Now I see why the US doesn't want Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power. The Bush administration is using the A-bomb as an excuse for the US to corner the market on plutonium laptop batteries. Unfortunately, this will be self-defeating, because the US population will consequently go sterile.
so basically for a small monthly fee, your overses folks can make a local call
I can't buy a local number in a country that Skype doesn't support, right? I can, however, buy a number in a country that's much closer to someone else's country. Or am I misunderstanding something? If I have it right, is there an easy way to find the most economical number to purchase from Skype for such a non-Skyped country?
I did a little reading up about Skype, mainly to find out what the hell it was. Allows you to do the headphones/microphone chat with someone else that has Skype, which is nice, yet not very practical.
So then I was dismayed to see some sort of "Account Balance" in the Skype GUI screenshot, in Euros. A cost for something supposedly free? Apparently Skype has a "SkypeOut" feature which lets you buy phone credit in advance, then call someone who has a normal phone line. It's dirt cheap if they're in the US or Western Europe, but otherwise, you have to pay a rate determined by specific location. The rates are still pretty cheap, and they're listed on the Skype page.
But do I really want headphones and a microphone when I call my friend in Romania? Nope. I see mention of these "USB phones" which Skype seems to be friendly with, but Amazon doesn't like the term "USB phone" and without nifty customer reviews, I'm a bit lost. Can someone recommend a good, affordable USB phone?
I can understand she is upset and wants some compensation for the "emotional stress" such an incident might have caused, but... $3 million...are you serious?
Sure she is. She wants to get rich, but I wouldn't be surprised if she got the money. The jury would see a huge, faceless company that will keep doing what they've been doing unless punished significantly. Yahoo can afford $3 million easily, but the prospect of more $3 million lawsuits coming in will make a difference.
Mr Chertoff also proposed that British citizens wishing to visit the US should consider entering a "Trusted Traveller" scheme.
The Brits aren't going to go for this unless we think like the capitalists we are. Perhaps if we offered them a free weekend in the US after they racked up enough Trusted Traveler Miles, that'd pique their curiosity.
If you read it, just substitue 'file swapping' for 'alcohol' and it seems to ring very true.
"National prohibition of file-swapping was undertaken to improve hygiene in America."
Missed the mark on that one. Maybe if they banned MMORPG's, they'd be getting somewhere.
Relying upon the IMDB to determine the top 250 movies of all time is like walking into a grade 2 classroom and asking them "Which Power Ranger is the best-est?"
I printed out imdb.com top 250 list and spent two years watching every movie on it. It was an amazing experience. I gained an appreciation for great films from many countries, for older classics, including silent and historical films, and other more experimental films (Dogville most notably).
Although I certainly disagree with some of the placement of the movies, I don't sell modern cinema short either. I would not put Return of the King where it is, but what Peter Jackson managed to do was astounding, and although I wouldn't put Godfather at #1, I see references to it every other day, and so many people revere it. Appealing to the general layman has to count for something, and that's what this list conveys. ROTS was a good but not great movie, and after the hype settles, it will probably fall off the imdb list because it only takes into account the "relatively active users" and not just those high on marketing hype.
The military supposed to be using its cash to helping our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They just released the BRAC recommendations (Base Realignment and Closing) which means 33 bases, including the one I work at, is slated to be closed for cost savings, to support both Homeland Security and the war effort. Last time I checked, Al Qaeda and other terrorists haven't been raining down on us from space.
I found more info on this, including more numbers, from this Reuters article. And by the way, it's moving at about 0.002c, which is pretty fast for something so huge. However, if you really want to be impressed, the gas in blazar jets moves at about 0.999c.
When I get together with friends and family, having an idea about what's on their mind and what interests them would help make conversation more enriching. We'd both have had time to comtemplate and form opinions on similar topics. If this overcame the bad vibes of a spam-based marketing scheme (hence me refusing the social network invite), it could really augment the mutual intuition two human beings have of each others' thoughts.
Is it possible to detect whether or not something quantum-encrypted is being transmitted? There's plenty of information you can garner from a transmission based on the start and stop time, frequency, source and destination, duration, etc.
- Scott
I actually think it's a perfectly acceptable thing to sell, and it's true that the concept of marketing one's forehead warrants special attention. Think of the social ramifications of such a sale. People might feel a bit more rejection with a company's ad on his forehead, because people that normally talk to him would feel advertising is interfering with a personal relationship. And more importantly, how many employers are going to be comfortable with someone advertising another company on his forehead?
Is it just me, or does this seem more like a patch than a real fix? Rather than realizing that the foam is problematic and designing something that won't come off, they resort to finding ways of preventing the old stuff from coming off.
Well, the Russians recently announced they're going to stop flying US astronauts up into space for free. The same day I read that, I read about this "patch", as you put it, being completed. It's a simple cause and effect analysis, if you ask me.
I look at it this way: The bureaucrats of today are no doubt exposed to many many conformist, spineless lemmings on a daily basis. These games provided people with a way of lightning bolting, drowning, squishing, or outright chucking conformist lemmings into a jagged mountain range. This man was very in touch with the frustration of modern leaders. This honor serves not only to reward an inventor, but also to make a statement.
