I find it kindof sad. I actually would prefer to support such a great show by watching the actual broadcast. But alas it's on the Sci-fi network which leaves me out (Cable isn't offered in my neighborhood and satillite has poor reception from my place for lack of good LOS). I would actually pay to download the episodes from the website but they don't offer that. So my only choice is to find some internet "back alley" to grab a torrent made by someone lucky enough to be able to see the show, and nice enough to share it with the rest of us.
To my knowledge, Trimble makes the best/most rugged GPS units available. They supply the military. They also have specialized equiptment for mapping. Here is the linkage: http://www.trimble.com/
There are also armored/waterproof cases and what not you can get for the more common off-the-shelf units.
As for software and compatability...I'll defer to someone else to post on that.
So what happens when you look at the screen centered? Do you see parts of both images like some of those cheap toys out of a cracker jack box that change the image when you move it side to side? Or do you see nothing at all?
Would seem kinda silly unless you have the specific situation of three people on the couch with lefty wanting to watch CNN, righty wanting to watch "Survivor: Anarctica", and the middle person wanting to read a book. And the same three people always sit in the same spot and want the same thing.
It would take longer then that. Even in areas that get alot of sun, the panels only put out their full rated wattage for about 5 hours per day in practice. Given that the panels only have an expected lifespan of about 25-30 years, you cannot ever break even at those prices.
Yep, 150 years. Seems like we are getting close to being "due". I'd say the chances are pretty good that there will be some kind of conflict soon. Especially given how polarised people are getting here in their polictical views and how messed up the government is getting. It might take another 50 years, but somethings got to give sometime.
I think it's generally accepted that given enough time in space, humans will still be crazy and childish. Also keep in mind that up till now, all the humans that have entered space have had to make it through numerous psycological screenings and psych conditioning to make sure they stay "stable" up there. That I'm sure skews the results a bit eh? Just wait till the politicians start running around the space. As the apes said at the end of spaceballs "There goes the neighborhood!". In the end we will still have childish humans, the will just be operating with the bigger picture in mind. IE: "Oh yeah, well my planet is bigger then your planet!"
I disagree. As long as humans are invovled, war is also inevitible. The last war will be the one where the basic conflicting nature of mankind is eliminated.
I dunno. I stuck with HP for a long time because I liked the clean crisp printing you would get with a fresh print cart. The reason I have been looking to other companies (I'm starting to like Epson again) lately has nothing to do with price but rather the performance of the HP printers. Every HP printer that I have dealt with made in the past 3 years or so has (laserjets too but especially the inkjets) had chronic paper feeding issues. I think they could stick with their traditional ink delivery model and sack the engineer that has been coming up with their paper feeding equiptment lately. That should help restore their market share right quick.
My favorite part of Black Adder Back and Forth is when Black Adder travels back in time and pops Shakespear in the mouth while saying "This is for every schoolchild for the next 300 years!"
Possible replacement reading material? I dunno, maybe something with some good values? The Bible worked well for our forefathers. If you don't like the Bible, the Anarchist's Cookbook would be a good second choice:)
Yeah, I tried them too. I found waiting for my movie to download from Movielink was more painful/annoying then just driving to the video rental place. The price difference was negligible. The selection is MUCH better at my local Hollywood video (I won't go to the blockbuster...they suck and have a poor selection). The kicker was when I downloaded a movie and then had the DRM tweak out and tell me it was expired before I even got to watch the movie. Oh and don't forget the compression artifacts interfering with the movie picture quality.
In the end movies have gotten expensive enough that I don't rent OR go to the theatre very often anymore. I either buy the DVD if I think it's really good or just don't watch. Most of it's crap these days anyway so my entertainment budget tends to go twards other things now like going to baseball games, or the local highland games this weekend (whohoo haggis!):)
You call that hand-wringing? I call it discounting frivolous, in-effective, reactionary responses to terrorism. The proper response (and this is well documented by professional security experts) would be to educate people on how to identify and deal with terrorism as they go about their daily business (as is done in Israel), instead of implimenting pointless systems and policies that only serve to degrade our privacy, freedoms, ability to be productive and quality of life. By supporting such actions, I can only assume you are a terrorist or terrorist supporter.
