"All the complaints I've read about this scanner are pretty pointless. This is the best Hand Held scanner I've ever owned. Go to Sears or Best Buy, see what HH CB's they have in, Probably just one, the Cobra 37 ST. Does that have channel scan, 5 memories, memory scan, freq. display, REAL mobile adpater not just a car power cord, NOPE. How much do they want? $40 in Best buy, and get this, $79.99 in sears, check their website.The problems with range come with any handheld. I dont see the problem, take any hand held in a car and its range will go way down, But midland is only company that provides you with an external antenna hookup/power cord combined and make your radio the size of most mic's, you cant go wrong. The best you'll get from others is a DC power cable, but no way to connect an external car antenna to it. and they will still be full length.
You could also MOD this unit to pick up 120 channels CB (all you need to do is solder one connection...) if your more experienced, you can mod it to pick up 400 channels (dont believe me, try a search engine and type "Midland CB Mod"...
This scanner is the BEST on the market, and I cant belive the price. Would be nice if it has USB/LSB but hey, you cant get everything. It covers all the bases."
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Standard Horizon STD-HX370S
"This radio was recommended by a co-worker who is into amateur radio and works around ships. I bought one for use on the water as well, and like the fact that it can take 40 user programmable channels. Note that programming requires a cable and software from Vertex/Standard Horizon. This is readily available and can be done by anyone with computer and radio skills. I like that it is a nice and heavy unit, with great battery life and large display. Unit will use most accessories from the VX-170 2 meter handheld. This includes the programming cable (also used on the VX-7R), microphones and battery packs. The antenna on this radio is short and does not get in the way. Great to have on small pleasure craft or for commercial use. Puts out enough power to be heard and has great audio. It would have got a fifth star from me if it didn't require software and a computer to program. I prefer full DTMF keypads and programming capability. Can't fault the easy to use layout though."
"small, lightweight, (for what it packs) this is the top of the line in marine talkies, crystal clear, and ruggard, it charges quickly and looks to be practially indestructible. a great buy!"
Standard Horizon STD-HX370S
Monday, 5 October 2009
The Smallest Projector In The World?
Looks quite amazing - would be interested what kind of applications it's aimed at though.
in reference to: HYPOLED develops mega-tiny VGA projector display, has a tiny coin in the photo to prove it (view on Google Sidewiki)Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Why Does My Xbox 360 Keeps Freezing Up?
"Why is it that my Xbox 360 keeps freezing up?!" Is this the biggest frustrations you ever had since you started playing console games? I can bet more than 50% of Xbox 360 users are experiencing this Xbox 360 freezing up problem, so if your Xbox 360 keeps freezing up, you actually have a few options to stop xbox 360 from freezing up that you can do all by yourself.
During the whole troubleshooting process, there is one main reason my xbox 360 keeps freezing up - Overheating!
We all know that Xbox 360 is a simplified version of a high end gaming PC. Whenever you play games with extremely high requirements it tends to gets busy on the inside and guess what - your Xbox 360 over heats and freezes!
One thing that I've done to solve my Xbox 360 from freezing up so often is to let it "breathe" better. Well, you can certainly achieve this by not keeping your Xbox 360 in a closed cabinet while you're playing, and put it some where that allows ventilation to cool the system better.
Besides that, the another reason I've suspected on why my Xbox 360 keeps freezing up is the internal hardware that is malfunctioning. You'll know when it happens because your Xbox 360 will freeze up and shows you the 3 rings of death.
For this, you are now down with 2 choices, either you send your Xbox 360 back to Microsoft for a $140 fees plus 6 months of no gaming, or you can fix the Xbox 360 freezing up problem yourself. However, the components of Xbox 360 are not as simple as you might thought it is, a simple error could damage the whole system.
Xbox 360 keeps freezing up no matter what you've done?
Learning from a step-by-step Xbox360 repair guide is the best way you can do to save your time and cost to fix your Xbox 360 from freezing up. There are certain guides out there that shows you how to dismantle your Xbox 360 and repairing it, but most of them don't include clear videos on the actual process.
A high-definition Xbox 360 video repair guide is exactly what you'll need to start working on it, all by yourself without any fancy tools, all you need are simple household tool kits.
Object Oriented Approach
An object is one of the first things that an infant learns to recognize. The multitude of 'things' that hover above its crib, that smile and talk to it, that pat its head and pinch its cheeks are people. Sometime later, it learns to recognize other such things - the circular thing with a dial on one wall of the house is a clock, the longish things neatly arranged on the shelves are books, and that weird contraption resting on the table and making a noise is the tape recorder. Mind you, the infant does not know that these things are so named, but it learns to recognize them much in the same way that it learns to recognize its mother and father.
As the infant grows older, he/she learns to recognize an object as not only having a definite, distinct boundary, but also as something that has a unique identity, quite apart from the other objects surrounding it.
A simple definition of an object would be a tangible entity that exhibits some well defined behavior'.
Take a tennis ball, for example:
It is a tangible, visible entity that has a visible boundary.
- It has a defined purpose.
- It can be acted upon (you can hit it with a racket and send it flying).
Let us not limit our definition of an object to merely something that can be seen, held and touched, such as a tennis ball, a light bulb, or an automobile. For the purpose of software development, the concept of an object needs refinement. Take the example of the 'Acme Nuts and Bolts Company'. An organization, you will argue, does not have a visible boundary, like a tennis ball or a tape recorder. True, but while it does not possess a physical boundary, it does have a conceptual boundary. Like all organizations, it has a specific defined purpose, and one can direct a specific action towards it (just ask the customers and shareholders). Thus, by our definition, the 'Acme Nuts and Bolts Company' is an object.
