When they say modern tv, they mean one which has the ability to gather guide data. There are a number of those types which essentially are running a small pc all the time, even while "off", for the purposes of updating guide data. If they didn't, the guide could get out of date while the tv was off. That wouldn't bother me, but the manufacturers apparently don't think it's a good thing. So they use the owner's power.
Even if you're out of data range, if you can get a cell signal you might be able to make a dial up connection. I get about 9.6-14.4kbps speeds on my Verizon phone via dial up; painful, but better than nothing and ok for email and some browsing. I'd maybe get something like a Boost pay as you go phone if your main phone is on a different network.
I had one last 3 years, on 24/7 above my porch. I have another that's been on a timer, 10hrs a day for my fish for 4+ years. That one actually had the tube come loose from the base so I replaced it, but the new one had a different light temp & made the water look bad. I gorilla glued the tube back into the base, and it's been fine for over a year now... I had a fancy $20 sun lamp type cfl fail within 2 years, but maybe one other in 8 years or so.
I thought that HD Radio implied access to extra stations, in much the same way that digital OTA TV gives you subchannels. My car radio gives me station/song info, but it's not an HD Radio & I can't listen to multiple broadcasts per station.
As a Devil's Advocate - around here, if you're not exceeding the posted speed limit on many roads, you're actually impeding the flow of traffic. Stopping "speeders" on the DC beltway is like shooting fish in a barrel; the police can pick & choose. I myself have been picked out of the flow of traffic; I was on a motorcycle, but doing the same speed as all the cars around me. You can be driving safely, and still get a ticket.
But will the music keep working even if they turn off their authentication servers? What happens when I upgrade my machine? I agree with the OP, if it has DRM, it's not really in the same league as a real unencumbered download.
I'm sure only a fraction of these cameras are funded by the government. Usually when you see counts of cameras in the UK, they also include all the private ones installed on buildings, in malls etc.
I probably order from Newegg once every couple of weeks or so on average. If I order before 2 or 3pm, I almost always get my stuff the next day, even though I never pay for the faster shipping. I'm in MD, & I think they have a warehouse in PA, so proximity helps, but I never notice stuff in limbo for days. If it has to come from CA, it obviously takes longer. In the last few years, out of maybe 100+ orders, they have screwed up one (sent me someone else's stuff) and that was easily sorted out. Amazon's pretty good, buy.com can be good, but newegg for computer stuff is the best I have found.
From my understanding, the books are out of print, not necessarily out of copyright. If they are out of copyright, you might well be able to get a free copy from Project Gutenberg, but if you you want it neatly bound and printed, Amazon will send it to you. This is the case with Notes On Nursing - you can get it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12439. Maybe the U of Mich version is better edited, formatted, etc; there are lots of ways to improve on Project Gutenberg books. If they are merely out of print, I guess they will have some way for copyright holders to either get paid or be able to stop the printing.
Watch the video. He explains that they are hooked up straight to the MIT power plant, and are thus able to dump huge amounts of power ("20 homes" worth) into the thing. They're pushing the envelope on the rapid recharge stuff.
I should add that otherwise, UNR is super impressive - the wireless, the camera, etc were all working nicely. It's really an impressive piece of work, so that something as simple as sound undermines it is just too bad. Imagine - you have a wireless connection, you connect to skype, your video is working - and you can't talk! Frustrating.
And conversely. I put Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Windows EEE - everything works nicely, except that the sound is barely audible at full volume. Common problem, no easy solution, even on this distro which is aimed at the very machine I was putting it on. Since one of the things I want this machine for is watching movies, this little problem means I don't use the Linux partition.
At some point, a specialized device is far better at what it does than trying to make the iPhone do things it's not really built for. If you want a marine autopilot/GPS combo, buy something which is built for the task
That's true, but sometimes the general purpose devices just offer a much better value proposition. I was recently on a sailboat; the nav system was a laptop with special software (Tiki) which can load NOAA charts, etc. The cost of the laptop + software is lower than a dedicated device, so it's a reasonable choice even if it's not quite as good, especially since you'd want the laptop (or smartphone) anyway. And some of the things you can do with the general purpose device you might not be able to do otherwise - most dedicated boat GPS systems don't have internet access, so can't offer worldwide buddy tracking like that Tiki software can.
I've only tried one dimmer cfl so far; it worked ok, but there's a definite "step" effect to the dimming. It seems like there are 8 or 9 levels that it goes through, rather than a smooth continuum as with incandescents. It's just a matter of what you're used to - you can find a good level (unless you want just the tiniest glow), but it's odd the first time you use it.
I don't know of any US provider that offers tethering. You could probably pull it off with an unlocked GSM phone on AT&T or maybe TMobile but I don't know if you can get a 3g Tmobile phone unlocked.
They all offer tethering, they just charge extra for it. ATT charges $35/mo for their PDA Personal data plan, or $65 if you want to add tethering. What they don't offer is a cheap unlimited plan which allows tethering.
