The first ammendment gives you the right to say whatever you want to willing listeners. It does NOT give you the right to force the unwilling to listen to you. The Do Not Call list is just a way for people to let telemarketers know that they are unwilling. How does that violate the First Ammendment?
Previously non-members could view the official SWG boards but they still couldn't post to them. Only SWG members could post before and after change. All they have done is shut off viewing access to non-members.
I'm not too familiar with Bitpass, but it seems to me that they should have Bitpass pre-paid cards that you can buy for cash in stores (ala Calling Cards)... then you just 'activate' the card by typing in the serial number and adding the money into your online account.
This is an incredible deal, especially since the price of the activation alone will be $299 on June 1st. The only catch is that it is refurbished, but it still comes with a 90 day warranty.
This is a limited time/quantity offer, so I'm guessing that it won't be available much longer.
The NoCat Night Light How many cats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Back in March 2003, some friends and I were hanging out at a really good coffee shop in Sebastopol. This particular coffee joint is housed in an old wooden train station building, with very high ceilings, old style hanging industrial lamps, and even a couple of old trains serving as small shops, still on the tracks.
Unfortunately, there's no wireless available at this shop (there was, once upon a time, back when O'Reilly was located across the street from it. But that was ages ago, and even then the signal wasn't all that it could have been.) As we sat around drinking our high octane beverages, we got to talking about the best way to provide coverage in such a huge space. The room we were in was a common room, open at all hours (the front enterance is huge, and doesn't even have a door.) While you could put an access point in one of the enclosed shops in the building, coverage in the open area would likely be spotty at best. You would want the AP to be located high up off the ground, where everyone could see it.
Almost simultaneously, we all looked up and noticed the lamps hanging from the wooden rafters. What if you could house an AP in a package the size of a large lightbulb, and install it in an existing light socket? This seemed like a good idea, but how would you get network access to it without running CAT5 to the socket? Easy: Powerline Ethernet.
With the recent release of the Siemens' SpeedStream series, such an insane, caffeine-induced idea as an AP in a lightbulb might be a possibility. These devices are quite small, about the size of a standard wall wart. They sport a CF wireless adapter that acts as the AP (actually, it's the same card as the popular Linksys WCF11 but with a different sticker.) The brilliant bit is that the wireless network bridges directly to the AC power, so a standard Powerline Ethernet adapter anywhere on the same power circuit can provide Internet access to as many APs as you care to plug in. At a mere $85 retail, we couldn't resist picking one up and seeing what we could do with it.
One of our first concerns was practical rather than technical. Obviously, if you're going to replace a light bulb with an access point, the room will likely get darker. That is, unless the AP can also provide light as well. After fooling with a couple of lighting ideas, we finally soldered some copper romex onto a fluorescent bulb as a prototype. The romex is rigid enough to hold the lamp steady, and easy to solder to. The fluorescent bulb would obviously be dimmer than a 300 watt spot lamp, but it would be better than nothing. And as a flourescent runs much cooler, it probably wouldn't turn the guts of the access point to liquid. This solved the light issue well enough for the moment, but how could we connect the whole thing to a standard light bulb socket?
One trip to the hardware store later, we had a variety of Edison plugs, sockets, and adapters. We settled on a simple extender type of device, with a female socket on one side and a male plug on the other. Again, the contacts were copper, making it easy to solder on more romex. We had the basic design together, but what could we possibly use as a housing?
Tupperware, of course. Adam painted the inside of a tupperware bowl white, and the entire device just managed to squeeze inside. We first attempted to take the SpeedStream unit apart to save space, but it's already tightly packed inside (much of the unit is occupied by a large transformer.) Besides, keeping the original enclosure made us all feel a bit more relaxed about plugging the thing in. The Edison plug poked through the bottom of the bowl, where we simply screwed on another one to keep it tightly attached.
So with all of the technical considerations accounted for, all that was left was the all-important marketing phase of the project. Some electrical tape and one nylon sticker later, the NoCat Night Light was born!
Everyone suggests that these could be used in toasters, fridges, etc. etc... But would you actually run cables to all of these devices?
Don't all of those devices already have a cable to the wall? Sure, its a power cable, but when Cat5 becomes that ubiquitous, then maybe we'll have as many Ethernet plugs in the house as we have electrical outlets.
Can someone explain to me a little better what a 3D display is exactly? I dont get it. As far as I'm concerned, my monitor already does 3D.
