A reasonable question and probably the biggest reason the newest devices have an "airplane" mode where the radio is turned off, but the device still works.
But I have no such "airplane mode" with my current device. For me the answer is that I'm not often in hostpitals or on airplanes. I hate to say it, but I ignore the flamables warning because I've not heard of a single case were something has caught fire/blown up because of a cell phone and I also haven't heard of any cases of people actually turning them off at the gas pump.
Wish I had the mod points to give you. I did the same. My phone replaced my watch and my alarm clock (phone was actually louder and easier to use) ever since I got my first Nokia 6160.
But wait, there's more. Since I have a smart phone now (Nokia 3650) I've also replaced my PDA for email, contacts and calendar, not to mention some cool games. And, back to time, I have a nifty little app that tells me what time it is, and the weather, in five cities of my choice around the world (yes, I do use it).
Clearly this watch has a way to go to be relevant in the age of convergent phones.
Windows' strength isn't in what it can run, it's in how easy it is to set up and maintain.
Boy do I disagree. Yes, Linux can be a pain to set up, but unless you're buying a new computer pre-installed and configured Windows can also be a massive pain in the ass to setup. And maintenance for Windows computers, in the form of patch, antivirus and spyware/malware upkeep is more than just a chore.
But the setup part of the your comment isn't what I disagree most with. What I disagree most with is that Windows strength isn't what it can run. Mac people go nuts when you try to put them on a Windows comptuer. Unix folks go nuts when you try to put them on a Windows computer. Windows users go nuts when you try to put them on a Mac or Linux computer. The reason for this is because they don't have the workflow they're used to. The biggest reasons their workflow is different is because they have to use different apps.
People love their apps, even their bad ones, because they've taken the time to learn the idocyncracies of _those_ apps. They still have to learn how the OS works, but if you take away learning new apps the switch is much easier for most people. It's not so much that Windows apps are supperior, it's that Windows apps are what most people know how to use well. If "Windows" apps can also be found on the competitions computers, many more people would feel comfortable about switching.
This smells more of "make it easier to migrate if you're using *Nix" than "we'll work faster with their stuff".
Remember, that ease of migration works both ways. Now that my family has been using Firefox on their Windows computers they're not so intimidated by using one of my Linux computers for web browsing.
The more *nix software you can get running on Windows computers, the more likely those Windows users can make a seemless migration to *nix without any angst or gnashing of teeth.
Now, if you can only keep developers from using Windows "special features" maybe we'll finally get something close to platform independence.
The question of the day is: just how cheap _is_ this solution (anyone have figures?) and how does it compare to four really cheap white-box PCs? How does that compare in dollars per Ghz of CPU and Megabyte of RAM?
I hope they're not doing it, but it's possible HP will actually run a higher per-component price on this box because it's "still cheaper than four PCs." and actually make a higher profit margin on this "low-cost" solution. i.e. they'll charge the cost of 3PCs and tell the buyer they're getting 4 PCs value for the price of three... but the components only really cost as much as 2 PCs.
Anyway, I didn't see numbers on the web site. Anyone have input?
Gotta chime in an alternate opinion. I thought the third film, while not as good as the first, was quite fun.
First, I will not apologize for any of the crappy Zion dialogue. The best I can say for that is that dialogue was in thankfully short supply down there. But the fight down there was breathtaking. It was expertly conceived and executed. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen if I wanted to.
And the interplay between Neo and Smith was great. The fight was classic unstoppable force impenetrable barrier in the style of a lot of anime and American comic books. The resolution was both classic and unexpected; the only way to win was to give up.
Speaking of giving up, I think a lot of the bad feelings over the third film were because people gave up after the underwhelming second film. Perhaps the third doesn't "make up" for the second, but how could it? Watch it again and you just may find you actually like it on it's own merits.
Heck yeah, but it's getting much harder. Knoppix screwed my ability to filter at the computer. My neighbors' open wireless access points are in the process of screwing my ability to filter at the pipe. It looks like the only sure fire way left to filter is at the kid.
God forbid that children get the idea that sex can be an enjoyable experience and that sex outside of the missionary position is acceptable.
Unfortunately, on the internet it's also pretty easy to get the idea that sex with animals and with "women" with male genitilia are commonplace. They're also likely to get the idea that only women that look like young teenage girls are really desirable and that they should have as many sexual partners as physically possible at one time.
