Last time I checked, *everything* we do has some form of by-product that could be considered waste. Heck, I can turn a bowl of beans into a mean ol' cloud of gas.
What they fail to mention is the benefit of the chip manufactured. Cost/Benefit - sound familiar?
This article is just reason # 87 why I cancelled my SciAm subscription earlier this year after 15 years of subscribing. They've veered from true science and now feel the need 'preach' environment, evolution, abortion, etc. in the monthly Editor's Perspectives (and various articles).
>>Warsurfing? (Score:5)
>>by sdeath on Friday October 11, @07:05AM
>>As though 802.11 wasn't bad enough. Now we can
>>have someone sniffing hard drive accesses as
>>well?
>>I wonder when "Bluesnort" will be coming out.
With its 30ft open air range, I think you'd maybe kinda sorta be aware of anyone snorting in your vicinity.
Unless, of course, the snorter uses a BT(tm) enabled Pringles can to enhance reception...
>>Re:47 Second Transfer Time (Score:0)
>>by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 05,
>>@11:49AM (#4200389)
>>I'm impressed by your toys. But I wonder if
>>your shareholders will be happy about you
>>giving out this kind of internal business
>>information. Good luck!
It's all on the corporate website, Mr. Anonymous. Sorry that you had nothing to add to the discussion. Especially anything you would be willing to have your ID attached to...
Lets dissect this digicam (Score:4)
by cioxx (abuse@ c i o x x.com) on Thursday September 05, @09:19AM (#4199517)
INSIGHTFUL?
That's the problem with the modders - they don't have a CLUE what the articles are about.
>>So that gives you a really small radius around your PC to take pictures,
Are you that myopic to think Sony would make a camera that had NO ONBOARD STORAGE?
>>I doubt there is a phone out there which will store massive uncompressed image data on a tiny memory block
Use the BT phone to transmit the image. If not directly, then through a BT enable PPC. What idiot would want to view a 2048 image on a cell phone?
>>Good. Someone should tell Sony that 1999 called. They want the digital camera back.
Just because you can't use it doesn't mean many others in much different situations can.
I have a customer that has waited for this camera over 12 months. They will be purchasing, oh, the small sum of 2,000 pending price.
Yeah - a useless failure of a product right out of the chute.
>>Time between pictures is, IMO, one of the most
>>important aspects
>>I'd say the device is practically useless
Local storage will mitigate this item. Background transfer is how BT will be used.
The "full resolution" picture mentioned is probably TIFF based and will highly unlikely be the default resolution.
As for practically useless, I can guarantee Sony that we'll buy 2,000 of these cameras the day they can ship (assuming the price is not typical Sony-outrageous). And this is just in my small six state territory.
We have quite a few applications today that require photos. Combined with a BT enabled RUGGED PocketPC (hhtp://www.intermec.com/) for Field Service/Merchandising/LTL Cross-dock/Inspection/etc this camera will be another piece to the puzzle.
Add our BT enabled O'Neil mfg printers along with the GPRS BT enabled T68i telephone and we have a remarkable TOTAL offering. WAN, Imaging, Printing, Voice - and it's all CABLE-FREE! Even without the T68i, we can integrate GPRS or CDMA/1xRTT AND 802.11b AND BlueTooth into the same PPC (allowing voice comm through the device).
Anyone with experience in WAN coverage for Motient/Mobitex/RAM/ARDIS/Cingular/CDPD (whatever those groups are calling themselves this week) realizes that COVERAGE is KEY.
A convention center trade show painted with WiFi is not greater NYC. Just because you can surf the web with your laptop while on the second floor toilet in your house it does not mean you can scale outside your teeny D-Link range.
Let me guess - people will actually care to use a patchwork system that will have gaping holes every 1000ft or so. Yeah, sounds like a real world enterprise solution to me.
Get it straight - WiFi in the warehouse - WAN everywhere else (except the desolate Dakotas....).
Just went to Dell's website and attempted to configure an Opti-Flex model. The only options for O/S were all M$ based. There was no "NO O/S" option available.
I suppose I could call them but I've already wasted 5 minutes on this so far...
>>The problem is that even if they did for an >>olipoly to combat microsoft's monopoly, they >>would lose. The fact is that 99% of the PC >>customers will want a microsoft OS.
I disagree - what people want is the ability to swap files without incompatibilities between systems. Look at MP3s as a simple example. Any chance M$ is going to monopolize an application using the MP3 format?
