Not only the 10.1-inch HP Compaq Airlife 100 looks like an scaled-down MacBook Pro, but it runs Android and has a touchscreen and a webcam and an SD slot. In other words, an iPad for the Apple haters.
HP Spain—the only country when it would be released for now—says that it will last 12 hours per charge, with a 10-day standby time. It comes with a 16GB SSD, Wi-Fi, and 3G connection, which will be tied to the Telefónica network. [Slashgear]
All it takes is a display of repetitive stupidity to make an animal endearing. See: Dogs chasing laser pointers; cats swatting at bugs through glass; and this here praying mantis, misunderstanding the modern cursor metaphor. Stupid mantis! (I love you.)
A very special pun thanks to Slyd3z
Looking good - Inner Farne
As a kid, I have this memory of seeing a mechanic balance the wheels on my dad's car by attaching a device to the rim, from where a rod would stick out along the axis of the wheel. There were something like 3 bearing looking devices on that rod and while getting the wheel rotated with an electrical
Just for you poor folks cabin bound up north. The temp under my tree is 28degC. And my keyboard is awash with perspiration . So to cheer you up a bit.....
A 7 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom.
"You know what?" says the 7 year old, "I think it's about time we started Sw
Step 1: Announce a ridiculously fast gigabit fiber internet service. Step 2: Show everybody how much their internet sucks with the new YouTube speed dashboard.
Unlike most speedtests, it aggregates and shows your video download speed over time, and compares it to other people on the city, state, national and global level, so you can see how your broadband stacks up—and when it doesn't.
It doesn't? *RabbleRabbleRabbleRabbleRabble* [YouTube, Google via TechCrunch]
Just another of Kevin Smith's classic, self-censored, family-appropriate comments from his Macworld Q&A session. [Wired]
Earthing is a criticle issue worldwide. I tried so all type of earthings like plate type, pipe type and electrode type, chemical type & gel filled type but within four to five year all get corroded and earth resistance found more than 100 Ohms.
I tried to develope a unique product which mus
Which type of fiber optic would you recommend to install in transmission lines? OPGW, ADSS or other type?
Hi,
Can any body inform me the contact details of some vendors who do the stringing work in transmission line.
Samar.
TechCrunch has run a dubious-sounding piece, quoting sources as saying Amazon's working on a scheme to give each Amazon Prime user a free Kindle. With an annual membership to Prime costing $79 for extra-fast shipping, they'd be losing $120 from the retail value of the first-gen Kindle.
While I don't think it'll be offered to the one-month trial members, it would definitely encourage more Prime sign-ups—and therefore, more Amazon purchases. Still, to give away a free Kindle sounds way too generous, even for Amazon. [TechCrunch]
looking for Ruggedised note book computer should comply to MIL STD 810F, IP54 nad MIL STD 461D/461E....processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.66 GHz or better, RAM: 1 Gb SDRAM (DDR2) or better, HARD DISK: 80GB or better, CDROM: DVD (writer)ROM, Display: Typical 10.4"xXGA, operating system: Window XP (profess
" how do I calculate the short circuit current for selection of VCB for transformer of 2000KVA, 11/0.42 KV with 7% impedance."
Hi,
Can any body inform me few vendors contact details for civil vendor who is interested to do civil foundation work at Bihar for transmission line (800KV) at the earliest.
Samar.
At first glance, I thought Mathmos has released a new mood light, but that glowing blue image is actually of Saturn, captured by the Hubble telescope. It's a very rare photo, as both poles and rings are visible.
You actually just make out the Northern Lights-like aurorae on both poles, which is apparently caused by solar wind from the sun mixing up with molecules. Sadly, this is the only chance you'll get at having Saturn's aurorae as your desktop wallpaper, as the angle from which they can be viewed at is only possible twice every 30 years, and the Hubble telescope will no longer be used when the next opportunity comes along.
I feel pretty sad about that, but not as sad as I was when reading xkcd's biography on the life of the Mars Spirit Rover. Let's not get our space-set emotional battles mixed up, now. [The Guardian]
can u pl tell me ,how much would b the cost per KW from solar photovoltaic source.
can b roughly ..not exact.
initial cost (installation cost) - ?/kw
operation cost -?/kw
Love is in the air at NCBI ROFL! Tuesday-Friday this week, we will feature research articles about love in its most physical form (okay, we just mean plain ol’ sex). Enjoy!
The gag reflex and fellatio.
Extracts from the 1950 paper:
“In a study of consititutional psychopathic personalities especially the sexual deviants, it was found during a routine physical examination that the gag reflex was frequently absent. This was a more definite finding in those homosexuals who admitted fellatio. This observation, first made at an induction station in 1942, was studied further in 1,404 patients at a neuropsychiatric military hospital in 1944… …All were given a complete physical examination and psychiatric work-up. The gag reflex evaluation was made in each case. It was tested by manipulating a tongue depressor around the uvula, soft palate, and pharyngeal vault. Normally, the stimulus innervates this area and produces the gag reflex. In subjects practicing fellatio this reflex is absent even when the tongue depressor is inserted well into the vault of the pharynx. The positive test, i.e., the absence of the gag reflex, depends on the desensitization of this area due to conditioning, this being brought about by the repeated control of the reflex during the act of fellatio… …The findings having been established the test was employed routinely in the neuropsychiatric clinic. Frequently it proved valuable in detecting the malingerer who attempted to obtain a discharge by professing homosexuality. Presented with the gag test findings the soldier would invariably change his story or admit having lied for selfish gains.”
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You have to break open an egg to get to the edible goodness—so it makes sense you'd have to take a hammer to an $800 lamp to make it work. Wait, what am I saying?
It may look very cool in its "I'm making a statement" type of way, but to spend $800 on a lamp you need to break open in order to make it work is absurd. Only at the MoMA store, obviously. [MoMA via Technabob]
I work as consultant welding eng. in office in ksa in pipe line project, and when we started welding in the fitting we started using 7018 elctrode, and we told the contractor to put it in ovens an let it reached 230-300 c and start weld by it, but he said that this elctrode was treated to weld by
Glimpsed in the most hi-res outfit we've seen so far is the HTC Legend, which—if rumors prove correct—should be shown off next week at MWC.
It still looks like the Hero only with a unibody aluminum shell, but according to Dutch carrier KPN it'll go on sale March. KPN's advert for the Legend touts it as having a 600Mhz processor, an optical trackpad instead of the ball seen on previous models, and a 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. The other specs gleaned from KPN seem par for the course—a 5.0-megapixel camera with LED flash, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Android 2.1 (Eclair), and it looks like it'll be running HTC Sense, the Android skin which they've used on a lot of their recent models.
The leaked pics we saw recently of the Legend showed it as having black plastic inserts at the base and top of the back casing, where the SIM card, microSD card slot and camera are. It's still got a chin by the looks of the profile photo on KPN's site, but if you ask me that's a good thing. This is definitely a phone to get excited about. [Tweakers via Electronista]