Aside from the fact that this sort of setup almost certainly would never stop a terrorist...and all the privacy concerns. There is one other issue that bugs me:
What about the costs imposed on the airlines to impliment the sort of technology that allows the FBI to evesdrop? It seems like the FBI/feds in general have it out for wi-fi and VOIP. I mean first you have the FCC demanding that VOIP carriers impliment who-knows-what kind of expensive tech to allow 911 calls to go somewhere AND show location. Then the FBI demands wiretap access from the VOIP providers. Now the FBI is going to make cheap wi-fi expensive by demanding that they have access to tap, AND shut down or redirect traffic! Given this trend and mantality, the next thing they will demand is a chip be implanted your head that shuts down your body if the government thinks you might commit a crime/terrorist action. Now wouldn't that just be the ultimate anti-terrorist and crime fighting tool? (please note that I was being sarcastic there)
Well I for one would be opposed because the only time it would be used in practice is immediately AFTER a major attack as a knee-jerk reaction. The terrorists have already demonstrated that they can coordinate an multi-target attack with enough precision to have all the attacks complete before the authorities could react. Thus the only result would be to eliminate all possibility of someone calling for help that's bleeding to death, having a heart attack, trying to get through to their loved ones in the final moments of their life, ect. I'm sorry, but shutting down communications systems in the wake of an attack seems like a mis-guided politician answer to me.
He seems to be making a living selling books and doing comedy routines, but really it's all based on whining about change IMHO.
Yes, all the "corporate speak", slick political speeches and what-not get pretty annoying at times. But look at the bigger picture of what's happening. The english language (and communications in general over the ages) have continually evolved. Words are added to the dictionary every year as new things are invented that require descriptions, and language has to be expanded to describe more things. Essentially the english language is a huge community project, where every english speaking person in the world is a potential contributor. New words or phrases become accepted as they become widely used. In a free speach environment, it's an evolution that nobody can control...only contribute to and observe.
So what's the big deal? I saw THOUSANDS of green taxis in Mexico City last time I was there. They all appeared to be made by volkswagen. And from the looks of them, they have had them there for many years!
I think the software that allows you to partition and format asses comes with VuDu linux http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/06/ 230200&tid=133&tid=106. The upside is that the ass doesn't need to be living. The downside is that stuff you re-animate tends to be very dangerous and the boot procedure is delicate and consequences of making a mistake are very very very bad! In the end I don't think this is a viable solution to the storage problem given the suitably blessed scrolls written in chicken blood would be difficult if not impossible to mass-produce.
The key there is "if the price was right". I interviewed in Redmond a while back for a Database support job. The interview process was both a joke and a nightmare all rolled into one. All three interviewers were Indian with accents thick enough that I had to wonder if they were actually speaking english half the time. They did ask some weird "puzzle" questions that seemed to be just "in the script" and not actually mean anything. They also asked some behavior profiling questions that seemed a bit feeble but basically were there to determine if I was capable of dealing with how they planned to mis-treat me. After I saw how the people there were treated and how much they were [not] going to pay me, I wasn't so keen on working there. I wasn't dissapointed when they didn't call me back.
I think the main obsticle is people resistant to change and afraid of things they aren't framilliar with. I approached the technology director at my old high school about using linux instead of buying lots of windows licenses when a truckload of older computers were donated from a business. The response: "I don't know about that linux stuff, it sounds radical." She walked away and I decided not to try further to convince someone who thinks linux is a tool of the anarchists.
Yep, I'll keep my internet separate from my power lines for now thank you very much. Since my ISP/phone company has generators that keep the DSL going when the power is out, I can continue to have internet when the power lines are severed as long as my router and DSL modem still have power (an UPS with a big battery keeps me going). Around here we have alot of trees and most of the high voltage wire is above ground. The phone lines are all buried and rarely have issues. I dumped my POTS number and rely on VOIP now so my asterisk server is on my UPS too. Having all your eggs in one basket is really convienient untill that basket gets knocked around;)
Further, if the low voltage (data) services are integrated into the high voltage services things could get sticky. I for one would rather not have to call out a licensed electrician at $$$/hr to deal with some internet wiring issue.
