Even the article says that WP8.Next would have its own cycle......so a WP8.5 or WP9 would still get at least 18 months of support. The summary is just FUD. There was nothing in the article and nothing in their source saying that Microsoft was abandoning Windows Phone as a platform......just that the OS support has a time limit.
I actually think that a wind farm looks really cool.....especially when they are sitting out in the middle of "wide open nothing" that would normally not have anything interesting to see.....
The difference being that the cost to run the older equipment is spread out over time (at no interest). How many poor people can afford $500 (a modest computer price) in one go (and still eat and pay the bills). What's the monthly cost in electricity of a free but inefficient computer?
Options for the original poster: Look for charities that don't get a lot of government funding. Those are the ones that are probably hurting the most. Battered women's shelters are probably funded better than a food bank. An HIV clinic is probably funded better than a private animal rescue. Etc.
SXWS isn't a "music festival". There is an interactive, a film, and a music portion. My guess is this was part of the Interactive portion which focuses on tech.
I would accept this as prior art. An acoustic coupled modem isn't so much of a broadcast as it was a point-to-point, but the remote would work multiple TVs if they were in the area. Broadcast for sure.
The missing piece is that the information communicated would be a location.
Of course, if we could sound as energy, then it's not much different than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Laser CNC should be plausible with a lot of the parts from the VCRs / DVDs, assuming you can get or already have the controller boards (or are "electronic" enough to build them from reclaimed bits).
iPad mini, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet. All of these are about as pocketable as some of the phones but have much better battery life (especially if you shut them down instead of put them to sleep) and would provide you with your data consumption needs.
I'm not saying this is right for everyone, but the poster above was saying that they shut off data and what not and barely use their smartphone in order to conserve battery life. I'd argue that if battery life is that important, switch to carrying two devices -- one for phone and one for data.
If you aren't really using the smartphone that much, you'd almost be better off with a tablet (with a data connection if you want) and a dumb phone. The tablet can stay off until you need it and the phone can last tons longer (saw and article about a Nokia dumb phone that would last 35 days per charge).
Apparently I forgot to include the tag. I guess a reference to a really old DOS based golf game and a really old text based browser weren't enough of a clue.
The Wussification of America has been going on for a while. People never learn how to fail and how to deal with failure. And then, kids learn that there is no incentive for them to get any better at anything because there are no consequences.....someone will come along and change their grades, declare them a winner, or whatever even if they don't deserve it.
You'll see it posted again (verbatim, most likely) in four or five days. And the commenters will be skewed the opposite direction in terms of support for the article.
I once had a window cube....next to a column, so my cube was offset from the window about 3 feet making it extra large......and it had a view of the Hyatt pool! Oh, and the column put it on a "dead-end" aisle, so no sneaking up on me, either. That was the best cube ever.
I've had less luck at the internet moonlighting sites (freelancer and guru.com) because there are way too many people competing for jobs (and too many people from India). I've had much better luck going through my local Craigslist. There have been a couple of duds (failure to pay or pay in a timely manner), but I can meet face to face and sell my skills based on an interview (I interview well) and also get a feel for the person requesting the work (I've turned a few down). That extra level of comfort seems to work in my favor.
There are a lot of "make me a web site for $150" type of offers, but if you keep an eye out, you can usually find better projects (I just picked up one working with the Kinect -- which is something I wanted to learn anyway).
I've made $2k to $4k most years in side work. If I took on more than 5 or 6 projects, I could probably get that number up to around $10k to $12k per year just working nights and weekends (but I'd rather have some free time). Probably not enough projects to quit my day job, but that's not what I'm looking for, anyway.
How many people in this list would pirate instead of pay. How many of these downloads represent aborted downloads that are retried (it is a large download). How many of these would have been covered by the home license (I believe you get up to three computers with the normal licensed product -- as opposed to Student edition or other licenses). etc.
The numbers are important, but probably misleading.
And while the free Office products are sufficient for most people's normal use (i.e. homework), MS Office is still a superior product. If you need more complex features on a semi-regular basis, it's worth paying the price (but if all you do is type in text and change the font, stick with free). .
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Even the article says that WP8.Next would have its own cycle......so a WP8.5 or WP9 would still get at least 18 months of support. The summary is just FUD. There was nothing in the article and nothing in their source saying that Microsoft was abandoning Windows Phone as a platform......just that the OS support has a time limit.
I've seen USB dongles that let Android devices have pretty much anything you want. Your phone can have Ethernet access.
http://usbtips.com/usb-otg-adapter-connects-usb-accessories-to-your-android-device/
I actually think that a wind farm looks really cool.....especially when they are sitting out in the middle of "wide open nothing" that would normally not have anything interesting to see.....
