How exactly is that possible given that Windows 7 was released several years after Vista?
I think that the OP meant to type Windows XP, not Windows 7.
The Vista debacle had nothing to do with system specs and everything to do with hardware manufacturers failing to Vista release drivers. None of the hardware and peripheral manufacturers believed that Microsoft was going to release Vista on time. So they didn't put any effort into developing Vista drivers.
When people started upgrading to Vista they found that the XP drivers and apps no longer worked or caused blue-screens. For the most part, the NT drivers continued to work but you had to know what you were doing to get them installed. Most people were forced to buy new hardware. By the time Windows 7 came out, all hardware vendors had Windows Vista/7 drivers available.
No, I can back him up on the driver's license thing. It has definitely changed.... a lot!
When I was a kid, pretty much every single kid got their driver's license on their birthday. Those unlucky few who's 16th birthday fell on the weekend had a great anecdote about how they had to wait aaaaaalllllll weekend!
Kids these days are not nearly as pressed. I have 18 nieces and nephews. Only about half of the ones over 16 got their license within a few months of turning 16. Several waited until 17 or later.
Finding a 16 year old without a license was like finding a unicorn when I was a kid. It also implied that you couldn't pass your test or you had gotten in some sort of legal trouble. It isn't that unusual any more. I don't know why... maybe it is the increased connectivity with the internet. Maybe it is the increased traffic - although some of those nieces and nephews live way out in the country where there isn't much traffic. What I can say is that it is definitely different. I also see a lot of kids that I work with at church who don't bother to get their license. One girl we use for babysitting just moved away for college and still hasn't got a license. I don't understand it, but I do know it exists.
It's changed because of the decline in the middle class (parents can't afford another car, not to mention teen insurance rates), good paying manufacturing jobs, and because of the cost of University. I would argue that the cost of University is one of the larger factors.
Hear hear - Although I don't have as much problems with sleep mode as I do with dead wifi or dead camera coming out of sleep mode.
I've been trained to expect that from windows PC manufacturers as MS and the hardware vendors go back and forth. But here, MS produces both the hardware AND the software and you'd think they could at least resolve the problems after 2 years (SP4 user here).
I have a Surface Pro 4 as well.
I noticed early on that Bluetooth and WiFi were enabled during sleep by default and that they would drain the battery. I set these to be turned off during sleep. Now my battery life changes little during sleep mode. I haven't experienced a problem with WiFi not coming back up after sleep but I have seen occasional camera problems.
I also tend to update the drivers as new releases come out. You can find the latest drivers at the link below. Looks like the latest version is from July 24th. https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
The story is sensationalist but like 90% of the stuff from Fox news and CNN and MSNBC and The New York Times it is Fake news, and yet tries to point to all the other news and call it fake. It would be better if they showed at least one iota of proof here, but apparently that is too much to ask! I don't buy it, sorry guys!
There. fixed that for ya.
CNN and MSNBC have a lot of content that is political commentary by pundits. Whenever you see a split screen on CNN, it's not news, it's opinion. Even so, the anchors tend to correct or point out when the pundits state fake information or use false facts. Fox news doesn't even try. Also, just because you don't like or agree with the news that is being covered (i.e. the Trump leaks, the Russia investigation, etc.) doesn't mean that the news is fake.
The Russia, investigation, for example may find nothing. It doesn't mean that the news outlets shouldn't cover the activity associated with it. But don't confuse the news about the investigation (i.e. the FBI raid of Paul Manafort) with the political commentary (split screen talking heads).
Personally, I think that all news outlets should be focusing more on the military action in Afghanistan and the fight against ISIS. But they obviously get more ratings with political commentary and they have to serve their advertisers. It's one of the bad things about commercial news vs publicly funded news organizations like the BBC and CBC.
Perhaps if you work for a government approved "to big to fail" firm.
Are you trying to suggest that the government has bailed Google out? You know where "too big to fail" comes from, right?
I think what he meant by "too big to fail" is a generic large global company where individuals are just cogs, not valued employees, and where there is little room for individual opinions. Google has reached this stage.
The term was used somewhat incorrectly but the idea was conveyed.
Google is handling this about as well as the British handled Gallipoli.
Learned, educated references to history will not be tolerated in this forum! This is clear discrimination against all things idiotic!!!
