The wiring harness would be needed for the charger. It still has to be plugged in. That is what everyone is talking about it not being truly wireless. The device itself is wireless, yes, but not the base. If you were to charge something wirelessly, most people take it to mean that there are no direct connections needed to recharge it. There is really no difference when you recharge your razor by placing in in a cradle that is plugged in, from recharging it by plugging it into a wall socket. All you are really doing is making the physical connection. I can cut wiring from a device that uses a battery cell, and call it wireless, but I still need to reconnect he wires to charge it.
I am not sure, but I think that (in this case) the charge must be plugged in. You would still need a wiring harness in the fashion that you are mentioning. But, of course, I am not physically looking at how your setup is and am sure that you have figured a way around that.
I don't think the idea is silly, it does tout advantages and opens up useful tools that were not available before. I do agree with several other posters in the idea that calling it "wireless" is a little off. Makes me feel like a used-car dealer is talking to me.
I agree. The idea of a PC would need to be entirely "rethunk" in order to see the use of anything other any what people generally accept as the mainstream solution. Now that we are seeing more and more devices come out with new technology (cell phone/PDA hybrids, etc.), I think that you will see new types of processors running them.
I do think that the last question in the post about how long Intel will hold dominance is rather irrelevant to the x86 replacement though. Intel will certainly adapt to create more than just PC processors (as they already do). Also, other companies such as AMD will rise to meet demand as well.
Yeah, because you not coming here is really going to hurt our tourist economy which provides 100% of our income...Generally, I welcome all foreign travelers to our country (who arrive legally and aren't bringing more violence and drugs with them). You can stay in your country though, and the world will be a better place for it.
I can agree with the fact that a polygraph is not an accurate measurement and probably is a horrible method of security insurance, I note most people on this subject are more worried about the fact that they are being questioned at all rather than the method. Let me address those of you with that particular problem...
When top scientists are fucking stealing NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY and attempting to sell it to foreign fucking countries...A BODY CAVITY SEARCH SHOULD ONLY BE THE BEGININNG!!! We are talking about national security and the security of this entire fucking planet you morons! Do you honestly think it isn't worth making you piss in a bottle to save billions of lives!?! As for those of you who so boldly state that you don't work for anyone you makes you take a drug test or submit to a background investigation, I'm glad to say I will never have to work with you. Good luck getting a job anywhere besides flipping burgers...oh wait, I think even McDonalds and Burger King drug test employees. Guess you're fucked. I hear Darwin had a good explanation for people like you...
What!?...I think you are missing the point. The guy was trying to say that unless YOU have an IP address (which the issue everyone has been discussing), you cannot do anything.
With the exception of the fact that the guys running both of those countries are either religious zealots wanting the end of the world to occur, or just plain psycho and wanting to end the world. Our President (God help us) may be an idiot, but it takes more than just him to launch the nukes...
Walked through quite a few mine fields in my time...gently. Know what scared me the most? Anti-tank mines. Know why? Anti-personnel mines have triggers that can usually be seen fairly easily if (like most sloppy enemies) they don't know how to hide them properly. Anti-tank mines on the other hand, can be buried and the dug up earth will eventually match the surrounding earth. They are set off by weight. The type in the area we were in set off at approximately 250lbs. I weighed 220lbs (fit). With weapon, rucksack and gear...walking over an anti-tank mine...let's just say I would have probably lost some weight.
Not showing ignorance...you are correct. At least that is what evidence shows us. The magnetic sphere surrounding the earth does provide protection from radiation though. Even if the poles switch, the fields deflect radiation (not all of course). Particles in the solar winds that were mentioned above are deflected both by our magnetic shield (think Death Star) and by our atmosphere. So, both of you are correct.
Terraforming would also probably be out of the question since the soil there is made of a really nasty dust that doesn't seem to help trees grow too well...
One more thing that I will not be buying because they turned something as simple as putting in a disc and pushing play into a 5-step process. I'm still waiting for the EMP bomb prerequisite where you must prove that a computer is not even activated in your house just for the dvd to play.
Very cool statements. The last one needs a little qualification though. The angles of the tetrahedron must be stated. Otherwise, you could place a short, wide tetrahedron into a sphere and it could still be placed in the northern hemisphere. Nonetheless, I still found your article interesting.