I'm actually glad this law will likely be struck down and I'm proud of the ACLU for playing the role they have, but parents really do need to be protecting their children from the internet's version of sex until they're at least old enough to tell the difference between the internet's fantasies and the reality of sex.
because rockets are only used by terrorists...... that's why compressed air launch is necessary.
I know this is meant to be funny, but I would think anyone making a rocket propelled weapon wouldn't really care whether the propellent was black-powder based or air-based as long as it gets its payload to target.
Actually, the U.S. military has a preference for non-flamable launch/propellent technologies because it's safer for the troops who're fireing the rockets. Basically a flamable propellant adds little or nothing to the damage to the target, but if the ammo store is hit, it adds quite a lot to the destruction of the ammo store.
I had gotten so used to even the best gaming equipment being within the realm of possiblility. There was no need to buy a really expensive mobo or xeon processors because they wouldn't help gaming one lick. One awesome $3k rig was just as good as another really.
Now the option actually exists for me to play Doom3 on one of those very high rez LCDs if only I had the balls to mortgage the house for one of these setups.
Thank you nvidia, now I can dream again for something I'll never touch! Bugati Veyron, Liv Tyler, Fort Knox; what would life be like without the pleasure of the untouchable dream?
Actually, this is a good thing. Whatever form factor the next gen iPod takes your car will still be "compatible" as long as they use the same connector on the new iPod.
Also, if they did this right, even if there is a new connector involved it'll just take a cable upgrade from BMW to make it work.
Not to mention the two gigs of storage you get with their mail plus pack for only $20 a year. Two gig storage, no adds, no indexing and POP3 access for less than $2 a month is a hell of a deal. Now if only they'd offer the same thing to their business mail customers.
I subscribe to two different yahoo mail services and I have to say I'm pretty confused about what they heck they're doing. I get Yahoo mail plus which just gave me 2 Gigabytes (yes, gigabytes) for only $20 a year. No free, but a very nice price.
The confusing part is that I also subscribe to Yahoo's business email (don't ask why I do both... It's either complicated, or I'm stupid or both) Anyway, their business mail, which goes for $10 per month, is still only getting 25MB. Note, this is 1/4 the space of what the free email people get and, well, a whole, whole lot less than the mail plus people, but at a much higher price.
As a very long time yahoo mail user I very much applaud the new offerings of Yahoo, but their offerings are very unevenly applied. It's a little frustrating and I'd love to have someone explain it to me.
I checked it out quite a bit about two months ago. I checked out the iTunes radio links and I checked out Yahoo's internet radio service. Every link I played sounded metalic or worse. Yahoo's "premium quality" just added bass over the metalic sound.
I'm not saying there's nothing good out there, but the mainstream stuff I tried certainly wasn't good quality and I dont consider it to be a substitute for FM at all. If you know of some internet stations that provide excellent sound, I'd be happy to give 'em a try.
When I was a military journalist we used to cover war games for the post newspaper. Usually we'd cover the war games from the perspective of a particular unit.
Naturally, in a war-game there's a winner and a loser, but we never, ever printed that the unit we were covering lost. They either "completely dominated", or they "learned a great deal from the exercise." I felt like I was at the Special Olympics handing out gold medals to everyone.
Actually, I agree with you.... once the infrastructure is in place. Right now internet radio quality is abysmal and only a tiny number of people can get it in their car. Once those problems are fixed, it'll be a whole new world.
The reason the major lables control the airwaves now is because of the limited supply of radio stations. The internet promises to one day fix that but right now it can only compete on an unlevel playing field.
This is fine, good and noble, but it leaves out the point of the article, advertising and distribution.
If lables control the airwaves, how do you get the word out that you have a great band? Many(most?)people who love music only rarely get out to hear it live. Their primary source of info about new sounds is the radio. If the major lables are paying to have the airwaves play their artists tunes, how do the little guys with no money get heard?
In theory, radio airplay is about the songs that people want to hear. According to this article, and a well-known history of corupt payola, its really about what the record lables want you to hear. If you could fix that, you'd be a lot closer to me buying into the argument that the little band has a choice about signing with a lable.
How long until that ability is either abused or hijacked?
It's very existance is an abuse. Yeah, I know that regular beat cops could be watching instead and I know this isn't directly covered in the constitution, but if regular citizens consider it to be intrusive, and they do, then the government should back the fuck off.
