Being secretive and not acknowledging mistakes!? Sounds just like Apple these days.
The last month on the Apple Discussion board was filled with thermal paste and whine problems on the MacBook Pro. But Apple does not acknowledge 90degree celsius+ CPU temp as a problem.
>>Has anyone had any luck with this service and if so, where abouts or is this just marketing hype?
Yes, I have done this with Connexion by Boeing on flights from London to Singapore. I have used Skype while in flight on a few occasions. Sometimes there are delays of 2-3 seconds, like talking on CB radio. I did a tracert and saw that the traffic was going from the airplane to seattle and then to the rest of the net. So it bounces around in the ether via satellite before coming down. I believe that is what causes the latency.
I was a Mechanical Engineering major at an Ivy League school. I got number of As in my literature and English classes - much to the chagrin of my English and Literature Major classmates, who did NOT get As in the same course. Why?
1) Organization of Thought. I planned the outline in my head and knew pretty much how I wanted to present my writing to my reader (the teacher). The details can change and be moved around later, but the structure remained more or less the same.
2) Clarity of Content. The outline skeleton is a good start, but it needs to be backed up with good content. Then this content has to be presented in a clear set of sentences, or paragraphs, or even sections. Also try to stick to basic grammar and use sentences that are as short as possible to get the point of the sentence across. It is also wise to be careful when using those "big" words.
3) Punctuation. I have often read sentences which make sense if you read them out loud (slowly), but they can very confusing when written. Good punctuation really helps readers through those longer sentences that have "big" concepts.
(I hope I have followed my own advice in writing the above!)
P.S. I did not learn English until I was nine years old.
My buddy told me about this company in Japan called ColorZip. In their own words...
"We started Colorzip because we believe that ColorCodeTM technology is the most exciting mobile content delivery and management system ever imagined. It is the only technology in the world that allows any device with a CCD/CMOS camera and an Internet connection to read color-coded images and instantly download music, video and data from a server."
"Add a headset and Skype, and you don't need a cell phone to have loud, annoying phone conversations on an airplane."
Singapore Airlines started this service in April from London to Singapore (15 hour flight). They offered promotional rate of US 25 for the whole flight, which I took.
It was damn nice to have access in the air. Yes - I Skyped. It did not bother people around me too much as airplane noise is quite loud. I used Skypeout so the person I was talking to was on POTS.
Luckily I was in business class, so I had my inseat power. I was online for most of that flight getting my $25 worth!
My home Cable Broadband Supplier here in Singapore just upgraded me automatically from 3 Mbps to 6.5 Mbps. http://www.starhub.com/online/maxonline/index.html
However, I am not sure how fast I can really fly since the underwater cable and satellite connectivity between Singapore and the Rest of the World is still limited.
Energy Sources: Oil, Coal, Nuclear, Natural Gas (& Cow farts), Solar, Wind, and anything that will burn in a fire.
Debatable Energy Sources: Cold Fusion, Anti Matter, Geothermal, Natural Electricity (as in lightnight), Black Matter/Energy, Trilithium Crystals, and THE FORCE.
Definitely NOT: Gas, petrol, batteries, rubber bands, and HYDROGEN (unless we stumble onto a liquid Hydrogen Reservoir under the icy surface of Io or Neptune.)
I have had a few bag and backpacks for various laptops ranging from 7 to 10 lbs plus accessories. I have noticed that when a bag breaks, it is due to the plastic clips that connect the strap to the bag. These tend to break under heavy loads - and stress (running). I fixed my current bag by using a carabiner (rock climbing gear - the small ones are rated for over 50 lbs) to easily replace the plastic clips. You can find them at any decent sports shop.
Well if every car - including EMS vehicles - had a GPS - then each city can really intelligently control traffic. Singapore is partly there with its ERP system. See http://www.lta.gov.sg/motoring_matters/index_ motor ing_erp.htm Obvious privacy issue would be raised by others...
Sorry, but I just looked at the spec. I own a P800 and from my experience, any PDA/Phone combo without bluetooth for handsfree is a serious design/Feature flaw. I have seen friends with Palm/Handspring devices fumble with "handsfree" wires everytime a call comes in. I have seen other people hold up a fat PDA to their heads and chatting. Neither beats leaving the phone in your pocket or briefcase while talking on the phone... And driving at the same time... with both hands on the wheel! Just some usability feedback....
The ability to use Tivo's guide to find what you want and then click to save, means it violates this patent as it "allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs".
The patent does not say that the video has to be streamed in real time. So Tivo's auto recording based on users' preferences (selected or guessed) would therefore constitute a breach.
