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Actually 256kbps (yes, you read KILOBITS/SEC correctly) is considered broadband. And that's only download. 64kbps upload is acceptable to be considered broadband.
Yes, in some instances last-mile is more or less than a mile. But in my case it is about 12 kilometres to the exchange. So if they could change the specs to allow 1 measley Mbs over 12 km I would be pretty damn happy. And I would think that the distance rather than the speed increase would actually be of more value to telcos. As it would provide a larger revenue base. I don't hear that many people complaining about speed.
I would imagine it becomes a design issue for the battery cells themselves. Would they be brick sized and have built in disconnect circuitry? Such that if they detected massive deceleration/impact they would switch to a mode where they were less likely to discharge. If the batteries were all interconnected then a single battery that was physically damaged then the other batteries would disconnect from it to prevent beng damaged themselves. Sounds like a lot of thought would go into the cells so they were aware of their surounding cells and connect in their own optimum arrangement.
Interestingly enough the Razr phone has a charging issue from a computer. It is pretty nifty but never let the phone run right down. The phone needs enough power to identify itself via USB connector from the computer in order for the cmputer to then supply charging voltage. The wall plug supplies power automatically via mini usb. But when plugged into a laptop unless the phone can identify itself the laptop never recognises something is plugged in at all. Oh and of course you need to install the phone charging driver as well under Windows.
Now for the Quirk about the driver. If you have it plugged in and stop the computer at boot and go into the BIOS then the phone will charge just fine.
If I am to understand it correctly, moving to digital the data will still be either PAL or NTSC depending on where you are. It's just that it would be transmitted digitally.
I agree with you - more pixels please. When is digital HDTV going to be standard world wide? This PAL versus NTSC crap has gone on long enough!
If you are a Journalist - it is on your honor (alien concept these days I am sure) to determine what is in the public interest. Regurgitating trade secrets about a new hardware release is not high on the list of public interest.
A Journalist (capital J) should know better and be held responsible for failing to differentiate between public interest and "cool hardware shit."
Your argument says the DVD version is the same as the VHS. Correct?
Well maybe it isn't. DVDs will often have more information - multi channel surround sound, interviews, and extras etc than a VHS of the same title. I am not saying I support the directors cut, the platinum edition, the extended furry edition ad infinitum, being put out in succession just far enough apart to maximize buyers. But they are different.
Which brings up a very interesting point. With the advancement of lasers & optics at some point laser weapons will be available. How will these be handled. I can't imagine them being available to consumers legally at any point. However many have argued in the US that the right to bear arms is more about allowing civilians access to equalizers should the government get out of hand... so what then?
This is mostly a cultural issue, not an education system issue. As evidenced by data wherein poor countries outperform the US despite our larger budgets.
Is it also possible in these 'poor' countries that less families are dual income? That the society is not driven to consume stuff. Or the child spends more time spent with parents? And this is what is actually having an effect greater than dollars spent on the education system?
Also, in the US, education is mostly a state run thing. I wonder if would be more beneficial to rank the US states individually along side of countries that organize their education at the national level.
I am not sure a country with the population the size of the US would benefit from an additional layer of government over the states to manage the education system. Perhaps a national group to determine minimum skill level criteria for math and language skills would help. Perhaps allowing State or even more local systems to take control and enact changes to meet those levels would be more productive?
The outside of these things, and other similar structures, use a mixture of clay and sand and often organic matter building up an earthen render nearly two inches thick. Even though this withstands light infrequent rain quite well often a more resilient topcoat is added. Traditionalists lean towards a lime based render. Use of cement in the render will also give it waterproof qualities but is not considered as a natural a finish.
Good US Gov report regarding Productivity
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I had often wondered why folks were wearing tin foil - alumin(i)um foil - hats. When a heavy duty steel one would do the trick on more levels. I guess it is easier to go to the supermarket for your anti conspiracy gear than the metal shop.
Wow that is neat. I wondered what else would read a.MHT file. If I view it again in IE then I can save objects independently. But if I don't have IE then I am out of luck.
