Parent poster is on to something; the coffee shops with the students taking up tables all night also have electric sockets that they help themselves to. In some coffee shops the tables with the sockets next to them are highly prized and are occupied forever. Putting a locking cover on them would help move people along.
Why do you need a company to set it up? D-Link has out of the box wireless access by fee/free/timer/whatever complete with a little printer that gives out a code to put in the gateway web page. A shop owner can give out a ticket for x minutes with a drink purchase or a few extra bucks or whatever scheme you think up. Just hook it up to a business DSL or cable and away you go.
Intel sells the Pentium D now, which is a dual core Pentium 4
But Pentium D doesn't have "Xeon" in the name so it obviously isn't for servers. Intel should know better. AMD was wise enough to come up with a new name for their chip to indicate that it was appropriate for use in servers. That's why they're taking Intel market share.
Note to Bill: Call it "Microsoft Phishing Philter" instead of just "Phishing Filter" and put an (r) after it to prevent anyone else from using it or anything that might act in a similar manner. Remember to file for patent before Bezos.
Does anyone know if being exposed to 2.4 GHz emissions might also be harmful?
2.4Ghz is a resonating frequency of water which is why microwave ovens use it. Three quesses: of what is most of your body composed? (hint: not Twinkies)
because I might just get run over by a car while trying to use that public phone booth across the street
Fortunately for you, there aren't many public phones any more because if you were to cross the street to use one, you'd get hit by a car driven by someone yakking on a cell phone.
When Darth Vader decided to take over the universe, he decided he needed a really big gun.
Nevermind the spelling and grammar; get the facts straight. The Death Star was the lynchpin of the Tarkin Doctrine, dreamed up by Grand Moff Tarkin, not Darth Vader. DV just showed up to supervise and make sure that GMT wouldn't get any coup type ideas in his head.
We are in a world where broadband is synoonymous with prosperity
Broadband access is a by-product of prosperity, not a cause of it, for the average consumer.
There's a good reason why the existing companies are taking time bringing out high speed to certain areas. There's not enough people in those areas demanding it.
kinetic energy = 0.5*mv^2 = 0.5*1.67e-27*(150000)^2 = 2e-17 joules i.e. not very much.
The formula for jules needs meters per second, not miles (if you're from a metric using country, my apologies for the confusion over 'm'), so.8C (the speed I was aiming for) is: .5 * 241401600^2 * 1.6x10^-24 (just the electron is 2x10^-27; don't forget the proton!) which comes to: 4.6x10^-8 Joules.
The average density of hydrogen atoms in interstellar space is.1 per cubic centimeter. I'm WAAAAY too lazy to work out how many hydrogen atoms a spaceship with a 10 meter diameter would hit in a second at that speed and will just leave it as an exercise for the reader. My guess is that it's in the tactical nuclear weapon range.
And as for anything big enough to be called "dust", well, if you have to ask, your spaceship isn't ready for it.
No, it's because space ships don't have a top speed! There's no friction to slow them down
You seem to be mistaking space for something that's perfectly empty. The practical top speed of a spaceship is the max speed at which it can ward off the miscellaney particles floating around in space. A hydrogen atom at 150kmps relative velocity is a dangerous thing. If a spaceship can't deal with that, its top speed is less than 150kmps.
As for friction, perhaps you missed the article a couple of months back about Voyager slowing down because it exited the sol system's bowshock and was in interstellar space being slowed by all the particles therein?
For the price of two regular laptops, get a Panasonic Toughbook. It will still be useable after exiting the far end of the digestive tract of the alligator that eats you.
If there was a single global government then it'd be a no-brainer, but since the closest thing we have is the UN then why not?
The UN doesn't even vaguely resemble a world government. It's more like a country club for national governments. There's no real money in helping refugees, feeding starving children, or vaccinations; the UNHCR, UNICEF, and the WHO are decent branches of the UN. There is staggering amounts of money in "overseeing" oil and other commodity sales and there's probably also staggering amounts of money and power involved in domain name control. Do you really want an organization made up of unelected and unaccountable politicos running another program with money involved given the UN's track record in that regard?
none of the DVD companies mentioned in the article sell online -- it's all though discount bins
There's a simple reason for this. Most people will think, "Gee, I'd like to buy that for $1 online but I won't pay $2 for shipping and handling on something that only costs $1"
To sell online they need to bump the price up to $3 online to subsidize the shipping and nominally charge 50 cents to ship.
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using hot water makes it faster than using cold water, right?
Water that's really hot will loose heat more rapidly than cool water in the same surroundings. What people don't get is that once the hot water has cooled off, it now cools at the slower rate.
What actually IS useful about freezing hot water is that there are a lot less air bubbles so the ice doesn't crack and throw shards out when you pour freshly brewed tea over it on a hot summer afternoon.
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It is silly that someone can committ such fraud just because they collect some numbers
You've obviously never worked tech support and dealt with a horde of users who forget passwords and angrily demand an easy way (and easily spoofed) way to be told it.
In many cases the government can and should help. If people are stealing, then I want the government to use its powers to stop them
Trust me, there's a big difference between the beauracratic drones from Federal agencies and your local beat cop. It's pretty obvious which type was being referenced.
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Yeah- for just 900 bucks!!
Spoken like a true home user.
Parent poster is on to something; the coffee shops with the students taking up tables all night also have electric sockets that they help themselves to. In some coffee shops the tables with the sockets next to them are highly prized and are occupied forever. Putting a locking cover on them would help move people along.
Why do you need a company to set it up?