As far as I care, leave M$'s O/S alone and force the DOC, XLS, PPT, etc. file formats to be open sourced and available to everyone. Don't give me the "need to innovate" BS - nothing worthwhile has been added to M$Word since v6.0 for DOS. You'll see the world switching off of M$ as soon as their IT departments rubberstamp the change request(s).
Once the file formats are open, we'll start to see some decay in M$'s stranglehold....
Solar power rebates for home PV systems
on
The Future in Gear
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
The PCMag mentions solar power which I've been looking to add to my new home.
This website lists rebate options for installed systems per each state.
http://www.dsireusa.org/
Pennsylvania will rebate up to $8,000 for a system in PECO territory. Flying car is next on my list....
Working armonica played daily in Philadelphia
on
Franklin's Glass Armonica
·
· Score: 3, Interesting
--Franklin suffered severe nerve damage in his
--hands playing this.
Not according to the Franklin Museum here in Philadelphia which has a working armonica on display. It is played daily by staff who also give a detailed history of Franklin and the armonica. What they do state is consideratation was given to the lead based components used in early armonicas coming into contact with the players fingers (and possibly entering thus slowly poisoning the individual).
Museum is located behind the Franklin Post Office (between 3rd and 4th streets on Market) and is downstairs. It is required viewing for everyone that has come to visit my family in Philadelphia. Especially if you can find the staff member that can play "America the Beautiful".
>>Franklin suffered severe nerve damage in his
>>hands playing this.
Not according to the Franklin Museum here in Philadelphia which has a working armonica on display. It is played daily by staff who also give a detailed history of Franklin and the armonica. What they do state is consideratation was given to the lead based components used in early armonicas coming into contact with the players fingers (and possibly entering thus slowly poisoning the individual).
Museum is located behind the Franklin Post Office (between 3rd and 4th streets on Market) and is downstairs. It is required viewing for everyone that has come to visit my family in Philadelphia. Especially if you can find the staff member that can play "America the Beautiful".
Read the friggin' thread. I pulled the damn lyrics off of PE's website. You think they might know what the actual lyric is?
FUNKY FUNKY FUNKY - keepin' it real - real dumb
Re:misquotin' the Flav, holmes (Score:1)
by packeteer (packeteer AT subdimension DOT com) on Saturday July 20, @06:51AM (#3921799)
(User #566398 Info)
i just listened to the song before i posted to make sure and he says "It all adds up to a fuckin' situation" not "fucked up" or "fucking" but "fuckin'"
--
unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;unmou nt;sleep
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Re:misquotin' the Flav, holmes (Score:0)
by MobileDude on Saturday July 20, @05:25AM (#3921683)
(User #530145 Info | http://www.intermec.com/)
Flavor Flav-a says, "Owwwww!"
http://www.publicenemy.com/lyrics/lyrics/911-is-a- joke.php
>>I can prove it to you watch the rotation
>>It all adds up to a funky situation
Go with a company that has dual radio capability in one UAP so that you don't have to run Cat5 cable. Also, if I was a tenant, seamless roaming would be a requirement.
www.intermec.com
Look at their 210x series; especially the 2100 for outdoors.
I don't have cable modem access but do use DSL and ISDN from Verizon. I'm not ecstatic with Verizon, but it has been relatively stable.
Can anyone discuss how the cable industry's broadband access infrastructure is different than DSL? Is it as simple as cable companies outsourcing their broadband offering to Excite@Home? Is Covad a similar failure in the DSL arena?
Are the phone companies better suited to survive and thrive?
Slashdot Mirror
Use RFID tags instead of barcodes and you might actually have a useful system.
Imagine a key that you don't need to take out of your pocket.
Of course, I guess you might have to move the 'key rack/holder' away from the door area lest it stay open 24/7 ?
>>'Preach' evolution, abortion, and the
= 000B959 1-ABDF-1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7&pageNumber=1&catI D=2
>>environment? I can't say I've ever seen
>>abortion mentioned in SciAm.
From December 2000:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID
Do a little research before you post next time.
In retrospect, *preach* was a bit strong for me to state. I still stand by my thought that SciAm has gone from hard science to 'soft' science.
Read the original chip article. Only states estimated costs - no mention of any benefit.
I can get my political spin from other sources
(The Nation, National Review, etc.) than SciAm.
Last time I checked, *everything* we do has some form of by-product that could be considered waste. Heck, I can turn a bowl of beans into a mean ol' cloud of gas.