The use of linux is multiplied year to year. Its popularity has extended between the countries of the first world and those that are in via of development, and has overturned the glance, before indifferent, of the great corporations that make business with the technologies of the information.
Agreed, this is a way to do it on the cheap, but because of the spatial issues and timing complexities, it may be more trouble than its worth, and may well be wise to buy a camera from the professionals.
First off, that water balloon video, which is 4000fps instead of the ~1600fps camera array video, is really awesome. However, if, for some deranged scientific experiment/research, 4000fps isn't good enough, perhaps you can build an array of 52 professional 4000fps cameras to achieve a whopping 208,000fps:)
I just got done watching Elephant Man.. brilliant movie... in it, there actually IS a medical diagnosis of John Merrick (The Elephant Man), but not so much a psychological one. I'd say he'd pretty much be in the same situation as Gollumn, except for the all-powerful mind control ring of invisibility that is.
Scientists have created a cellphone cover that grows into a sunflower. I wonder if this means we'll start seeing some mutated plants when these "environment-friendly" casings catch on world-wide.
Instead of asking them to warm up your cup (some hot water in it for 30 sec would do it), you stopped going there? That's pretty silly. Unless asking for that seems embarrassing to you (which is also silly - you are the customer, I'm sure they'd be happy to do it).
Just to be explicit, this is referring to the House of Coffee in Red Bank, NJ. Their service was terrible too, so although I went there every day, and often ask explicitly for the coffee hot, it'd still be lukewarm. I often asked for more than one cup, and they brought each cup just as cold. And sometimes I'd have to chase them down on foot to get my next cup. Now I go to a Starbucks attached to a Barnes and Nobles, with paper cups, where I can get my own larger paper cup of coffee and settle in to a much more comfortable chair. It's been working out.
I used to go to a coffee house that has large, heavy ceramic mugs which seem to be generally cold due to the weather or air conditioning. They pour hot coffee into them, and the coffee ultimately turns out lukewarm. I can't digest lukewarm coffee, and I find it disgusting, so they lost a customer. Although this self-heating coffee doesn't too appetizing, they might get a customer back if they went for this solution. Sign of the times I guess.
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Now I see why the US doesn't want Iran and North Korea developing nuclear power. The Bush administration is using the A-bomb as an excuse for the US to corner the market on plutonium laptop batteries. Unfortunately, this will be self-defeating, because the US population will consequently go sterile.
so basically for a small monthly fee, your overses folks can make a local call
I can't buy a local number in a country that Skype doesn't support, right? I can, however, buy a number in a country that's much closer to someone else's country. Or am I misunderstanding something? If I have it right, is there an easy way to find the most economical number to purchase from Skype for such a non-Skyped country?
Meanwhile, on planet Earth, the PC gaming market shrinks every year, as even Microsoft shift focus to games consoles.
While that's true, graphic-intensive simulation (military certainly) is not moving to gaming consoles.
I did a little reading up about Skype, mainly to find out what the hell it was. Allows you to do the headphones/microphone chat with someone else that has Skype, which is nice, yet not very practical. So then I was dismayed to see some sort of "Account Balance" in the Skype GUI screenshot, in Euros. A cost for something supposedly free? Apparently Skype has a "SkypeOut" feature which lets you buy phone credit in advance, then call someone who has a normal phone line. It's dirt cheap if they're in the US or Western Europe, but otherwise, you have to pay a rate determined by specific location. The rates are still pretty cheap, and they're listed on the Skype page. But do I really want headphones and a microphone when I call my friend in Romania? Nope. I see mention of these "USB phones" which Skype seems to be friendly with, but Amazon doesn't like the term "USB phone" and without nifty customer reviews, I'm a bit lost. Can someone recommend a good, affordable USB phone?
I can understand she is upset and wants some compensation for the "emotional stress" such an incident might have caused, but... $3 million...are you serious?
Sure she is. She wants to get rich, but I wouldn't be surprised if she got the money. The jury would see a huge, faceless company that will keep doing what they've been doing unless punished significantly. Yahoo can afford $3 million easily, but the prospect of more $3 million lawsuits coming in will make a difference.
Mr Chertoff also proposed that British citizens wishing to visit the US should consider entering a "Trusted Traveller" scheme.
The Brits aren't going to go for this unless we think like the capitalists we are. Perhaps if we offered them a free weekend in the US after they racked up enough Trusted Traveler Miles, that'd pique their curiosity.
If you read it, just substitue 'file swapping' for 'alcohol' and it seems to ring very true.
"National prohibition of file-swapping was undertaken to improve hygiene in America." Missed the mark on that one. Maybe if they banned MMORPG's, they'd be getting somewhere.Relying upon the IMDB to determine the top 250 movies of all time is like walking into a grade 2 classroom and asking them "Which Power Ranger is the best-est?"
I printed out imdb.com top 250 list and spent two years watching every movie on it. It was an amazing experience. I gained an appreciation for great films from many countries, for older classics, including silent and historical films, and other more experimental films (Dogville most notably).
