If memory serves me right, T-Mobile and ATT use different bands for 3G data (one is in the 800MHz band, the other 1.8GHz). I believe Verizon and Sprint both have EVDO running in the 1.9GHz band, but don't quote me on that.
Back in the day I didn't have trouble moving devices between Sprint or Verizon, but that was back in the day.
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"we are nowhere near to build even a dumb robot / computer system"
I urge you to research the TALON/SWORDS robot and weapons platform. I was one of the engineers who worked on prototyping autonomous guidance and navigation for it using LIDAR, SONAR, GPS, and INS. In the six months or so we spent coming up with a proof-of-concept system, we had a TALON climbing/descending stairs and navigating around obstacles by itself. This was late 2005 to mid 2006.
Right, because the US government is going to allow its billions of dollars worth of vehicles, including hundreds of aircraft, to lose their primary navigation system. Especially when a significant number of vehicles are deployed to a war zone. And the thousands of commercial airliners and ships that use GPS, they'll be allowed to lose their navigation systems too. Can't forget about general aviation either, there are hundreds of GPS equipeped GA aircraft in the sky at any second. Do you really think that the GPS constellation will be allowed to fail? Seriously, just think for 30 seconds before going "OMG TEH SKY IZ FALLING." Sorry, but neither the sky (nor GPS satellites) are falling.
FD: I work for the world's largest manufacturer of GPS devices.
I had about 50 users abusing the SCM system by running the wrong version client against the server, which could cause corruption of their work. I had no way of stopping them with any technical approach. The solution was to place a whiteboard with a list of users under the heading "User Hit List". Periodically I would circle some names and cross out others with red marker. I had compliance within two days.
Already here. I worked with a professor who was into this stuff. He had UAVs which could change the color of the lower panels to whatever color the sky above them was. They were *really* hard to see.
Those Swedish monsters are a force to be reckoned with. Volvo turbocharged 5-cylinder engines are capable of handling 30% ethanol unmodified. You take hits on power (unless you retrofit with larger injectors) and mileage, but the computer will happily adjust for the ethanol and run smoothly. I have a 2002 V70XC with T5 injectors, IPD ECU software (when I want to have fun), IPD turbo control valve, IPD endlinks, Quickbrick Motorsports torque mounts, ram air intake, and it runs on 91/93 octane gas, or E20 to E30 flex fuel. Even on E20, that huge station wagon can blow away most anyone from a stoplight, with only a 2.4L engine. My friend has a 2004 S60R with an Evolve ECU software, Evolve 3.5" downpipe and exhaust, Porsche/Brembo brakes, and a 2.5L twin-intercooled high-pressure turbocharged engine. That ridiculous product of Sweden puts down 400hp through all four wheels. 0-60 in 4 seconds in a sedan is awesome.
Unfortunately, the American auto industry makes some really neat cars and very high efficiency engines, they just don't sell them to Americans. I will never forget how incredibly upset and angry I was driving a Vauxhall Zafira (which is a 7-passenger GM crossover) and getting more than 40mpg on diesel fuel (which is better than most "efficient" Japanese cars in the US get), and knowing I could not get that car in the US. I miss that Zafira.
You do not need to crack vegetable oil for long term use in a Diesel engine. There are several *types* of Diesel engines out there. Indirect injection engines with linear injector pumps work absolutely fine with natural vegetable oil, and they'd work just fine with copaiba tree oil. If you're worried about impurities, sump your tank to get rid of any heavy junk and water. Its easy and takes less than a minute. Well designed Diesel powered cars have excellent fuel filtration systems. My Mercedes 300SD had a dual-stage system with the first filter being transparent and the second an easily accessible spin-on filter that took no time to replace if necessary. The Mercedes 617 engine isn't considered indestructible for no reason.
My family has had Mercedes cars for over 40 years, partially because of MB's openness. The dealers I've worked with have had no problem printing off exploded views of systems with a BOM. I still have no trouble whatsoever getting information from MB on my 1973 450SL when I need it. I do all the work on my SL, and I would do all the work on my 300SD and 300E also. If I really wanted to pay out the nose, several dealers will even still work on that car.
Volvo isn't too bad with openness either. I have an IPD ECU on my XC70 and have all the diagnostic and monitoring software on a laptop that can read everything, including Volvo specific data.
It is pretty shockingly cheap, and just a few years ago it was even shockingly cheaper to obtain massive amounts of military hardware. If you ask around, some of it is for home/family protection, because out here, if someone breaks into your home with the intent to harm you, you don't always have easy access to police. Of course, you have those who own weapons for the sole purpose of taking on the government when it comes to get them. The number of "Private Property: No government agents of any kind permitted" signs is a little creepy.
Generally, the most heavily armed citizens are also the most law abiding. Those that commit gun crimes in the US often use "saturday night specials" or just have one or two small arms. There have only been three violent crimes perpetrated with legally owned fully-automatic weapons. So, the gun owners who carry for home/family protection are generally going to have the upper hand over the thug who breaks into their home or accosts them on the street.
