Well, it sort of goes against 'being in a bunker', but if I was going to work somewhere for many hours, I'd like some natural light.
Of course it's still possible to achieve that using reflective tubing or such like, though it might still undo whatever it is you seek to achieve by being underground.
If it's not possible, I'd suggest paying lots of attention to lighting. And add some real plants too - they'll generate oxygen as well as making the environment seem less bunker like.
I'm told he's planning to launch that law suit immediately after the conclusion of his investigation into Virginia scientists promoting a controversial theory that the earth is round.
It's a standalone device, so no computer to run, and probably a minimal power draw.
You'd need to run ethernet or a wireless to ethernet adapter for each device.
You do, however, get remote pan and tilt functionality. That should be a boon if you're changing between talking to kids and adults.
Some criticism as to durability, but those folk were running them for a couple of years. Low light problems are always an issue for webcams, I'd highly recommend visiting Ikea or similar and adding several lights to the kitchen to make it really bright if it's not already.
Given police today live by crime-solving stats, I'd imagine being able to direct them to the location of stolen goods would be considered quite attractive.
If not, a phone call to the local TV station's news desk, explaining that your phone was stolen, you know exactly where it is and the local police force were uninterested will probably be enough to knock a 'cat stuck up tree on South 6th St.' story off the news that evening. if you get an enthusiastic enough young reporter looking to get noticed, they might even knock on the door and ask questions for you.
And this poses an conundrum for those that jailbreak with this flaw. Assuming it doesn't fix the flaw itself, you're still left exposed with a device vulnerable to malicious rooting.
Do you sit on your unpatched version of iOS, knowing that any malicious site can root your handheld device, or do you give up the freedoms you obtained and patch for safety?
So if Amazon can make a profit (and they do make a good profit) charging half of MSRP, then B&N charging full MSRP means they are ripping you off. While stores do have to charge a bit more because of overhead, double is not acceptable.
I think you fail to understand the difference between the two business models.
For a specialist book, especially a tech book with a very limited shelf life, that's an expensive thing for a book store to stock. Don't sell it in twelve months and it's obsolete. When you run a brick and mortor chain, you need a copy in every store.
Amazon, on the other hand, can buy say ten or twenty copies and sell them over the entire US.
Perhaps one thing that could work for B&N would be to use their retail stores as warehouses for such books. So if you order a copy from their website, it's posted that afternoon from the nearest store that has it in stock. That might allow them to reduce the number of high risk texts that become obsolete sitting on store shelves.
Eh? Your blackberry mail is transferred encrypted between your phone and RIM, so you have little need to worry about what happens on the AT&T network. All you need to worry about is what happens on the sender's computer, every network the email passes through before reaching RIM, and the internal network at RIM.
As the poster said, there's nothing stopping you from using SSL security to encrypt email communications on any other smart phone, providing a similar level of security (or indeed an enhanced level if you'd rather your email is not stored on a 3rd party's servers).
I know plenty who are using Macs because of their simplicity. I know several who are using iPhones because of their simplicity - most iPhone features were available previously on other phones.
Why should it be different for the iPad?
Why are people paying a price premium for Apple products if it's not for simplicity? Everything else - price, lock-in, lack of features, difficulty and cost of upgrading all suggest Apple should have a torrid time in the marketplace. It's not like Apple are relying on trendy young folk who work in design studios for their sales any more.
So what is this thing, exactly? I'd be interested to hear why people purchase them and what they use them for.
It's for browsing the web on the couch, watching movies in an aeroplane, reading email in bed. It's better than a laptop for any of those things. I was surprised to find the backlit screen works okay for reading e-books, and it's certainly useful to keep a bunch of technical books in the iBooks bookshelf (though why you can't have separate shelves for each category is beyond me).
It's ideal for grandparents that simply have no need for a full blown computer but want to keep in touch. I think for a large number of non geeks it could easily be a better alternative to a laptop or desktop.
I own an iPad. It's nice for what it is, a media consumption device.
What amazes me though is the time it's taking for viable alternatives. It wasn't in any way a surprise that Apple launched this. It wasn't a surprise that this would be a new market segment - netbooks had already shown demand for lower cost highly portable computing devices.
I purchased the iPad for a specific function and it does its job well. However, I can see plenty of areas it could be improved. We're still waiting on multi-tasking. It has no camera a gaping hole in what would otherwise be a great device for grandparents to use for web/email and skype). No flash does limit some sites, and Safari is just okay, certainly not a great browser - you have to pay to get a browser that supports tabs!
