They can receive calls, but that capability is often switched off in areas where the phones are otherwise used as much for drug dealing and prostitution as they are for 'normal' calls. More so in some situations, where the dealer or pimp will not allow others to use it!
[Such restrictions came about before the modern cell phone era.]
I actually had the Customer Service Clown from my cable company ask me to reverse the Ethernet cable connecting my cable box to my router. I twiddled my thumbs for several seconds, then reported that I still had no signal.
I can only assume that they may get better results that way, instead of asking: "Are the connections tight?"
Currently $115 for my 5X that I bought on sale for $250. I'll stick to the 5X, which got its 'official' Oreo update yesterday (I've been running the stable beta version.)
Ceramics body makes the device more brittle and heavy (poor combination) without offering any protection advantage other than being a bit more scratch proof. Same for titanium. Essencially, you are much more prone to damage this camera than most others in the market.
Where are you getting your materials info from? The body isn't ceramic, it is titanium. The back is ceramic. Not that I think that either ceramics or glass is a good choice (I had to replace my fire sale Fire phone after shattering the glass back), but metal often isn't an option - think wireless charging, for example. But not everyone accepts plastic (as used on my Nexus S and now on my Nexus 5X), and so you're down to breakables.
Do you have a source indicating that ceramic back is heavier, or weaker, than glass?
[By the way, this is a trick question. Glass *is* a ceramic.]
But then we get to titanium, which is not only stronger (by weight) than aluminum, but is more durable, not less. You can see comparison shots of the titanium vs. aluminum in their corner drop tests look about half way down on their home page: https://www.essential.com/
It's for identifying songs that you hear from random sources (boom boxes, restaurant background music, etc.) that you didn't load and/or isn't coming from your own device.
And the 'Always On' (intermittent, actually - it runs every 60 seconds) means that you can get the info from your lock screen, and the local database means that it doesn't need need any form of internet connection - no impact on your data plan.
Not that I fit their use case. I'd leave it switched off (the default).
These could be a boon to foreign film buffs who have to continuously switch their attention from the action to the sub-titles. (A shit-load of films are available with sub-titles, but not audio translations).
You don't need to put the phone in the freezer, you simply have to super-chill your electrons before charging. This also provides around 15% greater energy density within the battery - see Space-X's site for further details.
A gas tax would be the way to go, especially since it would accommodate the Grizzwalds who are out to see Disneyland. But taxing on the tanks coming in would be unworkable. Granted, 'gas tourists' near the border might nip into Nevada for a fill-up - but ultimately, I think that market forces would prevail.
Nevada stations conveniently near the boarder would be able to jack up their prices, losing local business but making it up with a higher margin on the California cars. And stations on the California side would begin to move further in-state or simply close.
I don't think that there would be sufficient interstate gas flow to justify taxing tanks.
Decades ago (as in, when I moved out here) they had agricultural checkpoints, where they made sure you weren't bringing in any invasive species [insert political joke here].
Edison did not invent the light bulb, there were many before him. However, his team's product (which, notably, used a higher vacuum) was the first to be commercially successful.
I read an article about Dysan a while back. Can't swear to details, but my recollection was that his approach to engineering was similar to Edison's: he'd rather put a large team of competent engineers on a project instead of finding and relying on one or two exceptional ones.
You're mixing false positives with false negatives. Recognizing a stranger's print is a false positive; something that only happens once in 50,000 times (according to Apple). A failure to recognize a legitimate print is a false negative - inconvenient, but not a security issue.
Europe is small enough that a semi making a u-turn generally travels through several countries - it would make sense to build your trucks to the most restrictive 'local' regulations (the lowest common denominator concept).
A dip or dp is a unit of distance (1/160"), not a unit of density. A 'normal' phone phone starts at around 3" (470/160), a 'large' phone at 4" (640/160).