D-Link has out of the box wireless access by fee/free/timer/whatever complete with a little printer that gives out a code to put in the gateway web page. A shop owner can give out a ticket for x minutes with a drink purchase or a few extra bucks or whatever scheme you think up. Just hook it up to a business DSL or cable and away you go.
you're so buried in emergencies
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Intel sells the Pentium D now, which is a dual core Pentium 4
But Pentium D doesn't have "Xeon" in the name so it obviously isn't for servers. Intel should know better. AMD was wise enough to come up with a new name for their chip to indicate that it was appropriate for use in servers. That's why they're taking Intel market share.
Note to Bill: Call it "Microsoft Phishing Philter" instead of just "Phishing Filter" and put an (r) after it to prevent anyone else from using it or anything that might act in a similar manner. Remember to file for patent before Bezos.
Does anyone know if being exposed to 2.4 GHz emissions might also be harmful?
2.4Ghz is a resonating frequency of water which is why microwave ovens use it. Three quesses: of what is most of your body composed? (hint: not Twinkies)
because I might just get run over by a car while trying to use that public phone booth across the street
Fortunately for you, there aren't many public phones any more because if you were to cross the street to use one, you'd get hit by a car driven by someone yakking on a cell phone.
Right now the Internet is an incivillised place
Is that like being in famous?
Just what the USA needs. More Federal involvment instead of state by state.
/sarcasm.
Which is why many places have test machines to test windows updates
Each of which needs its own software licenses. Cha-ching! As long as you can pull it off, it's a heck of a revenue generating business model!
When Darth Vader decided to take over the universe, he decided he needed a really big gun.
Nevermind the spelling and grammar; get the facts straight. The Death Star was the lynchpin of the Tarkin Doctrine, dreamed up by Grand Moff Tarkin, not Darth Vader. DV just showed up to supervise and make sure that GMT wouldn't get any coup type ideas in his head.
We are in a world where broadband is synoonymous with prosperity
Broadband access is a by-product of prosperity, not a cause of it, for the average consumer.
There's a good reason why the existing companies are taking time bringing out high speed to certain areas. There's not enough people in those areas demanding it.
Well, maybe I'm not too lazy; I get 872k Joules. What do you get?
kinetic energy = 0.5*mv^2 = 0.5*1.67e-27*(150000)^2 = 2e-17 joules i.e. not very much.
.8C (the speed I was aiming for) is:
.1 per cubic centimeter. I'm WAAAAY too lazy to work out how many hydrogen atoms a spaceship with a 10 meter diameter would hit in a second at that speed and will just leave it as an exercise for the reader. My guess is that it's in the tactical nuclear weapon range.
The formula for jules needs meters per second, not miles (if you're from a metric using country, my apologies for the confusion over 'm'), so
.5 * 241401600^2 * 1.6x10^-24 (just the electron is 2x10^-27; don't forget the proton!) which comes to: 4.6x10^-8 Joules.
The average density of hydrogen atoms in interstellar space is
And as for anything big enough to be called "dust", well, if you have to ask, your spaceship isn't ready for it.
No, it's because space ships don't have a top speed! There's no friction to slow them down
You seem to be mistaking space for something that's perfectly empty. The practical top speed of a spaceship is the max speed at which it can ward off the miscellaney particles floating around in space. A hydrogen atom at 150kmps relative velocity is a dangerous thing. If a spaceship can't deal with that, its top speed is less than 150kmps.
As for friction, perhaps you missed the article a couple of months back about Voyager slowing down because it exited the sol system's bowshock and was in interstellar space being slowed by all the particles therein?
No kidding; especially since Plan 9 had Bela Lugosi and The Matrix had Kenny whats-his-name.
possibly even a second laptop
For the price of two regular laptops, get a Panasonic Toughbook. It will still be useable after exiting the far end of the digestive tract of the alligator that eats you.
If there was a single global government then it'd be a no-brainer, but since the closest thing we have is the UN then why not?
The UN doesn't even vaguely resemble a world government. It's more like a country club for national governments. There's no real money in helping refugees, feeding starving children, or vaccinations; the UNHCR, UNICEF, and the WHO are decent branches of the UN. There is staggering amounts of money in "overseeing" oil and other commodity sales and there's probably also staggering amounts of money and power involved in domain name control. Do you really want an organization made up of unelected and unaccountable politicos running another program with money involved given the UN's track record in that regard?
that doesn't sound very powerful
So you're complaining the laser isn't cutting on your finger long enough??
none of the DVD companies mentioned in the article sell online -- it's all though discount bins
There's a simple reason for this. Most people will think, "Gee, I'd like to buy that for $1 online but I won't pay $2 for shipping and handling on something that only costs $1"
To sell online they need to bump the price up to $3 online to subsidize the shipping and nominally charge 50 cents to ship.
using hot water makes it faster than using cold water, right?
Water that's really hot will loose heat more rapidly than cool water in the same surroundings. What people don't get is that once the hot water has cooled off, it now cools at the slower rate.
What actually IS useful about freezing hot water is that there are a lot less air bubbles so the ice doesn't crack and throw shards out when you pour freshly brewed tea over it on a hot summer afternoon.
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It is silly that someone can committ such fraud just because they collect some numbers
You've obviously never worked tech support and dealt with a horde of users who forget passwords and angrily demand an easy way (and easily spoofed) way to be told it.
In many cases the government can and should help. If people are stealing, then I want the government to use its powers to stop them
Trust me, there's a big difference between the beauracratic drones from Federal agencies and your local beat cop. It's pretty obvious which type was being referenced.