I'm interested in how that works for you. I was just looking into Boost, and it seems like a great price, but their tethering speeds look slow (like 19 kbps slow). Are they going to be offering faster speeds? Of course, I'm not willing to pay the extra for AT&T data, which is why I have no iphone...
Houses could be wired to have an AC system (for obsolete equipment, and stuff that needs electric pumps), and a low voltage DC rail (for new stuff).
The cost for rewiring old houses is prohibitive, and since they're the bulk of the housing stock it would be hard to get momentum for this. But it's nice to dream...
A 2cm rock hitting the top of a flat-roofed building or dinging a car in the parking lot wouldn't be that dangerous or publicized
I have a friend who worked with meteorites, and I remember at least one that they purchansed after it went through someone's car. I want to say it was in NYC. Anyway, it certainly happens, and you're right that the consequences for a parked car are less than for an aircraft in flight...
AFAIK, that only lets you use dial-up - I have a Verizon phone with no data plan, and on the few occasions I need to get to the network & have no WiFi access, I use it. I get 14.4kbps, so it's pretty painful, but it does work. Tethering to the 3G network is a whole different deal, and they're going to charge you for it.
That's great for trips to Disneyworld etc (though I don't put their name), not what you'd want to do everyday for school. I'm assuming the child is a kindergartner; I'd be hesitant to geo-tag her unless the wrong bus thing happens again. A simple name tag on her lunchbox/backpack might be enough; the driver could then call you.
Take a look at the air intakes on that car. It doesn't need air to burn, so those intakes have to be entirely for cooling airflow.
FTA: "The car was designed by five students from the CCi du Valenciennois school." In other words, it's just as likely that the air intakes are there to look cool... Also, my French isn't the best, but from the green-gt site it looks like they are planning to build a prototype this spring, then maybe add hydrogen as a fuel source fall 2009, then make 20 or 25 cars by the end of the year. I'll believe it when I see it.
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Why would it have to be replaced, again?
Power loss while flashing, for one.
That's why manufacturers have been putting dual bios chips on boards for some time now.
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Try the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix - I put it on an SD card & it boots right up & the wifi works fine on my eee 901 (HD & XP). I haven't tried out the camera yet, but it's cool to have available.
If 30 million people each pay one Sek, how does that not pay the fine?
It costs them two Sek in processing fees, plus their own manual handling of the charges, in order to get the one Sek. So theoretically it would cost them 60 million to get 30 million.
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When they say modern tv, they mean one which has the ability to gather guide data. There are a number of those types which essentially are running a small pc all the time, even while "off", for the purposes of updating guide data. If they didn't, the guide could get out of date while the tv was off. That wouldn't bother me, but the manufacturers apparently don't think it's a good thing. So they use the owner's power.
Even if you're out of data range, if you can get a cell signal you might be able to make a dial up connection. I get about 9.6-14.4kbps speeds on my Verizon phone via dial up; painful, but better than nothing and ok for email and some browsing. I'd maybe get something like a Boost pay as you go phone if your main phone is on a different network.
I had one last 3 years, on 24/7 above my porch. I have another that's been on a timer, 10hrs a day for my fish for 4+ years. That one actually had the tube come loose from the base so I replaced it, but the new one had a different light temp & made the water look bad. I gorilla glued the tube back into the base, and it's been fine for over a year now... I had a fancy $20 sun lamp type cfl fail within 2 years, but maybe one other in 8 years or so.
I thought that HD Radio implied access to extra stations, in much the same way that digital OTA TV gives you subchannels. My car radio gives me station/song info, but it's not an HD Radio & I can't listen to multiple broadcasts per station.
As a Devil's Advocate - around here, if you're not exceeding the posted speed limit on many roads, you're actually impeding the flow of traffic. Stopping "speeders" on the DC beltway is like shooting fish in a barrel; the police can pick & choose. I myself have been picked out of the flow of traffic; I was on a motorcycle, but doing the same speed as all the cars around me. You can be driving safely, and still get a ticket.
But will the music keep working even if they turn off their authentication servers? What happens when I upgrade my machine? I agree with the OP, if it has DRM, it's not really in the same league as a real unencumbered download.
I'm sure only a fraction of these cameras are funded by the government. Usually when you see counts of cameras in the UK, they also include all the private ones installed on buildings, in malls etc.
I probably order from Newegg once every couple of weeks or so on average. If I order before 2 or 3pm, I almost always get my stuff the next day, even though I never pay for the faster shipping. I'm in MD, & I think they have a warehouse in PA, so proximity helps, but I never notice stuff in limbo for days. If it has to come from CA, it obviously takes longer. In the last few years, out of maybe 100+ orders, they have screwed up one (sent me someone else's stuff) and that was easily sorted out. Amazon's pretty good, buy.com can be good, but newegg for computer stuff is the best I have found.
