Fair enough. How many Slashdot sysadmins would be fine with a competitor's engineer messing with their fiber runs in a colo center? Who wouldn't take the option of being paid to do the work yourself with a few weeks notice?
most municipalities have regulations that you must wait for the incumbent player to move their cables to make room for yours.
This is one place where I have sympathy for the incumbents. How many Slashdot sysadmins would be fine with a competitor's engineer messing with the fiber runs in your data center under the condition "that they do not harm existing cables"? Maybe they're only making simple modifications to the setup but eventually someone's going to mess up. Your users aren't going to care that technically it was someone else who broke the internet.
Regulations that stipulate reasonable service times and fees seem like a reasonable middle ground.
The iPad has a web browser pre-installed, and several others can be downloaded from the App store. These web browsers support Javascript. Javascript can carry out an arbitrary sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. Ergo, the iPad is a computer.
wonder if Apple was trying to prevent this issue by reducing processor power draw
You don't have to wonder! That's exactly what has always been the stated purpose of this has been since the very beginning, and their public statement makes that very clear!
I don't mean to attack you on this point. The whole is situation is frustrating. I think that most rational people, if they understood why the phone was being throttled, would think - "Thanks, Apple! Would've been nice if you had explained this ahead of time, but it seems like a good way of handling the reality of li-ion batteries." Instead, we get headlines like "APPLE ENGAGED IN CONSPIRACY TO DELIBERATELY SLOW DOWN OLD PHOENS!!!1!"
He doesn't have to hold the currency longer than a few seconds.
More likely, there's a cryptocoin-processing middleman who is guaranteeing that Cuban will get a certain amount in USD for a transaction, and he doesn't have to hold the coins at all.
You joke, but in China, it did. Over the past 20-30 years we've seen the explosion of the Chinese middle class, and it all started with unskilled industrial jobs that brought people from the countryside into what are now megacities. A growing share of those new middle class households are starting to be able to afford iPhones of their own.
Fair point. Even the Catholic church accepts the use of the death penalty in cases where it's the only viable means of protecting society. I think they (and I) would also say that there are always other viable options within the modern criminal justice systems (life in supermax prison, for example).
any white collar criminal who causes more than $1.5 million in damage should automatically get a life sentence
To what end? Studies show that harsher punishments don't significantly discourage perpetrators. You certainly don't need a lifetime to rehabilitate someone who committed a non-violent white collar crime. The only motivation I can think of behind a life sentence is vengeance, and I don't want revenge to be the motivating force behind the justice system.
I think you misunderstand my post, because I agree with you. I understand that FaceID is based on an IR dot projector, and that it's functionally a tiny version of the Kinect. What I'm saying is that the IR dot projector isn't where the innovation lies - it's in the ability to interpret the data to recognize an individual's face.
If you're the user of a device and are being held under duress, the only thing that's going to protect your data is the ability to quickly and covertly delete it all.
Even a PIN isn't secure against rubber hose cryptanalysis.
Your facial recognition concerns seem more about the S8's implementation than about facial recognition itself. Compare to the iPhone X which will show you your notifications if you bypass FaceID but now actually unlock the phone until you swipe up. It also requires that you actually look at the phone, as opposed to just catching a glance of your face. Most importantly, it can't be fooled by holding a photo of the user in front of the phone.
The journalist acknowledges that the in-screen reader feels clunky. That seems like a good reason for Apple to stay away from it. If they're able to one day make it work as snappily as current implementations of TouchID, it would right to applaud it as "cutting edge."
Apple's "invention" isn't an IR dot projector. It's their algorithm that allows them to use an IR dot projector to securely recognize people's faces, even when obscured by scarves/beards/glasses. Who else has achieved that?
Every one of the classification levels in the article you linked (other than "unclassified") implies that the information should not be shared with the general public. "This information is classified" is synonymous with "this information should not be shared with the general public."
What on earth are you talking about? Is your point that this study is bogus, and that patients should continue taking ibuprofen because it's cheap? That pharmaceutical companies shouldn't do research into compounds that would offset this apparent side effect? That such a drug wouldn't be worth giving to patients, no matter what the monetary cost?