Some of us who grew up in Canada learned about this as the "Battle of the Dardanelles". But yes, it's too obscure a reference to be used here... (grin)
Really. It is. New machine, battery lasts barely 3-4 hours doing SIMPLE stuff (windows has the worst power management possible). Even in SLEEP MODE it manages to deplete a battery from 100% to 40% overnight (did I mention that windows has the worst power management possible?). Touch interface and pen randomly stop working (requiring a reboot). To top it off, machine fell from 20 cm to a wooden floor and the screen shattered, costing hundreds of $ to repair. MS had always complained that windows was unreliable because they worked with so many brands and models, but they can't even get their own sh*t to work.
Change the settings so that WiFi and Bluetooth are turned off when it is put to sleep. By default these are left on when in sleep mode and drain battery life. Mine lasts 4 to 6 hours no problem.
Practically every time I repair a phone, tablet, laptop, etc. it ends up costing me more in parts and time then it would be to buy a new one
practically nothing electronic is worth repairing anymore.
stupid fucker buys items without regard for ability to repair and is surprised, makes sweeping generalizations.
I chose the Nexus 7 2013 because it was actually one of the more easier to repair small tablet models. That doesn't mean that it's cost effective to do the repairs. So, your theory that I completely ignore repairability is bull****.
The fact that you can't distinguish between being able to repair something the whether it is cost effective or not shows that you completely missed my point.
So, you don't own a smart phone... or a modern flat panel TV... or a.....
I'm not saying that you are wrong or that I don't respect your stance. I too prefer buying products that can be repaired. But there are very few modern electronics that are repairable today. We are only tricking ourselves with tear-down videos, etc., into thinking that it's worth doing. For the vast majority, it just isn't worth it.
Practically every time I repair a phone, tablet, laptop, etc. it ends up costing me more in parts and time then it would be to buy a new one, and that's when I am 100% successful the very first time. I accept this, but I do it anyway because I learn something new every time and there is a basic level of satisfaction at having fixed something. My last repair project was replacing the screen on my Nexus 7 2013.
I respect your position, but the reality is that practically nothing electronic is worth repairing anymore.
One of the first reports I remember reading about the Surface was just how much the NFL hates them. There is many videos of team members loosing their cool and hurling the things across the field.
But hey, let's all be honest. Microsoft's hardware has NEVER been good. Be it laptops, tablets, or media players. This is just one more example of this trend.
This is more because of how crappy the wireless data and communications systems are at NFL Stadiums than how the Surface performs. The NFL league office runs these things and they can't even get team communications systems right. The device gets the blame when WiFi sucks....
As for the conclusion of Consumer Reports, don't confuse their reliability reports with actual reliability issues (i.e. poor design or poor hardware). The reason why I say this is because Consumer Reports includes user issues and complaints (vs hardware issues) in their "reliability" reporting. The vast majority of the time it's because the user doesn't know how to do something or did something stupid. If there have been more than average failure rates then I would expect to see many more articles or posts about it online other than Consumer Reports.
Personally, I have a Surface Pro 4 and have not had any hardware or software issues. The only pervasive complaint that I have seen about it is that the magnet for the stylus should be a bit stronger, which they supposedly fixed in the latest Surface Pro.
Grey matter loss seems bad, but at the same time I wonder if we're just detecting humans adapting to technology - maybe it's not so much a net loss in brain functionality but more a manifestation of tradeoffs being made.
For example, growing up there was a lot of emphasis on memorizing information (memorize all the countries of the world, memorize all US states and their capitals, memorize these dates in history, memorize these mathematical equations, etc.). These days that seems far less useful.
So, if we offload to technology the storage and recall of trivia, it wouldn't be surprising to find that some part of our brains are less used compared with those of people 50 years ago. But maybe we'd also see that the brains of people today are better at being exposed to more data without being overwhelmed, or better at quickly sifting through mounds of information to find something in particular, or better at distilling lots of info down to its essence.
The study is more nuanced than that. It says that Response learners (people who count right and left turns) lose grey matter when playing FPS games for extended periods of time. But Spacial learners (those who use landmarks) seem not to be affected. I use spacial cues in FPS games because there is no way that I could remember left/right turns in games like Skyrim.
The study also found that playing 3D platformers (i.e. Mario Brothers) reversed the grey matter loss.
I'm not sure I think the term itself is that negative... like if you just take the words at face value without the only use they get now, it sounds awesome. Who isn't in favour of social justice?? But like any bit of language, it can be hijacked.
