I love my Palm with satnav software. For me, this is the best compromise yet for satnav: it's linked to my address book, easily updated with new maps/POI etc, and usable everywhere. Much better than traditional in-car satnav. Running this on a phone would suck, too, thanks to the tiny screen of a phone.
Same difference. A key that reconfigure itself to conform to a lock, can be used to pick all locks much more conveniently than classic picking tools.
What the OP wants, does exist, sort of: the Lips Eloctro system uses a chip embedded in a 'blank' key. The chip is a passive RFID, the blank is inserted into the lock and turned to open the door (so no need for a motorized lock, iirc).
CIA Factbook entry on Jordan Less than 10% of the population was on the internet in 2003. POTS service was available to just over 10%, I suspect broadband isn't really popular over there.
Ah. Just checked the Greasemonkey link provided by Assassinator42, and it explains what's going on:
This script is not a Google's video hack, it just gets the official download link that is provided for Mac users (but not accesible for windows users).
I'm using Firefox on a Mac. I get an avi file - in fact, I can use the drop-down menu to choose between "Win/Mac" (=avi), iPod and Sony PSP. When I click the Download button, this text appears: The download is starting. Please Save the video file. If the download does not start automatically, right-click this link and choose "Save As". I right-clicked and got an avi.
990M is a nice bit of income, but most of it [1] is paid out again. Apple doesn't say how profitable the iTMS is, just that it's "above even".
1: 10% of the cost of a song goes to the artist, 55% to the record company. Artists who do business with Apple directly, get 70%. Most of the remainder pays for the hardware and bandwidth. Rumor has it that Apple's profit is 8%, or $80M after 1 Gsongs.
Augh! Don't remind me! When I first saw that game I thought 'cool'. Then I tried playing it, but the berk inside the lander always insisted on going pedal-to-the-metal until he was out of fuel, and then he'd come crashing down. Moron pilot.
A wiki also seems overkill for a few static pages plus some photos. I've got the tools I need for this job (Dreamweaver plus the thumbnail-generator-du-jour), so why introduce the overhead of a wiki (which seems to require server-side processing) or a blog?
That's not 'a bit more work', that's bloody useless. Uploading images via a web interface is a PITA, and can you even control in which folder your pages and images end up? I want to be able to park my existing site (few dozen pages, maybe 100 photos) in one go, not one piece at a time.
100 Mb free hosting sounds tempting, but I don't need YA application to build my pages, I just want to create locally and then upload via ftp. TFA doesn't specify.
Tabletop consoles have been used e.g. in military applications for years. I remember seeing pictures of the Combat Information Center aboard a 1980-vintage Dutch frigate having such a console. This was used to give the commander and XO an overview of what was happening, without having to look over the shoulder of one of the operators. It used a light pen instead of a touchscreen, but the principle is the same.
The blurb talks about Misto as a consumer product, but I suspect it's more likely to be adopted by business users first. It offers a better way for groups of 2-4 people to interact with a computer than is now available: currently, you either crowd around a desk or use a projector, both limit interaction with the computer to one person (the one holding the keyboard/mouse).
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I love my Palm with satnav software. For me, this is the best compromise yet for satnav: it's linked to my address book, easily updated with new maps/POI etc, and usable everywhere. Much better than traditional in-car satnav. Running this on a phone would suck, too, thanks to the tiny screen of a phone.
I'll believe it when I see a Tablet PC
- small enough to stick in a pants pocket
- that doesn't need charging every 4 hours
Same difference. A key that reconfigure itself to conform to a lock, can be used to pick all locks much more conveniently than classic picking tools.
What the OP wants, does exist, sort of: the Lips Eloctro system uses a chip embedded in a 'blank' key. The chip is a passive RFID, the blank is inserted into the lock and turned to open the door (so no need for a motorized lock, iirc).
If I could carry only one that can be configured dynamically for each lock, that wouldn't be so bad.
You can. It's called a lock pick.