What they fail to mention is the benefit of the chip manufactured. Cost/Benefit - sound familiar?
This article is just reason # 87 why I cancelled my SciAm subscription earlier this year after 15 years of subscribing. They've veered from true science and now feel the need 'preach' environment, evolution, abortion, etc. in the monthly Editor's Perspectives (and various articles).
>>Warsurfing? (Score:5)
>>by sdeath on Friday October 11, @07:05AM
>>As though 802.11 wasn't bad enough. Now we can
>>have someone sniffing hard drive accesses as
>>well?
>>I wonder when "Bluesnort" will be coming out.
With its 30ft open air range, I think you'd maybe kinda sorta be aware of anyone snorting in your vicinity.
Unless, of course, the snorter uses a BT(tm) enabled Pringles can to enhance reception...
McGyver is their "field technician". He'll have it up and running in no time. With a FLUX2(tm) to boot!
>>Re:47 Second Transfer Time (Score:0)
>>by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 05,
>>@11:49AM (#4200389)
>>I'm impressed by your toys. But I wonder if
>>your shareholders will be happy about you
>>giving out this kind of internal business
>>information. Good luck!
It's all on the corporate website, Mr. Anonymous. Sorry that you had nothing to add to the discussion. Especially anything you would be willing to have your ID attached to...
Lets dissect this digicam (Score:4) .com) on Thursday
by cioxx (abuse@ c i o x x
September 05, @09:19AM (#4199517)
INSIGHTFUL?
That's the problem with the modders - they don't have a CLUE what the articles are about.
>>So that gives you a really small radius around your PC to take pictures,
Are you that myopic to think Sony would make a camera that had NO ONBOARD STORAGE?
>>I doubt there is a phone out there which will store massive uncompressed image data on a tiny memory block
Use the BT phone to transmit the image. If not directly, then through a BT enable PPC. What idiot would want to view a 2048 image on a cell phone?
>>Good. Someone should tell Sony that 1999 called. They want the digital camera back.
Just because you can't use it doesn't mean many others in much different situations can.
I have a customer that has waited for this camera over 12 months. They will be purchasing, oh, the small sum of 2,000 pending price.
Yeah - a useless failure of a product right out of the chute.
>>Time between pictures is, IMO, one of the most
>>important aspects
>>I'd say the device is practically useless
Local storage will mitigate this item. Background transfer is how BT will be used.
The "full resolution" picture mentioned is probably TIFF based and will highly unlikely be the default resolution.
As for practically useless, I can guarantee Sony that we'll buy 2,000 of these cameras the day they can ship (assuming the price is not typical Sony-outrageous). And this is just in my small six state territory.
We have quite a few applications today that require photos. Combined with a BT enabled RUGGED PocketPC (hhtp://www.intermec.com/) for Field Service/Merchandising/LTL Cross-dock/Inspection/etc this camera will be another piece to the puzzle.
Add our BT enabled O'Neil mfg printers along with the GPRS BT enabled T68i telephone and we have a remarkable TOTAL offering. WAN, Imaging, Printing, Voice - and it's all CABLE-FREE! Even without the T68i, we can integrate GPRS or CDMA/1xRTT AND 802.11b AND BlueTooth into the same PPC (allowing voice comm through the device).
Useless? Not from our perspective.
It amazes me how people think of such things.
Anyone with experience in WAN coverage for Motient/Mobitex/RAM/ARDIS/Cingular/CDPD (whatever those groups are calling themselves this week) realizes that COVERAGE is KEY.
A convention center trade show painted with WiFi is not greater NYC. Just because you can surf the web with your laptop while on the second floor toilet in your house it does not mean you can scale outside your teeny D-Link range.
Let me guess - people will actually care to use a patchwork system that will have gaping holes every 1000ft or so. Yeah, sounds like a real world enterprise solution to me.
Get it straight - WiFi in the warehouse - WAN everywhere else (except the desolate Dakotas....).
>>It's about time (Score:3)
>>by fishlet
>>It's a shame that laws have to be passed to
>>enforce what should just be common courtesy
Although I agree, how in the world do you expect this law to be enforced?
I can see it now - state troopers staking out the concession stand with GPRS/GSM band detectors...
(Get your CDMA phone today and thwart the coppers!)
>>Open bidding's taken care of too: "Because
>>these services are considered a gift, the city
>>won't have to publicly bid the project."
This won't last long under public scrutiny.
