If the pilot hasn't noticed the lasers or turned on his radio, commonly that's the point at which they would scramble fighters and tell him to get out the old-fashioned way, which usually involves lots of chaff and flares. Then, if all else fails, they give 'em a sidewinder up the tailpipe.
Sorry to hear about your plight, but unfortunately usually the only option left when the company does not respond is to seek legal action. I'm hardly a lawyer, but you might be able to recoup some of your legal costs by suing the company for them, but might not be such a good idea against today's armies of corporate lawyers.
This sort of thing is exactly why I only use domain registrars and hosting companies that either have independent, positive feedback or ones that my friends use. One should always do their homework before going into something like this.
I think Microsoft is trying to be the first to market to capture the people who wanna be the first on their block with one. Even if it is indeed mediocre (probably not, but hey, I saw a pig fly today), us american capitalist consumers tend to like having the newest, the best, and the most expensive stuff when compared to our neighbors.
My old school used to have apple iBooks for all the students, so on april fools day, one of my friends sent around a carbon application that made the LCD display look like it had be smashed with some sort of large, blunt object. It stopped becoming funny when us techies were bombarded with hysterical students bitching about how their display broke.
Perhaps because they don't officially support other OSes, they don't want to send them out without an OS, for fear that the end user would be thrifty and use a, for lack of a better word, pirated copy?
Why the hell is someone too lazy to make their own PB&J gonna get up, drive to the grocery store and buy these processed, prepackaged pieces of crap? Oh, wait. That's what mothers are for.
Sure, we could cause a ton of long-term problems. Keep in mind, though, that this sort of treatment is completely voluntary, and any doctor who doesn't go through the potential risks probably shouldn't be a doctor anyway. That, and the potential for fixing several of those nasty skeletons in the closet known as the human genome is motivation for quite a few, despite the risks.
Most of the connectors on PDAs and cell phones handle a lot more than just power and an interface for a computer. More often than not, on cell phones the connector supports a variety of handsfree devices (case in point: my motorola v60i). Most PDAs also have some sort of proprietary expansion port to connect peripherals, because standard interfaces between types of devices simply do not exist, as it would pose a nightmare for developers. Imagine trying to create firmware for a device that's supposed to work with an extremely wide range of hardware and software configurations. It's just not realistic.
Perhaps we need a set of standards governing PDA and cell phone peripherals...
Yeah, but when you figure in inflation, that $740,000,000 becomes something more like 3 or 4 billion in 2005 dollars. I'll buy the shuttle, thankyouverymuch.
Ok, let's think here. The main idea is to keep the fans from getting dusted up. Why don't you just build an airtight box, cut a big hole for a big duct, with the intake leading to the outside. Hook up a big , filtered industrial fan or blower pushing a bunch of fresh air into the intake hole. Make another hole on the other end, again, with a filter. If you got enough air moving through, you wouldn't even need fans. Mount a cheap motherboard with integrated video to the bottom of the case, along with the rest of the stuff you need. You can just do the wireless with USB, no need to make a support structure for the PCI slots (but, if you're inclined, you could make all the mounting brackets and stuff, and build the ultimate gaming machine inside). Then, use a roll-up keyboard and a graphics tablet for a mouse. Seal the holes for the cables with rubber gaskets and silicone, and you've got a dust-proof, spill-proof and otherwise rather indestructable system.
In the rare event that I actually need to make an international call, or in the event that I'm too lazy to get up from my desk, I've got 10 euros worth of skypeout credit. Works great.
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more like: "cough, cough, gasp, oops."
If the pilot hasn't noticed the lasers or turned on his radio, commonly that's the point at which they would scramble fighters and tell him to get out the old-fashioned way, which usually involves lots of chaff and flares. Then, if all else fails, they give 'em a sidewinder up the tailpipe.
That tends to get people's attention.
What happens when the guy who's supposed to be monitoring the airspace gets bored?
