Good point, check out http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for details of which exchanges have DSL enabled. Work out which exchange services your propsed living place by getting a phone number or post code for the place in question (or a local business if you can't find one)
Sigh, only 45 registrations for my exchange, and the trigger for further action from BT is at least 300. That makes me... 1784th in line to be enabled.
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Fair enough I'll give you that I get the new Codec, but sound quality is not an issue I have particularly with my pod; the lack of an On-The-Fly is.
And this is irritating because you can feel commercial pressures at work here - if they give me OTF I might not upgrade to a new pod; if they give me AAC same thing but without it I might not use the new music downlaoding service. Of course, it might be a hardware issue prevents them implementing some of the new features on the old pods, but if so perhaps they should make a bigger deal of it.
(p.s. even AAC isn't there for mine quite yet as Apple are having issues porting the firmware updater to my "less stable" OS;-)
Pah! When is someone going to develop a Vorbis based music player? Where's that project to por tLinux to the ipod going?
OK, I'm just grouchy because every indication is that all the useful software updates in the new ipods are not going to be ported back to the old versions (i.e. mine!).
Ah, well, I have the advantage that I'm an internal tech, so my customers work for the same company I do, and so in a snese they are my computers, not theirs.
I have read about BA planning a similar service. Interes! The rich folks up front in club get wired ethernet, and the 802.11b is a cheap way to wire the whole plane.
Of course, this doesn't in fact mean anything; my understanding is that their fears are only of *broken* transmitters. A regualar mobile phone or wifi device won't hurt the plane (if it did then they'd have to ban you from bringing them on at all); a broken one spitting out white radio noise apparently might.
As others point out, a more sensible approach is surely to shield the cabin.
...don't assume that the Zarus is the best solution for Linux syncing just because it runs Linux itself. People have been grappling with syncing PalmOS devices to Linux for a lot longer and they have some solid solutions now.
The Zarus is a nice machine, but I still maintain that PalmOs is the best solution for PDA usage.
BTW, can you put Linux on the jornada? I've heard of it on the Ipaq, but I'm a little out of date on PPC.
I would say that only spys, perverts etc. who wanted totally concealed cameras would find that mounting a camera on your glasses wasn't many orders of magnitude better. And slivers of slow glass will be easier for that.;-)
Anyhow, technology to do this thru glasses will be needed to enable all the various fabulous things we will do once glasses become a favoured ocmputer interface; HUD overlays, for example, will gain tremendously from knowing what it is you are seeing.
As Scott Adams puts it, we all want Terminator style targeting boxes that will automatically lock onto any salesmen we meet while shopping. Also Predator style night vision. (Well, more like in the Computer game than the film I suppose)
Voice recognition to replace the keyboard and eye movement tracking to replace the mouse, those are the UI of the future.
All ths stuff exists in bulky military hardware now, so give it a few years and it will filter down to the consumers. There are already prototype systems for cars that give you enhanced night vision.
Well, you can argue that he didn't mean to fool them, particularly since the fact that it is a play is announced at both the beginning and the end. It fooled so many people because when the Charlie McArthy show finished they hopped channels for a while (if I can modernise the process for you young 'uns) and stumbled into it by accident, and then panicked and didn't listen all the way to the end.
On the other hand, he was very clever, and it's unique adaptation makes it perfect to fool people...
Amen, I've ran HP 4SiMX's round the clock twice over (by which I mean printing so much the page counter goes back to zero). If you have the space for an old HP, they're solid as a rock. The newer ones I find a little more flimsy, but of course compared to an inkjet...
Heh, if you have had to replace every piece of exterior trim, 2 screens, and a mobo, perhaps you should buy another Dell Warranty but stay clear of actual Dells.;-)
Only kidding, love Dells myself. We get the next day on-site here at work for our laptops just so we never have one knackered for very long, but at the consumer level I doubt they are worth it.
Obviously I meant Guido, that wll knows South American revolutionary. Only his close friends are allowed to drop the o, and only his deadly enemies are allowed to lower case the g. As you can thence deduce, we have a somewhat confusing relationship.
