Of the two I'll definitely be in during the time frame - the one that already had free wi-fi ( Orlando ) is on the list. The other, the busiest airport in the country, didn't have free wi-fi before and is not on the list. The Sanford/Orlando airport also has free wi-fi but last time I was there it would only let me access Google sites. It was odd but I could get to Google Docs so I didn't care too much.
What would be really awesome is free wi-fi on aircraft. Although I'd trade that for power in a heartbeat.
They were over eating before the program, they didn't stop over eating and so they didn't lose weight. While this means they may not have eaten more as a reward, they didn't stop eating too much. So in other words, anyone who would expect to lose weight in this situation would have to be assuming they were burning more calories than they actually were burning.
They've done very well doing new and different. They have done just as well (possibly more so) taking what they know works and making small changes. If you doubt this at all, come by and look at my stack of Zelda games some time. If you wait a while you can check out Zelda: Spirit Tracks with me - I can't wait to play it.
That's what I thought too when I saw the summary. I've never actually tracked it but I'm pretty sure my DS Lite goes more than 5 hours on a charge. I'll have to time it some time and see.
This line from the article, "There is some speculation that Google has made an Android 2.0 exclusivity agreement of some kind with Verizon." seemed to me to imply that the sdk was not coming out because Verizon would have exclusive rights to 2.0. This seems to be supported by the fact that they now note the release of the sdk immediately after that line in the article.
I think it twitter search would also be useful to anyone managing a product or project being used publicly. Being able to find mentions on twitter would allow one to be more proactive in dealing with issues and also help find happy customers/users more quickly.
I had a gripe about adobe air on linux a while back and posted about it on twitter. Within minutes I was contacted by two Adobe developers and they helped me file a bug report. That was the first time I saw a real opportunity for twitter to be something more than a way to keep in touch with friends.
Redundancy would have to happen and that's why the wire solution for steering doesn't make too much sense to me. An alternate power supply is going to add weight, and not be all that environmentally friendly. The current setup works, albeit not as well - but it still works, with complete power failure. That's a very elegant solution compared to what I'm picturing to make a joy stick an acceptable solution.
Fly-by-wire makes sense in aircraft for a number of reasons that don't really translate well to automobiles. And even then, it makes sense only in a limited set of scenarios. Smaller, private aircraft don't use it for good reasons.
I don't remember the exact setup in mine. I do know it happened between Chicago, IL and Kalamazoo, MI and I made it there without any problems. Put a new belt on and all was fine. That Celica was a phenomenal car. I accidentally ran it for over a week with no transmission fluid in it - filled it up after I realized it and never had a problem. I only owned it for a little over a year after that, but still. It was pretty impressive to me.
If I ever have access to time travel - I will add this to my list of things to tell myself. Because I did try the regular brakes but they were not doing me much good for the same reason steering wasn't easy.
It wont be at the top of the list, but it will be on there.
A car designed without power steering, is easier to steer without power than a car with power steering that has lost said power.
I drove a '69 Chevy pickup for quite a while, that didn't have power steering and wasn't too bad except as you mention, when parking.
And the Cougar was o.k. if moving along at a decent speed too. The reason this was tough was that I was going pretty slowly - under 10 mph.
But the real point - is that there needs to be a system that allows for steering with a loss of power. I'm guessing a true fly-by-wire system means that when the power goes - all steering goes with it.
When I was pretty new to driving, I was rolling down a residential street in my dad's '78 Cougar. The engine died and the power steering went with it. I wasn't going too fast, but I was rolling straight toward a parked car. It took all I had to slowly pull the car into a turn. It was a very strange sensation, slowly heading towards a fender bender as I worked at the wheel. I did manage it, and it wouldn't have been too bad for me physically, but the other car was much newer and smaller and I would have probably banged it up pretty good.
I lost power steering in my '83 Celica when a belt broke. I was on the freeway and didn't even notice until I exited onto surface streets and could feel that it was much more difficult to turn. In either case with a fly-by-wire type system I'd have been in trouble. Having a mechanical backup for a loss of power is essential.