I stand corrected, forgot about the germs. Only problem is that they do not thrive at those temperatures. They are pretty much in stasis. Now, if you could create nanites that are edible...or could teraform...then you've got something.
Bingo! And, if there is anyone out there that thinks you can't spoof something because of new technology, they are crazy. If it uses a 1 or a 0, you can manipulate it.
I agree. But, I propose that we simply make Mars a prison planet. Force them to set the groundwork for colonization. It worked for both Australia and Georgia, USA. Well, at least Australia has given us a few good people...
Nor will they find many plants that grow in the temerature range of -266F to -62F. Too cold for a Polar Bear (or any other life we know of) is too cold for me.
Well put! The only thing that kept Zen from ousting Apple was the lack of advertisement funds and the focus on iPod's marketing team.
I will give some due respect to Steve Jobs when he said that he would not bow to the Recording Studio Overlords' requests that he raise his prices. Other than that, I really expect that the MS player is going to be far superior and HOPEFULLY the software for synch will be more user friendly. iTunes is total crap! Yeah, I get the idea they don't want people pirating music. I can honestly say that I do not. That said, there are so many protections in place that it makes the use of the iPod frusterating. I just hope MS does not make the same mistake.
Zen on the other hand. I already know the software is better than iTunes and will continue to use it until I can try the MS player.
LOL No kidding. Although this is probably not the case here, since the keys were in his possession and the RFID portion for access would not be vulnerable here. Must have got in with that handy little device called a coat hanger or jimmy.
My personal theory:
Since this happened in California (and we can't judge the Intel-e-gents of a Californian easily), I am going to guess it was hot and the guy left his window unrolled. From that point, the high tech theft (usually a screwdriver, hammer and wire cutters involved here) took place. Who knows, he could have even left his door open to begin with...
I want to know who in the heck called me to ask me my opinion about should my country be allowed to SPY on me?!? I guess my point here (and I am sure the point of nearly every American on Slashdot that is reading this) is that these statistics are entirely without a single basis of truth.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Autobiography of Mark Twain
I can almost see how they did get this report though. Most Americans hate polls like a fire hydrant hates dogs. The few people willing to take this type of poll probably does not accurately measure any portion of the United States' opinion. This is all just my opinion, but I am fairly certain I am not alone on this one. Sounds like this "random" poll may have been conducted withen the White House.
I agree with your mathematics. I do want to point out a quick thing that I haven't seen come up yet. Government taxes and tariffs. It works in favor of your argument and against it as well, it just depends on the scenario that would be played out.
Governments tax oil imports and also tax consumers for fuel. There is a HUGE revenue of cash in this for governments. Why doesn't the US use more of their own oil reserves? Might be that they get to charge both OPEC and the US citizens. Might not, but I would guess that this idea isn't too far out there. I'm fully aware that we do not have the refineries out there to take advantage of our own reserves, but again, why haven't we bothered to build them until now? I am not a conspiracy theory type, but I am a realist. Wouldn't it be in a government's (not just the US) best interests to make as much money as possible from taxation and tariffs on something that they are not buying to begin with (since we, the consumer, pay for it).
On the other hand...If OPEC countries were to begin producing vehicles (I can already hear the camel jokes starting up), they would have to beat out other nations in manufacturing. I strongly beleive that Japan, the US, and the EU would not have to much to worry about there. They do not have the infrastructure in place to begin with. Also, they would need to import steel and other materials in order to kick this process off...from the US or other resource rich countries (they have a lot of sand over there). That would cost them money. They would also be taxed on the export of the vehicles to other countries. And, they would have to guarantee that the quality of vehicle they produce is good enough to compete with others, or they just take another financial hit. So, they could either just pump oil out of the ground, refine it and sell it...or they could try the whole producing their own vehicles thing and attempt to cover costs with their oil profits. In my own opinion, I don't feel that they would be willing to even give manufacturing vehicles a single moment's thought. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there that would love to see OPEC countries attempt this, since it would provide a lot more money to foreign countries and foreign industries with all of the above mentioned costs. Not to mention the foreign governments that would be charging them for the imports and watching them flounder around trying to recover from the losses.
Might be a good idea to pitch the whole manufacturing thing to them...
