Isn't it supposed to be used in Wireless USB? Or is that dead as well? Wouldn't surprise me. Instead of copying the things people like about USB (plug in and it works), they made it as a competitor for Bluetooth, with all the security and authentication crap that involves. For chrissake! What are the security implications for giving free access to a bubblejet to anybody within a 5 meter radius? And which ones of those couldn't be handled by a button on the printer that says "trust the first unit trying to connect in the next 30 seconds, and remember it for the next month"? Forget about synchronising handhelds, Bluetooth has that market solidly in hand. How about that printer broadcasting the URL where you can get the appropriate (digitally signed) driver? Cut yourself a niche, instead of playing "me too".
Remember that in pharma, the first tablet you press costs a gazillion dollar, the second one 1 cent. If you are in a country where you can ten-double sales by slashing 75% of the price, it is still a smart move.
It would be more fair to calculate per inhabitant, not per square meter. A quick look on Wikipedia tells us that the US has 82 Watts installed capacity per inhabitant. Spain has 3.5 times as much, Germany 4.4 and little Denmark outperforms the US by 7 to 1. Denmark would like to get 50% of its electricity from wind power in the future. Denmark uses cross-border trading with Norway to balance supply/demand. The Norwegians have a lot of hydro which they can turn on/off rather quickly. So denmark sells power to Norway when there is wind, and buys it back when there isn't.
You leave your microwave on constantly, do you? When averaged out over a large population, 800 W is not bad. A fridge will use about 40 Watt, add another 40 for clocks, standby crap and other always-on stuff. This means that in the 8 hours you are at work, your house only uses 10% of that average value.
They have a lot more LEDs than controller outputs and use tricks to multiplex. But this means each LED only is turned on for a few milliseconds at a time. Can you get out a reasonable intensity this way?
QR code has the data embedded in the tag. This thing seems to be just a pointer to a record in a MS database. So MS gets a copy of all your data, AND you need to be online to read it. Thanks but no thanks.
Would communication still be so vulnerable? Most of the long distance shit uses fiberoptics, and a lot of the short distance stuff is underground...
Your ADSL is obviously not going to do you much good if you have no power on the modem, but the backbone ought to cope reasonably...
I had this more than 5 years ago. We shared a symmetric 4 Mbit connection in our flat, connected on simple CAT5. "Service" was done by a few volunteers and there was a clear understanding that this was not a "service guaranteed within X hours" kind of thing. We HAD to pay through a standing bank-order so nobody had to chase those who forgot to pay. For USD 15 per month, it was the best internet connection I have ever had, felt at least as smooth as my current 8/1.5 ADSL. My boss currently runs a network for +/- 80 families. The only problem they have is if people plug WIFI routers wrongly and a second DHCP server appears on their network. Then it is door to door Gestapo style.
Did you listen to the same speech as I did? Of course he thanked his campaign team, these people just busted their ass for the last 6 months. But he also clearly pointed out the problems lying ahead. What did you want him to say? Make a list of all his plans again? A majority of americans just APPROVED those plans! He clearly stated that this election by itself did not constitute change, that the promessed change was only now starting and would not be possible without the hard work of all americans.
He comes with some half-baked proposal, followed by a diatribe on the legalisation of dope. Big impression that is going to make. I do love these money-sharks turned philosophers. Yeah we took a lot of cash from those idiots, but it isn't our fault they are stupid.. What they forget is that I as a non-expert don't have a snowball chance in hell to find out if my pension is in safe hands. Fortis Bank here in Belgium was marketed as a "good housefather - sleep on it for 20 years" share and now it is poof because some fatcat financial "specialists" burned their fingers on something even they didn't understand.
If you put a harddisk in it will become obsolete, yes. But Apple already makes media servers and router-cum-usb-harddisk thingies. A TV which can read a MP4 stream will still be very "actual" 5 years from now. Think of it the other way. Any form of input (Digital over the air, cable box, Blue Ray) could be made as a UPNP media server on the home network. Put the Antenna-to-Ethernet box on the attic where it has best reception. Replace it when a new standard comes around without replacing your TV. I think UPNP is the most underrated tech in the house today.
Why can't Slashdot get encoding right?
I know that for Americans, 26 should be enough for everyone, but for christsake, this is 2008!!
Let's do some testing here:
à -This is a large Scandinavian O with slash
Ã- -This is a Captial O umlaut
ã -A spanish a-tilde
à -A french e-circonflex
On my PC, the same one I wrote it on, they all render like A-tilde. Come on coders!!!
This test is the same like those websites where you can test your download speed. They are all flawed in that they don't take your subscription into account. If you have somebody who subscribed for a cheapass 512/512 ADSL, he pulls the average down. Those tests should be limited to those who pay for "all you can get". Otherwise it tells more about a states economical position then about their internet access.
how about all manufacturors agree on a single plug for their power supplies. Then the companies who make power sockets for offices can make one built into a wall socket. Put that into every meeting room. Suddenly you just need a 1 meter long, very thin cable instead of a lugging a whole kilo of copper around....
