Okay, then how do I do things like drop waypoints on an Iphone once I've stuffed it into a waterproof, dustproof, and vibration resistant case so I can mount it to the handlebars on my ATV? You know, since you can no longer TOUCH THE SCREEN.
"Log into google maps and use the elevations maps feature"
What if I'm out of range of the nearest cell tower? That is pretty easy to do in large swaths of the United States. Antelope don't need cell service so no one builds towers out in the mountains. Other places you CANNOT build towers, Yellowstone National Park is one good example.
"put them in Aeroplane mode and use the GPS chip as normal"
No. As has been mentioned by hardware and software designers in this topic the GPS chips in most smartphones, including the iphone, don't update fast enough nor have enough intrinsic accuracy for for high speed (55MPH) applications or for applications where high accuracy is required...like steering a boat.
"Only a fool..."
I remain unconvinced that in car navigation is the primary use for GPS. I know far too many sportsman and outdoor enthusiasts who own a dedicated outdoor GPS but NO in car Sat-Nav for me to easily accept this without proof.
A smartphone is a terrible replacement for dedicated GPS hardware in any application BUT in car navigation.
Dedicated GPS hardware has a lot of value for applications OUTSIDE your car. Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, Geocaching, or in my case back country ATV'ing.
An Iphone wouldn't last 2 hours mounted to the handlebars of my ATV like my Garmin Etrex Hcx is. The dust, water, or heavy vibration would quickly kill any smartphone in this application. Batteries are another issue. I can easily change the 2 AAs that drive my Etrex, but how do you accomplish this 40 miles from anywhere with your Iphone?
By any measure you're ignoring all of those uses for GPS OUTSIDE the car, and by doing so you're almost completely missing the value of dedicated GPS hardware.
Yup. My Garmin also has a charging cable to use the 12v on my ATV for those ovenight trips. It also has a mount to ride on the handlebars of my ATV where it happily sits ignoring the dust, dirt, rain, and heavy vibration it experiences. I would NEVER subject my smartphone to such abuse. I'd be surprised if it survived a single outing under those conditions.
It can be easily summed up into that old adage "My job is to make my boss look good." Across my years in management I've used that saying to help myself get ahead. Conversely those below me who've done the same thing have received excellent treatment from me.
It's important to realize what makes your boss look good and do it. If looking good is high sales figures than I'm out there pushing. If making my boss look good means talking them up to clients then I'm out there talking them.
This isn't brown nosing nor is it a good ol boys network. It's simply realizing that people who work well with other people and help them to succeed get rewarded for it.
Brings to mind that quote "People who don't understand Unix are condemned to repeat it, poorly." It's not quite the same situation with X, but it's close.
One way around this is with proper design, If your "powers" are dependent on something besides time to recharge then you can limit the availability of that substance in the sequel. For instance if it takes 300 jubu rocks to cast the "death to everyone within 5.5 miles" spell then simply limit the number of jubu rocks. The new powers, that you must learn because jubu rocks are suddenly so scarce, are based on turdo rocks which are far more common.
You can do the same thing with weapons by limiting the ammunition. Character stats are trivial, simply "up" the level of the baddies and allow anyone creating a NEW character (not an imported one) to have starting powers commensurate with this version of the game.
As an experienced motorcyclist I will say that if you're not reacting to traffic behind you then you should get the hell of the road because you're dangerously incompetent.
While I don't completely agree with all of the statements by edlll I can agree with this one. When a cyclist is holding up traffic by being significantly below the traveling speed they are increasing the risks to themselves and whomever is directly behind them.
All it takes is an impatient asshole some cars back to try a pass that they can't complete and you can have mass destruction, perhaps even to the cyclist as said asshole has to pull back in top of them to keep from having a head on collision.
I've seen this happen when cyclist jerks get together to form some lame pelaton out on the highway. Suddenly there's twenty cars piled up because the cyclists can't maintain more than 40MPH or so, but the posted limit is 60MPH. After five miles of this the redneck, or impatient soccer mom, three vehicles back IS going to try to a multi-car plus multi bike pass.
You can have a pile of laws as high as you are tall on your side but in the end it's the laws of physics that rule out on the road. This is as true for bicyclists as it is for motorcyclists. You can either accommodate the occasional spell of asshattery and keep going or you can insist on your "rights" and *die* as your crushed by something much larger and heavier than yourself. There's right and then there's dead right.
I could take you to 25 different places on ranches I know of right now where your low-bandwidth cellular scanner would be as useful as lipstick on a pig.
You obviously don't spend much time outside in "Big Sky" states or you'd know better than to propose cellular ANYTHING as a communications solution. Cell phones flat don't work in much of the back country and the back country is where you tend to find a lot of cattle.