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The wiring harness would be needed for the charger. It still has to be plugged in. That is what everyone is talking about it not being truly wireless. The device itself is wireless, yes, but not the base. If you were to charge something wirelessly, most people take it to mean that there are no direct connections needed to recharge it. There is really no difference when you recharge your razor by placing in in a cradle that is plugged in, from recharging it by plugging it into a wall socket. All you are really doing is making the physical connection. I can cut wiring from a device that uses a battery cell, and call it wireless, but I still need to reconnect he wires to charge it.
I am not sure, but I think that (in this case) the charge must be plugged in. You would still need a wiring harness in the fashion that you are mentioning. But, of course, I am not physically looking at how your setup is and am sure that you have figured a way around that. I don't think the idea is silly, it does tout advantages and opens up useful tools that were not available before. I do agree with several other posters in the idea that calling it "wireless" is a little off. Makes me feel like a used-car dealer is talking to me.
I agree. The idea of a PC would need to be entirely "rethunk" in order to see the use of anything other any what people generally accept as the mainstream solution. Now that we are seeing more and more devices come out with new technology (cell phone/PDA hybrids, etc.), I think that you will see new types of processors running them. I do think that the last question in the post about how long Intel will hold dominance is rather irrelevant to the x86 replacement though. Intel will certainly adapt to create more than just PC processors (as they already do). Also, other companies such as AMD will rise to meet demand as well.
Yeah, because you not coming here is really going to hurt our tourist economy which provides 100% of our income...Generally, I welcome all foreign travelers to our country (who arrive legally and aren't bringing more violence and drugs with them). You can stay in your country though, and the world will be a better place for it.
I can agree with the fact that a polygraph is not an accurate measurement and probably is a horrible method of security insurance, I note most people on this subject are more worried about the fact that they are being questioned at all rather than the method. Let me address those of you with that particular problem... When top scientists are fucking stealing NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY and attempting to sell it to foreign fucking countries...A BODY CAVITY SEARCH SHOULD ONLY BE THE BEGININNG!!! We are talking about national security and the security of this entire fucking planet you morons! Do you honestly think it isn't worth making you piss in a bottle to save billions of lives!?! As for those of you who so boldly state that you don't work for anyone you makes you take a drug test or submit to a background investigation, I'm glad to say I will never have to work with you. Good luck getting a job anywhere besides flipping burgers...oh wait, I think even McDonalds and Burger King drug test employees. Guess you're fucked. I hear Darwin had a good explanation for people like you...
Unless the building is one appartment thick, I feel for the poor saps on the dark side...No sun ever.
What!?...I think you are missing the point. The guy was trying to say that unless YOU have an IP address (which the issue everyone has been discussing), you cannot do anything.
With the exception of the fact that the guys running both of those countries are either religious zealots wanting the end of the world to occur, or just plain psycho and wanting to end the world. Our President (God help us) may be an idiot, but it takes more than just him to launch the nukes...
LOLOLOL HAHAHAHA You included France! That lets us win the war already!
Everyone needs to just step away from my ride!
Walked through quite a few mine fields in my time...gently. Know what scared me the most? Anti-tank mines. Know why? Anti-personnel mines have triggers that can usually be seen fairly easily if (like most sloppy enemies) they don't know how to hide them properly. Anti-tank mines on the other hand, can be buried and the dug up earth will eventually match the surrounding earth. They are set off by weight. The type in the area we were in set off at approximately 250lbs. I weighed 220lbs (fit). With weapon, rucksack and gear...walking over an anti-tank mine...let's just say I would have probably lost some weight.
Not showing ignorance...you are correct. At least that is what evidence shows us. The magnetic sphere surrounding the earth does provide protection from radiation though. Even if the poles switch, the fields deflect radiation (not all of course). Particles in the solar winds that were mentioned above are deflected both by our magnetic shield (think Death Star) and by our atmosphere. So, both of you are correct.
Terraforming would also probably be out of the question since the soil there is made of a really nasty dust that doesn't seem to help trees grow too well...
One more thing that I will not be buying because they turned something as simple as putting in a disc and pushing play into a 5-step process. I'm still waiting for the EMP bomb prerequisite where you must prove that a computer is not even activated in your house just for the dvd to play.
Yes. Had the same thing running through my head, but didn't want to feel nerdy enough to actually state it. Thanks for taking the fall.... :)
Very cool statements. The last one needs a little qualification though. The angles of the tetrahedron must be stated. Otherwise, you could place a short, wide tetrahedron into a sphere and it could still be placed in the northern hemisphere. Nonetheless, I still found your article interesting.
