Capitol Hill Blue is never very reliable, this is the same place that claims to have 'classified reports' from the US Secret Service saying that Cheney was in fact drunk when he accidentally shot Mr. Magoo. While that is still up for debate, if said reports do exists one would think that they would have been better publicized?
How is your internet connection? What types of connections are available to people in your area? Are there wireless access points in the city in which you live and if so are they set up by an ISP, are they free? Are there datacenters in Jordan and if so how stable is thier connection and what kind of bandwidth do they have? I really know little about the Middle East but I can't imagine there is miles of fiber running across it like North America or Europe.
Does anyone else find it funny that the copywrite lawyer looking over the bill shares the same last name as Alfred A. Knopf the famous publisher? The Knopf name is still used to this day as a book publisher even though Random House purchased the company from Knopf in 1960 and he is long since dead.
The article really doesn't explain why the chips are reffered to as "solar" cell implants. Are these people only going to be able to see light from the sun (I doubt it). I guess they just lacked a better word for the cells, any other suggestions as to why this is?
What about using the keyboard as a gaming input device. First off, those arrowkeys in the middle, just wont work. Secondly, wwe would have to retire WASD, and I love WASD! Finally, as someone else already pointed out, where the hell is the spacebar! How can I jump without a spacebar!?
Penn & Teller (the magicians) have a show on the Showtime network called "Bullshit" in which they take a topic and explain how it either doesn't make sense or needs to be changed. One of the shows covers genetically modified foods and the people that are against them. It's very interesting to learn what people think about genetically modified food and the facts of it. For anyone interested I suggest you check the show out.
Basically, the show says that the people against genetically modified food don't know the facts and say that it isn't monitored by government agencies, while it is infact monitored by the FDA and EPA. Furthermore, genetically modified foods are solving the problem of world hunger by producing more output per area and being more resilliant in harsh climates.
Personally, I believe genetically modified plants are required to sustain life on earth with our current population.
The Digital Millenium Copywrite act can be viewed as unconstitutional. I'm glad the supreme court is finally taking the correct steps to defend the individual's liberties in this country instead of the usual practice of protecting large firms profits (merly because those firms have too much say in our government because of the money they put into it). Hopefully this will bring an end to frivilous lawsuits against people that are mere pawns in the scheme of warez and piracy. Personally, I would rather see the RIAA spend some of thier resources in ensuring better music is being produced instead of the formulized crap they are turning out currently.
I have owned a rio kharma for about a year now (got one when they first came out). I had to have it RMAed about 2 months after I got it because the HD failed, other than that I love it. OGG format on it is the best and the built-in playlist features can't be beat. Also, the docking cradle which sits on my desk glows to the beat of the music. The other thing that is great about the Kharma is it has both USB and Ethernet connectivity through its docking cradle so friends on your network can drop songs directly onto it.
Things I don't like about the Kharma is the software utility, it takes forever to add music to the browser.
I'm tired and wasn't paying much attention to the article, didn't notice the big words OPEN SOURCE, so yeah, sleep...
Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if the BBC tried to liscense and/or sell this codec much in the same way that Red Hat sells linux.
I'm sure this codec is a great idea, but I'm also sure there is a free equivlent to it that makes alot more sense. The BBC, just like any other rational business, is out to make money off of this while the rest of the world could benifit greatly from it. Then again, the current codec situation isn't that peachy. Divx, one of the more popular codecs is packaged with spyware up the wazoo and has been for sometime.
Furthermore, if and when the BBC has a working codec will they be held responsible for copywrited material translated into it? I'd like to see the outcome from a lawsuit between the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the BBC reguarding thier codec being used as a good way to view movies.
FBI wiretapping requirements are going to have to be resolved sometime soon, and eventually a system will be invented where they can monitor VOIP calls. At that time I'm sure VOIP will be taking off more than it is now. It seems that currently businesses are hesitant to get into the frenzy because of all the upfront costs.
As the anonymouse coward pointed out, the amount of bandwidth needed to carry a simple phone call is nothing. Furthermore, the people that would be using this service the most would not be the general public, it would be large businesses. Most if not all of the large business in this country already have sufficient bandwidth available to use for this, and if they didn't upgrading thier current systems would not be all that costly, especially with the money they would be saving down the road.
