1. GPS works fine on most major roads in cities as they are long and straight so you usually have at least 2-3 areas where you can see fairly near the horizon.
2. True but GPS with WAAS can give accuracies of down to ~7ft (I routinely get this in my small city).
3. Many, many GPS units include a compass and/or give a moving direction.
4. Why not just look at a road sign and type it into MapQuest on your internet-connected cell phone?
I'm wondering as well what car this is with an air/liquid intercooler stock. I dnn't know of any that have been made since diagnostic computers came about. I'm not saying they don't exist - I just want to know what car it is!
I am currently in business with my closest friend in the world (besides my wife). We have been in business for 6 years. We are still best friends and will be for a long time - whether the business makes it or not. The key to working with family or friends is to remember that money is valuable but relationships are priceless. Never forget that your friendship or family relationships are more important than any amount of money. Just talk with any nurse or doctor - when someone is dying (either because they are old or gravely ill) they don't ask that their money be brought to them to comfort them and to spend their last moments with. They ask for their family and friends.
For all those tin-foil hat wearers, there have been available (since early 2001) WAAS signals which provide correction information re: GPS in North America that can give accuracy as close as 3M. In fact, my Garmin Rino 120 regularly reports it's calculated accuracy level to be 7ft when I have a good view of the southern horizon. That's enough to hit you with a car. By 2005, cell providers in the US must be able to triangulate the position of cell phones to within 100ft (a far cry from 500M). In some E911 compliant areas this can already be done. They know where you are. Now, the question is - do they care?
Actually, Corel Draw has supported SVG since version 10 - though it wasn't until 11 that they really got it right. Also, Jasc (makers of Paint Shop Pro) WebDraw is a native SVG editor - that is, it's file format is SVG. These are available (full versions) for $399 and $199 respectively.
That's true. The forums were run on a single server (AFAIK) because they are intended only to be a place for their customers to discuss (not a news site for the world). At any rate, we all know that it would take a heck of a server to keep vBulletin running under Slashdot style loads - at least anyone who's tried to run a vBulletin forum. It certainly would have looked better if their bulletin boards hadn't gone down.
Sorry, take a look at this: http://www.ev1servers.net/english/aboutus/networks.asp and you will see that that Slashdot users can't even come close to affecting their datacenter. (for those who don't want to click - it's MRTG graphs of their 16 Gbps links to/from 8 separate Internet providers). Their Internet links can handle ~70,000 25KB-size page downloads per second.
Speaking of MythTV - does anyone know if there are processes in MythTV that could benefit from OpenMosix? I mean besides just moving basic background processes off of the box and out to another processor, does anyone know if the actual encoding is something that could be successfully migrated off to another computer? What about when transcoding something (eg. changing the coding type)? I ask because I have a home network (100Mbps Ethernet) and both my Laptop and Desktop (XP2400+, XP2000+ respectively) are running OpenMosix and could often contribute their processing cycles if I use an OpenMosix patched kernel on a MythTV machine.
Actually, SSL certificates are free. You can sign one yourself. You just have to ensure that your visitors trust you to be the one that signs your SSL cert. If they don't then you can pay someone else to sign it for you (eg. Thawte) who they trust more. That person has the right to charge whatever they want because they are essentially selling their trust to you (so that your visitors trust you because they trust your cert issuer). Nobody forces you to pay anything for an SSL cert.
Nope, it's not recent. In fact, it's been Sprint PCS policy for quite some time. I sold PCS phones (at RadioShack) back in 1999 and 2000 and we had quite a few customers who were not interested in any kind of contract. We always sold them Sprint PCS phones because it was their only non-contract option. And it's always been an extra $10/month without a contract unless they have a promotional plan in which case it may be the same price with or without a contract. At least as far as I know.
Not in the US. They don't have to support the software but they cannot legally consider the warranty void on the hardware unless they can prove that the software you installed (Linux) was the direct cause of the hardware failure. For instance, if you install Linux and it tells the motherboard to shut off all cooling fans and fries the CPU then your warranty is void. If you install Linux and your CPU cooling fan fails physically (for a reason not having to do with the software - eg. poor manufacturing) then your warranty is not void. See the following:
(c) Prohibition on conditions for written or implied warranty; waiver by Commission
No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the Commission if -
(1)
the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and
(2)
the Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.
