Works here perfectly. Here is Ireland. Maybe it just has problems in the US. With most phones you can turn on delivery reports so you get a message pending report and then when it is delivered to the other phone you get a message recieved report.
I'd send about 10 messages a day and have been doing so for about 4 years now and have had a total of about 5 Message Failed reports.
Karlin Lillington has more on the browser today and this seems informed!!
The Irish browser story: Ok folks, here's the scoop. I am just back from talking to one of MIT Media Lab Europe's researchers, who both checked out the browser and talked to Adnan. He says the browser is 'absolutely extraordinary'. He says that what Adnan has done is re-engineer the efficiency of how a browser operates, which allows it to run up to six times faster (but usually not that much faster -- two to four times faster is more common). So it's not managing bandwidth but managing the way the browser itself handles and presents information. The researcher (whom I know and will vouch for) says that instead of simply tinkering with existing code he went down to the socket layer and reworked it at the protocol level (now, many of you guys will know the significance of this better than me, I'm just reporting the conversation). He added that it is incredibly clever work and stunning that a 16 year old has done this (I am not scrimping on the superlatives because that is what was said). (NB: A conversation in a group ensued that this work perhaps suggests that because the browser market is a virtual monopoly, there's been little incentive to improve efficiency in this way -- indeed, it might be beneficial to product development to just eke out a leeeetle more efficiency now and then and advertise it as continuing innovation... but I leave that to further discussion among the well-informed).
And Adnan has indeed worked in all the existing media players AND a DVD player so you can watch a DVD while surfing. And incorporated in a voice agent that will speak web pages, for young children or for the sight-impaired. The improved efficiency angle got the notice of the few media reports done on this so far, but it's really not what Adnan himself was emphasising -- it's the whole package, said the MIT guy.
Not surprisingly Adnan now has more than one university interested in him. And he has apparently told the numerous companies who saw the browser in action and who wanted to commercialise it that, at least for now, he has no interest in commercialising it.
I will note that the MIT researcher had a big grin on his face and it was clear he found the whole project a pleasure to talk about. He also said he'd heard about the browser before he arrived at the Young Scientist exhibition and made a beeline to see it. Adnan apparently didn't really think it would necessarily win an award --the researcher told me it was clear that it HAD to win. So there you go. I'm sure we'll hear a lot more about all this soon.
The logic is simple: criminals will always find ways to get guns, whether legally or not. If the average civilian cannot own a gun for self-defense, the chances that a criminal will use a gun against a civilian become much higher. I think you'll find that this is not the case. You use the UK in your example. The facts are that only a tiny percentage of people in the UK own guns, so by your reasoning the chances that a criminal will use a gun against a civilian are absolutely massive. Now this is clearly not the case because everyone would be dead by now.
BTW Criminals are still Civilians. Pedantic I Know!
You do need boradband if you don't have unlimited 56k net access. Wasting an hour downloading something isn't a luxury we have here. IT COSTS. Read more about our crappy telco Eircom
There is strict Drug testing. Many of the Dutch team have tested positive recently. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/football/eu rope/newsid_1320000/1320729.stm
Maradona never used preformance enhancing drugs AFAIK. He was addicted to Cocaine and still is in my opinion the greatest footballer ever... yes better that Péle
I'm not trolling but the commentary on American TV is terrible. When I was over in the US I was watching a match on ESPN and they were screaming GOOOAAALL!! and stuff like that. They picked that up off some South American commentator and to be honest it doesn't work if you're not South American.
The IRA are allowed to talk on TV now and since about 1993. Although I am a republican living in Ireland and do support the political attempts for a united Ireland I and many others find the labeling of the IRA as freedom fighters highly offensive.
Calling them freedom fighters just gives legitimacy to on organisation who despite wrong doings against their people have on many occasions blown up town centres on Saturday afternoons. Don't try to tell me that's a military target!!
You speak as if the US doesn't censor things. When your government decide that it is in the best interests of the country. For example during the Gulf War pictures of the US airforce blowing up retreating Iraqis was censored until after the war.
What the hell are you talking about. Don't get in the way of progress. Last time I checked the US had a huge budget surplus so it's academical anyway. Don't blame the space program for the national debt.
I'm deeply offended. Us people here in Cork are just as important as you people up in Dublin. And what about Limerick - thats where Intel are. Only joking. But really come to Ireland. It really is the best place for IT outside the US.
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Works here perfectly. Here is Ireland. Maybe it just has problems in the US. With most phones you can turn on delivery reports so you get a message pending report and then when it is delivered to the other phone you get a message recieved report.
I'd send about 10 messages a day and have been doing so for about 4 years now and have had a total of about 5 Message Failed reports.
mod this up. it contains actual details
Karlin Lillington has more on the browser today and this seems informed!!
