Typo correction--just to clarify, you might get stuck WITHOUT 3G and relegated to 2G only. I don't recall if AT&T uses the same frequencies as Europe and Canada, but I'm certain T-mobile(USA) doesn't.
^Or you can buy the Motorola Milestone from Europe or Canada. However, you may be stuck on 3G data(AT&T might be the right frequency, but I know T-mobile isn't). Maybe Google will sell some new Dev phones soon. The G1's getting long in the tooth for a developer's platform.
Designate the leftmost lane the "train lane." Hit a button on your dash, and it signals the train to make an opening for you, hand off driving control to the "conductor" and you get to cruise at 15mph above the posted speed limit--legally. When you approach your exit, it signals you to leave the train, and you resume manual control to get the rest of the way to your destination.
The main reason I haven't bothered looking in to home automation more seriously is the expense of all the "bits" (switches, outlets, thermostats, etc.).
What are the cheapest options out there right now?
I'd be most interested in controlling HVAC, ceiling fans and lighting.
Depends on how you define "American Company." T-mobile USA is a separate corporate entity headquartered in Bellevue, WA but wholly owned by Deutsche Telekom. Used to be VoiceStream/Powertel(and the myriad other companies it gobbled up.) DT just rebranded after they bought it.
Or, to put it more simply . . . entanglement allows two distant observers to witness the same thing at the same time. It can't be used to transmit information between the two observers.
There is no method of propulsion that is not some manner of standard Newtonian momentum transfer (including the theory in TFA). Even a gravitational assist is a momentum transfer from a planet to a spacecraft--the spacecraft gets a nice speed boost, and the planet is now orbiting a few meters-per-trillion-years more slowly.
That doesn't mean rockets are the end-all-be-all. Solar sails, photonic propulsion, ion drives, and maybe this particle accelerator drive might all be far better engines for certain applications.
I feel there already is a tradeoff. I have an iPhone 3GS, and I know that if I surf the internet or play games for 3-4 hours I'll all but kill the battery. A 2 hour bike ride with the GPS turned on and my route-tracking app running will suck nearly 50% of the battery life from it.
His latest ROM has the new market app which isn't only closed-source, but it's unreleased closed source. Google doesn't want their stuff going into the wild until they say so.
From TFA, it sounds like you just have a choice between desktop environments. . . like you can do in every other Linux distro . . . Not that dual-booting two separate OSes makes much sense (as a default shipping option, anyway).
I just want Moblin's atom optimizations and boot speed improvements rolled in to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I'm pretty happy with UNR on my Acer Aspire One, and as much as I disliked the stock install of Linpus, it *did* have much better battery life and bootup times.
I don't want the stupid UI running on top of another distro, I want the under-the-hood improvements.
Well, even Windows 9x still ran on top of DOS, but were considered OSes. GEM had its own APIs and some degree of hardware abstraction, so it was more than just a UI. It lives in the blurry-middle between a true OS and an application.
It was the GUI that came with my Amstrad 6400 back in '87. A 16-color GUI running on an 8086 w/ 640k ram and a 20 meg hard drive. It was slow as shit, though.
Why would MS want to make it easier to use something other than Windows?
The only reason they license Fat32 is for compatibility with portable devices like MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.
^You're proceeding under the flawed assumption that an enthuiast and beginner must use mutually exclusive operating systems. Linux is capable of being both (and more).
Preserve the data by periodically refreshing it. Burn some discs now, and keep copies on a live computer. Every few years, verify and burn to new discs.
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^They can't charge you $110 if you've fulfilled your contract. They're just making it expensive to terminate with even a single month left to go.
T-mobile just did.
Typo correction--just to clarify, you might get stuck WITHOUT 3G and relegated to 2G only. I don't recall if AT&T uses the same frequencies as Europe and Canada, but I'm certain T-mobile(USA) doesn't.
^Or you can buy the Motorola Milestone from Europe or Canada. However, you may be stuck on 3G data(AT&T might be the right frequency, but I know T-mobile isn't). Maybe Google will sell some new Dev phones soon. The G1's getting long in the tooth for a developer's platform.
Designate the leftmost lane the "train lane." Hit a button on your dash, and it signals the train to make an opening for you, hand off driving control to the "conductor" and you get to cruise at 15mph above the posted speed limit--legally. When you approach your exit, it signals you to leave the train, and you resume manual control to get the rest of the way to your destination.
Sounds workable to me.
^No cell connection, no map data.
The main reason I haven't bothered looking in to home automation more seriously is the expense of all the "bits" (switches, outlets, thermostats, etc.).
What are the cheapest options out there right now?
I'd be most interested in controlling HVAC, ceiling fans and lighting.
Depends on how you define "American Company." T-mobile USA is a separate corporate entity headquartered in Bellevue, WA but wholly owned by Deutsche Telekom. Used to be VoiceStream/Powertel(and the myriad other companies it gobbled up.) DT just rebranded after they bought it.
Better be sure it supports your carrier's data frequencies. It'd suck paying full price for a 3G phone unable to actually connect to a 3G network.
Or, to put it more simply . . . entanglement allows two distant observers to witness the same thing at the same time. It can't be used to transmit information between the two observers.
There is no method of propulsion that is not some manner of standard Newtonian momentum transfer (including the theory in TFA). Even a gravitational assist is a momentum transfer from a planet to a spacecraft--the spacecraft gets a nice speed boost, and the planet is now orbiting a few meters-per-trillion-years more slowly.
That doesn't mean rockets are the end-all-be-all. Solar sails, photonic propulsion, ion drives, and maybe this particle accelerator drive might all be far better engines for certain applications.
You can get one of these, or a try a more do-it-yourself option
His latest ROM has the new market app which isn't only closed-source, but it's unreleased closed source. Google doesn't want their stuff going into the wild until they say so.
Except you can't access the market without the market app.
From TFA, it sounds like you just have a choice between desktop environments. . . like you can do in every other Linux distro . . . Not that dual-booting two separate OSes makes much sense (as a default shipping option, anyway).
I just want Moblin's atom optimizations and boot speed improvements rolled in to Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I'm pretty happy with UNR on my Acer Aspire One, and as much as I disliked the stock install of Linpus, it *did* have much better battery life and bootup times.
I don't want the stupid UI running on top of another distro, I want the under-the-hood improvements.
Well, even Windows 9x still ran on top of DOS, but were considered OSes. GEM had its own APIs and some degree of hardware abstraction, so it was more than just a UI. It lives in the blurry-middle between a true OS and an application.
It was the GUI that came with my Amstrad 6400 back in '87. A 16-color GUI running on an 8086 w/ 640k ram and a 20 meg hard drive. It was slow as shit, though.
Why would MS want to make it easier to use something other than Windows?
The only reason they license Fat32 is for compatibility with portable devices like MP3 players, digital cameras, etc.
Hmmmm . . . but wouldn't that just encourage the bear to attack more humans?
^You're proceeding under the flawed assumption that an enthuiast and beginner must use mutually exclusive operating systems. Linux is capable of being both (and more).
Preserve the data by periodically refreshing it. Burn some discs now, and keep copies on a live computer. Every few years, verify and burn to new discs.
The British didn't force the Chinese to buy their opium either.
How is radioactive decay not fission?
The wood chips aren't meant to burn, but smolder and provide smoke for flavor.