The Commission shall identify in the Federal Register, and permit public comment on, all applications for waiver of the prohibition of this subsection, and shall publish in the Federal Register its disposition of any such application, including the reasons therefor.
No. You are wrong. TW RoadRunner just went to 3 megabit and I usually get around 400-410 kilobytes/sec download rates so I actually exceed the rated speed. And that is for $42/mo (actually, $30 right now with the 6 month promo). Dedicated 1.5 megabit Internet connectivity is available for about $200 via SHDSL from many providers. This is 1.5 megabits of synchronous DEDICATED bandwidth - guaranteed all the way to the provider's backbone usually. The only thing is that an SLA which provides more than a refund for downtime(eg. payment for lost revenue, etc) will require that you have a T1 ($800+/mo) which is a totally different beast and - yes - it is around 1.54 megabit. But you're paying for much more than the bandwidth, you're paying for service and guarantees. So they key word isn't "dedicated", it's "guaranteed".
Maybe it is platform specific but I typically run my Windows box without closing my Mozilla browser (webmail page is always open) for up to a month at a time without any noticable memory problems. Then again, I do have 1GB of RAM on my box so maybe it only eats like 256MB or something?
Actually, the battery life on my Axim with a standard battery is about 7-10hrs (depends on usage, 7hrs playing DiVX movies and 10hrs general use) with the processor on Automatic. With the extended life battery that jumps to 12-16hrs. That puts it right in line with the "only good gaming PDA". Now, the Zodiac does have some other advantages - namely the ATI(R) Imageon(TM) W4200 graphics accelerator (with 8MB dedicated SDRAM) and the higher resolution (480x320 instead of 320x240). Of course the 90 day warranty (vs. the Axim's 1 year) which is extendable to 9 months (vs. Axim's 3 year) isn't all that great.
So, what about those who are disabled? Will screen-readers be able to read these documents? If not, will major corporations bother using this? If so, what's to stop the screen reader from placing the content on the clipboard or in some other usable place?
It usually is compressed to 16 kbps or 12 kbps. The bitrate can be changed on the fly to accomodate for circumstances - such as running a lower bitrate during the recent major power outage to prevent calls from blocking (much higher voice traffic than usual).
Actually, that is not true in many vehicles. Most vehicles have vacuum assist brakes and they are not electrically activated (the engine must be running). See http://autos.yahoo.com/repair/results/ques145.html .
As for power steering, there are a very limited number of cars with electric power steering. To quote Jim Kerr, "So what vehicles have electric power steering? While TRW did make some systems in the early 80's, such as the Fiero that used an electric motor to drive the hydraulic power steering pump, the first real application had to be the Acura NSX. Compact, light and responsive, the steering system matched the characteristics of this aluminum bodied sports coupe. Honda again introduced a system on the S2000 sports car. Steering response and feel are excellent. Smaller, lighter electric units are also used on Honda's Hybid Insight and Civic sedan.
Saturn is using electric power steering on the Vue SUV and the Ion sedan. QuadraSteer, GM's rear wheel steering system optional on some full size trucks is a true electric steering system with no mechanical connection to the steering wheel. When GM introduces the 2004 Malibu, it will use Delphi's new E*STEER unit. Other OEM vendors of electric power steering systems are Visteon with EPAS and ZF Freidrichshafen AG with ZF Servolectric."
I'll second that to confirm that it is in fact true. Actually, it was just within the last 5-7 years that people who work for the NSA were finally allowed to say so. I lived in Arnold, MD until 1996 and knew quite a few people who "worked at Andrews Air Force Base". Basically that meant "I work for the NSA". That was all they could really say. Now they are allowed to admit they work for the NSA.
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1. GPS works fine on most major roads in cities as they are long and straight so you usually have at least 2-3 areas where you can see fairly near the horizon. 2. True but GPS with WAAS can give accuracies of down to ~7ft (I routinely get this in my small city). 3. Many, many GPS units include a compass and/or give a moving direction. 4. Why not just look at a road sign and type it into MapQuest on your internet-connected cell phone?