Thank you for choosing not to invade us. Its nice and quiet here, and it would create a terrible commotion if there were an invasion. Please tell Her Majesty that I purchased the 7.62mm NATO L2A2 ammunition battlepacks lawfully and it is of exceptionally good quality, A+++ seller, would buy from again.:)
I'll provide a little more view into the American midwest for you. I've had to help several English friends come to grips with the culture shock of life in Kansas.
In a lot of the midwest, the armed folks have more than just a few shotguns here and there. Personally, my favorite weapon in my personal collection is my HK G3 (a heavy assault rifle used by several NATO countries), for which I have two huge wooden crates of ammo marked "British Aerospace Royal Ordnance." Additionally, my SKS rifles are equipped with NATO-spec grenade launchers. While I don't have grenades, I do have the mounts, so it would be possible to fashion some sort of device to be launched. I have a couple of European military surplus pistols from the Czech Republic and Romania, along with several boxes of ammo for each. For the record, I'm not some redneck hick, I have all this stuff because I'm a history buff and I recognize the contributions each of the weapons in my collection has made to world history.
Now, to make things interesting, consider I'm a pilot, along with lots of other people in this part of the country. Mix heavily armed citizens with the ability to strike from the air, and you have a very real force.
I have less than $2000 worth of weaponry, and as far as armed citizens around here go, I'm one of the *least* armed. If there is going to be any sort of rebellion or armed insurrection, the civilian population of states like Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas could put up one heck of a fight.
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"What do features have to do with functionality?"
HA! Excellent fanboi quote. You're right, features have nothing to do with functionality, bring on another fart application for the iPhone.
"except maybe the Android, but it's still far behind as far as functionality"
Citation needed. Also, did you miss the part about how the new iPhone 3G S now has features that were already in the HTC Dream?
Teamcenter. It freaking rules. Also, as evil as StarTeam is, it will do the job for you as well.
I have been a user/admin of both Teamcenter and StarTeam.
...which also prevents air from getting to the engine, making it kind of hard to run.
If memory serves me right, T-Mobile and ATT use different bands for 3G data (one is in the 800MHz band, the other 1.8GHz). I believe Verizon and Sprint both have EVDO running in the 1.9GHz band, but don't quote me on that.
Back in the day I didn't have trouble moving devices between Sprint or Verizon, but that was back in the day.
"we are nowhere near to build even a dumb robot / computer system"
I urge you to research the TALON/SWORDS robot and weapons platform. I was one of the engineers who worked on prototyping autonomous guidance and navigation for it using LIDAR, SONAR, GPS, and INS. In the six months or so we spent coming up with a proof-of-concept system, we had a TALON climbing/descending stairs and navigating around obstacles by itself. This was late 2005 to mid 2006.
Right, because the US government is going to allow its billions of dollars worth of vehicles, including hundreds of aircraft, to lose their primary navigation system. Especially when a significant number of vehicles are deployed to a war zone. And the thousands of commercial airliners and ships that use GPS, they'll be allowed to lose their navigation systems too. Can't forget about general aviation either, there are hundreds of GPS equipeped GA aircraft in the sky at any second. Do you really think that the GPS constellation will be allowed to fail? Seriously, just think for 30 seconds before going "OMG TEH SKY IZ FALLING." Sorry, but neither the sky (nor GPS satellites) are falling.
FD: I work for the world's largest manufacturer of GPS devices.
Also, some time ago, Verizon publicly declared they will permit any compatible CDMA device on their network.
I had about 50 users abusing the SCM system by running the wrong version client against the server, which could cause corruption of their work. I had no way of stopping them with any technical approach. The solution was to place a whiteboard with a list of users under the heading "User Hit List". Periodically I would circle some names and cross out others with red marker. I had compliance within two days.
"Maybe a 3D Real Time Model could be fashioned in something like Blender3D."
They would likely use Siemens NX or Dassault CATIA. Blender is not sufficient for CAE.
Already here. I worked with a professor who was into this stuff. He had UAVs which could change the color of the lower panels to whatever color the sky above them was. They were *really* hard to see.
"You could also tap into the mains ring, so if power drops a small set of lights could come on. "
Only do this if you disconnect your house from the demarc are interested in burning your house down.
ORLY?
"Asus is continuing to distance itself from Android, saying it "isn't a priority.""
If you follow the link from that quote in the summary, the word "Asus" isn't anywhere on the page.
The HTC Apache (Sprint PPC6700\Verizon XV6700) has a manually adjustable focus on it's camera.
480x272 (WQVGA) is a very common resolution. Look at the widescreen Garmin nuvis.
