I've used an Mercedes M-Class that has very similar technology (they're brand name is Distronic). It does the flashing light, and will auto-brake down to idle speeds.
Moderate technical teardown:
http://www.whnet.com/4x4/distronic.html
Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOh-jvjRI8
(no affiliation with either site)
In any case, for the near future if you want to run a 64 bit operating system you will either be using one of the free Linux versions or the free download of Windows XP-64 beta.
Hmmm, this is intesting. I know that Toyota and a bunch of other major car companies have figured out that it is cheaper to immunize your employees against the flu/other sicknesses, instead of paying their wages while they're home sneezing.
The same thing goes for safety, I know at Mercedes they're all about safety and injury prevention, which therefore prevents them from paying workman's comp without getting any value from the worker.
So this data implies that computer trouble has become as much as a problem as sickness is, I wonder when some company is going to take a major initiative to fix this.
And you know (, I don't wan't to blame it on windows directly, but sometimes I wonder... How many major auto companies use windows products? Ok, time to stop before I starting getting flamed...
You should be able to cancel your contract without paying the fees. The cell phone companies don't tell you, but if you are moving "outside their service area" they can't charge you the contract termination fee. I did this once when I moved to Germany for 6 months. Just tell them you recently moved, and now can't get a signal. When the retention person gets on the line, tell him to go screw, and then get yourself a new contract.
P.S. - Amazon has some great deals right now on the t610, it's really good phone.
Compared to previously described QKD systems, the major difference in the NIST system is the way it identifies a photon from the sender among a large number of photons from other sources, such as the sun. To make this distinction, scientists time-stamp the QKD photons, then look for them only when one is expected to arrive.
"To be effective, this observation time has to be very short," says NIST physicist Joshua Bienfang. "But the more often you can make these very brief observations, then the faster you can generate keys.
Assuming "very short" means milliseconds, then without some other even honking faster send/receive technology there is no way you can intercept the photons and resend them without the receiver noticing.
I just scanned them, but it looks like the same guy. So the patents do exist...
On another note, imagine the energy savings if these things were really installed in computers everywhere? It's a small savings for one fan, but multiplied by the number of computers in the whole US/world, that's a big savings!
From www.uspto.gov (the United States Patent Office)
Patent 1
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=1&f=G &l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=(kohei.INZZ.+AND+minato.IN ZZ.)&OS=in/kohei+and+in/minato&RS=(IN/kohei+AND+IN/minato)
Patent 2
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=2&f=G &l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=(kohei.INZZ.+AND+minato.IN ZZ.)&OS=in/kohei+and+in/minato&RS=(IN/kohei+AND+IN/minato)
I just scanned them, but it looks like the same guy. So the patents do exist...
On another note, imagine the energy savings if these things were really installed in computers everywhere? It's a small savings for one fan, but multiplied by the number of computers in the whole US/world, that's a big savings!
For me, email is my way of having a permanent record system. For me, that's very helpful. If someone tells me something random, and I know I probably won't remember, I have them email me, and then I have a permanent record of it (I never delete emails). Phone numbers, ideas, papers, it's all there. The search function in Mail (I use a Mac) seems to nail down what I am looking for pretty quick too.
Also, totally unrelated, I've done two internships in Germany, and without this dictionary I would not have been able to figure out half the things I did. The forums there were very helpful too.
So that's how technology has helped me, and I accept it, I am not a luddite.:>)
And why not just take a digital picture? A friend of mine suggested this once, it made so much sense. You can even skip writing if you want, just take a shot of the board each time before the teacher erases.
Just make sure to use a camera with a good zoom, 'cause if you sit in front, man, you're really gonna look like a geek.
Look at the second picture in his portfolio (The Exhibit --> Portfolio) of the "subway" hanging above the highway. This is pretty similar to a monorail. Look at the vehicles in the picture, they all still have drivers and wheels. The "subway" has an air intake, meaning that it uses an engine to locomote, not electricity. The cars have honkin' big attenae, but that's a small oversight. All the car bodies are curved, not boxy; anyone noticed a trend in automobile design today?
Heck, Radebaugh wasn't that far off...
Don't underestimate the number of Madonna fans out there. I'm not one of them by far, but my guess is that Apple got these artists to submit their John Hancocks for a very low or zero dollars. Apple has a cutting edge look and feel to it, something that up an artists like the ones mentioned would like to be associated with. So Apple jacks the price on the iPod, sells a couple thousand, and makes 50 bucks more on what cost them only 5$ (me thinks?) to engrave.
Get some milk, some cream, some sugar, some vanilla, and any other candies you may want to add, mix it with LN2 until it's frozen, and eat!!! "Steams" a lot (the steam is actually frozen water vapor).
Directions here
Yum!
I believe, and this is only intuition and foresight (be it bad or good) speaking, that GUI is called or will be called...
Aqua.
*DISCLAIMER* Comment made on a lazy sunny afternoon day without much thinking put into it. Don't flame me too bad, it's already warm enough here.*END DISCLAIMER*
So if I plug my "clicky-mover" into the "whirring-clanky-thing" and watch videos on the "colorful-eyesquare" I'm computer literate? What happened to standardization of language? Imagine how many variants kids could come up with? We need some sort of standardizytion to be able to exchange data across worldwide mediums. Or?