Yes, SJW does have a bad connotation. The reason why is because most SJWs believe so much in their cause that they can't be reasoned with. By which I mean that you can present facts, statistics, studies, etc. and they will either completely ignore it or switch to using derogatory labeling language. The goals of SJWs (not to be confused with the more reasonable members of advocacy groups) are not to make things fair but to make things biased towards their cause by any means at their disposal.
Nope, you are looking at WWII without Russia, but failed to account for the 10,000 years before that. If there were no Russia, the Mongols would have conquered the land in that area long ago, then the question of who would have been holding it for WWI. If Russia didn't participate in WWI, the results may have been different. And since WWII was a result of WWI, that would cause a great difference in WWII, if it ever happened. So no, it's unlikely we'd be speaking German, though it has been proposed as the official language of the USA, back when there were almost as many German speakers as English speakers, Before WWI, we've fought the English, but not the Germans. Another reason there was a big push to join WWI with the Germans against the English. Had we not soured on Germany from WWII, we'd still be talking about whether we entered WWI on the wrong side. But with Germany earning villain status in WWII, we retcon'ed justification for fighting against them in WWI.
Based on what I read, the theory that the US was close to joining the German side in WW1 seems to be a bit of revisionist history.
US banks had lent money to the allies, a large number of American citizens had joined the Allies, and the Germans were sinking unarmed American ships in WW1 prior to the US entering the conflict. It seems highly unlikely that the US would have ever joined the German side. There was propaganda from both sides lobbying the US form their initial neutral stance. However, there were a large number of factors against joining Germany.
It's possible that I missed something. If so, provide some sources please.
- So you're saying that the green bar no longer means website is ok?
- Yes. Now it has to be a green padlock and a name of the organization, and you have to check it with magnifying glass because it's very easy to mistake l with I. see Mom, there's difference between AlliorBank and AIIiorBank. Do you see it? Do you?
I think a lot of these phishing problems are caused by people blinding following email links from "their bank" and not learning how to directly browse to a website (instead trusting Google to give them the valid link by searching for their bank's name). There's a pretty easy solution to this: Make a bookmark of the correct site and only use this bookmark to access the bank's site. Will that stop a DNS-based attack? No. But it will be effective against what a large percentage of what causes people to enter their credentials on the wrong site.
Exactly. I taught my Dad to actually go to the bank web site and never trust links in email, etc. Then you can look for the green lock symbol.
I've tried to search (go ahead and call me a Googletard, but I don't think that's it), but where did this whole "Xy McXface" meme begin? It predates the boaty thing, doesn't it?
However it started, it needs to end. It's like speaking baby gibberish as an adult. Every time I see or hear this meme I think of Idiocracy...
There's a Black Mirror episode called Be Right Back exploring the concept. In general all episodes of this show are superbly done.
I was thinking this too. What would have been creepier is if the person who was dying did this ahead of time and it showed up at your door a week after they passed...
Of is it a manifestation of what we've seen i the auto industry where marketing executives kill products that aren't theirs because...it wasn't theirs....like almost happened to the Ford Mustang.
In my opinion, its a combination of a product failure and a fad.
The fad was one born of the health craze. Look, you can monitor your calories, heartbeat, distance, etc. It's cool and all, but you have to strap or hook this device to your body. Of course, you then find out it chafes, falls off, gets broken, gets lost, doesn't give accurate readings, etc. Then it ends up in the tech junk bin....
The product just isn't ready yet. The sensors need to be very cheap, disposable, easy to attach, and easy to remove, with no discomfort. The best way to do this is to build it into clothing. Then it becomes accessible to everyone. The brains can be in your mobile device that communicates wirelessly with the sensors.
I think that there is a real chance of some flavor of Linux making it with decisions like this from MS. I wish that *someone* would rally the community behind a single "intro version" for noobs to the Linux ecosystem.
As more and more applications become web based the host OS that you're on makes less and less difference. There are issues with outlook and exchange to deal with and there are issues with some games not running on Linux, but for a simple email/web/social media/pictures system Linux is a very viable alternative already.
Does Amazon prime video and Netflix work on linux yet? That may be a killer, IDK. I use Chromecast for netflix and firestick for prime video, so no clue if they work on linux or not.
This isn't an opportunity for Linux. Most people leave the OS on their computer that it came with, only upgrading when they get a new computer. In other words, the vast majority of computer owners will buy a new computer if they are told that their old one can't be updated any longer. They aren't going to choose Linux because their apps won't work on it and they won't want to learn how to use a new OS.
The biggest opportunity for Linux, in my opinion, is the Cloud. As more apps become available within the browser for desktop and mobile, it becomes less of a requirement to be running a specific OS. That would just leave Desktop Gaming as the primary determining factor.
