A realy bad way to install your satellite dish!
Man Shooting Hole Through Wall Kills Wife
Deepwater Man Fatally Shoots Wife While Installing Satellite TV
DEEPWATER, Mo. — Officials are trying to decide whether to file charges against a Missouri man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite TV system in the bedroom of their home.
Patsy Long, 34, of Deepwater, died after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun on Saturday. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.Henry County sheriff’s deputies said the woman was hit by the second of two shots fired by her husband.Long was given CPR by neighbors and family until medics arrived, police said. She was transported by air ambulance, but was pronounced dead at the hospital just after 6 p.m.
“He was under the impression that everybody was inside the residence, that he knew where everybody was at,” said sheriff’s department spokesman Maj. Robert Hills.
Hills said a person involved in such a case normally would be charged with manslaughter, but that would be up to the prosecutor.Link
Don’t go overboard with your keys in your pocket!
March 26, 2008 (Gizmag)
It’s an ingenious self-activating miniature bouy on a keyring and after several years of difficulties reaching market, the Seatriever Waterbuoy is now available and seeking international distribution. The UKP13 (US$26) Waterbuoy is the first product in a family of automatic floatation devices that will recover your mobile phone, keys, GPS receiver, PDA, binoculars, VHF radio or anything else that drops overboard.
Waterbuoy is a safety device for anything portable on your boat. It may only be the same size as a regular car key fob (70mm x 28mm x 18mm), but Waterbuoy packs some ingenious miniature flotation technology to stop precious objects from sinking to the bottom. When dropped into the water, Waterbuoy becomes a flashing emergency float for whatever it is attached to, making it possible to retrieve just about anything that you accidentally drop into the water.
“Waterbuoy is a unique product. It will lift up to 1kilogram back to the surface, it will stay afloat for at least 24 hours and it has an emergency flashing light that makes it visible from up to 250 meters away in the dark, so you can even get your valuables back at night,” explains James Halliburton, CEO of Seatriever International. “Waterbuoy is the world’s first and only high-tech solution to the most infuriating accident that can happen on the water.”
Waterbuoy’s operation is ingenious. Seconds after falling into the sea, canal, marina, lake or river, water passes into the body of the fob dissolving a patented automatic actuator that releases gas from a tiny tank into a bright orange balloon. The balloon breaks out of the end of the fob and continues to inflate. Simultaneously, a bright LED starts flashing which illuminates Waterbuoy from the inside like a Belisha beacon. The toughened balloon inflates to the size of a melon making it very easy to grab one-handed or retrieve with a boathook without fear of it bursting.
2Old2Play Chicago LAN Event!
attention fellow geek not nerd fans!
When and Where Is It?
The Chicago Lan party will take place on Friday the 15th of August till Sunday the 17th in lovely Chicago Illinois. It will be held at The Chicago Marriott O’Hare just outside of O’Hare airport. Group rates will be 104.00+tax, which includes Double and Triple Occupancy, and must be ordered and confirmed through the Hotel! Please call 1(866) 614-8407 to book your hotel and make sure you let them know you are with the 2old2play group in order to get your group rate. Doing so ensures not only your rate, but our ability to secure the game room at an affordable cost. If you have any other questions you can contact them at 1(866) 614-8407.
If you are flying into O’Hare, their will be several shuttle services to bring you to and from the airport to the hotel. If you decide to bring your kids and family you will be happy to know that our hotel is situated right in the middle of both Downtown Chicago and Northern Suburban Shopping. They will have access to hundreds of Restaurants, a Shopping Mall, Movie Theater, and a GameWorks. If anyone would like to volunteer with set up or is coming in on Thursday, please email me at lan@2old2play.com so I can add you to the list of Staff. The Hotel will be providing a bar directly next to the Lan room so we ask that members DO NOT bring their own food or beverage into the Lan.
Why are we doing this?
Well for one, we love video games. Other then that, each year 2old2play tries to donate to a new worthy cause and 2007 is no different. This year we will be supporting the Children Memorial Hospital with the hopes of making children with life threatening diseases just a little bit happier by sharing our love of video games with them. During the event, we would like to ask all attendees to bring any unused gaming systems, games, or game peripherals to be donated to the children at Chicago’s Children Memorial Hospital. If you would like to learn more about Chicago’s Children Memorial Hospital, please visit their site below.http://childrensmemorial.org/default.asp
What Games Will We Play?
This is going to be voted on by all the members of the site. We will take a first vote in the coming weeks to get an idea of what everyone wants to play. Once we get closer to the event, we will take a final vote depending on what consoles and games are out.
What Should I Bring?
Since this is a LAN party, we will not be providing any of the gaming equipment. So, we ask that you bring as much equipment as you can from the list below. We know this is asking a lot, but this is an unsponsored event and so cost of space, TV rental, and Prizes are factored into ticket price. 2old2play is also not creating this event for monetary gain so we only charge for what we need to pay for. It is possible that 2o2p will be able to gain sponsorship and if so, ticket holders will be notified and adjustments will be made to the list. Don’t forget to mark all your equipment. 2old2play will not be responsible for any lost consoles, games, or controllers.
<!-Console (Xbox 360′s please but a Wii or PS3 doesn’t hurt)
<!-Laptop (If you want to play PC games like WoW)
<!-Controllers (As many as you can fit in a bag)
<!-Game Discs (We will try to vote on what to bring)
<!-VGA Connectors (All our rented monitors connect via VGA only!!!)
<!-Monitors (If you want to hook up something other then VGA)
What are the Rules?