Also, as the patent describes a head-end and network, Tivos bought independently may not violate, but Tivos or other DVRs bought from Pay-TV operators, like DirectTV, do violate. yes? no?
I haave lived in Singapore for years and, because I am a frequent traveller, have been given an Access Card.
This is a photo ID smartcard that allows me to pass through Singapore immigration (both ways) without having to take out my passport and having to deal with immigration officers. My identity is verified by a thumbprint scanner.
Read the following for more details: http://app.ica.gov.sg/serv_citizen/other _services/ automated_clearance.asp
Interactive TV is the real technology to watch out for. It has been slow in coming for years and will only likely hit the big time in 8-10 years.
VOD, by itself, is not enough of a business model for any provider. The whole Interactive TV which may morph into the ultimate "home entertainment centre" will offer internet access, pay-TV, online gaming, music and video on demand, video telephony, and numerous other offerings.
OK it goes like this:
in order to get H2, you have to use energy to split water right?
2 H2O ==> 2 H2 + O2
add energy
The left side is more stable so the right side has higher potential energy.
In a hydrogren fuel cell, the equation is reversed:
2 H2 + O2 ==> 2 H2O
energy is released
SO, if you are going to make hydrogen by splitting water and then use the H2 to get energy by combining it with O2, you can NOT get out more than what you put in.
The cable industry obviously needs them for station ident since most of their content is syndicated. Someone else also points out that it makes channel surfing easier when you have 40-50 channels at your disposal.
Networks with their own original content uses it to reduce piracy / unlicensed rebroadcast - think news footages.
I would think that you would see more hydrogen powered cars before you will see airplanes. Cars running on natural gas would provide good examples of retrofitting and viability.
Extracting hydrogen first would also arguably be less thermodynamically efficient as well.
Remember the physics classes where you would stick one end of a probe into liquid nitrogen and the other at room temperature and you would register the voltage difference and manually calculate the temperature. You know - a thermocouple.
I wondered when somebody would be able to make thermocouples generate usable energy. Looks like this is what ADSX is doing.
I live in Hong Kong and I have seen plenty of Chinese made DVD players. Players that can play BOTH regional DVD formats - not just one. I can get a PS2 here and ask the store to tweak it so that I can view both DVD formats, too!!!
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Being secretive and not acknowledging mistakes!? Sounds just like Apple these days.
The last month on the Apple Discussion board was filled with thermal paste and whine problems on the MacBook Pro. But Apple does not acknowledge 90degree celsius+ CPU temp as a problem.
So I guess Google is just growing up...
>>Has anyone had any luck with this service and if so, where abouts or is this just marketing hype?
Yes, I have done this with Connexion by Boeing on flights from London to Singapore. I have used Skype while in flight on a few occasions. Sometimes there are delays of 2-3 seconds, like talking on CB radio. I did a tracert and saw that the traffic was going from the airplane to seattle and then to the rest of the net. So it bounces around in the ether via satellite before coming down. I believe that is what causes the latency.
I was a Mechanical Engineering major at an Ivy League school. I got number of As in my literature and English classes - much to the chagrin of my English and Literature Major classmates, who did NOT get As in the same course. Why?
1) Organization of Thought. I planned the outline in my head and knew pretty much how I wanted to present my writing to my reader (the teacher). The details can change and be moved around later, but the structure remained more or less the same.
2) Clarity of Content. The outline skeleton is a good start, but it needs to be backed up with good content. Then this content has to be presented in a clear set of sentences, or paragraphs, or even sections. Also try to stick to basic grammar and use sentences that are as short as possible to get the point of the sentence across. It is also wise to be careful when using those "big" words.
3) Punctuation. I have often read sentences which make sense if you read them out loud (slowly), but they can very confusing when written. Good punctuation really helps readers through those longer sentences that have "big" concepts.
(I hope I have followed my own advice in writing the above!)
P.S. I did not learn English until I was nine years old.
My buddy told me about this company in Japan called ColorZip. In their own words...
"We started Colorzip because we believe that ColorCodeTM technology is the most exciting mobile content delivery and management system ever imagined. It is the only technology in the world that allows any device with a CCD/CMOS camera and an Internet connection to read color-coded images and instantly download music, video and data from a server."
See http://www.colorzip.co.jp/
They apparently already have a beta working on many mobile phone's Java App.
"Add a headset and Skype, and you don't need a cell phone to have loud, annoying phone conversations on an airplane."
Singapore Airlines started this service in April from London to Singapore (15 hour flight). They offered promotional rate of US 25 for the whole flight, which I took.
It was damn nice to have access in the air. Yes - I Skyped. It did not bother people around me too much as airplane noise is quite loud. I used Skypeout so the person I was talking to was on POTS.