The drawback of having all of your Apps in the Cloud is that, in most cases, your data will also be stored there as well. So Privacy and Data Theft could also be a concern. Most people, though, seem to have little concern with putting their data in the Cloud.
Lots of typical knee-jerk reactions to this story. Most automakers do not have EV and car battery manufacturing facilities in China and China has reduced or removed subsidies making imports much less attractive. It seems, after a bit of quick basic research, that the slowdown request is to allow non-chinese car companies time to be able to ramp up the ability to product EVs on a large scale in China. It's not a plot to stay on old tech or to derail EV cars.
Likely Tesla hasn't complained because they are wrapping up their first manufacturing partnership in China and probably expect to be able to meet sales requirements.
he cancelled because the price went up.. BECAUSE of all the extra bullshit (that they aren't interested in).
amazon rolls it all together to build a user base for that crap. but the real joke will be when they do start charging extra for this and that and everything else ON TOP of the base prime (which of course will stay priced higher, because fuck the customer).
The Prime subscription price went up 3 years ago from a whopping $79 a year to a whopping $99 a year, a $20 increase, the cost of one Blu-Ray. Watch one movie, read three books, or order one heavy item (i.e. an uninterruptible power supply, etc.) on Amazon Prime and you've made your money back. If he had Amazon Prime, he was ordering stuff through Amazon and getting free shipping. Some of that stuff was likely heavy and would have cost more than $20 for shipping...
You are right that It's quite possible that Amazon will change their service model as they gain customers. If they do, then people who don't like the model will cancel their service. That being said, you're basically saying that you hate Amazon Prime because of what they MIGHT do in the future. That's just as irrational as not eating an apple in front of you when you are staving simply because you believe that it might have a worm in it...
I canceled my subscription when they started adding all of the other features. If they want my business again, they can offer separate services at lower individual prices.
So, you cancelled your Amazon Prime subscription at $99 per year because it was getting better with more added services?
Isn't that like saying that you don't want the car with the leather seats, blind-spot warning, and backup camera for the same price as the basic model simply because there are too many features? I guess I'm missing something...
I despise Calibri. About half the emails I receive at work use it,.
Well, you'll be happy to know that if you ever receive an email or a document from me it will be using Verdana. Just count your lucky stars that you aren't getting documents in Arial (shudder)....
The difference is the lack of training data. Volvo didn't try hard enough to get this right.
I'm guessing that the system assumes that any object in it's path is on the ground. Anything in the air would appear to be further away as the ground would only rise up to meet it in the distance. Basically, they didn't throw bouncy balls at the car to see what would happen....
PS: One of the US ads for car safety includes signs indicating that bouncing balls have kids following them.
The HID lights on my BMW adjust their level as soon as I start the car. The HID lights on my old Acura TL did not. When I had the Acura I constantly got hit with the high beams from oncoming drivers if I had even one person sitting in back. In over 10 years it has not happened once with my BMW.
Probably because the HIDs in your Acura were mis-aligned... My old Murano had HIDs which could be adjusted up and down using a wheel switch. Never had anyone flash me when I drove it.
Sure, you can outsource programming, or network design, or what have you; and you can outsource it to a highly-trained and experienced professional. You can hire a frigging Wendy's cashier to handle a temporary data entry clerk position, or to help rack some of these servers. More and more, we're seeing the ability to plug-and-play certain devices without heavy engineering, too; and some devices let the engineers design it once and then send it out to groups of devices, so you don't need 8 people configuring your 400 firewalls anymore because you have CISCO's management center or FortiManager or whatnot. Soon, the intermediary "I designed complex architecture and this Networking dude is configuring the switch" jobs are going to be cut down to "I designed complex architecture and configurations, and that intern racked the server; it's in my management center now, and I hit Apply."
"Soon" being "half a decade ago".
The state of firewall management is not the same as other network devices. Firewall configuration and deployment has been centralized for well over 10 years. I used to manage Juniper firewalls using NSM and you could preconfigure a firewall and have it automatically push the configuration once the IP address was applied and the device was pingable. It's definitely where everything is heading, but it's just not there yet for all network and Wifi devices from all vendors.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure, for example, is just getting to the point where this is usable for Switches. And these tools are just getting up to speed for WiFi devices.
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How exactly is that possible given that Windows 7 was released several years after Vista?
I think that the OP meant to type Windows XP, not Windows 7.
