This is a legal problem, not a technological one. If you don't want cops using your cell phone against you like that the solution is to make it illegal.
He certainly was... unfortunately the tech just wasn't ready to manage something like that. The original "Knowledge Navigator" concept video is pretty awesome.
If he leaves the country they cannot, but he could be the marketing director for, say, south america while still living in the US in which case the agreement could be enforced.
For a lot of commonly accessed stuff though, local is fine. Music for instance. You might not be able to fit your entire music collection on your phone (though most people probably can) but you could have a chunk of it that you are most likely to listen to locally and have streaming available for the other stuff.
It just seems like such a waste of bandwith. Nice to have available but not the sort of thing I would want to be using all the time. At least not when I am paying by the GB.
To a large degree, we don't take teachers advice on teaching. I'm not even sure that most teachers would disagree with Woz. Most of the reason that classes are structured the way they are is because of regulations at the state and federal level. Teachers don't get as much leeway as you think they do.
the battery issue is legitimate and I don't see much of a way around it, but I believe most of these systems require the user to approve the transaction before transferring money. I suspect most of them could be configured to allow some charges automatically (under 10 bucks) while others might require approval.
Ideally you could ID the vendor so that you could set it up to always pay public transit fares automatically while even a pack of gum at CVS might require you to hit a button or even enter a PIN.
When fairly unsophisticated thieves steal a debit or credit card the first place they usually go is a gas station and fill up all their friends cars... possibly even offering to fill up other cars for cash. I suspect grocery stores are similarly used. Its an easy way to get a small pile of useful goods out of a credit card before the owner knows its gone, and it doesn't set off alarm bells the way buying something larger would.
Although in that follow up I think the error was in using a bunch of elementary school kids. I get why they did it, but bored and distracted children are not exactly soldiers who are defending their city from invasion.
The real mind fuck in that example is trying to figure out how fast the treadmill needs to be going. If it goes "the same speed as the wheels are" then when the plane starts to move forward (say 10 mph) the treadmill should be going backward at the same rate (10mph) but that would spin the wheels up to 20mph (the plane is still moving forward at 10, relative rate at the wheels is 20) which means the treadmill has to speed up to 20mph. Without the plane even accelerating from 10mph the treadmill ends up accelerating out of control because it can never truly match the speed of the wheels!
Of course the plane still takes off and cares not for the trials and tribulations of the poor treadmill.
Those cheep ECU scanners don't do everything though. I was having issues with my ABS on my VW passat. I had pulled the ABS module a year ago and got it refurbished (because a new one is fucking expensive) and it had been fine but it was acting up again. I needed to determine if it was the Module again or if it was the speed sensor.
The tool to do this cost over 300 bucks. There are adapters for computers but I couldn't seem to find cheep/free software that would give me that data and I didn't want to buy an adapter that wasn't going to solve my problem. Ultimately I paid a mechanic 100 bucks just to diagnose the problem (10 minutes, tops) because it was cheaper than buying the tool.
For basic ECU issues like your engine light coming on, those 20-40 buck scanners work fine, but the more complex your car is the more complex tools you need to diagnose and maintain it.
Turns out I was right about the speed sensor. The behavior is slightly different than a bad module. Of course I needed the tool to tell me which of the 4 had gone bad.
It has been a couple of years since I have driven a toyota but my primary complaint with Toyotas is the suspension. Its soft and smooth and it feels like your gliding along on a cloud but it totally isolates you from the feel of the road. I'm sure many people love that about them but for me, I would much rather have a stiffer suspension that gives me a lot of feedback. For that I like the VWs (in this general price range, obviously higher end cars have nicer suspensions).
That is what I find boring about Toyotas, other than that though, I was very pleased with the one I owned.
There are lots of good reasons to wear a watch. For one thing, I can check my watch much faster than I can pull out my cell phone. For another thing, I can glance at my watch in a social situation without letting everyone around me know that I'm checking the time.
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How exactly is an officer standing next to your car going to read this data?
This is a legal problem, not a technological one. If you don't want cops using your cell phone against you like that the solution is to make it illegal.
I'm assuming that the ticket (and the taking of the pictures) is based on a radar gun hooked up to the camera.
I'm guessing it snaps a few pictures to make sure that it gets a clear shot of the plates and possibly the driver.
He certainly was... unfortunately the tech just wasn't ready to manage something like that. The original "Knowledge Navigator" concept video is pretty awesome.