Can I just point out that as well as people who don't program in C++, "C++ Templates: The Complete Guide" will also be of limited interest to those who can't read, as well as those who can but read only Cantonese, not English. It is of limited use for those looking for a guid on changing the timing belts in '98 Pintos, and as a guide to the wines of the Alsace region it is sadly lacking. Dr Aloquin Samovar reports from the Naval Hospital that the book is not suitable for use by transplant surgeons as a temporary heart.
Because of course it is physically possible to standardise a single wired power connector for all the devices in your life, and no-one has ever bothered to.
I can see a market for it of course but I fear you might end up with one pad per device instead of one cable per device.
Curse you, I'm trying to get rid of my mod points and you go and post something I need to reply to.
The suction cup game was "Cosmo", and I still download it occasionally to play the shareware version. It's a superb game, reminds my of the early sonic the hedgehog stuff.
I never get anywhere with it, just useless at games I suppose.
I always thought "GNU/Linux" was a reasonable compromise, given that the fair name for it would be just GNUOS. After all, you don't call it "the gcc operating system", do you, or "vios" even though every distribution comes with gcc, vi, mozilla, etc? OK, the Linux kernel is rather an important bit, and Linus be praised for making the bit that pushed it into being a real OS, but to my mind the most interesting technical aspect of "GNU/Linux" is it's mad modularity. You could build two different "GNUOS" machines and have two pieces of software the same on each one, and that includes the kernel. (whether you'd want to use the one with emacs instead of vi, sorry, HURD instead of Linux, is anotehr matter).;-)
... in fact I'm afraid that if I put forward a practical idea I might be modded down as on topic.
Still, I have no idea if this is possible, but would it be possible to make two rings that can sense when they are near each other and change in some way? Let see now, transmitter, reciever, power source (tiny solar cell?) indicator (led? heating element? not a noice or a vibration otherwise it'll drive you mad being together) - it might be just do-able. The japanese are fond of those badges that do this.
Problem will be size of course, so perhaps this idea is not practicable, unless you both have big hands.;-)
OK, then, perhaps you need something mechanical. Hmm. Perhaps something that you get when you fit both rings together? A key, perhaps?
Best suggestion so far is the guy with his SO's name engraved on one of those cool titanium rings. Sequence her DNA and write that on it!
That's "The Prcatice of System and NEtwork Administration", Addison-Wesley, 0-201-70271-1.
It's about a quarter of the book, and to is probably enough since there aren't that many differences between managing IT people and managing e.g. accountants. Of course there are some; firing sysadmins is non-trivial as you have to change every password (although this is almost a good thing as you can set the team a task to clean the accounts and this keeps their minds off what just happened).
I implemented OWA in my on organizationa s a nice bonus and now it has become more or less mission critical. There's almost nowhere you can go these days where you can't get easy access to a web browser; OWA is well worth it even in the old 5.5 version we use. Future upgrades will no doubt improve on things.
But it isn't as powerful in some regards as full Outlook, and in my mind the best way to get full Outlook on Linux etc. is Terminal Server to a real copy. The Linux RDP client is in great shape.
Of course, there are costs associated with this, so an OWA solution is also an important part.
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Good point, check out http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ for details of which exchanges have DSL enabled. Work out which exchange services your propsed living place by getting a phone number or post code for the place in question (or a local business if you can't find one)
Sigh, only 45 registrations for my exchange, and the trigger for further action from BT is at least 300. That makes me... 1784th in line to be enabled.
Fair enough I'll give you that I get the new Codec, but sound quality is not an issue I have particularly with my pod; the lack of an On-The-Fly is.
;-)
And this is irritating because you can feel commercial pressures at work here - if they give me OTF I might not upgrade to a new pod; if they give me AAC same thing but without it I might not use the new music downlaoding service. Of course, it might be a hardware issue prevents them implementing some of the new features on the old pods, but if so perhaps they should make a bigger deal of it.