The Vista debacle had nothing to do with system specs and everything to do with hardware manufacturers failing to Vista release drivers. None of the hardware and peripheral manufacturers believed that Microsoft was going to release Vista on time. So they didn't put any effort into developing Vista drivers.
When people started upgrading to Vista they found that the XP drivers and apps no longer worked or caused blue-screens. For the most part, the NT drivers continued to work but you had to know what you were doing to get them installed. Most people were forced to buy new hardware. By the time Windows 7 came out, all hardware vendors had Windows Vista/7 drivers available.
No, I can back him up on the driver's license thing. It has definitely changed.... a lot!
When I was a kid, pretty much every single kid got their driver's license on their birthday. Those unlucky few who's 16th birthday fell on the weekend had a great anecdote about how they had to wait aaaaaalllllll weekend!
Kids these days are not nearly as pressed. I have 18 nieces and nephews. Only about half of the ones over 16 got their license within a few months of turning 16. Several waited until 17 or later.
Finding a 16 year old without a license was like finding a unicorn when I was a kid. It also implied that you couldn't pass your test or you had gotten in some sort of legal trouble. It isn't that unusual any more. I don't know why... maybe it is the increased connectivity with the internet. Maybe it is the increased traffic - although some of those nieces and nephews live way out in the country where there isn't much traffic. What I can say is that it is definitely different. I also see a lot of kids that I work with at church who don't bother to get their license. One girl we use for babysitting just moved away for college and still hasn't got a license. I don't understand it, but I do know it exists.
It's changed because of the decline in the middle class (parents can't afford another car, not to mention teen insurance rates), good paying manufacturing jobs, and because of the cost of University. I would argue that the cost of University is one of the larger factors.
Hear hear - Although I don't have as much problems with sleep mode as I do with dead wifi or dead camera coming out of sleep mode.
I've been trained to expect that from windows PC manufacturers as MS and the hardware vendors go back and forth. But here, MS produces both the hardware AND the software and you'd think they could at least resolve the problems after 2 years (SP4 user here).
I have a Surface Pro 4 as well.
I noticed early on that Bluetooth and WiFi were enabled during sleep by default and that they would drain the battery. I set these to be turned off during sleep. Now my battery life changes little during sleep mode. I haven't experienced a problem with WiFi not coming back up after sleep but I have seen occasional camera problems.
I also tend to update the drivers as new releases come out. You can find the latest drivers at the link below. Looks like the latest version is from July 24th.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
The story is sensationalist but like 90% of the stuff from Fox news and CNN and MSNBC and The New York Times it is Fake news, and yet tries to point to all the other news and call it fake. It would be better if they showed at least one iota of proof here, but apparently that is too much to ask! I don't buy it, sorry guys!
There. fixed that for ya.
CNN and MSNBC have a lot of content that is political commentary by pundits. Whenever you see a split screen on CNN, it's not news, it's opinion. Even so, the anchors tend to correct or point out when the pundits state fake information or use false facts. Fox news doesn't even try. Also, just because you don't like or agree with the news that is being covered (i.e. the Trump leaks, the Russia investigation, etc.) doesn't mean that the news is fake.
The Russia, investigation, for example may find nothing. It doesn't mean that the news outlets shouldn't cover the activity associated with it. But don't confuse the news about the investigation (i.e. the FBI raid of Paul Manafort) with the political commentary (split screen talking heads).
Personally, I think that all news outlets should be focusing more on the military action in Afghanistan and the fight against ISIS. But they obviously get more ratings with political commentary and they have to serve their advertisers. It's one of the bad things about commercial news vs publicly funded news organizations like the BBC and CBC.
Are you trying to suggest that the government has bailed Google out? You know where "too big to fail" comes from, right?
I think what he meant by "too big to fail" is a generic large global company where individuals are just cogs, not valued employees, and where there is little room for individual opinions. Google has reached this stage.
The term was used somewhat incorrectly but the idea was conveyed.
Google is handling this about as well as the British handled Gallipoli.
Learned, educated references to history will not be tolerated in this forum! This is clear discrimination against all things idiotic!!!
Some of us who grew up in Canada learned about this as the "Battle of the Dardanelles". But yes, it's too obscure a reference to be used here... (grin)
Really. It is. New machine, battery lasts barely 3-4 hours doing SIMPLE stuff (windows has the worst power management possible). Even in SLEEP MODE it manages to deplete a battery from 100% to 40% overnight (did I mention that windows has the worst power management possible?). Touch interface and pen randomly stop working (requiring a reboot). To top it off, machine fell from 20 cm to a wooden floor and the screen shattered, costing hundreds of $ to repair. MS had always complained that windows was unreliable because they worked with so many brands and models, but they can't even get their own sh*t to work.