Additionally, screen size category is reported by the device, and is arbitrary, and the labels are relative. Thus as screens grow larger on average, the reporting of the size diminishes. That is, 2012's "large" phone is today's "normal" phone.
Have you got cites on that - that the labels are growing? According to the developer's guide, screen sizes are defined as:
xlarge screens are at least 960dp x 720dp large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp
A dp is 1/160 of an inch long - hence, the referenced sizes are absolute, not relative. As sizes increase, we can expect to see new standards for extra-large, extra-extra-large, etc. (The same applied to resolution values).
Looking at an eclipsed Sun - even for the same amount of time (which is "very little") that you could stare at an uneclipsed Sun without incurring damage - is still more dangerous.
is just plain wrong. In fact. NASA's guidelines acknowledge that there is a minute or so of full eclipse in which it is entirely safe to stare with naked eyes. (Problem is, how do you know when to stop looking?)
It is the time you spend looking at the partially eclipsed sun that counts, not the degree of eclipse.
Be careful of how you quote those numbers. The 60% figure is based on number of homes, not population. And considering that houses - especially detached units - are typically larger than apartments, I would suspect that the total population percentage in those homes is still higher.
[Not that it matters. Of more interest is the vehicle count, not the headcount.]
Also, single family attached homes (e.g., townhouses) in the U.S. typically offer the same parking options as detached homes. Combining the attached and detached categories indicate that around 2/3 of the homes would be covered.
But let's not forget that we're talking U.S. numbers. I suspect that the situation is different "across the pond",
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Now why am I thinking of service dogs?
They can receive calls, but that capability is often switched off in areas where the phones are otherwise used as much for drug dealing and prostitution as they are for 'normal' calls. More so in some situations, where the dealer or pimp will not allow others to use it!
[Such restrictions came about before the modern cell phone era.]
No need to give up, Unicomp bought the rights to the Model M family and produce updated versions of them today.
I actually had the Customer Service Clown from my cable company ask me to reverse the Ethernet cable connecting my cable box to my router. I twiddled my thumbs for several seconds, then reported that I still had no signal.
I can only assume that they may get better results that way, instead of asking: "Are the connections tight?"
Currently $115 for my 5X that I bought on sale for $250. I'll stick to the 5X, which got its 'official' Oreo update yesterday (I've been running the stable beta version.)
Ceramics body makes the device more brittle and heavy (poor combination) without offering any protection advantage other than being a bit more scratch proof. Same for titanium. Essencially, you are much more prone to damage this camera than most others in the market.
Where are you getting your materials info from? The body isn't ceramic, it is titanium. The back is ceramic. Not that I think that either ceramics or glass is a good choice (I had to replace my fire sale Fire phone after shattering the glass back), but metal often isn't an option - think wireless charging, for example. But not everyone accepts plastic (as used on my Nexus S and now on my Nexus 5X), and so you're down to breakables.
Do you have a source indicating that ceramic back is heavier, or weaker, than glass?
[By the way, this is a trick question. Glass *is* a ceramic.]
But then we get to titanium, which is not only stronger (by weight) than aluminum, but is more durable, not less. You can see comparison shots of the titanium vs. aluminum in their corner drop tests look about half way down on their home page: https://www.essential.com/
Otherwise, the calcium in your bones will be reacting with the water in your blood as well.
Damn, that just makes my blood boil.
It's for identifying songs that you hear from random sources (boom boxes, restaurant background music, etc.) that you didn't load and/or isn't coming from your own device.
And the 'Always On' (intermittent, actually - it runs every 60 seconds) means that you can get the info from your lock screen, and the local database means that it doesn't need need any form of internet connection - no impact on your data plan.
Not that I fit their use case. I'd leave it switched off (the default).
You'd lose the bet; no history is kept - not even locally.
If you're concerned about the police, then you probably know that fanning the power switch five times (quickly) disables biometric identification.
[No, I'm not an Apple fan - Nexus 5X for me - but at least they seem to have thought this one through.]
