> Three U.S. airlines told me that American passengers have very low interest or negative interest in allowing any voice (cell or otherwise) during flights.
Yeah, I go along with that, I've got a negative interest in allowing voices during flights, ie shut the hell up.
You don't really need to worry about using the phone, if you can't speak.
Perhaps it could be like Neo in the Matrix, "How can you use VOIP on a plane, if you can.. not.. speak".
This is a pretty poorly written story, other faults have already been pointed out.
> I've actually been on a couple of flights where the attendants informed the passengers to turn off their phones, even if they have an airplane mode.
Every (about 8) flight I've been on here (.au domestic), you're told to turn off _every_ device. No MP3 players, no phones, no laptops, no PDAs, nothing.
This is during the take off, until cruising, and also during the descent and landing, which on a domestic flight seems to take about 3/8s of the trip, so you're left with about 20 minutes to use any device, except a phone.
I would expect that if the attendants saw someone using a phone, they'll tell them to turn it off, regardless, because it's easier than getting into an argument with a passenger about the symantics of the mode of the phone.
They don't seem to have a problem with laptops/PDAs/Blackberrys etc, or anything else that doesn't look like a phone, but still has a radio transmitter in it, strangely.
And a pointless side note, during the short time you can use a device, I can't use my ipod (5g), because it's retarded, and even in a pressurised cabin, it comes up with disk errors, until I land at the other end.
People still use Kazaa? gees. It went down the toilet after they stopped Morpheus connecting to the network, I thought that was pretty much the end of it.
Unless you have a 5g ipod, and as soon as you go above a few thousand feet, even in a pressurised cabin, it comes up with disk errors until you land at the other end.
> Slashdot.... the only place where it is necessary to use the Coral cache to display a blank GIF so that the host server doesn't go down in flames....
"we already have a medicare card that we need to carry around at all times should we want medical care."
Have a look on the back of that medicare card. What do you see? a magnetic strip.
When did they start putting a magnetic strip on the medicare card? in 1985, a very short time after the "Australia card" idea was shutdown.
And how often does your medicare get swiped? That's right, never, all the doctor's surgeries/hospitals still have those mechanical imprinters that your card is used in.
This is nothing new, we've had the Australia card for the past 20 years, now they're just trying to make it obvious.
>> I haven't bothered to go an do the research to work out what the difference in the number of electrons is when the atom is positively or negatively charged.
>I don't need any fancy intarwebs to know that its less or more, in that order.
No shit Sherlock. I could have told you that much. What I said, was that I didn't know by how much the number of electrons differed. I expect that it's only 1, either way, but it could be more, because of the multiple energy orbits.
I am not an authority on this, so I didn't want to express wild guesses and speculation, which people may fail to indentify, and use my ramblings as an authoratative source.
>> I also leave it to you to work out the atomic weight of a gram of gold
>No nuch thing as the atomic weight of an amount of a substance.
Fair enough, perhaps I got my terminology confused. I'm not a physicist, I'm a computer programmer, working for a geological survey group. That's why I chose to leave working out the result to someone who knows more about these things, rather than making wild guesses about things I don't know much about.
What I was trying to get across there, was working out the atomic density of a gram of gold, then multiplying the average number of electrons (because it will differ depending on atomic polarity) by the density.
Perhaps that's not possible, I don't know. I didn't, and don't, claim to know.
I also take it that you meant "such", by "nuch", but I am not having a go at you for choosing not to use the preview function, or a spell checker.
>> keep in mind, that once the electron leaves the gold atom, it's not a gold electron anymore
>Yes it is. That's why it has intrinsic value and speaker wire costing 900 bucks a foot sounds better.
I take this is as a pathetic attempt at humour. I am not laughing. I am also not taking it upon myself to abuse or verbally assualt you for it, but civilly, I request that you try a bit harder next time.
>You don't know what you're talking about. Now shut the fuck up.
I didn't claim, at any time, to know what I was talking about.
I summarised a web page, which I referenced, and I avoided any guessing, or speculating, restraining myself to pointing out a general principle that I was getting at, and leaving specifics out of it.
Perhaps you should have read my post a couple of times, before you replied to it.
I don't know what gives you the right to tell me to "shut the fuck up". I didn't force you to read my post, and while I'm not in the US, I do support your "right to free speech", and while my country does not have a specific right to free speech, it does not lack one, or have a right limiting free speech.
Please try to compromise a bit more in future, and understand people from different countries/cultures.
(unless you are a troll, and this response from me was your intention, in which case, you can kiss my arse).
Any spelling errors in this post, are because it's 2.36am, and I've had a few alcoholic beverages in the last few hours.
I haven't bothered to go an do the research to work out what the difference in the number of electrons is when the atom is positively or negatively charged.
I also leave it to you to work out the atomic weight of a gram of gold (or use the appropriate troy measurement), and then work out how many electrons you'd have, and what they'd be worth at the current price of gold.
Oh, and keep in mind, that once the electron leaves the gold atom, it's not a gold electron anymore, since electrons are all the same.
