I disagree that it has always worked; the PSTN is generally very reliable, I'll give you that. I will agree with your apprehension about maybe seeing it go.
When it does fail, it fails very badly, and often takes other things with it.
Personally, I often find myself longing for the higher sound quality of a fully-wired phone line versus that of a cell phone. Isn't that ironic?
I would like to stand in defense of at least one home-schooler I am aware of personally. He and his wife have chosen to home-school their children, not because the education system would produce children who are not ignorant enough, but because they wanted to raise children who had intellectual curiosity of the sort that school would have beat out of them; i.e. the system would have produced ignorant children for them. Granted, one anecdote does not make a trend, but I think you paint the concept with an overly-broad brush.
The real problem with home-schooling is that it is a much messier process than a factory education. This is understandable, of course, when you put it into comparison with other DIY projects. There are some DIYers who will produce amazing, mind-blowingly wonderful projects; and others will produce crap. Meanwhile, those who have gone to the store to buy whatever the DIYers have made will get a predictably, consistently mediocre, factory-made product, just like what we get out of our education system.
I'm thinking no software at all . . . capacitor and charge pump with a usb plug, made to look like a USB storage device. Capacitor charges from power pins, then discharges to power and data pins. All this happens while the user is still going "What's wrong with this thing?"
The problem, of course, is that destroying hardware doesn't accomplish much that is of value. Collecting data is far more useful.
This guy isn't an idiot. He is someone with an expensive hobby who has found a way to get someone else to pay for it. Regardless what you think of the project, that's pretty shrewd.
I actually am using the device as my router. Just put a switch on the inside port and you're good to go. It is serving up IP addresses and NATting just fine for my network of 9 physical devices plus the occasional VM that gets stood up.
Not my problem. The incremental cost of the device paid for itself in six months vs. the Verizon land line it replaced. Any service I get past that is gravy. If they shut down tomorrow, I'd be a little agitated over the inconvenience, to be sure, but I would have no question that I got my money's worth.
It is also true that this computer must be as reliable as you would like your phone line to be while running Windows. This is not unheard of, but it is not a risk I was willing to take, hence, I, like the poster who started this branch, chose Ooma.
There is also the TCO matter. Running a general-purpose computer 24/7 will require more energy than the Ooma device.
Also, the "bare bones" computer will cost about the same as, if not more than, the Ooma device.
No, Magic jack is not that good of a choice, at least not for some of us.
Earlier than that, actually, but not really the point. The nomenclature is standardized, and "low frequency" refers to frequencies four orders of magnitude lower than UHF. It would, however, be correct to say lower frequency. Technically, WiFi is UHF, also, as UHF is from 300 MHz to 3.0 GHz.
(Yes, I know, 802.11a, at 5.8GHz, is not UHF, but SHF. Most WiFi is 802.11b/g/n, so that's what I'm using as a baseline)
This is true, at least for a time. The same goes for transferring between teams.
However, if we consider delta salary per year worked, I would say that I had the biggest delta when changing employers anyway. It makes sense, when you think about it, because changing employers is a bigger risk than waiting for a promotion or transfer, so naturally, the reward should be greater, else why (save for an employer from hell) would you do it?
I disagree on 30 slides. I use an approach that I call "Turbo power point" in which I will rip through that many slides in under two minutes. It does get, and hold, the attention of the audience, but it violates the arbitrary limits you have set.
I agree with the 50-word limit, though. In fact, I would recommend that the slide should contain either (and only) a picture, by itself (perhaps with something to highlight a specific thing in the picture) or a heading and three bullet points.
Animation is optional, and should be used with extreme discretion. To that end, I only ever use the "fade" effect, and always with the speed set to "very fast" so it isn't wasting a lot of the viewers' time.
By my reconing, there are basically five good places to start, and they all are at the start of a new Doctor: The start of the 1963 season (An Unearthly Child, William Hartnell), the start of the 1970 season (Spearhead from Space, Jon Pertwee), the start of the 1974 season (Robot, Tom Baker), the start of the 2005 season (Rose, Christopher Eccleston) or the start of the 2006 season (New Earth, David Tennant).