The difference being that the cost to run the older equipment is spread out over time (at no interest). How many poor people can afford $500 (a modest computer price) in one go (and still eat and pay the bills). What's the monthly cost in electricity of a free but inefficient computer?
Options for the original poster:
Look for charities that don't get a lot of government funding. Those are the ones that are probably hurting the most. Battered women's shelters are probably funded better than a food bank. An HIV clinic is probably funded better than a private animal rescue. Etc.
SXWS isn't a "music festival". There is an interactive, a film, and a music portion. My guess is this was part of the Interactive portion which focuses on tech.
Sweet! 2400 baud!
I would accept this as prior art. An acoustic coupled modem isn't so much of a broadcast as it was a point-to-point, but the remote would work multiple TVs if they were in the area. Broadcast for sure.
The missing piece is that the information communicated would be a location.
Of course, if we could sound as energy, then it's not much different than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
You're right....player. Oh well.
Oh, and here's the spec on power output of various burner lasers: http://elabz.com/laser-diode-power-output-based-on-dvd-rrw-specs/
Laser CNC should be plausible with a lot of the parts from the VCRs / DVDs, assuming you can get or already have the controller boards (or are "electronic" enough to build them from reclaimed bits).
iPad mini, Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet. All of these are about as pocketable as some of the phones but have much better battery life (especially if you shut them down instead of put them to sleep) and would provide you with your data consumption needs.
I'm not saying this is right for everyone, but the poster above was saying that they shut off data and what not and barely use their smartphone in order to conserve battery life. I'd argue that if battery life is that important, switch to carrying two devices -- one for phone and one for data.
If you aren't really using the smartphone that much, you'd almost be better off with a tablet (with a data connection if you want) and a dumb phone. The tablet can stay off until you need it and the phone can last tons longer (saw and article about a Nokia dumb phone that would last 35 days per charge).
Out of curiosity, wouldn't changing your email account look just as suspicious as if your account was compromised?
Were I attacking someone, the first thing I would do is prevent them from getting the "you've been hacked" notices.
Target bags are more durable than Wal-Mart bags.
Apparently I forgot to include the tag. I guess a reference to a really old DOS based golf game and a really old text based browser weren't enough of a clue.
That was a great golf game......
Now, if you meant Lynx the browser, well, good luck with that.
Not 100% true. I've been in my current loan for about 10 years and my interest isn't enough to push me over standard deduction.
No Kid Left Behind! Everyone gets a trophy!
The Wussification of America has been going on for a while. People never learn how to fail and how to deal with failure. And then, kids learn that there is no incentive for them to get any better at anything because there are no consequences.....someone will come along and change their grades, declare them a winner, or whatever even if they don't deserve it.
You'll see it posted again (verbatim, most likely) in four or five days. And the commenters will be skewed the opposite direction in terms of support for the article.
Before I installed a new OS, my Freecell score was over 1,500 wins (at 100%).......while it was a good break, it was never really that challenging.
I once had a window cube....next to a column, so my cube was offset from the window about 3 feet making it extra large......and it had a view of the Hyatt pool! Oh, and the column put it on a "dead-end" aisle, so no sneaking up on me, either. That was the best cube ever.
How many people have printers? Of those, how many have working printers? And, of those, how many also have paper?
I have all of those........but no ink.
Google tried.....first by buying Orkut, then by building Google+. It's not as easy as you think.
I've had less luck at the internet moonlighting sites (freelancer and guru.com) because there are way too many people competing for jobs (and too many people from India). I've had much better luck going through my local Craigslist. There have been a couple of duds (failure to pay or pay in a timely manner), but I can meet face to face and sell my skills based on an interview (I interview well) and also get a feel for the person requesting the work (I've turned a few down). That extra level of comfort seems to work in my favor.
There are a lot of "make me a web site for $150" type of offers, but if you keep an eye out, you can usually find better projects (I just picked up one working with the Kinect -- which is something I wanted to learn anyway).
I've made $2k to $4k most years in side work. If I took on more than 5 or 6 projects, I could probably get that number up to around $10k to $12k per year just working nights and weekends (but I'd rather have some free time). Probably not enough projects to quit my day job, but that's not what I'm looking for, anyway.
This.
How many people in this list would pirate instead of pay. How many of these downloads represent aborted downloads that are retried (it is a large download). How many of these would have been covered by the home license (I believe you get up to three computers with the normal licensed product -- as opposed to Student edition or other licenses). etc.
The numbers are important, but probably misleading.
And while the free Office products are sufficient for most people's normal use (i.e. homework), MS Office is still a superior product. If you need more complex features on a semi-regular basis, it's worth paying the price (but if all you do is type in text and change the font, stick with free).
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Came to say that OJ was already in there......was beat to the punch.
Mods, please add some "Informative" points to parent post.