What if "updating every week or so" meant driving 40 miles into town, one way, to use someone elses Internet connection? Now what if it's a verified blizzard outside with temperatures of 0F, 50MPH winds, and 10" of snow on the ground? What if your wife and kids are sick and there's no one else to get the chores done or help them out while you drive your happy butt 40 miles through a blizzard to send the government some bullshit data that the cattle ranchers in China don't?
My point is this, don't automatically assume an Internet connection is convenient or even available.
You likely live in an urban area and have no concept of how much free space there are in some of these cattle herding states. Like most people you're unable to step outside your own life experience and imagine the difficulties that someone else would have.
My next question is are we going to demand this for all IMPORTERS of beef or is this a burden that only good 'ol U.S. Ranchers are going to have to bear?
There may have been some question of Constitutionality but there was NEVER any question about appropriateness, common sense, good taste, or forward thinking.
Please advise us on how you're going to train every machinist, and QC agent, just to name two job categories on how to measure 30.22mm with calipers that are intended to measure in Imperial? If they can't do this, do it reliably, and do it accurately then you're going to have some funny fitting parts on those Ares.
That is just one very simple example in two very limited job categories where changing from SI to Metric would introduce horrible, and potentially disastrous, difficulties.
"How many 4.19cm pieces of wood can you cut from a length of wood that is 6m long?"
I'll bet you can't do THAT in your head either and it's just as valid of a math example as your own that involves miles to inches.
In the real world both systems can be a real PITA but it's not the fault of the system. It's the fault of the real world where numbers aren't some exact multiple of your base system.
I'm not sure how you got modded "Interesting" since your main point "Sync'd" is incorrect.
Apparently they didn't explain the function of a transfer panel at your alternative energy show. A transfer panel will decouple your home energy generation system from the grid in the event of utility power failure.
Some panels do this automatically and others are manual. Either way a solution exists and is commonly used for just the situation you're describing. Also, AFAIK almost every municipalities electrical code requires the installation of these when you install your own power generation capability.
Also even if he doesn't have batteries he can always reduce demand to equal his output and have SOME of his stuff going. Maybe he has to turn off the home LAN/WLAN, his big screen TV and not run the dryer or microwave but it's almost certainly possible for him to stay at or below his generation capacity unless it's the dead of the night.
If you'd care to compare the number of Christian abortion activists to the number of Muslim car bombers I think you'll find a difference in the number of attacks.
While it's true that all groups have "extremist nutjobs" it's only a partial story. There ARE differences in scope and frequency. Large differences.
Again, please show me two contiguous miles of asphalt anywhere in the country that's two decades old.
I understand that if they're built CORRECTLY that they have an estimated lifespan of two decades. What I'm saying is that I haven't seen a single road crew anywhere in the United States that has that level of skill.
I'm laughing so hard at the "40 year life expectancy" that I'm about to fall out of my chair.
PLEASE show me two contiguous miles of pavement in the U.S. that's 40 years old. Heck, show me one that's 20!
I've been all over the U.S. and if the roads have one thing in common it's that they're utter crap. They're being repaired / replaced every ten years or less everywhere in the country that I've seen.
I'm sure your textbooks give you that four decade number but I've never seen it out here in the real world.
I'm so glad that you can admit the reality that Obama did vote for it.
You can hand wave about "going along to maintain momentum" but that doesn't change a thing about his voting record.
It also doesn't change the fact that he's now President, his party has a Congressional majority, and could stop it. It also doesn't change the fact that he fought, as President, to get the second rounding of funding after he took office.
Your logic train has derailed, as has the original posters.
You can't argue that Obama was just one man and didn't have the power and that Bush pushed it through as President and then turn around and argue that as President Obama somehow doesn't have the power to end it if he so chooses.
Past Presidents have "thought up" many things that were presented to Congress and then shot down. Congress voted for this mess as they do ALL laws. Obama was a United States Senator and is now the President of the United States.
I think that gives him a certain amount of culpability in what has happened with TARP. If you can't agree with that then I suggest you report back to Junior High Civics class.
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Okay, then how do I do things like drop waypoints on an Iphone once I've stuffed it into a waterproof, dustproof, and vibration resistant case so I can mount it to the handlebars on my ATV? You know, since you can no longer TOUCH THE SCREEN.
"Log into google maps and use the elevations maps feature"
What if I'm out of range of the nearest cell tower? That is pretty easy to do in large swaths of the United States. Antelope don't need cell service so no one builds towers out in the mountains. Other places you CANNOT build towers, Yellowstone National Park is one good example.
"put them in Aeroplane mode and use the GPS chip as normal"
No. As has been mentioned by hardware and software designers in this topic the GPS chips in most smartphones, including the iphone, don't update fast enough nor have enough intrinsic accuracy for for high speed (55MPH) applications or for applications where high accuracy is required...like steering a boat.
"Only a fool..."