Luckily I was in business class, so I had my inseat power. I was online for most of that flight getting my $25 worth!
Don't knock it until you try it!
My home Cable Broadband Supplier here in Singapore just upgraded me automatically from 3 Mbps to 6.5 Mbps. http://www.starhub.com/online/maxonline/index.html
However, I am not sure how fast I can really fly since the underwater cable and satellite connectivity between Singapore and the Rest of the World is still limited.
Let's get back to the basics here:
Energy Sources:
Oil, Coal, Nuclear, Natural Gas (& Cow farts), Solar, Wind, and anything that will burn in a fire.
Debatable Energy Sources:
Cold Fusion, Anti Matter, Geothermal, Natural Electricity (as in lightnight), Black Matter/Energy, Trilithium Crystals, and THE FORCE.
Definitely NOT: Gas, petrol, batteries, rubber bands, and HYDROGEN (unless we stumble onto a liquid Hydrogen Reservoir under the icy surface of Io or Neptune.)
I have had a few bag and backpacks for various laptops ranging from 7 to 10 lbs plus accessories. I have noticed that when a bag breaks, it is due to the plastic clips that connect the strap to the bag. These tend to break under heavy loads - and stress (running). I fixed my current bag by using a carabiner (rock climbing gear - the small ones are rated for over 50 lbs) to easily replace the plastic clips. You can find them at any decent sports shop.
Well if every car - including EMS vehicles - had a GPS - then each city can really intelligently control traffic. Singapore is partly there with its ERP system. See_ motor ing_erp.htm
http://www.lta.gov.sg/motoring_matters/index
Obvious privacy issue would be raised by others...
Sorry, but I just looked at the spec. I own a P800 and from my experience, any PDA/Phone combo without bluetooth for handsfree is a serious design/Feature flaw. I have seen friends with Palm/Handspring devices fumble with "handsfree" wires everytime a call comes in. I have seen other people hold up a fat PDA to their heads and chatting. Neither beats leaving the phone in your pocket or briefcase while talking on the phone... And driving at the same time... with both hands on the wheel! Just some usability feedback....
The ability to use Tivo's guide to find what you want and then click to save, means it violates this patent as it "allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs".
The patent does not say that the video has to be streamed in real time. So Tivo's auto recording based on users' preferences (selected or guessed) would therefore constitute a breach.
Also, as the patent describes a head-end and network, Tivos bought independently may not violate, but Tivos or other DVRs bought from Pay-TV operators, like DirectTV, do violate. yes? no?
I haave lived in Singapore for years and, because I am a frequent traveller, have been given an Access Card.
r _services/ automated_clearance.asp
This is a photo ID smartcard that allows me to pass through Singapore immigration (both ways) without having to take out my passport and having to deal with immigration officers. My identity is verified by a thumbprint scanner.
Read the following for more details:
http://app.ica.gov.sg/serv_citizen/othe
Interactive TV is the real technology to watch out for. It has been slow in coming for years and will only likely hit the big time in 8-10 years.
VOD, by itself, is not enough of a business model for any provider. The whole Interactive TV which may morph into the ultimate "home entertainment centre" will offer internet access, pay-TV, online gaming, music and video on demand, video telephony, and numerous other offerings.
That is the holy grail!
OK it goes like this:
in order to get H2, you have to use energy to split water right?
2 H2O ==> 2 H2 + O2
add energy
The left side is more stable so the right side has higher potential energy.
In a hydrogren fuel cell, the equation is reversed:
2 H2 + O2 ==> 2 H2O
energy is released
SO, if you are going to make hydrogen by splitting water and then use the H2 to get energy by combining it with O2, you can NOT get out more than what you put in.
in the TV industry, they call these logos "Bugs".
The cable industry obviously needs them for station ident since most of their content is syndicated. Someone else also points out that it makes channel surfing easier when you have 40-50 channels at your disposal.
Networks with their own original content uses it to reduce piracy / unlicensed rebroadcast - think news footages.
right on...
I would think that you would see more hydrogen powered cars before you will see airplanes. Cars running on natural gas would provide good examples of retrofitting and viability.
Extracting hydrogen first would also arguably be less thermodynamically efficient as well.
Remember the physics classes where you would stick one end of a probe into liquid nitrogen and the other at room temperature and you would register the voltage difference and manually calculate the temperature. You know - a thermocouple.
I wondered when somebody would be able to make thermocouples generate usable energy. Looks like this is what ADSX is doing.
I live in Hong Kong and I have seen plenty of Chinese made DVD players. Players that can play BOTH regional DVD formats - not just one. I can get a PS2 here and ask the store to tweak it so that I can view both DVD formats, too!!!