I stand corrected, forgot about the germs. Only problem is that they do not thrive at those temperatures. They are pretty much in stasis. Now, if you could create nanites that are edible...or could teraform...then you've got something.
Bingo! And, if there is anyone out there that thinks you can't spoof something because of new technology, they are crazy. If it uses a 1 or a 0, you can manipulate it.
I agree. But, I propose that we simply make Mars a prison planet. Force them to set the groundwork for colonization. It worked for both Australia and Georgia, USA. Well, at least Australia has given us a few good people...
Nor will they find many plants that grow in the temerature range of -266F to -62F. Too cold for a Polar Bear (or any other life we know of) is too cold for me.
Well put! The only thing that kept Zen from ousting Apple was the lack of advertisement funds and the focus on iPod's marketing team.
I will give some due respect to Steve Jobs when he said that he would not bow to the Recording Studio Overlords' requests that he raise his prices. Other than that, I really expect that the MS player is going to be far superior and HOPEFULLY the software for synch will be more user friendly. iTunes is total crap! Yeah, I get the idea they don't want people pirating music. I can honestly say that I do not. That said, there are so many protections in place that it makes the use of the iPod frusterating. I just hope MS does not make the same mistake.
Zen on the other hand. I already know the software is better than iTunes and will continue to use it until I can try the MS player.
Great information. Thanks for the post.
LOL No kidding. Although this is probably not the case here, since the keys were in his possession and the RFID portion for access would not be vulnerable here. Must have got in with that handy little device called a coat hanger or jimmy.
My personal theory:
Since this happened in California (and we can't judge the Intel-e-gents of a Californian easily), I am going to guess it was hot and the guy left his window unrolled. From that point, the high tech theft (usually a screwdriver, hammer and wire cutters involved here) took place. Who knows, he could have even left his door open to begin with...
I want to know who in the heck called me to ask me my opinion about should my country be allowed to SPY on me?!? I guess my point here (and I am sure the point of nearly every American on Slashdot that is reading this) is that these statistics are entirely without a single basis of truth.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Autobiography of Mark Twain
I can almost see how they did get this report though. Most Americans hate polls like a fire hydrant hates dogs. The few people willing to take this type of poll probably does not accurately measure any portion of the United States' opinion. This is all just my opinion, but I am fairly certain I am not alone on this one. Sounds like this "random" poll may have been conducted withen the White House.
I agree with your mathematics. I do want to point out a quick thing that I haven't seen come up yet. Government taxes and tariffs. It works in favor of your argument and against it as well, it just depends on the scenario that would be played out.
Governments tax oil imports and also tax consumers for fuel. There is a HUGE revenue of cash in this for governments. Why doesn't the US use more of their own oil reserves? Might be that they get to charge both OPEC and the US citizens. Might not, but I would guess that this idea isn't too far out there. I'm fully aware that we do not have the refineries out there to take advantage of our own reserves, but again, why haven't we bothered to build them until now? I am not a conspiracy theory type, but I am a realist. Wouldn't it be in a government's (not just the US) best interests to make as much money as possible from taxation and tariffs on something that they are not buying to begin with (since we, the consumer, pay for it).
On the other hand...If OPEC countries were to begin producing vehicles (I can already hear the camel jokes starting up), they would have to beat out other nations in manufacturing. I strongly beleive that Japan, the US, and the EU would not have to much to worry about there. They do not have the infrastructure in place to begin with. Also, they would need to import steel and other materials in order to kick this process off...from the US or other resource rich countries (they have a lot of sand over there). That would cost them money. They would also be taxed on the export of the vehicles to other countries. And, they would have to guarantee that the quality of vehicle they produce is good enough to compete with others, or they just take another financial hit. So, they could either just pump oil out of the ground, refine it and sell it...or they could try the whole producing their own vehicles thing and attempt to cover costs with their oil profits. In my own opinion, I don't feel that they would be willing to even give manufacturing vehicles a single moment's thought. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there that would love to see OPEC countries attempt this, since it would provide a lot more money to foreign countries and foreign industries with all of the above mentioned costs. Not to mention the foreign governments that would be charging them for the imports and watching them flounder around trying to recover from the losses.
Might be a good idea to pitch the whole manufacturing thing to them...
True. Just curious how long our oil reserves last. Might need to reconsider that whole 20 year thing a little. We've hit over $72 per barrel today....