. These schools are in low income areas, so there is less money to spend on the schools (schools are funded from property taxes). As the schools are doing poorly already, most federal funding that is doled out based on standardized test scores, totally misses these schools as they do horribly on standardized tests as well. It is unfortunate that the US has a position of scorn towards those who have an education, but this is some of the results of the society. A society that calls athletes heroes and values them above a scientist has lost its way.
Um, China is investing money in all power technologies. They are building every type of power plant as fast as they can. They are building coal power plants at an enormous rate, along with nuclear, and hydro (where possible). The US is trending cleaner in power production, while China is staying dirty or going even dirtier. Holding up China as what the US should strive for is extremely odd. Your statement reminds me of Mr Magoo in many ways. "Oh look at how much China is spending on solar power!"
My phone has a micro USB port like any other phone. I however have a QI charger in the car and house.
The freight train of fail would be on your end, not mine. Everyone does things your way, therefore there can be no other way. When I point out that you are incorrect, you try to derail what I am saying by coming up with all these convoluted solutions to something exceedingly simple and elegant. I would like to point out where this train started so you can see why you are the one failing at seeing the utility, and I am pointing out to you that it already exists and is in wide use:
Regardless... no one using this tech is doing it for water proof cellphones.
As there are numerous vendors creating phones that wirelessly charge to reduce strain on the power plug and to increase water resistance, YOU ARE WRONG. I pointed you to one such phone, and you persist in trying to come up with a reason that no one makes cell phones with wireless charging to increase the water resistance, well that statement is wrong. Get over yourself.
Wireless charging serves many purposes, which is why people buy QI compatible phones. If it had no purpose, there wouldn't be a huge industry built around it.
Just because you willfully can't see the utility in wireless charging because "it isn't wireless!" doesn't mean many others haven't seen the usefulness of wireless charging. Not having to plug anything into my phone to have it charge is wonderful. I get into my car and drop my phone into it's mount, and BOOM, it is getting power from the car. I get home, and I drop the phone into its cradle, and BOOM, it is getting power. I never have to plug it into anything, figuring out which direction the plug goes, dealing with loose plugs or plugs where the catch has broken and they just fall out. I also don't have to worry about my phone getting wet, I just don't worry about it at all.
Also, QI is 60% efficient (including the AC-DC step that wired power has), it isn't as efficient, but the convenience it great, which more than balances it out.
You don't have to get it, but calling other people names because you don't get it just makes you look ignorant. QI is taking off, as evidenced by the number of QI chargers on Amazon, and the number of phones that support it. You don't want one, fine, don't get one.
If it terrifies you, hopefully your IT department runs WSUS and does update testing. If they don't, it is their own fault when things go massively wrong, not Microsoft's.
Yeah, I occasionally have this issue during gaming. I always assumed it was some temperature throttle, but it does sometimes happen early in a game session which would point to it not being thermal.
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Why would the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" have anything to do with what Snowden did or Whistleblowing (which Snowden didn't do)?
The relivant laws which Snowden broke are found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
not here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It may eventually be deemed to be unconstitutional, but it is allowed by law. Here is the relivant law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You may not agree with it, but as judges have ruled on it, it is a matter of law.
It is funny you try to claim he is a whistleblower when he made no effort to be a whistleblower. Selling IC secrets to the highest bidder is hardly whistleblowing.
Thank you for the heads up, I don't often view the firehose, so I missed that one. Maybe we should get a kickstarter going to buy Slashdot off of Dice as the members and make it independent again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Death is one of the consequences of treason/espionage. What he did could easily have cost lives, so death would be on the table. I believe that the president has come out and said that death isn't on the table though.
I am sorry to hear that, maybe they should try harder next time. /Sarcasm
They are also throwing a sale to celebrate.
http://www.newegg.com/When-We-...
I was taken a little by surprise over this yesterday when I got the email about it, I wasn't even aware of the court fight going on. I am happy to hear that Newegg is standing up to the trolls, and their shirt about it is kind of cute.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
This safe is located in the store, it also likely is designed to take much larger number of bills compared to the ATM input hopper.
I can't see any reason to take the phone with you diving, I took my Kyocera Brigadier out on the boat diving in the DR, but I left it on the boat. I did however take my camera down, and actually went to 10 M with it. I was amazed it survived at that depth, but it made it back.
http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm...
It looks like the new version is rated to 15M, but I could swear the version I have was rated to 10 Ft, and it survived 10 M.
I have done that with 2.4 GHz antennas before. They make your skin crawl. This is because 2.4 GHz reacts strongly to water (it is Microwaves after all). This is a property you would not want in a wireless charging device as you lose too much power to the water in the air.
On top of what the AC said, which are all valid points, QI also enables waterproof design. No one has yet (as far as I have seen) removed the plug, but you could do so. You could also leave the phone in a waterproof case if it is thin enough and charge it right through the case. It is really nice to charge my cell phone by just dropping it into a stand, no need to hunt for wires, no need to figure which way the plug needs to be plugged in, no need to worry about damaged connectors or cables, just drop it and charge.
