With a cell site in the plane, your phone will go into low power mode and just talk to it, not any of the towers on the ground (in theory, at least). It may see other towers, but won't try to switch to them, because they will be weaker signals than the one a few metres away.
Not to mention how easy it makes it to convert modified GTA and RPG weapons to target civilian aircraft once these are installed.
Palm separated into hardware and software divisions in 2002 and split in 2003.
I agree. As an IPO shareholder, I remember when it split I sold of the hardware side and kept the OS side, which was a good decision at the time, as the OS is far more profitable, and is used in many places.
If you see a monster, throw the Wiimote directly at the monster. Depending on your aim, the monster will die in a shower of bright sparks and crackly noises, or the monster will hurl various objects back at you such as books, chunks of plaster, ceiling fan blades, or your little brother's eyeball. --
Even using Wii Sims (the Will Wright game for Japanime fans that will be on the Wii), your Mii characters you create for your Wii console and Wiimote can be used - and even taken to play on your friends consoles.
All of ours are interesting - maybe you should try using the menu options to design better ones?
I bought that as a bonus Xmas present, in addition to another set of Wiimote and nunchuk, for my son. The cool part so far is all the old GameCube games, like Dungeons and Animal Crossing, all work fine on the Wii - you need the old controllers, but they all pop in the top.
Is Elebits as good as it seemed in the previews? I hate waiting until next week...
Sorry, I'm not too concerned about the purported Wii blockbuster game drought.
I'm too busy playing my GameCube version of Sims 2: Pets on my Wii, while my son plays his GameCube Super Smash Brothers on it.
Between that and all the fine games, I'm just hoping to have a chance to finish Rayman's Raving Rabbids myself (my son's already a World Champion), let alone delve into Excite Truck or Zelda that he's already mastered.
Does this mean I can sue beer companies when I go drinking, hit-on women and get slapped?
No, but you can sue them when you go to a bar, drink their beer, and don't get hit on by women just for drinking their brand of beer.
Same goes for Wii users - if you treat it as a weapon, what do you expect it to do? I can't wait to see the first version of Star Wars: Light Saber Arena Combat for the Wii - going to be a lot of funny YouTube videos for that one...
Makes me wonder if we'll inadvertently skew natural selection in favour of a super race of droll gulls with an appreciation for British comedy from the early seventies?
Either that or seagulls with really big hairdos, that like to fly as a Flock of Seagulls. And with a devil-may-care attitude "Let's all see how close to the wind turbine we can get while high on mackerel!"
Yeah, but calls for Vista Support probably wouldn't go thru if handled in the US, since Redmond has been without power for days, and phone/cable shut down for one million people (now down to less than 100,000 after a week).
Now, if you want bulletproof, you basically mean Linux plus Oracle, or BSD plus Oracle, but Vista? Let's get real, people...
I mean, talk about shill city, but it's one thing to pay the sales team that places the ads, another thing to throw your journalistic integrity out the door.
I mean, seriously, all it is, quite frankly, is a half-baked attempt to code Mac OS X Tiger, but at twenty times the graphics and memory usage, and plug up the major security holes in the WinXP design.
That's not a Best IT Product, that's a catch-up product.
Have you ever stopped to think, why? Maybe people use Windows because it supports the broadest range of hardware and software. Maybe they use it because it can be managed easily with Active Directory and other third party tools in the enterprise. Maybe they don't want to be locked into a specific platform. Maybe they like the interface.
Maybe we don't care anymore, because Spore and Sims 3 and the Japanime Wii Sims are coming out on the Wii and we no longer have any need to buy Windows to play games?
I think that's much more likely, and also why MSFT is pushing this on the gaming industry in the face of massive consumer indifference - we just don't care anymore.
10 IP_FORM = 0 'FALSE 20 IP_FORM = GETIPVER(baseNet) '4 for IPv4, 6 for IPv6 30 DO CASE 40 CASE IP_FORM = 4 50 IP_ADDRESS=RND(from_IPv4_addr_space) 60 CASE IP_FORM = 6 70 IP_ADDRESS=RND(from_IPv6_addr_space,minus_chi_gold farm_flag,minus_compomised_DRM_rootkit,plus_mil_si tes) 80 CASE ELSE 90 IP_ADDRESS=RND(sony_ps3_rootkit_pirates) 100 END CASE 110 if RND(between_0-1)
Education is permitted broader rights under copyright laws, and fair use of satire and - quite frankly - mockery of corporate copyrighted materials should be enforced as well, resulting in people making fun of wierdos like Disney who want copyright to last until the sun burns out.
