Because the information provided isn't sufficient to understand what the box actually does. Does it act as a DHCP provider? How would my devices know to use it? Since it sits inside the network, how would devices which want to use it know its there? Do I have to update proxy settings on browsers?
I still read the Economist on paper because the electronic version is more expensive than the print version. Plus, this way I don't have to spend money for a device to read it on every few years.
I had a computer science class in high school in 1994 & 1995. We had Apple ][e as I recall, and the coding was done in Basic. Your usual stuff, learning about conditional branching and so forth. Also had typing class.
In 1995 or 1996 I got a dial-up account with Fox Valley Internet for my 486DX which I believe was running OS/2 Warp. Couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do with UUCP, Gopher and Usenet (besides the obvious photo-downloading) so I didn't keep it for more than a few months and went back to chatting on the Lunatic Phringe.
I kept trying to give people my email address...I suppose that'd be like giving someone your pager number now. Most people would call up, hear the beeps, get confused and hang up.
Page Plus Cellular will get you Verizon's native network at much reduced cost. But that depends on whether you care about 4G. If you care about 4G, this won't be an option. Also, the largest amount of data they offer in a monthly plan is 2GB, which is fine for most people, but not if you're a heavy data user via your phone.
AT&T keeps sending my 5-year-old letters offering her really good deals on a UVerse package. I kind of want to have her call in and try to set up an account. I think it would be a fun audio recording.
But, I hate AT&T with a passion, and so I don't ever plan on speaking with them again unless it's unavoidable.
I think this is feasible, certainly the designs which allow access to the lock release mechanism are a real problem.
The other stuff seems to be mostly a result of the electronic locking design. Most of these use an electromagnet to push or pull a pin into or out of the appropriate spot to keep the bolt from being retracted. These type should never be considered secure if they are mounted, though even then someone with training can defeat them with a rubber mallet and a lot of practice.
But, mostly I would say don't keep your firearms loaded. I don't think most three year olds can rack the slide on a semi-auto, unless the spring is really weak.
Most of all, I would say that if you're going to have firearms, familiarize your children with them the way you would with knives. Most kids don't stab themselves with knives because they're taught to leave them alone. Same logic applies here.
Last week I found a notice posted that my employer is bringing in an H-1B for $115K per year for a three year contract. I think that's significantly more than most of the 10+ year employees on my floor make.
So I sent a question to the floor director asking what skills are needed that we can't fill from the local resource pool at that salary.
Oh, but when I sent an email to the CEO to complain, I got a nice call back from a lady who said all that crap is on there because customers want it to be. So, I asked her whether she'd ever read the reviews on the Android Market for the bloatware apps, and that she might notice the reason they're rated low is because people want to be able to uninstall them.
Everybody else who cares should email the CEO as well, and maybe we can get this changed.
Let's not go encouraging the FCC to mandate anything. You clearly haven't noticed, but government mandates rarely work out well for the consumer. I'm thinking of, oh, I don't know, the fact that I have to pay $60 for an inhaler now because the old ones used CFCs, and so due to the government mandate to eliminate those, there are now no generic options. That also is the case because of a government mandate.
Having competing standards in the US has only been a good thing for the consumer, in my opinion. And, CDMA is the better technology anyway.
I've had the same experience. There was once a trash can tipped over on the side of the road that I saw while walking home. I called the non-emergency number for my city to get in touch with the appropriate department, and they told me to call 911. I was also told to call 911 regarding someone parking too close to my driveway so that I couldn't get out.
It's confusing to me that this would be the case, but I've been told that the Police Department wishes to track requests for service, and that this can be best done by the software associated with 911. The PD's front desk doesn't have the software.
Yeah, but it's a good idea to ask other people too. My wife doesn't always say what she means, because she grew up in an environment that taught her to avoid conflict. It took me 10 years to figure our her 'tells'. Now it's obvious when she's not telling me how she really feels, and I keep asking her until she comes out with it.
Asking lots of people helps. You'll get ideas you hadn't thought of. It's always a good idea to make use of the experience of those who've gone before you.
Do you mean to be comparing the speed of the data (Mbps) to the frequency of the powerline? Where are you trying to get at with that calculation?
The issue at hand here is that powerlines are unshielded. They were never intended to carry RF, and act as very, very big antennas when they are used in this way.
