I went to London for the first time a few months ago. I recommend leaving the laptop at home unless you absolutely need it. First off, hauling a laptop around is a hassle. Second, open access points were few and far between. I stayed in three different hotels and not one offered free wifi, they all charged about 10-15 pounds for a day's access.
If you're there to sightsee definitely check out the Museum of Natural History, it's free and it's in an amazing building. Additionally I think the hidden geek treasure is the Grant Museum of Zoology. It's small but worth stopping in too if you like preserved stuff in jars:)
Also, Oyster card! Get one. I actually found that taking the double decker buses was a nice way to get around and see some of the city at the same time vs. the tube.
I'm sure in 20 years Cowboy Bebop will be a classic. Hollywood will be tapped for all original thought and create a live action version.
Oddly enough, I think it would be pretty cool if done correctly.
I tried kopi luwak coffee last week (and actually the week before as well), so I've had the oppertunity to consume 2 generous mugs of this stuff.
The coffee was obtained by my brother, I believe for approx. 150 dollars for a half pound (I could be wrong on that, I would have to check). It was brewed at home in a regular drip coffee maker.
I'm not a coffee connoisseur but I have tried various coffees and when sampling a new coffee I always taste it black before determinging if I need cream & sugar. To cut down on the to the bitterness I normally add some light cream and sugar to most coffees. The Luwak is interesting because the bitter flavors are almost non-existent to the point where I enjoyed the coffee black with just a little sugar, similar to the way I would consume most espresso's. The roast and flavor was lighter than what I'm used to but all in all it's an excellent coffee. I'm aware of another coffee that lacks the bitter components to this degree without sacrificing flavor. It's different but I don't know if it's worth the cost, but I would recommend trying it if you're a coffee lover and you're given the oppertunity.
When you consider that these coffee cherries have been consumed, pooped, cleaned then roasted it doesn't seem that dirty to me as I'd assume the roasting process would hopefully kill anything bad that might have been in there. Hopefully:)
Without limits I think a lot of admins are seeing problems with disk consumption, not just on the live server but then on the backups, and then even on e-mail retention systems.
In the finanial industries or publicly trades companies laws are now requiring that mail (for some users) be retained for years. So Joe User sends a 20 meg attachment to his buddy elsewhere in the company. Now it's on two mail servers. Both servers are using space for tier 1 storage, oh then that whole server gets backed up. Then since that company is required to archive his mail it's stored on a longer term retention system for say 3 years. And don't forget that you have to backup that retention system too so there's another backup, or have a mirror for disater recovery. Basically, 20 megs could eat up 4+ more times more storage and could continue to use space even after that file is deleted. Oye. Multiple by x number of Joe's sending large attachments and you can see what I'm getting at... from a policy perspective limits make managing the required storage a bit easier and less costly.
I think I tried this before and the end result is that the widget, while on your desktop is also on top of all other windows... All the time. Or maybe this was just the result with the widget I was using at the time.
I doubt battery life will be that much of an issue. I'm guessing that the author must own a disk based iPod. Bigger screens and hard disks suck up the juice. I'm guessing Apple would take the innards of an iPod Nano and stuff it in a phone. Those new nano's are supposed to run for 24 hrs on a charge.
I just don't understand the need to have several gigs of music copied to yet another device. I keep my music on my harddrive, and on semi-permanant backup CDs (soon to be DVDs), as I do most of my music enjoying from my computer. To me it seems pointless to have a complete copy of that to another device.
I think the difference is that people who generally carry around music in larger portable players aren't listening to them primarily on the computer. They're going between classes, walking, running, stuck in airports, plugging into their cars, etc... In those cases most people generally wont want to re-arrange what fits on to a smaller 512mb or less device.
I've tried the QoS features on a few of the WRT-54G firmwares available and all of them seemed to exhibit this behavior. It's possible that I didn't configure the thing correctly, but either way after telling it prioritize only the VoIP traffic I still had issues. More with stability (on Freeman, not so much on DDWRT) but either way, quite annoying.