Episodes with Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy are, in my opinion, lacklustre, episodes with Colin Baker and the TV Movie with Paul McGann are actually mostly pretty bad. I think they jumped the shark after Tom Baker retired, but hit bottom in the Colin Baker days. The fifteen-year hiatus before the reboot was the only way to breathe life back into this marvelous series.
If you don't go all the way back, there are probably some key episodes you should see, just to set the tone for what is what and who is who. I'm a little hard-pressed to think of specific episodes, though, besides The Dalek Invasion of Earth from the 1964 season, and the Key To Time story arc, which was basically the entire 1978 season.
It might be a matter of personal preference. I like having two monitors, however, my setup at home instead involves one big honker monitor, which works just about as well. The main thing is to have enough screen real-estate to support what I'm doing.
The DTV specifications are such that 720p, 1080i and 1080p all use the same video bandwidth, because 720p is presented at 60fps and 1080i and 1080p are presented at 30fps (though 24 is also available for both resolutions and 30 is also available for 720p)
The only reason I can think of for a TV broadcaster choosing 1080i over 1080p is that material shot at 24fps will transcode poorly to 30fps progressive, and vice-versa, wherease transcoding 24fps material to 60fps for 720p or 60 fields/sec for 1080i tends to produce fewer artifacts.
The most important takeaway, however, is that the choice not to use 1080p has nothing to do with bandwidth.
It is my perception that you are being deliberately daft. No, we are talking about the sort of thing that shows up in certain search results, sometimes outnumbering the content you need by as much as 10:1, making it difficult to find what you are legitimately looking for.
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I disagree that it has always worked; the PSTN is generally very reliable, I'll give you that. I will agree with your apprehension about maybe seeing it go.
When it does fail, it fails very badly, and often takes other things with it.
Personally, I often find myself longing for the higher sound quality of a fully-wired phone line versus that of a cell phone. Isn't that ironic?
I would like to stand in defense of at least one home-schooler I am aware of personally. He and his wife have chosen to home-school their children, not because the education system would produce children who are not ignorant enough, but because they wanted to raise children who had intellectual curiosity of the sort that school would have beat out of them; i.e. the system would have produced ignorant children for them. Granted, one anecdote does not make a trend, but I think you paint the concept with an overly-broad brush.
The real problem with home-schooling is that it is a much messier process than a factory education. This is understandable, of course, when you put it into comparison with other DIY projects. There are some DIYers who will produce amazing, mind-blowingly wonderful projects; and others will produce crap. Meanwhile, those who have gone to the store to buy whatever the DIYers have made will get a predictably, consistently mediocre, factory-made product, just like what we get out of our education system.
I'm thinking no software at all . . . capacitor and charge pump with a usb plug, made to look like a USB storage device. Capacitor charges from power pins, then discharges to power and data pins. All this happens while the user is still going "What's wrong with this thing?"
The problem, of course, is that destroying hardware doesn't accomplish much that is of value. Collecting data is far more useful.
Yes, it is, actually, and the price reflects this.
Dude! I wish I could mod you up for that.
That's fine until someone comes along with a rainbow table . . .
This guy isn't an idiot. He is someone with an expensive hobby who has found a way to get someone else to pay for it. Regardless what you think of the project, that's pretty shrewd.
I actually am using the device as my router. Just put a switch on the inside port and you're good to go. It is serving up IP addresses and NATting just fine for my network of 9 physical devices plus the occasional VM that gets stood up.
Not my problem. The incremental cost of the device paid for itself in six months vs. the Verizon land line it replaced. Any service I get past that is gravy. If they shut down tomorrow, I'd be a little agitated over the inconvenience, to be sure, but I would have no question that I got my money's worth.
Don't know why you are having issues. I'm 15 months into my service with Ooma with no major problems.
This is true
It is also true that this computer must be as reliable as you would like your phone line to be while running Windows. This is not unheard of, but it is not a risk I was willing to take, hence, I, like the poster who started this branch, chose Ooma.
There is also the TCO matter. Running a general-purpose computer 24/7 will require more energy than the Ooma device.
