Your plan failed! I was curious if that site still exists, so I defocused my eyes before looking. All I saw was a vague blur with a red blur in the middle.
The micro-USB connector itsself is more durable, but from what I've read above, there does seem to be an issue with the way it's mounted. The contact area of pads to circuit board is small, so unless the connector is properly attached with thru-pins it can snap right off the board very easily - and in tight-margin products, it's tempting for manufacturers to save a cent per device by skipping the thru-pins and just relying on the solder pads alone.
My non-apple phone gets it's FM radio aerial through the headphone port. Which is also the microphone input for hands-free, and has the controls for same. So that's remote, headphones, microphone and antenna in one 3.5mm port. Which iStuffs have anyway.
The Apple dock connector does a few more things than USB. It's also a stereo audio connector, a few control pins and, strangely, a TTL-level serial interface. Exactly what that last one is for remains a mystery.
I had the same issue with a car satnav unit. USB port fell off. I couldn't manage to reattach it with such tiny little pins, so instead I just bodged a voltage regulator to the batteries in order to keep it powered from the cigarette lighter.
The chance of collision is infinitesimal. Space is really, really big. If one of them should wander out of it's slow though, it will interfere with it's neighbours - they tend to use the same frequency bands, seperated only by the use of highly directional antennas.
I'm not familiar with the history, and just guessing, but... here in Britain, back before GPS, we had a big ball at Greenwich which dropped at precisely noon every day. Ships on the river could watch it through their telescopes and set their clocks by it, thus providing the most accurate possible time reference for navigation. Maybe the annual ball-drop is inspired by that?
Corporations tend to be whatever-is-most-profitable. If they find regulation is reducing their profits, then they'll be libertarian. But when there is a government subsidy on offer, they'll put aside any hint of libertarian princibles and go for the money.
I was indeed. I assumed anyone with even a passing famililarity of creationists would know exactly who I was talking about.
I've seen those videos. I've also seen some of Hovind's speeches, and I can see why he became so well-known and successful. His science is completly rediculous, but his delivery is just perfect. He is just a natural entertainer, and has that talent for leading a crowd either in person or in video.
Because Bush (Ok, and Obama, but not to anywhere near the same extent) may abuse executive orders a little, but even they know to at least be subtle about it and not just blatantly defy the constitution. Palin wouldn't hold back so much.
Then fun. I don't think Palin even knows what the limitations on presidential power are. I wouldn't be surprised if in her first week she bans all abortion by executive order. The resulting fireworks would, at least, prove most entertaining - the government split between two unpalitable options: Either ignoring the president, or obeying the president when she does something that she has absolutly no authority to do.
Huckabee's positions arn't that far off Palin's - bring back Christian prayer in public schools, ban all abortion, ban pornography, do something to punish the gays and so on - but he has the political advantage of not being a gibbering idiot. Palin's short time in the spotlight dragged up more dirt and embarassment than any other significent US politician of recent times. Others have had bigger scandals, but I can think of none who had more minor embarassing incidents. Huckabee can probably be depended upon not to open his mouth without thinking.
And at least one who believes that they were just ordinary lizards who grew to huge sizes by just not dying, as there was no death pre-fall. Last I heard that one was in jail for tax evasion.
Globally, the Islamic ones seem to be commiting more attacks-per-year, even though they have a lower population. Or perhaps it's just a reporting bias.
And multichannel I think is dead for a different reason. People don't listen to music like that any more - how many people do you know who actually sit down and just listen to music? It's become something portable, or something that plays in the background while doing more productive things. Multichannel brings no benefits under those circumstances - you're either wearing headphones, or moving around the room.
You stated one of the main concerns there. Right now, Amazon is just one store of a very large number. But, if consolidation continues, that may not always be true. Look at the market for internet service, for instance - in theory, it's a free market, and customers are free to leave the service of an ISP if they are unhappy with it's policies. In practice, many people live in places where only one or two companies provide service, and no other ISP wishes to move into an area where they would have to compete with an incumbent.
I hate to actually say something in defence of religion, but the reason Lot's wife got salted was for disobeying God's direct order not to look back. OT God wasn't like the loving God of the new testament. He was a satistic, legalistic dick. When he gave commands, anyone who violated them *would* be punished harshly. No excuses, no defences. Another example is God's command never to touch the Ark of the Covenant, ever... and subsequent smiteing of a man who instinctively placed a hand upon it during transport as it was about to fall off it's carrier.
The religious extremists of the US generally turn to politics, because they see that they really can advance their cause through non-violent activism. Not always, but in general. The Islamic extremists elsewhere in the world realise that they havn't got a hope in hell* of achieving their desired aim through politics, so they go for violence instead.
*Or whatever the Islamic eqivilent is - I know they have one, I don't know it's name.
SPDIF can do 96KHz 24-bit... or are SACD players required to cripple their SPDIF output?
If so, there are probably a few people who have connected their incredibly expensive SACD players to their incredibly expensive speakers using an SPDIF link... and really, they couldn't tell the difference. There's a reason CD was set at 44.1KHz: Any higher and you are beyond the limits of human hearing. I suspect this is a large part of why SACD and DVD-Audio both flopped - unless you are someone of near-superhuman perception and using the very best equipment, it's pointless.
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The old PS2 keyboards used interupts, not DMA. USB I'm not sure about.
Your plan failed! I was curious if that site still exists, so I defocused my eyes before looking. All I saw was a vague blur with a red blur in the middle.
