A lot of people here seem to dislike Sony products. I bought the DSC-F505V digital camera in 2000 and have taken over 3000 pictures. It still works perfectly.
It's been exposed to very cold conditions (Colorado Springs) and very hot and humid conditions (South Africa).
The only minor flaw I found is that the battery clip broke off after the 3rd year of use. I carry two batteries and changing batteries all the time must have worn out the clip. I'm still able to close the battery cover so the clip was not really crucial to it's operation.
I drive a Renault Megane that use key card technology. You place the card in a slot and start the engine by pushing a button.
Unfortunately I live in a country with high vehicle theft and hijacking. This is a great feature since you can remove the card from the slot after you started the vehicle.
If you get hijacked and are lucky to not be killed for the vehicle you can simple get out knowing the thieves will only be able to drive the car until they are forced to turn it off.
I think Renault uses this technology on most of their vehciles.
Well, what about a simple application that plays a sound on each keypress. The pitch of the sound could be adjusted slightly every few minutes or so just to add to the confusion and keep it interesting for the user.
The application might even become so popular that you can sell it to Hollywood Sound Engineers for use in movie computers when our hero has to type in the password.
What do you know about what's been going on in South Africa? I hope you are referring to the mass murder of thousands of mostly elderly white farmers.
Not for the sensitive eyes :
http://www.africancrisis.org/photos16.asp
If car manufacturers embed a RFID tag somewhere in the vehicle that broadcasts the vehicle's VIN it's virtually tamperproof.
The police can still enter your license plate any way they want to and verify that it's legitimate since the license was made out against a particular VIN.
So what if you get so drunk you pass out. Your buddies can just drag your carcass to the bar and get free drinks the rest of the night.
There really should be an "off" switch. Perhaps the ability to set a max amount per day.
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A lot of people here seem to dislike Sony products. I bought the DSC-F505V digital camera in 2000 and have taken over 3000 pictures. It still works perfectly.
It's been exposed to very cold conditions (Colorado Springs) and very hot and humid conditions (South Africa).
The only minor flaw I found is that the battery clip broke off after the 3rd year of use. I carry two batteries and changing batteries all the time must have worn out the clip. I'm still able to close the battery cover so the clip was not really crucial to it's operation.
I drive a Renault Megane that use key card technology. You place the card in a slot and start the engine by pushing a button. Unfortunately I live in a country with high vehicle theft and hijacking. This is a great feature since you can remove the card from the slot after you started the vehicle. If you get hijacked and are lucky to not be killed for the vehicle you can simple get out knowing the thieves will only be able to drive the car until they are forced to turn it off. I think Renault uses this technology on most of their vehciles.
Well, what about a simple application that plays a sound on each keypress. The pitch of the sound could be adjusted slightly every few minutes or so just to add to the confusion and keep it interesting for the user. The application might even become so popular that you can sell it to Hollywood Sound Engineers for use in movie computers when our hero has to type in the password.
I think in many third world countries having ice is not very high priority when you don't even have clean drinking water.
What do you know about what's been going on in South Africa? I hope you are referring to the mass murder of thousands of mostly elderly white farmers. Not for the sensitive eyes : http://www.africancrisis.org/photos16.asp
It's similar to Delphi and has been around for a while. Take a look here : http://www.progress.com/index.ssp
If car manufacturers embed a RFID tag somewhere in the vehicle that broadcasts the vehicle's VIN it's virtually tamperproof. The police can still enter your license plate any way they want to and verify that it's legitimate since the license was made out against a particular VIN.
Nanobacteria Nabobot Nanotube What's next ? Nanosoftware I guess in the next century "pico" will be the new buzz word.
So what if you get so drunk you pass out. Your buddies can just drag your carcass to the bar and get free drinks the rest of the night. There really should be an "off" switch. Perhaps the ability to set a max amount per day.