It's compulsory to enroll, and to vote here, but I don't, I have never enrolled.
This usually results in the statement "then you have no right to complain about the government". I disagree, I still do have a right to complain, only I can't complain about who is in power, because I didn't vote, or not vote, for them.
So, with that out of the way, there is no possibility of voting for a less bad government. Usually, rather than voting for the politician you like (since there is usually no such thing), you vote for the one you least dislike, however, even this is not a possibility.
All the politicians are as useless as each other, they do whatever suits them, and when it comes to policies regarding technology, they are completely illiterate, ignorant, and uneducated, making ridiculous decisions.
As far as I'm concerned, until the whole damn lot of them are thrown out, and the system started again, without corrupt, out of touch old farts running it, then I won't be enrolling to vote, because it's just a waste of my time.
There was a sequel in the works, "Hell on Wheels", but because it didn't have enough Star Wars content, it got axed, nearly 3 years ago.
There was a press release about it getting axed, but that most not have had enough Star Wars content either, and it's been deleted, and you get redirected to the home page.
Once the spyware companies contact M$, and come to an arrangement, their "anti-spyware" will no longer recognise the "partner's" spyware as spyware.
We've already seen this.. Claria, or whichever one it was, that to start with was being removed, by the beta anti spyware thing M$ came out with, and then all of a sudden wasn't anymore.
So, after the first week, while the companies register with M$, as allowed spyware vendors, it'll be back to business as usual for all the companies dealing with removing it now.
Slashdot Mirror
Ow! I got a paper cut, and now I need a prosthetic arm!
What are the different colours?
Shit brown, fecal matter umber, diarrhea sepia?
Don't forget the beer and strawberry pop-tarts.
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http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2004/11/hurricane
> Why isn't the police arresting them?
:-)
:-)
Is our children learning?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
-1, there mods, I did it for you
> Three U.S. airlines told me that American passengers have very low interest or negative interest in allowing any voice (cell or otherwise) during flights.
Yeah, I go along with that, I've got a negative interest in allowing voices during flights, ie shut the hell up.
You don't really need to worry about using the phone, if you can't speak.
Perhaps it could be like Neo in the Matrix, "How can you use VOIP on a plane, if you can.. not.. speak".
This is a pretty poorly written story, other faults have already been pointed out.
All these comments, and not a single mention of the USB Ghost Detector/Radar.
c tor/
h ost-radar/
http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/02/usb-ghost-dete
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060712/the-usb-g
I hope you don't use Windows, or own an Xbox360, or a satellite decoder, or any number of the other devices that have that capability.
> I've actually been on a couple of flights where the attendants informed the passengers to turn off their phones, even if they have an airplane mode.
Every (about 8) flight I've been on here (.au domestic), you're told to turn off _every_ device. No MP3 players, no phones, no laptops, no PDAs, nothing.
This is during the take off, until cruising, and also during the descent and landing, which on a domestic flight seems to take about 3/8s of the trip, so you're left with about 20 minutes to use any device, except a phone.
I would expect that if the attendants saw someone using a phone, they'll tell them to turn it off, regardless, because it's easier than getting into an argument with a passenger about the symantics of the mode of the phone.
They don't seem to have a problem with laptops/PDAs/Blackberrys etc, or anything else that doesn't look like a phone, but still has a radio transmitter in it, strangely.
And a pointless side note, during the short time you can use a device, I can't use my ipod (5g), because it's retarded, and even in a pressurised cabin, it comes up with disk errors, until I land at the other end.
I've heard of a squatter, but what's a squater?
Also, I believe it would be a complaint form, not a complain form.
People still use Kazaa? gees. It went down the toilet after they stopped Morpheus connecting to the network, I thought that was pretty much the end of it.
At the bottom of the EULA included with Process Explorer, that I just downloaded:
OTHER INFORMATION.
Sysinternals is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Microsoft Corporation.
Nice.
Are they going to do something useful with the data, like upload it to wigle so that we don't have to go looking for our own open APs?
All these posts, and I haven't seen one mention of "freeload".
> No one can compromise an OS that hasn't even been released yet.
hence why HURD is still more secure.
> Do creatures that live in no-light situations evolve to be colourless as colour is not useful without light?
Apparently goldfish will turn white if you keep them in the dark for long enough.
I can't cite any sources on this, and can't be bothered to even google it.
I read it somewhere when I was a kid, and it sounded reasonable.
Maybe the MythBusters could deal with it.
Unless you have a 5g ipod, and as soon as you go above a few thousand feet, even in a pressurised cabin, it comes up with disk errors until you land at the other end.
All these posts, and no one's actually supplied any relevent information.. ie, "how many lines will this add to my ad block list?"
I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it's probably as simple as *.adcenter.*
Anyone got the proper details, so we can start getting adblock programs updated?
> Slashdot.... the only place where it is necessary to use the Coral cache to display a blank GIF so that the host server doesn't go down in flames....
So Coral cache goes down instead.
"we already have a medicare card that we need to carry around at all times should we want medical care."
Have a look on the back of that medicare card. What do you see? a magnetic strip.