The micro-USB connector itsself is more durable, but from what I've read above, there does seem to be an issue with the way it's mounted. The contact area of pads to circuit board is small, so unless the connector is properly attached with thru-pins it can snap right off the board very easily - and in tight-margin products, it's tempting for manufacturers to save a cent per device by skipping the thru-pins and just relying on the solder pads alone.
My non-apple phone gets it's FM radio aerial through the headphone port. Which is also the microphone input for hands-free, and has the controls for same. So that's remote, headphones, microphone and antenna in one 3.5mm port. Which iStuffs have anyway.
The Apple dock connector does a few more things than USB. It's also a stereo audio connector, a few control pins and, strangely, a TTL-level serial interface. Exactly what that last one is for remains a mystery.
I had the same issue with a car satnav unit. USB port fell off. I couldn't manage to reattach it with such tiny little pins, so instead I just bodged a voltage regulator to the batteries in order to keep it powered from the cigarette lighter.
The chance of collision is infinitesimal. Space is really, really big. If one of them should wander out of it's slow though, it will interfere with it's neighbours - they tend to use the same frequency bands, seperated only by the use of highly directional antennas.
I'm not familiar with the history, and just guessing, but... here in Britain, back before GPS, we had a big ball at Greenwich which dropped at precisely noon every day. Ships on the river could watch it through their telescopes and set their clocks by it, thus providing the most accurate possible time reference for navigation. Maybe the annual ball-drop is inspired by that?
Corporations tend to be whatever-is-most-profitable. If they find regulation is reducing their profits, then they'll be libertarian. But when there is a government subsidy on offer, they'll put aside any hint of libertarian princibles and go for the money.
I was indeed. I assumed anyone with even a passing famililarity of creationists would know exactly who I was talking about.
I've seen those videos. I've also seen some of Hovind's speeches, and I can see why he became so well-known and successful. His science is completly rediculous, but his delivery is just perfect. He is just a natural entertainer, and has that talent for leading a crowd either in person or in video.
Because Bush (Ok, and Obama, but not to anywhere near the same extent) may abuse executive orders a little, but even they know to at least be subtle about it and not just blatantly defy the constitution. Palin wouldn't hold back so much.
Then fun. I don't think Palin even knows what the limitations on presidential power are. I wouldn't be surprised if in her first week she bans all abortion by executive order. The resulting fireworks would, at least, prove most entertaining - the government split between two unpalitable options: Either ignoring the president, or obeying the president when she does something that she has absolutly no authority to do.
Gerrymandering predates computers, but their use does make the process a lot more convenient and practical.
This is politics. If you're not willing to play the games, you'll be defeated by someone who is.
Huckabee's positions arn't that far off Palin's - bring back Christian prayer in public schools, ban all abortion, ban pornography, do something to punish the gays and so on - but he has the political advantage of not being a gibbering idiot. Palin's short time in the spotlight dragged up more dirt and embarassment than any other significent US politician of recent times. Others have had bigger scandals, but I can think of none who had more minor embarassing incidents. Huckabee can probably be depended upon not to open his mouth without thinking.
And at least one who believes that they were just ordinary lizards who grew to huge sizes by just not dying, as there was no death pre-fall. Last I heard that one was in jail for tax evasion.
Read the last line. I said multichannel is dead (Or rather, never really lived) for music, but is still a success for movies.
Globally, the Islamic ones seem to be commiting more attacks-per-year, even though they have a lower population. Or perhaps it's just a reporting bias.
And multichannel I think is dead for a different reason. People don't listen to music like that any more - how many people do you know who actually sit down and just listen to music? It's become something portable, or something that plays in the background while doing more productive things. Multichannel brings no benefits under those circumstances - you're either wearing headphones, or moving around the room.
Good for movies, though.
Does anyone else hear the sound of straw moving?
You stated one of the main concerns there. Right now, Amazon is just one store of a very large number. But, if consolidation continues, that may not always be true. Look at the market for internet service, for instance - in theory, it's a free market, and customers are free to leave the service of an ISP if they are unhappy with it's policies. In practice, many people live in places where only one or two companies provide service, and no other ISP wishes to move into an area where they would have to compete with an incumbent.
I hate to actually say something in defence of religion, but the reason Lot's wife got salted was for disobeying God's direct order not to look back. OT God wasn't like the loving God of the new testament. He was a satistic, legalistic dick. When he gave commands, anyone who violated them *would* be punished harshly. No excuses, no defences. Another example is God's command never to touch the Ark of the Covenant, ever... and subsequent smiteing of a man who instinctively placed a hand upon it during transport as it was about to fall off it's carrier.
Or how about a book on the history of canola farming?
The religious extremists of the US generally turn to politics, because they see that they really can advance their cause through non-violent activism. Not always, but in general. The Islamic extremists elsewhere in the world realise that they havn't got a hope in hell* of achieving their desired aim through politics, so they go for violence instead.
*Or whatever the Islamic eqivilent is - I know they have one, I don't know it's name.
SPDIF can do 96KHz 24-bit... or are SACD players required to cripple their SPDIF output?
If so, there are probably a few people who have connected their incredibly expensive SACD players to their incredibly expensive speakers using an SPDIF link... and really, they couldn't tell the difference. There's a reason CD was set at 44.1KHz: Any higher and you are beyond the limits of human hearing. I suspect this is a large part of why SACD and DVD-Audio both flopped - unless you are someone of near-superhuman perception and using the very best equipment, it's pointless.