As you said yourself the stuff rocks when it gets into actual products. I love my bluetooth headset and can't wait to get the just-anounced folding bluetooth keyboard that will work with my phone. So if everyone likes the actual bluetooth stuff and they keep producing and selling more of it, why is everyone busy using words like 'failing' to describe it?
It's not that terribly difficult to design a system that keeps no data past the transfer (assuming they don't use forensic methods on the disks, and iffy even then). This should be a major design requirement fo any communication system that doesn't have storage as a feature.
It's one thing for the FBI, et al. to want to wiretap someone under investigation. It's quite another for them to want to go back in history should you every come under investigation.
I know plenty of people with 12+ years of English "training" that still have trouble composing a sentence. I don't see why photography would be any different. It's not that I think we shouldn't try; we just need to be realistic about the outcome.
If he was making the decision himself to not show the Microsoft ads then I would have little problem with it. That is a personal decision. Instead, he's asking you and I to use our collective economic might to bully someone into restricting speech. Ouch.
Trust me, this is not only a type of war you shouldn't fight, but also a type of war you can't win,. Bill will let us kill ourselves off while we put his company in the unusual position of being the moral leader. Alternatively, he'll take our lead and stop all pro-linux speech on MSN, Hotmail and every other Microsoft property. I personally think it's a win-win situation to not give him the insentive or the ability to do either.
I know it's not a phone, but Toshiba PDAs have such a device. It only adds a tiny amount to size but it has VGA and USB ports. These devices actually have more power than most 4-year-old laptops.
I'll keep my computer too, but I know a lot of people that only use their computer for two things, email and web apps (including the internet).
Many people found they were able to live with a laptop even though it was less powerfull than most desktops because it was a)powerful enough and b) portable. Obviously cell phones are even less powerful, but if they're a) powerful enough then their portability will win out. Seriously, if a cell phone has a good internet brower, a good email client, a good word processor and connections for a full-size keyboard and mouse when the user parks himself at his desk, do you think that guy in sales is really going to want/need to run a seperate computer?
BTW, a portable bluetooth keyboard was just announced that will work on my Nokia 3650. My laptop bag weighs about 30 lbs now. Its a no-brainer for me for most trips.
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A reasonable question and probably the biggest reason the newest devices have an "airplane" mode where the radio is turned off, but the device still works.
But I have no such "airplane mode" with my current device. For me the answer is that I'm not often in hostpitals or on airplanes. I hate to say it, but I ignore the flamables warning because I've not heard of a single case were something has caught fire/blown up because of a cell phone and I also haven't heard of any cases of people actually turning them off at the gas pump.
TW
Wish I had the mod points to give you. I did the same. My phone replaced my watch and my alarm clock (phone was actually louder and easier to use) ever since I got my first Nokia 6160.
But wait, there's more. Since I have a smart phone now (Nokia 3650) I've also replaced my PDA for email, contacts and calendar, not to mention some cool games. And, back to time, I have a nifty little app that tells me what time it is, and the weather, in five cities of my choice around the world (yes, I do use it).
Clearly this watch has a way to go to be relevant in the age of convergent phones.
TW
Windows' strength isn't in what it can run, it's in how easy it is to set up and maintain.
Boy do I disagree. Yes, Linux can be a pain to set up, but unless you're buying a new computer pre-installed and configured Windows can also be a massive pain in the ass to setup. And maintenance for Windows computers, in the form of patch, antivirus and spyware/malware upkeep is more than just a chore.
But the setup part of the your comment isn't what I disagree most with. What I disagree most with is that Windows strength isn't what it can run. Mac people go nuts when you try to put them on a Windows comptuer. Unix folks go nuts when you try to put them on a Windows computer. Windows users go nuts when you try to put them on a Mac or Linux computer. The reason for this is because they don't have the workflow they're used to. The biggest reasons their workflow is different is because they have to use different apps.
People love their apps, even their bad ones, because they've taken the time to learn the idocyncracies of _those_ apps. They still have to learn how the OS works, but if you take away learning new apps the switch is much easier for most people. It's not so much that Windows apps are supperior, it's that Windows apps are what most people know how to use well. If "Windows" apps can also be found on the competitions computers, many more people would feel comfortable about switching.
TW
This smells more of "make it easier to migrate if you're using *Nix" than "we'll work faster with their stuff".
Remember, that ease of migration works both ways. Now that my family has been using Firefox on their Windows computers they're not so intimidated by using one of my Linux computers for web browsing.
The more *nix software you can get running on Windows computers, the more likely those Windows users can make a seemless migration to *nix without any angst or gnashing of teeth.