I'm wondering as well what car this is with an air/liquid intercooler stock. I dnn't know of any that have been made since diagnostic computers came about. I'm not saying they don't exist - I just want to know what car it is!
I am currently in business with my closest friend in the world (besides my wife). We have been in business for 6 years. We are still best friends and will be for a long time - whether the business makes it or not. The key to working with family or friends is to remember that money is valuable but relationships are priceless. Never forget that your friendship or family relationships are more important than any amount of money. Just talk with any nurse or doctor - when someone is dying (either because they are old or gravely ill) they don't ask that their money be brought to them to comfort them and to spend their last moments with. They ask for their family and friends.
Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. Oh, wait a minute...
For all those tin-foil hat wearers, there have been available (since early 2001) WAAS signals which provide correction information re: GPS in North America that can give accuracy as close as 3M. In fact, my Garmin Rino 120 regularly reports it's calculated accuracy level to be 7ft when I have a good view of the southern horizon. That's enough to hit you with a car. By 2005, cell providers in the US must be able to triangulate the position of cell phones to within 100ft (a far cry from 500M). In some E911 compliant areas this can already be done. They know where you are. Now, the question is - do they care?
Actually, Corel Draw has supported SVG since version 10 - though it wasn't until 11 that they really got it right. Also, Jasc (makers of Paint Shop Pro) WebDraw is a native SVG editor - that is, it's file format is SVG. These are available (full versions) for $399 and $199 respectively.
That's true. The forums were run on a single server (AFAIK) because they are intended only to be a place for their customers to discuss (not a news site for the world). At any rate, we all know that it would take a heck of a server to keep vBulletin running under Slashdot style loads - at least anyone who's tried to run a vBulletin forum. It certainly would have looked better if their bulletin boards hadn't gone down.
Sorry, take a look at this: http://www.ev1servers.net/english/aboutus/networks .asp and you will see that that Slashdot users can't even come close to affecting their datacenter. (for those who don't want to click - it's MRTG graphs of their 16 Gbps links to/from 8 separate Internet providers). Their Internet links can handle ~70,000 25KB-size page downloads per second.
Actually, it hasn't all been remedied. Packet8 still does not support number portability so you have to get a new number to use Packet8. See here.
Of course, to access your speed dial you just use the "special code" - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right.
Speaking of MythTV - does anyone know if there are processes in MythTV that could benefit from OpenMosix? I mean besides just moving basic background processes off of the box and out to another processor, does anyone know if the actual encoding is something that could be successfully migrated off to another computer? What about when transcoding something (eg. changing the coding type)? I ask because I have a home network (100Mbps Ethernet) and both my Laptop and Desktop (XP2400+, XP2000+ respectively) are running OpenMosix and could often contribute their processing cycles if I use an OpenMosix patched kernel on a MythTV machine.
Actually, SSL certificates are free. You can sign one yourself. You just have to ensure that your visitors trust you to be the one that signs your SSL cert. If they don't then you can pay someone else to sign it for you (eg. Thawte) who they trust more. That person has the right to charge whatever they want because they are essentially selling their trust to you (so that your visitors trust you because they trust your cert issuer). Nobody forces you to pay anything for an SSL cert.
Nope, it's not recent. In fact, it's been Sprint PCS policy for quite some time. I sold PCS phones (at RadioShack) back in 1999 and 2000 and we had quite a few customers who were not interested in any kind of contract. We always sold them Sprint PCS phones because it was their only non-contract option. And it's always been an extra $10/month without a contract unless they have a promotional plan in which case it may be the same price with or without a contract. At least as far as I know.
Not in the US. They don't have to support the software but they cannot legally consider the warranty void on the hardware unless they can prove that the software you installed (Linux) was the direct cause of the hardware failure. For instance, if you install Linux and it tells the motherboard to shut off all cooling fans and fries the CPU then your warranty is void. If you install Linux and your CPU cooling fan fails physically (for a reason not having to do with the software - eg. poor manufacturing) then your warranty is not void. See the following:
TITLE 15 > CHAPTER 50 > Sec. 2302.
(c) Prohibition on conditions for written or implied warranty; waiver by Commission
No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on the consumer's using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under the terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade, or corporate name; except that the prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the Commission if -
(1)
the warrantor satisfies the Commission that the warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with the warranted product, and
(2)
the Commission finds that such a waiver is in the public interest.