Once you load up a power line with a radio signal, you have the potential to start messing with communications all over the spectrum. The noisiest response to this has been from Amateur Radio operators, but government agencies who might be affected also think BPL is a bad idea. It's not a particularly good idea to knock out communications by the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other emergency response agencies.
To use an analogy, think about how the water lines in your house would respond if you pressurized them beyond their capacity. They'd leak, yes? Or how about using them to carry corrosive chemicals instead of water? They weren't designed to do that, and it will cause problems.
I work in the sales reporting department for a large mutual fund firm. Most requests for reports we get come from people who don't know too much about the data they're interested in. Some of our business units can't even tell us how to define their business.
I'm not too worried about something like this. It would help users to find the reports we've already published (so that I don't have to direct them to our web site for the third time this week) but that's about it.
All of the 'business intelligence' type software I've seen so far has one critical flaw, and that is that it enables people who don't understand the data to get at it, and draw conclusions that are not generally accurate.
If you haven't worked in this area, you'd be shocked at how convoluted it is, and about all the exceptions taken into account.
Parent links to an outdated product on Amazon called Kerbango 100E Internet Radio. Doesn't look like these ever made it to distribution , or that you can currently buy them.
I personally think the best new mouse is the YapperMouse. It's got a speakerphone for Skype. A speakerphone. In a mouse. You can also pick up the mouse to answer calls. How very Get Smart.
Anybody else have any good 'multi-function' mouse sightings?
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Because the information provided isn't sufficient to understand what the box actually does. Does it act as a DHCP provider? How would my devices know to use it? Since it sits inside the network, how would devices which want to use it know its there? Do I have to update proxy settings on browsers?
I carry one of these (Neatfreak). It fit my Kindle, as I recall.
http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/NEATFREAK-ORGANIZER-13p58.htm
I still read the Economist on paper because the electronic version is more expensive than the print version. Plus, this way I don't have to spend money for a device to read it on every few years.
No. You must live in a giant subdivision with little boxes made of ticky-tacky.
Right, just go with the $69.95 plan from Page Plus Cellular, and get unlimited talk and messaging and 5GB of data.
Or the $55 plan with 2GB of data.
I was *so happy* when I found them earlier this year after dealing with the terrible service quality on Virgin Mobile.
Google advertised the crap out of Chromebooks on Hulu.
"BTW, in a suburban setting it would be considered uncommon to have a neighbor with a gun."
Not in any suburb I've ever lived in. And I live in Northern Illinois, so that's saying something.
I had a computer science class in high school in 1994 & 1995. We had Apple ][e as I recall, and the coding was done in Basic. Your usual stuff, learning about conditional branching and so forth. Also had typing class.
In 1995 or 1996 I got a dial-up account with Fox Valley Internet for my 486DX which I believe was running OS/2 Warp. Couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do with UUCP, Gopher and Usenet (besides the obvious photo-downloading) so I didn't keep it for more than a few months and went back to chatting on the Lunatic Phringe.
I kept trying to give people my email address...I suppose that'd be like giving someone your pager number now. Most people would call up, hear the beeps, get confused and hang up.
Page Plus Cellular will get you Verizon's native network at much reduced cost. But that depends on whether you care about 4G. If you care about 4G, this won't be an option. Also, the largest amount of data they offer in a monthly plan is 2GB, which is fine for most people, but not if you're a heavy data user via your phone.
I spent several weeks one summer installing Windows 95 on 60 computers from disk.
I would put the first disk in one computer, finish with disk one on that one, put disk two in that computer and disk one in another, and so forth.
I want my time back.
AT&T keeps sending my 5-year-old letters offering her really good deals on a UVerse package. I kind of want to have her call in and try to set up an account. I think it would be a fun audio recording.
But, I hate AT&T with a passion, and so I don't ever plan on speaking with them again unless it's unavoidable.
I think this is feasible, certainly the designs which allow access to the lock release mechanism are a real problem.
The other stuff seems to be mostly a result of the electronic locking design. Most of these use an electromagnet to push or pull a pin into or out of the appropriate spot to keep the bolt from being retracted. These type should never be considered secure if they are mounted, though even then someone with training can defeat them with a rubber mallet and a lot of practice.