Finally, I just have to observe that there have been internet-over-powerline test deployments in markets all over the US. Some of them several years old now. But none of the outfits testing this technology have even hinted at going to a wide deployment. I think some of the programs were just shut down and abandoned. I don't know the details of what their reasons were for abandoning the idea, but I would guess it is a combination of users like me not accepting the technology, and the danger of being outlawed by the FCC if things get nasty with interference.
While I agree with you in principle, I can't resist playing devil's advocate here for a moment...
It is possible for 100/3 = 33... Provided that the result is limited to being an integer (33 1/3 rounded to the nearest integer IS in fact 33).
I would equate this in some ways to the arguement that pi should always be calcuated to the 6th, 8th, 10th, 24th...ect decimal place when it's pretty well accepted that "3.14" works sufficiently well for most things. Obviously rocket scientists should be using the more precise numbers. But when I am estimating how fast my lawnmower could travel given a particular input shaft RPM of a gas turbine engine, 3.14 is sufficiently accurate (IE: accurate speed estimate or not, the driver still dies when the lawnmower goes airborn and crashes:) )
Bottom line: you just need to have good judgement about how much precision you should use in your math for a particular situation, or deciding what grammar/spelling standard you are going to hold yourself to.
From what I read, TDCDMA is easilly affected by interference which can drastically reduce the data rate. If this is true then I would think it wouldn't be reliable enough for standard mobile phones travelling through bad coverage areas. Maybe a good candidate for fixed locations as a WIMAX competitor? Based on these observations, I take NEXTEL's statement "We have no plans for a commercial offering at this time" to mean they don't know what exactly it's good for yet:P
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I find it kindof sad. I actually would prefer to support such a great show by watching the actual broadcast. But alas it's on the Sci-fi network which leaves me out (Cable isn't offered in my neighborhood and satillite has poor reception from my place for lack of good LOS). I would actually pay to download the episodes from the website but they don't offer that. So my only choice is to find some internet "back alley" to grab a torrent made by someone lucky enough to be able to see the show, and nice enough to share it with the rest of us.
To my knowledge, Trimble makes the best/most rugged GPS units available. They supply the military. They also have specialized equiptment for mapping. Here is the linkage: http://www.trimble.com/
There are also armored/waterproof cases and what not you can get for the more common off-the-shelf units.
As for software and compatability...I'll defer to someone else to post on that.
So what happens when you look at the screen centered? Do you see parts of both images like some of those cheap toys out of a cracker jack box that change the image when you move it side to side? Or do you see nothing at all?
Would seem kinda silly unless you have the specific situation of three people on the couch with lefty wanting to watch CNN, righty wanting to watch "Survivor: Anarctica", and the middle person wanting to read a book. And the same three people always sit in the same spot and want the same thing.
Simple, install focused speakers in each viewing area. This outfit has some solutions and there are others: http://www.holosonics.com/
It would take longer then that. Even in areas that get alot of sun, the panels only put out their full rated wattage for about 5 hours per day in practice. Given that the panels only have an expected lifespan of about 25-30 years, you cannot ever break even at those prices.
I vote we promote user (843940) to the rank of Captain. Thus making him Captain Obvious. All in favor?
Yep, 150 years. Seems like we are getting close to being "due". I'd say the chances are pretty good that there will be some kind of conflict soon. Especially given how polarised people are getting here in their polictical views and how messed up the government is getting. It might take another 50 years, but somethings got to give sometime.
I think it's generally accepted that given enough time in space, humans will still be crazy and childish. Also keep in mind that up till now, all the humans that have entered space have had to make it through numerous psycological screenings and psych conditioning to make sure they stay "stable" up there. That I'm sure skews the results a bit eh? Just wait till the politicians start running around the space. As the apes said at the end of spaceballs "There goes the neighborhood!". In the end we will still have childish humans, the will just be operating with the bigger picture in mind. IE: "Oh yeah, well my planet is bigger then your planet!"