I remain unconvinced that in car navigation is the primary use for GPS. I know far too many sportsman and outdoor enthusiasts who own a dedicated outdoor GPS but NO in car Sat-Nav for me to easily accept this without proof.
A smartphone is a terrible replacement for dedicated GPS hardware in any application BUT in car navigation.
I disagree with you almost entirely.
Dedicated GPS hardware has a lot of value for applications OUTSIDE your car. Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, Geocaching, or in my case back country ATV'ing.
An Iphone wouldn't last 2 hours mounted to the handlebars of my ATV like my Garmin Etrex Hcx is. The dust, water, or heavy vibration would quickly kill any smartphone in this application. Batteries are another issue. I can easily change the 2 AAs that drive my Etrex, but how do you accomplish this 40 miles from anywhere with your Iphone?
By any measure you're ignoring all of those uses for GPS OUTSIDE the car, and by doing so you're almost completely missing the value of dedicated GPS hardware.
Yup. My Garmin also has a charging cable to use the 12v on my ATV for those ovenight trips. It also has a mount to ride on the handlebars of my ATV where it happily sits ignoring the dust, dirt, rain, and heavy vibration it experiences. I would NEVER subject my smartphone to such abuse. I'd be surprised if it survived a single outing under those conditions.
Bingo!
It can be easily summed up into that old adage "My job is to make my boss look good." Across my years in management I've used that saying to help myself get ahead. Conversely those below me who've done the same thing have received excellent treatment from me.
It's important to realize what makes your boss look good and do it. If looking good is high sales figures than I'm out there pushing. If making my boss look good means talking them up to clients then I'm out there talking them.
This isn't brown nosing nor is it a good ol boys network. It's simply realizing that people who work well with other people and help them to succeed get rewarded for it.
Brings to mind that quote "People who don't understand Unix are condemned to repeat it, poorly." It's not quite the same situation with X, but it's close.
So if the OS is the browser and it strongly guides the users to your applications what's the functional difference?
Microsoft OS > Microsoft Browser > Microsoft Applications
Google OS > Google Browser > Google Applications
It may not play out like that but the potential is surely there.
Try using a Cisco softphone with a Logitech headset on Win7. Your enjoyment will rapidly decrease.
One way around this is with proper design, If your "powers" are dependent on something besides time to recharge then you can limit the availability of that substance in the sequel. For instance if it takes 300 jubu rocks to cast the "death to everyone within 5.5 miles" spell then simply limit the number of jubu rocks. The new powers, that you must learn because jubu rocks are suddenly so scarce, are based on turdo rocks which are far more common.
You can do the same thing with weapons by limiting the ammunition. Character stats are trivial, simply "up" the level of the baddies and allow anyone creating a NEW character (not an imported one) to have starting powers commensurate with this version of the game.
Done.
As an experienced motorcyclist I will say that if you're not reacting to traffic behind you then you should get the hell of the road because you're dangerously incompetent.
While I don't completely agree with all of the statements by edlll I can agree with this one. When a cyclist is holding up traffic by being significantly below the traveling speed they are increasing the risks to themselves and whomever is directly behind them.
All it takes is an impatient asshole some cars back to try a pass that they can't complete and you can have mass destruction, perhaps even to the cyclist as said asshole has to pull back in top of them to keep from having a head on collision.
I've seen this happen when cyclist jerks get together to form some lame pelaton out on the highway. Suddenly there's twenty cars piled up because the cyclists can't maintain more than 40MPH or so, but the posted limit is 60MPH. After five miles of this the redneck, or impatient soccer mom, three vehicles back IS going to try to a multi-car plus multi bike pass.
You can have a pile of laws as high as you are tall on your side but in the end it's the laws of physics that rule out on the road. This is as true for bicyclists as it is for motorcyclists. You can either accommodate the occasional spell of asshattery and keep going or you can insist on your "rights" and *die* as your crushed by something much larger and heavier than yourself. There's right and then there's dead right.
I could take you to 25 different places on ranches I know of right now where your low-bandwidth cellular scanner would be as useful as lipstick on a pig.
You obviously don't spend much time outside in "Big Sky" states or you'd know better than to propose cellular ANYTHING as a communications solution. Cell phones flat don't work in much of the back country and the back country is where you tend to find a lot of cattle.
What if "updating every week or so" meant driving 40 miles into town, one way, to use someone elses Internet connection? Now what if it's a verified blizzard outside with temperatures of 0F, 50MPH winds, and 10" of snow on the ground? What if your wife and kids are sick and there's no one else to get the chores done or help them out while you drive your happy butt 40 miles through a blizzard to send the government some bullshit data that the cattle ranchers in China don't?
My point is this, don't automatically assume an Internet connection is convenient or even available.
