If you are planning on building *in* a city, you will disrupt whatever space you choose to develop - up *or* down. If a lot is vacant, would it not be available for building in either direction? There are certain areas where a large amount of *up* is not an option (proximity to airport or public monuments, etc.), and those where *down* will be cost prohibitive (flood plains, bedrock, etc.). But, if you can use your available space in without resulting in public eyesore, why would someone care if it's above ground or below?
Unless I'm mistaken, Reuters, American Press, Canadian Press and other news service agencies have been providing location/date/time/etc. information coupled with photos via their distribution service since at least 1994. Newspapers and magazines have been storing photos WITH location/date/time information since before that.
It shouldn't be too difficult to prove prior art - just look to the arts!
We had to design our circuit boards half an hour before we knew what the requirements were, fabricate them from stale cheetos and pocket lint (with tongue!), then drink two vats of boiling bleach while arm wrestling coaches shouting motivational slogans in heavily accented Yiddish. And we were lucky!
...management that thinks the ideas are either too far out...
My brother works for the major telecom provider here in Calgary. He is constantly submitting ideas that he believes might be 'the next big thing'. Generally speaking, they are neat ideas, but more suited to a smaller, more dynamic, niche-type company than a major conglomerate.
I've heard a handful of his better ideas, and I can see where they would make money - if you already have the infrastructure of the conglomerate.
A catch-22.
The big company isn't small enough to realize a significant return. The small company isn't big enough to invest. In the end, his ideas are discarded and the customer misses out on yet another feature.
Ideally, great ideas would be encouraged in a round-table environment, recorded, and then at least cursorily investigated. I'd recommend separating the round-table discussions into useful themes. One for state-of-the-art tech stuff, one for "where do you see us in 3 years" stuff, one for "the work environment", etc.
Can't remember the names of the 3 VERY SIMILARLY named hosts that you work in regularly for Development/Quality Assurance Testing / Production? Easily done:
Assuming the following hosts map to 192.168.1.10 through 12: SJC-LX-APPDEV02 SJC-LX-APPQAT04 SJC-LX-APPPRD01
Add them to your local/etc/hosts file with names that are useful to you. (make sure that/etc/nsswitch.conf includes "files" for host resolution)
This is significant in more than just military satellite operations. The global phone system, international trade, global e-mail, etc. Even radio communications can and will be affected (think shorter range 'skip'). Does anyone have an idea as to the 'why'? TFA is a little sketchy...
Isn't communication to big to fail? I can't wait to read THIS bailout story...
If you don't get into a plane, there is a 100% chance that you will not get hurt (or worse) falling out of one. Granted, this does not ensure that an errant skydiver won't fall upon you...
Having said that, in most populated centres, people need to drive to the airport to get into a plane to jump of. Doesn't this increase the probability that something bad will happen? Don't get me started on mirrors, ladders or black cats...
Yes, the dogs will resist a "gift" of meat from anyone. It's amazingly simple to train dogs to only accept food from the owner.
The only way for someone to make a trail through my lawn is to open one of the two gates. Each of which has a bright black text on yellow background sign. The sign has an icon of a dog, and the words "Beware of Dog". Here in Canada, this is sufficient notification to trespassers to avoid that type of lawsuit.
Having said that, they are "inside dogs", and are not running amok in my yard when I'm not home.
My dogs are, first and foremost, my pets.
Back in '73, my parents purchased a German Sheppard. The dog excelled at obedience, and was, by all accounts, a friendly dog. The neighbourhood kids would come over to play, and the dog would end up in hats, getting it's ears and tail pulled, etc.. On the three occasions when the dog escaped the yard, he jumped happily into the dog pound truck that was making rounds.
When the dog was just shy of two years, my dad was working night shift. My mother was awakened by the dog growling, so she through on her housecoat and went to the top of the stairs - with the dog beside her. The door handle was rattling, any my mother assumed that it was my dad. When the door burst open, and it was a burglar, my mother screamed, and the dog jumped at the intruder - removing a large piece of flesh from his upper arm.
He was captured burglarizing another home two weeks later, and proceeded to sue my parents for a million dollars (QUITE a lot of money back in '74). The judge awarded the burglar solely on the grounds that there was no "Beware of Dog" sign. He was awarded one penny, and the dog had to be put down.
It was a tragic way to learn this lesson, but it ensures that if a similar event happens to my family, my pets will not be penalized.
Dogs can be (relatively) easily trained to not eat food without your permission. It does require diligence, but it does allow you to have them run loose in your house without worrying about them eating things that you haven't expressly given to them.
I have two hunting dogs (a Viszla and a Weimaraner) and a Great Dane. The 'Dane is quite intimidating (just over a year old, and close to 150 lbs), quite loud, and very protective of her home. The hunting dogs are fast, muscular, and chock-full-o' sharp pointy teeth!