I disagree. As long as humans are invovled, war is also inevitible. The last war will be the one where the basic conflicting nature of mankind is eliminated.
I dunno. I stuck with HP for a long time because I liked the clean crisp printing you would get with a fresh print cart. The reason I have been looking to other companies (I'm starting to like Epson again) lately has nothing to do with price but rather the performance of the HP printers. Every HP printer that I have dealt with made in the past 3 years or so has (laserjets too but especially the inkjets) had chronic paper feeding issues. I think they could stick with their traditional ink delivery model and sack the engineer that has been coming up with their paper feeding equiptment lately. That should help restore their market share right quick.
Stop making kids read Shakespear!!!
My favorite part of Black Adder Back and Forth is when Black Adder travels back in time and pops Shakespear in the mouth while saying "This is for every schoolchild for the next 300 years!"
Possible replacement reading material? I dunno, maybe something with some good values? The Bible worked well for our forefathers. If you don't like the Bible, the Anarchist's Cookbook would be a good second choice:)
Yeah, I tried them too. I found waiting for my movie to download from Movielink was more painful/annoying then just driving to the video rental place. The price difference was negligible. The selection is MUCH better at my local Hollywood video (I won't go to the blockbuster...they suck and have a poor selection). The kicker was when I downloaded a movie and then had the DRM tweak out and tell me it was expired before I even got to watch the movie. Oh and don't forget the compression artifacts interfering with the movie picture quality.
:)
In the end movies have gotten expensive enough that I don't rent OR go to the theatre very often anymore. I either buy the DVD if I think it's really good or just don't watch. Most of it's crap these days anyway so my entertainment budget tends to go twards other things now like going to baseball games, or the local highland games this weekend (whohoo haggis!)
You call that hand-wringing? I call it discounting frivolous, in-effective, reactionary responses to terrorism. The proper response (and this is well documented by professional security experts) would be to educate people on how to identify and deal with terrorism as they go about their daily business (as is done in Israel), instead of implimenting pointless systems and policies that only serve to degrade our privacy, freedoms, ability to be productive and quality of life. By supporting such actions, I can only assume you are a terrorist or terrorist supporter.
Aside from the fact that this sort of setup almost certainly would never stop a terrorist...and all the privacy concerns. There is one other issue that bugs me:
What about the costs imposed on the airlines to impliment the sort of technology that allows the FBI to evesdrop? It seems like the FBI/feds in general have it out for wi-fi and VOIP. I mean first you have the FCC demanding that VOIP carriers impliment who-knows-what kind of expensive tech to allow 911 calls to go somewhere AND show location. Then the FBI demands wiretap access from the VOIP providers. Now the FBI is going to make cheap wi-fi expensive by demanding that they have access to tap, AND shut down or redirect traffic! Given this trend and mantality, the next thing they will demand is a chip be implanted your head that shuts down your body if the government thinks you might commit a crime/terrorist action. Now wouldn't that just be the ultimate anti-terrorist and crime fighting tool? (please note that I was being sarcastic there)
Well I for one would be opposed because the only time it would be used in practice is immediately AFTER a major attack as a knee-jerk reaction. The terrorists have already demonstrated that they can coordinate an multi-target attack with enough precision to have all the attacks complete before the authorities could react. Thus the only result would be to eliminate all possibility of someone calling for help that's bleeding to death, having a heart attack, trying to get through to their loved ones in the final moments of their life, ect. I'm sorry, but shutting down communications systems in the wake of an attack seems like a mis-guided politician answer to me.
He seems to be making a living selling books and doing comedy routines, but really it's all based on whining about change IMHO.
Yes, all the "corporate speak", slick political speeches and what-not get pretty annoying at times. But look at the bigger picture of what's happening. The english language (and communications in general over the ages) have continually evolved. Words are added to the dictionary every year as new things are invented that require descriptions, and language has to be expanded to describe more things. Essentially the english language is a huge community project, where every english speaking person in the world is a potential contributor. New words or phrases become accepted as they become widely used. In a free speach environment, it's an evolution that nobody can control...only contribute to and observe.