The Commission shall identify in the Federal Register, and permit public comment on, all applications for waiver of the prohibition of this subsection, and shall publish in the Federal Register its disposition of any such application, including the reasons therefor.
No. You are wrong. TW RoadRunner just went to 3 megabit and I usually get around 400-410 kilobytes/sec download rates so I actually exceed the rated speed. And that is for $42/mo (actually, $30 right now with the 6 month promo). Dedicated 1.5 megabit Internet connectivity is available for about $200 via SHDSL from many providers. This is 1.5 megabits of synchronous DEDICATED bandwidth - guaranteed all the way to the provider's backbone usually. The only thing is that an SLA which provides more than a refund for downtime(eg. payment for lost revenue, etc) will require that you have a T1 ($800+/mo) which is a totally different beast and - yes - it is around 1.54 megabit. But you're paying for much more than the bandwidth, you're paying for service and guarantees. So they key word isn't "dedicated", it's "guaranteed".
Maybe it is platform specific but I typically run my Windows box without closing my Mozilla browser (webmail page is always open) for up to a month at a time without any noticable memory problems. Then again, I do have 1GB of RAM on my box so maybe it only eats like 256MB or something?
Actually, the battery life on my Axim with a standard battery is about 7-10hrs (depends on usage, 7hrs playing DiVX movies and 10hrs general use) with the processor on Automatic. With the extended life battery that jumps to 12-16hrs. That puts it right in line with the "only good gaming PDA". Now, the Zodiac does have some other advantages - namely the ATI(R) Imageon(TM) W4200 graphics accelerator (with 8MB dedicated SDRAM) and the higher resolution (480x320 instead of 320x240). Of course the 90 day warranty (vs. the Axim's 1 year) which is extendable to 9 months (vs. Axim's 3 year) isn't all that great.
If you think there is no story then you definitely need to view the featurette (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avp/featurette) .
So, what about those who are disabled? Will screen-readers be able to read these documents? If not, will major corporations bother using this? If so, what's to stop the screen reader from placing the content on the clipboard or in some other usable place?
It usually is compressed to 16 kbps or 12 kbps. The bitrate can be changed on the fly to accomodate for circumstances - such as running a lower bitrate during the recent major power outage to prevent calls from blocking (much higher voice traffic than usual).
Or gasoline. Only in a pure state though - the gas you buy at the pump is somewhat conductive due to additives.
Hmm... except that this is taking place in Canada, not the US. So you must really love this system if you're going to move there just to use it.
Actually, that is not true in many vehicles. Most vehicles have vacuum assist brakes and they are not electrically activated (the engine must be running). See http://autos.yahoo.com/repair/results/ques145.html .
As for power steering, there are a very limited number of cars with electric power steering. To quote Jim Kerr, "So what vehicles have electric power steering? While TRW did make some systems in the early 80's, such as the Fiero that used an electric motor to drive the hydraulic power steering pump, the first real application had to be the Acura NSX. Compact, light and responsive, the steering system matched the characteristics of this aluminum bodied sports coupe. Honda again introduced a system on the S2000 sports car. Steering response and feel are excellent. Smaller, lighter electric units are also used on Honda's Hybid Insight and Civic sedan.
Saturn is using electric power steering on the Vue SUV and the Ion sedan. QuadraSteer, GM's rear wheel steering system optional on some full size trucks is a true electric steering system with no mechanical connection to the steering wheel. When GM introduces the 2004 Malibu, it will use Delphi's new E*STEER unit. Other OEM vendors of electric power steering systems are Visteon with EPAS and ZF Freidrichshafen AG with ZF Servolectric."
If passed, this will not affect sales tax levied on goods purchased online at all. Unless those "goods" were bandwidth, bits or email.
I'll second that to confirm that it is in fact true. Actually, it was just within the last 5-7 years that people who work for the NSA were finally allowed to say so. I lived in Arnold, MD until 1996 and knew quite a few people who "worked at Andrews Air Force Base". Basically that meant "I work for the NSA". That was all they could really say. Now they are allowed to admit they work for the NSA.