I wonder if New Line Cinema can take any lessons from Star Ballz? If they can get away with a PORN parody it seems like a weak reference like "Goldmember" should be allowed too. Especially when New Line Cinema (with all that cash) is backing it...
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I've used an Mercedes M-Class that has very similar technology (they're brand name is Distronic). It does the flashing light, and will auto-brake down to idle speeds. Moderate technical teardown: http://www.whnet.com/4x4/distronic.html Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOh-jvjRI8 (no affiliation with either site)
Or you'll be running Mac OS X...
The same thing goes for safety, I know at Mercedes they're all about safety and injury prevention, which therefore prevents them from paying workman's comp without getting any value from the worker.
So this data implies that computer trouble has become as much as a problem as sickness is, I wonder when some company is going to take a major initiative to fix this.
And you know (, I don't wan't to blame it on windows directly, but sometimes I wonder... How many major auto companies use windows products? Ok, time to stop before I starting getting flamed...
P.S. - Amazon has some great deals right now on the t610, it's really good phone.
Compared to previously described QKD systems, the major difference in the NIST system is the way it identifies a photon from the sender among a large number of photons from other sources, such as the sun. To make this distinction, scientists time-stamp the QKD photons, then look for them only when one is expected to arrive. "To be effective, this observation time has to be very short," says NIST physicist Joshua Bienfang. "But the more often you can make these very brief observations, then the faster you can generate keys.
Assuming "very short" means milliseconds, then without some other even honking faster send/receive technology there is no way you can intercept the photons and resend them without the receiver noticing.
Rats, foiled again...
From www.uspto.gov (the United States Patent Office)
Patent 1
Patent 2
I just scanned them, but it looks like the same guy. So the patents do exist...
On another note, imagine the energy savings if these things were really installed in computers everywhere? It's a small savings for one fan, but multiplied by the number of computers in the whole US/world, that's a big savings!
From www.uspto.gov (the United States Patent Office) Patent 1 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=1&f=G &l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=(kohei.INZZ.+AND+minato.IN ZZ.)&OS=in/kohei+and+in/minato&RS=(IN/kohei+AND+IN /minato)
Patent 2
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=2&f=G &l=50&d=PTXT&p=1&p=1&S1=(kohei.INZZ.+AND+minato.IN ZZ.)&OS=in/kohei+and+in/minato&RS=(IN/kohei+AND+IN /minato)
I just scanned them, but it looks like the same guy. So the patents do exist...
On another note, imagine the energy savings if these things were really installed in computers everywhere? It's a small savings for one fan, but multiplied by the number of computers in the whole US/world, that's a big savings!
Also, totally unrelated, I've done two internships in Germany, and without this dictionary I would not have been able to figure out half the things I did. The forums there were very helpful too. So that's how technology has helped me, and I accept it, I am not a luddite. :>)
And why not just take a digital picture? A friend of mine suggested this once, it made so much sense. You can even skip writing if you want, just take a shot of the board each time before the teacher erases.
Just make sure to use a camera with a good zoom, 'cause if you sit in front, man, you're really gonna look like a geek.
You mean I might have to go back to reading books?
Look at the second picture in his portfolio (The Exhibit --> Portfolio) of the "subway" hanging above the highway. This is pretty similar to a monorail. Look at the vehicles in the picture, they all still have drivers and wheels. The "subway" has an air intake, meaning that it uses an engine to locomote, not electricity. The cars have honkin' big attenae, but that's a small oversight. All the car bodies are curved, not boxy; anyone noticed a trend in automobile design today? Heck, Radebaugh wasn't that far off...
*grin*
Don't underestimate the number of Madonna fans out there. I'm not one of them by far, but my guess is that Apple got these artists to submit their John Hancocks for a very low or zero dollars. Apple has a cutting edge look and feel to it, something that up an artists like the ones mentioned would like to be associated with. So Apple jacks the price on the iPod, sells a couple thousand, and makes 50 bucks more on what cost them only 5$ (me thinks?) to engrave.
The 802.11b network at my school fails after 50 feet.
Don't throw away that chalk just yet!
Get some milk, some cream, some sugar, some vanilla, and any other candies you may want to add, mix it with LN2 until it's frozen, and eat!!! "Steams" a lot (the steam is actually frozen water vapor). Directions here Yum!
I believe, and this is only intuition and foresight (be it bad or good) speaking, that GUI is called or will be called... Aqua. *DISCLAIMER* Comment made on a lazy sunny afternoon day without much thinking put into it. Don't flame me too bad, it's already warm enough here.*END DISCLAIMER*
So if I plug my "clicky-mover" into the "whirring-clanky-thing" and watch videos on the "colorful-eyesquare" I'm computer literate? What happened to standardization of language? Imagine how many variants kids could come up with? We need some sort of standardizytion to be able to exchange data across worldwide mediums. Or?
I wonder if New Line Cinema can take any lessons from Star Ballz? If they can get away with a PORN parody it seems like a weak reference like "Goldmember" should be allowed too. Especially when New Line Cinema (with all that cash) is backing it...