Re:Odd, I see the exact opposite.
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Not in my case - I pretty much flunked out of an IT degree and almost ended up working in a supermarket as a career - not that there is anything wrong with that. Over the last 8 years I have found myself continually in positions of management over others with years (in some cases decades) more experience than myself. Why? I have no freaking clue. I do know that I treat other memmbers of my team as equals and defer to their experience on technical issues. I focus on planning and keeping morale high and tell them all this is just a job, personal lives and especially their families come first. I have always had committed and amazingly agile teams to work with. But were they that before I started being their manager? No they weren't.
I must agree if I don't hear something right I reach to skip back. Driving along in traffic I like to listen to the news and traffic. Often they speed read conditions and if there is any noise or anything it can make it hard to hear. Was that a 20 minute delay or north bound or south bound? So being able to skip back 7 seconds would be awesome.
Scouts and Ham Radios - JOTR
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When I was in scouts in Oz I remembered looking forward to the Jamboree On The Air in October each year. http://www.scout.org/wse/jota.shtml
Off topic? No - about 48 or more hours (due to time zones) of talking to other scouts across the world. Pre-internet;-)
I would not be using that! They don't seem to think about where they but the internet these days. Being inside one of these porta loos is not a place to spend quality internet time.
But it would be much better for the people waiting.
I managed to get a quick peek and one thing I saw mentioned X10. The infamous pop under guys.
However I have some X10 at home and the bundled software does have a lot of configuration limitations. This could well extend the usability and configuration options.
Who wants to be a rock star if they have to stand up in front of hot lights and tear out their vocal chords every night? And look happy about it?That sounds like work!
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Metafilter is having a 10 year Anniversary series of meetups 17th-19th of July. There is bound to be heaps of people that you will have something in common or uncommon with.
Check up and see if there is one near you:
http://ten.metafilter.com/
Actually 256kbps (yes, you read KILOBITS/SEC correctly) is considered broadband. And that's only download. 64kbps upload is acceptable to be considered broadband.
Yes, in some instances last-mile is more or less than a mile. But in my case it is about 12 kilometres to the exchange. So if they could change the specs to allow 1 measley Mbs over 12 km I would be pretty damn happy. And I would think that the distance rather than the speed increase would actually be of more value to telcos. As it would provide a larger revenue base. I don't hear that many people complaining about speed.
I would imagine it becomes a design issue for the battery cells themselves. Would they be brick sized and have built in disconnect circuitry? Such that if they detected massive deceleration/impact they would switch to a mode where they were less likely to discharge. If the batteries were all interconnected then a single battery that was physically damaged then the other batteries would disconnect from it to prevent beng damaged themselves. Sounds like a lot of thought would go into the cells so they were aware of their surounding cells and connect in their own optimum arrangement.
Interestingly enough the Razr phone has a charging issue from a computer. It is pretty nifty but never let the phone run right down. The phone needs enough power to identify itself via USB connector from the computer in order for the cmputer to then supply charging voltage. The wall plug supplies power automatically via mini usb. But when plugged into a laptop unless the phone can identify itself the laptop never recognises something is plugged in at all. Oh and of course you need to install the phone charging driver as well under Windows.
Now for the Quirk about the driver. If you have it plugged in and stop the computer at boot and go into the BIOS then the phone will charge just fine.
If I am to understand it correctly, moving to digital the data will still be either PAL or NTSC depending on where you are. It's just that it would be transmitted digitally.
I agree with you - more pixels please. When is digital HDTV going to be standard world wide? This PAL versus NTSC crap has gone on long enough!
The movie file of his presentaton. And the indexed transcription
If you are a Journalist - it is on your honor (alien concept these days I am sure) to determine what is in the public interest. Regurgitating trade secrets about a new hardware release is not high on the list of public interest.
A Journalist (capital J) should know better and be held responsible for failing to differentiate between public interest and "cool hardware shit."