-------
Coming soon! Microsoft Bob II !!!
too funny - check out the videos of previous Flugtag's on the linked website.
My fave is the Red Baron mock-up that flew, oh about.... 4 feet (1.26m for you Euros)
Just went to Dell's website and attempted to configure an Opti-Flex model. The only options for O/S were all M$ based. There was no "NO O/S" option available.
I suppose I could call them but I've already wasted 5 minutes on this so far...
>>The problem is that even if they did for an
>>olipoly to combat microsoft's monopoly, they
>>would lose. The fact is that 99% of the PC
>>customers will want a microsoft OS.
I disagree - what people want is the ability to swap files without incompatibilities between systems. Look at MP3s as a simple example. Any chance M$ is going to monopolize an application using the MP3 format?
As far as I care, leave M$'s O/S alone and force the DOC, XLS, PPT, etc. file formats to be open sourced and available to everyone. Don't give me the "need to innovate" BS - nothing worthwhile has been added to M$Word since v6.0 for DOS. You'll see the world switching off of M$ as soon as their IT departments rubberstamp the change request(s).
Once the file formats are open, we'll start to see some decay in M$'s stranglehold....
The PCMag mentions solar power which I've been looking to add to my new home.
This website lists rebate options for installed systems per each state.
http://www.dsireusa.org/
Pennsylvania will rebate up to $8,000 for a system in PECO territory. Flying car is next on my list....
--Franklin suffered severe nerve damage in his --hands playing this. Not according to the Franklin Museum here in Philadelphia which has a working armonica on display. It is played daily by staff who also give a detailed history of Franklin and the armonica. What they do state is consideratation was given to the lead based components used in early armonicas coming into contact with the players fingers (and possibly entering thus slowly poisoning the individual). Museum is located behind the Franklin Post Office (between 3rd and 4th streets on Market) and is downstairs. It is required viewing for everyone that has come to visit my family in Philadelphia. Especially if you can find the staff member that can play "America the Beautiful".
>>Franklin suffered severe nerve damage in his >>hands playing this. Not according to the Franklin Museum here in Philadelphia which has a working armonica on display. It is played daily by staff who also give a detailed history of Franklin and the armonica. What they do state is consideratation was given to the lead based components used in early armonicas coming into contact with the players fingers (and possibly entering thus slowly poisoning the individual). Museum is located behind the Franklin Post Office (between 3rd and 4th streets on Market) and is downstairs. It is required viewing for everyone that has come to visit my family in Philadelphia. Especially if you can find the staff member that can play "America the Beautiful".
>>or imagine what would happen to the United
>>States if someone flew a 1000lb pilotless bomb
>>into the 2002 Oscars!
If that ever occurs, you'll find me in the streets dancing with the Palestinians.
Read the friggin' thread. I pulled the damn lyrics off of PE's website. You think they might know what the actual lyric is? FUNKY FUNKY FUNKY - keepin' it real - real dumb Re:misquotin' the Flav, holmes (Score:1) by packeteer (packeteer AT subdimension DOT com) on Saturday July 20, @06:51AM (#3921799) (User #566398 Info) i just listened to the song before i posted to make sure and he says "It all adds up to a fuckin' situation" not "fucked up" or "fucking" but "fuckin'" -- unzip;strip;touch;finger;mount;fsck;more;yes;unmou nt;sleep
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Re:misquotin' the Flav, holmes (Score:0)
by MobileDude on Saturday July 20, @05:25AM (#3921683)
(User #530145 Info | http://www.intermec.com/)
Flavor Flav-a says, "Owwwww!"
http://www.publicenemy.com/lyrics/lyrics/911-is-a- joke.php
>>I can prove it to you watch the rotation
>>It all adds up to a funky situation
Flavor Flav-a says, "Owwwww!"
- a- joke.php
http://www.publicenemy.com/lyrics/lyrics/911-is
>>I can prove it to you watch the rotation
>>It all adds up to a funky situation
ugh!
Go with a company that has dual radio capability in one UAP so that you don't have to run Cat5 cable. Also, if I was a tenant, seamless roaming would be a requirement.
www.intermec.com
Look at their 210x series; especially the 2100 for outdoors.
>>(14 yrs old) my father hired me
>>That's 8 years of "real world(tm)" experience
You're kidding, right? Working for Daddy on his big ol' puters?
If that's the case, I ran my own Landscaping Firm from the ages of 9 to 18 years old....
>>"Look at the size of that thing!"
I get this comment a lot....