The email client seems cumbersome, and from a business user perspective, Microsoft could really make a killing from a similar form factor but with outlook. Outlook is, after all, still king in the corporate world.
The competition needs to get in gear before the iPad becomes as entrenched as the iPod.
No, you jumped away from the case in point. What happened before the officer arrived was well documented, and the actions of the motorcyclist and cop are an entirely separate discussion.
What the ACLU raised is whether you should go to jail for up to sixteen years for recording a police officer without their permission. Bear in mind that the officer jumped unannounced out of the grey vehicle into the field of vision of the motorcyclist and hence into the ongoing recording.
Given the clearly dangerous driving before the officer arrived, it's easy to think that's what should be discussed, but that's not why his home was searched, property seized or why he's facing a jail sentence twice as long as others have received for raping an 11 year old.
Despite the FA headline, 'mechanical difficulties' is in fact NOT in an acts of God list. Rather, they added it to their list of 'Force Majeure' events, along with 'acts of God.' From their Contract of Carriage [southwest.com]: -snip- Likewise, the body of the FA correctly states that both mechanical difficulties and acts of God are in the same list. Of course, that doesn't make for such an eye-grabbing headline..
Force Majeure means 'superior force', so perhaps not an act of your God but of some other deity? Presumably that would be one of the Greek Gods, say Hermes, God of Travel or Lelantos, God of Air?
Sorry, I should have said 'can have as much', but 2GB is easy to add. 750GB and 1TB 2.5" drives are readily available. Anything else can be added externally. At least one of my nettops has an e-sata port so external drives can be added with a high speed connection.
You can get a nettop for about $200 that will have as much storage. It will be fast enough and be x86 so give you a wide choice of distros and with the correct choice of GPU will do hardware accelerated 1080p. Finally it will be a fraction of the size and consume 20 watts.
You're doing no-one other than your power company a favor by resurrecting the G5 tower.
Nah, people are getting a lot better at moving their "My Pictures" folder from computer to computer, and also at not only having 1 copy of it.
You really think so? One of the most common requests I get from friends is to help because a computer/hard disk has died and it has all their photos from the past x years on it.
Usually they're told they need a specialist recovery service and are left weighing up whether those years of photos are worth $$$.
If you own the box set, you can watch it then resell it, recouping a large amount of your expenditure. You could even buy it 2nd hand on eBay and resell it for around the same as you paid, so you're only out eBay fees and shipping.
Renting has its advantages, but it's not necessarily cheaper.
The numerical amount may be high, but that could encompass a lot of costs in having to hire forensic investigators to check out each and every system (since breaking into one can also lead to breaking into others). So you've got the cost of downtime for everyone using the systems (because you want to freeze the system for investigation), the cost of the investigation itself, plus the cost of incidentals (e.g., changing passwords, etc).
Surely, had he not broken in, they would at some point have discovered that they had a number of servers and databases protected by default passwords, or passwordless. They would then have been compelled to take the very same measures to verify the integrity of those systems as it would be impossible to say with any degree of certainty that they were not compromised. Those costs needed to be incurred with or without the breakin, and are directly attributable to the sysadmin that left the boxes connected to the internet while in that state.
The idea under the libel tourism bit is to protect free speech in the America. This is a hacking case. The hacking activity is a crime in both places - and the crime itself took place in both palces. Computer Misuse was violated in UK. Hacking was committed inside the UK, but the target was in US jurisdiction.
If someone in the US writes a blog post about someone in the UK, libeling them under UK law then they are, per the Senate decision, going to be protected from extradition and punishment. The writing would take place in the US, but the target in the UK jurisdiction. Are the scenarios really that dissimilar?
Plus, there's a legitimate question of jurisdiction. If I commit a crime at point A against someone at point B that is thousands of miles away, who gets to decide what the punishment is? The legal system at point A, where the crime was actually being committed, or the legal system at point B, where the target or victim of the crime is located? When dealing with the U.S., there's a general impression that it's always in the U.S. regardless of who did what where, and to be honest, there's a pretty good foundation for that impression. Cases like this don't help.
Indeed, it's interesting that this is posted on the same day as the the Senate unanimously decides to prohibit libel tourism. The idea there was presumably that if you do something in one country, you act under that country's legal jurisdiction. Extradition would make sense if he could only be prosecuted in the US, however what he did is an offense under the UK's Computer Misuse Act and he could be appropriately punished under UK law. The only reason to demand an extradition was to inflict a much harsher punishment than the UK courts would be likely to hand down (probably less than the maximum five years).
On most laptops I've encountered it's a matter of two screws. Pop the original keyboard back on if you need service. I'm not suggesting it's ideal but it's effective and shouldn't be terribly expensive.