With the vast majority of the growth in mobile happening in emerging markets - I don't think cheap phones are far away. If you'll see them in the U.S., I don't know. I think that depends on if anything is ever done to fix the mess we are in with the whole telecom industry in this country.
I first saw it on youtube - linked from an article at Ars I think. I thought it was pretty awesome. Then this week-end I'm watching football and see it come on national t.v. I was surprised, I didn't know they'd be pushing it with the kind of money that took. I enjoyed it too and thought it was pretty awesome. The rest of my family was less impressed.
I was just reading the press release for Alex from Spring Design. This is still vapor ware, but if they don't make it to market someone else will. It is a dual screen e-reader running Android. If I were going to be rolling out any device that was going to sport the kind of connectivity that people are coming to suspect, Android would have to be in the running as a free, open platform. So I think along with a lot of new Android phones, we will be seeing a lot of Android devices in general.
The Economist did a special report last month on mobile tech in emerging markets. They say in 5-10 years everyone in the world that wants a phone will have one, and the service to use it. I think that is totally amazing. At the same time I've been working with some research folks at the University of Central Florida and they think smartphones will become the norm in the next 5 years or so. I think this all combines to paint a picture that gives Android a bright outlook. I don't think it's inevitable but I do think the odds are good that Android will be massive. On a side note, the UCF folks are doing education software for smart phones. They started with iPhone and Android as their platforms but they've dropped iPhone and moved purely to Android.
I said it's possible to get a degree without debt. You asked how and I told you. All of a sudden I'm supposed to explain how one is supposed to go to some predetermined list of schools you've built without being wealthy or going into debt. And if I did have some answer to that, apparently the reply will be something along the lines of, "Well that wont get you a degree at Harvard!"
So if you agree to stick to the original question I think we can both agree that it is possible to get a degree without going into debt.
If I were going to do it again right now, being too old to go the military route again, I would do 2 years in community college and 2 at a state university. I'd work full time through it all and not at Blockbuster.
It's interesting that you allege there are no government programs in existence for getting a degree and that you think I'm ignorant for believing there are. I guess that Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Academic Competitiveness Grants, and SMART Grants are a hoax. I do believe we are seeing sheer ignorance at play here, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I don't think I'm the one exhibiting it.
A lot of people probably will need to take on a mix of these to get where they want to go. They will need to be persistent and work hard. In my life I've met very few people who couldn't get it done if they wanted to. And I've met lots of whiners that think the world owes them everything they want on a silver platter, and if it wont just get handed to them then it is the world that is at fault. I think a reaction to this kind of attitude prompted the original post way on up there.
Scholarships Employment Government Programs including Military Service. Saving programs.
I went to a private school with zero debt using a combination of the GI bill and working my butt off. I signed an enlistment contract that provided a kicker on the GI bill so that I got more money. I didn't take any of the free classes I could have while I served out that contract, though I wish I had as I could have used the GI bill money for more than undergrad then.
Where I live right now it is possible to buy a college education in advance. (Florida) I can make monthly payments right now, that are much cheaper than a new car and when my child is old enough to attend a state university they will already have their tuition and fees payed.
Though I have no intention of paying their way completely. I don't think it is human nature to truly value things that come without cost. They are going to have to work hard and earn that degree in the classroom and out.
This is all off the top of my head without google or looking around. I'm sure if I took the time to dig I'd find more.
Will everyone get to live in a dorm, finish a degree in 4 years and spend a lot of time hanging out with friends? Probably not. Doesn't bother me much. From my exposure to large state universities it's about time some of the precious snowflakes move into reality a little quicker.
The military is the method that comes to mind quickest - without even putting any effort into it.
Most Doctors and Dentists I know have done very well - even if they did have to take on a lot of debt. I don't think this example is a good one to push for changes in U.S. education.
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Nice - thanks. I'm on Delta from Orlando to Singapore soon and this could come in handy.
Of the two I'll definitely be in during the time frame - the one that already had free wi-fi ( Orlando ) is on the list. The other, the busiest airport in the country, didn't have free wi-fi before and is not on the list. The Sanford/Orlando airport also has free wi-fi but last time I was there it would only let me access Google sites. It was odd but I could get to Google Docs so I didn't care too much.
