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  1. Re:This tech is going to happen on Theater Chain Bans Google Glass · · Score: 1

    Off-topic. This isn't about denial of some sort of technological singularity. This is about distractions in a movie theater. Whether front-lit or back-lit, even this tiny screen can be a distraction to people around you. It's just getting the same treatment as a cell phone.

  2. Re:Ultimately useless? on Theater Chain Bans Google Glass · · Score: 1

    They're still printing to 35mm (at least until all theaters are converted to digital) as well as digital.

  3. Re:Battery Life on Theater Chain Bans Google Glass · · Score: 1

    This company doesn't tolerate distractions.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Bright lights and noises are far worse than creeping footsteps on carpet - especially when you're talking about a theater with a wider gap between rows, and stadium-style elevation from row to row.

    I've never been, but the legends have spread far and wide.

  4. Re:Battery Life on Theater Chain Bans Google Glass · · Score: 1

    A microcell inside that only passes emergency calls would handle that. Someone should start making such a thing.

  5. Re:This is all wrong on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    That has nothing to do with it. Both .uk and .co.uk are at the registrar level. No problem getting SSL for either one. dept.az.gov.us would be a subdomain of a registered domain. Not the same thing at all.

    Honestly, even subdomain validation works fine if you have administrative emails on that subdomain. Maybe EV-SSL is different in that regard. I have worked with a reseller account for SSL and don't see any isue.

  6. Re:What about Ukraine? on Britain Gets National .uk Web Address · · Score: 1

    The TLD .uk was already in Britain's control. They just decided to not use that and to use subdomains such as .co.uk and .org.uk instead. There's nothing new about who is allowed to use .uk.

  7. Re:Use firefox banner on Netflix Trash-Talks Verizon's Network; Verizon Threatens To Sue · · Score: 1

    Webkit by any other UA would work just as well.

  8. Re:I have both on Netflix Trash-Talks Verizon's Network; Verizon Threatens To Sue · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, everywhere that I've had DSL only had DSLAM's in the CO.

  9. Re:Touch controls: NO! on Driver Study: People Want Fewer Embedded Apps, Just Essentials That Work Easily · · Score: 1

    Might be worth getting a headphone plug and a resistor and viola - instant simulated headphones. No, it shouldn't come to that, but might not be a bad thing to have in the laptop bag.

  10. Re:Mercedes figured this out 6 years ago. on Driver Study: People Want Fewer Embedded Apps, Just Essentials That Work Easily · · Score: 1

    If your heat works, why do you need gloves?

    Or just get gloves with metal-lined threads on the fingertips.

  11. He didn't profit from racism on The Ethics Cloud Over Ballmer's $2 Billion B-Ball Buy · · Score: 1

    He merely liquidated assets he already owned that were worth that much.

  12. Re:Racism or Thought Police? on The Ethics Cloud Over Ballmer's $2 Billion B-Ball Buy · · Score: 1

    Are the player contracts with his business or with the NBA directly? I'd say that the players' exclusive contracts probably have more value than the name.

  13. Re:Racism or Thought Police? on The Ethics Cloud Over Ballmer's $2 Billion B-Ball Buy · · Score: 1

    Good Troll. Using an anti-racism quote to justify racism.

  14. Re:I just had the opposite problem on Verizon on AT&T Charges $750 For One Minute of International Data Roaming · · Score: 1

    Next time, just call Verizon before leaving and buy a SIM card when you get there. They will unlock the GSM portion of the phone for overseas use. The iPhone 4S has a Micro-SIM slot (even the Verizon version) and you can put in a SIM from any International carrier and save loads over paying roaming fees.

    https://community.verizonwirel...

  15. Re:OSX is not ready on 4K Displays Ready For Prime Time · · Score: 1

    Not sure if it depends on the model (artificially) - but someone here is showing it as working:
    https://discussions.apple.com/...

  16. Re:OSX is not ready on 4K Displays Ready For Prime Time · · Score: 4, Informative

    I thought that 10.9.3 addressed this (Not quite two weeks old). Might be time for you to try again.

  17. Re:120 hz on 4K Displays Ready For Prime Time · · Score: 1

    Not sure about that. If you create a 70" 4k panel substrate, and part of it is defective, you can cut that down into a 2560 panel at a smaller screen size. The bigger the screen, the easier it is to hit 4k, thanks to lower pixel densities. There are only a few pixel densities being manufactured at any given time and they are cut to size for production.

  18. Re:False comparison on The Energy Saved By Ditching DVDs Could Power 200,000 Homes · · Score: 1

    And yet those Laurel and Hardy movies were recorded on film. We just suffer from lousy transfers. Look at this in 1080p:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    That's more like how the movie appeared in theaters at the time. There's just not a big enough market for studios to bother scanning these better. It's true that some of these films have degraded severely, but with more than one copy in existence, it's possible to reconstruct the original picture. Just look at what they did with the Ben Hur Blu-Ray.

    I'm not saying that they lose their entertainment value otherwise, but it's definitely a richer experience.

  19. Re:Don't Worry, We Spent All the Energy Already on The Energy Saved By Ditching DVDs Could Power 200,000 Homes · · Score: 1

    Your bank probably lets you download those statements as DRM-free PDF files, too, for offline viewing.

  20. Re:Expose limits as unnecessary? on US Wireless Carriers Shifting To Voice Over LTE · · Score: 1

    In my case, going with 15kbps because I'm hoping for that as a minimum, would be 43MB/mo. (wife and I combined) at my talking level.

  21. Re:Expose limits as unnecessary? on US Wireless Carriers Shifting To Voice Over LTE · · Score: 1

    Google tells me that 150 hours * 8 kilobits per second is 527 megabytes per month. And that's the lowest bitrate I can find for wideband voice (G.729). Skype uses 5 times that.

  22. Re:Yep, they're doing seamless feedback on US Wireless Carriers Shifting To Voice Over LTE · · Score: 2

    And eventually you could use both frequencies you control for LTE, leading to much higher capacity.

  23. Re:AOL on US Wireless Carriers Shifting To Voice Over LTE · · Score: 2

    But Verizon beats that at .002 CENTS per KB

  24. Re:a group representing independent musicians on Google Using YouTube Threat As Leverage For Cheaper Streaming Rights · · Score: 2

    I was just restating what GP said since you completely misunderstood it. Don't ask me for citation.

    I do know that they ask for compensation from venues even for performances by groups that play their own original songs, even when the artist is not a member.

  25. Re:YouTube is not a Social Service on Google Using YouTube Threat As Leverage For Cheaper Streaming Rights · · Score: 1

    And soon they'll own the musicians.