The Irish browser story: Ok folks, here's the scoop. I am just back from talking to one of MIT Media Lab Europe's researchers, who both checked out the browser and talked to Adnan. He says the browser is 'absolutely extraordinary'. He says that what Adnan has done is re-engineer the efficiency of how a browser operates, which allows it to run up to six times faster (but usually not that much faster -- two to four times faster is more common). So it's not managing bandwidth but managing the way the browser itself handles and presents information. The researcher (whom I know and will vouch for) says that instead of simply tinkering with existing code he went down to the socket layer and reworked it at the protocol level (now, many of you guys will know the significance of this better than me, I'm just reporting the conversation). He added that it is incredibly clever work and stunning that a 16 year old has done this (I am not scrimping on the superlatives because that is what was said). (NB: A conversation in a group ensued that this work perhaps suggests that because the browser market is a virtual monopoly, there's been little incentive to improve efficiency in this way -- indeed, it might be beneficial to product development to just eke out a leeeetle more efficiency now and then and advertise it as continuing innovation... but I leave that to further discussion among the well-informed).
And Adnan has indeed worked in all the existing media players AND a DVD player so you can watch a DVD while surfing. And incorporated in a voice agent that will speak web pages, for young children or for the sight-impaired. The improved efficiency angle got the notice of the few media reports done on this so far, but it's really not what Adnan himself was emphasising -- it's the whole package, said the MIT guy.
Not surprisingly Adnan now has more than one university interested in him. And he has apparently told the numerous companies who saw the browser in action and who wanted to commercialise it that, at least for now, he has no interest in commercialising it.
I will note that the MIT researcher had a big grin on his face and it was clear he found the whole project a pleasure to talk about. He also said he'd heard about the browser before he arrived at the Young Scientist exhibition and made a beeline to see it. Adnan apparently didn't really think it would necessarily win an award --the researcher told me it was clear that it HAD to win. So there you go. I'm sure we'll hear a lot more about all this soon.
And yes, he has copyrighted it.
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that's pretty poor reasoning.
The logic is simple: criminals will always find ways to get guns, whether legally or not. If the average civilian cannot own a gun for self-defense, the chances that a criminal will use a gun against a civilian become much higher. I think you'll find that this is not the case. You use the UK in your example. The facts are that only a tiny percentage of people in the UK own guns, so by your reasoning the chances that a criminal will use a gun against a civilian are absolutely massive. Now this is clearly not the case because everyone would be dead by now.
BTW Criminals are still Civilians. Pedantic I Know!
You do need boradband if you don't have unlimited 56k net access. Wasting an hour downloading something isn't a luxury we have here. IT COSTS.
Read more about our crappy telco Eircom
In the year 2012 computers will be 1000 times as powerful, 1000 times larger and owned by the 5 richest kings of Europe!
Paraphrasing Prof. Frink of course!
I've only got 56k and left it downloading Moz 1.2 last night when I went to sleep and now I wake up to see this! Damn!
Ah well. The joys of living in a country where broadband isn't available
Maybe One Day!
Direct Link 40MB - HERE
I suppose I shouldn't be shocked that both those links make you money by going through you're refferal ID account
doesn't it?
There is strict Drug testing. Many of the Dutch team have tested positive recently. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/football/eu rope/newsid_1320000/1320729.stm
Maradona never used preformance enhancing drugs AFAIK. He was addicted to Cocaine and still is in my opinion the greatest footballer ever... yes better that Péle
I'm not trolling but the commentary on American TV is terrible. When I was over in the US I was watching a match on ESPN and they were screaming GOOOAAALL!! and stuff like that. They picked that up off some South American commentator and to be honest it doesn't work if you're not South American.
The IRA are allowed to talk on TV now and since about 1993. Although I am a republican living in Ireland and do support the political attempts for a united Ireland I and many others find the labeling of the IRA as freedom fighters highly offensive. Calling them freedom fighters just gives legitimacy to on organisation who despite wrong doings against their people have on many occasions blown up town centres on Saturday afternoons. Don't try to tell me that's a military target!! You speak as if the US doesn't censor things. When your government decide that it is in the best interests of the country. For example during the Gulf War pictures of the US airforce blowing up retreating Iraqis was censored until after the war.
What the hell are you talking about. Don't get in the way of progress. Last time I checked the US had a huge budget surplus so it's academical anyway. Don't blame the space program for the national debt.
I'm deeply offended. Us people here in Cork are just as important as you people up in Dublin. And what about Limerick - thats where Intel are. Only joking. But really come to Ireland. It really is the best place for IT outside the US.