These could be a boon to foreign film buffs who have to continuously switch their attention from the action to the sub-titles. (A shit-load of films are available with sub-titles, but not audio translations).
Because, like a well written Wiki article, they provide specific citations. You are free to double check their sources.
You don't need to put the phone in the freezer, you simply have to super-chill your electrons before charging. This also provides around 15% greater energy density within the battery - see Space-X's site for further details.
A gas tax would be the way to go, especially since it would accommodate the Grizzwalds who are out to see Disneyland. But taxing on the tanks coming in would be unworkable. Granted, 'gas tourists' near the border might nip into Nevada for a fill-up - but ultimately, I think that market forces would prevail.
Nevada stations conveniently near the boarder would be able to jack up their prices, losing local business but making it up with a higher margin on the California cars. And stations on the California side would begin to move further in-state or simply close.
I don't think that there would be sufficient interstate gas flow to justify taxing tanks.
Decades ago (as in, when I moved out here) they had agricultural checkpoints, where they made sure you weren't bringing in any invasive species [insert political joke here].
But I haven't seen them for a long time.
Is this the one you mean?
Edison did not invent the light bulb, there were many before him. However, his team's product (which, notably, used a higher vacuum) was the first to be commercially successful.
I read an article about Dysan a while back. Can't swear to details, but my recollection was that his approach to engineering was similar to Edison's: he'd rather put a large team of competent engineers on a project instead of finding and relying on one or two exceptional ones.
It's classier than plastic, and metal would interfere with the wireless charging.
[My current phone is a Nexus 5X, which replaced an Amazon Fire - whose glass back was shattered.]
You're mixing false positives with false negatives. Recognizing a stranger's print is a false positive; something that only happens once in 50,000 times (according to Apple). A failure to recognize a legitimate print is a false negative - inconvenient, but not a security issue.
Europe is small enough that a semi making a u-turn generally travels through several countries - it would make sense to build your trucks to the most restrictive 'local' regulations (the lowest common denominator concept).
A dip or dp is a unit of distance (1/160"), not a unit of density. A 'normal' phone phone starts at around 3" (470/160), a 'large' phone at 4" (640/160).
Additionally, screen size category is reported by the device, and is arbitrary, and the labels are relative.
Thus as screens grow larger on average, the reporting of the size diminishes. That is, 2012's "large" phone is today's "normal" phone.
Have you got cites on that - that the labels are growing? According to the developer's guide, screen sizes are defined as:
xlarge screens are at least 960dp x 720dp
large screens are at least 640dp x 480dp
normal screens are at least 470dp x 320dp
small screens are at least 426dp x 320dp
A dp is 1/160 of an inch long - hence, the referenced sizes are absolute, not relative. As sizes increase, we can expect to see new standards for extra-large, extra-extra-large, etc. (The same applied to resolution values).
Hardly semantic games. Your assertion:
Looking at an eclipsed Sun - even for the same amount of time (which is "very little") that you could stare at an uneclipsed Sun without incurring damage - is still more dangerous.
is just plain wrong. In fact. NASA's guidelines acknowledge that there is a minute or so of full eclipse in which it is entirely safe to stare with naked eyes. (Problem is, how do you know when to stop looking?)
It is the time you spend looking at the partially eclipsed sun that counts, not the degree of eclipse.
It should be a closing parentheses (')'), not a closing brace ('}').
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Be careful of how you quote those numbers. The 60% figure is based on number of homes, not population. And considering that houses - especially detached units - are typically larger than apartments, I would suspect that the total population percentage in those homes is still higher.
[Not that it matters. Of more interest is the vehicle count, not the headcount.]
Also, single family attached homes (e.g., townhouses) in the U.S. typically offer the same parking options as detached homes. Combining the attached and detached categories indicate that around 2/3 of the homes would be covered.
But let's not forget that we're talking U.S. numbers. I suspect that the situation is different "across the pond",