Text messaging is a horrible example here as a service. I'd rather send out invitations using myspace or some other free service (email). Phone calls have a nice personal touch and can be much more persuasive in getting people to an organized meeting (and are usually free to your friends on the same service.)
[Jin describes her team's work as the "first molecular condensate" and says it is closely related to "fermionic superfluidity," a hotly sought after state in gases that is analogous to superconductivity in metals. "Fermionic superfluidity is superconductivity in another form," says Jin. Quantum physicists are in a worldwide race to produce fermionic superfluidity because gases would be much easier to study than solid superconductors and such work could lead to more useful superconducting materials.] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/03112 1070929.htm
I mostly see groups like these still holding together for community ties. If they mattered before they matter now. Corporate backing is no reason for people to still not gather together for what they believe in and what interests them.
"From the article: 'Gmail is now a kind of hub for Google... GoogleTalk and a range of personalized services are all tied in together through Gmail registration. The more registration data collected by Google, the more relevant search results and ads can potentially be.'"
Integration makes it a better experience for us end users also. I'm just waiting for more features from Gtalk.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,771064,00.asp Incase the customizable features do not come back quick enough for you, you might be interested in remapping your keyboard, or getting a keyboard where the keys can be remapped physically. If you have an extra old keyboard laying around you might want to try to pop some of the keys off and tape some sticks up:). Changes happen (unfortunately often).
I didn't see a mention of 'customizable'. But there are 'customizable' keyboards, and you can use popsicle sticks and fasteners and move them with a handle to do all kinds of combinations.
Be creative.
He should just MAKE a cool controller, I used to make cheater sticks using popsicle sticks when I was TEN. Tons of devices are made for people in conditions he's in, it shouldn't be so hard for him to make something, instead of ruining it for everyone else.
Stuttering in the summaries?
"It stems from a research paper from Argeniss that discusses how Microsoft Microsoft only patched one path to the vulnerable function, but they forgot to do proper research to identify all the paths." From the article: "The problem was that Microsoft didn't patch the vulnerable function;...... but what Microsoft missed was that the vulnerable function can be reached from different paths and the validation code was added on just one of them"
So the basic LCD panel itself isn't anything noteworthy. I've seen people make their own LED backlighting for car installs for extra brightness using ultra bright LEDs with reflective materials and another material for absorbing the light and deflecting it. If you used a faster refresh panel and made your own backlighting that would sound optimal, of course their lighting was white only, and I'm guessing from the article that this uses multiple color LEDs.
The only thing I see to make up for this crazy high cost is R&D and the processing behind the color management via LED's brightness.
Hopefully a competitor will come out with the same techniques for a much lower cost, because frankly 6 grand is outrageous.
I'm really happy that the technology is progressing, but I wished they'd progress some in making these expensive phones out of expensive less breakable materials. Maybe some of that aluminum glass over the LCD? In the past couple of years I've bought two expensive phones that both had LCD damage that warranty didn't cover once shipped back.
A summer beach party at Crater Lake takes a dramatic turn when Lois (Erica Durance) hits her head while jumping into the lake. Before Clark (Tom Welling) can save her, a mysterious swimmer, Aquaman, a.k.a. AC (Alan Ritchson), comes to her rescue, out-swimming Clark and leaving him baffled. Professor Fine (James Marsters) tells Clark that Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is behind a covert operation manufacturing weapons. AC attempts to break into the Luthercorp Marine Center in an attempt to destroy one of Lex's torpedoes and is captured by Lex.
Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack also star. Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer wrote the episode directed by Bradford May.
Acccctually, since BELL was around before those other "fancy" european countries, it'd be more like calling MS-DOS csh or some other UNIX shell name, you know since UNIX was here before MS-DOS.
The bouncy ball cell phone is okay, what I'd really like to see is a wind up generator similiar to emergency wind up radios, if one exists for a decent price already, I'd love to see it. I wouldnt even mind a.5 cubic feet one, if it supported multiple voltages and generated enough power to maintain a cell phone or maybe efficient laptop.
This is a research facility, and they are contributing to what is learned in schools. I'm not sure how much google contributes to schools, but I'm sure this will bring more money to that community, and they have paid other organizations so the money will be cycled.