Now, if you can only keep developers from using Windows "special features" maybe we'll finally get something close to platform independence.
TW
The question of the day is: just how cheap _is_ this solution (anyone have figures?) and how does it compare to four really cheap white-box PCs? How does that compare in dollars per Ghz of CPU and Megabyte of RAM?
I hope they're not doing it, but it's possible HP will actually run a higher per-component price on this box because it's "still cheaper than four PCs." and actually make a higher profit margin on this "low-cost" solution. i.e. they'll charge the cost of 3PCs and tell the buyer they're getting 4 PCs value for the price of three... but the components only really cost as much as 2 PCs.
Anyway, I didn't see numbers on the web site. Anyone have input?
TW
Gotta chime in an alternate opinion. I thought the third film, while not as good as the first, was quite fun.
First, I will not apologize for any of the crappy Zion dialogue. The best I can say for that is that dialogue was in thankfully short supply down there. But the fight down there was breathtaking. It was expertly conceived and executed. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen if I wanted to.
And the interplay between Neo and Smith was great. The fight was classic unstoppable force impenetrable barrier in the style of a lot of anime and American comic books. The resolution was both classic and unexpected; the only way to win was to give up.
Speaking of giving up, I think a lot of the bad feelings over the third film were because people gave up after the underwhelming second film. Perhaps the third doesn't "make up" for the second, but how could it? Watch it again and you just may find you actually like it on it's own merits.
TW
Heck yeah, but it's getting much harder. Knoppix screwed my ability to filter at the computer. My neighbors' open wireless access points are in the process of screwing my ability to filter at the pipe. It looks like the only sure fire way left to filter is at the kid.
TW
God forbid that children get the idea that sex can be an enjoyable experience and that sex outside of the missionary position is acceptable.
Unfortunately, on the internet it's also pretty easy to get the idea that sex with animals and with "women" with male genitilia are commonplace. They're also likely to get the idea that only women that look like young teenage girls are really desirable and that they should have as many sexual partners as physically possible at one time.
I'm actually glad this law will likely be struck down and I'm proud of the ACLU for playing the role they have, but parents really do need to be protecting their children from the internet's version of sex until they're at least old enough to tell the difference between the internet's fantasies and the reality of sex.
TW
because rockets are only used by terrorists... ... that's why compressed air launch is necessary.
I know this is meant to be funny, but I would think anyone making a rocket propelled weapon wouldn't really care whether the propellent was black-powder based or air-based as long as it gets its payload to target.
Actually, the U.S. military has a preference for non-flamable launch/propellent technologies because it's safer for the troops who're fireing the rockets. Basically a flamable propellant adds little or nothing to the damage to the target, but if the ammo store is hit, it adds quite a lot to the destruction of the ammo store.
TW
I had gotten so used to even the best gaming equipment being within the realm of possiblility. There was no need to buy a really expensive mobo or xeon processors because they wouldn't help gaming one lick. One awesome $3k rig was just as good as another really.
Now the option actually exists for me to play Doom3 on one of those very high rez LCDs if only I had the balls to mortgage the house for one of these setups.
Thank you nvidia, now I can dream again for something I'll never touch! Bugati Veyron, Liv Tyler, Fort Knox; what would life be like without the pleasure of the untouchable dream?
TW
Actually, this is a good thing. Whatever form factor the next gen iPod takes your car will still be "compatible" as long as they use the same connector on the new iPod.
Also, if they did this right, even if there is a new connector involved it'll just take a cable upgrade from BMW to make it work.
TW
Not to mention the two gigs of storage you get with their mail plus pack for only $20 a year. Two gig storage, no adds, no indexing and POP3 access for less than $2 a month is a hell of a deal. Now if only they'd offer the same thing to their business mail customers.
TW
I subscribe to two different yahoo mail services and I have to say I'm pretty confused about what they heck they're doing. I get Yahoo mail plus which just gave me 2 Gigabytes (yes, gigabytes) for only $20 a year. No free, but a very nice price.
The confusing part is that I also subscribe to Yahoo's business email (don't ask why I do both... It's either complicated, or I'm stupid or both) Anyway, their business mail, which goes for $10 per month, is still only getting 25MB. Note, this is 1/4 the space of what the free email people get and, well, a whole, whole lot less than the mail plus people, but at a much higher price.
As a very long time yahoo mail user I very much applaud the new offerings of Yahoo, but their offerings are very unevenly applied. It's a little frustrating and I'd love to have someone explain it to me.