In Denmark, where "no-nonsense" is a lifestyle, you pay +/- 1$ for each bag you want. (Makes you think twice about double-bagging!). In Belgium, you buy a reusable bag from the store. If it wears out or tears, you can trade it in for free. In the US, you guys are patenting your dependency on foreign oil.
Let me summarize responses which for some weird reason have been modded down:
+ 200 miles in a blimp = 8 hours You fly around with a refinery cracking tower for 8 hours you gonna want to take a leak.
+ Any long distance you do by ship or train. Pick up your oversized baggage directly from the ship, and fly it to its final destination.
+ If I can add my own: the weather can change a lot in 8 hours. Flying into a storm with a 50 ton windmill hanging from your butt is bad news.
I like it how you put "better insulation" at the bottom of the list. The average household spends 40% of its energy on heating / cooling his house. FORTY!!! For the average plod, investing in insulation has a payback time of four years. You want to beat that on the stockmarket, you either have to be VERY lucky, or do something like what these guys are up to. Disclaimer: I work for an insulation company. We have 15 factories world wide (insulatin = air = expensive to transport), of which 2 in Canada. In the US? None! Guess why... LED lights are good fun, but why not start with the low hanging fruit?
fully aknowledging the snake-oil odour present, there is a point to be made here. Modern biotech uses GMO produced enzymes to break down the cellulose from agricultural waste in lighter sugars which can then be fermented to alcohol in granddaddys style. But each and every step breaks down the amount of energy present in the soup. How about a working opposite? Take a big mean motherf*** nuclear reactor. Use its power to heat up the waste and turn it into very hot gas or maybe even plasma. Control the chemical composition by adding coal, water, air,... Pass it over some catalysers cracking the long molecules and let it condense recuperating as much heat as possible for heating up the next batch. That should be able to give you a kind of crude oil soup which you can feed into a traditional refinery, possibly blended with normal crude.
Listen up folks. There is only ONE reason why you would ever want to visit Bavaria. Yes. Ahum. For those of you not in the know, it has something to do with jugs. Large jugs. Yes. Ahum. One thing is certain, it does not require the presence of a computer anywhere near the place.
One might even suggest the use of a computer to be quite counter-productive near aforementioned jugs. Ahum. Jugs.
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Microsoft sure handed us a raw deal for taking a gamble on their platform.
It is as if I hear a million VB6 developers screaming all at once...
Isn't it supposed to be used in Wireless USB? Or is that dead as well? Wouldn't surprise me. Instead of copying the things people like about USB (plug in and it works), they made it as a competitor for Bluetooth, with all the security and authentication crap that involves. For chrissake! What are the security implications for giving free access to a bubblejet to anybody within a 5 meter radius? And which ones of those couldn't be handled by a button on the printer that says "trust the first unit trying to connect in the next 30 seconds, and remember it for the next month"? Forget about synchronising handhelds, Bluetooth has that market solidly in hand. How about that printer broadcasting the URL where you can get the appropriate (digitally signed) driver? Cut yourself a niche, instead of playing "me too".
Remember that in pharma, the first tablet you press costs a gazillion dollar, the second one 1 cent. If you are in a country where you can ten-double sales by slashing 75% of the price, it is still a smart move.
It would be more fair to calculate per inhabitant, not per square meter. A quick look on Wikipedia tells us that the US has 82 Watts installed capacity per inhabitant. Spain has 3.5 times as much, Germany 4.4 and little Denmark outperforms the US by 7 to 1. Denmark would like to get 50% of its electricity from wind power in the future. Denmark uses cross-border trading with Norway to balance supply/demand. The Norwegians have a lot of hydro which they can turn on/off rather quickly. So denmark sells power to Norway when there is wind, and buys it back when there isn't.
You leave your microwave on constantly, do you? When averaged out over a large population, 800 W is not bad. A fridge will use about 40 Watt, add another 40 for clocks, standby crap and other always-on stuff. This means that in the 8 hours you are at work, your house only uses 10% of that average value.
They have a lot more LEDs than controller outputs and use tricks to multiplex. But this means each LED only is turned on for a few milliseconds at a time. Can you get out a reasonable intensity this way?
Can't I just fill the HDD up with random data? Doesn't that make it unrecoverable?
That is exactly what a good wiping program will do.
QR code has the data embedded in the tag. This thing seems to be just a pointer to a record in a MS database. So MS gets a copy of all your data, AND you need to be online to read it. Thanks but no thanks.
Would communication still be so vulnerable? Most of the long distance shit uses fiberoptics, and a lot of the short distance stuff is underground... Your ADSL is obviously not going to do you much good if you have no power on the modem, but the backbone ought to cope reasonably...
It could be they are considering pumps with no moving parts, like the one described here: http://danamics.com/technology/pump.aspx
I had this more than 5 years ago. We shared a symmetric 4 Mbit connection in our flat, connected on simple CAT5. "Service" was done by a few volunteers and there was a clear understanding that this was not a "service guaranteed within X hours" kind of thing. We HAD to pay through a standing bank-order so nobody had to chase those who forgot to pay. For USD 15 per month, it was the best internet connection I have ever had, felt at least as smooth as my current 8/1.5 ADSL. My boss currently runs a network for +/- 80 families. The only problem they have is if people plug WIFI routers wrongly and a second DHCP server appears on their network. Then it is door to door Gestapo style.
