I dunno, putting everything together might solve some problems instead of causing them. If the device had a good 20 hours operating battery life, then not only would it play music all day but you wouldn't run out of power in the middle of a phone call either. I've noticed more people clipping their phones to their belt and using an earpiece; with the device on the belt its being slightly larger wouldn't matter much, and you could replace the earpiece with headphones and a mic. And here's another idea: Add a display and keyboard on a wire as well. It'd be very light since it wouldn't need its own battery, memory and processor, and you could keep it in your pocket.
Let's face it; professional scientific publications are outdated. Why are we trusting our input to a few groups of editors when all the articles could be published over the net? Yes, you'd still need editors to keep from being overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of publications, but it'd be easier to set up as a meta-publisher/editor, meaning there would be more sources and better competition between them; and better still, scientists wouldn't have a 3 month delay between finishing their research and having people read about it.
Speaking as someone who may wind up with some wind turbines "IMBY", I'd really rather not have them, and it's not because I find them unattractive. It's because I'd rather not live with the nearly-subsonic "whup-whup-whup" they generate, night and day. Considering they wouldn't even be worth building without federal subsidies, I say, NOT IN MY BACKYARD!
Never mind trying to snipe the information contained within the passport. Whether or not the information is decoded or not, it'll still be constant, which means the passport (and its holder) can be tracked remotely -- which IMO is the only reason they want to use RFID rather than a smartcard-type system.
Why use RFID when smartcard technology is just as secure and doesn't have the same information safety concerns? They needn't even encrypt the data on them. Why such a need for sticking RF beacons on everyone?
When Winamp runs the Shoutcast plug-in, it decodes the music, no matter what format, then recompresses it before sending it out to the server. FLAC won't faze it.
Judging by the area of coverage that satellite claims, it seems to me that even when the 2nd satellite is launched most of the US heartland won't be covered.
Since I live in the US heartland, I find this very disheartening...
I attempted to paste the text of the bill into a comment so readers would have quick access, but Slashdot wouldn't let me post it because it failed to pass a "lameness filter". Wow, Slashdot's filters are good!
This is a bit off on a tangent, but if anyone is having problems accessing the Tokelau domain registrar (http://dot.tk), try a new name server. There seems to be a problem with certain ISPs' DNS with regards to that site. It's not negligence, at least not on their part.:-)
The traditional news industry dislikes blogging. They'd really like it to go away. But in the end they recognize that traditional media is becoming the way of the future. While a precedent limiting the freedoms of the bloggers may slow this process down a bit, it wouldn't prevent it, and these businesses know such precedents could be used against them once they're forced online to compete head-on with the independents. Therefore it's in their best interests to oppose setting such a precedent.
You certainly have a point. It's useful to have a TLD where you can be assured of the owner's identity, and it's not really censorship if people who'd rather not disclose that have reasonable alternatives.
(1) Get some really heavy duty surge suppressors. (2) Buy 2-3 APC UPSes, each 700VA or so. (3) Take the batteries out of the UPSes and sell them or discard them. (4) Go to Africa. (5) Get 2-3 car batteries. (6) Drill some vent holes in a large metal box. Put the car batteries inside. Wire one car battery to each UPS. Put the whole shebang in an area with good ventilation. (7) Plug the surge suppressors into your AC supply. Plug the UPSes into the surge suppressors. Plug the computers into the UPSes.
Small-diameter PVC pipe is pretty flexible, and with larger stuff it'd get awkward and you'd lose some of the weight savings. The extruded aluminum tubing used in a monopod is both rigid and lightweight.
Looking at the design I'd have to opine that while the galvanized steel pipe may be nice and rigid it's really heavy and adds a lot to the weight you'd need to carry. I'd recommend spending $20-30 on a cheap camera monopod and using that instead of the vertical pipe piece. It's much lighter weight aluminum, and you'll already have a camera mount on top saving you a lot of effort and trouble.
Gee, you don't think imposing the DRM on every single file uploaded by the servers would be very CPU-intensive, so Apple's been laying the task off on the clients... Do you?
I suspect that, if they want to solve this problem, Apple is going to have to invest in a hell of a lot of iron -- and right when the RIAA is trying to raise the prices. Yikes.
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You can avoid the fragmentation if you pre-allocate space based on what you think you'll need.