When did they start putting a magnetic strip on the medicare card? in 1985, a very short time after the "Australia card" idea was shutdown.
And how often does your medicare get swiped? That's right, never, all the doctor's surgeries/hospitals still have those mechanical imprinters that your card is used in.
This is nothing new, we've had the Australia card for the past 20 years, now they're just trying to make it obvious.
"The bugger died and just floated down to the deep."
"floated down"??
Is that at all like "sank"?
>> I haven't bothered to go an do the research to work out what the difference in the number of electrons is when the atom is positively or negatively charged.
>I don't need any fancy intarwebs to know that its less or more, in that order.
No shit Sherlock. I could have told you that much. What I said, was that I didn't know by how much the number of electrons differed. I expect that it's only 1, either way, but it could be more, because of the multiple energy orbits.
I am not an authority on this, so I didn't want to express wild guesses and speculation, which people may fail to indentify, and use my ramblings as an authoratative source.
>> I also leave it to you to work out the atomic weight of a gram of gold
>No nuch thing as the atomic weight of an amount of a substance.
Fair enough, perhaps I got my terminology confused. I'm not a physicist, I'm a computer programmer, working for a geological survey group. That's why I chose to leave working out the result to someone who knows more about these things, rather than making wild guesses about things I don't know much about.
What I was trying to get across there, was working out the atomic density of a gram of gold, then multiplying the average number of electrons (because it will differ depending on atomic polarity) by the density.
Perhaps that's not possible, I don't know. I didn't, and don't, claim to know.
I also take it that you meant "such", by "nuch", but I am not having a go at you for choosing not to use the preview function, or a spell checker.
>> keep in mind, that once the electron leaves the gold atom, it's not a gold electron anymore
>Yes it is. That's why it has intrinsic value and speaker wire costing 900 bucks a foot sounds better.
I take this is as a pathetic attempt at humour. I am not laughing. I am also not taking it upon myself to abuse or verbally assualt you for it, but civilly, I request that you try a bit harder next time.
>You don't know what you're talking about. Now shut the fuck up.
I didn't claim, at any time, to know what I was talking about.
I summarised a web page, which I referenced, and I avoided any guessing, or speculating, restraining myself to pointing out a general principle that I was getting at, and leaving specifics out of it.
Perhaps you should have read my post a couple of times, before you replied to it.
I don't know what gives you the right to tell me to "shut the fuck up". I didn't force you to read my post, and while I'm not in the US, I do support your "right to free speech", and while my country does not have a specific right to free speech, it does not lack one, or have a right limiting free speech.
Please try to compromise a bit more in future, and understand people from different countries/cultures.
(unless you are a troll, and this response from me was your intention, in which case, you can kiss my arse).
Any spelling errors in this post, are because it's 2.36am, and I've had a few alcoholic beverages in the last few hours.
well, while there's "no such thing" as a "gold electron", a gold atom must have electrons.
According to here: http://education.jlab.org/qa/electron_config.html a neutrally charged gold atom has 79 electrons.
I haven't bothered to go an do the research to work out what the difference in the number of electrons is when the atom is positively or negatively charged.
I also leave it to you to work out the atomic weight of a gram of gold (or use the appropriate troy measurement), and then work out how many electrons you'd have, and what they'd be worth at the current price of gold.
Oh, and keep in mind, that once the electron leaves the gold atom, it's not a gold electron anymore, since electrons are all the same.
Ok, first I'll mention that I don't vote.
It's compulsory to enroll, and to vote here, but I don't, I have never enrolled.
This usually results in the statement "then you have no right to complain about the government". I disagree, I still do have a right to complain, only I can't complain about who is in power, because I didn't vote, or not vote, for them.
So, with that out of the way, there is no possibility of voting for a less bad government. Usually, rather than voting for the politician you like (since there is usually no such thing), you vote for the one you least dislike, however, even this is not a possibility.
All the politicians are as useless as each other, they do whatever suits them, and when it comes to policies regarding technology, they are completely illiterate, ignorant, and uneducated, making ridiculous decisions.
As far as I'm concerned, until the whole damn lot of them are thrown out, and the system started again, without corrupt, out of touch old farts running it, then I won't be enrolling to vote, because it's just a waste of my time.
There was a sequel in the works, "Hell on Wheels", but because it didn't have enough Star Wars content, it got axed, nearly 3 years ago.
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There was a press release about it getting axed, but that most not have had enough Star Wars content either, and it's been deleted, and you get redirected to the home page.
There's a brief article here: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/fullthrottle
And a bit more here: http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,183
God I wish Lucas would get over the whole Star Wars thing already.
Once the spyware companies contact M$, and come to an arrangement, their "anti-spyware" will no longer recognise the "partner's" spyware as spyware.
We've already seen this.. Claria, or whichever one it was, that to start with was being removed, by the beta anti spyware thing M$ came out with, and then all of a sudden wasn't anymore.
So, after the first week, while the companies register with M$, as allowed spyware vendors, it'll be back to business as usual for all the companies dealing with removing it now.