I the case I am talking about the cable company is not using VoIP, they're using proprietary hardware that does use "channels" not in the traditional sense, but just an allocation to carry signals used for the voice traffic. It's was not IP traffic.
And from the article...
"digital cable VoIP providers" refer only to the services offered by the cable companies, not to services like Vonage that simply plug into their networks"
Which.. are not the same. Good job on comparing Apples to Oranges:)
I wonder if they were truely comparing "Cable VoIP" or the concept of providing dial-tone/phone service over cable.
Things may have changed since I was working for a cable provider, but back in the day... Service would be provided by attaching a box to the side of the house. The service had an allocated set of "Channels". Just like channels are allocated in the normal cable spectrum that to deliver things like HBO and ESPN. The range used for TV never overlapped with Voice or Data. The range for Data never overlapped TV or Voice, etc.. (You get the picture). Because of this there's no competing for bandwidth with all three products and the part allocated for voice calls was of sufficient bandwidth. Unlike the vonage box I have now, if I start downloading torrents or pushing the upload/down rates on my connection some other way I have the potential of breaking up my VoIP call. With voice over cable provided services (not necessarily Cable Voip) this wont happen. Unless of course there's noise on the lines affecting the freq. range used by the boxes.
Tetris DS! Besides the fact that tetris is now a classic video game, this version rocks because of:
WiFi play: Play against someone else or even 3 other persons. Playing the other three users is cool except for the fact that it seems to take a while before a game gets started, then if you suck and lose first you can't seem to exit the match.
Push mode: This variation is like a reverse tug of war.
You can now 'store' another tetazoid to use later and swap it with a piece, awesome for saving that single row block to flomp a tetris on someone when needed, great addition to the game play.
Even better....;)
Kevin: "Well, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I'm a pretty good amateur rectal photographer. Would you like to see my portfolio?"
Dave: "No. I would hate to."
I wish I had 6 foot high cubicle walls. Mine top out at 4 feet. It's practically pointless as they don't really give you ANY privacy or reduce noise from my neighbors. Oh but wait, at least I have space to stick Post-Its and hang a calendar.
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I went to London for the first time a few months ago. I recommend leaving the laptop at home unless you absolutely need it. First off, hauling a laptop around is a hassle. Second, open access points were few and far between. I stayed in three different hotels and not one offered free wifi, they all charged about 10-15 pounds for a day's access. If you're there to sightsee definitely check out the Museum of Natural History, it's free and it's in an amazing building. Additionally I think the hidden geek treasure is the Grant Museum of Zoology. It's small but worth stopping in too if you like preserved stuff in jars :)
Also, Oyster card! Get one. I actually found that taking the double decker buses was a nice way to get around and see some of the city at the same time vs. the tube.
Granted it's not an Apples to Apples (hah!) comparison but really now...
I'm sure in 20 years Cowboy Bebop will be a classic. Hollywood will be tapped for all original thought and create a live action version. Oddly enough, I think it would be pretty cool if done correctly.
I tried kopi luwak coffee last week (and actually the week before as well), so I've had the oppertunity to consume 2 generous mugs of this stuff. The coffee was obtained by my brother, I believe for approx. 150 dollars for a half pound (I could be wrong on that, I would have to check). It was brewed at home in a regular drip coffee maker. I'm not a coffee connoisseur but I have tried various coffees and when sampling a new coffee I always taste it black before determinging if I need cream & sugar. To cut down on the to the bitterness I normally add some light cream and sugar to most coffees. The Luwak is interesting because the bitter flavors are almost non-existent to the point where I enjoyed the coffee black with just a little sugar, similar to the way I would consume most espresso's. The roast and flavor was lighter than what I'm used to but all in all it's an excellent coffee. I'm aware of another coffee that lacks the bitter components to this degree without sacrificing flavor. It's different but I don't know if it's worth the cost, but I would recommend trying it if you're a coffee lover and you're given the oppertunity. When you consider that these coffee cherries have been consumed, pooped, cleaned then roasted it doesn't seem that dirty to me as I'd assume the roasting process would hopefully kill anything bad that might have been in there. Hopefully :)
May take a while to find them all :)
Without limits I think a lot of admins are seeing problems with disk consumption, not just on the live server but then on the backups, and then even on e-mail retention systems. In the finanial industries or publicly trades companies laws are now requiring that mail (for some users) be retained for years. So Joe User sends a 20 meg attachment to his buddy elsewhere in the company. Now it's on two mail servers. Both servers are using space for tier 1 storage, oh then that whole server gets backed up. Then since that company is required to archive his mail it's stored on a longer term retention system for say 3 years. And don't forget that you have to backup that retention system too so there's another backup, or have a mirror for disater recovery. Basically, 20 megs could eat up 4+ more times more storage and could continue to use space even after that file is deleted. Oye. Multiple by x number of Joe's sending large attachments and you can see what I'm getting at... from a policy perspective limits make managing the required storage a bit easier and less costly.