(p.s. even AAC isn't there for mine quite yet as Apple are having issues porting the firmware updater to my "less stable" OS
Pah! When is someone going to develop a Vorbis based music player? Where's that project to por tLinux to the ipod going?
OK, I'm just grouchy because every indication is that all the useful software updates in the new ipods are not going to be ported back to the old versions (i.e. mine!).
Ah, well, I have the advantage that I'm an internal tech, so my customers work for the same company I do, and so in a snese they are my computers, not theirs.
Well, main thing is you need to find out how they are getting in and be prepared to seal it off once they have been ejected.
As for ultrasonics, I think you will find a cheap radio tuned to a Talk station will probably be as effective in driving them away.
Also worth investigating would be investing in a cat or similar predator.
Well, then when you report the find to the police, they'll say "Oh, yeah, it's OK for that guy, but thanks for checking", won't they?
In my own instance I'll actively look for porn, MP3s etc. because even if it is legal I'm not going to waste time backing the damn stuff up.
Has anybody ever cashed one of those?
I have read about BA planning a similar service. Interes! The rich folks up front in club get wired ethernet, and the 802.11b is a cheap way to wire the whole plane.
Of course, this doesn't in fact mean anything; my understanding is that their fears are only of *broken* transmitters. A regualar mobile phone or wifi device won't hurt the plane (if it did then they'd have to ban you from bringing them on at all); a broken one spitting out white radio noise apparently might.
As others point out, a more sensible approach is surely to shield the cabin.
...don't assume that the Zarus is the best solution for Linux syncing just because it runs Linux itself. People have been grappling with syncing PalmOS devices to Linux for a lot longer and they have some solid solutions now.
The Zarus is a nice machine, but I still maintain that PalmOs is the best solution for PDA usage.
BTW, can you put Linux on the jornada? I've heard of it on the Ipaq, but I'm a little out of date on PPC.
I would say that only spys, perverts etc. who wanted totally concealed cameras would find that mounting a camera on your glasses wasn't many orders of magnitude better. And slivers of slow glass will be easier for that. ;-)
Anyhow, technology to do this thru glasses will be needed to enable all the various fabulous things we will do once glasses become a favoured ocmputer interface; HUD overlays, for example, will gain tremendously from knowing what it is you are seeing.
As Scott Adams puts it, we all want Terminator style targeting boxes that will automatically lock onto any salesmen we meet while shopping. Also Predator style night vision. (Well, more like in the Computer game than the film I suppose)
Voice recognition to replace the keyboard and eye movement tracking to replace the mouse, those are the UI of the future.
All ths stuff exists in bulky military hardware now, so give it a few years and it will filter down to the consumers. There are already prototype systems for cars that give you enhanced night vision.
Well, you can argue that he didn't mean to fool them, particularly since the fact that it is a play is announced at both the beginning and the end. It fooled so many people because when the Charlie McArthy show finished they hopped channels for a while (if I can modernise the process for you young 'uns) and stumbled into it by accident, and then panicked and didn't listen all the way to the end.
On the other hand, he was very clever, and it's unique adaptation makes it perfect to fool people...
Amen, I've ran HP 4SiMX's round the clock twice over (by which I mean printing so much the page counter goes back to zero). If you have the space for an old HP, they're solid as a rock. The newer ones I find a little more flimsy, but of course compared to an inkjet...
You mean "Stay away from V838 Monocerotis 20,000 years ago".
Heh, if you have had to replace every piece of exterior trim, 2 screens, and a mobo, perhaps you should buy another Dell Warranty but stay clear of actual Dells. ;-)
Only kidding, love Dells myself. We get the next day on-site here at work for our laptops just so we never have one knackered for very long, but at the consumer level I doubt they are worth it.
Obviously I meant Guido, that wll knows South American revolutionary. Only his close friends are allowed to drop the o, and only his deadly enemies are allowed to lower case the g. As you can thence deduce, we have a somewhat confusing relationship.