Your argument says the DVD version is the same as the VHS. Correct?
Well maybe it isn't. DVDs will often have more information - multi channel surround sound, interviews, and extras etc than a VHS of the same title. I am not saying I support the directors cut, the platinum edition, the extended furry edition ad infinitum, being put out in succession just far enough apart to maximize buyers. But they are different.
I own a Replay TV and a TiVo. There are features I love about both user interfaces. But no matter on what machine I record I am always 'TiVo-ing'
They are The PVR Brand. I am surprised they have not been bought out earlier.
Which brings up a very interesting point. With the advancement of lasers & optics at some point laser weapons will be available. How will these be handled. I can't imagine them being available to consumers legally at any point. However many have argued in the US that the right to bear arms is more about allowing civilians access to equalizers should the government get out of hand... so what then?
This is mostly a cultural issue, not an education system issue. As evidenced by data wherein poor countries outperform the US despite our larger budgets.
Is it also possible in these 'poor' countries that less families are dual income? That the society is not driven to consume stuff. Or the child spends more time spent with parents? And this is what is actually having an effect greater than dollars spent on the education system?
Also, in the US, education is mostly a state run thing. I wonder if would be more beneficial to rank the US states individually along side of countries that organize their education at the national level.
I am not sure a country with the population the size of the US would benefit from an additional layer of government over the states to manage the education system. Perhaps a national group to determine minimum skill level criteria for math and language skills would help. Perhaps allowing State or even more local systems to take control and enact changes to meet those levels would be more productive?
The outside of these things, and other similar structures, use a mixture of clay and sand and often organic matter building up an earthen render nearly two inches thick. Even though this withstands light infrequent rain quite well often a more resilient topcoat is added. Traditionalists lean towards a lime based render. Use of cement in the render will also give it waterproof qualities but is not considered as a natural a finish.
Mentions 4 countries with greater productivity per hour worked than the US. http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1999/07/art3full.pdf
I had often wondered why folks were wearing tin foil - alumin(i)um foil - hats. When a heavy duty steel one would do the trick on more levels. I guess it is easier to go to the supermarket for your anti conspiracy gear than the metal shop.
Wow that is neat. I wondered what else would read a .MHT file. If I view it again in IE then I can save objects independently. But if I don't have IE then I am out of luck.
Not in my case - I pretty much flunked out of an IT degree and almost ended up working in a supermarket as a career - not that there is anything wrong with that. Over the last 8 years I have found myself continually in positions of management over others with years (in some cases decades) more experience than myself. Why? I have no freaking clue. I do know that I treat other memmbers of my team as equals and defer to their experience on technical issues. I focus on planning and keeping morale high and tell them all this is just a job, personal lives and especially their families come first. I have always had committed and amazingly agile teams to work with. But were they that before I started being their manager? No they weren't.
I must agree if I don't hear something right I reach to skip back. Driving along in traffic I like to listen to the news and traffic. Often they speed read conditions and if there is any noise or anything it can make it hard to hear. Was that a 20 minute delay or north bound or south bound? So being able to skip back 7 seconds would be awesome.
When I was in scouts in Oz I remembered looking forward to the Jamboree On The Air in October each year.
;-)
http://www.scout.org/wse/jota.shtml
Off topic? No - about 48 or more hours (due to time zones) of talking to other scouts across the world. Pre-internet
I would not be using that! They don't seem to think about where they but the internet these days. Being inside one of these porta loos is not a place to spend quality internet time.
But it would be much better for the people waiting.
This may be of value for more information as the site is ./ds
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MisterHouse/message
I managed to get a quick peek and one thing I saw mentioned X10. The infamous pop under guys.
However I have some X10 at home and the bundled software does have a lot of configuration limitations. This could well extend the usability and configuration options.
So is this why Cisco wants to buy Linksys?
So "they" can then monitor home users directly?
Who wants to be a rock star if they have to stand up in front of hot lights and tear out their vocal chords every night? And look happy about it?That sounds like work!