You do have good points, but I'll have to disagree with you on that they need to be paying property taxes. I feel they are doing a good deed to that community and America in general. I'm no huge corporate fan, but government funded research hasn't been the strong points lately, and corporate research seems to be doing okay.
Honestly I'm not a fan of property taxes at all, if you own land it should be yours and you should have the basic freedoms. I understand that taxes are a necessity, but in this form it makes the people with less money (the ones who can't afford private schools, though there might be tax breaks) to establish ownership and be able to do better.
But what of the children of the service-industry workers that will pop up to support the Google employees? I'm pretty certain that most of them will not be able to afford public schools.
Are you serious? You're pretty certain that they will not be able to afford something? What makes you certain?
"Are you aware of how long public schools have been around? It's a fairly new concept, and has proven to be quite arguable that it's working."
Fairly new? Public schools have been around for centuries. You don't need to prove that something is arguable... anything is arguable. Or is there proof that it is not working? Either way, whether or not the public school system works has no bearing on the tax burden of Google in Santa Clara, or the tax burden of the residents there in this issue -- the schools are there (or will be) and will need to be paid for.
Hardly more than 2 centuries, not that long in history. Politicians have been pushing for private schooling lately, and letting individuals have tax breaks for it.
I can't even tell if you're trying to be conservative, liberal or just a troll.
I wonder what proportion of Google workers will use public schools and which of them will send their children off to private schools? Are you aware of how long public schools have been around? It's a fairly new concept, and has proven to be quite arguable that it's working.
They are paying the money for the services that tax money would go to, I say they shouldn't HAVE to pay taxes. We should learn from research facilities like CERN, building an environment like this IS the way to go, if anything the government should be PAYing Google to move their research facilities there.
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Text messaging is a horrible example here as a service. I'd rather send out invitations using myspace or some other free service (email). Phone calls have a nice personal touch and can be much more persuasive in getting people to an organized meeting (and are usually free to your friends on the same service.)
Sounds like something from Cheech and Chong!
Two Hexus articles both written extremely poorly today. I can't even believe HEXUS posted that story, HORRIBLE!!!!
I doubt that there were ever enough elites of this size to have such a drastic effect, although I myself am new to this concept.
[Jin describes her team's work as the "first molecular condensate" and says it is closely related to "fermionic superfluidity," a hotly sought after state in gases that is analogous to superconductivity in metals. "Fermionic superfluidity is superconductivity in another form," says Jin. Quantum physicists are in a worldwide race to produce fermionic superfluidity because gases would be much easier to study than solid superconductors and such work could lead to more useful superconducting materials.]2 1070929.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/11/0311
I mostly see groups like these still holding together for community ties. If they mattered before they matter now. Corporate backing is no reason for people to still not gather together for what they believe in and what interests them.
"From the article: 'Gmail is now a kind of hub for Google ... GoogleTalk and a range of personalized services are all tied in together through Gmail registration. The more registration data collected by Google, the more relevant search results and ads can potentially be.'"
Integration makes it a better experience for us end users also. I'm just waiting for more features from Gtalk.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,771064,00.asp Incase the customizable features do not come back quick enough for you, you might be interested in remapping your keyboard, or getting a keyboard where the keys can be remapped physically. If you have an extra old keyboard laying around you might want to try to pop some of the keys off and tape some sticks up :). Changes happen (unfortunately often).
I didn't see a mention of 'customizable'. But there are 'customizable' keyboards, and you can use popsicle sticks and fasteners and move them with a handle to do all kinds of combinations. Be creative.
He should just MAKE a cool controller, I used to make cheater sticks using popsicle sticks when I was TEN. Tons of devices are made for people in conditions he's in, it shouldn't be so hard for him to make something, instead of ruining it for everyone else.
Is the world so much to ask? Really?!
We're too proud =)!