I think I tried this before and the end result is that the widget, while on your desktop is also on top of all other windows... All the time. Or maybe this was just the result with the widget I was using at the time.
Hey, it's sounds better than being taser'd.
I doubt battery life will be that much of an issue. I'm guessing that the author must own a disk based iPod. Bigger screens and hard disks suck up the juice. I'm guessing Apple would take the innards of an iPod Nano and stuff it in a phone. Those new nano's are supposed to run for 24 hrs on a charge.
I've tried the QoS features on a few of the WRT-54G firmwares available and all of them seemed to exhibit this behavior. It's possible that I didn't configure the thing correctly, but either way after telling it prioritize only the VoIP traffic I still had issues. More with stability (on Freeman, not so much on DDWRT) but either way, quite annoying.
I the case I am talking about the cable company is not using VoIP, they're using proprietary hardware that does use "channels" not in the traditional sense, but just an allocation to carry signals used for the voice traffic. It's was not IP traffic.
And from the article... "digital cable VoIP providers" refer only to the services offered by the cable companies, not to services like Vonage that simply plug into their networks" Which.. are not the same. Good job on comparing Apples to Oranges :)
I wonder if they were truely comparing "Cable VoIP" or the concept of providing dial-tone/phone service over cable. Things may have changed since I was working for a cable provider, but back in the day... Service would be provided by attaching a box to the side of the house. The service had an allocated set of "Channels". Just like channels are allocated in the normal cable spectrum that to deliver things like HBO and ESPN. The range used for TV never overlapped with Voice or Data. The range for Data never overlapped TV or Voice, etc.. (You get the picture). Because of this there's no competing for bandwidth with all three products and the part allocated for voice calls was of sufficient bandwidth. Unlike the vonage box I have now, if I start downloading torrents or pushing the upload/down rates on my connection some other way I have the potential of breaking up my VoIP call. With voice over cable provided services (not necessarily Cable Voip) this wont happen. Unless of course there's noise on the lines affecting the freq. range used by the boxes.
It's better than Nintendo's "Wii" Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Tetris DS! Besides the fact that tetris is now a classic video game, this version rocks because of: WiFi play: Play against someone else or even 3 other persons. Playing the other three users is cool except for the fact that it seems to take a while before a game gets started, then if you suck and lose first you can't seem to exit the match. Push mode: This variation is like a reverse tug of war. You can now 'store' another tetazoid to use later and swap it with a piece, awesome for saving that single row block to flomp a tetris on someone when needed, great addition to the game play.
Speaking of Hondas... check out: http://www.pgmfi.org Open source ECU firmware :) Yum.
Even better.... ;)
Kevin: "Well, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I'm a pretty good amateur rectal photographer. Would you like to see my portfolio?"
Dave: "No. I would hate to."
I wish I had 6 foot high cubicle walls. Mine top out at 4 feet. It's practically pointless as they don't really give you ANY privacy or reduce noise from my neighbors. Oh but wait, at least I have space to stick Post-Its and hang a calendar.