Just purchased a second hand (1992) Rover 45 car (UK) - filled in the slip in the back of the owner's manual, posted it to Rover and the rest of the warranty is now mine. There is hope.
OK then, use a Segway to...
Bring a flat pack closet home from the DIY store...or...
1 week's shopping for a family of five...or...
Two kids to school...or...
Me and my notebook PC + documents to work (6 miles, most of it in country lanes--see next)...or...
Use one round our way where we're in the middle of narrow country lanes (in the UK) where even driving a car can be a life or death experience according to who's coming the other way....Throw in some classic British winter weather and..well.I don't think so.
I'm sure the Segway's fun, has some really practical uses and also appeals to the gadget freaks...but it's not for the masses and no marketing strategy should ever try and convince us otherwise.
..that's 'kiddies' and cheapo wireless mics and technically they're illegal.
The professional ones use bands outside 88-108 (see (http://www.radio.gov.uk/topics/eudirectives/fap/f req-tabs/table48.htm).
It seems that flashing LED cellphone aerials could be illegal too! (http://www.radio.gov.uk/topics/pmc/document/licen cetypes/twinkling.htm). How many more criminals does that add to the pile!?
L3K
There's **SO** many places where you can BUY FM bugs in the UK despite the fact that to USE them is illegal, and the position on radio scanners and traffic speed detectors is pretty much the same -- yet you don't read about the suppliers being prosecuted day in day out, so I guess AM Micro is being a tad over-cautious.
linker's rules of white thermal paste:
No matter how hard you try, some paste WILL always end up on your clothes. Do not try to avoid it-you can't.
You will only spot the paste mark that evening when removing your clothes.
The paste could not have made it to where it is on your clothes unless you were doubled over backwards and standing on your head at the time you applied it to the equipment.
The series was ruined for me when I noticed several 6502-based 'Acorn Trainer' units posing as front panels on 'computers' in the background.
I spent many a happy hour learning assembler on the trainers; controlling relays, sound boards (SN76477-based) and LED arrays -- and replacing the 5V three-terminal regulators that used to run at post-core-of-the-sun temperatures and burn out with predictable regularity.
Aah - happy days.
To all those posting whingey, whiney comments:-
a) If you don't like the software ask for your money back or better still, contribute some time and effort to help improve the software if you have the skills.
L3K.
PS: Try the same tactics with any M$ app!
Er, how about graphics apps - I am notebook-based ( Acer PIII-600 due for replacement asap!) My main work is courseware development and technical authoring which takes me into the worlds of Corel Draw, Pagemaker, Photopaint, Illustrator and a host of other graphics-oriented apps--many of which I use whilst working on a customer's site on short/medium term projects.
That said, I doubt if I'd lug a 17" beastie around! Next stop for me will probably be a 15 incher.
Stayed in a uni hotel (part of their conference suite) about a month ago and each room had access to the campus network and Internet via a 100BaseT connection.
Hooking my laptop to the network revealed dozens of workgroups, numerous student and uni PCs.
About 80% of the PCs had guest login disabled, but among the noteworthy that didn't:
1 PC hosting numerous recent movies including the one where there is no spoon (reloaded)
1 PC sharing 'my documents' with tons of party pics (all very pretty but harmless)
Numerous MP3s in about 20 shared 'my music's
A smattering of pr0n
Almost every accessible PC infected with worms that spread via NETBIOS (Norton AV 2003 went frantic every time I browsed a share)
Welcome to the real world
L3K
Yep, the raw materials for a CD might cost (you guesstimate) $0.35, but the persons running the pressing machines, sweeping the factory floor, answering the company phones, doing HR etc. strangely enough all want a wage. There's lighting, heating, the actual building itself, rent, local taxes, the pressing machines and other capital equipment, software licences, office kit, chemicals, inks, salespersons touting for business, marketing to win business, charges for waste disposal, banking charges.....ooh, I could go on.
Don't get me wrong--I don't work for the industry and I DO think CDs are generally over-priced but that basic comment is flawed--raw costs are NO WAY to justify cost arguments--I don't pick up an orange from my fruit bowl and think it should be free because it grew on a tree; there's the grower to pay, picking machines, storage, transport, chemicals...geddit..
L3K
More expensive than coffee down the shirt...
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Well, here's potential for a new spin on the old coffee cup + watch-wearing person joke..
"Hey Tom, what's the time..?"
"Sure it's..." + sound of notebook hitting the floor as Tom checks his USB watch and pulls it to the ground.
If the strap was carbon-loaded, would the watch serve as an antistatic wrist strap too!?
L3K
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Just purchased a second hand (1992) Rover 45 car (UK) - filled in the slip in the back of the owner's manual, posted it to Rover and the rest of the warranty is now mine. There is hope.
There's ads? (Turns off Proxomitron)..oh yeah..whaddya know! (turns on Proxomitron)
OK then, use a Segway to... Bring a flat pack closet home from the DIY store ...or...