You likely live in an urban area and have no concept of how much free space there are in some of these cattle herding states. Like most people you're unable to step outside your own life experience and imagine the difficulties that someone else would have.
My next question is are we going to demand this for all IMPORTERS of beef or is this a burden that only good 'ol U.S. Ranchers are going to have to bear?
There may have been some question of Constitutionality but there was NEVER any question about appropriateness, common sense, good taste, or forward thinking.
Please advise us on how you're going to train every machinist, and QC agent, just to name two job categories on how to measure 30.22mm with calipers that are intended to measure in Imperial? If they can't do this, do it reliably, and do it accurately then you're going to have some funny fitting parts on those Ares.
That is just one very simple example in two very limited job categories where changing from SI to Metric would introduce horrible, and potentially disastrous, difficulties.
Concur. The "false" finding by snopes is very, very, weak. So weak in fact that like yourself I disagree with them.
To paraphrase from a post above you:
"How many 4.19cm pieces of wood can you cut from a length of wood that is 6m long?"
I'll bet you can't do THAT in your head either and it's just as valid of a math example as your own that involves miles to inches.
In the real world both systems can be a real PITA but it's not the fault of the system. It's the fault of the real world where numbers aren't some exact multiple of your base system.
What's the point of Electricity?
Air Conditioning...or heating if it's winter time.
Where does this "grid tied" stuff come from?
I may be mistaken but what you're describing is EXACTLY what a transfer panel is meant to correct.
They're not "sophisticated" or even particularly expensive. A 100 amp indoor rated manual panel can be purchased for roughly $140!
http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/accessories/transfer-panels.php
I'm not sure how you got modded "Interesting" since your main point "Sync'd" is incorrect.
Apparently they didn't explain the function of a transfer panel at your alternative energy show. A transfer panel will decouple your home energy generation system from the grid in the event of utility power failure.
Some panels do this automatically and others are manual. Either way a solution exists and is commonly used for just the situation you're describing. Also, AFAIK almost every municipalities electrical code requires the installation of these when you install your own power generation capability.
Also even if he doesn't have batteries he can always reduce demand to equal his output and have SOME of his stuff going. Maybe he has to turn off the home LAN/WLAN, his big screen TV and not run the dryer or microwave but it's almost certainly possible for him to stay at or below his generation capacity unless it's the dead of the night.
How about getting me a GV beta invite?
If you'd care to compare the number of Christian abortion activists to the number of Muslim car bombers I think you'll find a difference in the number of attacks.
While it's true that all groups have "extremist nutjobs" it's only a partial story. There ARE differences in scope and frequency. Large differences.
Again, please show me two contiguous miles of asphalt anywhere in the country that's two decades old.
I understand that if they're built CORRECTLY that they have an estimated lifespan of two decades. What I'm saying is that I haven't seen a single road crew anywhere in the United States that has that level of skill.
I'm laughing so hard at the "40 year life expectancy" that I'm about to fall out of my chair.
PLEASE show me two contiguous miles of pavement in the U.S. that's 40 years old. Heck, show me one that's 20!
I've been all over the U.S. and if the roads have one thing in common it's that they're utter crap. They're being repaired / replaced every ten years or less everywhere in the country that I've seen.
I'm sure your textbooks give you that four decade number but I've never seen it out here in the real world.
I'm so glad that you can admit the reality that Obama did vote for it.
You can hand wave about "going along to maintain momentum" but that doesn't change a thing about his voting record.
It also doesn't change the fact that he's now President, his party has a Congressional majority, and could stop it. It also doesn't change the fact that he fought, as President, to get the second rounding of funding after he took office.
Your logic train has derailed, as has the original posters.
You can't argue that Obama was just one man and didn't have the power and that Bush pushed it through as President and then turn around and argue that as President Obama somehow doesn't have the power to end it if he so chooses.
Past Presidents have "thought up" many things that were presented to Congress and then shot down. Congress voted for this mess as they do ALL laws. Obama was a United States Senator and is now the President of the United States.
I think that gives him a certain amount of culpability in what has happened with TARP. If you can't agree with that then I suggest you report back to Junior High Civics class.
I never said that Bush, or the Republicans, were without blame. What I AM saying is that it is not SOLELY the fault of the Republicans or Bush.
Again I'd like to point out that Obama voted for TARP as a U.S. Senator, then FOUGHT to get the second round of it after he became President.
I am judging him on his personal intent and actions.
For what it's worth I was, and am, against bailouts of any kind. I am also a Libertarian, not a Republican.
Your opinion is noted, and perhaps I agree with you, but that does not change the facts surrounding TARP or the workings of the U.S. Government.
Bush signed it but only after Congress approved it, and that includes Obama's vote.
I believe that Obama's vote for TARP, and his subsequent actions to obtain the round 2 monies, makes him *more* culpable for it than Bush.