Also, you infer that we cannot reliably carry traffic, what I meant when I said the infastructure is already there is that cable is already laid across the US to carry this traffic. It is just a matter of buying/leasing bandwidth on these lines.
The infastructure is already there, the quality is the same and can be better, and the price is much cheaper, not to mention more services running over the same lines cuts costs and increases the convience of maintnence. However, relying to much on a system based completly on VOIP could cause outages without the proper redundancy. Also, phreakers would be sad, either that or they would just become hackers...
This is pretty rediculous, I mean, as far as the tourism industry is concerned that money could be spent in better ways such as advertisments. Plus, it's not like the cows are seeing any of the money. And I don't know if trees are more tasty to cows than grass? Anyone?
A very nice product, although 8 hour battery life is somewhat lacking for a GPS. Garmin has a similar product: http://www.garmin.com/products/iQue3200/ but it's not as beefy. I still don't understand why you need to check your email and appointments out on the trail...
What is your stance on the use of medical-marijana? What do you think can be done to change the way in which the war on drugs in America is being fought, either legalizing/decriminalizing and taxing or otherwise?
Furthermore, How will you deal with our budget deficit and reform the GOP's relentless tax cuts and the Democratic Party's exorbanent spending?
I had a 2.4ghz phone that I got about a year ago and it does interfere with my wireless connection. I tried setting the channel of the phone all the way t the highest end of the setting and the basestation all the way down and it helped some. Eventually I got a new 5.8ghz system and it's been alot better, no interference noticable.
AIM has tried this in the past too, they even went back and forth with Cerulean for about two weeks constantly changing they way the AIM service connects. Finally they gave up and Trillian has worked perfectly even since. You think Yahoo would learn... However, I'm sure Yahoo is not changing thier protocal just to make Trillian not work, probably some underlying security issue we arn't seeing.
I great example of how regular 802.11 wireless is showing its strengths, however you all realize there are limits. Eventually we will depend on laser transmission of data due to the massive distances it can easily cover. Furthermore, I remember seeing another test when a group of people in the middle of the Moab desert made a record of something around 30 miles with a standard cisco card and a very odd homemade antenna which was made from fine metal mesh screen and wood in a pyramid shape. Does anyone else remember seeing that? I can't seem to find a link.
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Capitol Hill Blue is never very reliable, this is the same place that claims to have 'classified reports' from the US Secret Service saying that Cheney was in fact drunk when he accidentally shot Mr. Magoo. While that is still up for debate, if said reports do exists one would think that they would have been better publicized?
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Under section 3, you forgot to replace ??? with "Have accounting firm report false earnings."
How is your internet connection? What types of connections are available to people in your area? Are there wireless access points in the city in which you live and if so are they set up by an ISP, are they free? Are there datacenters in Jordan and if so how stable is thier connection and what kind of bandwidth do they have? I really know little about the Middle East but I can't imagine there is miles of fiber running across it like North America or Europe.
Having no luck here either... slashdotted?
I'm sure many of you have seen Spielberg's Minority Report, check it out if you havn't...
Does anyone else find it funny that the copywrite lawyer looking over the bill shares the same last name as Alfred A. Knopf the famous publisher? The Knopf name is still used to this day as a book publisher even though Random House purchased the company from Knopf in 1960 and he is long since dead.
3/4 of the images arn't working, should I wait..?
It's already down!? Mirror!
The article really doesn't explain why the chips are reffered to as "solar" cell implants. Are these people only going to be able to see light from the sun (I doubt it). I guess they just lacked a better word for the cells, any other suggestions as to why this is?
What about using the keyboard as a gaming input device. First off, those arrowkeys in the middle, just wont work. Secondly, wwe would have to retire WASD, and I love WASD! Finally, as someone else already pointed out, where the hell is the spacebar! How can I jump without a spacebar!?
Basically, the show says that the people against genetically modified food don't know the facts and say that it isn't monitored by government agencies, while it is infact monitored by the FDA and EPA. Furthermore, genetically modified foods are solving the problem of world hunger by producing more output per area and being more resilliant in harsh climates.