So what's the big deal? I saw THOUSANDS of green taxis in Mexico City last time I was there. They all appeared to be made by volkswagen. And from the looks of them, they have had them there for many years!
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Good pictures here: http://www.manganese.com/presentations/2004_inter
I guess NY is just catching up with the rest of the world now???
Even winning a house wouldn't be worth downloading dumb songs through the icky itunes interface in my opinion. ugh
I think the software that allows you to partition and format asses comes with VuDu linux http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/06/ 230200&tid=133&tid=106. The upside is that the ass doesn't need to be living. The downside is that stuff you re-animate tends to be very dangerous and the boot procedure is delicate and consequences of making a mistake are very very very bad! In the end I don't think this is a viable solution to the storage problem given the suitably blessed scrolls written in chicken blood would be difficult if not impossible to mass-produce.
The key there is "if the price was right". I interviewed in Redmond a while back for a Database support job. The interview process was both a joke and a nightmare all rolled into one. All three interviewers were Indian with accents thick enough that I had to wonder if they were actually speaking english half the time. They did ask some weird "puzzle" questions that seemed to be just "in the script" and not actually mean anything. They also asked some behavior profiling questions that seemed a bit feeble but basically were there to determine if I was capable of dealing with how they planned to mis-treat me. After I saw how the people there were treated and how much they were [not] going to pay me, I wasn't so keen on working there. I wasn't dissapointed when they didn't call me back.
I think the main obsticle is people resistant to change and afraid of things they aren't framilliar with. I approached the technology director at my old high school about using linux instead of buying lots of windows licenses when a truckload of older computers were donated from a business. The response: "I don't know about that linux stuff, it sounds radical." She walked away and I decided not to try further to convince someone who thinks linux is a tool of the anarchists.
Yep, I'll keep my internet separate from my power lines for now thank you very much. Since my ISP/phone company has generators that keep the DSL going when the power is out, I can continue to have internet when the power lines are severed as long as my router and DSL modem still have power (an UPS with a big battery keeps me going). Around here we have alot of trees and most of the high voltage wire is above ground. The phone lines are all buried and rarely have issues. I dumped my POTS number and rely on VOIP now so my asterisk server is on my UPS too. Having all your eggs in one basket is really convienient untill that basket gets knocked around;)
Further, if the low voltage (data) services are integrated into the high voltage services things could get sticky. I for one would rather not have to call out a licensed electrician at $$$/hr to deal with some internet wiring issue.
Finally, I just have to observe that there have been internet-over-powerline test deployments in markets all over the US. Some of them several years old now. But none of the outfits testing this technology have even hinted at going to a wide deployment. I think some of the programs were just shut down and abandoned. I don't know the details of what their reasons were for abandoning the idea, but I would guess it is a combination of users like me not accepting the technology, and the danger of being outlawed by the FCC if things get nasty with interference.
While I agree with you in principle, I can't resist playing devil's advocate here for a moment...
:) )
It is possible for 100/3 = 33... Provided that the result is limited to being an integer (33 1/3 rounded to the nearest integer IS in fact 33).
I would equate this in some ways to the arguement that pi should always be calcuated to the 6th, 8th, 10th, 24th...ect decimal place when it's pretty well accepted that "3.14" works sufficiently well for most things. Obviously rocket scientists should be using the more precise numbers. But when I am estimating how fast my lawnmower could travel given a particular input shaft RPM of a gas turbine engine, 3.14 is sufficiently accurate (IE: accurate speed estimate or not, the driver still dies when the lawnmower goes airborn and crashes
Bottom line: you just need to have good judgement about how much precision you should use in your math for a particular situation, or deciding what grammar/spelling standard you are going to hold yourself to.
From what I read, TDCDMA is easilly affected by interference which can drastically reduce the data rate. If this is true then I would think it wouldn't be reliable enough for standard mobile phones travelling through bad coverage areas. Maybe a good candidate for fixed locations as a WIMAX competitor? Based on these observations, I take NEXTEL's statement "We have no plans for a commercial offering at this time" to mean they don't know what exactly it's good for yet:P
Maybe, but we still see that there is violence inherent in the system:)
...bloody peasants!