FYI, SMS isn't sent on the same interface as a data call - it uses a slow channel, designed for
sending small chunks of data (each Short Message is less than 200 bytes in total, and this is split into 4 chunks for transmission at the lower layers).
Hey ho. Can't wait for a chance to play with a Visor Phone over here in Europe:) Still prefer the look of a Palm V, though. Now when we get some Bluetooth enabled phones next year to go with the new Palms, then we'll be sorted.
I have always liked the surprise factor radio can have. You are listening to one of the better stations that will throw in random stuff, and all of the sudden there is a great tune! Subscription mp3 format services that are personalized have the potential to fill this void.
How often does this happen when you're in the car and have absolutely no means of recording the name of the artist and track? This has happened to me so many times in the past. Having access to the playlists in whatever fashion would be a big step forward here - all you'd have to do is remember the station and what timeslot you were listening to.
Most cellphones automatically reboot themselves when they detect an exception. Sometimes you notice it, sometimes you don't. This is one of those cases where it's taking a long time to crash - it's probably some buffer overrun problem that causes stack corruption, which will take a non-determinate time to cause a detectable problem.
Mobile phones are becoming more and more complex - there's a huge amount of software in these things, usually upwards of 10s of millions of lines of code, spanning more that one processor. It's never possible to catch all the bugs, although there's (usually) a rigourous test phase to catch as many as possible.
Unfortunately, there's so much competition in the marketplace at the moment that new software has to be designed and coded to a very tight timescale, which means that human error is not just possible, it's very probable.
Your fridge/freezer probably already has some firmware to regulate the currently set temperature and control the quick freeze cycle or the defrost cycle - but as it doesn't have to support TCP/IP, then the firmware size is small - of the order of 10's of K, so the chance of error is reduced.
I'm curious now: If the power went out in the middle of the night, would you get up and check the fuses to work out what had blown, so that you could turn the freezer back on?
If the cell phone in question happened to have a high gain mic, such as those used on speaker phones, then this is definitely a possibility. However, some models may not get complete echo cancellation, so there could be scope for detection. It's a rather pricey way of surveilling, and you'd have to remember to switch Caller ID off before calling it, otherwise if it's found, you could easily be traced...
There are several models of GSM mobiles that have a speakerphone capability, which you might still be able to get hold of if you look around.
Hmmm, I'd reserve judgement on this one - at work, I started using my left hand to move the mouse on the PC I have to my left, and continued using my right hand to move the mouse on the Sun in front of me (sometimes simultaneously:), and I found that my Quake accuracy was vastly reduced. Since only using my right hand, I've gone back to my previous levels of high accuracy .
Isn't there a very good reason that doctors stop you from writing with your 'off' hand if you injure your main hand? (Which escapes me at the moment, but strikes me as being relevant...)
You'd still need to bring a telly with your dreamcast, though, and after having had my PSX and computer wired to my 30" TV and surround sound, the thought of going down to an 18" portable with poxy speakers to take to a LAN party doesn't really thrill me:) (When was the last time you tried moving a large 30" tv?)
IMHO, you're better off with PC's and hi-definition 17" monitor at a LAN party. Especially for Homeworld.
Check out this BBC news article for more up to date information. S'cool - so are we going to have clockwork robots made of this stuff? Kinda amusing thought, having purely mechanical driven nanobots, instead of electrically driven... You'd have to have more robots to wind them back up once they run down, though...
Their telephone support in Britain is OK for most of the general faults that one finds, but we've had to fall back on USA 'phone support for issues with NIS+ before now...
As a long time user of Wabi, I was quite disturbed to find that Sun had dropped all support for it. Not having 2 computers on my desk was a godsend... (It's rather a pain at the moment)
What people have to remember is that Sun makes its money selling hardware, not software.
I've never been particularly impressed by any of the desktop software that Sun has come out with recently - there are better IDE's than Workshop, for instance, and I'd rather use KDE than openwin/cde any day of the week.
Just think of the furore if Sun bought out KDE or any of the other desktop organisations, then ditched that in 2 years time...
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What I really don't like about the ad banners (besides the speed) is that they are all in Swedish, as I'm working for a Swedish company, in the.se domain, but I'm actually British, working in Britain...
How can I persuade the banner program that I'm not Swedish?
