Posts by anatak

Iphone to linux?

Did you test if you could transfer a file /picture from iPhone to linux without using iTunes?

That’s the biggest drawback for me using an iPhone but it outweighs the long use life of getting updates long after most android phones that i looked at stopped being supported.

And also the fact that iPhone is ridiculously popular here (Japan).

Fine the maximum amount. Use the fine to switch 90% to linux.

Check the remaining 10%. Fine again the maximum amount. Use it to switch 90% of the remaining 10% to linux.

Repeat till they get the message.

A deadline ?

Is that like an isdn line that you keep just in case ?

free wifi that requires passwords ?

Here in Japan all the cellphone companies had this great idea to provide free wifi ... for their customers... who are subscribed to and pay for the free wifi service. I guess translating free into Yen didn't work well.

So I leave my house and my phone tries to connect to a network. On the phone the wifi signal looks ok. But then of course it is impossible to get a connection. I have to turn of wifi on the phone and then it will connect to the 4G network. Of course coming home I forget to turn on wifi again and I blow my 4G (unlimited plan) allowed traffic watching some youtube video or similar. And then I will be on the throttled download rate. This is about as fast as a caveman inputting photons from his campfire into a fiber connection by means of blocking and unblocking the light of said fire.

linux laptop with hdmi recommendations ?

My Vaio is getting a bit slow lately and I am looking for a (secondhand) replacement laptop. Opening A3 gimp files seems to make my laptop hang.

I am currently on a Celeron M 1,4 GH processor with .2GB RAM running Mint 17.

Does anyone has experience with a 15 inch laptop with an i5 / i7 or similar processor that has VGA and HDMI output, that will run Linux without too much problems ? (maybe switch back to Debian)

The T420 looked good except for the lack of HDMI output

difference between this and heat pipe ?

See title

nice but

I drove it around for a bit. roadster S version.

There was an extra option for extra noise (exhaust bypass or something like that) and it was just embarrassing to drive this thing because of the noise.

My first impression was, wow this thing is big, fat and heavy. It is without a doubt a wonderful engine with a massive amount of power but I felt like sitting in an American muscle car. Not the refined elegance I had hoped for.

I have also driven around a bit in an E type a few years back and that might have been the reason I was disappointed. My expectations were that this car was going to be a E type successor. After I reconsidered this car it was very nice to drive but there is nothing inside the driver / passenger compartment to put a file, laptop, cellphone, ... The trunk is also tiny so it might be good as a second car but it is not something I could live with on a daily basis, unlike the cayman / boxter.

another japanese proverb

high trees catch a lot of wind

phone app ?

maybe a phone app where you can slide your phone as a mouse with the camera as a motion sensor. Than at last phones will become small enough to be used with one hand.

slider android please

I have been using a sharp IS14SH for the last few years.

I also have an iphone 5S through another job. The Iphone user interface just annoys me.

I use the Iphone mostly for consuming. Reading, checking facebook.

The android with the keyboard is used for everything that needs data input. I still win in typing speed against all my friends with my antique phone. a 12 key physical keyboard still wins against touchscreen keyboard in my case.

I can not use text prediction and autocorrect since I have to write in English, French, Dutch and Japanese sometimes using 3 languages in the same mail message.

Formula 1

Is probably also one of those rich men playground.

I am pretty sure that most current car technology like ABS and assisted steering was pioneered in that game too.

He had a very good heart and loved to give out.

translation his heart gave out.

scale and power

The main problem with for example agriculture on a global scale has nothing to do with economics but with the power those global companies acquire over the food supply and how they will abuse that power. A monopoly might be economically speaking the most efficient model but economics never takes into account about the human psychology. Giving someone power will be a real test of character and it is obvious that our big businesses don't have a nice character.

They can not have a nice character because if they would be nice they would be out competed by some other company without any morals / scruples.

I am not against globalization but I am against giving big business too much power.

nothing yet

(that I know of) and I would like to keep it that way, thank you very much.

Why does something privacy violating have to happen before I would consider moving all my data out of the US ?

I don't have any real hopes that Europe is better but it has now been proven that the US hosting is utterly untrustworthy. Why would I keep trusting them ?

laptops

any chance to get half of the resolution as a standard for laptops ?

I keep hearing about HD or higher resolution tablets but would be really happy to find a decent resolution 15 inch laptop that does not require the sale of a first born son. The only place I have seen 1080 laptops consistently is at system76. Too bad their shipping cost to Japan makes it too expensive.

encrypted mail ?

So what is encrypted mail then ? Black hole social ?

modern smartphone with physical keyboard

shape of the sharp is14sh and sharp is15sh would be good

clamshell would be even better.

laptops with a mat screen and better vertical resolution or a laptop where you could put the screen in letter mode.

laser discriminating ?

Can these buoys detect lasers mounted on the sharks ?

time frame ?

is this a daily / weekly / monthly / yearly fee ?

I can hardly imagine it is a one time fee.

my patent

I am going to patent 'displaying something in one or more colors on something in one or more other colors'

and after that I am going to patent portions of the electro magnetic frequencies. So stop using your eyes unless you pay me. And if you look at something you have to pay me double.

racing

I keep thinking about how these glasses could project the ideal line in racing.

didn't you answer your own question ?

CSA's are more complex. Non IT management does not understand complex IT things. Maintaining a CSA is more difficult. The person who installed the CSA has a higher job security. (slightly cynic view of course)

transport

Maybe NASA should put some more effort in human rated transport to Mars before planning what to wear ? By NASA I mean the USA government budget deciding committee / cabal.

IT has to learn to say 'yes' ?

I am sure once the beancounter department learns to say 'yes' that the IT department will say 'yes' too.

hearing

I drive classic motorcycles for a hobby and that makes you hear every new sound because new sound normally equals expensive rebuild. I am always amazed when I drive in someone else's car and I tell them that there is something wrong with drive train and they didn't notice the sound until you point it out.

I can also hear most electric signals (fluorescent lights, old lightbulbs about to go bust) but I have very little taste.

resume

how do you put this on your resume ?

olfactorial social interaction research ?