In my experience, mobile ads can't generally be skipped anyway.
Sure, the "Skip" button is there, but the ad is usually mostly over by the time the YouTube app actually responds to the tap anyway. Especially when you get a Chromecast involved.
The only time it's really noteworthy is when there's hubris involved.
Company: (feature) is dumb. Nobody would ever want a phone with that. Users: We're switching to your competitor because of (feature). Company: (feature) is the future. Phones that don't have (feature) are dumb.
That doesn't appear to have happened in this case.
Basically a no-op. If AMC has a policy against texting, they sure don't enforce it. This just means they won't have to give free passes to people who complain about it.
That's why I'm willing to drive 45 minutes to the nearest Alamo or ArcLight or other cinema that actually enforce rules against being disruptive.
As I recall, the fifth amendment *does* technically still work if you're the one they're going after and are the one holding the key.
Doesn't work so well if someone else is holding the key or if you're the one holding the key for someone else. And let's face it. That's 99% of encryption in use today. Someone else holds the key.
"One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it is built on modern web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface..."
Uhh.
So basically they're writing Firefox on top of Blink instead of Gecko?
I can't speak for others, but 90% of the functionality of my smart watch still works with my phone off or out of range. Timepiece, timer, stopwatch, alarm, security token... All that still works.
When the phone goes away, it stops being a smartwatch and becomes a regular watch. Which is exactly what I would expect it to do.
Breda made the 2000, 3000 and 4000 series trains. The 2000 and 3000 series were remanufactured by Alstom in the 2000's and the 4000 series are being retired early and replaced with 7000 series, which were manufactured by Kawasaki.
I can't speak to the quality of Alstom or Kawasaki, but it seems they at least learned their lesson about Breda. Eventually.
Curious. Most automatics I've driven can be pulled from R to D without pressing the button (console) or pulling the shifter forward (column.) They'll stop at D unless you have the button pushed. (Similarly, you can usually go to N from D or any of the lower gears without pushing the button.)
When I get into a car I'm not familiar with that has a traditional automatic, it's always the same: Push button, one click to go from P to R. Release button. All the way down for D.
Of course, I still check to make sure it's not doing something weird, but that almost never fails. Though not as relevant these days as a lot of cars these days are ditching the traditional PRNDL for dials, push buttons and sequential selectors.
This sort of reminds me of how you can't use Android Pay on a rooted device.
Would it have been better if Apple said "We've detected unauthorized modifications to your device that are potentially insecure. Access to sensitive information and the features that rely on it have been disabled. Please take your device to an authorized service center for repair." instead of permabricking it?
Yeah.
But that's why I have a Nexus instead of an iPhone.
Verizon has always extensively monetized their service.
Remember when they disabled bluetooth file transfers in order to stop people from loading ringtones onto their phone? Or send pictures for free? How about when they disabled third party access to the GPS chips in some blackberries to force people to pay for VZNavigator? Or how about when they used to charge a fee for transferring your contact list from your old phone to your new one? (Yeah, that one was a long time ago.)
Verizon has always been a shitty company and they got away with it because of their coverage. Unfortunately for them, their coverage is a vanishingly small advantage these days.
That was my initial thought too, but unless I'm mistaken, the GPLv3 just covers the reference implementation.
The fact that the format itself is completely patent and royalty free means that anyone can implement their own version under whatever license they choose. They just can't use the reference implementation.
Getting into a new industry is always a big money pit. Especially industries with firmly entrenched players with interests to protect.
Doesn't mean it's impossible, though. Just hard. They just have to throw enough money into the pit to fill it, and do it quickly before the shareholders get cold feet.
Dump just enough cost onto everyone's internet bills that suddenly it's no longer more cost effective to cut the cord. (Since Comcast's video services are, of course, not counted against your cap.)
Brilliant! I'm sure they'll make a lot more money on cable subscriptions from this.
It's one thing when the free WiFi at the shady computer store down the street does it. But even for-pay WiFi hotspots are doing it now. (Looking at you, Southwest Airlines In-flight WiFi...)
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Most cab companies I've used charge for every minute they have to wait.
That said, two minutes to find a nondescript car that may or may not be where the app says they are is a bit unreasonable.
Mute the sound for the first six seconds, then automatically pause if the tab isn't the active tab.
For bonus points, automatically resume the video when you go back to that tab. (Changeable in the settings, of course.)
In my experience, mobile ads can't generally be skipped anyway.
Sure, the "Skip" button is there, but the ad is usually mostly over by the time the YouTube app actually responds to the tap anyway. Especially when you get a Chromecast involved.
Oh man. I picked one of those up in the late 1990's at a yard sale for $50. I wish I still had it.
This.
The only time it's really noteworthy is when there's hubris involved.
Company: (feature) is dumb. Nobody would ever want a phone with that.
Users: We're switching to your competitor because of (feature).
Company: (feature) is the future. Phones that don't have (feature) are dumb.
That doesn't appear to have happened in this case.