And then send teams with pies to smoosh in the faces of the CEOs.
But that's in a just world, not one like we live in.
I said: My house is gas heat, but many people also use oil and electric heat. Electric is about the same as gas here, costwise.
Are you sure about that? I've run those numbers before (post [slashdot.org] I just made on the subject) and I've never been able to justify electric over gas -- unless you have a really crappy gas furnace and can't replace it for whatever reason. At $0.08/kWh it costs $2.34 to get 100,000 BTUs out of electric. If you live in NYS and pay $0.12/kWh it's $3.51. Are you really paying $2.34 - $3.50 a therm for your gas?
Yes, in Seattle, electricity is cheaper than gas, and much cheaper than oil. Same in Portland. If you live in NY State, well, I suggest you move or buy lots and lots of insulation, because the WSJ today said the price of oil is going up to $70 a barrel soon.
Natural gas or oil heating costs a lot less than electric heating though.
In the Pacific Northwest, most of our power is hydro and wind, with a teeny bit of coal. Our electricity costs about the same (or cheaper) than gas, and much cheaper than oil (heating fuel). Coal technically would be cheaper, but pollutes more. Some of us use wood for heating.
I said: I've noticed just replacing incandescent (standard) light bulbs cut the extra heat in my house dramatically.
You said: Obviously you don't live in the Northeast:P No such thing as waste heat from light bulbs this time of the year:P
To which I reply: No, I live in the Pacific Northwest, and at this time of year we also like the extra heat from bulbs, but we have these fancy things called heaters which we use on demand instead, run by these automatic heating/cooling devices that have the heat turn down 20 degrees when we're at work, and down 15 degrees when we sleep. My house is gas heat, but many people also use oil and electric heat. Electric is about the same as gas here, costwise.
I said: Seriously, though, I've noticed just replacing incandescent (standard) light bulbs cut the extra heat in my house dramatically, and saved me tons of cash. And they make compact flourescents that work in chandelier bulbs and don't look ugly now - just go to Home Depot and look.
You said: I love compact fluorescents. My problem is that my voltage is not stable and I've noticed that in similar situations that the compacts seem to burn out -- sometimes quite spectacularly (smoke and sparks). Once upon a time I rented an old farm house with a bunch of roommates. I spent over a hundred bucks replacing every single bulb in the house with compact fluorescents. The house was in the country and had a well with a really old pump. Every time you flushed the toilet the lights dimmed and UPSes went off. Every single bulb that I bought was dead within three months:(
Ditto in my current apartment. Next door neighbor runs a glass business. She has 6KW and 10KW kilns that cycle on and off when in use. My voltage goes from 120V to 108V and back again over and over for hours on end. I'm not brave enough to try compact fluorescents in this environment:( Normal fluorescents seem to handle it just fine though -- have never replaced the one over my sink. Wonder why the compacts can't handle it?
There are some light outlets in my place that I don't use CFLs in - mostly stairways and near vibrating washer/dryers - and one fixture that seems to just burn out CFLs faster than others. Over time I've figured out which ones not to use CFLs in - especially in ones with dimmer switches (duh). In practice, I find the cheapo CFL bulbs are less tolerant than the more expensive brands - but you can buy the more expensive brands in bulk for cheap at Home Depot (and sometimes Costco).
wouldn't be surprised if we see a few seabirds unable to understand that, just as with a boat, heading into the large rotating thing with blinky lights is NOT a good idea... but that means more fish for us!
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With a cell site in the plane, your phone will go into low power mode and just talk to it, not any of the towers on the ground (in theory, at least). It may see other towers, but won't try to switch to them, because they will be weaker signals than the one a few metres away.
Not to mention how easy it makes it to convert modified GTA and RPG weapons to target civilian aircraft once these are installed.
And will enjoy grabbing their annoying cell phones out of their hands and throwing them to the back of the plane.
Especially since they all insist on talking louder than a normal conversation when they have them.
Palm separated into hardware and software divisions in 2002 and split in 2003.