What would be really awesome is free wi-fi on aircraft. Although I'd trade that for power in a heartbeat.
They were over eating before the program, they didn't stop over eating and so they didn't lose weight. While this means they may not have eaten more as a reward, they didn't stop eating too much. So in other words, anyone who would expect to lose weight in this situation would have to be assuming they were burning more calories than they actually were burning.
They've done very well doing new and different. They have done just as well (possibly more so) taking what they know works and making small changes. If you doubt this at all, come by and look at my stack of Zelda games some time. If you wait a while you can check out Zelda: Spirit Tracks with me - I can't wait to play it.
That's what I thought too when I saw the summary. I've never actually tracked it but I'm pretty sure my DS Lite goes more than 5 hours on a charge. I'll have to time it some time and see.
This line from the article, "There is some speculation that Google has made an Android 2.0 exclusivity agreement of some kind with Verizon." seemed to me to imply that the sdk was not coming out because Verizon would have exclusive rights to 2.0. This seems to be supported by the fact that they now note the release of the sdk immediately after that line in the article.
I bumped across that article while reading comments yesterday in the Maemo vs. Android thread.
I never trusted the poop smith.
You vastly underestimate the number of people traveling internationally and engaged in activities that the host governments find to be of interest.
And doing what when they 'pounce'? Silencing how? Really what could they do that wouldn't only bring more attention to whatever the problem is?
Nobody pounced - they helped me out, fixed the issue in an update and made it work better. It was an awesome example of customer service.
I think it twitter search would also be useful to anyone managing a product or project being used publicly. Being able to find mentions on twitter would allow one to be more proactive in dealing with issues and also help find happy customers/users more quickly.
I had a gripe about adobe air on linux a while back and posted about it on twitter. Within minutes I was contacted by two Adobe developers and they helped me file a bug report. That was the first time I saw a real opportunity for twitter to be something more than a way to keep in touch with friends.
Twitter cut deals with Bing and Google.
I'm attributing the work, not the character. It is confusing I'll admit, but I'm not sure just putting 1 in the place of 9 would make it any clearer.
Redundancy would have to happen and that's why the wire solution for steering doesn't make too much sense to me. An alternate power supply is going to add weight, and not be all that environmentally friendly. The current setup works, albeit not as well - but it still works, with complete power failure. That's a very elegant solution compared to what I'm picturing to make a joy stick an acceptable solution.
Fly-by-wire makes sense in aircraft for a number of reasons that don't really translate well to automobiles. And even then, it makes sense only in a limited set of scenarios. Smaller, private aircraft don't use it for good reasons.
so close
yet so very far.
I don't remember the exact setup in mine. I do know it happened between Chicago, IL and Kalamazoo, MI and I made it there without any problems. Put a new belt on and all was fine. That Celica was a phenomenal car. I accidentally ran it for over a week with no transmission fluid in it - filled it up after I realized it and never had a problem. I only owned it for a little over a year after that, but still. It was pretty impressive to me.
If I ever have access to time travel - I will add this to my list of things to tell myself. Because I did try the regular brakes but they were not doing me much good for the same reason steering wasn't easy.
It wont be at the top of the list, but it will be on there.
Really. Why would I lie?
A car designed without power steering, is easier to steer without power than a car with power steering that has lost said power.
I drove a '69 Chevy pickup for quite a while, that didn't have power steering and wasn't too bad except as you mention, when parking.
And the Cougar was o.k. if moving along at a decent speed too. The reason this was tough was that I was going pretty slowly - under 10 mph.
But the real point - is that there needs to be a system that allows for steering with a loss of power. I'm guessing a true fly-by-wire system means that when the power goes - all steering goes with it.
When I was pretty new to driving, I was rolling down a residential street in my dad's '78 Cougar. The engine died and the power steering went with it. I wasn't going too fast, but I was rolling straight toward a parked car. It took all I had to slowly pull the car into a turn. It was a very strange sensation, slowly heading towards a fender bender as I worked at the wheel. I did manage it, and it wouldn't have been too bad for me physically, but the other car was much newer and smaller and I would have probably banged it up pretty good.