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FYI, SMS isn't sent on the same interface as a data call - it uses a slow channel, designed for
:) Still prefer the look of a Palm V, though. Now when we get some Bluetooth enabled phones next year to go with the new Palms, then we'll be sorted.
sending small chunks of data (each Short Message is less than 200 bytes in total, and this is split into 4 chunks for transmission at the lower layers).
Hey ho. Can't wait for a chance to play with a Visor Phone over here in Europe
I have always liked the surprise factor radio can have. You are listening to one of the better stations that will throw in random stuff, and all of the sudden there is a great tune! Subscription mp3 format services that are personalized have the potential to fill this void.
How often does this happen when you're in the car and have absolutely no means of recording the name of the artist and track? This has happened to me so many times in the past. Having access to the playlists in whatever fashion would be a big step forward here - all you'd have to do is remember the station and what timeslot you were listening to.
Most cellphones automatically reboot themselves when they detect an exception. Sometimes you notice it, sometimes you don't. This is one of those cases where it's taking a long time to crash - it's probably some buffer overrun problem that causes stack corruption, which will take a non-determinate time to cause a detectable problem.
Mobile phones are becoming more and more complex - there's a huge amount of software in these things, usually upwards of 10s of millions of lines of code, spanning more that one processor. It's never possible to catch all the bugs, although there's (usually) a rigourous test phase to catch as many as possible.
Unfortunately, there's so much competition in the marketplace at the moment that new software has to be designed and coded to a very tight timescale, which means that human error is not just possible, it's very probable.
Your fridge/freezer probably already has some firmware to regulate the currently set temperature and control the quick freeze cycle or the defrost cycle - but as it doesn't have to support TCP/IP, then the firmware size is small - of the order of 10's of K, so the chance of error is reduced.
I'm curious now: If the power went out in the middle of the night, would you get up and check the fuses to work out what had blown, so that you could turn the freezer back on?
If the cell phone in question happened to have a high gain mic, such as those used on speaker phones, then this is definitely a possibility. However, some models may not get complete echo cancellation, so there could be scope for detection. It's a rather pricey way of surveilling, and you'd have to remember to switch Caller ID off before calling it, otherwise if it's found, you could easily be traced...
There are several models of GSM mobiles that have a speakerphone capability, which you might still be able to get hold of if you look around.
Hmmm, I'd reserve judgement on this one - at work, I started using my left hand to move the mouse on the PC I have to my left, and continued using my right hand to move the mouse on the Sun in front of me (sometimes simultaneously :), and I found that my Quake accuracy was vastly reduced. Since only using my right hand, I've gone back to my previous levels of high accuracy .
Isn't there a very good reason that doctors stop you from writing with your 'off' hand if you injure your main hand? (Which escapes me at the moment, but strikes me as being relevant...)
You'd still need to bring a telly with your dreamcast, though, and after having had my PSX and :)
computer wired to my 30" TV and surround sound, the thought of going down to an 18" portable with poxy speakers to take to a LAN party doesn't really thrill me
(When was the last time you tried moving a large 30" tv?)
IMHO, you're better off with PC's and hi-definition 17" monitor at a LAN party. Especially for Homeworld.
Check out this BBC news article for more up to date information. S'cool - so are we going to have clockwork robots made of this stuff? Kinda amusing thought, having purely mechanical driven nanobots, instead of electrically driven... You'd have to have more robots to wind them back up once they run down, though...
Rain today, maybe sun tomorrow, possibly with showers.
:)
Hmmm. Sound familiar?
Their telephone support in Britain is OK for most of the general faults that one finds, but we've had to fall back on USA 'phone support for issues with NIS+ before now...
As a long time user of Wabi, I was quite disturbed to find that Sun had dropped all support for it. Not having 2 computers on my desk was a godsend... (It's rather a pain at the moment)
What people have to remember is that Sun makes its money selling hardware, not software.
I've never been particularly impressed by any of the desktop software that Sun has come out with recently - there are better IDE's than Workshop, for instance, and I'd rather use KDE than openwin/cde any day of the week.
Just think of the furore if Sun bought out KDE or any of the other desktop organisations, then ditched that in 2 years time...
Io
What I really don't like about the ad banners (besides the speed) is that they are all in Swedish, as I'm working for a Swedish company, in the .se domain, but I'm actually British, working in Britain...
How can I persuade the banner program that I'm not Swedish?
Io