I agree. As an IPO shareholder, I remember when it split I sold of the hardware side and kept the OS side, which was a good decision at the time, as the OS is far more profitable, and is used in many places.
If you see a monster, throw the Wiimote directly at the monster. Depending on your aim, the monster will die in a shower of bright sparks and crackly noises, or the monster will hurl various objects back at you such as books, chunks of plaster, ceiling fan blades, or your little brother's eyeball.
--
I always use a +2 Wiimote for my games.
Well, maybe they have more around here since we have a lot of international students, post-grads, and residents.
Don't give up. I used to have a hard time finding the right form CFL bulbs, but it's more of a demand thing.
Sometimes you can buy better ones in Canada, on the net or in person.
Even using Wii Sims (the Will Wright game for Japanime fans that will be on the Wii), your Mii characters you create for your Wii console and Wiimote can be used - and even taken to play on your friends consoles.
All of ours are interesting - maybe you should try using the menu options to design better ones?
I bought that as a bonus Xmas present, in addition to another set of Wiimote and nunchuk, for my son. The cool part so far is all the old GameCube games, like Dungeons and Animal Crossing, all work fine on the Wii - you need the old controllers, but they all pop in the top.
...
Is Elebits as good as it seemed in the previews? I hate waiting until next week
Sorry, I'm not too concerned about the purported Wii blockbuster game drought.
I'm too busy playing my GameCube version of Sims 2: Pets on my Wii, while my son plays his GameCube Super Smash Brothers on it.
Between that and all the fine games, I'm just hoping to have a chance to finish Rayman's Raving Rabbids myself (my son's already a World Champion), let alone delve into Excite Truck or Zelda that he's already mastered.
Does this mean I can sue beer companies when I go drinking, hit-on women and get slapped?
...
No, but you can sue them when you go to a bar, drink their beer, and don't get hit on by women just for drinking their brand of beer.
Same goes for Wii users - if you treat it as a weapon, what do you expect it to do? I can't wait to see the first version of Star Wars: Light Saber Arena Combat for the Wii - going to be a lot of funny YouTube videos for that one
Makes me wonder if we'll inadvertently skew natural selection in favour of a super race of droll gulls with an appreciation for British comedy from the early seventies?
Either that or seagulls with really big hairdos, that like to fly as a Flock of Seagulls. And with a devil-may-care attitude "Let's all see how close to the wind turbine we can get while high on mackerel!"
The reason why they're pushing WiMax is they can charge us more for that than they can for free Wifi, and it's all about the greenbacks, not the tech.
Why don't they support Opera?
"all calls are answered within 24 hours"
Yeah, but calls for Vista Support probably wouldn't go thru if handled in the US, since Redmond has been without power for days, and phone/cable shut down for one million people (now down to less than 100,000 after a week).
Now, if you want bulletproof, you basically mean Linux plus Oracle, or BSD plus Oracle, but Vista? Let's get real, people ...
I mean, talk about shill city, but it's one thing to pay the sales team that places the ads, another thing to throw your journalistic integrity out the door.
I mean, seriously, all it is, quite frankly, is a half-baked attempt to code Mac OS X Tiger, but at twenty times the graphics and memory usage, and plug up the major security holes in the WinXP design.
That's not a Best IT Product, that's a catch-up product.
Sigh.
and then his family would be shipped to Gitmo.
What moron thought up this as an idea for a sequel? I love movies, but this smells like a desperation move by someone clueless.
Count me out.
And free email! Don't forget email! You too can have w[somereallylongnumber]@wii.com!
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Free email? This is the first I've heard of that! Man, guess I have to reset my wireless to 1 or 11 then
Have you ever stopped to think, why? Maybe people use Windows because it supports the broadest range of hardware and software. Maybe they use it because it can be managed easily with Active Directory and other third party tools in the enterprise. Maybe they don't want to be locked into a specific platform. Maybe they like the interface.
Maybe we don't care anymore, because Spore and Sims 3 and the Japanime Wii Sims are coming out on the Wii and we no longer have any need to buy Windows to play games?
I think that's much more likely, and also why MSFT is pushing this on the gaming industry in the face of massive consumer indifference - we just don't care anymore.
I see you've never been to Seattle during a heat wave - most of us don't have air conditioning.