I know likely you are making a joke, but I highly doubt you would ever feel any kind of tingle around a QI charger. I have one a foot from my pillow, and have never had any issue.
http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
I'd say he is actively ignorant, or blatantly lying. But I think quite possibly he is just a huge troll.
Ha HA Ha HAHAHAHA
No, having an alternate charging possibility did absolutely nothing to contradict my position. If you think it did, you are more of a moron than I already think you are from this string.
I am curious about what lies you think these people told. I haven't heard anything about Christie lying. The whole bridgegate thing was pretty clear, he said he had no idea about it, and even with access to emails, no one was able to point to any indication that he knew about it.
Because many people in the northern US can't afford oil/natural gas to heat their homes, therefore they get subsidies that pay for that oil so they don't freeze to death.
The only oil and gas subsidies I know of are the ones that provide heating oil/gas for poor people up north. This prevents people from freezing to death, but I guess redirecting this money to people who own their own houses (therefore doing better than the average citizen) makes sense to a lefty...
It would be a great incentive for this panel:
http://www.goalzero.com/p/21/b...
Heck, I'd by 8 of them!
Unfortunately, the true conservatives would fit into the TEA party's platform too well, so they would just be called TeaBaggers by the Dems.
I also learned many of those things in high school, in the US.
Comparing your personal education to the average education in the US is silly. Calculus AB and BC are the college level Calculus courses in the US, they are offered in high school for those smart enough to take them. In science they offered college level Physics and Chemistry (at least), I took Physics in high school myself.
Most of the problems the US education system has have to do with the inner cities and the way averages work. There is a large population in the US who doesn't care if their kids pass or fail, and it falls back on the state to somehow ensure that they get the education they deserve, but without parental involvement, education is unlikely to succeed. There are no good solutions to this problem, and unfortunately the problem only seems to get worse. These schools are in low income areas, so there is less money to spend on the schools (schools are funded from property taxes). As the schools are doing poorly already, most federal funding that is doled out based on standardized test scores, totally misses these schools as they do horribly on standardized tests as well. It is unfortunate that the US has a position of scorn towards those who have an education, but this is some of the results of the society. A society that calls athletes heroes and values them above a scientist has lost its way.
Um, China is investing money in all power technologies. They are building every type of power plant as fast as they can. They are building coal power plants at an enormous rate, along with nuclear, and hydro (where possible). The US is trending cleaner in power production, while China is staying dirty or going even dirtier. Holding up China as what the US should strive for is extremely odd. Your statement reminds me of Mr Magoo in many ways. "Oh look at how much China is spending on solar power!"
My phone has a micro USB port like any other phone. I however have a QI charger in the car and house.
The freight train of fail would be on your end, not mine. Everyone does things your way, therefore there can be no other way. When I point out that you are incorrect, you try to derail what I am saying by coming up with all these convoluted solutions to something exceedingly simple and elegant. I would like to point out where this train started so you can see why you are the one failing at seeing the utility, and I am pointing out to you that it already exists and is in wide use:
Regardless... no one using this tech is doing it for water proof cellphones.
As there are numerous vendors creating phones that wirelessly charge to reduce strain on the power plug and to increase water resistance, YOU ARE WRONG. I pointed you to one such phone, and you persist in trying to come up with a reason that no one makes cell phones with wireless charging to increase the water resistance, well that statement is wrong. Get over yourself.
Wireless charging serves many purposes, which is why people buy QI compatible phones. If it had no purpose, there wouldn't be a huge industry built around it.
http://www.qinside.biz/en/supp...
Just because you willfully can't see the utility in wireless charging because "it isn't wireless!" doesn't mean many others haven't seen the usefulness of wireless charging. Not having to plug anything into my phone to have it charge is wonderful. I get into my car and drop my phone into it's mount, and BOOM, it is getting power from the car. I get home, and I drop the phone into its cradle, and BOOM, it is getting power. I never have to plug it into anything, figuring out which direction the plug goes, dealing with loose plugs or plugs where the catch has broken and they just fall out. I also don't have to worry about my phone getting wet, I just don't worry about it at all.
http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...
http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...
Also, QI is 60% efficient (including the AC-DC step that wired power has), it isn't as efficient, but the convenience it great, which more than balances it out.
http://www.wirelesspowerconsor...
You don't have to get it, but calling other people names because you don't get it just makes you look ignorant. QI is taking off, as evidenced by the number of QI chargers on Amazon, and the number of phones that support it. You don't want one, fine, don't get one.
I wasn't away of the SCOUTS having anything to say about this issue.
If it terrifies you, hopefully your IT department runs WSUS and does update testing. If they don't, it is their own fault when things go massively wrong, not Microsoft's.
Yeah, I occasionally have this issue during gaming. I always assumed it was some temperature throttle, but it does sometimes happen early in a game session which would point to it not being thermal.