But would the brain be able to make sense of the images you create that way? Part of the nerve bundle would go dark as you zoom in, would the brain be able to fill in the blanks?
Exactly. I'd be a lot more comfortable with those 'enhancements' safely tucked away in my glasses than in my eyeballs. Then again, seeing the number of people willing to poke holes in themselves and stick metal objects through them purely for 'decoration', I fear I'm in the minority on this one.
For some values of 'better'. Sure, you can add cool features to the eye, but it'll be a while before you can improve on the original function of the eye: CCD technology has a long way to go before it even comes close to the picture quality (resolution, dynamic range, absence of noise and artefacts) of the human eye.
IDK about this. Integrated search engines have been available for several years now, and I don't see them making a huge impact. It's just more convenient to search from the browser's address bar than to open a separate application for it.
In the 8 years that I've had Internet access, I've had exactly zero messages from 'friends of a friend' (out of the ~100 e-mails I receive daily). I'm not running whitelist spam filtering either, so it's useless for that as well. So what's the point?
The water may not be returned to the lake again, but the 'bottom layer' of 4 deg C water will get thinner, as the water that's pumped out is replaced with surface water that has a higher temperature. Maybe the cooling capacity of the lake bottom is high enough to counteract this, though.
Not exactly. It was GM that was doing the buying, and it wasn't the bus they had in mind as a replacement.
The result is a system that may be adaptable, but certainly isn't more efficient than a mixed bus/metro/trolley/whatever system would have been.
From what I've seen on TV, US buses (with their unbelievably loud engines and generally rubbish design, especially when compared to what we have in Europe) aren't exactly an attractive option for traveling.
Actually, that's not true. The "Founding Fathers", such as Washington, Jefferson, etc. were Christians, even if they frowned upon some aspects of organized religion at at the time. Of course, the current atheist revisionist historians will swear up and down that "America wasn't founded on Christianity", but it isn't true
Huh? Automatic telephone exchanges were pioneered by Almon B Strowger, who filed a patent in 1889. By 1922, the UK standardized its exchanges to use this system, eliminating human operators without using transistors.
Actually, it does matter. Recently, my central heating furnace was replaced. The old one contained a fan that was on 24/7. It's 10 m away, and it certainly wasn't loud, but it did get annoying, esp. in the evening when all else was quiet. The new CH switches its fan off when it's not needed, and I'm surprised by the difference it makes. Finally I can have absolute silence if I want it. I've noticed this in other situations as well. The AC at the office, for example. It's quiet enough that you don't even register it consciously, but it's a relief when the thing is shut down.
MG Rover is British-owned. So are companies like Caterham, Westfield and Noble. Also, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Ford Europe may be owned by Americans, but their products are still designed by Brits, making them fundamentally different from the made-in-Detroit products from the same company.
As opposed to American automobiles? With very few exceptions (Corvette, recent Cadillacs maybe) they're all badly-built from cheapskate materials, with worthless handling and inefficent engines. At least the Brits know how to make cars that are fun to drive.
That blows. Considering the fact that this thing will be on 24/7, it should be absolutely silent rather than 'quiet'. Can I use the software on this machine, instead?
Seriously: "digital paper" doesn't necessarily mean you have to treat it like paper. You can put it into a hard shell. It just means the display is thin enough to fold it like a sheet of paper.
Let's say you need to download 500 Mb. Best case it's going to take about 20 hours. Only a few years ago (ca. 1998), that would have cost me $ 100 in phone charges alone. Not all of us have flat-rate phone service.
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But would the brain be able to make sense of the images you create that way? Part of the nerve bundle would go dark as you zoom in, would the brain be able to fill in the blanks?
Exactly. I'd be a lot more comfortable with those 'enhancements' safely tucked away in my glasses than in my eyeballs.
Then again, seeing the number of people willing to poke holes in themselves and stick metal objects through them purely for 'decoration', I fear I'm in the minority on this one.
For some values of 'better'. Sure, you can add cool features to the eye, but it'll be a while before you can improve on the original function of the eye: CCD technology has a long way to go before it even comes close to the picture quality (resolution, dynamic range, absence of noise and artefacts) of the human eye.
