SPOT watches must be switched off for flying

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Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying

Why you really have to switch off SPOT
watches while flying 01/19/2004 11:43 AM
Reader Dave Boulton says that Microsoft gets it wrong about SPOT watches and flying:The Microsoft service agreement does say they have to be turned off,...

The first five SPOT watches

The first five SPOT watches 01/02/2004 05:00 PM
There's a listing on Microsoft's website of the five different SPOT, or Smart Personal Object Technology, watches which are supposed to hit stores soon. As...

Microsoft Spot watches delayed

Microsoft Spot watches delayed 11/17/2003 06:55 AM
The Register Nov 17 2003 6:31AM ET

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow

Microsoft's Spot watches run slow 11/18/2003 09:16 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 18 2003 8:08AM ET

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores

Microsoft SPOT Watches Hit Stores 12/16/2003 06:31 PM

Microsoft launches SPOT Watches at CES
2004

Microsoft launches SPOT Watches at CES
2004 12/20/2003 01:30 AM
I4U Dec 20 2003 0:11AM ET

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches 11/16/2003 09:20 AM

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches
(extremetech)

Microsoft, Partners Delay SPOT Watches
(extremetech) 11/17/2003 02:06 AM

I've mostly switched...

I've mostly switched... 12/23/2002 12:47 AM
In thinking a bit more about what I worte here, I've realized that I've mostly switched. At home I use OS X as my "desktop" and Linux on the server. At work it's Linux on the "desktop" and FreeBSD on...

Switched to Firefox

Switched to Firefox 07/07/2004 10:54 PM

I finally made Firefox the default browser because Firefox 0.9.1 cleaned up the mess introduced in 0.9 and there are at least two unpatched IE vulnerabilities. Besides, I predicted a while back that Firefox marketshare will be near 20% by the end of this year so I figured I would add to the number as well. :-)

Update:

Urgh. It's not so easy to switch over after all. I didn't realize that my own blog editor was IE-specific. And a large number of websites I frequent are also IE-specific. For example, many Korean websites use Flash extensively and in-your-face style so I have to use IE to make them goaway.

Integration with Explorer shell is incomplete also. When I click on a shortcut, Firefox launches but I also get an error dialog underneath, something about link not found. Outlook integration sucks too. When I click on a link in a message, I again get an error dialog along with the Firefox browser. It complained about link viewer, so I specified Firefox as the link viewer and ended up with two Firefox windows. So I switch my e-mail client to Mozilla Thunderbird. More on that later.

When IE was my default browser, Firefox was the browser of convience for sites whose fonts were too small and international sites. Now that Firefox is my default browser, IE became the browser of necessity because many sites are just impossible to use without IE. *sigh*

Switched to Trillian

Switched to Trillian 03/24/2005 04:04 PM

Yesterday, I had to add Yahoo IM client to communicate with team members of a project I've just joined.  With three IM clients running (MSN, AIM, and Yahoo), I had three contact lists and UIs to get confused with.  Yikes.  Then I remembered Trillian which supported all three IM protocols.  It took me about 5 minutes to replace the three IM clients with Trillian.  So far, I've had no problem at all and am happy with it.

Switched to NetNewsWire

Switched to NetNewsWire 01/15/2003 01:42 AM
Well, it's official. Last Friday I switched to NetNewsWire Lite even after I managed to break it. I've found that AmpehtaDesk is a memory hog and I simply don't have the time to deal with upgrading, making sure that AmphetaOutlines...

Switched On: The Blossoming of Bluetooth

Switched On: The Blossoming of Bluetooth 03/17/2005 02:57 AM
Engadget Mar 17 2005 12:47AM GMT

Sniffing Switched Networks

Sniffing Switched Networks 02/16/2004 01:14 PM

Switched to iTunes + iPod

Switched to iTunes + iPod 12/22/2004 01:35 AM

I've been playing around with my new iPod lately trying to figure out what all the fuss is about, and I have to admit that the hype is justified. I've been attached to Windows Media Player for quite a while and it wasn't easy to give it up, but the combination of iTunes + iPod is very slick and the user interface is extremely simple (note to self: you could learn a lot from Apple's UI work).

What's interesting is how using iTunes has changed my music buying habits. In the past I've always bought complete CDs, but now I'm purchasing individual songs via iTunes instead. In the last few weeks I've bought a ton of songs - but no albums. I now have an eclectic assortment of songs that I'm trying to figure out how to best arrange into playlists.