Can I just point out that as well as people who don't program in C++, "C++ Templates: The Complete Guide" will also be of limited interest to those who can't read, as well as those who can but read only Cantonese, not English. It is of limited use for those looking for a guid on changing the timing belts in '98 Pintos, and as a guide to the wines of the Alsace region it is sadly lacking. Dr Aloquin Samovar reports from the Naval Hospital that the book is not suitable for use by transplant surgeons as a temporary heart.
Because of course it is physically possible to standardise a single wired power connector for all the devices in your life, and no-one has ever bothered to.
I can see a market for it of course but I fear you might end up with one pad per device instead of one cable per device.
On the original 5Gb ipods the round bit you scroll was an actual moving part rotating wheel.
On the later, 10Gb and 20Gb units, it's a touch sensitive ring (no goatse links please!) instead.
Was an occasional bug in the battery monitor a deal breaker keeping you from an ipod? You must be very demanding in other aspects of your life. ;-)
Downloaded, about to take the plunge. The Changelog is minimialist;
Changes since 1.2:
Version 1.2.6 has improved battery management, providing the following updates:
* Increased playback time on scroll-wheel iPods
* Longer stand-by time for all iPods
Looks like it is a definite must for owners of the lower capacity pods.
I see in other places that it does not implement the cursed EEC mandated volume lowering, so don;t let that hold you back.
Curse you, I'm trying to get rid of my mod points and you go and post something I need to reply to.
The suction cup game was "Cosmo", and I still download it occasionally to play the shareware version. It's a superb game, reminds my of the early sonic the hedgehog stuff.
I never get anywhere with it, just useless at games I suppose.
I always thought "GNU/Linux" was a reasonable compromise, given that the fair name for it would be just GNUOS. ;-)
After all, you don't call it "the gcc operating system", do you, or "vios" even though every distribution comes with gcc, vi, mozilla, etc?
OK, the Linux kernel is rather an important bit, and Linus be praised for making the bit that pushed it into being a real OS, but to my mind the most interesting technical aspect of "GNU/Linux" is it's mad modularity. You could build two different "GNUOS" machines and have two pieces of software the same on each one, and that includes the kernel. (whether you'd want to use the one with emacs instead of vi, sorry, HURD instead of Linux, is anotehr matter).
... in fact I'm afraid that if I put forward a practical idea I might be modded down as on topic.
;-)
Still, I have no idea if this is possible, but would it be possible to make two rings that can sense when they are near each other and change in some way? Let see now, transmitter, reciever, power source (tiny solar cell?) indicator (led? heating element? not a noice or a vibration otherwise it'll drive you mad being together) - it might be just do-able. The japanese are fond of those badges that do this.
Problem will be size of course, so perhaps this idea is not practicable, unless you both have big hands.
OK, then, perhaps you need something mechanical. Hmm. Perhaps something that you get when you fit both rings together? A key, perhaps?
Best suggestion so far is the guy with his SO's name engraved on one of those cool titanium rings. Sequence her DNA and write that on it!
That's "The Prcatice of System and NEtwork Administration", Addison-Wesley, 0-201-70271-1.
It's about a quarter of the book, and to is probably enough since there aren't that many differences between managing IT people and managing e.g. accountants. Of course there are some; firing sysadmins is non-trivial as you have to change every password (although this is almost a good thing as you can set the team a task to clean the accounts and this keeps their minds off what just happened).
I implemented OWA in my on organizationa s a nice bonus and now it has become more or less mission critical. There's almost nowhere you can go these days where you can't get easy access to a web browser; OWA is well worth it even in the old 5.5 version we use. Future upgrades will no doubt improve on things.
But it isn't as powerful in some regards as full Outlook, and in my mind the best way to get full Outlook on Linux etc. is Terminal Server to a real copy. The Linux RDP client is in great shape.
Of course, there are costs associated with this, so an OWA solution is also an important part.
He's in the UK, remember. We have very stable power here. In all my years as an admin I've never encountered any damage caused by bad power over here.