Tuborg/Carlsberg (beer), Novo (insuline), Maersk (shipping), Rockwool (insulation), Novozymes (enzymes for your washing powder), Vestas (windmills), Velux (windows), GN Resound (hearing aid), Coloplast (compeed plasters),...
Did you listen to the same speech as I did? Of course he thanked his campaign team, these people just busted their ass for the last 6 months. But he also clearly pointed out the problems lying ahead. What did you want him to say? Make a list of all his plans again? A majority of americans just APPROVED those plans! He clearly stated that this election by itself did not constitute change, that the promessed change was only now starting and would not be possible without the hard work of all americans.
that is 62 kg
He comes with some half-baked proposal, followed by a diatribe on the legalisation of dope. Big impression that is going to make.
I do love these money-sharks turned philosophers. Yeah we took a lot of cash from those idiots, but it isn't our fault they are stupid.. What they forget is that I as a non-expert don't have a snowball chance in hell to find out if my pension is in safe hands. Fortis Bank here in Belgium was marketed as a "good housefather - sleep on it for 20 years" share and now it is poof because some fatcat financial "specialists" burned their fingers on something even they didn't understand.
If you put a harddisk in it will become obsolete, yes. But Apple already makes media servers and router-cum-usb-harddisk thingies. A TV which can read a MP4 stream will still be very "actual" 5 years from now. Think of it the other way. Any form of input (Digital over the air, cable box, Blue Ray) could be made as a UPNP media server on the home network. Put the Antenna-to-Ethernet box on the attic where it has best reception. Replace it when a new standard comes around without replacing your TV. I think UPNP is the most underrated tech in the house today.
Why can't Slashdot get encoding right? I know that for Americans, 26 should be enough for everyone, but for christsake, this is 2008!!
Let's do some testing here:
à -This is a large Scandinavian O with slash
Ã- -This is a Captial O umlaut
ã -A spanish a-tilde
à -A french e-circonflex
On my PC, the same one I wrote it on, they all render like A-tilde. Come on coders!!!
This test is the same like those websites where you can test your download speed. They are all flawed in that they don't take your subscription into account. If you have somebody who subscribed for a cheapass 512/512 ADSL, he pulls the average down. Those tests should be limited to those who pay for "all you can get". Otherwise it tells more about a states economical position then about their internet access.
how about all manufacturors agree on a single plug for their power supplies. Then the companies who make power sockets for offices can make one built into a wall socket. Put that into every meeting room. Suddenly you just need a 1 meter long, very thin cable instead of a lugging a whole kilo of copper around....
In Denmark, where "no-nonsense" is a lifestyle, you pay +/- 1$ for each bag you want. (Makes you think twice about double-bagging!). In Belgium, you buy a reusable bag from the store. If it wears out or tears, you can trade it in for free. In the US, you guys are patenting your dependency on foreign oil.
DAF cars used to be able to do that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAF_Trucks#Cars In the seventies, the dutch held backward driving races. Great fun!
Let me summarize responses which for some weird reason have been modded down:
+ 200 miles in a blimp = 8 hours You fly around with a refinery cracking tower for 8 hours you gonna want to take a leak.
+ Any long distance you do by ship or train. Pick up your oversized baggage directly from the ship, and fly it to its final destination.
+ If I can add my own: the weather can change a lot in 8 hours. Flying into a storm with a 50 ton windmill hanging from your butt is bad news.
I like it how you put "better insulation" at the bottom of the list. The average household spends 40% of its energy on heating / cooling his house. FORTY!!! For the average plod, investing in insulation has a payback time of four years. You want to beat that on the stockmarket, you either have to be VERY lucky, or do something like what these guys are up to. Disclaimer: I work for an insulation company. We have 15 factories world wide (insulatin = air = expensive to transport), of which 2 in Canada. In the US? None! Guess why...
LED lights are good fun, but why not start with the low hanging fruit?
fully aknowledging the snake-oil odour present, there is a point to be made here. Modern biotech uses GMO produced enzymes to break down the cellulose from agricultural waste in lighter sugars which can then be fermented to alcohol in granddaddys style. But each and every step breaks down the amount of energy present in the soup. How about a working opposite? Take a big mean motherf*** nuclear reactor. Use its power to heat up the waste and turn it into very hot gas or maybe even plasma. Control the chemical composition by adding coal, water, air,... Pass it over some catalysers cracking the long molecules and let it condense recuperating as much heat as possible for heating up the next batch. That should be able to give you a kind of crude oil soup which you can feed into a traditional refinery, possibly blended with normal crude.
Listen up folks. There is only ONE reason why you would ever want to visit Bavaria. Yes. Ahum. For those of you not in the know, it has something to do with jugs. Large jugs. Yes. Ahum. One thing is certain, it does not require the presence of a computer anywhere near the place.
One might even suggest the use of a computer to be quite counter-productive near aforementioned jugs. Ahum. Jugs.