It is usually bad input: People who press both the "up" and the "down" button to make the elevator come sooner.
The best way to solve this is to make the interior buttons reject floor selections which are not in the direction of travel (accompanied by a warning siren and message to help educate the retarded user)
To spot suspicious activity the locks would need to be networked. For retrofitting into an existing hotel this would not have been practical so a stand-alone system was developed.
Some systems do keep logs (the Ving Classic lock claims to store 600 events) so it would be possible to see which cards have opened the lock.
Keeping Ceefax alive would mean that they would need to have three versions of most text content (website, red button and ceefax) of these ceefax was the most limited (there was a fixed amount of space on each screen).
My TV cached the Fastext pages (this was noticeable if you advanced onto the next page before it had been broadcast and loaded). It did make things a lot quicker when going through the news pages.
Fastext also allowed access to pages that did not have a page number (instead they had an alphanumeric reference that could not be entered on most TVs). This was used on the Teletext service (on the commercial channels) to run some multiple choice quizzes.
The more popular pages (particularly the index pages) were transmitted more often than the less popular pages which increased the speed for most users.
My physics textbook at school (2000/2001) talked about the "new" invention of the (audio) compact disk.
Interestingly it said people preferred "all digital" (from recording to production) versions since it was less easy to edit the recordings and the were therefore more real.
I would assume that they will offer full speed access for a fee as there will be lots of people who want the higher speed access, but not have home broadband from them.
I considered getting cable (TV, phone and broadband) from them, but they seem to have forgotten that they cabled my part of the street.
Amazon offer free delivery from the UK to the Netherlands (under EU rules they may be forced to charge VAT on books sent to other countries [in the UK books are free from VAT])
ISP are able to install their own equipment/connections in BT exchanges and use the unbundled local loop for the last stage of the connection.
Users connected to smaller exchanges don't benefit from this as there is not enough customers to make it economic for the ISP. These users are forced to use the BT backhaul network at excessive cost.
After being made redundant by an small chain arthouse cinema (due to digitisation) and moving to a multiplex (run by a major chain) I find the lack of standards in the projection department depressing.
It was the equivalent of moving from working as a chef in a decent restaurant, to working for Mcdonalds.
Anyway, it won't be long until all the 35mm projectors are ripped out and replaced by Sony digital projectors.
It was the BBC news (Funded in the UK by a compulsory [for those with TVs that can receive broadcast programming] subscription/tax) article that highlighted the "So long, guess I'll go back to pirating music" comment.
My flat got two sets of letters from TV licensing (it has two flat numbers depending which method of counting you use). I continued to get letters from them even after buying a licence (a threat letter and licence arrived on the same day). These letters have recently stopped so somebody must have visited, and noticed the addresses were the same.
I should probably turn on my tv at some point to get value out of the licence (I tend to watch tv online [almost entirely BBC programmes])
Next, you'll be complaining that movie theatres should do more to cater to blind people.
Some cinemas do have (optional) audio description in some screens.
A lot of the initial movies with new features over-emphasized those new features, rather than telling a story. I expect nothing less from 3D. I'd also be unsurprised if, in 20 years, people raised their eyebrows if someone said they were only releasing a movie in 2D, just like you would now if someone released a movie in black-and-white.
I would expect 2D films to continue to be produced. Whilst some films benefit from 3D, most do not. Also customers will refuse to pay the surcharge to see a lot of films in 3D if it does not enhance their experience.
For TV, a lot of the time it is on in the background, so most viewers would not want to have to wear the glasses. Other shows, such as news programmes, will only be in 3D for the studio shots, not the field footage.
Two of the biggest UK supermarkets (Tesco and Sainsburies) incentivise the use of their customer tracking cards by offering upto 2% of your spend back in vouchers.
For Tesco these get sent to your home address so it needs to be accurate. The name does not matter as long as you get the post delivered.
If you are only buying a few items (and are shit at packing like I am) then just stack the items on the scale section (with the bags). Once you have paid scoop the items into your bag and go.
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If a 747 hits anything while it's in the air, it's pretty much goodnight nurse if you happen to be on the plane.
It does not need to be in the air
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_airport_disaster
It is usually bad input: People who press both the "up" and the "down" button to make the elevator come sooner.
The best way to solve this is to make the interior buttons reject floor selections which are not in the direction of travel (accompanied by a warning siren and message to help educate the retarded user)
I used to work in a building where the lift controller would crash (not respond to any buttons), a hard reboot usually sorted it for a while.
It usually went down after people abused it by holding the doors open for too long.
It was an Otis built in the early 2000s
To spot suspicious activity the locks would need to be networked. For retrofitting into an existing hotel this would not have been practical so a stand-alone system was developed.
Some systems do keep logs (the Ving Classic lock claims to store 600 events) so it would be possible to see which cards have opened the lock.