I think you meant:
d farm_flag,minus_compomised_DRM_rootkit,plus_mil_si tes)
10 IP_FORM = 0 'FALSE
20 IP_FORM = GETIPVER(baseNet) '4 for IPv4, 6 for IPv6
30 DO CASE
40 CASE IP_FORM = 4
50 IP_ADDRESS=RND(from_IPv4_addr_space)
60 CASE IP_FORM = 6
70 IP_ADDRESS=RND(from_IPv6_addr_space,minus_chi_gol
80 CASE ELSE
90 IP_ADDRESS=RND(sony_ps3_rootkit_pirates)
100 END CASE
110 if RND(between_0-1)
Education is permitted broader rights under copyright laws, and fair use of satire and - quite frankly - mockery of corporate copyrighted materials should be enforced as well, resulting in people making fun of wierdos like Disney who want copyright to last until the sun burns out.
And then send teams with pies to smoosh in the faces of the CEOs.
But that's in a just world, not one like we live in.
I said: My house is gas heat, but many people also use oil and electric heat. Electric is about the same as gas here, costwise.
Are you sure about that? I've run those numbers before (post [slashdot.org] I just made on the subject) and I've never been able to justify electric over gas -- unless you have a really crappy gas furnace and can't replace it for whatever reason. At $0.08/kWh it costs $2.34 to get 100,000 BTUs out of electric. If you live in NYS and pay $0.12/kWh it's $3.51. Are you really paying $2.34 - $3.50 a therm for your gas?
Yes, in Seattle, electricity is cheaper than gas, and much cheaper than oil. Same in Portland. If you live in NY State, well, I suggest you move or buy lots and lots of insulation, because the WSJ today said the price of oil is going up to $70 a barrel soon.
Natural gas or oil heating costs a lot less than electric heating though.
In the Pacific Northwest, most of our power is hydro and wind, with a teeny bit of coal. Our electricity costs about the same (or cheaper) than gas, and much cheaper than oil (heating fuel). Coal technically would be cheaper, but pollutes more. Some of us use wood for heating.
I said: I've noticed just replacing incandescent (standard) light bulbs cut the extra heat in my house dramatically.
:P No such thing as waste heat from light bulbs this time of the year :P
:(
:( Normal fluorescents seem to handle it just fine though -- have never replaced the one over my sink. Wonder why the compacts can't handle it?
You said: Obviously you don't live in the Northeast
To which I reply: No, I live in the Pacific Northwest, and at this time of year we also like the extra heat from bulbs, but we have these fancy things called heaters which we use on demand instead, run by these automatic heating/cooling devices that have the heat turn down 20 degrees when we're at work, and down 15 degrees when we sleep. My house is gas heat, but many people also use oil and electric heat. Electric is about the same as gas here, costwise.
I said: Seriously, though, I've noticed just replacing incandescent (standard) light bulbs cut the extra heat in my house dramatically, and saved me tons of cash. And they make compact flourescents that work in chandelier bulbs and don't look ugly now - just go to Home Depot and look.
You said: I love compact fluorescents. My problem is that my voltage is not stable and I've noticed that in similar situations that the compacts seem to burn out -- sometimes quite spectacularly (smoke and sparks). Once upon a time I rented an old farm house with a bunch of roommates. I spent over a hundred bucks replacing every single bulb in the house with compact fluorescents. The house was in the country and had a well with a really old pump. Every time you flushed the toilet the lights dimmed and UPSes went off. Every single bulb that I bought was dead within three months
Ditto in my current apartment. Next door neighbor runs a glass business. She has 6KW and 10KW kilns that cycle on and off when in use. My voltage goes from 120V to 108V and back again over and over for hours on end. I'm not brave enough to try compact fluorescents in this environment
There are some light outlets in my place that I don't use CFLs in - mostly stairways and near vibrating washer/dryers - and one fixture that seems to just burn out CFLs faster than others. Over time I've figured out which ones not to use CFLs in - especially in ones with dimmer switches (duh). In practice, I find the cheapo CFL bulbs are less tolerant than the more expensive brands - but you can buy the more expensive brands in bulk for cheap at Home Depot (and sometimes Costco).
Albatross!
... but that means more fish for us!
sorry, obligatory Monty Python reference.
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wouldn't be surprised if we see a few seabirds unable to understand that, just as with a boat, heading into the large rotating thing with blinky lights is NOT a good idea