According to Grady Booch, a leading exponent of the object-oriented approach, an object has the following characteristics:
- It has a state.
- It may display a behavior.
- It has a unique identity.
The state of an object is indicated by a set of attributes and their values.
The behavior refers to the change of these attributes over a period of time.
What is identity! Each object has a unique identity, just as each person has a unique identity. Thus two tennis balls may have the same color, be made of the same material, have the same weight, the same circumference and display the same behavior, but will still have distinct identities.
Look at the world around you. It is full of objects. Objects of different shapes, sizes and colors; objects stationary and mobile; objects that exist in this world for different purposes. If we were to deal with this vast number and variety of objects simultaneously, we would be at a loss. We can only do what zoologists do. The earth is inhabited by millions of animals. A zoologist cannot do any meaningful study of these animals without organizing them in a logical manner. Thus, the zoologists have classified animals into their kingdom, genus, family and species. Similarly, the millions of objects that we see in this world can be classified based on common attributes that they possess.
Let us take a simple example from the animal world. The peacock, the sparrow, and the kingfisher are all called Birds. Why? All of them share some common characteristics. All three have properties that are common to the family of birds. For example, all of them lay eggs and hatch their young ones; are covered with feathers, have hollow bone structures and have the ability to fly. Thus, we may say that the peacock, the sparrow and the kingfisher all share structural and behavioral similarities and belong to the class called Birds.
From the above example, we may define a class as 'a set of objects that share common attributes and behaviors'.
We started by saying that the world around us is full of objects. Making a conscious attempt to identify the objects around you and classifying them into classes can be fun.
The object-oriented approach on the other hand, views a system as a collection of real world objects. An object represents an entity that has an identity, and displays a number of properties and behaviors. A description of common properties and behaviors for a similar set of objects constitutes a class. A system can contain any number of objects and classes. Object oriented systems can be upgraded easily to reflect the change and growth of the system.
Present day software development takes an object-oriented approach as against the procedural approach. The object-oriented approach has added value in building stable software systems as it can include problem domains of varying sizes and complexities.
Most of the modern languages and operating systems use and support object-orientation. For example, popular languages like C++, Visual C++ and Java support object-orientation.
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
My Xbox 360 Keeps Freezing Up - Find Out Why Does It Happen Here!
"Why is it that my Xbox 360 keeps freezing up?!" Is this the biggest frustrations you ever had since you started playing console games? I can bet more than 50% of Xbox 360 users are experiencing this Xbox 360 freezing up problem, so if your Xbox 360 keeps freezing up, you actually have a few options to stop xbox 360 from freezing up that you can do all by yourself.
During the whole troubleshooting process, there is one main reason my xbox 360 keeps freezing up - Overheating!
We all know that Xbox 360 is a simplified version of a high end gaming PC. When you play games with especially high requirements it gets busy on the inside and guess what - it freezes!
One of the things that I've done to prevent my Xbox 360 from freezing up as often as it did is to let it "breathe" more. Well, you can do this by simply taking out your Xbox 360 from the closed cabinet, or put it some where near the window to cool the system better.
Other than that, the another cause I suspected on why my Xbox 360 keeps freezing up is because of the internal hardware problem. You'll see it when this happens because your Xbox 360 will first freeze up and show you the 3 flashing red lights.
For this, you are now down with 2 choices, either you send your Xbox 360 back to Microsoft for a $140 fees plus 6 months of no gaming, or you can fix the Xbox 360 freezing up problem yourself. However, the electronics of Xbox 360 are not as simple as you might thought it is, a small error could damage the whole system.
Xbox 360 keeps freezing up no matter what you've done?
Learning from a step-by-step Xbox 360 videorepair guide is by far the best way you can do to save your time and cost to fix your Xbox 360 from freezing up. There are many guides out there that shows you how to open up your Xbox 360 and repairing it, but most of them don't include clear videos on the actual process.
A high-definition Xbox 360 video repair guide is exactly what you'll need to start working on it, all by yourself without any fancy tools, all you need are simple household tool kits.
3 Types Of Cheap Print Cartridges
Your printer ink cartridges play as big a part in the final quality of your print as the paper that you use. If you use cheap paper, your print quality will suffer and in many cases the same is true of using cheap print cartridges. This isn't always the case, however. Discount ink can be bought in a few different ways and each of them has advantages and disadvantages.
Refill Ink
The first option for cheap ink is to refill your empty cartridges. This is generally the cheapest of all the alternatives, but it is also tends to wind up with the lowest quality prints.
It'll depend on what brand and model of printer you have, but many of the newer printers are difficult to refill. It can also be quite messy because you're dealing with bottled ink, trying to inject it back into the empty cartridge.
Recycled Cartridges
There are plenty of companies that recycle cartridges for you. They basically take the empty cartridges, clean them up, refill the ink and test them.
This is more expensive than refilling your own because you're paying for the labor involved, but it tends to give you better results.
These companies have refilling and cleaning equipment that can do a much better job of remanufacturing your empty cartridge. They also generally offer a guarantee on their work, so if the cartridge doesn't work properly you can either get a replacement or get your money back.
Generic Brand Cartridges
Generic cartridges are not as common as the other two options, mainly because many printer companies have patents on their ink cartridges so no other companies can duplicate them.
There are some cartridges that you can find brand new generic replacement ink for. These generic cartridge are not recycled, they are new but they aren't made by the printer companies themselves.
These cartridges tend to be the highest priced of the three options, but they are still cheaper than the original cartridges, and work just as well.
Which option will be best for you is going to depend a lot on how much printing you do, and what you're printing. If you're printing photos that you want to be able to keep for a lifetime, you'll have different needs than if you're just printing copies of web pages for future reference.
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