Ya know how images can appear to 'jump off the screen' of a 3D movie when you are wearing those funky glasses? Well, these new 3D displays do that, but without the funky glasses.
I seem to recall that the base of these things would be on large platforms anchored in the middle of the ocean, so if they did collapse, they would just fall harmlessly over water.
It could take several hours (if not days) for something like this to fall. Meanwhile the earth is spinning, right? The elevator will start to wrap around the earth and now the path of destruction lies all the way around the equator (more than once). Not so harmless, is it?
"Cannabis News released this article about how the DEA is seeking to redirect indicted businesses that sell glass bongs and pipes to the DEA's website." At first, I thought this was sarcastic. Doesn't sound like it is. Is it illegal to have a bong? Can they really do that?
In some states it is illegal to own/sell a bong... its consider drug paraphernalia. In other states it is perfectly legal and there are head shops all over the place.
It happened to me too a couple years ago... some spammer used my Yahoo account as the 'from' address.
I think I only got one reply from an actual person and hundreds of bounce messages from invalid accounts. Other than having to delete a few hundred extra messages that day it didn't really affect much else.
While it doesn't exhibit advanced robotics, it does have some pretty advanced features for a "toy" including infared motion detection, actual sonar navigation, limited voice recognition, and a beer holder!
For more details and pictures, check out the mini-review.
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It is quite clear that [the PS2] is intended mainly to be used to run video games
So is the computer on my desk at home. Does that mean it must now be classified as a console?
What do desk types have to do with sound quality?
I'm no expert, but I would assume that the shape and even materials the desk are made of can have a big effect on sounds within the room.
The first ammendment gives you the right to say whatever you want to willing listeners. It does NOT give you the right to force the unwilling to listen to you. The Do Not Call list is just a way for people to let telemarketers know that they are unwilling. How does that violate the First Ammendment?
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Fun for the whole family!
Previously non-members could view the official SWG boards but they still couldn't post to them.
Only SWG members could post before and after change.
All they have done is shut off viewing access to non-members.
I agree... Until Joe Sixpack can do a general Freenet search for "Metallica MP3" and have results returned he isn't going to bother using it.
(My last post ended up in the wrong thread, D'Oh!)
I agree... Until Joe Sixpack can do a general Freenet search for "Metallica MP3" and have results returned he isn't going to bother using it.
I'm not too familiar with Bitpass, but it seems to me that they should have Bitpass pre-paid cards that you can buy for cash in stores (ala Calling Cards)... then you just 'activate' the card by typing in the serial number and adding the money into your online account.
Also mentioned is the (hitherto undiscussed?) fact that Mythic's next MMORPG "takes place in an outer space being colonized by the Roman Empire."
Imperator was announced a year ago, so I'd hardly classify it as undiscussed.
The one reason that I thought that OSX was too little when it was released was that it had no native support for X applications
X11 for Mac OS X has been available for a while now. Sure, its not integrated, but it is available.
Unless you can prove that there was over $5,000 in damages, I doubt that you're going to get law enforcement agencies interested in this.
SonicBlue is selling the ReplayTV 5040 (including Lifetime activation) for only $329
This is an incredible deal, especially since the price of the activation alone will be $299 on June 1st. The only catch is that it is refurbished, but it still comes with a 90 day warranty.
This is a limited time/quantity offer, so I'm guessing that it won't be available much longer.
More info in the AV Science Forum
The NoCat Night Light
How many cats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Back in March 2003, some friends and I were hanging out at a really good coffee shop in Sebastopol. This particular coffee joint is housed in an old wooden train station building, with very high ceilings, old style hanging industrial lamps, and even a couple of old trains serving as small shops, still on the tracks.
Unfortunately, there's no wireless available at this shop (there was, once upon a time, back when O'Reilly was located across the street from it. But that was ages ago, and even then the signal wasn't all that it could have been.) As we sat around drinking our high octane beverages, we got to talking about the best way to provide coverage in such a huge space. The room we were in was a common room, open at all hours (the front enterance is huge, and doesn't even have a door.) While you could put an access point in one of the enclosed shops in the building, coverage in the open area would likely be spotty at best. You would want the AP to be located high up off the ground, where everyone could see it.
Almost simultaneously, we all looked up and noticed the lamps hanging from the wooden rafters. What if you could house an AP in a package the size of a large lightbulb, and install it in an existing light socket? This seemed like a good idea, but how would you get network access to it without running CAT5 to the socket? Easy: Powerline Ethernet.
