>I only walked a mile or so through mostly residential streets
Try using a car. I recently moved to a small sussex town, and found an open network in a few minutes when I needed internet access to find an estate agent. There are two open networks in my new street too.
>Cesnas crashing into forests, houses, buildings, and that's just the ones that make the news. Reason?
Actually, I've found Cessnas very reliable. I think you'll find a lot of these crashes are pilot error.
>susceptible to changing weather conditions
Great example. A common cause of accidents is pilots flying into weather that they know they shouldn't, because they want to get home. When you are flying at 5000ft, the weather doesn't just jump out at you.
>you just saved two full weeks of your live by passing 'that guy.'
What? Since when is going fast a time machine?* It just means you got some where quicker, and could start being an asshole to someone at your destination earlier.
That doesn't happen here in the uk, since the vehicle is seen as cool, distinctive and effective.
On the other hand the usa motor market that seems to think driving tanks with the same fuel economy as cars from 80 years ago is ok - they get laughed at, by everyone else in the world. Attitudes are changing this way, thankfully, and maybe one day the usa will 'get it'.
That's a terrible web site. At a resolution of 1024 x 768 I got one small picture and 52 words of the article. Everything else was ads. I think I'll pass on that one, thanks.
Because a small, simple mcirocontroller connected to it is listening for a coded signal. RC aeroplanes use this technique. Any electronics enthusiast could build such a device.
This has already been reported. There is nothing new here, really: it's just an efficient transformer.
My concern is just how efficient will it be? We waste huge amounts of energy already with directly coupled chargers that are left plugged in and powered when not in use. This is just a *less* efficient version of the same.
So, anyone have any figures for efficiencies compared to direct connection chargers?
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>I only walked a mile or so through mostly residential streets
Try using a car. I recently moved to a small sussex town, and found an open network in a few minutes when I needed internet access to find an estate agent. There are two open networks in my new street too.
Photo #1 looks remarkably like the scene from the opening credits to Space 1999. Are we sure these are for real?
Actually it was ruined by the English.
Having worked in Nigeria, I can honestly say that everyone I met there could spell better than you.
So craw back into your cave, troll.
Because they aren't grammar Nazis, and they know we would understand, or just not care.
>Cesnas crashing into forests, houses, buildings, and that's just the ones that make the news. Reason?
Actually, I've found Cessnas very reliable. I think you'll find a lot of these crashes are pilot error.
>susceptible to changing weather conditions
Great example. A common cause of accidents is pilots flying into weather that they know they shouldn't, because they want to get home. When you are flying at 5000ft, the weather doesn't just jump out at you.
Nothing wrong with the hardware.
"Michigan Engineering is seeking to raise $110 million for capital building projects and program support in these areas to further research discovery"
Ah... sounds like there might be some PR hype lurking in here somewhere...
>you just saved two full weeks of your live by passing 'that guy.'
What? Since when is going fast a time machine?* It just means you got some where quicker, and could start being an asshole to someone at your destination earlier.
* Ignoring special relativity.
> HD-A2 player at $99 for one week only, beginning July 22.
What, and then we give it back after the weekend?
>by saying I'm looking for kiddie-porn?
Please don't call it kiddie-porn. It's child abuse.
>Or you could, you know, give up a disgusting habit that is poisoning you.
What? Give up slashdot? Never. I'll die first.
Well said. It would save on recycling costs too.
>... and you won't get laughed at in them either.
That doesn't happen here in the uk, since the vehicle is seen as cool, distinctive and effective.
On the other hand the usa motor market that seems to think driving tanks with the same fuel economy as cars from 80 years ago is ok - they get laughed at, by everyone else in the world. Attitudes are changing this way, thankfully, and maybe one day the usa will 'get it'.
That's a terrible web site. At a resolution of 1024 x 768 I got one small picture and 52 words of the article. Everything else was ads. I think I'll pass on that one, thanks.
No, because if I had I would have realised I'd miss-read the post I was criticising.
damm. Didn't hit the preview button first. Someone put me out of my misery and mod me out of existance.
>Just remember: not everyone who partakes in Christianity (big C or little c) believes the world was created 4,000 years ago
Only the ones who do not know the word "allegory"
Evidently there is at least one such person but I suspect the vast silent majority of C/c's do.
Because a small, simple mcirocontroller connected to it is listening for a coded signal. RC aeroplanes use this technique. Any electronics enthusiast could build such a device.
:o)
Maybe I shouldn't have said that
>Microsoft does have a cult religion, it's just that it's so large and pervasive that nobody notices it, and think it's just normal
Would that be like Opus Dei?
I guess not. Opus Dei encourage self flagellation, while Microsoft does it to the rest of us.
Bad Analogy. It's like saying we once got along without air.
:o)
OK, on reflection, so is that one
We don't carry phones so that we can dial 911. We carry them so we can do work or keep in touch with our buddies.
If you are in the USA, I guess the gun you carry negates the need to call 911...
Leave it in, but advise people to disable it for network security.
That already works for other problems, right?
>What if you need to call 911, and some strange app crashes your phone?
Oh for God sake, we did live ok without bloody mobiles you know.
>US workers work longer hours than most of the planet
Come on, say it. The French.
I'd like to mod you up but I've no points. Well said.
stop all this nonsense, or I will be forced to turn the tap off
This has already been reported. There is nothing new here, really: it's just an efficient transformer.
My concern is just how efficient will it be? We waste huge amounts of energy already with directly coupled chargers that are left plugged in and powered when not in use. This is just a *less* efficient version of the same.
So, anyone have any figures for efficiencies compared to direct connection chargers?