BT's ADSL internet service seems to be one of the worst in the UK. Unfortunately since they have a long history of providing landline connections in the UK, many people assume they must be a worthy internet provider also - not so. I'd recommend UK Slashdotters look at This ADSL ratings site for more personal citations of BT's (and other providers) service.
I swear, if I see the word 'terrorism' again I'll scream. Perhaps it is because I am outwith the USA and not properly indoctirnated, but 'the home of the brave' seems to be afraid of shadows these days, at least at a government level. Do the USA citizens really go along with all this?
This reminds me of the Aphex Twin track Windowlicker, which, when viewed via a spectrogram, shows hidden images - Richard D. James' face, and a spiral. This explains why the track sounds so weird in places - the music is being warped to generate the images.
Another interesting low-cost ultraportable recently announced is the Elonex ONE. It costs 100 UKP (about $200). It's really just a 7 inch digital photoframe design with keyboard, mice, Linux and wifi grafted on, but looks pretty interesting nonetheless.
125W? For a _really_ green PC, check out the XO-1. It is not just physically green, it runs at 2-3W. Another upshot of this is that the battery life is 9 to 10 hours.
Maybe I'm being naive again, but what is the point of designing an untrackable aircraft and then telling the whole world its fleet status? Why is the B2 in the news at all? Or should I be reaching for a tinfoil hat?
I flew from Hong Kong to London Heatrow (HKG-LHR) on Tuesday and was horrified to find I needed to have my fingerprints taken TO RE-ENTER MY OWN COUNTRY. I have no idea why, but was too tired and jetlagged to put up much of an objection. I won't be flying into London again, and am sad to hear the trend is spreading now.
I can imagine this will only be made available to third-world patients. The liability lawsuits arising out of things like battery failure on the unit in the medical/legal minefield of the USA don't bear thinking about.
Plenty of them around in Tokyo last time I was there (along with the ubiquitous pachinko parlors). I guess if you live in a shoebox sized apartment, you are going to relish all the city entertainment you can get though.
Anybody know if this is an open design? If there is support for third parties to develop and sell sleeves without heavy licencing limitations it might be interesting. Otherwise it will probably go the way of betamax - overtaken by cheaper, more widely supported alternatives.
(as a world traveller) would be a mobile phone that can pair up with 2 bluetooth headsets, and translate between different languages coming into each. That might make it easier to chat with all the beautiful, but differently-languaged babes the world is so full of. The age-old incentive for development is there, so surely something like this has to appear.
Hopefully soon the OLPC will be available to buy here in the UK. It seems to fill a niche of being ultraportable (7 inch screen), good battery life (9-10 hours, 2-3W consumption, long life NiMH battery) and low cost ($200, dropping towards $100 in the future perhaps).
I've already got several desktops and laptops, but would buy one of these in a second, given the chance.
These limitations were lifted on January 7th. I flew from London Heathrow to Hong Kong (LHR-HKG) that day and had no problems getting my laptop and hand luggage on board.
This seems like a consequence of being able to carry gigabytes of data around in your pocket. It is probably all too easy for the odd database to duplicate into an employee's thumbdrive these days I suspect.
It is 2007, where is the ubiquitous micropayment scheme we were promised? (and I dont mean PayPal). If such a system existed, I think a lot more websites would be making a lot more money than at present.
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BT's ADSL internet service seems to be one of the worst in the UK. Unfortunately since they have a long history of providing landline connections in the UK, many people assume they must be a worthy internet provider also - not so. I'd recommend UK Slashdotters look at This ADSL ratings site for more personal citations of BT's (and other providers) service.
I swear, if I see the word 'terrorism' again I'll scream. Perhaps it is because I am outwith the USA and not properly indoctirnated, but 'the home of the brave' seems to be afraid of shadows these days, at least at a government level. Do the USA citizens really go along with all this?
Since humans are one of the few species that conceal ovulation I am wondering if this has a more genetic basis.
Reminds me of the terrorist attack by the Panther Moderns on Sense/Net in Neuromancer
Must.. resist.. Uranus jokes.....
This reminds me of the Aphex Twin track Windowlicker, which, when viewed via a spectrogram, shows hidden images - Richard D. James' face, and a spiral. This explains why the track sounds so weird in places - the music is being warped to generate the images.
Another interesting low-cost ultraportable recently announced is the Elonex ONE. It costs 100 UKP (about $200). It's really just a 7 inch digital photoframe design with keyboard, mice, Linux and wifi grafted on, but looks pretty interesting nonetheless.
Broderick?
125W? For a _really_ green PC, check out the XO-1. It is not just physically green, it runs at 2-3W. Another upshot of this is that the battery life is 9 to 10 hours.
It's the light bulb in the big blue room.
Maybe I'm being naive again, but what is the point of designing an untrackable aircraft and then telling the whole world its fleet status? Why is the B2 in the news at all? Or should I be reaching for a tinfoil hat?
a Coke-and-Mentos second-stage booster and he should be set.
Got to get some better packaging. Yeah, that's it.
I flew from Hong Kong to London Heatrow (HKG-LHR) on Tuesday and was horrified to find I needed to have my fingerprints taken TO RE-ENTER MY OWN COUNTRY. I have no idea why, but was too tired and jetlagged to put up much of an objection. I won't be flying into London again, and am sad to hear the trend is spreading now.
I can imagine this will only be made available to third-world patients. The liability lawsuits arising out of things like battery failure on the unit in the medical/legal minefield of the USA don't bear thinking about.
Plenty of them around in Tokyo last time I was there (along with the ubiquitous pachinko parlors). I guess if you live in a shoebox sized apartment, you are going to relish all the city entertainment you can get though.
Anybody know if this is an open design? If there is support for third parties to develop and sell sleeves without heavy licencing limitations it might be interesting. Otherwise it will probably go the way of betamax - overtaken by cheaper, more widely supported alternatives.
(as a world traveller) would be a mobile phone that can pair up with 2 bluetooth headsets, and translate between different languages coming into each. That might make it easier to chat with all the beautiful, but differently-languaged babes the world is so full of. The age-old incentive for development is there, so surely something like this has to appear.
It is a short sory by Isaac Asimov called "Breeds there a Man...?".
If you like that, I'd recommend the movie Pi which has similar ideas.
Hopefully soon the OLPC will be available to buy here in the UK. It seems to fill a niche of being ultraportable (7 inch screen), good battery life (9-10 hours, 2-3W consumption, long life NiMH battery) and low cost ($200, dropping towards $100 in the future perhaps).
I've already got several desktops and laptops, but would buy one of these in a second, given the chance.
These limitations were lifted on January 7th. I flew from London Heathrow to Hong Kong (LHR-HKG) that day and had no problems getting my laptop and hand luggage on board.
This seems like a consequence of being able to carry gigabytes of data around in your pocket. It is probably all too easy for the odd database to duplicate into an employee's thumbdrive these days I suspect.
to the hardworking Chinese factory workers putting together your toys for pennies.
And remember to give thanks for being alive in (what is likely for you) the most affluent country on the planet in the most period in human history.
It is 2007, where is the ubiquitous micropayment scheme we were promised? (and I dont mean PayPal). If such a system existed, I think a lot more websites would be making a lot more money than at present.
it was at the corner of 6th and 9th...