I was just in Singapore and Japan. As a whole, people in Singapore use their cell phones much much more. In Singapore they are used as a tool for work and for normal uses. Answering a phone in a meeting is not taboo, I found it annoying, but it is accepeted there. Also many of these people use the text messaging (SMS) to recieve news updates, request songs on the radio, to send jokes, and to buy soda from vending machines.
As for wanting to not be contacted, two easy solutions, shut off the phone or don't get one and continue to live in your cave attached to your computer and be available via some messenger service and email. Cell phones here are easy to get by without. However, can you live without your computer?
Just another delay in the release of the next cpu. The only news of item is that M$ is late with there 64bit OS for AMD. Also that AMD will not release until M$ is ready. The should release for Linux, but want to keep us hanging on as Intel's grip on the market tightens.
If you have not read the book... PLEASE ASK YOUR GF OR BF OR FRIEND QUESTIONS AFTER THE MOVIE IS OVER. My god, turn off your cell phones, sit down, stfu, and be engulfed by TTT!!!
Other than that I found the direction of the story to be quite good. Fast paced, excellent development of Gollum, and over all fantastic.
Was that really 3 hours? Now I am jonesing for ROTK.
"one vigarous romantic fling on said sofa would risk the chance of actualy crashing the server"
Ummm, your reading/. I don't think that will really happen, unless you cosider your left "Romantic"
"However, the odds of it happening are darned near astronomical in any case, since the sideband radiation caused by the gameboy would have to be right on the right frequency and strong enough to override the "correct" signal...not terribly likely."
Read this...it is possible and some incidents have been reported....http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/public ations/Reports/EMI.html
Also I have read about a Gameboy causing depressurization, but I can't find the article.
His Ph.D. is in Astro Physics I believe. If you have every read his work, you would see that his science fiction novels use currently known science facts/laws, and a few made up ones as well...it is science fiction.
"Am I supposed to respect his opinion on science fiction more because he has a doctorate in some field?"
When that field is astro physics....yes.
are all over web pages and many search engines find them. I did a search for Fat Beaver (long story) and found a website that had "FAT" (dumb quotes) in black text on a black background. Googles handy toolbar has the highlight function, boy was I surprised.
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Surprised that the reviewer did not test this with a game or two. It could make for some interesting new games/gameplay, but would suck to have to quit gaming to recharge your mouse during a marathon gaming session.
I know that there have been previous versions of handheld wireless mice, but they lagged bad, this sounds like it would be better.
This will solve some problems and will be nice to have. It will mean one less box hanging out in my already over crowded technilogical rat hole I call home. Also, since it will be in YOUR tv, you can mod the internal reciever and decode all your favorite channels that the cable industry blocks.
The ATT site does not have this tiered pricing listed. It also says that I cannot get any broadband service at my address. Kind of funny when when I already have ATT cable modem running there. I think it is priced priced good but they cannot guarantee that performance with the nodes overloaded as they are, hell I get about 900kbps not the 1.5Mbps I should be getting. If they added more nodes and decreasedthe numbers on them, it would be worth it. As it is, they can't even keep my connection up all the time. I constantly get 3 to 5 minute hiccups between 9 - 10pm everynight. Oh well, they wont get my money for now.
"when you get ten geeks together in a garage with a tub of caffeine and enough powerhouse computer systems to keep them happy all night long, guess what happens?"
Wow, this seems to go against privacy laws. While they are scanning every hard drive for files, are they going to catalog information on your disc or shared drives? Hope they have big freaking storage rooms to get every machines drive copied examination.
As for the DoS attacks, are they going jam up networks and piss off the isps or just have your isp pull the plug on you? That would be very uncool, but I could see that happening.
Since this patent will expire in 2004, why not hire a good team of lawyers and have them fight it in court for the next year or two. By the time the verdict is reached it will be moot, except for some patent breaching fines that would be retro active to '97 or '02.
They already priced themselves out at $15 mil. All the manufactures can pay that if the patent is upheld.
I remember seeing an article somewhere regarding this exact issue. In a semi remote area of Colorado, 8 families set up there own ISP for themselves. After the initial equipment costs (with all the dead.coms, equipment can be found relatively cheap), it came to like 20 or 30 bucks a month to cover all costs. It really pissed of one of the baby bells, since they would be using the lines that baby bell installed. I believe that the baby bell tried to sue and lost since they have to share the lines according to the FCC rules.
Anyway, if you are to worried about leeching neighbors, get a satilite connection. While not as fast as DSL or cable connections, it still beats the hell out of dial up.
-Out the PC, over the LAN, through the server, down the T1, nothing but 'net-
Well an IMAX theater can induce nausia (sp) in some people. Watching some jackass play on their own system can be irratating, but on an 8 story dome, my god the jerkiness would make me sick. Image trying (or watching someone try) to run and spin shoot with huge characters and even bigger targets. It is a recipe for a barforama.
This bill is very broad. It limits too much and is unenforcable. What are they going to arrest me and my friend for our Jerry Springer video collection?
Also if I claim all of my emails as copyright protected and they are forwarded on, doesn't that break the law in the bill? Hell forwarding/. on to friends would infringe on rights according to this.
Censor me, when I think to much....
Looks like the UK and John Ashcroft should team up to see what other freedoms they can take away in the name of fighting terrorism.
Well according to that, you can't set up a home network without a Buckeye accepted vender laying your cat5 cable, or placing your wireless AP. What a crock o'shit. Even though I dislike AT&T, they don't tell me how to setup my home network.
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I was just in Singapore and Japan. As a whole, people in Singapore use their cell phones much much more. In Singapore they are used as a tool for work and for normal uses. Answering a phone in a meeting is not taboo, I found it annoying, but it is accepeted there. Also many of these people use the text messaging (SMS) to recieve news updates, request songs on the radio, to send jokes, and to buy soda from vending machines.
