TFA States it will be bundled as part of the standard operating system for the Raspberry Pi. It doesn't state it will be on every Pi. basic reading comprehension.
I have the cheap Chinese QI chargers and they work great. They don't have the magnetic positioning so you do have to take a little more care in setting it down but they give a little beep when connected so it's easy.
I have QI wireless charging on my Nexus 7 and Nexus 4. This is incredibly convenient. Just set the device on the charger. You don't have to fiddle with the connector (there must be a rule that you will always pick up the connector in the wrong orientation). I find the fiddling with the connector is more like 15 seconds. I don't even have to think about wireless charging. Just set the device down. Works great.
This device seems to be able to bypass the "enumeration" thing and allow them to charge at max rate It also acts as a firewall to keep the USB port from downloading data from your device.
Also found this: "As far as I know GLONASS is transparent accessible for any application through the android gps-api. So no need for special treadment of GLONASS for the applications. My xperia active (firmware.42) use GLONASS all the time according to GPS TEST. It always show me satellites between 65 and 88."
I think I read somewhere (citation needed) that some sports such as hang gliding and sky diving have a "negative learning curve" where people take more risks and they become more dangerous over time. That could be what happened here.
One interesting thing I learned from the article is that many (?most) current smartphones use both Glonass and the US GPS system for position fixes. One motivation for this is the Russian requirement which heavily taxes devices which don't support Glonass. Apparently the iPhone 4S started support and many others also added support. I guess it's good to have two systems (with a possible third with the EU system). This can provide redundancy and improve reliability. Of course these are useful tools for warfare which is why we have several systems ("We've always been at war with Eastasia").
Recently decided to buy something from Sears mail order. It was a total disaster. First, their web site wouldn't take my correct address leading to a 6AM call from the East coast warehouse to sort out the address. They then shipped a cheaper substitute part (different part number) and insisted it was just fine. Wouldn't take a return or ship a replacement. Finally protested the charge to my credit card and got a refund. Never again. Ironic that Sears can't even do mail order right these days.
Really? "Unnecessary movements...?" Should people just stay home and not go to work or socialize or recreate? As far as efficiency... every transport system has a budget and assets and costs... a good manager will optimize their use. A good manager will get good performance reviews and will be successful. This has nothing to do with the cost (free or otherwise) of the ride. People will be happy or unhappy with the service depending on the schedule of the transport and the facilities. They may be a bit more unhappy if they paid a lot for the service but the feedback will be the same.
Tell that to the two guys in Detroit who died last month when a minor incident of road rage between two licensed gun carrying drivers (with families in the cars) escalated into a gun battle where they killed each other. I assume that since they each had a gun that they each felt they could enforce their opinion over the other. When it turned out that they both had a gun, it escalated beyond standoff to death... not too polite.
Interesting article in the NYT today about the future of education and on-line courses. They use an analogy to the advent of steam powered shipping. The first steam boats were very limited in range and capacity and could only operate on rivers. The trans-Atlantic shipping companies scoffed at the idea. 12 years later steam ships were crossing the Atlantic. All of the original trans-Atlantic companies went out of business within the next decade.
Their primary argument seems to be that it will take too long to scale up renewable energy sources. This seems a very odd and disingenuous argument when you consider that it takes at least 10 years to build a nuclear power plant but large solar and wind farms can be built in 1-2 years. Small scale solar and wind can be installed within a few months. Their argument just doesn't make any sense.
How does it help farmers? I mean, do the vegetables have a clock? Wouldn't the farmers just get up and get to work whenever it was light?... or would they stupidly get to the fields in the dark just because the clock told them it was time.
Considering that you can get all of this for free from multiple sources for multiple platforms, the $99/year looks like a ripoff. Some years ago Bill Gates, in a moment of wishful thinking, said that hardware was trending towards free while software was where the real money could be made. At the time I didn't believe it and today we have a situation where most software is free (and hardware is cheap). This kind of undercuts Microsoft's business model. I can't remember the last time I bought any software. Everything I use is free (and most open source).
You could take a minute to, you know, like, look at the Play store (unless you don't have an Android phone and are just ranting to hear yourself scream) and see that this is a free install for any recent Android device. (And you can uninstall it from any Android device also if you don't want it.) Looks like 1,000,000+ people have downloaded it. I just installed the latest version on an old HTC phone which has been heavily customized by HTC with the "Sense" interface with no problems. (I can uninstall it too...)
There's a fundamental flaw in the OSIAAT. The NSA seems to believe that they key to finding a needle in a haystack is to get a bigger haystack. Others may try to follow this model but that would be stupid (not to say that "intelligence" agencies aren't stupid).
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TFA States it will be bundled as part of the standard operating system for the Raspberry Pi. It doesn't state it will be on every Pi.
basic reading comprehension.
I have the cheap Chinese QI chargers and they work great.
They don't have the magnetic positioning so you do have to take a little more care in setting it down but they give a little beep when connected so it's easy.
I have QI wireless charging on my Nexus 7 and Nexus 4.
This is incredibly convenient. Just set the device on the charger. You don't have to fiddle with the connector (there must be a rule that you will always pick up the connector in the wrong orientation). I find the fiddling with the connector is more like 15 seconds. I don't even have to think about wireless charging. Just set the device down.
Works great.
There is a known issue with some Android devices where they don't go into sleep mode and will discharge rapidly even when connected to a charger.
I had this with my Nexus 4 but it's been reported in many different devices.
Lots of random advice in forums on how to fix it but the problem still seems to exist.
