Here in UK there is not even any need to "buy" a SIM - all network operators will hand them out for free. Although you sometimes find arbitragers managing to resell them for a small sum. One of my kids got two free O2 SIMs with a can of energy drink yesterday.
But what happens when you travel to another country where there is a different dialling convention? Suddenly you would be unable to make any calls even though your phone had roamed successfully onto the new country's network. Plus-sign then country code is an international standard however.
How do they know this about the poisoned MSN conversation? It's hard to imagine that some huge break-in could (days or weeks afterwards) be traced back to such a specific entry point.
then Google Translate (or for some things wordreference.com) are fantastic resources. I don't mind that large chunks of text get translated in a stilted way - if you just need to get the meaning of a short phrase then Google is so much faster and easier than a paper dictionary.
Great - I'm rare! There is only one of me on the entire planet. Although I do corrode. If rarity means something then I'm putting myself on ebay right now!
I tried the free map software yesterday with my Nokia 6220c. First I needed a Windows PC to install the "Ovi Suite" bloatware complete with a mountain of DRM music links and who knows what. Then download the actual maps application. I was not really surprised when it failed to install to the phone; checked the forums to find many others with similar problems. As everyone knows you can post all the bug reports you like but don't hold your breath hoping for Nokia to fix anything. OK I didn't pay anything but sure did waste a lot of time and bandwidth.
It's hard to imagine the whole community would get behind this for just no reason at all. What is their concern exactly? Maybe they think it's an eyesore or maybe they really are getting sick for some other reason wrongly attributed to Evil Tower Rays. Doesn't sound as though the issue can just be forgotten about.
I would never pirate their software either, just in case. Also anyone dreaming up such a great license deserves to get paid.
However there is a logical flaw in the "buy your soul for a quarter" offer designed to make atheists put their money where their mouth is. If it is well-known that a bought soul can always be re-sold for a huge margin guaranteed then logically no-one will accept a mere quarter for their soul. Any reasonable person would barter up the price rather than accept the offered quarter.
Exchanging a quarter for a soul makes it an interesting dinner-party conversation topic - having to pay a market rate of say fifty dollars would be rather different.
I quite often just wear ear-canal headphones without music as they can be very effective in blocking out ambient noise. Tell your boss that's what you do too, how are they going to know.
Can anyone explain what this thing *actually does?* I am not an atom scientist but I still feel I ought to be excited about it. When I read yet another article explaining they cranked up another trillion volts or they might discover a new snarkle particle it just leaves me cold. So what? Is that good somehow? What is it *for?*
I've owned a dozen or so phones nearly all of which have been from Nokia. Never again - the 6220c I currently own is ludicrously locked down and restricted. It works, kind of, but not the way I want it to work. I do mean locked down by Nokia not by a GSM operator. Do Nokia think I am stupid I paid 200 quid for this phone and expect to have root on it.
Owners of expensive Nokia Symbian S60 phones should be happy that they can upgrade their existing hardware to a shiny new version of the OS. But what is really going to happen is they are forced to throw away their old phone and pay all over again for a new hardware/OS bundle.
Nokia has no incentive to produce a truly great phone - whenever they came close to this in the past it depressed new sales because people did not want to give up their old one.
A Brit friend was visiting the USA and phoned the operator (could have been the internal operator at his large company) to ask which international dialling prefix he should use to call home. A short silence then... "United Kingdom? Is that an amusement park?"
The 5 megapixel camera in my Nokia takes great photos. It's always right there in my pocket so I never miss a shot - what were they thinking when they forgot to implement that feature on my SLR!
Compared to an SLR or even compact camera the technical quality of the image isn't all that but they still look fine on Facebook - and I'm guessing that's what counts most for Joe Snapper these days.
My GP nags me to have an anti-flu vaccination every October. For quite a few years I did accept and I would say the treatment actually was effective in the sense of I did have lower incidence of cold/flu than previously when I didn't get the innoculation.
However, over the past few years I refused to take it. Reasons: worry about dependency (am I heading towards being unable to live without annual shots) and uneasiness about what the hell is actually in this stuff. No matter how nicely you ask they will not tell you what -exactly- they are proposing to stick into your body. If you want me to stop being an anti-vaxxer then maybe that's possible but "just trust us we are medical professionals" is not going to do it for me.
I believe in science and the scientific method. He's actually tried it - you haven't. If you don't like the guy's experimental results why not duplicate his experiment and prove him wrong instead of dismissing him as crazy?
It's not enough either to say his claims are so obviously outside of rationality that testing is unnecessary; think for example of the ridicule that was heaped on Edward Jenner when he discovered the cowpox cure for smallpox.
People can read your unencrypted e-mail? Stuff you post on the internet hangs around longer than you think? Maybe there really are people who didn't already know this.
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Here in UK there is not even any need to "buy" a SIM - all network operators will hand them out for free. Although you sometimes find arbitragers managing to resell them for a small sum. One of my kids got two free O2 SIMs with a can of energy drink yesterday.
Yoda self on internet learn English did!
But what happens when you travel to another country where there is a different dialling convention? Suddenly you would be unable to make any calls even though your phone had roamed successfully onto the new country's network. Plus-sign then country code is an international standard however.