For example, here's my first try at an iMix playlist. Yes, I know - it's a weird set of songs (Danzig and Johnny Cash don't usually go well together), but I actually enjoy the mix. Oh, and I originally had Frank Zappa's "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" as the last track, but as far as iTunes is concerned, Zappa doesn't exist (anyone from Zappa.com listening?).

A circuit-switched email network

A circuit-switched email network 09/22/2004 04:52 PM
Right now the global email network is pretty much a large scale packet-switched network. Packets (emails) are passed from node to node, on a potentially dynamically changing path, until they reach the endpoint. Individual hops are synchronous but the system on the whole is asynchronous. (Deferrals.)

Post-circuit-switched voicemail

Post-circuit-switched voicemail 11/01/2003 12:57 PM
Nice rant on how "circuit-switched" thinking is holding back advancement in telephony:

Assume a phone call requires an (extremely generous) 3Kb per second of audio. One hour of stored audio is about 10Mb of data. This is a pretty modest amount by the standards of modern flash memeory. Your mobile phone is perfectly capable of storing all your voicemail. The network is perfectly capable of transmitting the data in a sensible amount of time. Unlike email, most voicemail is listened to -- the amount of wasted download is small...

You should be able to listen to voicemails on your plane journey home. You should be able to reply to them on a store-and-forward basis, even when you're not connected to the network. And most of all, you shouldn't have to use a clunky telephony user interface to navigate a message queue. And you shouldn't be restricted to one device for accessing your own data.

Link (via Werblog)

Switched On: Apple, RIAA Should Sue Each
Other’s Fans.

Switched On: Apple, RIAA Should Sue Each
Other’s Fans. 04/06/2005 09:03 PM
Engadget: Switched On: Apple, RIAA Should Sue Each Other’s Fans. "Apple, meanwhile, must struggle against teenagers who must violate the Geneva Convention in order to extract information about mind-blowing new products such as pastel socks. ... With the average RIAA lawsuit settling for around 5,000 critical Slashdot posts, the numbers quickly add up; Apple and the RIAA can make more money suing customers than selling them songs. ... Astonishing as it may seem given that few companies besides Apple have the raw engineering acumen to remove the LCD screen from an MP3 player..." Be sure to read the rest; it's hilarious.

Porn Switched With School's Announcement
(AP)

Porn Switched With School's Announcement
(AP) 05/18/2004 01:34 PM
AP - Some Chamblee High School students expecting to see the usual morning announcements instead glimpsed a hard-core prank Tuesday morning.

Light at end of the tunnel switched back
on for IT contractors

Light at end of the tunnel switched back
on for IT contractors 10/31/2003 06:05 AM
The Register Oct 31 2003 5:48AM ET

Switched to Verizon and the Motorola
V710 Phone

Switched to Verizon and the Motorola
V710 Phone 08/13/2004 12:33 PM
As previously threatened, I've switched to Verizon and picked up a Motorola V710 yesterday. They just arrived on Wednesday, so I'm one of the first few folks to get one (at least from my local Verizon Wireless store). To recap, my reasons for switching are twofold: I wanted to get onto Verizon for the superior coverage. I wanted a Bluetooth phone. The V710 is Verizon's one and only Bluetooth phone. So far, all I can say is that it's...

Resolving Workstation Startup Delays on
a Switched Network

Resolving Workstation Startup Delays on
a Switched Network 08/09/2004 08:30 PM

WMD hunters switched to security duties.
Another lie buried beneath the
headlines. 11/2

WMD hunters switched to security duties.
Another lie buried beneath the
headlines. 11/2 11/03/2003 05:28 AM
increasingly futile hunt

news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=459618
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Who WATCHES movies?

Who WATCHES movies? 09/09/2004 07:19 AM
Cory Doctorow: The sterling satirists of Loading Ready Run have produced a sharp, funny and amazingly true short film in response to the "Who makes movies?" anti-piracy spots that we're subjected to before we see our $10-13 flicks.

This spot, called "Who watches movies?" and features a graphic designer talking about how grossly offensive it is to pay a stack of money, sit through interminable advertisements, then be lectured at in a film made by some distant coked-up Hollyweird fatcat. 4.4MB MP4 Link (Thanks, Paul!)

Martian Watches

Martian Watches 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
24:39 NASA is running their Spirit Martian explorer program on Martian solar time. With the project day running 39 minutes longer than a real day, engineers found they faced difficulties adjusting to this virtual timezone. Their solution was nearly as old as timekeeping itself.

