Everquest has a system where if your character drinks alcohol over their tolerance they become drunk, and the more they drink, the worse it becomes. While walking you actually move side to side uncontrollably, and things on the screen warp and kind of move back.
Wow, I guess I need to dump my *P90* primary domain controller... It runs DNS, WINS with replication, it's the domain controller, firewall logging, DHCP, web server, dynamic DNS updating, and packet sniffing...
You mean I could be doing all this with with a PII 450 instead?? Wow, I guess I need to get rid of my overpowered original Pentium hardware and pickup a PII 450 instead. Never mind the fact that this server, and the backup domain controller just like it have been running rock solid for 4+ years.
I believe if it works, why try and fix it? And just because Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter, releases a new version of something does not mean that you are forced to upgrade. NT4 didn't quit working when Windows 2000 came out, and oddly enough it even still works since XP was released... Wow... Windows 95 and 98 work (well, as well as they ever did anyway) still too?? Somebody call Bill... me thinks somebody must have forgot to flip the switch.
Spitting in your mask does work, the problem is it only works for a few minutes.
Also if you wash your mask out too well after you spit in it, you've just washed away the fog prevention.
It would certainly be nice to be able to be underwater for longer periods of time without becoming blinded by fog in a matter of minutes.
For divers it is easy enough to get rid of, just crack the seal on your mask, let a little water in and slosh it around to remove the fog. Then blow air out through your noise to create a pressure difference and the water you let in leaves with the air you are letting out. This does work, but it's something you must do every few minutes.
Batteries do seem to be slowly but surely advancing. In my personal experience, I fly some RC helicopters. I have the standard NiCad, NiMH, and now, Lithium Polymer(LiPo) batteries.
I've never liked or had much luck with any type of rechargeable battery, regardless of type, or what it was used in. Laptops, PDAs, 2-way radios, R/C, they all just sucked. Long charge times, and bad run times that get worse with every charge until finally, they may as well be a paperweight.
That was before I decided to shell out for a LiPo battery for my heli. I opened the package and was amazed. (And it wasn't even charged yet!) The battery was a higher amperage (mAh) than any of the other more common types of rechargeables, and it weighed less than half of any of the others. The case is softer and more flexible, not like a metal "can".
I excitedly threw it on the charger, but wasn't looking forward to the always long wait of the first charge. Imagine my surprise when less than an hour later the battery was fully charged.
Plugged it up to the helicopter and couldn't believe it when I got over double the flight time of any of the other batteries. I know I've discharged and recharged at least 30 times and it still flies the same duration every time.
I've read that they are trying to introduce these batteries into PDAs and laptops. Maybe they, or an even better technology that's under tight R&D wraps somewhere can hold us over until we get those much vaunted fuel cells.
(I am not affiliated in any way with any battery company/technology or the website I linked, just a user of the best battery technology I've seen come out in a while.)
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Funny, I thougth PAX was a TV station no one watched.
Everquest has a system where if your character drinks alcohol over their tolerance they become drunk, and the more they drink, the worse it becomes. While walking you actually move side to side uncontrollably, and things on the screen warp and kind of move back.
Wow, I guess I need to dump my *P90* primary domain controller... It runs DNS, WINS with replication, it's the domain controller, firewall logging, DHCP, web server, dynamic DNS updating, and packet sniffing...
You mean I could be doing all this with with a PII 450 instead?? Wow, I guess I need to get rid of my overpowered original Pentium hardware and pickup a PII 450 instead. Never mind the fact that this server, and the backup domain controller just like it have been running rock solid for 4+ years.
I believe if it works, why try and fix it? And just because Microsoft, or anyone else for that matter, releases a new version of something does not mean that you are forced to upgrade.
NT4 didn't quit working when Windows 2000 came out, and oddly enough it even still works since XP was released... Wow... Windows 95 and 98 work (well, as well as they ever did anyway) still too?? Somebody call Bill... me thinks somebody must have forgot to flip the switch.
Spitting in your mask does work, the problem is it only works for a few minutes. Also if you wash your mask out too well after you spit in it, you've just washed away the fog prevention. It would certainly be nice to be able to be underwater for longer periods of time without becoming blinded by fog in a matter of minutes. For divers it is easy enough to get rid of, just crack the seal on your mask, let a little water in and slosh it around to remove the fog. Then blow air out through your noise to create a pressure difference and the water you let in leaves with the air you are letting out. This does work, but it's something you must do every few minutes.
Batteries do seem to be slowly but surely advancing. In my personal experience, I fly some RC helicopters. I have the standard NiCad, NiMH, and now, Lithium Polymer(LiPo) batteries.
I've never liked or had much luck with any type of rechargeable battery, regardless of type, or what it was used in. Laptops, PDAs, 2-way radios, R/C, they all just sucked. Long charge times, and bad run times that get worse with every charge until finally, they may as well be a paperweight.
That was before I decided to shell out for a LiPo battery for my heli. I opened the package and was amazed. (And it wasn't even charged yet!) The battery was a higher amperage (mAh) than any of the other more common types of rechargeables, and it weighed less than half of any of the others. The case is softer and more flexible, not like a metal "can".
I excitedly threw it on the charger, but wasn't looking forward to the always long wait of the first charge. Imagine my surprise when less than an hour later the battery was fully charged.
Plugged it up to the helicopter and couldn't believe it when I got over double the flight time of any of the other batteries. I know I've discharged and recharged at least 30 times and it still flies the same duration every time.
I've read that they are trying to introduce these batteries into PDAs and laptops. Maybe they, or an even better technology that's under tight R&D wraps somewhere can hold us over until we get those much vaunted fuel cells.
A bit more info can be found on LiPo cells at http://www.answers.com/topic/lithium-polymer/
(I am not affiliated in any way with any battery company/technology or the website I linked, just a user of the best battery technology I've seen come out in a while.)