Yes and it was so totally a shame when the Wrong brothers invented the airplane first but the credit went to a couple other guys.
I cannot tell you how annoying I used to find this as a newbie to Java. The Java world has enough twisty confusions without unnecessary extra ones.
An electronic alarm which when triggered plays an "amazingly realistic" barking dog sound
http://www.amazon.co.uk/X10-DK10U-Barking-DM10E-External/dp/B000KB2DFO
"Dog Bites Man" is not news. Wake me when you have "Man Bites Dog"
How do they know this about the poisoned MSN conversation? It's hard to imagine that some huge break-in could (days or weeks afterwards) be traced back to such a specific entry point.
then Google Translate (or for some things wordreference.com) are fantastic resources. I don't mind that large chunks of text get translated in a stilted way - if you just need to get the meaning of a short phrase then Google is so much faster and easier than a paper dictionary.
Great - I'm rare! There is only one of me on the entire planet. Although I do corrode. If rarity means something then I'm putting myself on ebay right now!
I tried the free map software yesterday with my Nokia 6220c. First I needed a Windows PC to install the "Ovi Suite" bloatware complete with a mountain of DRM music links and who knows what. Then download the actual maps application. I was not really surprised when it failed to install to the phone; checked the forums to find many others with similar problems. As everyone knows you can post all the bug reports you like but don't hold your breath hoping for Nokia to fix anything. OK I didn't pay anything but sure did waste a lot of time and bandwidth.
I got in A LOT OF TROUBLE when I decrypted that! Next time at least have the decency to flag it NSFW.
It's hard to imagine the whole community would get behind this for just no reason at all. What is their concern exactly? Maybe they think it's an eyesore or maybe they really are getting sick for some other reason wrongly attributed to Evil Tower Rays. Doesn't sound as though the issue can just be forgotten about.
I would never pirate their software either, just in case. Also anyone dreaming up such a great license deserves to get paid.
However there is a logical flaw in the "buy your soul for a quarter" offer designed to make atheists put their money where their mouth is. If it is well-known that a bought soul can always be re-sold for a huge margin guaranteed then logically no-one will accept a mere quarter for their soul. Any reasonable person would barter up the price rather than accept the offered quarter.
Exchanging a quarter for a soul makes it an interesting dinner-party conversation topic - having to pay a market rate of say fifty dollars would be rather different.
I quite often just wear ear-canal headphones without music as they can be very effective in blocking out ambient noise. Tell your boss that's what you do too, how are they going to know.
Can anyone explain what this thing *actually does?* I am not an atom scientist but I still feel I ought to be excited about it. When I read yet another article explaining they cranked up another trillion volts or they might discover a new snarkle particle it just leaves me cold. So what? Is that good somehow? What is it *for?*
I've owned a dozen or so phones nearly all of which have been from Nokia. Never again - the 6220c I currently own is ludicrously locked down and restricted. It works, kind of, but not the way I want it to work. I do mean locked down by Nokia not by a GSM operator. Do Nokia think I am stupid I paid 200 quid for this phone and expect to have root on it.
Owners of expensive Nokia Symbian S60 phones should be happy that they can upgrade their existing hardware to a shiny new version of the OS. But what is really going to happen is they are forced to throw away their old phone and pay all over again for a new hardware/OS bundle.
Nokia has no incentive to produce a truly great phone - whenever they came close to this in the past it depressed new sales because people did not want to give up their old one.
A Brit friend was visiting the USA and phoned the operator (could have been the internal operator at his large company) to ask which international dialling prefix he should use to call home. A short silence then... "United Kingdom? Is that an amusement park?"
The 5 megapixel camera in my Nokia takes great photos. It's always right there in my pocket so I never miss a shot - what were they thinking when they forgot to implement that feature on my SLR!
Compared to an SLR or even compact camera the technical quality of the image isn't all that but they still look fine on Facebook - and I'm guessing that's what counts most for Joe Snapper these days.
My GP nags me to have an anti-flu vaccination every October. For quite a few years I did accept and I would say the treatment actually was effective in the sense of I did have lower incidence of cold/flu than previously when I didn't get the innoculation.
However, over the past few years I refused to take it. Reasons: worry about dependency (am I heading towards being unable to live without annual shots) and uneasiness about what the hell is actually in this stuff. No matter how nicely you ask they will not tell you what -exactly- they are proposing to stick into your body. If you want me to stop being an anti-vaxxer then maybe that's possible but "just trust us we are medical professionals" is not going to do it for me.
But these were not the druids you were looking for...
I misread this as "First Algae Car Attempts To Cross to the US On 25 Gallons of Fuel"
As in "cross to" the US, from here (UK)... only three and a half thousand miles of Atlantic Ocean in between!
I believe in science and the scientific method. He's actually tried it - you haven't. If you don't like the guy's experimental results why not duplicate his experiment and prove him wrong instead of dismissing him as crazy?
It's not enough either to say his claims are so obviously outside of rationality that testing is unnecessary; think for example of the ridicule that was heaped on Edward Jenner when he discovered the cowpox cure for smallpox.
People can read your unencrypted e-mail? Stuff you post on the internet hangs around longer than you think? Maybe there really are people who didn't already know this.