This might be the case in "The land of the Free(ish)", but here in NSW, Australia, you can be detained and searched in the street because a policeman's dog liked the smell of what was in your pocket.
Large DC motors are only used in vehicle applications because of the need to run at a wide range of speeds, even close to zero RPM. In stationary applications AC motors are used even for variable speed because they don't require a commutator.
Commutators are constantly switching heavy currents while the motor is running and therefore tend to have a short life.
Ford made his car to look like the carriage behind the horse, as another poster pointed out, and I have heard of at least one example of an early motor car with a fake horse head mounted on the front to avoid scaring people.
It took a good twenty years or more for motor car manufacturers to get away from the "horseless carriage" look.
A simple example of this was the remote for my previous TV. It had a double sided remote with a cover that could be reversed to conceal the buttons on either side.
On one side were all the buttons to adjust every conceivable parameter and menu option.
On the other were just nice big and friendly on/off, volume and channel up/down buttons.
The user could choose whichever side they needed/were comfortable with.
Another example is the program Winzip,which has a "classic" interface and a simplified handholding interface for the most common functions.
Here in Australia, Orange used to have a plan where you could use your mobile phone within 5km or so of home and you would be billed as if it were a landline. I have a contract like this with them, but they mustn't have made any money out of it, because they don't offer it to new subscribers.
They do, however have a plan that lets other people call you on a landline style number when you are in your local talk zone, but you have to use caller ID to get the number, because Orange won't tell you what it is. (They get a cut when people call your mobile at mobile rates)
the operative word here is "free choice". Most Corporate users don't have that (yet).
Especially those with licences that require them to pay Microsoft for every PC they own regardless of whether it has Windows on it.
Ever tried to return your OEM MS Windows for the refund promised by the EULA?
Yes there are alternatives. (I use one of them), but to most people, especially businesses, the Microsoft tax (and the Autodesk tax, for that matter) is a fact of doing business.
No, it doesn't. A planet is just another magnet like any other, only bigger. They could have used any magnetic material(probably iron/ferrous, but in the 24th century,who knows) to coat the surface. Then they would just need electromagnets built into their boots, which would consist of a big coil that they energise when they want it to stick.
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Some friends of mine had one of these. they also had a small fluffy dog. The scene went something like this:
Interior, a loungeroom. In the centre of the floor sits a Teddy Ruxpin, switched on. A small fluffy dog approaches
Small dog (tentatively, not sure what to make of this furry creature): Woof?
Teddy Ruxpin: Woof?
Small Dog( backing away in fear): Grrr! Woof! Woof! Woof!
Teddy Ruxpin: Grrr! Woof! Woof! Woof!
The dog flees under the settee and cowers in fright at the fearsome Teddy Ruxpin. Onlookers roll about on the floor laughing as the scene fades
So how then, by your definition, was the attack on the USS Cole a terrorist attack? According to the US Media it was, but the Cole was a military target
More people should try this then, just to demonstrate how screwed up the system is.
Let's see, I might patent "a method for catching raindrops on a human tongue", or "a method of achieving high cornering speeds on a three wheeled vehicle by shifting body weight"
The more of this get approved and then publicised, the weaker the system will become, and the louder the cries for reform will get.
Only problem is, I'm not a US citizen, so the rest of you slashdotters will have to do it for me.
Actually we use Lotus Sametime in our company quite a lot for instant messaging.
Being a multi-national company, without this we would be spending a lot of money on international phone calls (although I believe we are looking at VOIP for this too)
It also allows you to share your desktop so you can collaborate on a document. Sometimes we use a combination of the instant messenger and the phone for this.
You can also see if the person you are trying to reach is at their desk before you try to reach them.
It is less intrusive than a phone call and more immediate than email.
Same thing happens here in Australia. Even though we have a similar law to the DMCA (forget what it's called), no-one seems to have gone after google using it, so xenu.net still appears at #1.
The anonymous person would only suffer if they were american, or lived in the US, or planned to go there. The current complaint is about a Norwegian site. I think we all know the chances of the Church of Scientology getting someone extradited from Europe, given that they don't seem to enjoy the free reign there that they do in the US. In Europe it appears to be the Scientologists themselves under the legal microscope, as it should be.
Never mind, they probably still have those doors in the pipeline, the ones whose pleasure in life is to open for you, and then close again in the knowledge of a job well done.
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This might be the case in "The land of the Free(ish)", but here in NSW, Australia, you can be detained and searched in the street because a policeman's dog liked the smell of what was in your pocket.
I'm going to make a fortune selling tin foil hats.
Large DC motors are only used in vehicle applications because of the need to run at a wide range of speeds, even close to zero RPM. In stationary applications AC motors are used even for variable speed because they don't require a commutator.
Commutators are constantly switching heavy currents while the motor is running and therefore tend to have a short life.
Ford made his car to look like the carriage behind the horse, as another poster pointed out, and I have heard of at least one example of an early motor car with a fake horse head mounted on the front to avoid scaring people.