Sorry to hear about your plight, but unfortunately usually the only option left when the company does not respond is to seek legal action. I'm hardly a lawyer, but you might be able to recoup some of your legal costs by suing the company for them, but might not be such a good idea against today's armies of corporate lawyers.
This sort of thing is exactly why I only use domain registrars and hosting companies that either have independent, positive feedback or ones that my friends use. One should always do their homework before going into something like this.
I think Microsoft is trying to be the first to market to capture the people who wanna be the first on their block with one. Even if it is indeed mediocre (probably not, but hey, I saw a pig fly today), us american capitalist consumers tend to like having the newest, the best, and the most expensive stuff when compared to our neighbors.
I know for a fact that he did not publish the app, but I'll contact him and see. Feel free to e-mail me.
My old school used to have apple iBooks for all the students, so on april fools day, one of my friends sent around a carbon application that made the LCD display look like it had be smashed with some sort of large, blunt object. It stopped becoming funny when us techies were bombarded with hysterical students bitching about how their display broke.
Perhaps because they don't officially support other OSes, they don't want to send them out without an OS, for fear that the end user would be thrifty and use a, for lack of a better word, pirated copy?
Why the hell is someone too lazy to make their own PB&J gonna get up, drive to the grocery store and buy these processed, prepackaged pieces of crap? Oh, wait. That's what mothers are for.
Sure, we could cause a ton of long-term problems. Keep in mind, though, that this sort of treatment is completely voluntary, and any doctor who doesn't go through the potential risks probably shouldn't be a doctor anyway. That, and the potential for fixing several of those nasty skeletons in the closet known as the human genome is motivation for quite a few, despite the risks.
step 1: Make kickass portable game system
step 2: PROFIT!
step 3: two words: world domination
Most of the connectors on PDAs and cell phones handle a lot more than just power and an interface for a computer. More often than not, on cell phones the connector supports a variety of handsfree devices (case in point: my motorola v60i). Most PDAs also have some sort of proprietary expansion port to connect peripherals, because standard interfaces between types of devices simply do not exist, as it would pose a nightmare for developers. Imagine trying to create firmware for a device that's supposed to work with an extremely wide range of hardware and software configurations. It's just not realistic.
Perhaps we need a set of standards governing PDA and cell phone peripherals...
Feels like Hawaii in my computer room right now.....just need some sand and chicks in hula skirts.
Yeah, but when you figure in inflation, that $740,000,000 becomes something more like 3 or 4 billion in 2005 dollars. I'll buy the shuttle, thankyouverymuch.
Ok, let's think here. The main idea is to keep the fans from getting dusted up. Why don't you just build an airtight box, cut a big hole for a big duct, with the intake leading to the outside. Hook up a big , filtered industrial fan or blower pushing a bunch of fresh air into the intake hole. Make another hole on the other end, again, with a filter. If you got enough air moving through, you wouldn't even need fans. Mount a cheap motherboard with integrated video to the bottom of the case, along with the rest of the stuff you need. You can just do the wireless with USB, no need to make a support structure for the PCI slots (but, if you're inclined, you could make all the mounting brackets and stuff, and build the ultimate gaming machine inside). Then, use a roll-up keyboard and a graphics tablet for a mouse. Seal the holes for the cables with rubber gaskets and silicone, and you've got a dust-proof, spill-proof and otherwise rather indestructable system.
In the rare event that I actually need to make an international call, or in the event that I'm too lazy to get up from my desk, I've got 10 euros worth of skypeout credit. Works great.
I really don't think that good handwriting recognition software could be developed en masse. Everybody's handwriting's different.
Ever used a wacom tablet before? It has extra buttons on the pen, that could be used as a modifier. Think short-range wireless.
They told me to think different, so I made a toilet seat.
Hmmm....I had an old archos jukebox 6000 that did that.....about 4 YEARS AGO! Doesn't the computer industry learn from other peoples' mistakes?
hey, maybe he'd get the xbox controller down to a manageable size....