Change the settings so that WiFi and Bluetooth are turned off when it is put to sleep. By default these are left on when in sleep mode and drain battery life. Mine lasts 4 to 6 hours no problem.
Also, have you updated the drivers?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
Practically every time I repair a phone, tablet, laptop, etc. it ends up costing me more in parts and time then it would be to buy a new one
practically nothing electronic is worth repairing anymore.
stupid fucker buys items without regard for ability to repair and is surprised, makes sweeping generalizations.
I chose the Nexus 7 2013 because it was actually one of the more easier to repair small tablet models. That doesn't mean that it's cost effective to do the repairs. So, your theory that I completely ignore repairability is bull****.
The fact that you can't distinguish between being able to repair something the whether it is cost effective or not shows that you completely missed my point.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/...
So, you don't own a smart phone... or a modern flat panel TV... or a.....
I'm not saying that you are wrong or that I don't respect your stance. I too prefer buying products that can be repaired. But there are very few modern electronics that are repairable today. We are only tricking ourselves with tear-down videos, etc., into thinking that it's worth doing. For the vast majority, it just isn't worth it.
Practically every time I repair a phone, tablet, laptop, etc. it ends up costing me more in parts and time then it would be to buy a new one, and that's when I am 100% successful the very first time. I accept this, but I do it anyway because I learn something new every time and there is a basic level of satisfaction at having fixed something. My last repair project was replacing the screen on my Nexus 7 2013.
I respect your position, but the reality is that practically nothing electronic is worth repairing anymore.
One of the first reports I remember reading about the Surface was just how much the NFL hates them. There is many videos of team members loosing their cool and hurling the things across the field.
But hey, let's all be honest. Microsoft's hardware has NEVER been good. Be it laptops, tablets, or media players. This is just one more example of this trend.
This is more because of how crappy the wireless data and communications systems are at NFL Stadiums than how the Surface performs. The NFL league office runs these things and they can't even get team communications systems right. The device gets the blame when WiFi sucks....
As for the conclusion of Consumer Reports, don't confuse their reliability reports with actual reliability issues (i.e. poor design or poor hardware). The reason why I say this is because Consumer Reports includes user issues and complaints (vs hardware issues) in their "reliability" reporting. The vast majority of the time it's because the user doesn't know how to do something or did something stupid. If there have been more than average failure rates then I would expect to see many more articles or posts about it online other than Consumer Reports.
Personally, I have a Surface Pro 4 and have not had any hardware or software issues. The only pervasive complaint that I have seen about it is that the magnet for the stylus should be a bit stronger, which they supposedly fixed in the latest Surface Pro.
Grey matter loss seems bad, but at the same time I wonder if we're just detecting humans adapting to technology - maybe it's not so much a net loss in brain functionality but more a manifestation of tradeoffs being made.
For example, growing up there was a lot of emphasis on memorizing information (memorize all the countries of the world, memorize all US states and their capitals, memorize these dates in history, memorize these mathematical equations, etc.). These days that seems far less useful.
So, if we offload to technology the storage and recall of trivia, it wouldn't be surprising to find that some part of our brains are less used compared with those of people 50 years ago. But maybe we'd also see that the brains of people today are better at being exposed to more data without being overwhelmed, or better at quickly sifting through mounds of information to find something in particular, or better at distilling lots of info down to its essence.
The study is more nuanced than that. It says that Response learners (people who count right and left turns) lose grey matter when playing FPS games for extended periods of time. But Spacial learners (those who use landmarks) seem not to be affected. I use spacial cues in FPS games because there is no way that I could remember left/right turns in games like Skyrim.
The study also found that playing 3D platformers (i.e. Mario Brothers) reversed the grey matter loss.
Did they? I wasn't aware of that.
I'm not sure I think the term itself is that negative... like if you just take the words at face value without the only use they get now, it sounds awesome. Who isn't in favour of social justice?? But like any bit of language, it can be hijacked.
Yes, SJW does have a bad connotation. The reason why is because most SJWs believe so much in their cause that they can't be reasoned with. By which I mean that you can present facts, statistics, studies, etc. and they will either completely ignore it or switch to using derogatory labeling language. The goals of SJWs (not to be confused with the more reasonable members of advocacy groups) are not to make things fair but to make things biased towards their cause by any means at their disposal.