Pentek's Comprehensive Software Radio
Transceiver Packs FPGA Processing Power
with XMC Switched-Fabric I/O

Pentek's Comprehensive Software Radio
Transceiver Packs FPGA Processing Power
with XMC Switched-Fabric I/O 02/01/2005 09:13 PM
Configurable Data-Routing Puts FPGA Processing in the Baseband Data Stream - XMC I/O Provides High-Speed Data Streaming - Built-In Sync Bus Enables Multiple-Board Synchronization - Transceiver Section Handles 40 MHz Bandwidth IF or RF Signals - 512 MB Memory Buffers Data for Digital Delay and Analysis Operations - PMC, cPCI, PCI and Conduction-Cooled Versions Available [PRWEB Jan 19, 2005]

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches

ADV:MSN Direct for Computer Watches 12/19/2004 02:54 PM
Ad - www.microsoft.com Dec 17 2004 9:11PM GMT

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day

Bespoke martian watches keep 24h, 39m
day 01/09/2004 09:56 PM
Researchers working on the Mars lander are rising and sleeping on Martian Standard Time, the daylight hours on the lander's plot of Mars. The martian day is 24h, 39m long -- which means that the rover crew had to get custom-made timepieces (for "had to," here, read, "thought it would be really cool to") manufactured for them by a master watchmaker.

My next novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, (due out in just a few weeks!) revolves around the way that your sleep schedule determines a lot about your social circle and hence your beliefs, alliegances, and so forth. A friend of mine in DC who used to work for the CIA just read the book and wrote to point out that the military has been running timezone-tribes for years, so that all the people commanding and supporting some distant operational unit are rising and sleeping on a schedule synched with daylight hours in some far corner.

But I bet they don't get cool watches like this one -- someone should manufacture and sell 'em. My sleep-schedule is so scr0d that I would happily wear this thing and abide by what it told me about my circadian. Link (via MeFi)

Jack Watches Your Back

Jack Watches Your Back 05/17/2004 01:34 PM
Jack Chick's tract has become inflamed by homosexuals. "I believe the time will soon come when godless judges will close churches that call being gay a sin." (05-16)

Martian Watches | Metafilter

Martian Watches | Metafilter 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
Martian Watches .. Metafilter

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Big Brother watches Britain

Big Brother watches Britain 09/01/2004 09:13 PM

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples

Evergreen MP3 Watches For Couples 04/15/2005 09:58 AM

Evergreen's new "EG-MPW256CII" offers absolutely nothing over previous MP3 watches, except for perhaps style. Whether or not you determine the style of the watch to be appealing is unrelated. Evergreen offers blue and pink versions of the watch "intended for couples." It will play audio from its 256MB of internal memory for about 10 hours. Let's hope Evergreen was smart enough to give it a second battery for keeping the time.

Product Information [Shanghai Donya]

IT industry watches Iowa

IT industry watches Iowa 01/19/2004 07:17 AM
ZDNet Jan 19 2004 12:01PM GMT

Retro Nintendo Watches

Retro Nintendo Watches 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Some of my favorite childhood memories involved these big jars of tamales that my dad would buy and that I'd make and eat in bulk coupled with a few minutes of LCD gaming goodness on my old Pac Man watch. As a result, I was a pretty fat kid. Well, I can relive those artery clogging days with these retro watches feature 'tenda favorites like Donkey Kong, Zelda, and G.I. Joe (?). As a rule, these things last about five days before something cracks and then you're out of luck, but it's nice to recapture those low-fi days of yore in these trying times.

Plus, we like anything that shows a little pale belly skin.

Retro Nintendo watches with playable games [T3]

Watches watch pilots

Watches watch pilots 06/30/2004 12:56 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 30 2004 5:37PM GMT

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004

CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain -
Aug 31, 2004 09/04/2004 03:05 AM
CNN.com - Big Brother watches Britain - Aug 31, 2004 .. Quote: .. :

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Spyware watches 'every keystroke'

Spyware watches 'every keystroke' 12/22/2003 08:55 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 22 2003 7:07PM ET

Smart watches tell Microsoft time

Smart watches tell Microsoft time 12/17/2003 08:27 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 17 2003 7:38AM ET

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time'

'In Europe you have watches but in
Africa we have time' 01/03/2005 08:23 AM
So get in your car and wait
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SPOT watches must be switched off for flying