As for wanting to not be contacted, two easy solutions, shut off the phone or don't get one and continue to live in your cave attached to your computer and be available via some messenger service and email. Cell phones here are easy to get by without. However, can you live without your computer?
Actually I read a slightly different article earlier.... http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=7530
Just another delay in the release of the next cpu. The only news of item is that M$ is late with there 64bit OS for AMD. Also that AMD will not release until M$ is ready. The should release for Linux, but want to keep us hanging on as Intel's grip on the market tightens.
If you have not read the book... PLEASE ASK YOUR GF OR BF OR FRIEND QUESTIONS AFTER THE MOVIE IS OVER. My god, turn off your cell phones, sit down, stfu, and be engulfed by TTT!!!
Other than that I found the direction of the story to be quite good. Fast paced, excellent development of Gollum, and over all fantastic.
Was that really 3 hours? Now I am jonesing for ROTK.
"one vigarous romantic fling on said sofa would risk the chance of actualy crashing the server" Ummm, your reading /. I don't think that will really happen, unless you cosider your left "Romantic"
"However, the odds of it happening are darned near astronomical in any case, since the sideband radiation caused by the gameboy would have to be right on the right frequency and strong enough to override the "correct" signal...not terribly likely." Read this...it is possible and some incidents have been reported....http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/public ations/Reports/EMI.html
Also I have read about a Gameboy causing depressurization, but I can't find the article.
His Ph.D. is in Astro Physics I believe. If you have every read his work, you would see that his science fiction novels use currently known science facts/laws, and a few made up ones as well...it is science fiction. "Am I supposed to respect his opinion on science fiction more because he has a doctorate in some field?" When that field is astro physics....yes.
are all over web pages and many search engines find them. I did a search for Fat Beaver (long story) and found a website that had "FAT" (dumb quotes) in black text on a black background. Googles handy toolbar has the highlight function, boy was I surprised.
Surprised that the reviewer did not test this with a game or two. It could make for some interesting new games/gameplay, but would suck to have to quit gaming to recharge your mouse during a marathon gaming session.
I know that there have been previous versions of handheld wireless mice, but they lagged bad, this sounds like it would be better.
This will solve some problems and will be nice to have. It will mean one less box hanging out in my already over crowded technilogical rat hole I call home. Also, since it will be in YOUR tv, you can mod the internal reciever and decode all your favorite channels that the cable industry blocks.
The ATT site does not have this tiered pricing listed. It also says that I cannot get any broadband service at my address. Kind of funny when when I already have ATT cable modem running there. I think it is priced priced good but they cannot guarantee that performance with the nodes overloaded as they are, hell I get about 900kbps not the 1.5Mbps I should be getting. If they added more nodes and decreasedthe numbers on them, it would be worth it. As it is, they can't even keep my connection up all the time. I constantly get 3 to 5 minute hiccups between 9 - 10pm everynight. Oh well, they wont get my money for now.
"when you get ten geeks together in a garage with a tub of caffeine and enough powerhouse computer systems to keep them happy all night long, guess what happens?"
Well you have a sausage fest.
Where do people/geeks find the free time to make stuff like this. No wonder they (we) rarely get laid.
Wow, this seems to go against privacy laws. While they are scanning every hard drive for files, are they going to catalog information on your disc or shared drives? Hope they have big freaking storage rooms to get every machines drive copied examination. As for the DoS attacks, are they going jam up networks and piss off the isps or just have your isp pull the plug on you? That would be very uncool, but I could see that happening.
Since this patent will expire in 2004, why not hire a good team of lawyers and have them fight it in court for the next year or two. By the time the verdict is reached it will be moot, except for some patent breaching fines that would be retro active to '97 or '02. They already priced themselves out at $15 mil. All the manufactures can pay that if the patent is upheld.
I remember seeing an article somewhere regarding this exact issue. In a semi remote area of Colorado, 8 families set up there own ISP for themselves. After the initial equipment costs (with all the dead .coms, equipment can be found relatively cheap), it came to like 20 or 30 bucks a month to cover all costs. It really pissed of one of the baby bells, since they would be using the lines that baby bell installed. I believe that the baby bell tried to sue and lost since they have to share the lines according to the FCC rules.
Anyway, if you are to worried about leeching neighbors, get a satilite connection. While not as fast as DSL or cable connections, it still beats the hell out of dial up.
-Out the PC, over the LAN, through the server, down the T1, nothing but 'net-
Wasn't there something about Perl 6 being released not too long ago? Anyway this release will give all the scriptkiddies something to do for a day.
Well an IMAX theater can induce nausia (sp) in some people. Watching some jackass play on their own system can be irratating, but on an 8 story dome, my god the jerkiness would make me sick. Image trying (or watching someone try) to run and spin shoot with huge characters and even bigger targets. It is a recipe for a barforama.
Pukes away!!!
This bill is very broad. It limits too much and is unenforcable. What are they going to arrest me and my friend for our Jerry Springer video collection? Also if I claim all of my emails as copyright protected and they are forwarded on, doesn't that break the law in the bill? Hell forwarding /. on to friends would infringe on rights according to this.
Censor me, when I think to much.... Looks like the UK and John Ashcroft should team up to see what other freedoms they can take away in the name of fighting terrorism.
Well according to that, you can't set up a home network without a Buckeye accepted vender laying your cat5 cable, or placing your wireless AP. What a crock o'shit. Even though I dislike AT&T, they don't tell me how to setup my home network.
We don't need rascist language. Please refrain from future use. However, you other insites are welcome, I think?
"Bill Gates Patents 0's and 1's"
Who voted for crap like Pearl Harbor and Brittney Spears in Crossroads? OH God how did I know it was her movie?