1 week's shopping for a family of five ...or...
Two kids to school ...or...
Me and my notebook PC + documents to work (6 miles, most of it in country lanes--see next) ...or...
Use one round our way where we're in the middle of narrow country lanes (in the UK) where even driving a car can be a life or death experience according to who's coming the other way....Throw in some classic British winter weather and..well.I don't think so.
I'm sure the Segway's fun, has some really practical uses and also appeals to the gadget freaks...but it's not for the masses and no marketing strategy should ever try and convince us otherwise.
Some nerd round here tries to port Linux to it?
Yup good point..the regs refer to retro-fits.
...beat me to it.. that word 'capable' is important. L3K
Cool - a quiet life at last. Please add computers to the list. Hooray for the Amish!
..that's 'kiddies' and cheapo wireless mics and technically they're illegal. The professional ones use bands outside 88-108 (see (http://www.radio.gov.uk/topics/eudirectives/fap/f req-tabs/table48.htm).
It seems that flashing LED cellphone aerials could be illegal too! (http://www.radio.gov.uk/topics/pmc/document/licen cetypes/twinkling.htm). How many more criminals does that add to the pile!?
L3K
We use stuff that works in permitted frequency bands so it's not illegal.
There's **SO** many places where you can BUY FM bugs in the UK despite the fact that to USE them is illegal, and the position on radio scanners and traffic speed detectors is pretty much the same -- yet you don't read about the suppliers being prosecuted day in day out, so I guess AM Micro is being a tad over-cautious.
linker's rules of white thermal paste: No matter how hard you try, some paste WILL always end up on your clothes. Do not try to avoid it-you can't. You will only spot the paste mark that evening when removing your clothes. The paste could not have made it to where it is on your clothes unless you were doubled over backwards and standing on your head at the time you applied it to the equipment.
AA NiMH are now kicking around 2000-2200mAh (ie: Energizer) - I use them with a digital camera and a 1hr recharger - hot snot!
The series was ruined for me when I noticed several 6502-based 'Acorn Trainer' units posing as front panels on 'computers' in the background. I spent many a happy hour learning assembler on the trainers; controlling relays, sound boards (SN76477-based) and LED arrays -- and replacing the 5V three-terminal regulators that used to run at post-core-of-the-sun temperatures and burn out with predictable regularity. Aah - happy days.
To all those posting whingey, whiney comments:- a) If you don't like the software ask for your money back or better still, contribute some time and effort to help improve the software if you have the skills. L3K. PS: Try the same tactics with any M$ app!
Er, how about graphics apps - I am notebook-based ( Acer PIII-600 due for replacement asap!) My main work is courseware development and technical authoring which takes me into the worlds of Corel Draw, Pagemaker, Photopaint, Illustrator and a host of other graphics-oriented apps--many of which I use whilst working on a customer's site on short/medium term projects. That said, I doubt if I'd lug a 17" beastie around! Next stop for me will probably be a 15 incher.
But the office vending machine coffee will still taste like sh*t and the help desk will still take 3 days to create a login for a new worker.
Stayed in a uni hotel (part of their conference suite) about a month ago and each room had access to the campus network and Internet via a 100BaseT connection. Hooking my laptop to the network revealed dozens of workgroups, numerous student and uni PCs. About 80% of the PCs had guest login disabled, but among the noteworthy that didn't: 1 PC hosting numerous recent movies including the one where there is no spoon (reloaded) 1 PC sharing 'my documents' with tons of party pics (all very pretty but harmless) Numerous MP3s in about 20 shared 'my music's A smattering of pr0n Almost every accessible PC infected with worms that spread via NETBIOS (Norton AV 2003 went frantic every time I browsed a share) Welcome to the real world L3K
Yep, the raw materials for a CD might cost (you guesstimate) $0.35, but the persons running the pressing machines, sweeping the factory floor, answering the company phones, doing HR etc. strangely enough all want a wage. There's lighting, heating, the actual building itself, rent, local taxes, the pressing machines and other capital equipment, software licences, office kit, chemicals, inks, salespersons touting for business, marketing to win business, charges for waste disposal, banking charges.....ooh, I could go on. Don't get me wrong--I don't work for the industry and I DO think CDs are generally over-priced but that basic comment is flawed--raw costs are NO WAY to justify cost arguments--I don't pick up an orange from my fruit bowl and think it should be free because it grew on a tree; there's the grower to pay, picking machines, storage, transport, chemicals...geddit.. L3K
But did the Mayans do it first? Knot, knot, no knot, no knot, knot, knot, knot ...OK Tahmas, that's a b-flat on the pipes....
Prior art!
Incnix? Incnux?
Well, here's potential for a new spin on the old coffee cup + watch-wearing person joke.. "Hey Tom, what's the time..?" "Sure it's..." + sound of notebook hitting the floor as Tom checks his USB watch and pulls it to the ground. If the strap was carbon-loaded, would the watch serve as an antistatic wrist strap too!? L3K