I can see no reason for manufacturers to offer a limited subset of a model unless the keyboard is actually a different shape (unlikely) and there's a resultant issue with manufacturing. Most international keyboards are the same shape and the switch should be trivial, especially at a build to order shop like Dell or HP.
Most laptop's have a fairly easy to remove keyboard.
Why not call the supplier and ask how much a local keyboard retails for? Undo the screws, replace the keyboard and voila, your international laptop has been localised.
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Well, it sort of goes against 'being in a bunker', but if I was going to work somewhere for many hours, I'd like some natural light.
Of course it's still possible to achieve that using reflective tubing or such like, though it might still undo whatever it is you seek to achieve by being underground.
If it's not possible, I'd suggest paying lots of attention to lighting. And add some real plants too - they'll generate oxygen as well as making the environment seem less bunker like.
I'm told he's planning to launch that law suit immediately after the conclusion of his investigation into Virginia scientists promoting a controversial theory that the earth is round.
This is a bit more expensive, but solves the problem.
http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DCS-5300-Network-Internet-Camera/dp/B0001AU9B4
It's a standalone device, so no computer to run, and probably a minimal power draw.
You'd need to run ethernet or a wireless to ethernet adapter for each device.
You do, however, get remote pan and tilt functionality. That should be a boon if you're changing between talking to kids and adults.
Some criticism as to durability, but those folk were running them for a couple of years. Low light problems are always an issue for webcams, I'd highly recommend visiting Ikea or similar and adding several lights to the kitchen to make it really bright if it's not already.
Even better would be to use the Coral Cache, as the server is struggling.
Part one
http://www.rundlc.com.nyud.net/news/the-misleading-world-of-atari-2600-box-art-xbox-live/
Part two
http://www.rundlc.com.nyud.net/news/the-misleading-world-of-atari-box-art-part-two-xbox-live/
Given police today live by crime-solving stats, I'd imagine being able to direct them to the location of stolen goods would be considered quite attractive.
If not, a phone call to the local TV station's news desk, explaining that your phone was stolen, you know exactly where it is and the local police force were uninterested will probably be enough to knock a 'cat stuck up tree on South 6th St.' story off the news that evening. if you get an enthusiastic enough young reporter looking to get noticed, they might even knock on the door and ask questions for you.
Preferably open sourced.
And this poses an conundrum for those that jailbreak with this flaw. Assuming it doesn't fix the flaw itself, you're still left exposed with a device vulnerable to malicious rooting.
Do you sit on your unpatched version of iOS, knowing that any malicious site can root your handheld device, or do you give up the freedoms you obtained and patch for safety?
I think you fail to understand the difference between the two business models.
For a specialist book, especially a tech book with a very limited shelf life, that's an expensive thing for a book store to stock. Don't sell it in twelve months and it's obsolete. When you run a brick and mortor chain, you need a copy in every store.
Amazon, on the other hand, can buy say ten or twenty copies and sell them over the entire US.
Perhaps one thing that could work for B&N would be to use their retail stores as warehouses for such books. So if you order a copy from their website, it's posted that afternoon from the nearest store that has it in stock. That might allow them to reduce the number of high risk texts that become obsolete sitting on store shelves.
Perhaps, but they have voided the warranty. Presumably the store staff are no longer allowed to work with that phone.
Eh? Your blackberry mail is transferred encrypted between your phone and RIM, so you have little need to worry about what happens on the AT&T network. All you need to worry about is what happens on the sender's computer, every network the email passes through before reaching RIM, and the internal network at RIM.
As the poster said, there's nothing stopping you from using SSL security to encrypt email communications on any other smart phone, providing a similar level of security (or indeed an enhanced level if you'd rather your email is not stored on a 3rd party's servers).
I know plenty who are using Macs because of their simplicity. I know several who are using iPhones because of their simplicity - most iPhone features were available previously on other phones.
Why should it be different for the iPad?
Why are people paying a price premium for Apple products if it's not for simplicity? Everything else - price, lock-in, lack of features, difficulty and cost of upgrading all suggest Apple should have a torrid time in the marketplace. It's not like Apple are relying on trendy young folk who work in design studios for their sales any more.
It's for browsing the web on the couch, watching movies in an aeroplane, reading email in bed. It's better than a laptop for any of those things. I was surprised to find the backlit screen works okay for reading e-books, and it's certainly useful to keep a bunch of technical books in the iBooks bookshelf (though why you can't have separate shelves for each category is beyond me).
