Yes, they throw an error you when you try to turn the feature on. But what if you had enabled it previously—do they actually tell you it has been disabled before you log in?
I'm glad you don't work for my bank. "There's a small chance your account might have been compromised, so we sent you this post card with all your private information on it so you know you aren't secure. Have a nice day!"
Sorry, don't mod me up... I'd been away for a while before I hit submit, and I didn't notice that someone else had posted the same thing later in the thread.
Yeah, and it's worth noting that the *hardware* budget was $250,000. It was launched on a Minotaur IV, which costs a cool $50 million USD to purchase and launch. Their web site is far from clear, but it looks like these tiny satellites were allowed to piggyback on another launch. Which is a great deal for them, since they didn't really care what orbit their satellite got put in or how many years (or months, in this case) it would stay up.
But if I was a commercial venture, with full-sized satellites, and I had to spend $10 million+++ to buy my own launches, I'd make damn sure my satellites are top quality.
Before you give humans too much credit for their ingenuity, the main reason machines perform so well is because they are not organisms. In a sense, a battle tank is like a single organ; very effective at a task but incapable of existing without a greater body. The tank has mines to produce steel, titanium and depleted uranium, refineries to produce jet fuel, factories to build it, ships to transport it, people to operate it, and heavy equipment to get it out of any mud and ditches it happens across. Tanks are not capable of homeostasis, adaptation, growth, or reproduction, and even if they were they could not acquire enough resources to sustain their energy budget.
When you've built a tank that can repair itself, operate itself, reproduce itself, adapt to new environments, and is built from and powered by materials it scavenged and assembled from its environment, then we'll see how fearsome our technology is.
Why stop there? Justin Bieber is a drain on human energy. And postmodernism. And every language but English. And liberal arts. And Microsoft. And string theory. And... sorry, folks, I've just been informed that I'm a totalitarian.
But the title of the Fars article is "Iran Unveils Flying Saucer", so it's more like Slashdot having an article called "Bill Gates gets cybernetic implants" and showing a convincingly* photorealistic version of picture you mentioned.
If you think that a tablet is something that just gets "lugged" from place to place, you're unclear on the concept.
A tablet is to a notebook what a paperback novel is to a hardcover book. One stays in your hand as you travel around, the other is ported from one reading spot to another. Sure, you can easily carry around a large hardcover, but try reading it with one arm outstretched and I guarantee you'll be in pain before long.
And for perspective, the iPad weighs as much as some softcover bibles. The average 13" notebook weighs as much as a hardcover copy of War and Peace.
Wow, if someone ever tried that I'm sure it would change the entire industry!
Hint: The reason why tablets are popular is not because of their features. It's because you can carry the damn things around with you without your arm falling off. Slapping a tablet screen on a notebook does not fix this problem.
Not to mention the Lynx, the PSP... When will these companies ever learn that lean and cheap outsells powerful and expensive? They make the same mistakes over and over again, and Nintendo eats their lunch.
I'm confident that Nintendo will steamroll over whoever makes this "3DS" thing.
A car is merely a unique combination of universal subatomic particles which are abundantly available to anyone and have existed for billions of years. But good luck explaining that to the judge.
Because if the parent's post gets modded down or yours gets modded up, people might see your post and not the parent, and wonder what the hell you're replying to.
Bonus points if your post gets shown directly after its GP or GGP, so people think your reply is completely off-topic or your reading comprehension sucks.
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Ah, those silly Microsoft programmers with their "bugs."
Yes, they throw an error you when you try to turn the feature on. But what if you had enabled it previously—do they actually tell you it has been disabled before you log in?
I'm glad you don't work for my bank. "There's a small chance your account might have been compromised, so we sent you this post card with all your private information on it so you know you aren't secure. Have a nice day!"
I thought it was already quite clear that Microsoft doesn't let morality get in the way of income.
Yeah, what did we do before the Internet?