Personally, I believe genetically modified plants are required to sustain life on earth with our current population.
The Digital Millenium Copywrite act can be viewed as unconstitutional. I'm glad the supreme court is finally taking the correct steps to defend the individual's liberties in this country instead of the usual practice of protecting large firms profits (merly because those firms have too much say in our government because of the money they put into it). Hopefully this will bring an end to frivilous lawsuits against people that are mere pawns in the scheme of warez and piracy. Personally, I would rather see the RIAA spend some of thier resources in ensuring better music is being produced instead of the formulized crap they are turning out currently.
Things I don't like about the Kharma is the software utility, it takes forever to add music to the browser.
I'm tired and wasn't paying much attention to the article, didn't notice the big words OPEN SOURCE, so yeah, sleep... Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if the BBC tried to liscense and/or sell this codec much in the same way that Red Hat sells linux.
Furthermore, if and when the BBC has a working codec will they be held responsible for copywrited material translated into it? I'd like to see the outcome from a lawsuit between the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the BBC reguarding thier codec being used as a good way to view movies.
FBI wiretapping requirements are going to have to be resolved sometime soon, and eventually a system will be invented where they can monitor VOIP calls. At that time I'm sure VOIP will be taking off more than it is now. It seems that currently businesses are hesitant to get into the frenzy because of all the upfront costs.
As the anonymouse coward pointed out, the amount of bandwidth needed to carry a simple phone call is nothing. Furthermore, the people that would be using this service the most would not be the general public, it would be large businesses. Most if not all of the large business in this country already have sufficient bandwidth available to use for this, and if they didn't upgrading thier current systems would not be all that costly, especially with the money they would be saving down the road. Also, you infer that we cannot reliably carry traffic, what I meant when I said the infastructure is already there is that cable is already laid across the US to carry this traffic. It is just a matter of buying/leasing bandwidth on these lines.
The infastructure is already there, the quality is the same and can be better, and the price is much cheaper, not to mention more services running over the same lines cuts costs and increases the convience of maintnence. However, relying to much on a system based completly on VOIP could cause outages without the proper redundancy. Also, phreakers would be sad, either that or they would just become hackers...
This is pretty rediculous, I mean, as far as the tourism industry is concerned that money could be spent in better ways such as advertisments. Plus, it's not like the cows are seeing any of the money. And I don't know if trees are more tasty to cows than grass? Anyone?
A very nice product, although 8 hour battery life is somewhat lacking for a GPS. Garmin has a similar product: http://www.garmin.com/products/iQue3200/ but it's not as beefy. I still don't understand why you need to check your email and appointments out on the trail...
What is your stance on the use of medical-marijana? What do you think can be done to change the way in which the war on drugs in America is being fought, either legalizing/decriminalizing and taxing or otherwise?
Furthermore, How will you deal with our budget deficit and reform the GOP's relentless tax cuts and the Democratic Party's exorbanent spending?
I had a 2.4ghz phone that I got about a year ago and it does interfere with my wireless connection. I tried setting the channel of the phone all the way t the highest end of the setting and the basestation all the way down and it helped some. Eventually I got a new 5.8ghz system and it's been alot better, no interference noticable.
AIM has tried this in the past too, they even went back and forth with Cerulean for about two weeks constantly changing they way the AIM service connects. Finally they gave up and Trillian has worked perfectly even since. You think Yahoo would learn... However, I'm sure Yahoo is not changing thier protocal just to make Trillian not work, probably some underlying security issue we arn't seeing.
Pretty pictures indeed. As well as confusing the hell out of the wildlife around the area, whereas this wireless connection almost has no impact.
I great example of how regular 802.11 wireless is showing its strengths, however you all realize there are limits. Eventually we will depend on laser transmission of data due to the massive distances it can easily cover. Furthermore, I remember seeing another test when a group of people in the middle of the Moab desert made a record of something around 30 miles with a standard cisco card and a very odd homemade antenna which was made from fine metal mesh screen and wood in a pyramid shape. Does anyone else remember seeing that? I can't seem to find a link.