I dunno, putting everything together might solve some problems instead of causing them. If the device had a good 20 hours operating battery life, then not only would it play music all day but you wouldn't run out of power in the middle of a phone call either. I've noticed more people clipping their phones to their belt and using an earpiece; with the device on the belt its being slightly larger wouldn't matter much, and you could replace the earpiece with headphones and a mic. And here's another idea: Add a display and keyboard on a wire as well. It'd be very light since it wouldn't need its own battery, memory and processor, and you could keep it in your pocket.
You mean like this one?
That's what a BitTorrent link is for.
The *loader* is 60K. The actual video is larger. I wish they'd post it in a regular video format...
Better watch out for negative hurricanes that instantly freeze people solid.
Let's face it; professional scientific publications are outdated. Why are we trusting our input to a few groups of editors when all the articles could be published over the net? Yes, you'd still need editors to keep from being overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of publications, but it'd be easier to set up as a meta-publisher/editor, meaning there would be more sources and better competition between them; and better still, scientists wouldn't have a 3 month delay between finishing their research and having people read about it.
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Speaking as someone who may wind up with some wind turbines "IMBY", I'd really rather not have them, and it's not because I find them unattractive. It's because I'd rather not live with the nearly-subsonic "whup-whup-whup" they generate, night and day. Considering they wouldn't even be worth building without federal subsidies, I say, NOT IN MY BACKYARD!
Never mind trying to snipe the information contained within the passport. Whether or not the information is decoded or not, it'll still be constant, which means the passport (and its holder) can be tracked remotely -- which IMO is the only reason they want to use RFID rather than a smartcard-type system.
Why use RFID when smartcard technology is just as secure and doesn't have the same information safety concerns? They needn't even encrypt the data on them. Why such a need for sticking RF beacons on everyone?
Better hope they never succeed, you'd probably wind up with bird crap landing inside all the buildings in the area...
When Winamp runs the Shoutcast plug-in, it decodes the music, no matter what format, then recompresses it before sending it out to the server. FLAC won't faze it.
I think it's time for another civil war. :-P
Judging by the area of coverage that satellite claims, it seems to me that even when the 2nd satellite is launched most of the US heartland won't be covered.
Since I live in the US heartland, I find this very disheartening...
Never mind running multiple users off it, I want one for a dedicated flight simulator.
I attempted to paste the text of the bill into a comment so readers would have quick access, but Slashdot wouldn't let me post it because it failed to pass a "lameness filter". Wow, Slashdot's filters are good!
Use this link instead. Click on "Text of Legislation", then on S.167.RH.
This is a bit off on a tangent, but if anyone is having problems accessing the Tokelau domain registrar (http://dot.tk), try a new name server. There seems to be a problem with certain ISPs' DNS with regards to that site. It's not negligence, at least not on their part. :-)
The traditional news industry dislikes blogging. They'd really like it to go away. But in the end they recognize that traditional media is becoming the way of the future. While a precedent limiting the freedoms of the bloggers may slow this process down a bit, it wouldn't prevent it, and these businesses know such precedents could be used against them once they're forced online to compete head-on with the independents. Therefore it's in their best interests to oppose setting such a precedent.
You certainly have a point. It's useful to have a TLD where you can be assured of the owner's identity, and it's not really censorship if people who'd rather not disclose that have reasonable alternatives.
(1) Get some really heavy duty surge suppressors.
(2) Buy 2-3 APC UPSes, each 700VA or so.
(3) Take the batteries out of the UPSes and sell them or discard them.
(4) Go to Africa.
(5) Get 2-3 car batteries.
(6) Drill some vent holes in a large metal box. Put the car batteries inside. Wire one car battery to each UPS. Put the whole shebang in an area with good ventilation.
(7) Plug the surge suppressors into your AC supply. Plug the UPSes into the surge suppressors. Plug the computers into the UPSes.
Small-diameter PVC pipe is pretty flexible, and with larger stuff it'd get awkward and you'd lose some of the weight savings. The extruded aluminum tubing used in a monopod is both rigid and lightweight.
Looking at the design I'd have to opine that while the galvanized steel pipe may be nice and rigid it's really heavy and adds a lot to the weight you'd need to carry. I'd recommend spending $20-30 on a cheap camera monopod and using that instead of the vertical pipe piece. It's much lighter weight aluminum, and you'll already have a camera mount on top saving you a lot of effort and trouble.
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Gee, you don't think imposing the DRM on every single file uploaded by the servers would be very CPU-intensive, so Apple's been laying the task off on the clients... Do you?
I suspect that, if they want to solve this problem, Apple is going to have to invest in a hell of a lot of iron -- and right when the RIAA is trying to raise the prices. Yikes.