Sorry, don't mod me up... I'd been away for a while before I hit submit, and I didn't notice that someone else had posted the same thing later in the thread.
Yeah, and it's worth noting that the *hardware* budget was $250,000. It was launched on a Minotaur IV, which costs a cool $50 million USD to purchase and launch. Their web site is far from clear, but it looks like these tiny satellites were allowed to piggyback on another launch. Which is a great deal for them, since they didn't really care what orbit their satellite got put in or how many years (or months, in this case) it would stay up.
But if I was a commercial venture, with full-sized satellites, and I had to spend $10 million+++ to buy my own launches, I'd make damn sure my satellites are top quality.
Before you give humans too much credit for their ingenuity, the main reason machines perform so well is because they are not organisms. In a sense, a battle tank is like a single organ; very effective at a task but incapable of existing without a greater body. The tank has mines to produce steel, titanium and depleted uranium, refineries to produce jet fuel, factories to build it, ships to transport it, people to operate it, and heavy equipment to get it out of any mud and ditches it happens across. Tanks are not capable of homeostasis, adaptation, growth, or reproduction, and even if they were they could not acquire enough resources to sustain their energy budget.
When you've built a tank that can repair itself, operate itself, reproduce itself, adapt to new environments, and is built from and powered by materials it scavenged and assembled from its environment, then we'll see how fearsome our technology is.
obligatory.
I know a few people that couldn't of survived without silicone wafers.
Most slashdotters, for instance.
At least you get a great view of the Pacific Nebula.
Why stop there? Justin Bieber is a drain on human energy. And postmodernism. And every language but English. And liberal arts. And Microsoft. And string theory. And... sorry, folks, I've just been informed that I'm a totalitarian.
But the title of the Fars article is "Iran Unveils Flying Saucer", so it's more like Slashdot having an article called "Bill Gates gets cybernetic implants" and showing a convincingly* photorealistic version of picture you mentioned.
(*for certain values of "convincingly")
If you think that a tablet is something that just gets "lugged" from place to place, you're unclear on the concept.
A tablet is to a notebook what a paperback novel is to a hardcover book. One stays in your hand as you travel around, the other is ported from one reading spot to another. Sure, you can easily carry around a large hardcover, but try reading it with one arm outstretched and I guarantee you'll be in pain before long.
And for perspective, the iPad weighs as much as some softcover bibles. The average 13" notebook weighs as much as a hardcover copy of War and Peace.
The future is convertible laptops. Mark my words.
Wow, if someone ever tried that I'm sure it would change the entire industry!
Hint: The reason why tablets are popular is not because of their features. It's because you can carry the damn things around with you without your arm falling off. Slapping a tablet screen on a notebook does not fix this problem.
There's an App for That.
("There's an App for That" is a registered trademark of Apple Corporation.)
It's both, actually: http://www.markify.com/trademarks/uspto/1-click/75413262
Not to mention the Lynx, the PSP... When will these companies ever learn that lean and cheap outsells powerful and expensive? They make the same mistakes over and over again, and Nintendo eats their lunch.
I'm confident that Nintendo will steamroll over whoever makes this "3DS" thing.
And powerful and slow, if it's not too much to ask.
"The Lucas Shift" is when it went to being 'far, far, away'.
And the acting went from 3D to 2D.
s/see what we'll buy/get the world to notice them/
A car is merely a unique combination of universal subatomic particles which are abundantly available to anyone and have existed for billions of years. But good luck explaining that to the judge.
Any ideas where I can pick up a multi-directional antenna for my phone? The unidirectional antenna it came with is a huge pain.
And airgap it from the drivetrain and power management.
They're way ahead of you: All the car's components communicate wirelessly!
Because if the parent's post gets modded down or yours gets modded up, people might see your post and not the parent, and wonder what the hell you're replying to.
Bonus points if your post gets shown directly after its GP or GGP, so people think your reply is completely off-topic or your reading comprehension sucks.