Yeah, I hate being forced to listen to two numbers being summed before I can place my stupid call. RIP GOOG411, they always had the decency to subtract.
Hardly. When driving, I'd use voice activation to dial GOOG411 and be able to connect to any publicly listed number I desire without laying another finger on my phone. That's all sorts of awesome I can't do any other way right now. Well, for free anyhow.
It's so easy! Happy-go-lucky!
We are the world! We did it!
Hyuu! Hyuu! Hyuu! Hyuu! Osu! Osu! Osu! Osu! (Ai!)
Yocto! Yocto!
Daigaku gohgaku
Yocto! Yocto!
Shachoh shuunin
Happa ichimai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da!
Yocto! Yocto!
Tohsen kakujitsu
Yocto! Yocto!
Nihon daihyoh
Yannaru kurai kenkoh da.
Everybody say yocto!
I changed the minds of a nation and all I got was this stupid song written in my honor.
I'm not a savvy businessman, but I would think that diversifying a business can be too risky if you don't have the free capital to blow. I've personally seen a couple small companies strong core products sunk by risky, expensive, time consuming endeavors in new markets. In Ebay's case, you might argue that they could take the risk because of their size, but in a theoretical world where the economy keeps getting worse instead of rebounding, that $2.5 billion (approx., too lazy to scroll up and fact check) they paid for Skype could be the difference between them floating the operating costs of their core business for a not-insignificant amount of time or failing.
Crappy comfortable headphones, what an obvious design flaw. My headphones pinch me every 30 seconds to remind me that I'm wearing them. Adds a bit to the cost, but you'll save money in the long run.
It's a good idea, but only fair if everyone carried a cell phone, and then the government would also need to acquire your handset's serial number from your service provider to tie it to you. That's also only if you're a post paid customer with accurate billing information. About 15% of cellphone users are prepaid, and there's usually not so much as a name associated with those accounts. I think if the government decides they need to track drivers, they'll pass a bill and put radio transmitters in license plates (uh, patent pending, Yocto Yotta 2008).
IMEIs are serial numbers that the networks use to make sure your calls go to your phone . . . unless you want to carry around a useless radio emitting brick for absolutely no reason BUT to fuck with the company, changing IMEIs would be a bad idea. There's a lot of work that's gone into preventing that from happening, the fraud possibilities would be endless if the serial number of a handset could be easily changed. I'm not saying the can't be changed, there's a huge grey market around that very practice, but definitely not something trivial that can be done by consumers.
Maybe that coating -- Durabis I think it's called -- that TDK made and is in use on Blu-Ray media would fit that bill for making a scratch resistant LCDs. Does anyone know if that stuff would introduce coloration or interfere with any of the touch technologies out there?
Putting scratch resistant glass over LCDs also comes to mind, but considering glare and weight, that seems like it would be terrible on a TV size scale.
"In a cell phone, for example, high-frequency resonators could filter out interference from other sources of radio signals."
I'd be willing to bet this would have a benificial impact on battery performance. Small or large, I don't know.
I say we just create other "products" that make less dramatic changes to your cell structure and immune system that prepare your body for the heavy duty HIV-blocker bomb. 10 easy trips to the doctor, $129.99. Maybe they can throw in some other cell altering stuff along the way, where's my immortality?
Costco is the best company I have ever worked for, and I've worked for what I believe is some very inspiring management elsewhere. My warehouse had 220 employees and I wouldn't doubt 95% of them loved their job with a passion.
Funny, I'm reading your comment in Windows using Firefox (with the browser window fully maximized of course) on my 17" widescreen dell laptop, and I'll be damned if I even have one pica of white space to the left or right. The benefit is that seven lines of text in a non-maximized window is only two or three lines of text in my maximized window. Your comment maximized? One line per sentance. Because of this, the page is shorter, and I can see more information at once. Not everything needs to be maximized, but a lot of stuff benefits from it.
THAT SAID . . . I'm a big OS X fan, and I can tell you all it's really freakin' easy to drag your window to "maximized" size. Once you've done it once, you can switch back and forth between large and smaller window size just as easy as Windows. I don't get what everyone's complaining about . . . have any of you used OS X?
For the uninitiated, here is Barret and Cloud's Date. I'm a little disappointed, there were also Gamespot User Videos with the other dates as well, including Yuffie's and Red XIII's, but alas, they've appeared to disappear.
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He was referring to my signature.
You got to admire their attention to detail. I wish my government cared that much about ANYTHING.
Yeah, I hate being forced to listen to two numbers being summed before I can place my stupid call. RIP GOOG411, they always had the decency to subtract.
Hardly. When driving, I'd use voice activation to dial GOOG411 and be able to connect to any publicly listed number I desire without laying another finger on my phone. That's all sorts of awesome I can't do any other way right now. Well, for free anyhow.