If he leaves the country they cannot, but he could be the marketing director for, say, south america while still living in the US in which case the agreement could be enforced.
How long do you think that will keep up if people are streaming full motion video on their phones?
For a lot of commonly accessed stuff though, local is fine. Music for instance. You might not be able to fit your entire music collection on your phone (though most people probably can) but you could have a chunk of it that you are most likely to listen to locally and have streaming available for the other stuff.
It just seems like such a waste of bandwith. Nice to have available but not the sort of thing I would want to be using all the time. At least not when I am paying by the GB.
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Damn... that takes me back.
To a large degree, we don't take teachers advice on teaching. I'm not even sure that most teachers would disagree with Woz. Most of the reason that classes are structured the way they are is because of regulations at the state and federal level. Teachers don't get as much leeway as you think they do.
Someone doesn't realize who exactly it is they are talking about.
You really think that Woz doesn't understand the importance of being able to reproduce the exact results for a given equation? Do you know who Woz is?
I agree with you in general, but don't hold your breath waiting for the push model to disappear.
the battery issue is legitimate and I don't see much of a way around it, but I believe most of these systems require the user to approve the transaction before transferring money. I suspect most of them could be configured to allow some charges automatically (under 10 bucks) while others might require approval.
Ideally you could ID the vendor so that you could set it up to always pay public transit fares automatically while even a pack of gum at CVS might require you to hit a button or even enter a PIN.
When fairly unsophisticated thieves steal a debit or credit card the first place they usually go is a gas station and fill up all their friends cars... possibly even offering to fill up other cars for cash. I suspect grocery stores are similarly used. Its an easy way to get a small pile of useful goods out of a credit card before the owner knows its gone, and it doesn't set off alarm bells the way buying something larger would.
Although in that follow up I think the error was in using a bunch of elementary school kids. I get why they did it, but bored and distracted children are not exactly soldiers who are defending their city from invasion.
Yea but they wont make your car go faster... for that you need Speed Holes!
The real mind fuck in that example is trying to figure out how fast the treadmill needs to be going. If it goes "the same speed as the wheels are" then when the plane starts to move forward (say 10 mph) the treadmill should be going backward at the same rate (10mph) but that would spin the wheels up to 20mph (the plane is still moving forward at 10, relative rate at the wheels is 20) which means the treadmill has to speed up to 20mph. Without the plane even accelerating from 10mph the treadmill ends up accelerating out of control because it can never truly match the speed of the wheels!
Of course the plane still takes off and cares not for the trials and tribulations of the poor treadmill.
Sometimes I really want to know if its going to be 5 or 10 minutes till I get the fuck out of this meeting.
Those cheep ECU scanners don't do everything though. I was having issues with my ABS on my VW passat. I had pulled the ABS module a year ago and got it refurbished (because a new one is fucking expensive) and it had been fine but it was acting up again. I needed to determine if it was the Module again or if it was the speed sensor.
The tool to do this cost over 300 bucks. There are adapters for computers but I couldn't seem to find cheep/free software that would give me that data and I didn't want to buy an adapter that wasn't going to solve my problem. Ultimately I paid a mechanic 100 bucks just to diagnose the problem (10 minutes, tops) because it was cheaper than buying the tool.
For basic ECU issues like your engine light coming on, those 20-40 buck scanners work fine, but the more complex your car is the more complex tools you need to diagnose and maintain it.
Turns out I was right about the speed sensor. The behavior is slightly different than a bad module. Of course I needed the tool to tell me which of the 4 had gone bad.
Wondering what you should do? When in doubt, grab the clutch!
Though following up with the kill switch is probably the right way to go before you damage the engine.
It has been a couple of years since I have driven a toyota but my primary complaint with Toyotas is the suspension. Its soft and smooth and it feels like your gliding along on a cloud but it totally isolates you from the feel of the road. I'm sure many people love that about them but for me, I would much rather have a stiffer suspension that gives me a lot of feedback. For that I like the VWs (in this general price range, obviously higher end cars have nicer suspensions).
That is what I find boring about Toyotas, other than that though, I was very pleased with the one I owned.
There are lots of good reasons to wear a watch. For one thing, I can check my watch much faster than I can pull out my cell phone. For another thing, I can glance at my watch in a social situation without letting everyone around me know that I'm checking the time.
A proper 'merican would write that AR-u-GAY-la.
You really think lawyers are in high demand right now? Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about.
It allows for more fat than an athlete which I think is fair. One can be healthy, weight wise, without being in as good shape as a pro athlete.