There's an interesting conversation to be had in weighing the cost of drugs against their efficacy. Your comment, a logically incoherent rant that seems primarily aimed at hitting all the squares of "mod me up!" buzzword bingo, does not contribute to it.
A quick Google finds that the X has a 2700 mAh battery while the 7 has a 1900 mAh battery. My point (that the iPhone X is a move in the direction of thicker phones with larger batteries) stands.
Glad your ruggedized phone can take some hard knocks - that's what it was designed for. Let's see if it's getting security patches in 6 months (if it's even getting them now).
30ms is roughly equivalent to what you'd get from a particularly horrid vsync implementation (e.g. what you see in the PC versions of Skyrim and Fallout 4)
I've played both Skyrim and Fallout 4 on my PC and never noticed any kind of input lag. If that's what 30 ms input latency feels like (and nVidia can actually deliver it), I'd call it a success.
Source? I haven't heard that Apple's batteries were somehow inferior to those used by the rest of the industry. Do the batteries used by other manufacturers last longer than 1-2 years, or do their phones reboot at random once they start under-volting the CPU?
Your argument (that manufacturers are making phones thinner and giving them smaller batteries despite consumer preference) is weakened by the fact that the iPhone X is the thickest iPhone since the 5 and has a higher battery capacity than every non-Plus model. If those are the criteria are important to you, you should be pleased with the direction Apple took the X.
alternative payment systems that are superior to Visa in every way
Except for processing speed, cost, merchant adoption...
Doesn't the fact that Bitcoin holders want a Bitcoin Visa card indicate that there are at least some downsides of using Bitcoin as a day-to-day payment system?
Slashdot Mirror
Fair enough. How many Slashdot sysadmins would be fine with a competitor's engineer messing with their fiber runs in a colo center? Who wouldn't take the option of being paid to do the work yourself with a few weeks notice?
most municipalities have regulations that you must wait for the incumbent player to move their cables to make room for yours.
This is one place where I have sympathy for the incumbents. How many Slashdot sysadmins would be fine with a competitor's engineer messing with the fiber runs in your data center under the condition "that they do not harm existing cables"? Maybe they're only making simple modifications to the setup but eventually someone's going to mess up. Your users aren't going to care that technically it was someone else who broke the internet.
Regulations that stipulate reasonable service times and fees seem like a reasonable middle ground.
I'll play along.
The iPad has a web browser pre-installed, and several others can be downloaded from the App store. These web browsers support Javascript. Javascript can carry out an arbitrary sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. Ergo, the iPad is a computer.
wonder if Apple was trying to prevent this issue by reducing processor power draw
You don't have to wonder! That's exactly what has always been the stated purpose of this has been since the very beginning, and their public statement makes that very clear!
I don't mean to attack you on this point. The whole is situation is frustrating. I think that most rational people, if they understood why the phone was being throttled, would think - "Thanks, Apple! Would've been nice if you had explained this ahead of time, but it seems like a good way of handling the reality of li-ion batteries." Instead, we get headlines like "APPLE ENGAGED IN CONSPIRACY TO DELIBERATELY SLOW DOWN OLD PHOENS!!!1!"
He doesn't have to hold the currency longer than a few seconds.
More likely, there's a cryptocoin-processing middleman who is guaranteeing that Cuban will get a certain amount in USD for a transaction, and he doesn't have to hold the coins at all.
When you see a claim that a common drug or vitamin "kills cancer cells in petri dish," keep in mind: so does a handgun.
Yeah, I know - this apparently works in mice models so it's a little different. Still feels relevant.
If the iPhone Were Designed by a Democracy
Maybe free trade should be contingent on following practices similar to ours.
That was one of the ideas behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
I heard that the wealth trickles down.
You joke, but in China, it did. Over the past 20-30 years we've seen the explosion of the Chinese middle class, and it all started with unskilled industrial jobs that brought people from the countryside into what are now megacities. A growing share of those new middle class households are starting to be able to afford iPhones of their own.