Also, the "bare bones" computer will cost about the same as, if not more than, the Ooma device.
No, Magic jack is not that good of a choice, at least not for some of us.
Obvious only to those familiar with Cockney rhyming slang, which is going to be an extreme minority in the US.
Go on, click the link and have a butcher's.
Okay, now I understand. It is clear to me, then, that the new metric plans are being done wrong, especially if the pitch is being measured in degrees.
Why? It looks like just a ratio to me. They taught that in fifth grade when I was in school.
*Ahem* It goes for 12m and goes up 3. Wow, that was fucking easy!
Earlier than that, actually, but not really the point. The nomenclature is standardized, and "low frequency" refers to frequencies four orders of magnitude lower than UHF. It would, however, be correct to say lower frequency. Technically, WiFi is UHF, also, as UHF is from 300 MHz to 3.0 GHz.
(Yes, I know, 802.11a, at 5.8GHz, is not UHF, but SHF. Most WiFi is 802.11b/g/n, so that's what I'm using as a baseline)
This is true, at least for a time. The same goes for transferring between teams.
However, if we consider delta salary per year worked, I would say that I had the biggest delta when changing employers anyway. It makes sense, when you think about it, because changing employers is a bigger risk than waiting for a promotion or transfer, so naturally, the reward should be greater, else why (save for an employer from hell) would you do it?
I disagree on 30 slides. I use an approach that I call "Turbo power point" in which I will rip through that many slides in under two minutes. It does get, and hold, the attention of the audience, but it violates the arbitrary limits you have set.
I agree with the 50-word limit, though. In fact, I would recommend that the slide should contain either (and only) a picture, by itself (perhaps with something to highlight a specific thing in the picture) or a heading and three bullet points.
Animation is optional, and should be used with extreme discretion. To that end, I only ever use the "fade" effect, and always with the speed set to "very fast" so it isn't wasting a lot of the viewers' time.
I second that.
By my reconing, there are basically five good places to start, and they all are at the start of a new Doctor: The start of the 1963 season (An Unearthly Child, William Hartnell), the start of the 1970 season (Spearhead from Space, Jon Pertwee), the start of the 1974 season (Robot, Tom Baker), the start of the 2005 season (Rose, Christopher Eccleston) or the start of the 2006 season (New Earth, David Tennant).
Episodes with Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy are, in my opinion, lacklustre, episodes with Colin Baker and the TV Movie with Paul McGann are actually mostly pretty bad. I think they jumped the shark after Tom Baker retired, but hit bottom in the Colin Baker days. The fifteen-year hiatus before the reboot was the only way to breathe life back into this marvelous series.
If you don't go all the way back, there are probably some key episodes you should see, just to set the tone for what is what and who is who. I'm a little hard-pressed to think of specific episodes, though, besides The Dalek Invasion of Earth from the 1964 season, and the Key To Time story arc, which was basically the entire 1978 season.
It might be a matter of personal preference. I like having two monitors, however, my setup at home instead involves one big honker monitor, which works just about as well. The main thing is to have enough screen real-estate to support what I'm doing.
speaking of ignorance . . .
This is almost correct.
The DTV specifications are such that 720p, 1080i and 1080p all use the same video bandwidth, because 720p is presented at 60fps and 1080i and 1080p are presented at 30fps (though 24 is also available for both resolutions and 30 is also available for 720p)
The only reason I can think of for a TV broadcaster choosing 1080i over 1080p is that material shot at 24fps will transcode poorly to 30fps progressive, and vice-versa, wherease transcoding 24fps material to 60fps for 720p or 60 fields/sec for 1080i tends to produce fewer artifacts.
The most important takeaway, however, is that the choice not to use 1080p has nothing to do with bandwidth.
It is my perception that you are being deliberately daft. No, we are talking about the sort of thing that shows up in certain search results, sometimes outnumbering the content you need by as much as 10:1, making it difficult to find what you are legitimately looking for.
Looks like it might, actually.
The primary purpose of the grounded metal case is to keep the computer from causing interference to radio equipment.