I lost power steering in my '83 Celica when a belt broke. I was on the freeway and didn't even notice until I exited onto surface streets and could feel that it was much more difficult to turn. In either case with a fly-by-wire type system I'd have been in trouble. Having a mechanical backup for a loss of power is essential.
With the vast majority of the growth in mobile happening in emerging markets - I don't think cheap phones are far away. If you'll see them in the U.S., I don't know. I think that depends on if anything is ever done to fix the mess we are in with the whole telecom industry in this country.
I first saw it on youtube - linked from an article at Ars I think. I thought it was pretty awesome. Then this week-end I'm watching football and see it come on national t.v. I was surprised, I didn't know they'd be pushing it with the kind of money that took. I enjoyed it too and thought it was pretty awesome. The rest of my family was less impressed.
I was just reading the press release for Alex from Spring Design. This is still vapor ware, but if they don't make it to market someone else will. It is a dual screen e-reader running Android. If I were going to be rolling out any device that was going to sport the kind of connectivity that people are coming to suspect, Android would have to be in the running as a free, open platform. So I think along with a lot of new Android phones, we will be seeing a lot of Android devices in general.
The Economist did a special report last month on mobile tech in emerging markets. They say in 5-10 years everyone in the world that wants a phone will have one, and the service to use it. I think that is totally amazing. At the same time I've been working with some research folks at the University of Central Florida and they think smartphones will become the norm in the next 5 years or so. I think this all combines to paint a picture that gives Android a bright outlook. I don't think it's inevitable but I do think the odds are good that Android will be massive. On a side note, the UCF folks are doing education software for smart phones. They started with iPhone and Android as their platforms but they've dropped iPhone and moved purely to Android.
I said it's possible to get a degree without debt. You asked how and I told you. All of a sudden I'm supposed to explain how one is supposed to go to some predetermined list of schools you've built without being wealthy or going into debt. And if I did have some answer to that, apparently the reply will be something along the lines of, "Well that wont get you a degree at Harvard!"
So if you agree to stick to the original question I think we can both agree that it is possible to get a degree without going into debt.
If I were going to do it again right now, being too old to go the military route again, I would do 2 years in community college and 2 at a state university. I'd work full time through it all and not at Blockbuster.
It's interesting that you allege there are no government programs in existence for getting a degree and that you think I'm ignorant for believing there are. I guess that Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Academic Competitiveness Grants, and SMART Grants are a hoax. I do believe we are seeing sheer ignorance at play here, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I don't think I'm the one exhibiting it.
A lot of people probably will need to take on a mix of these to get where they want to go. They will need to be persistent and work hard. In my life I've met very few people who couldn't get it done if they wanted to. And I've met lots of whiners that think the world owes them everything they want on a silver platter, and if it wont just get handed to them then it is the world that is at fault. I think a reaction to this kind of attitude prompted the original post way on up there.
Scholarships
Employment
Government Programs including Military Service.
Saving programs.
I went to a private school with zero debt using a combination of the GI bill and working my butt off. I signed an enlistment contract that provided a kicker on the GI bill so that I got more money. I didn't take any of the free classes I could have while I served out that contract, though I wish I had as I could have used the GI bill money for more than undergrad then.
Where I live right now it is possible to buy a college education in advance. (Florida) I can make monthly payments right now, that are much cheaper than a new car and when my child is old enough to attend a state university they will already have their tuition and fees payed.
Though I have no intention of paying their way completely. I don't think it is human nature to truly value things that come without cost. They are going to have to work hard and earn that degree in the classroom and out.
This is all off the top of my head without google or looking around. I'm sure if I took the time to dig I'd find more.
Will everyone get to live in a dorm, finish a degree in 4 years and spend a lot of time hanging out with friends? Probably not. Doesn't bother me much. From my exposure to large state universities it's about time some of the precious snowflakes move into reality a little quicker.
The military is the method that comes to mind quickest - without even putting any effort into it.
Most Doctors and Dentists I know have done very well - even if they did have to take on a lot of debt. I don't think this example is a good one to push for changes in U.S. education.