It's ideal for grandparents that simply have no need for a full blown computer but want to keep in touch. I think for a large number of non geeks it could easily be a better alternative to a laptop or desktop.
I own an iPad. It's nice for what it is, a media consumption device.
What amazes me though is the time it's taking for viable alternatives. It wasn't in any way a surprise that Apple launched this. It wasn't a surprise that this would be a new market segment - netbooks had already shown demand for lower cost highly portable computing devices.
I purchased the iPad for a specific function and it does its job well. However, I can see plenty of areas it could be improved. We're still waiting on multi-tasking. It has no camera a gaping hole in what would otherwise be a great device for grandparents to use for web/email and skype). No flash does limit some sites, and Safari is just okay, certainly not a great browser - you have to pay to get a browser that supports tabs!
The email client seems cumbersome, and from a business user perspective, Microsoft could really make a killing from a similar form factor but with outlook. Outlook is, after all, still king in the corporate world.
The competition needs to get in gear before the iPad becomes as entrenched as the iPod.
No, you jumped away from the case in point. What happened before the officer arrived was well documented, and the actions of the motorcyclist and cop are an entirely separate discussion.
What the ACLU raised is whether you should go to jail for up to sixteen years for recording a police officer without their permission. Bear in mind that the officer jumped unannounced out of the grey vehicle into the field of vision of the motorcyclist and hence into the ongoing recording.
Given the clearly dangerous driving before the officer arrived, it's easy to think that's what should be discussed, but that's not why his home was searched, property seized or why he's facing a jail sentence twice as long as others have received for raping an 11 year old.
Force Majeure means 'superior force', so perhaps not an act of your God but of some other deity? Presumably that would be one of the Greek Gods, say Hermes, God of Travel or Lelantos, God of Air?
Sorry, I should have said 'can have as much', but 2GB is easy to add. 750GB and 1TB 2.5" drives are readily available. Anything else can be added externally. At least one of my nettops has an e-sata port so external drives can be added with a high speed connection.
That Is The Correct Answer.
You can get a nettop for about $200 that will have as much storage. It will be fast enough and be x86 so give you a wide choice of distros and with the correct choice of GPU will do hardware accelerated 1080p. Finally it will be a fraction of the size and consume 20 watts.
You're doing no-one other than your power company a favor by resurrecting the G5 tower.
You really think so? One of the most common requests I get from friends is to help because a computer/hard disk has died and it has all their photos from the past x years on it.
Usually they're told they need a specialist recovery service and are left weighing up whether those years of photos are worth $$$.
If you own the box set, you can watch it then resell it, recouping a large amount of your expenditure. You could even buy it 2nd hand on eBay and resell it for around the same as you paid, so you're only out eBay fees and shipping.
Renting has its advantages, but it's not necessarily cheaper.
Surely, had he not broken in, they would at some point have discovered that they had a number of servers and databases protected by default passwords, or passwordless. They would then have been compelled to take the very same measures to verify the integrity of those systems as it would be impossible to say with any degree of certainty that they were not compromised. Those costs needed to be incurred with or without the breakin, and are directly attributable to the sysadmin that left the boxes connected to the internet while in that state.
If someone in the US writes a blog post about someone in the UK, libeling them under UK law then they are, per the Senate decision, going to be protected from extradition and punishment. The writing would take place in the US, but the target in the UK jurisdiction. Are the scenarios really that dissimilar?
Indeed, it's interesting that this is posted on the same day as the the Senate unanimously decides to prohibit libel tourism. The idea there was presumably that if you do something in one country, you act under that country's legal jurisdiction. Extradition would make sense if he could only be prosecuted in the US, however what he did is an offense under the UK's Computer Misuse Act and he could be appropriately punished under UK law. The only reason to demand an extradition was to inflict a much harsher punishment than the UK courts would be likely to hand down (probably less than the maximum five years).
On most laptops I've encountered it's a matter of two screws. Pop the original keyboard back on if you need service. I'm not suggesting it's ideal but it's effective and shouldn't be terribly expensive.
I can see no reason for manufacturers to offer a limited subset of a model unless the keyboard is actually a different shape (unlikely) and there's a resultant issue with manufacturing. Most international keyboards are the same shape and the switch should be trivial, especially at a build to order shop like Dell or HP.
Most laptop's have a fairly easy to remove keyboard.
Why not call the supplier and ask how much a local keyboard retails for? Undo the screws, replace the keyboard and voila, your international laptop has been localised.
Typically I'm looking for a map because I've never been there before, hence making your own map in advance can be problematic.
Not playing down the benefits of making maps and having them available to others, just pointing out that making your own may have slightly less value.