Hopefully this will mean stores will start carrying the dimmable CFL bulbs in greater quantities and lower prices. Damn near every light in my house is on dimmers and while 80% of them I have running CFL bulbs, there's not a good reason these are 5-6x more expensive than standard CFL.
If I go on a business trip across the country, I can burn through 2-3 books on the flights. I'll usually do the same if I go on vacation somewhere.
If you read at home, or you read fairly slowly or infrequently, you're right. There are a lot of people who read predominantly while traveling, however, and an e-book is perfect for that.
I highly recommend Rock Band, although my aching hands might disagree. I was going to suggest a suicidegirls membership as a perfect gift, except for the exact same problem!
Yeah, I think they could've really pushed this if they had manufacturing up to snuff with them... but people who ordered in the first week of the B2G1 deal (like myself) are still unlikely to see it before Christmas.
How does you wandering around with your DS have any bearing at all on how a totally different system with totally different software and totally different requirements works?
Oh yeah, it has no bearing at all.
Maybe you should go read up on the OLPC software stack.
Natural selection (the thinning of the gene pool based on external pressures) is not the same as rapid evolution (the exploding of the gene pool based on the rate of change).
If anything the situation in the last 50 years has meant the human population can support MORE evolution at the genetic level, not less. In some areas this can be visibly obvious (people with physical or mental disabilities who can lead relatively normal lives, or at least... well... live), in most ways its safe to assume its not visible.
Now admittedly I haven't played Flight Simulator since version 1 or 2... but I seem to remember I was hitting buildings a lot. I didn't have much choice, there was like 3-4 buildings in Chicago or the ground to hit.
I disagree... There are lots of encodings that cover a bigger character set that could be sent electronically over those bands (hell, plain ol' ASCII) Its sentiment that those bands are restricted to manual use of CW instead of being able to be used by more automated systems that could transmit more information with more reliability.
I disagree -- thats not why those bands are morse only. There are lots of other signaling methods that COULD be used. Those are morse only as a peace offering to old timers and nostalgia, IMO.
Meh, I'll just tap it out in ASCII. I'd be willing to bet there are more people that can do 7 or 8 bit binary to ASCII in their head than morse anymore. (And I am someone who has their Amateur Radio license and debated doing the additional licensing that needs morse, which I know, but not fast enough or well enough to pass).
Plus, if I'm trapped, I want to be able to tap out messages kids today will understand: "Z0mg, r u there? Needz h3lp, legs broken. S3nd hlp n hookers.;)"
I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. This is Slashdot and we don't take kindly to people who actually know what they're talking about around here...
On top of that, although I haven't used ATT's 3G network, I did use my iPhone and a Verizon Voyager (3G) side by side a week and a half ago... and while individual downloads were perhaps slightly faster on the Voyager (but really not noticably), both the ATT 2G and Verizon 3G suffered mostly from horrible latency where actually starting to download anything was concerned. Once something was transfering there was a difference, but for web surfing I'd argue 3G really isn't all that necessary for the iPhone (or Voyager, for that matter).
If you could tether them, or I suppose if I was prone to sitting and watching youtube all day long it might matter.
Now... an iPhone I could tether over 802.11 or bluetooth without using ssh with dynamic proxies and other hacks like that... THAT would be nice to have with 3G.
While I agree with you, that really should be the focus short term, I think you may have a bit of an underestimation of the costs of nuclear or a huge overestimation of the costs of coal. Only if you were adding in taxes or other expenses to cover 100% of the carbon emissions would the two even be close. Coal is *cheap*. Thats why its used so much.
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Hopefully this will mean stores will start carrying the dimmable CFL bulbs in greater quantities and lower prices. Damn near every light in my house is on dimmers and while 80% of them I have running CFL bulbs, there's not a good reason these are 5-6x more expensive than standard CFL.
That is freakin COOL.
I can only imagine what something that that, coupled with a graphics engine like Assassin's Creed has would do for immersive gaming.
I'd argue saying much more wouldn't be much more of a spoiler than what was already said in the summary.
That said, I agree.
Thanks, I'll be here all day. ;-)
I used to have a problem with bees around there the FIOS ONT cabling enters my house.