Jobs: (Notices nothing as chair bounces off off RDF)
CIA Factbook entry on Jordan
Less than 10% of the population was on the internet in 2003. POTS service was available to just over 10%, I suspect broadband isn't really popular over there.
Yeah, I have. I went like "bleep, bleep, bleep", and then, like, half my paper was gone.
Ah. Just checked the Greasemonkey link provided by Assassinator42, and it explains what's going on:
This script is not a Google's video hack, it just gets the official download link that is provided for Mac users (but not accesible for windows users).
Go Steve!
I'm using Firefox on a Mac. I get an avi file - in fact, I can use the drop-down menu to choose between "Win/Mac" (=avi), iPod and Sony PSP.
When I click the Download button, this text appears:
The download is starting. Please Save the video file.
If the download does not start automatically, right-click
this link and choose "Save As".
I right-clicked and got an avi.
Look at the right side of the window, the 'This video' tab. The download button is right there, between the video title and the thumbnails.
The National Archives have LoC-loads of documents for which this isn't a concern. Old newsreels can hardly be called 'sensitive information'.
Check the site. You can download these files instead of using the crappy plugin player. The download link is on the right side of the window.
Actually, the first video I tried ('The eagle has landed 1969') is downloadable as an .avi file. 67 Mb, 480x360 divx. I'd call that pretty good.
It's 99 cents, not 0.99 cents.
990M is a nice bit of income, but most of it [1] is paid out again. Apple doesn't say how profitable the iTMS is, just that it's "above even".
1: 10% of the cost of a song goes to the artist, 55% to the record company. Artists who do business with Apple directly, get 70%. Most of the remainder pays for the hardware and bandwidth.
Rumor has it that Apple's profit is 8%, or $80M after 1 Gsongs.
Damn you, I'm all out of Bullshit Bingo cards now.
Augh! Don't remind me! When I first saw that game I thought 'cool'. Then I tried playing it, but the berk inside the lander always insisted on going pedal-to-the-metal until he was out of fuel, and then he'd come crashing down. Moron pilot.
A wiki also seems overkill for a few static pages plus some photos. I've got the tools I need for this job (Dreamweaver plus the thumbnail-generator-du-jour), so why introduce the overhead of a wiki (which seems to require server-side processing) or a blog?
I wasn't complaining about the hosting service, merely pointing out that the 'solution' offered isn't useful.
That's not 'a bit more work', that's bloody useless.
Uploading images via a web interface is a PITA, and can you even control in which folder your pages and images end up?
I want to be able to park my existing site (few dozen pages, maybe 100 photos) in one go, not one piece at a time.
Who wants to target their spamming? Sending mail to *@gmail.com is a lot less effort, and it's not as if sending mail costs anything.
100 Mb free hosting sounds tempting, but I don't need YA application to build my pages, I just want to create locally and then upload via ftp. TFA doesn't specify.
the days of everyone wanting his or her own webpage just to rant out a bunch of poorly stucture meme-junk are over as well. That's what blogs are for.
No, they're not. I've no interest in creating a blog [1], I just want to publish a few pages and some photos.
1: with the associated baggage of commenting, regular updates and whatever.
So, is that evolution or degeneration?
Tabletop consoles have been used e.g. in military applications for years. I remember seeing pictures of the Combat Information Center aboard a 1980-vintage Dutch frigate having such a console. This was used to give the commander and XO an overview of what was happening, without having to look over the shoulder of one of the operators.
It used a light pen instead of a touchscreen, but the principle is the same.
The blurb talks about Misto as a consumer product, but I suspect it's more likely to be adopted by business users first. It offers a better way for groups of 2-4 people to interact with a computer than is now available: currently, you either crowd around a desk or use a projector, both limit interaction with the computer to one person (the one holding the keyboard/mouse).
via their representatives, yes, but it's still the public getting sued
Suing the public cannot be for the public good - it doesn't make sense.
You're missing the point you just made yourself. If the public's representatives are screwing up, then hell yes, suing them is for the public good.
Where it went wrong is that the city was sued, instead of the officials responsible.