Comment Re:Now I'm going to have to drag out DOSBOX (Score 1) 415
Bragging rights? And until recently, I *did* have a 5.25 floppy, but I've done some system upgrades, and haven't cleaned out my boxes of old media, etc....
Comment Now I'm going to have to drag out DOSBOX (Score 1) 415
and my ancient Windows 1.03 floppies. Of course, finding a 5.25" drive to read them may be a problem... I'll have to dig around in my junk box.
Comment Re:Ting! (Score 1) 246
No, we're not going to be travelling. She just wants to be able to talk and text with friends and family, and she can no longer use her traditional phone for that.
If we were on a T-Mobile or AT&T plan, I'd just swap the SIM, but because we're VZW, I need to buy a SIM and a cheap plan.
Comment Re:Hi, Story Poster here... (Score 1) 246
No, she can't use a bluetooth headset. Well, actually, she can, but it would be pretty useless. She can't talk, and relies on the computer to generate voice for her.
Comment Hi, Story Poster here... (Score 1) 246
I thought I'd be a bit more specific
My wife has ALS, and cannot use her hands, and has difficulty speaking. She uses a Tobii C15 with EyeGaze for speaking. Her computer also allows her to use it as a phone for voice (the voice output can be routed through the internal SIM) and SMS.
I appreciate all the thoughtful suggestions. Coverage is not an issue for me, as I live in Los Angeles. I may go with the T-Mobile $15 unlimited text thing. However I am reconsidering some stuff... because it's very slow for her to type with her eyes, I may need unlimited voice minutes as well, in which case, I might be better off with just a regular unimited voice/text plan.
Maybe I should start with the $15 plan, and change it if necessary.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Best pay-as-you-go plan for text and voice only? 1
sconeu writes: My wife uses an assistive communciation device. She wants to use it for SMS texting... We currently have Verizon, so we don't have a SIM. The computer will take a SIM. I'm looking for a pay-as-you-go plan where I can take the SIM from a cheap phone and put it in her computer. Any suggestions?
Submission + - Purported Relativity Paradox Resolved (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: A purported conflict between the century-old theory of classical electrodynamics and Einstein's theory of special relativity doesn't exist, a chorus of physicists says. Last April, an electrical engineer claimed that the equation that determines the force exerted on an electrically charged particle by electric and magnetic fields—the Lorentz force law—clashes with relativity, the theory that centers on how observers moving at a constant speed relative to one another will view the same events. To prove it, he concocted a simple "thought experiment" in which the Lorentz force law seemed to lead to a paradox. Now, four physicists independently say that they have resolved the paradox.
Comment Re:Really? (Score 5, Funny) 735
Red October Shtanding by
Comment Re:Ex post facto laws are illegal (Score 1) 514
And if someone doesn't pay this retroactive tax, what do you think will happen to him?
Comment Re:Go Arch (Score 1) 380
Don't know about ROSA. Yeah, the current release of Mageia is several months old, but Mageia 3 is in beta right now.
Comment Re:Go Arch (Score 1) 380
Try Mageia. It has all the Mandriva goodness and none of the suckitude.
Comment Re:Reprehensible. (Score 1) 697
Hello, Friday!!!!!
Comment Re:if the apple //e is 30 years old (Score 1) 171
6 CTRL-P, if you were in ROM monitor.
Comment Re:Thought crime (Score 1) 325
You have the right to remain silent. However anything you DO NOT say can and will be held against you in a court of law.
Comment Re:WTF Hoola Hoop? (Score 1) 134
How did the Lunokhod rovers land?
It sounds like the Chinese are planning on imitating the Apollo landing orbit profiles.
IIRC, the CSM stayed in a 62 mile circular orbit, while the LM went into a 62x10 orbit. If everything was go, they'd do the landing burn at the 10 mile mark, otherwise, they'd return up to the CSM. The landing missions did the burn, Apollo 10 returned up to the CSM from the orbit.
