There must be some way, if the right people were agreeable, to turn this into some kind of open source, "amateur-run" science project. I'm guessing the gathering of data is the expensive part -- time on the receivers large enough to gather the puny signal.
When I need to search up a factoid quickly, I use Google. Google on the Desktop, Google on the TaskBar, Google in my Firefox Toolbar. But when I want to really dig into something, I go to A9. The interface may pop up a bit slower if you have skinny bandwidth, but A9 compensates by offering a richer user experience, more in keeping with the deeper nature of the the search paradigm A9 offers.
Sorry, dude. You just broke the first law of Slashdot commenting.. READ THE ARTICLE. The guy specifically says he won't wear 666, porn or other evil/naughty/etc. stuff.
As usual, the copycats are running. The/.ted one is clever; this one is funny: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI tem&rd=1 &item=5949241580&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT
I recently got an HP iPAQ4155, with the upgraded battery, and I am VERY pleased with its performance in this regard. (It is my third PDA, so I do have a standard of comparison.) Both Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft e-book reader comes standard (you have to connect to the Web to activate the MS product via ActiveSync). THE UPGRADED BATTERY IS CRUCIAL. I got it for free for attending a hoity-toity tech conference, but I think it retails with the standard battery for $400.
I've either worked for or visited a lot of start-ups over the years. The best ones had a person stationed in the lobby who (a) knew everything that was going on in the company, (b) offered a sharp, stylish, professional "first impression" and (c) probably never got paid enough.
SwarmCast and UWB--made for each other?
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Ultra-Wide Bandwidth (timedomain.org) and SwarmCast just might -- let me stress JUST MIGHT -- be the technologies that synergistically propel us closer to the kind of cyberworld many envision. Foundational code distributed p2p via low-energy burts of UWB -- it could be the foundation for a ubiquitous surround-the-earth wireless ethernet much easier than any existing technology. Or I just might -- let me stress JUST MIGHT -- be wrong.
If big wireless services are failing, perhaps they are trying to be too big too soon. I live in Okanogan County, Washington, a mountainous, sparsely populated rural area --nine incorporated communities in a space the size of Massachusetts. Total county population 38,000. Each community has one or two ISPs. Last year one locally owned ISP began developing a wireless service. The owner also owns a radio station. I talked to him a few weeks ago, and he said his brand-new wireless Internet access business will soon be bigger in revenue and employees than his mature radio broadcasting business.
I think the Open Source Ethic term (which I used to describe the article in my posting to Slashdot) applies NOT ONLY to the network bandwidth being free and open, BUT ALSO to the coalition of people working on it in the true hacker spirit of cooperation and sharing and exploration. AND ALSO, a lot of code will be needed before this goes beyond a few good hardware hacks and becomes The Next Big Thing -- there will be plenty of opportunity for good Open Source software to support this thing.
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There must be some way, if the right people were agreeable, to turn this into some kind of open source, "amateur-run" science project. I'm guessing the gathering of data is the expensive part -- time on the receivers large enough to gather the puny signal.
>> I'd be interested to know how much of this Adams signed up for and how much he was boxed into.
Douglas Adams is dead, so saying he was boxed into it is more accurate than you may realize.
When I need to search up a factoid quickly, I use Google. Google on the Desktop, Google on the TaskBar, Google in my Firefox Toolbar. But when I want to really dig into something, I go to A9. The interface may pop up a bit slower if you have skinny bandwidth, but A9 compensates by offering a richer user experience, more in keeping with the deeper nature of the the search paradigm A9 offers.
You didn't read the article. It will be a TEMPORARY tattoo.
Sorry, dude. You just broke the first law of Slashdot commenting .. READ THE ARTICLE. The guy specifically says he won't wear 666, porn or other evil/naughty/etc. stuff.
As usual, the copycats are running. The /.ted one is clever; this one is funny:I tem&rd=1 &item=5949241580&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View
Somebody mod this guy up, I'm out of points right now.
I recently got an HP iPAQ4155, with the upgraded battery, and I am VERY pleased with its performance in this regard. (It is my third PDA, so I do have a standard of comparison.) Both Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft e-book reader comes standard (you have to connect to the Web to activate the MS product via ActiveSync). THE UPGRADED BATTERY IS CRUCIAL. I got it for free for attending a hoity-toity tech conference, but I think it retails with the standard battery for $400.
I've either worked for or visited a lot of start-ups over the years. The best ones had a person stationed in the lobby who (a) knew everything that was going on in the company, (b) offered a sharp, stylish, professional "first impression" and (c) probably never got paid enough.
Ultra-Wide Bandwidth (timedomain.org) and SwarmCast just might -- let me stress JUST MIGHT -- be the technologies that synergistically propel us closer to the kind of cyberworld many envision. Foundational code distributed p2p via low-energy burts of UWB -- it could be the foundation for a ubiquitous surround-the-earth wireless ethernet much easier than any existing technology. Or I just might -- let me stress JUST MIGHT -- be wrong.
If big wireless services are failing, perhaps they are trying to be too big too soon. I live in Okanogan County, Washington, a mountainous, sparsely populated rural area --nine incorporated communities in a space the size of Massachusetts. Total county population 38,000. Each community has one or two ISPs. Last year one locally owned ISP began developing a wireless service. The owner also owns a radio station. I talked to him a few weeks ago, and he said his brand-new wireless Internet access business will soon be bigger in revenue and employees than his mature radio broadcasting business.
I think the Open Source Ethic term (which I used to describe the article in my posting to Slashdot) applies NOT ONLY to the network bandwidth being free and open, BUT ALSO to the coalition of people working on it in the true hacker spirit of cooperation and sharing and exploration. AND ALSO, a lot of code will be needed before this goes beyond a few good hardware hacks and becomes The Next Big Thing -- there will be plenty of opportunity for good Open Source software to support this thing.