With the recent release of the Siemens' SpeedStream series, such an insane, caffeine-induced idea as an AP in a lightbulb might be a possibility. These devices are quite small, about the size of a standard wall wart. They sport a CF wireless adapter that acts as the AP (actually, it's the same card as the popular Linksys WCF11 but with a different sticker.) The brilliant bit is that the wireless network bridges directly to the AC power, so a standard Powerline Ethernet adapter anywhere on the same power circuit can provide Internet access to as many APs as you care to plug in. At a mere $85 retail, we couldn't resist picking one up and seeing what we could do with it.
One of our first concerns was practical rather than technical. Obviously, if you're going to replace a light bulb with an access point, the room will likely get darker. That is, unless the AP can also provide light as well. After fooling with a couple of lighting ideas, we finally soldered some copper romex onto a fluorescent bulb as a prototype. The romex is rigid enough to hold the lamp steady, and easy to solder to. The fluorescent bulb would obviously be dimmer than a 300 watt spot lamp, but it would be better than nothing. And as a flourescent runs much cooler, it probably wouldn't turn the guts of the access point to liquid. This solved the light issue well enough for the moment, but how could we connect the whole thing to a standard light bulb socket?
One trip to the hardware store later, we had a variety of Edison plugs, sockets, and adapters. We settled on a simple extender type of device, with a female socket on one side and a male plug on the other. Again, the contacts were copper, making it easy to solder on more romex. We had the basic design together, but what could we possibly use as a housing?
Tupperware, of course. Adam painted the inside of a tupperware bowl white, and the entire device just managed to squeeze inside. We first attempted to take the SpeedStream unit apart to save space, but it's already tightly packed inside (much of the unit is occupied by a large transformer.) Besides, keeping the original enclosure made us all feel a bit more relaxed about plugging the thing in. The Edison plug poked through the bottom of the bowl, where we simply screwed on another one to keep it tightly attached.
So with all of the technical considerations accounted for, all that was left was the all-important marketing phase of the project. Some electrical tape and one nylon sticker later, the NoCat Night Light was born!
But how well would i
The website says that the Baroque Cycle is about to begin... how is this the "next book"?
If they released OS/X for x86, then their hardware sales would plummet.
If Apple Did start using AMD chips, OS/X could still be a closed/proprietary platform that wouldn't run on non-Apple hardware.
Is the DMCA moral?
I didn't see where this is a full webserver.
Right here: "Embedded HTTP-compliant Web server"
Everyone suggests that these could be used in toasters, fridges, etc. etc... But would you actually run cables to all of these devices?
Don't all of those devices already have a cable to the wall? Sure, its a power cable, but when Cat5 becomes that ubiquitous, then maybe we'll have as many Ethernet plugs in the house as we have electrical outlets.
Soooooo.... How do I sign up, and when?
Can someone explain to me a little better what a 3D display is exactly? I dont get it. As far as I'm concerned, my monitor already does 3D.
Ya know how images can appear to 'jump off the screen' of a 3D movie when you are wearing those funky glasses? Well, these new 3D displays do that, but without the funky glasses.
I seem to recall that the base of these things would be on large platforms anchored in the middle of the ocean, so if they did collapse, they would just fall harmlessly over water.
It could take several hours (if not days) for something like this to fall. Meanwhile the earth is spinning, right? The elevator will start to wrap around the earth and now the path of destruction lies all the way around the equator (more than once). Not so harmless, is it?
"Cannabis News released this article about how the DEA is seeking to redirect indicted businesses that sell glass bongs and pipes to the DEA's website."
At first, I thought this was sarcastic. Doesn't sound like it is. Is it illegal to have a bong? Can they really do that?
In some states it is illegal to own/sell a bong... its consider drug paraphernalia. In other states it is perfectly legal and there are head shops all over the place.
It happened to me too a couple years ago... some spammer used my Yahoo account as the 'from' address.
I think I only got one reply from an actual person and hundreds of bounce messages from invalid accounts. Other than having to delete a few hundred extra messages that day it didn't really affect much else.
To see this concept already in action visit Hiptop Nation.
I recommend the R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid. It's a great little gift for under $80.
While it doesn't exhibit advanced robotics, it does have some pretty advanced features for a "toy" including infared motion detection, actual sonar navigation, limited voice recognition, and a beer holder!
For more details and pictures, check out the mini-review.