Freakin' hazard going anywhere near the thing.
And my internet is freakin' fast. They might be onto something.
It depends on when and where you are reading.
If I go on a business trip across the country, I can burn through 2-3 books on the flights. I'll usually do the same if I go on vacation somewhere.
If you read at home, or you read fairly slowly or infrequently, you're right. There are a lot of people who read predominantly while traveling, however, and an e-book is perfect for that.
Yeah, I think they could've really pushed this if they had manufacturing up to snuff with them... but people who ordered in the first week of the B2G1 deal (like myself) are still unlikely to see it before Christmas.
I'd rather face a global pandemic from Martian superbugs than sit through Mission to Mars again.
How does you wandering around with your DS have any bearing at all on how a totally different system with totally different software and totally different requirements works?
Oh yeah, it has no bearing at all.
Maybe you should go read up on the OLPC software stack.
I don't know about the desk clocks, but I have a watch that picks up the signal and it rarely has any problems getting resynced.
And you assume the quick procedures are doing anything more than hiding it from you?
Huh, what?
Natural selection (the thinning of the gene pool based on external pressures) is not the same as rapid evolution (the exploding of the gene pool based on the rate of change).
If anything the situation in the last 50 years has meant the human population can support MORE evolution at the genetic level, not less. In some areas this can be visibly obvious (people with physical or mental disabilities who can lead relatively normal lives, or at least... well... live), in most ways its safe to assume its not visible.
They said White Knight 2 not SpaceShip2.
Another launch vehicle could be used at high altitude to boost a satellite into orbit.
Nah, you just have to tell two Bush jokes to make up for it.
Now admittedly I haven't played Flight Simulator since version 1 or 2... but I seem to remember I was hitting buildings a lot. I didn't have much choice, there was like 3-4 buildings in Chicago or the ground to hit.
I disagree... There are lots of encodings that cover a bigger character set that could be sent electronically over those bands (hell, plain ol' ASCII) Its sentiment that those bands are restricted to manual use of CW instead of being able to be used by more automated systems that could transmit more information with more reliability.
I disagree -- thats not why those bands are morse only. There are lots of other signaling methods that COULD be used. Those are morse only as a peace offering to old timers and nostalgia, IMO.
Meh, I'll just tap it out in ASCII. I'd be willing to bet there are more people that can do 7 or 8 bit binary to ASCII in their head than morse anymore. (And I am someone who has their Amateur Radio license and debated doing the additional licensing that needs morse, which I know, but not fast enough or well enough to pass).
;)"
Plus, if I'm trapped, I want to be able to tap out messages kids today will understand: "Z0mg, r u there? Needz h3lp, legs broken. S3nd hlp n hookers.
Try sending an emoticon over morse!
I could be wrong but I actually think there are at least a few research teams doing digital holography right now....
I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. This is Slashdot and we don't take kindly to people who actually know what they're talking about around here...
Go flip on your TV this morning and watch an episode of Jerry Springer or other choice example of daytime TV.
Then ask yourself again if there's a problem with the view that not all opinions are equally valid.
On top of that, although I haven't used ATT's 3G network, I did use my iPhone and a Verizon Voyager (3G) side by side a week and a half ago... and while individual downloads were perhaps slightly faster on the Voyager (but really not noticably), both the ATT 2G and Verizon 3G suffered mostly from horrible latency where actually starting to download anything was concerned. Once something was transfering there was a difference, but for web surfing I'd argue 3G really isn't all that necessary for the iPhone (or Voyager, for that matter).
If you could tether them, or I suppose if I was prone to sitting and watching youtube all day long it might matter.
Now... an iPhone I could tether over 802.11 or bluetooth without using ssh with dynamic proxies and other hacks like that... THAT would be nice to have with 3G.
Um, no. I was using Navizon perfectly well going 70mph down the highway with not hotspots in the area.
It uses cell towers. On the iPhone. And works.
While I agree with you, that really should be the focus short term, I think you may have a bit of an underestimation of the costs of nuclear or a huge overestimation of the costs of coal. Only if you were adding in taxes or other expenses to cover 100% of the carbon emissions would the two even be close. Coal is *cheap*. Thats why its used so much.