Europe "the land of the free"?
- We're getting our own version of the DMCA.
- HDTV? What's that?
- Electronics cost 30-50% more than in the US.
- TiVo? No chance, due to noncooperation from TV stations (who abuse copyright to protect revenues from selling programming information).
Let's face it, we're all in the same boat.
IDK about this. Integrated search engines have been available for several years now, and I don't see them making a huge impact. It's just more convenient to search from the browser's address bar than to open a separate application for it.
In the 8 years that I've had Internet access, I've had exactly zero messages from 'friends of a friend' (out of the ~100 e-mails I receive daily). I'm not running whitelist spam filtering either, so it's useless for that as well.
So what's the point?
The water may not be returned to the lake again, but the 'bottom layer' of 4 deg C water will get thinner, as the water that's pumped out is replaced with surface water that has a higher temperature.
Maybe the cooling capacity of the lake bottom is high enough to counteract this, though.
Not exactly. It was GM that was doing the buying, and it wasn't the bus they had in mind as a replacement.
The result is a system that may be adaptable, but certainly isn't more efficient than a mixed bus/metro/trolley/whatever system would have been.
From what I've seen on TV, US buses (with their unbelievably loud engines and generally rubbish design, especially when compared to what we have in Europe) aren't exactly an attractive option for traveling.
Actually, that's not true. The "Founding Fathers", such as Washington, Jefferson, etc. were Christians, even if they frowned upon some aspects of organized religion at at the time. Of course, the current atheist revisionist historians will swear up and down that "America wasn't founded on Christianity", but it isn't true
Huh? Automatic telephone exchanges were pioneered by Almon B Strowger, who filed a patent in 1889. By 1922, the UK standardized its exchanges to use this system, eliminating human operators without using transistors.
UK telephone history
The last Macs that can't run OS X reasonably well are now 7 years old (beige G3).
And if you really need OS 9, you can use iCab instead of MSIE.
It seems the SS-N-18/Volna is being offered by the government (warning: link contains badly-translated English), not a private venture.
Oh, and the missile is launched from a submarine.
Actually, it does matter. Recently, my central heating furnace was replaced. The old one contained a fan that was on 24/7. It's 10 m away, and it certainly wasn't loud, but it did get annoying, esp. in the evening when all else was quiet. The new CH switches its fan off when it's not needed, and I'm surprised by the difference it makes. Finally I can have absolute silence if I want it.
I've noticed this in other situations as well. The AC at the office, for example. It's quiet enough that you don't even register it consciously, but it's a relief when the thing is shut down.
Apollo 13 had one advantage: it may have been severely damaged, but IIRC none of the damage was to the reentry vehicle.
MG Rover is British-owned. So are companies like Caterham, Westfield and Noble. Also, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Ford Europe may be owned by Americans, but their products are still designed by Brits, making them fundamentally different from the made-in-Detroit products from the same company.
As opposed to American automobiles? With very few exceptions (Corvette, recent Cadillacs maybe) they're all badly-built from cheapskate materials, with worthless handling and inefficent engines. At least the Brits know how to make cars that are fun to drive.
That blows. Considering the fact that this thing will be on 24/7, it should be absolutely silent rather than 'quiet'. Can I use the software on this machine, instead?
I can't find it in the article or on Interact's website. I hope they use XMLTV (because then at last, there'd be a PVR I'd consider buying).
What is meant is option 2: "the US roots of spam". The contraction looks odd, but it's used just like "John's boots" etc.
That's no solution, it's just a way to cope with spam.
that the theory "helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly that the Earth repels them" is incorrect. Oh well, back to the old drawing board...
Duh, that's what pocket protectors are for.
Seriously: "digital paper" doesn't necessarily mean you have to treat it like paper. You can put it into a hard shell. It just means the display is thin enough to fold it like a sheet of paper.
Let's say you need to download 500 Mb. Best case it's going to take about 20 hours. Only a few years ago (ca. 1998), that would have cost me $ 100 in phone charges alone. Not all of us have flat-rate phone service.
Because you don't have a broadband connection?
At 800x600, even Windows' own dialog boxes may not fit on the screen.