From my understanding, the books are out of print, not necessarily out of copyright. If they are out of copyright, you might well be able to get a free copy from Project Gutenberg, but if you you want it neatly bound and printed, Amazon will send it to you. This is the case with Notes On Nursing - you can get it here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12439. Maybe the U of Mich version is better edited, formatted, etc; there are lots of ways to improve on Project Gutenberg books. If they are merely out of print, I guess they will have some way for copyright holders to either get paid or be able to stop the printing.
Watch the video. He explains that they are hooked up straight to the MIT power plant, and are thus able to dump huge amounts of power ("20 homes" worth) into the thing. They're pushing the envelope on the rapid recharge stuff.
I should add that otherwise, UNR is super impressive - the wireless, the camera, etc were all working nicely. It's really an impressive piece of work, so that something as simple as sound undermines it is just too bad. Imagine - you have a wireless connection, you connect to skype, your video is working - and you can't talk! Frustrating.
And conversely. I put Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Windows EEE - everything works nicely, except that the sound is barely audible at full volume. Common problem, no easy solution, even on this distro which is aimed at the very machine I was putting it on. Since one of the things I want this machine for is watching movies, this little problem means I don't use the Linux partition.
At some point, a specialized device is far better at what it does than trying to make the iPhone do things it's not really built for. If you want a marine autopilot/GPS combo, buy something which is built for the task
That's true, but sometimes the general purpose devices just offer a much better value proposition. I was recently on a sailboat; the nav system was a laptop with special software (Tiki) which can load NOAA charts, etc. The cost of the laptop + software is lower than a dedicated device, so it's a reasonable choice even if it's not quite as good, especially since you'd want the laptop (or smartphone) anyway. And some of the things you can do with the general purpose device you might not be able to do otherwise - most dedicated boat GPS systems don't have internet access, so can't offer worldwide buddy tracking like that Tiki software can.
I've only tried one dimmer cfl so far; it worked ok, but there's a definite "step" effect to the dimming. It seems like there are 8 or 9 levels that it goes through, rather than a smooth continuum as with incandescents. It's just a matter of what you're used to - you can find a good level (unless you want just the tiniest glow), but it's odd the first time you use it.
I don't know of any US provider that offers tethering. You could probably pull it off with an unlocked GSM phone on AT&T or maybe TMobile but I don't know if you can get a 3g Tmobile phone unlocked.
They all offer tethering, they just charge extra for it. ATT charges $35/mo for their PDA Personal data plan, or $65 if you want to add tethering. What they don't offer is a cheap unlimited plan which allows tethering.
I'm interested in how that works for you. I was just looking into Boost, and it seems like a great price, but their tethering speeds look slow (like 19 kbps slow). Are they going to be offering faster speeds? Of course, I'm not willing to pay the extra for AT&T data, which is why I have no iphone...
Houses could be wired to have an AC system (for obsolete equipment, and stuff that needs electric pumps), and a low voltage DC rail (for new stuff).
The cost for rewiring old houses is prohibitive, and since they're the bulk of the housing stock it would be hard to get momentum for this. But it's nice to dream...
A 2cm rock hitting the top of a flat-roofed building or dinging a car in the parking lot wouldn't be that dangerous or publicized
I have a friend who worked with meteorites, and I remember at least one that they purchansed after it went through someone's car. I want to say it was in NYC. Anyway, it certainly happens, and you're right that the consequences for a parked car are less than for an aircraft in flight...
AFAIK, that only lets you use dial-up - I have a Verizon phone with no data plan, and on the few occasions I need to get to the network & have no WiFi access, I use it. I get 14.4kbps, so it's pretty painful, but it does work. Tethering to the 3G network is a whole different deal, and they're going to charge you for it.
That's great for trips to Disneyworld etc (though I don't put their name), not what you'd want to do everyday for school. I'm assuming the child is a kindergartner; I'd be hesitant to geo-tag her unless the wrong bus thing happens again. A simple name tag on her lunchbox/backpack might be enough; the driver could then call you.
does the article submitter imply that whenever companies get together, they should invite the press
Uh... they did invite the press...
Take a look at the air intakes on that car. It doesn't need air to burn, so those intakes have to be entirely for cooling airflow.
FTA: "The car was designed by five students from the CCi du Valenciennois school." In other words, it's just as likely that the air intakes are there to look cool... Also, my French isn't the best, but from the green-gt site it looks like they are planning to build a prototype this spring, then maybe add hydrogen as a fuel source fall 2009, then make 20 or 25 cars by the end of the year. I'll believe it when I see it.
Why would it have to be replaced, again?
Power loss while flashing, for one.
That's why manufacturers have been putting dual bios chips on boards for some time now.
Try the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix - I put it on an SD card & it boots right up & the wifi works fine on my eee 901 (HD & XP). I haven't tried out the camera yet, but it's cool to have available.
If 30 million people each pay one Sek, how does that not pay the fine?
It costs them two Sek in processing fees, plus their own manual handling of the charges, in order to get the one Sek. So theoretically it would cost them 60 million to get 30 million.