Nope, you are looking at WWII without Russia, but failed to account for the 10,000 years before that. If there were no Russia, the Mongols would have conquered the land in that area long ago, then the question of who would have been holding it for WWI. If Russia didn't participate in WWI, the results may have been different. And since WWII was a result of WWI, that would cause a great difference in WWII, if it ever happened. So no, it's unlikely we'd be speaking German, though it has been proposed as the official language of the USA, back when there were almost as many German speakers as English speakers, Before WWI, we've fought the English, but not the Germans. Another reason there was a big push to join WWI with the Germans against the English. Had we not soured on Germany from WWII, we'd still be talking about whether we entered WWI on the wrong side. But with Germany earning villain status in WWII, we retcon'ed justification for fighting against them in WWI.
Based on what I read, the theory that the US was close to joining the German side in WW1 seems to be a bit of revisionist history.
US banks had lent money to the allies, a large number of American citizens had joined the Allies, and the Germans were sinking unarmed American ships in WW1 prior to the US entering the conflict. It seems highly unlikely that the US would have ever joined the German side. There was propaganda from both sides lobbying the US form their initial neutral stance. However, there were a large number of factors against joining Germany.
It's possible that I missed something. If so, provide some sources please.
- So you're saying that the green bar no longer means website is ok?
- Yes. Now it has to be a green padlock and a name of the organization, and you have to check it with magnifying glass because it's very easy to mistake l with I. see Mom, there's difference between AlliorBank and AIIiorBank. Do you see it? Do you?
I think a lot of these phishing problems are caused by people blinding following email links from "their bank" and not learning how to directly browse to a website (instead trusting Google to give them the valid link by searching for their bank's name). There's a pretty easy solution to this: Make a bookmark of the correct site and only use this bookmark to access the bank's site. Will that stop a DNS-based attack? No. But it will be effective against what a large percentage of what causes people to enter their credentials on the wrong site.
Exactly. I taught my Dad to actually go to the bank web site and never trust links in email, etc. Then you can look for the green lock symbol.
I've tried to search (go ahead and call me a Googletard, but I don't think that's it), but where did this whole "Xy McXface" meme begin? It predates the boaty thing, doesn't it?
However it started, it needs to end. It's like speaking baby gibberish as an adult. Every time I see or hear this meme I think of Idiocracy...
There's a Black Mirror episode called Be Right Back exploring the concept. In general all episodes of this show are superbly done.
I was thinking this too. What would have been creepier is if the person who was dying did this ahead of time and it showed up at your door a week after they passed...
Is there an Echo Dot for that? (evil grin)
Is it really a fad or market failure?
Of is it a manifestation of what we've seen i the auto industry where marketing executives kill products that aren't theirs because...it wasn't theirs....like almost happened to the Ford Mustang.
In my opinion, its a combination of a product failure and a fad.
The fad was one born of the health craze. Look, you can monitor your calories, heartbeat, distance, etc. It's cool and all, but you have to strap or hook this device to your body. Of course, you then find out it chafes, falls off, gets broken, gets lost, doesn't give accurate readings, etc. Then it ends up in the tech junk bin....
The product just isn't ready yet. The sensors need to be very cheap, disposable, easy to attach, and easy to remove, with no discomfort. The best way to do this is to build it into clothing. Then it becomes accessible to everyone. The brains can be in your mobile device that communicates wirelessly with the sensors.
I think that there is a real chance of some flavor of Linux making it with decisions like this from MS.
I wish that *someone* would rally the community behind a single "intro version" for noobs to the Linux ecosystem.
As more and more applications become web based the host OS that you're on makes less and less difference.
There are issues with outlook and exchange to deal with and there are issues with some games not running on Linux, but for a simple email/web/social media/pictures system Linux is a very viable alternative already.
Does Amazon prime video and Netflix work on linux yet? That may be a killer, IDK. I use Chromecast for netflix and firestick for prime video, so no clue if they work on linux or not.
This isn't an opportunity for Linux. Most people leave the OS on their computer that it came with, only upgrading when they get a new computer. In other words, the vast majority of computer owners will buy a new computer if they are told that their old one can't be updated any longer. They aren't going to choose Linux because their apps won't work on it and they won't want to learn how to use a new OS.
The biggest opportunity for Linux, in my opinion, is the Cloud. As more apps become available within the browser for desktop and mobile, it becomes less of a requirement to be running a specific OS. That would just leave Desktop Gaming as the primary determining factor.