But, mostly I would say don't keep your firearms loaded. I don't think most three year olds can rack the slide on a semi-auto, unless the spring is really weak.
Most of all, I would say that if you're going to have firearms, familiarize your children with them the way you would with knives. Most kids don't stab themselves with knives because they're taught to leave them alone. Same logic applies here.
Last week I found a notice posted that my employer is bringing in an H-1B for $115K per year for a three year contract. I think that's significantly more than most of the 10+ year employees on my floor make.
So I sent a question to the floor director asking what skills are needed that we can't fill from the local resource pool at that salary.
Crickets.
Imagine that.
Oh, but when I sent an email to the CEO to complain, I got a nice call back from a lady who said all that crap is on there because customers want it to be. So, I asked her whether she'd ever read the reviews on the Android Market for the bloatware apps, and that she might notice the reason they're rated low is because people want to be able to uninstall them.
Everybody else who cares should email the CEO as well, and maybe we can get this changed.
Let's not go encouraging the FCC to mandate anything. You clearly haven't noticed, but government mandates rarely work out well for the consumer. I'm thinking of, oh, I don't know, the fact that I have to pay $60 for an inhaler now because the old ones used CFCs, and so due to the government mandate to eliminate those, there are now no generic options. That also is the case because of a government mandate.
Having competing standards in the US has only been a good thing for the consumer, in my opinion. And, CDMA is the better technology anyway.
Yeah, see adorn is not really the correct word to use here. Or at least it's a very weird use of the word. I go with the thesaurus theory.
Do CFL still suck if you have X-10? I installed them once, and then realized they won't stay on because of the X-10 signal on my wires.
Shhhh. Don't tell anybody because then I won't get that shockingly well-paid contracting job I've been wanting. Mmmm. Assembler.
I've had the same experience. There was once a trash can tipped over on the side of the road that I saw while walking home. I called the non-emergency number for my city to get in touch with the appropriate department, and they told me to call 911. I was also told to call 911 regarding someone parking too close to my driveway so that I couldn't get out.
It's confusing to me that this would be the case, but I've been told that the Police Department wishes to track requests for service, and that this can be best done by the software associated with 911. The PD's front desk doesn't have the software.
Yeah, but it's a good idea to ask other people too. My wife doesn't always say what she means, because she grew up in an environment that taught her to avoid conflict. It took me 10 years to figure our her 'tells'. Now it's obvious when she's not telling me how she really feels, and I keep asking her until she comes out with it.
Asking lots of people helps. You'll get ideas you hadn't thought of. It's always a good idea to make use of the experience of those who've gone before you.
Do you mean to be comparing the speed of the data (Mbps) to the frequency of the powerline? Where are you trying to get at with that calculation?
The issue at hand here is that powerlines are unshielded. They were never intended to carry RF, and act as very, very big antennas when they are used in this way.
Once you load up a power line with a radio signal, you have the potential to start messing with communications all over the spectrum. The noisiest response to this has been from Amateur Radio operators, but government agencies who might be affected also think BPL is a bad idea. It's not a particularly good idea to knock out communications by the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other emergency response agencies.
To use an analogy, think about how the water lines in your house would respond if you pressurized them beyond their capacity. They'd leak, yes? Or how about using them to carry corrosive chemicals instead of water? They weren't designed to do that, and it will cause problems.
I work in the sales reporting department for a large mutual fund firm. Most requests for reports we get come from people who don't know too much about the data they're interested in. Some of our business units can't even tell us how to define their business.
I'm not too worried about something like this. It would help users to find the reports we've already published (so that I don't have to direct them to our web site for the third time this week) but that's about it.
All of the 'business intelligence' type software I've seen so far has one critical flaw, and that is that it enables people who don't understand the data to get at it, and draw conclusions that are not generally accurate.
If you haven't worked in this area, you'd be shocked at how convoluted it is, and about all the exceptions taken into account.
Parent links to an outdated product on Amazon called Kerbango 100E Internet Radio. Doesn't look like these ever made it to distribution , or that you can currently buy them.
I personally think the best new mouse is the YapperMouse. It's got a speakerphone for Skype. A speakerphone. In a mouse. You can also pick up the mouse to answer calls. How very Get Smart.
Anybody else have any good 'multi-function' mouse sightings?
You can find a lot of information about the history of the company on the web site, but the bit you're referring to is here.