Fair point. Even the Catholic church accepts the use of the death penalty in cases where it's the only viable means of protecting society. I think they (and I) would also say that there are always other viable options within the modern criminal justice systems (life in supermax prison, for example).
any white collar criminal who causes more than $1.5 million in damage should automatically get a life sentence
To what end? Studies show that harsher punishments don't significantly discourage perpetrators. You certainly don't need a lifetime to rehabilitate someone who committed a non-violent white collar crime. The only motivation I can think of behind a life sentence is vengeance, and I don't want revenge to be the motivating force behind the justice system.
I think you misunderstand my post, because I agree with you. I understand that FaceID is based on an IR dot projector, and that it's functionally a tiny version of the Kinect. What I'm saying is that the IR dot projector isn't where the innovation lies - it's in the ability to interpret the data to recognize an individual's face.
Apple claims to support a device for 5 years after they cease production of the model.
Source?
In every smartphone biometric implementation that I can think of, you can enter a PIN if biometrics fail or are unavailable.
If you're the user of a device and are being held under duress, the only thing that's going to protect your data is the ability to quickly and covertly delete it all. Even a PIN isn't secure against rubber hose cryptanalysis.
Your facial recognition concerns seem more about the S8's implementation than about facial recognition itself. Compare to the iPhone X which will show you your notifications if you bypass FaceID but now actually unlock the phone until you swipe up. It also requires that you actually look at the phone, as opposed to just catching a glance of your face. Most importantly, it can't be fooled by holding a photo of the user in front of the phone.
You may also be interested to learn about the existence of screen privacy protectors.
The journalist acknowledges that the in-screen reader feels clunky. That seems like a good reason for Apple to stay away from it. If they're able to one day make it work as snappily as current implementations of TouchID, it would right to applaud it as "cutting edge."
Apple's "invention" isn't an IR dot projector. It's their algorithm that allows them to use an IR dot projector to securely recognize people's faces, even when obscured by scarves/beards/glasses. Who else has achieved that?
Every one of the classification levels in the article you linked (other than "unclassified") implies that the information should not be shared with the general public. "This information is classified" is synonymous with "this information should not be shared with the general public."
What on earth are you talking about? Is your point that this study is bogus, and that patients should continue taking ibuprofen because it's cheap? That pharmaceutical companies shouldn't do research into compounds that would offset this apparent side effect? That such a drug wouldn't be worth giving to patients, no matter what the monetary cost?
There's an interesting conversation to be had in weighing the cost of drugs against their efficacy. Your comment, a logically incoherent rant that seems primarily aimed at hitting all the squares of "mod me up!" buzzword bingo, does not contribute to it.
A quick Google finds that the X has a 2700 mAh battery while the 7 has a 1900 mAh battery. My point (that the iPhone X is a move in the direction of thicker phones with larger batteries) stands.
Glad your ruggedized phone can take some hard knocks - that's what it was designed for. Let's see if it's getting security patches in 6 months (if it's even getting them now).
30ms is roughly equivalent to what you'd get from a particularly horrid vsync implementation (e.g. what you see in the PC versions of Skyrim and Fallout 4)
I've played both Skyrim and Fallout 4 on my PC and never noticed any kind of input lag. If that's what 30 ms input latency feels like (and nVidia can actually deliver it), I'd call it a success.
specifying an inadequate battery
Source? I haven't heard that Apple's batteries were somehow inferior to those used by the rest of the industry. Do the batteries used by other manufacturers last longer than 1-2 years, or do their phones reboot at random once they start under-volting the CPU?
Your argument (that manufacturers are making phones thinner and giving them smaller batteries despite consumer preference) is weakened by the fact that the iPhone X is the thickest iPhone since the 5 and has a higher battery capacity than every non-Plus model. If those are the criteria are important to you, you should be pleased with the direction Apple took the X.
Well there's the problem! They only had Bitcoin! What they should have been using is Bitcoin Cash.
alternative payment systems that are superior to Visa in every way
Except for processing speed, cost, merchant adoption...
Doesn't the fact that Bitcoin holders want a Bitcoin Visa card indicate that there are at least some downsides of using Bitcoin as a day-to-day payment system?