Although I certainly disagree with some of the placement of the movies, I don't sell modern cinema short either. I would not put Return of the King where it is, but what Peter Jackson managed to do was astounding, and although I wouldn't put Godfather at #1, I see references to it every other day, and so many people revere it. Appealing to the general layman has to count for something, and that's what this list conveys. ROTS was a good but not great movie, and after the hype settles, it will probably fall off the imdb list because it only takes into account the "relatively active users" and not just those high on marketing hype.
The military supposed to be using its cash to helping our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They just released the BRAC recommendations (Base Realignment and Closing) which means 33 bases, including the one I work at, is slated to be closed for cost savings, to support both Homeland Security and the war effort. Last time I checked, Al Qaeda and other terrorists haven't been raining down on us from space.
I found more info on this, including more numbers, from this Reuters article. And by the way, it's moving at about 0.002c, which is pretty fast for something so huge. However, if you really want to be impressed, the gas in blazar jets moves at about 0.999c.
When I get together with friends and family, having an idea about what's on their mind and what interests them would help make conversation more enriching. We'd both have had time to comtemplate and form opinions on similar topics. If this overcame the bad vibes of a spam-based marketing scheme (hence me refusing the social network invite), it could really augment the mutual intuition two human beings have of each others' thoughts.
Is it possible to detect whether or not something quantum-encrypted is being transmitted? There's plenty of information you can garner from a transmission based on the start and stop time, frequency, source and destination, duration, etc. - Scott
I actually think it's a perfectly acceptable thing to sell, and it's true that the concept of marketing one's forehead warrants special attention. Think of the social ramifications of such a sale. People might feel a bit more rejection with a company's ad on his forehead, because people that normally talk to him would feel advertising is interfering with a personal relationship. And more importantly, how many employers are going to be comfortable with someone advertising another company on his forehead?
Is it just me, or does this seem more like a patch than a real fix? Rather than realizing that the foam is problematic and designing something that won't come off, they resort to finding ways of preventing the old stuff from coming off.
Well, the Russians recently announced they're going to stop flying US astronauts up into space for free. The same day I read that, I read about this "patch", as you put it, being completed. It's a simple cause and effect analysis, if you ask me.
I look at it this way: The bureaucrats of today are no doubt exposed to many many conformist, spineless lemmings on a daily basis. These games provided people with a way of lightning bolting, drowning, squishing, or outright chucking conformist lemmings into a jagged mountain range. This man was very in touch with the frustration of modern leaders. This honor serves not only to reward an inventor, but also to make a statement.
The use of linux is multiplied year to year. Its popularity has extended between the countries of the first world and those that are in via of development, and has overturned the glance, before indifferent, of the great corporations that make business with the technologies of the information.
For great justice!
How often in history does a private enterprise have this much power?
All too often, especially in the United States.
look at the bright side. If you live for another 40 or 50 years, you'll almost live an extra half second.
Oh no you don't. You're not getting away with faulty math on /.
0.000003s * 365 * 50 = 0.05475s
You're off by an order of magnitude! Shame on you!
As if there wasn't too little time in the day already.
Agreed, this is a way to do it on the cheap, but because of the spatial issues and timing complexities, it may be more trouble than its worth, and may well be wise to buy a camera from the professionals.
First off, that water balloon video, which is 4000fps instead of the ~1600fps camera array video, is really awesome. However, if, for some deranged scientific experiment/research, 4000fps isn't good enough, perhaps you can build an array of 52 professional 4000fps cameras to achieve a whopping 208,000fps :)
I just got done watching Elephant Man.. brilliant movie... in it, there actually IS a medical diagnosis of John Merrick (The Elephant Man), but not so much a psychological one. I'd say he'd pretty much be in the same situation as Gollumn, except for the all-powerful mind control ring of invisibility that is.
Is this Sophie going to be the same girl that appears in his other movies? (Nausicaa, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, etc.)
Scientists have created a cellphone cover that grows into a sunflower. I wonder if this means we'll start seeing some mutated plants when these "environment-friendly" casings catch on world-wide.
Instead of asking them to warm up your cup (some hot water in it for 30 sec would do it), you stopped going there? That's pretty silly. Unless asking for that seems embarrassing to you (which is also silly - you are the customer, I'm sure they'd be happy to do it).
Just to be explicit, this is referring to the House of Coffee in Red Bank, NJ. Their service was terrible too, so although I went there every day, and often ask explicitly for the coffee hot, it'd still be lukewarm. I often asked for more than one cup, and they brought each cup just as cold. And sometimes I'd have to chase them down on foot to get my next cup. Now I go to a Starbucks attached to a Barnes and Nobles, with paper cups, where I can get my own larger paper cup of coffee and settle in to a much more comfortable chair. It's been working out.
I used to go to a coffee house that has large, heavy ceramic mugs which seem to be generally cold due to the weather or air conditioning. They pour hot coffee into them, and the coffee ultimately turns out lukewarm. I can't digest lukewarm coffee, and I find it disgusting, so they lost a customer. Although this self-heating coffee doesn't too appetizing, they might get a customer back if they went for this solution. Sign of the times I guess.