-ISPs dropping granting an IP to residential customers and phones on the base plans, using NAT upstream
That... actually might not be a bad idea. $5/mo discount for being NAT'd, maybe with SOCKS 5 server proxy support. I'm sure a lot of people would be up for it.
What are you people thinking?? Haven't you ever seen a science fiction movie?? Viruses teleporting themselves through isolation barriers will threaten the entire WORLD!!!
I will admit, silly as it may sound, contacting rescuers via messaging in a non-critical emergency situation may not be a bad idea. It's more friendly battery-wise, where you may not get a chance to recharge a cell phone (in the sewers, for instance); and it can be less ambiguous than speech and more easily reviewed (although all the OMGs and missing vowels might prove problematic.
A related question... How much in the way of resources does it take to run a GUI app on a box when the X-server is running on another machine? I'm sure it largely depends on the app; a web browser? An IRC client? The gimp is probably right out.:-P
What you don't realize is that by "neutrality" they mean politically; all Republican websites will be required to forward half the incoming traffic to liberal pages.
They'll swap that when (if) the Republicans come back to power.
The same technology that provides the realistic animal/alien motion in the film will probably indeed mean robots will move smoothly in the future, so yeah, the robot motion is believable.:-)
I can understand why it would be nice to start off a solar-sail-based craft at one-tenth AU from the Sun; more light pressure = more acceleration. Thing is, it will almost certainly be starting out from Earth. You'd need to accelerate it just to drop it down to 0.1 AU. Wouldn't it be more efficient to use that acceleration to throw it outward instead of inward? Anyone care to calculate this?
There's a trade-off between convenience and power, and once you get over a certain size, you might as well have something with a really workable screen.
I'm gonna throw out a spoiler: In a test situation, at full load, the best temperature under Arctic Silver was 57C, while this diamond dust compound achieved 38C. The nearly 20 degree difference is huge, and would definitely make a difference in overclocking. I'm hoping the price can come down when produced in industrial quantities, because it'll be enormously worthwhile.
I owned a Fujitsu notebook PC with a 10.4" screen around ten years ago; most active matrix screens were that size at the time. So we're just reverting to an older format with these new netbooks. I'd have to agree with the thread originator; we need both bigger, more powerful and more gorgeous notebooks, and smaller, more portable netbooks. The in-between size is a trade-off that benefits very few.
A big part of the problem is, obviously, because game manufacturers are reluctant to use a female or minority character as a villain. "It's discrimination!" the protesters cry! (Yes, I'm serious, look what happened when a Tom Clancy game set in El Paso had Hispanic villains.) That right there cuts minority representation in half, or worse.
Yeah, this may sound like an astroturf, but it isn't. I have no connection with them, don't even use them (yet).
Cricket started out as a small company offering phone service in a few areas, including mine. They were offering all-you-can-eat no-contract service, cheap, but you had to buy your own phone (or reflash another compatible one). They've done very well since, with their service expanding to most major markets.
At the time I signed up for my last contract, their service was a little iffy, with "network busy" issues; it's improved since then. I'm strongly considering switching to them when my contract is up.
I do believe that if the other companies out there don't switch to a similar business model, Cricket is going to eat their lunch.
Good question, but the problem is going to your bank every week to pick up your backup and refresh it (or swap between two backups) is annoying and will probably lead you to slack off the task.
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Apparently "Sholes" wasn't considered to be a very good name for the phone.
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-ISPs dropping granting an IP to residential customers and phones on the base plans, using NAT upstream
That... actually might not be a bad idea. $5/mo discount for being NAT'd, maybe with SOCKS 5 server proxy support. I'm sure a lot of people would be up for it.
ipv6 access to rollernet.us seems to be down.
Either that, or your site's been slashdotted...
It'd be nice if the site would give direct access to the database, so people could mashup whatever they wanted. Anybody know what it runs on? SQL?
Are you sure this doesn't prove the existence of the soul???
What are you people thinking?? Haven't you ever seen a science fiction movie?? Viruses teleporting themselves through isolation barriers will threaten the entire WORLD!!!
I will admit, silly as it may sound, contacting rescuers via messaging in a non-critical emergency situation may not be a bad idea. It's more friendly battery-wise, where you may not get a chance to recharge a cell phone (in the sewers, for instance); and it can be less ambiguous than speech and more easily reviewed (although all the OMGs and missing vowels might prove problematic.
A related question... How much in the way of resources does it take to run a GUI app on a box when the X-server is running on another machine? I'm sure it largely depends on the app; a web browser? An IRC client? The gimp is probably right out. :-P
That's deliberate. I don't consider Republicans to be at all conservative. They are "neo-conservatives", as socialist as modern liberals.
What you don't realize is that by "neutrality" they mean politically; all Republican websites will be required to forward half the incoming traffic to liberal pages.
They'll swap that when (if) the Republicans come back to power.
The same technology that provides the realistic animal/alien motion in the film will probably indeed mean robots will move smoothly in the future, so yeah, the robot motion is believable. :-)
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I can understand why it would be nice to start off a solar-sail-based craft at one-tenth AU from the Sun; more light pressure = more acceleration. Thing is, it will almost certainly be starting out from Earth. You'd need to accelerate it just to drop it down to 0.1 AU. Wouldn't it be more efficient to use that acceleration to throw it outward instead of inward? Anyone care to calculate this?
There's a trade-off between convenience and power, and once you get over a certain size, you might as well have something with a really workable screen.
Chagrined SHAD0W is chagrined!
I'm gonna throw out a spoiler: In a test situation, at full load, the best temperature under Arctic Silver was 57C, while this diamond dust compound achieved 38C. The nearly 20 degree difference is huge, and would definitely make a difference in overclocking. I'm hoping the price can come down when produced in industrial quantities, because it'll be enormously worthwhile.
Maybe they should bring back the butterfly laptop! Remember that? The keyboard was split and shifted out and into place when the lid was opened.
I owned a Fujitsu notebook PC with a 10.4" screen around ten years ago; most active matrix screens were that size at the time. So we're just reverting to an older format with these new netbooks. I'd have to agree with the thread originator; we need both bigger, more powerful and more gorgeous notebooks, and smaller, more portable netbooks. The in-between size is a trade-off that benefits very few.
An article about an industry that is dying, published by an industry that is dying. Both are being killed by the same new technology.
A big part of the problem is, obviously, because game manufacturers are reluctant to use a female or minority character as a villain. "It's discrimination!" the protesters cry! (Yes, I'm serious, look what happened when a Tom Clancy game set in El Paso had Hispanic villains.) That right there cuts minority representation in half, or worse.
I doubt it'd be smart enough to respond that way.
"It seems you want to start a war! Can I help?"
Yeah, this may sound like an astroturf, but it isn't. I have no connection with them, don't even use them (yet).
Cricket started out as a small company offering phone service in a few areas, including mine. They were offering all-you-can-eat no-contract service, cheap, but you had to buy your own phone (or reflash another compatible one). They've done very well since, with their service expanding to most major markets.
At the time I signed up for my last contract, their service was a little iffy, with "network busy" issues; it's improved since then. I'm strongly considering switching to them when my contract is up.
I do believe that if the other companies out there don't switch to a similar business model, Cricket is going to eat their lunch.
Good question, but the problem is going to your bank every week to pick up your backup and refresh it (or swap between two backups) is annoying and will probably lead you to slack off the task.