My wife and I spend a lot of weekends hiking. I watch weather forecasts to determine plans (including camping plans) days or even a week in advance. Is it going to be sunny or heavy rain? Modern weather forecasts are better than flipping a coin, but not by much. I usually end up looking at weather radar a day in advance (for day trips) and make my own forecast.
Yes, because of Moore's Law - my SmartPhone is more powerful than the mainframe the college used when I was an undergraduate. No - space exploration has not advanced nearly as fast as I had expected. Fusion power is still ten years off (and has been for the last thirty years). And oh yeah - no flying cars.
Under Steve Jobs, Apple innovated creating whole new lines of products with innovative features. Now innovation at Apple means adding a notch to the screen or removing the headphone jack. The iPhone is a great phone, but enough people already own them and they're not willing to pay $1,000 or more for small incremental improvements.
When Sears operated in the 19th century their business model was to provide a large catalog of merchandise that was ordered by the customer electronically (telegraph) for fulfillment via delivery (railroad) to the customer. They switched to brick and mortar when their business model became obsolete. Ironically they're going out of business because they've failed to adapt to the return of their original business model.
While having a separate 'Video Game Olympics" would make sense and be quite interesting, I don't think video gaming fits into the International Olympics - it is not an athletic event.
Chip makers are currently doing 7 nm lithography. Copper atoms are 0.2 nm wide. We may not have reached the limits for lithography, but we have to be getting real close.
Or Li-ion batteries will be replaced by supercapacitors. This will also solve the charging time problem. Assuming of course that low-cost commercially available supercapacitors ever become a thing.
I have a friend with Parkinson's. I'd love to purchase one of these watches. I wonder if Microsoft intends to make them available now. Will this require a 10 year study and FDA approval? Or was it a one shot for public relations?
Historically there's been two types of Apple CEO - Steve Jobs and everyone else. Tim Cook is definitely in the latter category.
Jobs believed in delighting the customer ('insanely great" products). He produced products for the professional (developer and graphic arts) markets, not because they were immensely profitable, but because he realized these people led by example and influenced their companies and others to buy.
Tim Cook had the "courage" to remove a headphone jack. Apple will coast on their cash reserves for a long while, but they need another visionary leader.
I'm glad to see someone taking the risk of a Carrington event seriously. However, an executive order is simply not enough. Electric utilities, comm. carriers are not going to spend money to protect themselves from a very high impact, low probability event. It will take Congressional action to allocate money to harden to infrastructure to protect against such an event. Anything less is just political posturing.
Spoke to a local police chief. When someone wants to file a complaint, he offers to review the patrol car / body cam video with them. If its a legit complaint, he wants to see the video. If not, the offer to review the video usually causes the complaint to be withdrawn.
The databases in question hold information such as driver licenses, car registration, criminal histories,warrants, missing persons, etc. In Ohio the main law enforcement database is LEADS which also ties into national criminal justice databases, Access to LEADS is regularly AUDITED. People who misuse it are routinely prosecuted. These databases are very important to public safety. You can never prevent misuse, but you can hold users accountable for their use of the system.
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My wife and I spend a lot of weekends hiking. I watch weather forecasts to determine plans (including camping plans) days or even a week in advance. Is it going to be sunny or heavy rain? Modern weather forecasts are better than flipping a coin, but not by much. I usually end up looking at weather radar a day in advance (for day trips) and make my own forecast.
And Google is the new Standard Oil.
Facebook revenue is $142 million per day (with a 37.5% profit margin). The "large" fine will be a small footnote in their annual report.
Yes, because of Moore's Law - my SmartPhone is more powerful than the mainframe the college used when I was an undergraduate.
No - space exploration has not advanced nearly as fast as I had expected. Fusion power is still ten years off (and has been for the last thirty years). And oh yeah - no flying cars.
Under Steve Jobs, Apple innovated creating whole new lines of products with innovative features. Now innovation at Apple means adding a notch to the screen or removing the headphone jack. The iPhone is a great phone, but enough people already own them and they're not willing to pay $1,000 or more for small incremental improvements.
When Sears operated in the 19th century their business model was to provide a large catalog of merchandise that was ordered by the customer electronically (telegraph) for fulfillment via delivery (railroad) to the customer. They switched to brick and mortar when their business model became obsolete. Ironically they're going out of business because they've failed to adapt to the return of their original business model.
While having a separate 'Video Game Olympics" would make sense and be quite interesting, I don't think video gaming fits into the International Olympics - it is not an athletic event.
Chip makers are currently doing 7 nm lithography. Copper atoms are 0.2 nm wide. We may not have reached the limits for lithography, but we have to be getting real close.
Put a track between the wheels, small skis on either side and you've got e-motorized skis or mini e-snowmobiles (And yes I'm joking)
Or Li-ion batteries will be replaced by supercapacitors. This will also solve the charging time problem. Assuming of course that low-cost commercially available supercapacitors ever become a thing.
Thanks, I'd wondered what the Director of the DEO got paid.
I have a friend with Parkinson's. I'd love to purchase one of these watches. I wonder if Microsoft intends to make them available now. Will this require a 10 year study and FDA approval? Or was it a one shot for public relations?
In other words: Our business model isn't working, therefore our customers must all change their behavior.
Respect! Power! BANANA!
Historically there's been two types of Apple CEO - Steve Jobs and everyone else. Tim Cook is definitely in the latter category.
Jobs believed in delighting the customer ('insanely great" products). He produced products for the professional (developer and graphic arts) markets, not because they were immensely profitable, but because he realized these people led by example and influenced their companies and others to buy.
Tim Cook had the "courage" to remove a headphone jack. Apple will coast on their cash reserves for a long while, but they need another visionary leader.
"Why not just have a bigger army?"
But what is someone comes along and creates an even bigger army of robots (or clones) and puts them out of work?
$5 and a bag of doughnuts? I think you're overpaying.
I'm glad to see someone taking the risk of a Carrington event seriously. However, an executive order is simply not enough. Electric utilities, comm. carriers are not going to spend money to protect themselves from a very high impact, low probability event. It will take Congressional action to allocate money to harden to infrastructure to protect against such an event. Anything less is just political posturing.
That's crazy. You can't verify that the person served actually received the document.
Spoke to a local police chief. When someone wants to file a complaint, he offers to review the patrol car / body cam video with them. If its a legit complaint, he wants to see the video. If not, the offer to review the video usually causes the complaint to be withdrawn.
Laws for people who are named 'Clinton' and laws for the rest of us.
The databases in question hold information such as driver licenses, car registration, criminal histories,warrants, missing persons, etc. In Ohio the main law enforcement database is LEADS which also ties into national criminal justice databases, Access to LEADS is regularly AUDITED. People who misuse it are routinely prosecuted. These databases are very important to public safety. You can never prevent misuse, but you can hold users accountable for their use of the system.
Congratulations, Ms Singh, your newborn child has been engineered to be superior in every way. And yes, 'Khan' is an excellent name.
Who's reviewing the scrolls? Top men ...
You're assuming the learning curve is positive ...