It is possible to measure speed using two cameras a distance apart.
Average speed camera systems are becoming common in the UK.
Since this just uses the magnetic swipe available on the card what will happen after Chip and Pin is introduced in the US?
The readers for this are a lot bigger (since they need to have a keyboard) and have higher security requirements making them more expensive.
Keeping Ceefax alive would mean that they would need to have three versions of most text content (website, red button and ceefax) of these ceefax was the most limited (there was a fixed amount of space on each screen).
The BBC service on digital TV kept the same pagenumbers for a lot of the content so that it was an easy transition for viewers.
My TV cached the Fastext pages (this was noticeable if you advanced onto the next page before it had been broadcast and loaded). It did make things a lot quicker when going through the news pages.
Fastext also allowed access to pages that did not have a page number (instead they had an alphanumeric reference that could not be entered on most TVs). This was used on the Teletext service (on the commercial channels) to run some multiple choice quizzes.
The more popular pages (particularly the index pages) were transmitted more often than the less popular pages which increased the speed for most users.
My physics textbook at school (2000/2001) talked about the "new" invention of the (audio) compact disk.
Interestingly it said people preferred "all digital" (from recording to production) versions since it was less easy to edit the recordings and the were therefore more real.
They may have spare capacity, but their cable network mainly serves residential areas, not the centre of cities.
I would assume that they will offer full speed access for a fee as there will be lots of people who want the higher speed access, but not have home broadband from them.
I considered getting cable (TV, phone and broadband) from them, but they seem to have forgotten that they cabled my part of the street.
Amazon offer free delivery from the UK to the Netherlands (under EU rules they may be forced to charge VAT on books sent to other countries [in the UK books are free from VAT])
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200402870#ssd
I would suspect that there is a limited range of books published in Dutch (compared with English) due to the limited number of speakers.
.aero already exists
http://www.information.aero/gateway/index_html
I think they showed Office running as an example of how "traditional" windows programmes would work with the new OS.
Obviously they would not be able to choose any non-Microsoft software to demonstrate with.
ISP are able to install their own equipment/connections in BT exchanges and use the unbundled local loop for the last stage of the connection.
Users connected to smaller exchanges don't benefit from this as there is not enough customers to make it economic for the ISP. These users are forced to use the BT backhaul network at excessive cost.
After being made redundant by an small chain arthouse cinema (due to digitisation) and moving to a multiplex (run by a major chain) I find the lack of standards in the projection department depressing.
It was the equivalent of moving from working as a chef in a decent restaurant, to working for Mcdonalds.
Anyway, it won't be long until all the 35mm projectors are ripped out and replaced by Sony digital projectors.
It was the BBC news (Funded in the UK by a compulsory [for those with TVs that can receive broadcast programming] subscription/tax) article that highlighted the "So long, guess I'll go back to pirating music" comment.
My flat got two sets of letters from TV licensing (it has two flat numbers depending which method of counting you use). I continued to get letters from them even after buying a licence (a threat letter and licence arrived on the same day). These letters have recently stopped so somebody must have visited, and noticed the addresses were the same.
I should probably turn on my tv at some point to get value out of the licence (I tend to watch tv online [almost entirely BBC programmes])
That would be similar to the ending of Terry Gilliam's Brazil.
The studio wanted to release a version of Brazil (known as the Sheinberg, or "love conquers all" version) which omitted the final shot.
However, the coolness is the 5 deciliter bottle, which does not exist elsewhere, and wouldn't exist except for the metric system.
Although the 5.68 deciliter Imperial (British) Pint is better still.
Next, you'll be complaining that movie theatres should do more to cater to blind people.
Some cinemas do have (optional) audio description in some screens.
A lot of the initial movies with new features over-emphasized those new features, rather than telling a story. I expect nothing less from 3D. I'd also be unsurprised if, in 20 years, people raised their eyebrows if someone said they were only releasing a movie in 2D, just like you would now if someone released a movie in black-and-white.
I would expect 2D films to continue to be produced. Whilst some films benefit from 3D, most do not. Also customers will refuse to pay the surcharge to see a lot of films in 3D if it does not enhance their experience.
For TV, a lot of the time it is on in the background, so most viewers would not want to have to wear the glasses. Other shows, such as news programmes, will only be in 3D for the studio shots, not the field footage.
The big blue bags (from IKEA) are excellent for doing a medium size shop. Better than the "Bags for Life" available at most shops
Two of the biggest UK supermarkets (Tesco and Sainsburies) incentivise the use of their customer tracking cards by offering upto 2% of your spend back in vouchers.
For Tesco these get sent to your home address so it needs to be accurate. The name does not matter as long as you get the post delivered.
If you are only buying a few items (and are shit at packing like I am) then just stack the items on the scale section (with the bags). Once you have paid scoop the items into your bag and go.