I set up an open Wi-fi spot for my local pub some time back. I named it "The Asylum: min. 1 beer per. 30 minutes". Yes, the name of the place is for historical reasons but also reflects the personality of the bartender.
"..but are you willing to dedicate your entire (possiby unreliable) upstream connection to your conversation?"
Actually, yes!:)
At least I'd like the option to do so. Think about it for a sec, long phonecalls are a pain - you actually have to strain to make out what's being said at times. I'm guessing a conversation would be more enjoyable at higher bitrates (besides, you're probably loosing out on nuances in the conversation when everything over a certain frequency is cut off - perhaps unconciously, but still...)
So, I'm curios... wil this ever allow me to have high quality voice communication? It seems to me that realy good audio is something that has never been a priority, either with POTS, analog or digital cellphones. why is that, btw?
I disagree. I'm (natch) totally ignorant of what it must be like to be blind, I don't even know any blind people - but if it were possible...
... I'd certainly be first in line to enhance *my* perceptual capabillities. I'd like to be able to see in infrared, have macro-zoom abillities (preferably stereoscopic), micromillimetre radar and some form of high-rez sonar. Why not?
Oh, and there's prolly other stuff as well, like being able to sense electromagnetic fields(sp?)...
The short version, of course, is that nobody ever really concluded
that "bumblebees can't fly". They merely concluded that they couldn't
explain bumblebee flight by thinking of bees as little airplanes. Put
another way, bumblebees cannot glide, and we could show that with
equations before anybody ever tried to demonstrate it with a real
bee.
The mystery is solved
The "Physics Can't Explain Bumblebee Flight" thing is a myth (urban ledgend?).
Apparently, physics can't explain bumblebee flight using the same math as for airplanes, ie the bumblebee couldn't fly if it had ridgid wings and a propeller on its nose...
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Would they look like ball lightning?
Just a guess but, speaking as a Norwegian, somebody cleaned that up quite a bit.
I set up an open Wi-fi spot for my local pub some time back. I named it "The Asylum: min. 1 beer per. 30 minutes". Yes, the name of the place is for historical reasons but also reflects the personality of the bartender.
They're the ones who steal drill bits.
Yeah. Right. When I invent tabletop cold fusion, I'm pretty sure I'll call the damned thing "Mr. Fusion".
Seems to me to be one of (if not the) best long-term reasons to have open source OS and apps (no DRM).
um. they'll be hacked quicker than any other hardware. Ever. Think about it.
...in point: I some want.
That's gotta be one the more inarticulate(sp?) entries for a while, long time.
-cheers!
"..but are you willing to dedicate your entire (possiby unreliable) upstream connection to your conversation?"
:)
Actually, yes!
At least I'd like the option to do so. Think about it for a sec, long phonecalls are a pain - you actually have to strain to make out what's being said at times. I'm guessing a conversation would be more enjoyable at higher bitrates (besides, you're probably loosing out on nuances in the conversation when everything over a certain frequency is cut off - perhaps unconciously, but still...)
So, I'm curios... wil this ever allow me to have high quality voice communication? It seems to me that realy good audio is something that has never been a priority, either with POTS, analog or digital cellphones. why is that, btw?
I disagree. I'm (natch) totally ignorant of what it must be like to be blind, I don't even know any blind people - but if it were possible...
... I'd certainly be first in line to enhance *my* perceptual capabillities. I'd like to be able to see in infrared, have macro-zoom abillities (preferably stereoscopic), micromillimetre radar and some form of high-rez sonar. Why not?
Oh, and there's prolly other stuff as well, like being able to sense electromagnetic fields(sp?)...
Is it just me or does playback of this thing *require* Quicktime Pro @ $29.99 ?
The short version, of course, is that nobody ever really concluded that "bumblebees can't fly". They merely concluded that they couldn't explain bumblebee flight by thinking of bees as little airplanes. Put another way, bumblebees cannot glide, and we could show that with equations before anybody ever tried to demonstrate it with a real bee. The mystery is solved
Apparently, physics can't explain bumblebee flight using the same math as for airplanes, ie the bumblebee couldn't fly if it had ridgid wings and a propeller on its nose...
Simple solution: Have the programmer sit in the back of the car during the race...