It took a good twenty years or more for motor car manufacturers to get away from the "horseless carriage" look.
I just had my new house done in Cat 5e. Now I'll have to do it all again to stay 1337
A simple example of this was the remote for my previous TV. It had a double sided remote with a cover that could be reversed to conceal the buttons on either side.
On one side were all the buttons to adjust every conceivable parameter and menu option.
On the other were just nice big and friendly on/off, volume and channel up/down buttons.
The user could choose whichever side they needed/were comfortable with.
Another example is the program Winzip,which has a "classic" interface and a simplified handholding interface for the most common functions.
Here in Australia, Orange used to have a plan where you could use your mobile phone within 5km or so of home and you would be billed as if it were a landline. I have a contract like this with them, but they mustn't have made any money out of it, because they don't offer it to new subscribers.
They do, however have a plan that lets other people call you on a landline style number when you are in your local talk zone, but you have to use caller ID to get the number, because Orange won't tell you what it is. (They get a cut when people call your mobile at mobile rates)
the operative word here is "free choice". Most Corporate users don't have that (yet).
Especially those with licences that require them to pay Microsoft for every PC they own regardless of whether it has Windows on it.
Ever tried to return your OEM MS Windows for the refund promised by the EULA?
Yes there are alternatives. (I use one of them), but to most people, especially businesses, the Microsoft tax (and the Autodesk tax, for that matter) is a fact of doing business.
So Microsoft's Corporate licencing isn't a tax without representation?
Doesn't anyone find it ironic that people hate Microsoft for much the same reasons that people from Microsoft's own country hated England?
Lets see, we could have done this on:
July 14th (France)
May 1st (Russia)
October 1st (China)
July 1st (Hong Kong)
June 12th (Phillippines)
March 1st (South Korea)
April 30th (Vietnam)
Why is 4th July so special?
No, it doesn't. A planet is just another magnet like any other, only bigger. They could have used any magnetic material(probably iron/ferrous, but in the 24th century,who knows) to coat the surface. Then they would just need electromagnets built into their boots, which would consist of a big coil that they energise when they want it to stick.
Interior, a loungeroom. In the centre of the floor sits a Teddy Ruxpin, switched on. A small fluffy dog approaches
Small dog (tentatively, not sure what to make of this furry creature): Woof?
Teddy Ruxpin: Woof?
Small Dog( backing away in fear): Grrr! Woof! Woof! Woof!
Teddy Ruxpin: Grrr! Woof! Woof! Woof!
The dog flees under the settee and cowers in fright at the fearsome Teddy Ruxpin. Onlookers roll about on the floor laughing as the scene fades
Is that why the aquatank page is the only page attached to this article that has been slashdotted?
Does having a whole nest of ants take up residence in one of my PC speakers count?
So how then, by your definition, was the attack on the USS Cole a terrorist attack? According to the US Media it was, but the Cole was a military target
That doesn't mean we don't have them, just ask anyone living in Newcastle about 12 years ago.
Problem is, because we don't have many earthquakes, the codes aren't as strict, therefore when we DO have them, even a little one can cause damage.
More people should try this then, just to demonstrate how screwed up the system is.
Let's see, I might patent "a method for catching raindrops on a human tongue", or "a method of achieving high cornering speeds on a three wheeled vehicle by shifting body weight"
The more of this get approved and then publicised, the weaker the system will become, and the louder the cries for reform will get.
Only problem is, I'm not a US citizen, so the rest of you slashdotters will have to do it for me.
Actually we use Lotus Sametime in our company quite a lot for instant messaging.
Being a multi-national company, without this we would be spending a lot of money on international phone calls (although I believe we are looking at VOIP for this too)
It also allows you to share your desktop so you can collaborate on a document. Sometimes we use a combination of the instant messenger and the phone for this.
You can also see if the person you are trying to reach is at their desk before you try to reach them.
It is less intrusive than a phone call and more immediate than email.
Use SSH link to your PC at home to run text based IM client and/or web browser from your home address.
I've not heard of an employer that monitors Port 22, and even if they did, it's encrypted so they can't pick up what you said.
Best program for this is PuTTY (assuming you use NT at work)
The whole thing assumes you are using *n?x at home and can run an SSH daemon on it.
OF course best of all is to not shout from the rooftops what should be said in private.
Same thing happens here in Australia. Even though we have a similar law to the DMCA (forget what it's called), no-one seems to have gone after google using it, so xenu.net still appears at #1.
The anonymous person would only suffer if they were american, or lived in the US, or planned to go there. The current complaint is about a Norwegian site. I think we all know the chances of the Church of Scientology getting someone extradited from Europe, given that they don't seem to enjoy the free reign there that they do in the US. In Europe it appears to be the Scientologists themselves under the legal microscope, as it should be.
Does this make the 102nd use for a dead cat?
Never mind, they probably still have those doors in the pipeline, the ones whose pleasure in life is to open for you, and then close again in the knowledge of a job well done.