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-active/733289-s4-active-wont-go-in-sleep-mode-when-charging.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-7-tablet-2013/314761-battery-drain-sleep-mode.html
This device seems to be able to bypass the "enumeration" thing and allow them to charge at max rate It also acts as a firewall to keep the USB port from downloading data from your device.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1137339450/lockedusb-adapter-usb-charger-firewall-and-power-o
There's an app for that:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chartcross.gpstest&hl=en
Also found this: .42) use GLONASS all the time according to GPS TEST. It always show me satellites between 65 and 88."
"As far as I know GLONASS is transparent accessible for any application through the android gps-api. So no need for special treadment of GLONASS for the applications.
My xperia active (firmware
But... how many of these were fatal to the fish vs fatal to the fisherman?
I think I read somewhere (citation needed) that some sports such as hang gliding and sky diving have a "negative learning curve" where people take more risks and they become more dangerous over time.
That could be what happened here.
One interesting thing I learned from the article is that many (?most) current smartphones use both Glonass and the US GPS system for position fixes.
One motivation for this is the Russian requirement which heavily taxes devices which don't support Glonass. Apparently the iPhone 4S started support and many others also added support.
I guess it's good to have two systems (with a possible third with the EU system). This can provide redundancy and improve reliability. Of course these are useful tools for warfare which is why we have several systems ("We've always been at war with Eastasia").
Recently decided to buy something from Sears mail order.
It was a total disaster. First, their web site wouldn't take my correct address leading to a 6AM call from the East coast warehouse to sort out the address. They then shipped a cheaper substitute part (different part number) and insisted it was just fine. Wouldn't take a return or ship a replacement. Finally protested the charge to my credit card and got a refund.
Never again.
Ironic that Sears can't even do mail order right these days.
Bad for the firemen who have to go in and breath the toxins (or anyone else in the neighborhood of the fire).
These chemicals should be banned.
Really? "Unnecessary movements...?"
Should people just stay home and not go to work or socialize or recreate?
As far as efficiency... every transport system has a budget and assets and costs... a good manager will optimize their use. A good manager will get good performance reviews and will be successful. This has nothing to do with the cost (free or otherwise) of the ride. People will be happy or unhappy with the service depending on the schedule of the transport and the facilities. They may be a bit more unhappy if they paid a lot for the service but the feedback will be the same.
Tell that to the two guys in Detroit who died last month when a minor incident of road rage between two licensed gun carrying drivers (with families in the cars) escalated into a gun battle where they killed each other.
I assume that since they each had a gun that they each felt they could enforce their opinion over the other. When it turned out that they both had a gun, it escalated beyond standoff to death... not too polite.
But none of these things change with daylight saving time.
Interesting article in the NYT today about the future of education and on-line courses.
They use an analogy to the advent of steam powered shipping.
The first steam boats were very limited in range and capacity and could only operate on rivers.
The trans-Atlantic shipping companies scoffed at the idea.
12 years later steam ships were crossing the Atlantic.
All of the original trans-Atlantic companies went out of business within the next decade.
Disruptive technology is a bitch.
Their primary argument seems to be that it will take too long to scale up renewable energy sources.
This seems a very odd and disingenuous argument when you consider that it takes at least 10 years to build a nuclear power plant but large solar and wind farms can be built in 1-2 years. Small scale solar and wind can be installed within a few months.
Their argument just doesn't make any sense.
... you mean between the sewer and street level?
Yes, they have their own clock... but it's not the same as ours and doesn't follow daylight saving time.
India has one time zone (since 1905). No daylight savings time. 2000 km East to West.
Works fine for them.
How does it help farmers?
I mean, do the vegetables have a clock?
Wouldn't the farmers just get up and get to work whenever it was light?... or would they stupidly get to the fields in the dark just because the clock told them it was time.
Considering that you can get all of this for free from multiple sources for multiple platforms, the $99/year looks like a ripoff.
Some years ago Bill Gates, in a moment of wishful thinking, said that hardware was trending towards free while software was where the real money could be made.
At the time I didn't believe it and today we have a situation where most software is free (and hardware is cheap). This kind of undercuts Microsoft's business model.
I can't remember the last time I bought any software. Everything I use is free (and most open source).
You could take a minute to, you know, like, look at the Play store (unless you don't have an Android phone and are just ranting to hear yourself scream) and see that this is a free install for any recent Android device. (And you can uninstall it from any Android device also if you don't want it.)
Looks like 1,000,000+ people have downloaded it.
I just installed the latest version on an old HTC phone which has been heavily customized by HTC with the "Sense" interface with no problems.
(I can uninstall it too...)
There is some good science supporting this... if you believe in science. If you're a denier then keep your head in the sand.
From the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences":
"We found that a 21-degree warming would put half of the world's population in an uninhabitable environment,"says study co-author Matthew Huber of Purdue University. While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that the result of business-as-usual warming would be 7 degrees by 2100, eventual warming over several centuries of 25 degrees is feasible, says Huber. The new research calculated the highest tolerable "wet-bulb" temperature that humans can withstand."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/05/report-climate-change-could-render-much-of-world-uninhabitable/1#.UnRNdCS-Pfk
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/earth-may-be-too-hot-for-humans-by-2300-study-1970969.html
There's a fundamental flaw in the OSIAAT.
The NSA seems to believe that they key to finding a needle in a haystack is to get a bigger haystack.
Others may try to follow this model but that would be stupid (not to say that "intelligence" agencies aren't stupid).
More likely climate change will make the planet uninhabitable within the next few hundred years.