Those Swedish monsters are a force to be reckoned with. Volvo turbocharged 5-cylinder engines are capable of handling 30% ethanol unmodified. You take hits on power (unless you retrofit with larger injectors) and mileage, but the computer will happily adjust for the ethanol and run smoothly. I have a 2002 V70XC with T5 injectors, IPD ECU software (when I want to have fun), IPD turbo control valve, IPD endlinks, Quickbrick Motorsports torque mounts, ram air intake, and it runs on 91/93 octane gas, or E20 to E30 flex fuel. Even on E20, that huge station wagon can blow away most anyone from a stoplight, with only a 2.4L engine. My friend has a 2004 S60R with an Evolve ECU software, Evolve 3.5" downpipe and exhaust, Porsche/Brembo brakes, and a 2.5L twin-intercooled high-pressure turbocharged engine. That ridiculous product of Sweden puts down 400hp through all four wheels. 0-60 in 4 seconds in a sedan is awesome.
Unfortunately, the American auto industry makes some really neat cars and very high efficiency engines, they just don't sell them to Americans. I will never forget how incredibly upset and angry I was driving a Vauxhall Zafira (which is a 7-passenger GM crossover) and getting more than 40mpg on diesel fuel (which is better than most "efficient" Japanese cars in the US get), and knowing I could not get that car in the US. I miss that Zafira.
No.
You do not need to crack vegetable oil for long term use in a Diesel engine. There are several *types* of Diesel engines out there. Indirect injection engines with linear injector pumps work absolutely fine with natural vegetable oil, and they'd work just fine with copaiba tree oil. If you're worried about impurities, sump your tank to get rid of any heavy junk and water. Its easy and takes less than a minute. Well designed Diesel powered cars have excellent fuel filtration systems. My Mercedes 300SD had a dual-stage system with the first filter being transparent and the second an easily accessible spin-on filter that took no time to replace if necessary. The Mercedes 617 engine isn't considered indestructible for no reason.
My family has had Mercedes cars for over 40 years, partially because of MB's openness. The dealers I've worked with have had no problem printing off exploded views of systems with a BOM. I still have no trouble whatsoever getting information from MB on my 1973 450SL when I need it. I do all the work on my SL, and I would do all the work on my 300SD and 300E also. If I really wanted to pay out the nose, several dealers will even still work on that car.
Volvo isn't too bad with openness either. I have an IPD ECU on my XC70 and have all the diagnostic and monitoring software on a laptop that can read everything, including Volvo specific data.
It is pretty shockingly cheap, and just a few years ago it was even shockingly cheaper to obtain massive amounts of military hardware. If you ask around, some of it is for home/family protection, because out here, if someone breaks into your home with the intent to harm you, you don't always have easy access to police. Of course, you have those who own weapons for the sole purpose of taking on the government when it comes to get them. The number of "Private Property: No government agents of any kind permitted" signs is a little creepy.
Generally, the most heavily armed citizens are also the most law abiding. Those that commit gun crimes in the US often use "saturday night specials" or just have one or two small arms. There have only been three violent crimes perpetrated with legally owned fully-automatic weapons. So, the gun owners who carry for home/family protection are generally going to have the upper hand over the thug who breaks into their home or accosts them on the street.
Thank you for choosing not to invade us. Its nice and quiet here, and it would create a terrible commotion if there were an invasion. Please tell Her Majesty that I purchased the 7.62mm NATO L2A2 ammunition battlepacks lawfully and it is of exceptionally good quality, A+++ seller, would buy from again. :)
I'll provide a little more view into the American midwest for you. I've had to help several English friends come to grips with the culture shock of life in Kansas.
In a lot of the midwest, the armed folks have more than just a few shotguns here and there. Personally, my favorite weapon in my personal collection is my HK G3 (a heavy assault rifle used by several NATO countries), for which I have two huge wooden crates of ammo marked "British Aerospace Royal Ordnance." Additionally, my SKS rifles are equipped with NATO-spec grenade launchers. While I don't have grenades, I do have the mounts, so it would be possible to fashion some sort of device to be launched. I have a couple of European military surplus pistols from the Czech Republic and Romania, along with several boxes of ammo for each. For the record, I'm not some redneck hick, I have all this stuff because I'm a history buff and I recognize the contributions each of the weapons in my collection has made to world history.
Now, to make things interesting, consider I'm a pilot, along with lots of other people in this part of the country. Mix heavily armed citizens with the ability to strike from the air, and you have a very real force.
I have less than $2000 worth of weaponry, and as far as armed citizens around here go, I'm one of the *least* armed. If there is going to be any sort of rebellion or armed insurrection, the civilian population of states like Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas could put up one heck of a fight.
You wouldn't happen to be an EECS professor in Lawrence, Kansas who drives a VW wagon? Because that guy has a "DEV CAR" license plate too.
Only 200? I buy 50 round boxes of 9mm for about $12/box. Spam is a problem that could be solved for $50.
That's why there are VORs. Pilots use them all the time. They are ground based beacons for direction finding and ranging. And they're not going away.
And my Garmin stock will go through the roof again. :)