TW
I checked it out quite a bit about two months ago. I checked out the iTunes radio links and I checked out Yahoo's internet radio service. Every link I played sounded metalic or worse. Yahoo's "premium quality" just added bass over the metalic sound.
I'm not saying there's nothing good out there, but the mainstream stuff I tried certainly wasn't good quality and I dont consider it to be a substitute for FM at all. If you know of some internet stations that provide excellent sound, I'd be happy to give 'em a try.
TW
When I was a military journalist we used to cover war games for the post newspaper. Usually we'd cover the war games from the perspective of a particular unit.
Naturally, in a war-game there's a winner and a loser, but we never, ever printed that the unit we were covering lost. They either "completely dominated", or they "learned a great deal from the exercise." I felt like I was at the Special Olympics handing out gold medals to everyone.
Here, SCO, you get a gold medal today too.
TW
Actually, I agree with you.... once the infrastructure is in place. Right now internet radio quality is abysmal and only a tiny number of people can get it in their car. Once those problems are fixed, it'll be a whole new world.
The reason the major lables control the airwaves now is because of the limited supply of radio stations. The internet promises to one day fix that but right now it can only compete on an unlevel playing field.
TW
This is fine, good and noble, but it leaves out the point of the article, advertising and distribution.
If lables control the airwaves, how do you get the word out that you have a great band? Many(most?)people who love music only rarely get out to hear it live. Their primary source of info about new sounds is the radio. If the major lables are paying to have the airwaves play their artists tunes, how do the little guys with no money get heard?
In theory, radio airplay is about the songs that people want to hear. According to this article, and a well-known history of corupt payola, its really about what the record lables want you to hear. If you could fix that, you'd be a lot closer to me buying into the argument that the little band has a choice about signing with a lable.
TW
How long until that ability is either abused or hijacked?
It's very existance is an abuse. Yeah, I know that regular beat cops could be watching instead and I know this isn't directly covered in the constitution, but if regular citizens consider it to be intrusive, and they do, then the government should back the fuck off.
TW
Bluetooth is dead. Long live bluetooth.
As you said yourself the stuff rocks when it gets into actual products. I love my bluetooth headset and can't wait to get the just-anounced folding bluetooth keyboard that will work with my phone. So if everyone likes the actual bluetooth stuff and they keep producing and selling more of it, why is everyone busy using words like 'failing' to describe it?
TW
It's not that terribly difficult to design a system that keeps no data past the transfer (assuming they don't use forensic methods on the disks, and iffy even then). This should be a major design requirement fo any communication system that doesn't have storage as a feature.
It's one thing for the FBI, et al. to want to wiretap someone under investigation. It's quite another for them to want to go back in history should you every come under investigation.
TW
I know plenty of people with 12+ years of English "training" that still have trouble composing a sentence. I don't see why photography would be any different. It's not that I think we shouldn't try; we just need to be realistic about the outcome.
TW
If he was making the decision himself to not show the Microsoft ads then I would have little problem with it. That is a personal decision. Instead, he's asking you and I to use our collective economic might to bully someone into restricting speech. Ouch.
Trust me, this is not only a type of war you shouldn't fight, but also a type of war you can't win,. Bill will let us kill ourselves off while we put his company in the unusual position of being the moral leader. Alternatively, he'll take our lead and stop all pro-linux speech on MSN, Hotmail and every other Microsoft property. I personally think it's a win-win situation to not give him the insentive or the ability to do either.
TW
And this is the community with the battle cry, "Free, as in speech"?
I know it's not a phone, but Toshiba PDAs have such a device. It only adds a tiny amount to size but it has VGA and USB ports. These devices actually have more power than most 4-year-old laptops.
TW
I'll keep my computer too, but I know a lot of people that only use their computer for two things, email and web apps (including the internet).
Many people found they were able to live with a laptop even though it was less powerfull than most desktops because it was a)powerful enough and b) portable. Obviously cell phones are even less powerful, but if they're a) powerful enough then their portability will win out. Seriously, if a cell phone has a good internet brower, a good email client, a good word processor and connections for a full-size keyboard and mouse when the user parks himself at his desk, do you think that guy in sales is really going to want/need to run a seperate computer?
BTW, a portable bluetooth keyboard was just announced that will work on my Nokia 3650. My laptop bag weighs about 30 lbs now. Its a no-brainer for me for most trips.
TW