But that's when it's damaging your ears -- when you turn it up to hear over the sound of the traffic/train/other noise.
I think you can buy noise cancelling earphones to combat this -- they block out the external noise so you can listen to the iPod at a lower volume.
And in the UK...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/08/govt_numbe r/
"Around seven in ten calls to the 999 service are not deemed to be emergencies, thus clogging up the system and making it harder for staff to handle urgent calls. Which is why the government wants a new Single Non-Emergency Number (SNEN).
The new SNEN service - 101 - will be used for people to report matters such as vandalism, graffiti, and noisy neighbours."
(I think 999, 911 and 112 are equivalent in the UK, but 999 is most familiar to most people, I've only ever dialed 999 though.)
One of the guys sharing my name is a self-proclaimed drug addict and anarchist running legalise-cannabis petitions online. Thankfully he's in the USA, I hope anyone Googling my name realises this (I'm in the UK).
I remember the other question Quotes: "The industry simply has to... rethink it's business modely to take advantages of the new technology" "These industries simply have to learn to adopt"
The question was about, basically, P2P piracy, but Cerf moved into talking about phone companies too as an example of another business that must change (he mentioned the ISPs wanting to charge content providers, and is strongly against the idea, of course. As am I).
Someone (at the Imperial College seminar today) asked that too. He said he thought information was better than no information, that they write on the page when results are missing from a google.cn search (and have permission from the government to do so, which surprises him), they won't be launching gmail or similar in China so that they can't be asked to disclose the data, and that information is like water and will wear away at the Chinese government.
Someone else asked about their disclosure of information to e.g. the US govt, and someone else something similar... hmmm, what was it now? He commented that we were asking mean questions anyway.
If anyone has the chance to go it's well worth it. No iPod for us, but everyone got a notebook and (green) pen and two of the questions got stuff
At a recent seminar at my University there was a demonstration of some video processing software. The actors in the clip (a short section of Friends) were wearing plain T-shirts. The guy then added on a logo, and then they all had Nike shirts. Then Addidas. It was very well done, and he could add logos te anything (cars, walls -- anything).
It's probably best to use a seperate device -- then there's less chance of it being ignored. Plus it can be easily handed to the next lifeguard.
Yes, we do have 'mobile' phones. Even in Wales.
Can you imagine trying to have a debate in a high school philosophy class about abortion? It might be a much-needed chance for kids to see the side of the issue that their parents haven't crammed down their throat but the parents certainly would never stand for such a thing.
I missed it by a year, but AFAIAA in the UK at the moment there's a subject called "Citizenship" which is supposed to deal with issues exactly like this one. There was an abortion debate for me, too, but it came under another subject (religious education, I think).
Having said that, in the UK we don't teach 'creationism' in science classes.
Are these only just being seen in the USA? We had them in the UK a couple of years ago, they were really hyped up, but they were damn expensive and haven't lasted.
The BBC had been told to reduce the amount of content on their website because they're publically funded. Their competitors (other news sites in particular, and other sites in general) have complained that they can't compete with the BBC's vast range of content.
I expect this is the first part of the site to go, I doubt it will be the last. It's a great shame though.
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But that's when it's damaging your ears -- when you turn it up to hear over the sound of the traffic/train/other noise. I think you can buy noise cancelling earphones to combat this -- they block out the external noise so you can listen to the iPod at a lower volume.
And in the UK... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/08/govt_numbe r/
"Around seven in ten calls to the 999 service are not deemed to be emergencies, thus clogging up the system and making it harder for staff to handle urgent calls. Which is why the government wants a new Single Non-Emergency Number (SNEN).
The new SNEN service - 101 - will be used for people to report matters such as vandalism, graffiti, and noisy neighbours."
(I think 999, 911 and 112 are equivalent in the UK, but 999 is most familiar to most people, I've only ever dialed 999 though.)
One of the guys sharing my name is a self-proclaimed drug addict and anarchist running legalise-cannabis petitions online. Thankfully he's in the USA, I hope anyone Googling my name realises this (I'm in the UK).
Well said, well said. Shame my mod points expired yesterday.
I remember the other question ... rethink it's business modely to take advantages of the new technology"
Quotes:
"The industry simply has to
"These industries simply have to learn to adopt"
The question was about, basically, P2P piracy, but Cerf moved into talking about phone companies too as an example of another business that must change (he mentioned the ISPs wanting to charge content providers, and is strongly against the idea, of course. As am I).
Someone (at the Imperial College seminar today) asked that too. He said he thought information was better than no information, that they write on the page when results are missing from a google.cn search (and have permission from the government to do so, which surprises him), they won't be launching gmail or similar in China so that they can't be asked to disclose the data, and that information is like water and will wear away at the Chinese government. Someone else asked about their disclosure of information to e.g. the US govt, and someone else something similar... hmmm, what was it now? He commented that we were asking mean questions anyway. If anyone has the chance to go it's well worth it. No iPod for us, but everyone got a notebook and (green) pen and two of the questions got stuff
7 million people disagree with you (including me). London's great :-)
If the headsets are the same as those being given out at my student union, they're just this. I don't know about the quality.
At a recent seminar at my University there was a demonstration of some video processing software. The actors in the clip (a short section of Friends) were wearing plain T-shirts. The guy then added on a logo, and then they all had Nike shirts. Then Addidas. It was very well done, and he could add logos te anything (cars, walls -- anything).
It's probably best to use a seperate device -- then there's less chance of it being ignored. Plus it can be easily handed to the next lifeguard. Yes, we do have 'mobile' phones. Even in Wales.
Can you imagine trying to have a debate in a high school philosophy class about abortion? It might be a much-needed chance for kids to see the side of the issue that their parents haven't crammed down their throat but the parents certainly would never stand for such a thing. I missed it by a year, but AFAIAA in the UK at the moment there's a subject called "Citizenship" which is supposed to deal with issues exactly like this one. There was an abortion debate for me, too, but it came under another subject (religious education, I think). Having said that, in the UK we don't teach 'creationism' in science classes.
Are these only just being seen in the USA? We had them in the UK a couple of years ago, they were really hyped up, but they were damn expensive and haven't lasted.
The BBC had been told to reduce the amount of content on their website because they're publically funded. Their competitors (other news sites in particular, and other sites in general) have complained that they can't compete with the BBC's vast range of content.
I expect this is the first part of the site to go, I doubt it will be the last. It's a great shame though.