This reminds me of those dog collars that prevent one's pet from breaching a set boundary. Some emit painful shocks. Maybe they should consider making this "soft wall" zap the pilot if he violates a protected airspace...:-)
Well, wouldn't it only emit on the same bands in which it would be recieving? And then wouldn't that emission be smaller compared to the emission by the satellites?
Okay, cell phones make some amount of sense to be required to turn off during flight. But you will also find that GPS recievers are not allowed on at all!
This is ridiculous. GPS recievers are exactly what they say, recievers. They do not actively transmit any radio waves at all. GPS works because there are 27 (I think) sattelites in orbit constantly broadcasting the information neccessary for a GPS reciever to triangulate its position.
One thing that I do find funny is that in the air flight guide they say that no "Global Positioning Systems" are allowed. Does this mean they expect the government to turn off its sattelites when the plane is flying?
I know that there's no combustion involved, but the reaction that takes place certainly evolves some heat. I think even the water released is in its gaseous form. The question is, how hot will the fuel cell get under normal use? I know thatI wouldn't like something scalding in my pocket.
Obviously, Linux has some advantages over Mac OS X (and vice versa, of course).
Therefore, I'm thinking of installing Linux on an external FireWire hard disk. My question is, is Mandrake a superior distribution to, say, Yellow Dog? What about the others?
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Simply put metal contacts on the seats, controls, everywhere! They could even have little metal contacts shoot out of the wall and discharge!
Why settle for soft walls when you could encase a city in a 10-mile-high 20-foot-thick Plexiglass? It's worth a shot!
This reminds me of those dog collars that prevent one's pet from breaching a set boundary. Some emit painful shocks. Maybe they should consider making this "soft wall" zap the pilot if he violates a protected airspace... :-)
Well, wouldn't it only emit on the same bands in which it would be recieving? And then wouldn't that emission be smaller compared to the emission by the satellites?
Okay, cell phones make some amount of sense to be required to turn off during flight. But you will also find that GPS recievers are not allowed on at all!
This is ridiculous. GPS recievers are exactly what they say, recievers. They do not actively transmit any radio waves at all. GPS works because there are 27 (I think) sattelites in orbit constantly broadcasting the information neccessary for a GPS reciever to triangulate its position.
One thing that I do find funny is that in the air flight guide they say that no "Global Positioning Systems" are allowed. Does this mean they expect the government to turn off its sattelites when the plane is flying?
I know that there's no combustion involved, but the reaction that takes place certainly evolves some heat. I think even the water released is in its gaseous form. The question is, how hot will the fuel cell get under normal use?
I know thatI wouldn't like something scalding in my pocket.
This seems to me to be a small update to fix a few critical issues and to add support to a few small things that don't require much testing.
Obviously, Linux has some advantages over Mac OS X (and vice versa, of course).
Therefore, I'm thinking of installing Linux on an external FireWire hard disk. My question is, is Mandrake a superior distribution to, say, Yellow Dog? What about the others?
***News Flash*** IBM Restarts G3 Production In a move deemed to promote older processors, IBM has continued production of its G3 line. In its latest press release, it announced that it has incorportaed the new 1.25GHz processor into a special edition Macintosh dubbed the "1.25 GHz G3 model." Our sources speculate that this may indeed not be the case, and that this was just a typo. More details as they emerge.
Err... yes. You do need to say more. Because, frankly, a lot of us out here have precisely no idea what you are talking about.