Basically a no-op. If AMC has a policy against texting, they sure don't enforce it. This just means they won't have to give free passes to people who complain about it.
That's why I'm willing to drive 45 minutes to the nearest Alamo or ArcLight or other cinema that actually enforce rules against being disruptive.
As I recall, the fifth amendment *does* technically still work if you're the one they're going after and are the one holding the key.
Doesn't work so well if someone else is holding the key or if you're the one holding the key for someone else. And let's face it. That's 99% of encryption in use today. Someone else holds the key.
So, functionally speaking, it's basically a cross between these two products with haptic feedback?
http://www.amazon.com/CTX-VK20...
http://www.amazon.com/Optimus-...
Okay, good luck with that.
"One of the things that makes Vivaldi unique is that it is built on modern web technologies. We use JavaScript and React to create the user interface..."
Uhh.
So basically they're writing Firefox on top of Blink instead of Gecko?
Apparently, people don't replace their watches every 12-24 months like they do with phones.
Who would have thought?
Er... what?
I can't speak for others, but 90% of the functionality of my smart watch still works with my phone off or out of range. Timepiece, timer, stopwatch, alarm, security token... All that still works.
When the phone goes away, it stops being a smartwatch and becomes a regular watch. Which is exactly what I would expect it to do.
If this were the only safety incident, sure.
But at this point, they have the credibility of a US Senator talking about corruption when it comes to safety.
Actually, WMATA's rolling stock comes from several companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Breda made the 2000, 3000 and 4000 series trains. The 2000 and 3000 series were remanufactured by Alstom in the 2000's and the 4000 series are being retired early and replaced with 7000 series, which were manufactured by Kawasaki.
I can't speak to the quality of Alstom or Kawasaki, but it seems they at least learned their lesson about Breda. Eventually.
Curious. Most automatics I've driven can be pulled from R to D without pressing the button (console) or pulling the shifter forward (column.) They'll stop at D unless you have the button pushed. (Similarly, you can usually go to N from D or any of the lower gears without pushing the button.)
When I get into a car I'm not familiar with that has a traditional automatic, it's always the same: Push button, one click to go from P to R. Release button. All the way down for D.
Of course, I still check to make sure it's not doing something weird, but that almost never fails. Though not as relevant these days as a lot of cars these days are ditching the traditional PRNDL for dials, push buttons and sequential selectors.
This sort of reminds me of how you can't use Android Pay on a rooted device.
Would it have been better if Apple said "We've detected unauthorized modifications to your device that are potentially insecure. Access to sensitive information and the features that rely on it have been disabled. Please take your device to an authorized service center for repair." instead of permabricking it?
Yeah.
But that's why I have a Nexus instead of an iPhone.
Verizon has always extensively monetized their service.
Remember when they disabled bluetooth file transfers in order to stop people from loading ringtones onto their phone? Or send pictures for free?
How about when they disabled third party access to the GPS chips in some blackberries to force people to pay for VZNavigator?
Or how about when they used to charge a fee for transferring your contact list from your old phone to your new one? (Yeah, that one was a long time ago.)
Verizon has always been a shitty company and they got away with it because of their coverage. Unfortunately for them, their coverage is a vanishingly small advantage these days.
As long as it comes with service level agreements and support contracts and other such enterprise-related things.
Or as long as it's the cheapest thing you can get at your local big box retailer.
That was my initial thought too, but unless I'm mistaken, the GPLv3 just covers the reference implementation.
The fact that the format itself is completely patent and royalty free means that anyone can implement their own version under whatever license they choose. They just can't use the reference implementation.
So... you can use WinRAR to create an executable file that executes code?
I guess I'd better get cl.exe and gcc off my systems, too.
Getting into a new industry is always a big money pit. Especially industries with firmly entrenched players with interests to protect.
Doesn't mean it's impossible, though. Just hard. They just have to throw enough money into the pit to fill it, and do it quickly before the shareholders get cold feet.
Dump just enough cost onto everyone's internet bills that suddenly it's no longer more cost effective to cut the cord. (Since Comcast's video services are, of course, not counted against your cap.)
Brilliant! I'm sure they'll make a lot more money on cable subscriptions from this.
http://opensource.samsung.com/...
As far as I can tell, most companies just ignore the "can't be patented, or must have royalty free licensing for everyone" part of the the GPL.
12 hours? 24 hours? I'm pretty sure TPB has had longer downtimes that were self-inflicted.
If they can take TPB down and keep it down for a month? That's news.
Actually, Arduino's environment is C++. The frontend works out your #include lines and feeds the result into avr-g++.
avr-gcc/avr-g++ lacks support for the STL, but you can use all the C++ language features you want. Classes, templates, casts... it all works.
Yes. Please. HTTPS all the time, everywhere.
It's one thing when the free WiFi at the shady computer store down the street does it. But even for-pay WiFi hotspots are doing it now. (Looking at you, Southwest Airlines In-flight WiFi...)