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It's so easy! Happy-go-lucky! We are the world! We did it! Hyuu! Hyuu! Hyuu! Hyuu! Osu! Osu! Osu! Osu! (Ai!) Yocto! Yocto! Daigaku gohgaku Yocto! Yocto! Shachoh shuunin Happa ichimai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da!
Yocto! Yocto! Tohsen kakujitsu Yocto! Yocto! Nihon daihyoh Yannaru kurai kenkoh da. Everybody say yocto!
I changed the minds of a nation and all I got was this stupid song written in my honor.
I'm not a savvy businessman, but I would think that diversifying a business can be too risky if you don't have the free capital to blow. I've personally seen a couple small companies strong core products sunk by risky, expensive, time consuming endeavors in new markets. In Ebay's case, you might argue that they could take the risk because of their size, but in a theoretical world where the economy keeps getting worse instead of rebounding, that $2.5 billion (approx., too lazy to scroll up and fact check) they paid for Skype could be the difference between them floating the operating costs of their core business for a not-insignificant amount of time or failing.
"Is Google gearing up for Beta round 2 with these new number reservations?"
I don't know, but someone should write an article about that if that's the case!
Crappy comfortable headphones, what an obvious design flaw. My headphones pinch me every 30 seconds to remind me that I'm wearing them. Adds a bit to the cost, but you'll save money in the long run.
I think you're mistaken, the Armenian genocides are a figment of your imagination, silly.
It's a good idea, but only fair if everyone carried a cell phone, and then the government would also need to acquire your handset's serial number from your service provider to tie it to you. That's also only if you're a post paid customer with accurate billing information. About 15% of cellphone users are prepaid, and there's usually not so much as a name associated with those accounts. I think if the government decides they need to track drivers, they'll pass a bill and put radio transmitters in license plates (uh, patent pending, Yocto Yotta 2008).
You might like this:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/10/2337259
IMEIs are serial numbers that the networks use to make sure your calls go to your phone . . . unless you want to carry around a useless radio emitting brick for absolutely no reason BUT to fuck with the company, changing IMEIs would be a bad idea. There's a lot of work that's gone into preventing that from happening, the fraud possibilities would be endless if the serial number of a handset could be easily changed. I'm not saying the can't be changed, there's a huge grey market around that very practice, but definitely not something trivial that can be done by consumers.
It uniquely IDs you by the handsets ESN/IMEI (the serial number), at least, that's what it said when I read the article.
Maybe that coating -- Durabis I think it's called -- that TDK made and is in use on Blu-Ray media would fit that bill for making a scratch resistant LCDs. Does anyone know if that stuff would introduce coloration or interfere with any of the touch technologies out there?
Putting scratch resistant glass over LCDs also comes to mind, but considering glare and weight, that seems like it would be terrible on a TV size scale.
You're mom, duh.
No all wrong, invest in frozen OJ concentrate, feedstock is so 2004.
"In a cell phone, for example, high-frequency resonators could filter out interference from other sources of radio signals." I'd be willing to bet this would have a benificial impact on battery performance. Small or large, I don't know.
I say we just create other "products" that make less dramatic changes to your cell structure and immune system that prepare your body for the heavy duty HIV-blocker bomb. 10 easy trips to the doctor, $129.99. Maybe they can throw in some other cell altering stuff along the way, where's my immortality?
Whatever man, Beavis and Butthead was a critique of culture and everything wrong with human behavior. Brilliant.
WDYJUAULAAATIEIATDTPOTAESYKIWNBUA? JTPYO!
I have to write some stuff in lower caps too. Apparently, I'm yelling.
Costco is the best company I have ever worked for, and I've worked for what I believe is some very inspiring management elsewhere. My warehouse had 220 employees and I wouldn't doubt 95% of them loved their job with a passion.
VOILA!
Alas, it is not up yet.
Copper? You must be one of thems there fancy boys.
Funny, I'm reading your comment in Windows using Firefox (with the browser window fully maximized of course) on my 17" widescreen dell laptop, and I'll be damned if I even have one pica of white space to the left or right. The benefit is that seven lines of text in a non-maximized window is only two or three lines of text in my maximized window. Your comment maximized? One line per sentance. Because of this, the page is shorter, and I can see more information at once. Not everything needs to be maximized, but a lot of stuff benefits from it.
THAT SAID . . . I'm a big OS X fan, and I can tell you all it's really freakin' easy to drag your window to "maximized" size. Once you've done it once, you can switch back and forth between large and smaller window size just as easy as Windows. I don't get what everyone's complaining about . . . have any of you used OS X?
For the uninitiated, here is Barret and Cloud's Date. I'm a little disappointed, there were also Gamespot User Videos with the other dates as well, including Yuffie's and Red XIII's, but alas, they've appeared to disappear.