Stuttering in the summaries? "It stems from a research paper from Argeniss that discusses how Microsoft Microsoft only patched one path to the vulnerable function, but they forgot to do proper research to identify all the paths." From the article: "The problem was that Microsoft didn't patch the vulnerable function; ...... but what Microsoft missed was that the vulnerable function can be reached from different paths and the validation code was added on just one of them"
So the basic LCD panel itself isn't anything noteworthy. I've seen people make their own LED backlighting for car installs for extra brightness using ultra bright LEDs with reflective materials and another material for absorbing the light and deflecting it. If you used a faster refresh panel and made your own backlighting that would sound optimal, of course their lighting was white only, and I'm guessing from the article that this uses multiple color LEDs.
The only thing I see to make up for this crazy high cost is R&D and the processing behind the color management via LED's brightness.
Hopefully a competitor will come out with the same techniques for a much lower cost, because frankly 6 grand is outrageous.
I'm really happy that the technology is progressing, but I wished they'd progress some in making these expensive phones out of expensive less breakable materials. Maybe some of that aluminum glass over the LCD? In the past couple of years I've bought two expensive phones that both had LCD damage that warranty didn't cover once shipped back.
A summer beach party at Crater Lake takes a dramatic turn when Lois (Erica Durance) hits her head while jumping into the lake. Before Clark (Tom Welling) can save her, a mysterious swimmer, Aquaman, a.k.a. AC (Alan Ritchson), comes to her rescue, out-swimming Clark and leaving him baffled. Professor Fine (James Marsters) tells Clark that Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is behind a covert operation manufacturing weapons. AC attempts to break into the Luthercorp Marine Center in an attempt to destroy one of Lex's torpedoes and is captured by Lex. Kristin Kreuk and Allison Mack also star. Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer wrote the episode directed by Bradford May.
Acccctually, since BELL was around before those other "fancy" european countries, it'd be more like calling MS-DOS csh or some other UNIX shell name, you know since UNIX was here before MS-DOS.
Apparently you havent been to Southern Oklahoma or Texas lately, Ford has a strong group of viral marketers(big fanbase) there.
The bouncy ball cell phone is okay, what I'd really like to see is a wind up generator similiar to emergency wind up radios, if one exists for a decent price already, I'd love to see it. I wouldnt even mind a .5 cubic feet one, if it supported multiple voltages and generated enough power to maintain a cell phone or maybe efficient laptop.
This is a research facility, and they are contributing to what is learned in schools. I'm not sure how much google contributes to schools, but I'm sure this will bring more money to that community, and they have paid other organizations so the money will be cycled.
You do have good points, but I'll have to disagree with you on that they need to be paying property taxes. I feel they are doing a good deed to that community and America in general. I'm no huge corporate fan, but government funded research hasn't been the strong points lately, and corporate research seems to be doing okay.
Honestly I'm not a fan of property taxes at all, if you own land it should be yours and you should have the basic freedoms. I understand that taxes are a necessity, but in this form it makes the people with less money (the ones who can't afford private schools, though there might be tax breaks) to establish ownership and be able to do better.
But what of the children of the service-industry workers that will pop up to support the Google employees? I'm pretty certain that most of them will not be able to afford public schools. Are you serious? You're pretty certain that they will not be able to afford something? What makes you certain? "Are you aware of how long public schools have been around? It's a fairly new concept, and has proven to be quite arguable that it's working." Fairly new? Public schools have been around for centuries. You don't need to prove that something is arguable... anything is arguable. Or is there proof that it is not working? Either way, whether or not the public school system works has no bearing on the tax burden of Google in Santa Clara, or the tax burden of the residents there in this issue -- the schools are there (or will be) and will need to be paid for. Hardly more than 2 centuries, not that long in history. Politicians have been pushing for private schooling lately, and letting individuals have tax breaks for it. I can't even tell if you're trying to be conservative, liberal or just a troll.
I wonder what proportion of Google workers will use public schools and which of them will send their children off to private schools? Are you aware of how long public schools have been around? It's a fairly new concept, and has proven to be quite arguable that it's working.
They are paying the money for the services that tax money would go to, I say they shouldn't HAVE to pay taxes. We should learn from research facilities like CERN, building an environment like this IS the way to go, if anything the government should be PAYing Google to move their research facilities there.
"we are not the most advanced"
I think you fucked up your argument with your title. Maybe hypocrisy makes you less advanced.