<!-Bring Your IDs To the EVENT! (We need them to confirm your order)
<!-Must Be 25 years or Older to attend (Dont make us check IDs please)
<!-Must be registered with the site
<!-All ticket sales are final (This event depends on how many tickets we sell so there will be no refunds for ticket sales)
<!-Dont get out of control! (2o2p reserves the right to kick anyone out of the lan if they become violent, abusive, or conduct themselves in anyway that might cause 2o2p to lose favor with the hotel.)
Swiftpont Slider – Micro Mouse
The Swiftpoint Slider™, the second Simtrix device, holds broader market
appeal as it fits the rapidly growing ‘mobile’ sector of
“laptop-on-the-go” and home media center living room environments.
Here the lack of desktop space makes the use of traditional mice problematic if not impossible.
The ‘Slider’, as the name suggests, resolves this dilemma by an
ingenious design concept whereby it ‘slides’ over keyboard keys
-effectively enabling the keyboard area to become a “large mousepad”.
The Swiftpoint Slider™ is ideally suited to meeting the needs of the mobile computer market.
Mobile computing today demands a high level of convenience and usability across a broad range of environments: cafés, couches, bedrooms, boardrooms, trains, planes and beyond.
Existing HCI technologies — touchpads and mice — fail to meet these consumer demands for versatility.
Touchpads, although convenient and portable, are still seen as second-rate “back-ups” by most laptop users. Conversely, standard mice have accuracy and functionality but are not portable and cannot be used in many environments due to a lack of desktop space.
Because of its compact size and the elimination of the need for extra desktop space the Swiftpoint Slider™ combines the usability of a mouse with the portability of a touchpad, making it the ideal solution for use in multiple mobile environments.
The Swiftpoint Slider™ is also set to revolutionize the living room environment.
This is a new and fast growing user segment made up of two types of computer devices – media PCs, and next generation (internet ready) gaming devices. Microsoft has sold over 60 million copies of Media Centre worldwide, and over 38 million next gen consoles have been sold.
Microsoft’s newest operating system, Vista™, is set to make this living room functionality even more universally available, and consumers with new gaming consoles are rapidly upgrading to high definition TVs that are capable of displaying clear, legible web pages, email and instant messages.
With this new functionality comes a new requirement to perform efficient text entry (typing) and accurate pointer movement.
At present the “keyboard & mouse” combination is still universally regarded as the best way to interact with a computer. Within the living room environment this configuration is severely limited. The primary problem arises due to the keyboard typically sitting on the users lap leaving no ‘flat area’ upon which the mouse can operate.
Users do not want a crippled user interface on their lap – they want the same power they have in their desktop / office environment. With Swiftpoint Slider’s™ innovative dual use of the keyboard as a mouse pad, users do not need to compromise their experience because of their environment.
$1,500 Stereo Camera… Come On!
Technical Specifications
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Camera Type: Medium Format Tri-lens Stereo Camera (Reflex Viewing Lens)
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Lenses: Anti-reflection coated glass optics, seven elements in six groups. f/2.8, 80mm focal length
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Lens separation: 63.5mm
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Focusing: manual adjustment, 0.8 m – infinity
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Shutter type: metal focal plane shutter
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Aperture: F2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22 and six half stops
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Shutter Speeds: B, 1,1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500Sec.
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Light Metering: consists of two of SPD’s (silicon photo diodes) for light measurement; aperture and shutter speeds are matched according to the LED display.
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Viewfinder: consists of a viewfinder hood and lens, Eye-level pentaprism type with .0.7 X magnification
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Focusing Screen: Split-image microprism type surrounded by a Fresnel screen. 3 LEDs in 5 exposure graduations display overexposure (+), correct exposure (O) & underexposure (-), bubble level for horizontal checking.
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Flash synchronization: X-contact only, sync speed 1/60 sec. or slower
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Film advance: Lever provided; 16° standoff angle and 128° winding angle, aligning film numbers through window on camera back
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Filter Interface：M46X0.75
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Power source: Two 1.55V silver-oxide batteries.
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Film: One roll of 120reversal film for a pair of 58mm x 56mm stereo images. 6 pairs per roll.
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Dimensions: Approx. 207mm x 205mm x 134mm (8.15″ x 8.07″ x 5.28”), camera body only
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Weight: 1960g or 69oz (camera body only)
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700-MHz Aution Has Closed….. Who Won!?
March 19, 2008 (IDG News Service) The controversial 700-MHz spectrum auction has closed, raising $19.59 billion, a record for a spectrum auction in the U.S., the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
The 700-MHz auction was the first to require anonymous bidding, and the FCC has not yet revealed which companies won the rights to the bands that were sold. While Google Inc. was instrumental in pushing the so-called open-access rules for the auction, it is still unknown if the search giant bid for or won any of the licenses.
The open-access rules, which apply to one-third of the spectrum, require operators to allow customers to use any device they want, and download and use any applications.
When pain and gaming meet.
http://www.mindwire-v5.com/home.html
Electric shock gaming is here!
This latest “must have” games accessory gives you the feeling of all the action, from the sensation of a crashing car to the blast of a machine gun`s multiple bullets hitting you; a sharp zap all the way through to a soft massaging feeling.
The Mindwire V5 creates a level of realism never before seen in computer games
It works ‘out of the box’ with most current PS2, XBOX and Gamecube games, PC games which support force feedback, and next generation consoles in certain configurations.
Connect up to 5 self adhesive pads to your arms, legs and stomach and feel the sensory feedback that mimics the game action.
Only suitable for ages 16 and over.
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