They make great pets, with the added "home security system" feature built right in!
Having said that, I do still have a security system in place. Can't be too careful.
I know you were trying to be funny, but some dryers do have a removable shoe rack that doesn't rotate. Electronics could be placed on that while the dryer blows the hot air around.
I'd be worried that the vibrations would shake said electronics off of the tray and into the tumbling blades of the dryer...
You can't guarantee that the data will be intact when they open the capsule. Nor can you guarantee that the gear you send will survive.
Seems to me that your best bet is three separate distribution mechanism. 1. CDs AND DVDs (two copies of everything), a small portable DVD player with multiple interfaces - component/composite/s-video out 2. NAS device with at least two disks (two copies of everything) and multiple interfaces - eSATA/SCSI/USB2/FireWire/ethernet(dhcp)/etc. 3. Digital picture frame and a handful of memory modules (two copies of everything)
Ensure that whatever device you send goes complete with power adapter and user manual. In at least two languages.
All there is to do when you're done, is cross your fingers and hope that video displays still operate in two dimensions:)
If they do manage to sell 8 million phones this year, that will still only be 1% of the market. With their to-date sales of somewhere around 5.5 million (including last year), that's approximately 1 iPhone per 100 NEW cellular phones purchased in that time frame.
If all of your friends have a cell phone that is less than a year old, and you've seen one, maybe you have about 100 friends with new cellular phones...
I grant that an extender would be needed for "cable". I did, however, recommend fiber. I said "at the same time", but I should have said "instead".
From Wikipedia: Multimode fiber - typical trasnmission speeds are 100Mbit for up to 2km using 100BASE-FX As for the price of a fiber NIC:
Form Lanshack: Unicom 100BaseFX Multimode FIber PCI Network Interface Card - Dual ST $108.50 each. Sure, it's not gibagit to the desktop, but it's not meant to be. It's to resolve an expensive problem with a relatively low-maintenance solution.
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Dude,
Don't drink and post as it seems to affect your spelling.
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If you are planning on building *in* a city, you will disrupt whatever space you choose to develop - up *or* down. If a lot is vacant, would it not be available for building in either direction? There are certain areas where a large amount of *up* is not an option (proximity to airport or public monuments, etc.), and those where *down* will be cost prohibitive (flood plains, bedrock, etc.). But, if you can use your available space in without resulting in public eyesore, why would someone care if it's above ground or below?
Unless I'm mistaken, Reuters, American Press, Canadian Press and other news service agencies have been providing location/date/time/etc. information coupled with photos via their distribution service since at least 1994. Newspapers and magazines have been storing photos WITH location/date/time information since before that.
It shouldn't be too difficult to prove prior art - just look to the arts!
Whoosh!
Odd, this...
Apple is a computer maker that has had the ability to display digital images on an attached display for over 25 years.
I wonder when this patent was issued - after all, how long has Kodak been displaying digital images on an attached display?
>>Do not welcome the opportunity to be consumed by our new gooey probably organic overlord.
There, fixed that for you.
It was a good (if long) read. Just don't read too much into it!
Luxury!
We had to design our circuit boards half an hour before we knew what the requirements were, fabricate them from stale cheetos and pocket lint (with tongue!), then drink two vats of boiling bleach while arm wrestling coaches shouting motivational slogans in heavily accented Yiddish. And we were lucky!
There's a lot of road between Seattle, Washington and Portland, Maine!
...management that thinks the ideas are either too far out...
My brother works for the major telecom provider here in Calgary. He is constantly submitting ideas that he believes might be 'the next big thing'. Generally speaking, they are neat ideas, but more suited to a smaller, more dynamic, niche-type company than a major conglomerate.
I've heard a handful of his better ideas, and I can see where they would make money - if you already have the infrastructure of the conglomerate.
A catch-22.
The big company isn't small enough to realize a significant return. The small company isn't big enough to invest. In the end, his ideas are discarded and the customer misses out on yet another feature.
Ideally, great ideas would be encouraged in a round-table environment, recorded, and then at least cursorily investigated. I'd recommend separating the round-table discussions into useful themes. One for state-of-the-art tech stuff, one for "where do you see us in 3 years" stuff, one for "the work environment", etc.
Can't remember the names of the 3 VERY SIMILARLY named hosts that you work in regularly for Development /Quality Assurance Testing / Production? Easily done:
Assuming the following hosts map to 192.168.1.10 through 12:
SJC-LX-APPDEV02
SJC-LX-APPQAT04
SJC-LX-APPPRD01
Add them to your local /etc/hosts file with names that are useful to you. (make sure that /etc/nsswitch.conf includes "files" for host resolution)
192.168.1.10 my-dev
192.168.1.11 my-qa
192.168.1.12 my-prod
Same
Are you sure that it isn't:
In Soviet Russia, kernel complies!
