For its part, while acknowledging that one of its phones was indeed the culprit, LG reportedly claimed that dying due to such an accident was “virtually impossible.” [From Korean man killed by exploding cellphone - Engadget]
For what it is worth, I did some freelance work a few years ago for WebView. One of their clients was inspecting polymer materials used in battery construction. They were very aware of the consequences of shipping pinholed product.
Here’s a weird thing that happened while working with VMWare Server. While trying to get one of my virtual machines bridged to our corporate LAN, I kept getting an error that no dns servers were configured.
The fix was to force the VMnet0 controller choice rather than allow it to bridge to an automatically chosen adapter. By doing that, the virtual machine was able to get an IP on the LAN.
This was for a Windows XP host machine and the configuration is performed by the Virtual Network Editor located on the host at VMWare Server > Manage Virtual Networks.
A new site, walkscore.com, helps calculate how walkable an address is.
The site generates a WalkScore(tm) by measuring distances to walkable locations near the address and presents the results as a google map mashup. Of course, there are limitations such as safety, pedestrian friendly design, freeway intersections, weather, etc.
The site is focused on helping real estate brokers and buyers evaluate the walkability of their property. Real estate websites can generate a widget to embed on their pages.
However, this service combined with satellite imagery is bound to give walk-minded travelers a good idea of what ground transportation they may need (or not) at a destination.
The WalkScore may also have some usefulness as an inverse suburban sprawl score. Low scores are probably not desirable for people who want to walk for exercise or community services.
Here are scores from local downtown areas:
Carrboro – 89
Raleigh Moore Square – 89
Cary Downtown – 82
Apex Downtown – 65
Holly Springs – 38