The drawback of having all of your Apps in the Cloud is that, in most cases, your data will also be stored there as well. So Privacy and Data Theft could also be a concern. Most people, though, seem to have little concern with putting their data in the Cloud.
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Lots of typical knee-jerk reactions to this story. Most automakers do not have EV and car battery manufacturing facilities in China and China has reduced or removed subsidies making imports much less attractive. It seems, after a bit of quick basic research, that the slowdown request is to allow non-chinese car companies time to be able to ramp up the ability to product EVs on a large scale in China. It's not a plot to stay on old tech or to derail EV cars.
https://electrek.co/2017/05/08...
http://insights.globalspec.com...
https://electrek.co/2017/04/27...
https://cleantechnica.com/2017...
Likely Tesla hasn't complained because they are wrapping up their first manufacturing partnership in China and probably expect to be able to meet sales requirements.
http://fortune.com/2017/06/19/...
he cancelled because the price went up.. BECAUSE of all the extra bullshit (that they aren't interested in).
amazon rolls it all together to build a user base for that crap. but the real joke will be when they do start charging extra for this and that and everything else ON TOP of the base prime (which of course will stay priced higher, because fuck the customer).
The Prime subscription price went up 3 years ago from a whopping $79 a year to a whopping $99 a year, a $20 increase, the cost of one Blu-Ray. Watch one movie, read three books, or order one heavy item (i.e. an uninterruptible power supply, etc.) on Amazon Prime and you've made your money back. If he had Amazon Prime, he was ordering stuff through Amazon and getting free shipping. Some of that stuff was likely heavy and would have cost more than $20 for shipping...
You are right that It's quite possible that Amazon will change their service model as they gain customers. If they do, then people who don't like the model will cancel their service. That being said, you're basically saying that you hate Amazon Prime because of what they MIGHT do in the future. That's just as irrational as not eating an apple in front of you when you are staving simply because you believe that it might have a worm in it...
I canceled my subscription when they started adding all of the other features. If they want my business again, they can offer separate services at lower individual prices.
So, you cancelled your Amazon Prime subscription at $99 per year because it was getting better with more added services?
Isn't that like saying that you don't want the car with the leather seats, blind-spot warning, and backup camera for the same price as the basic model simply because there are too many features? I guess I'm missing something...
I despise Calibri. About half the emails I receive at work use it,.
Well, you'll be happy to know that if you ever receive an email or a document from me it will be using Verdana. Just count your lucky stars that you aren't getting documents in Arial (shudder)....
The difference is the lack of training data. Volvo didn't try hard enough to get this right.
I'm guessing that the system assumes that any object in it's path is on the ground. Anything in the air would appear to be further away as the ground would only rise up to meet it in the distance. Basically, they didn't throw bouncy balls at the car to see what would happen....
PS: One of the US ads for car safety includes signs indicating that bouncing balls have kids following them.
The HID lights on my BMW adjust their level as soon as I start the car. The HID lights on my old Acura TL did not. When I had the Acura I constantly got hit with the high beams from oncoming drivers if I had even one person sitting in back. In over 10 years it has not happened once with my BMW.
Probably because the HIDs in your Acura were mis-aligned... My old Murano had HIDs which could be adjusted up and down using a wheel switch. Never had anyone flash me when I drove it.
Sure, you can outsource programming, or network design, or what have you; and you can outsource it to a highly-trained and experienced professional. You can hire a frigging Wendy's cashier to handle a temporary data entry clerk position, or to help rack some of these servers. More and more, we're seeing the ability to plug-and-play certain devices without heavy engineering, too; and some devices let the engineers design it once and then send it out to groups of devices, so you don't need 8 people configuring your 400 firewalls anymore because you have CISCO's management center or FortiManager or whatnot. Soon, the intermediary "I designed complex architecture and this Networking dude is configuring the switch" jobs are going to be cut down to "I designed complex architecture and configurations, and that intern racked the server; it's in my management center now, and I hit Apply."
"Soon" being "half a decade ago".
The state of firewall management is not the same as other network devices. Firewall configuration and deployment has been centralized for well over 10 years. I used to manage Juniper firewalls using NSM and you could preconfigure a firewall and have it automatically push the configuration once the IP address was applied and the device was pingable. It's definitely where everything is heading, but it's just not there yet for all network and Wifi devices from all vendors.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure, for example, is just getting to the point where this is usable for Switches. And these tools are just getting up to speed for WiFi devices.