Clever :)
This is significant in more than just military satellite operations. The global phone system, international trade, global e-mail, etc. Even radio communications can and will be affected (think shorter range 'skip'). Does anyone have an idea as to the 'why'? TFA is a little sketchy...
Isn't communication to big to fail? I can't wait to read THIS bailout story...
Nah - as long as you don't "Break the seal", PETA should leave you alone :)
If you don't get into a plane, there is a 100% chance that you will not get hurt (or worse) falling out of one. Granted, this does not ensure that an errant skydiver won't fall upon you...
Having said that, in most populated centres, people need to drive to the airport to get into a plane to jump of. Doesn't this increase the probability that something bad will happen? Don't get me started on mirrors, ladders or black cats...
Yes, the dogs will resist a "gift" of meat from anyone. It's amazingly simple to train dogs to only accept food from the owner.
The only way for someone to make a trail through my lawn is to open one of the two gates. Each of which has a bright black text on yellow background sign. The sign has an icon of a dog, and the words "Beware of Dog". Here in Canada, this is sufficient notification to trespassers to avoid that type of lawsuit.
Having said that, they are "inside dogs", and are not running amok in my yard when I'm not home.
My dogs are, first and foremost, my pets.
Back in '73, my parents purchased a German Sheppard. The dog excelled at obedience, and was, by all accounts, a friendly dog. The neighbourhood kids would come over to play, and the dog would end up in hats, getting it's ears and tail pulled, etc.. On the three occasions when the dog escaped the yard, he jumped happily into the dog pound truck that was making rounds.
When the dog was just shy of two years, my dad was working night shift. My mother was awakened by the dog growling, so she through on her housecoat and went to the top of the stairs - with the dog beside her. The door handle was rattling, any my mother assumed that it was my dad. When the door burst open, and it was a burglar, my mother screamed, and the dog jumped at the intruder - removing a large piece of flesh from his upper arm.
He was captured burglarizing another home two weeks later, and proceeded to sue my parents for a million dollars (QUITE a lot of money back in '74). The judge awarded the burglar solely on the grounds that there was no "Beware of Dog" sign. He was awarded one penny, and the dog had to be put down.
It was a tragic way to learn this lesson, but it ensures that if a similar event happens to my family, my pets will not be penalized.
Dogs can be (relatively) easily trained to not eat food without your permission. It does require diligence, but it does allow you to have them run loose in your house without worrying about them eating things that you haven't expressly given to them.
Dogs for the win!
I have two hunting dogs (a Viszla and a Weimaraner) and a Great Dane. The 'Dane is quite intimidating (just over a year old, and close to 150 lbs), quite loud, and very protective of her home. The hunting dogs are fast, muscular, and chock-full-o' sharp pointy teeth!
They make great pets, with the added "home security system" feature built right in!
Having said that, I do still have a security system in place. Can't be too careful.
I know you were trying to be funny, but some dryers do have a removable shoe rack that doesn't rotate. Electronics could be placed on that while the dryer blows the hot air around.
I'd be worried that the vibrations would shake said electronics off of the tray and into the tumbling blades of the dryer...
Thank you Homestar!
You can't guarantee that the data will be intact when they open the capsule. Nor can you guarantee that the gear you send will survive.
Seems to me that your best bet is three separate distribution mechanism.
1. CDs AND DVDs (two copies of everything), a small portable DVD player with multiple interfaces - component/composite/s-video out
2. NAS device with at least two disks (two copies of everything) and multiple interfaces - eSATA/SCSI/USB2/FireWire/ethernet(dhcp)/etc.
3. Digital picture frame and a handful of memory modules (two copies of everything)
Ensure that whatever device you send goes complete with power adapter and user manual. In at least two languages.
All there is to do when you're done, is cross your fingers and hope that video displays still operate in two dimensions :)
If they do manage to sell 8 million phones this year, that will still only be 1% of the market. With their to-date sales of somewhere around 5.5 million (including last year), that's approximately 1 iPhone per 100 NEW cellular phones purchased in that time frame.
If all of your friends have a cell phone that is less than a year old, and you've seen one, maybe you have about 100 friends with new cellular phones...
I did, however, recommend fiber. I said "at the same time", but I should have said "instead". From Wikipedia: Multimode fiber - typical trasnmission speeds are 100Mbit for up to 2km using 100BASE-FX As for the price of a fiber NIC: Form Lanshack: Unicom 100BaseFX Multimode FIber PCI Network Interface Card - Dual ST $108.50 each. Sure, it's not gibagit to the desktop, but it's not meant to be. It's to resolve an expensive problem with a relatively low-maintenance solution.