Even if the displays didn't go on the fritz, the plastic would scratch, warp, crease or crack. The only saving grace for Samsung is their display is on the inside so at least it's moderately protected. I bet Huawei's on-the-outside screen will suffer even worse in the real world.
It would be truly tragic if they launched these satellites and someone were able to brick them, hack them to display a space dick, or send them burning into the atmosphere.
It's possible the cops / feds could have secured a conviction based on other evidence, but making video recordings of the criminal act is the sheer height of stupidity. I'd love to know why he was a "former student" but he's clearly not the sharpest tool in the drawer.
The US doesn't have "control" over non US cititzen's behaviour in other countries. But it has jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed in the territory of the United States of America even if the perp was geographically outside of it at the time. And if that person resides in a country with an extradition treaty then the US can seek to have that person extradited. A judge still has to determine if the crime committed is recognisable as a crime in both countries and where jurisdiction lies. It can take years if appealed and appeals can go all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.
So I hope Assange likes eating British prison food because he could be there a very long time if he appeals. And most likely the hacking is just a placeholder and further charges will follow. The hilarious part to me is how self inflicted all this is. If Assange hadn't skipped bail, or run into an embassy to commit a bunch more crimes against the US, it's possible he might not have been extradited at all.
Somebody needs to read up on jurisdiction and extradition. Being beyond a nation's borders, or of a different nationality does not mean you cannot commit a crime and be subject to justice in that nation.
When they commit crimes under US federal law subject to US jurisdiction and are stupid enough to be in countries with extradition treaties to the US. That's when.
Nope. You can be indicted for those things regardless of your nationality or where you committed the crimes providing the crimes are in US jurisdiction. Plenty of people have been extradited to the US from countries where they have extradition treaties.
Planet Delusion. Currently inhabited by some of his most delusional supporters. People who think that pretending to be a "journalist" is a shield against things that are federal crimes in the US.
So the US doesn't have laws for interfering with an election, computer fraud and abuse, theft of data, espionage or being an accessory to any of those things?
Windows runs the programs people want a computer for
Linux has come along leaps and bounds but its still not the default so why would anyone bother? In fact the only way I see it ever being used is under the covers of something like ChromeOS where people don't even know what is underneath.
Toyota are seeing electric vehicles eat into their market so they are doing everything they can to sow confusion and doubt and generally delay the inevitable. Recent examples would be their foray into hydrogen powered vehicles and marketing their hybrids as "self charging" - a bullshit weasel term that applies to every car including combustion ones.
I expect this announcement on patents is part of that strategy. The irony is that Toyota used to be ahead of the curve but they sat on their ass for too long and now are actively opposing the change that they helped pioneer.
YouTube knows what videos somebody watches, what search terms they use, the referring link to the video, their interests (gleaned from sites they visit, searches) and a heap of other metrics. Ordinarily they use this to produce recommendations, to target users for ads and so on. They also know a lot about the content producers - who views their content, the frequency of output, the video, audio and captions of those videos. Doubtless they also have audio / video fingerprinting techniques, facial / voice recognition and other advanced tools that they could use.
They have the capability of identifying content that is hate speech, or incitement to violence, glorification of terrorism or anything else objectionable. And if they can do that then there is no reason they shouldn't weight the content so it drops down the results into oblivion so it cannot be found. They can also flag it so it is never recommended, demonetize the content, 18-rate it to require verification. Content so flagged can be manually reviewed and obliterated.
If people are still determinedly finding that content then it simply feeds into improving the countermeasures even further, flagging other videos they may have watched and so on.
Some might see this as being anti-free speech but YT isn't the government and can set whatever terms they like. And indeed they already have such terms. This would just be enforcement of them.
Computers suck at processing analog inputs. It wouldn't be hard to spoof a car with minimal effort especially something a primitive autonomous vehicle. Not that other autonomous vehicles will fair any better. Assuming they ever appear on the roads without drivers (not for a long time), people will make sport of griefing them - gum on sensors, traffic cones on their roofs, boxes laid in front of them, graffiti tags etc. Even without the griefing it won't be surprising if they become so frequently stuck, blocking traffic that suddenly they won't see like a good idea at all.
Well that's a pretty odd response. Cables on earphones do not impede your mobility. Nor are you required to use them. Having a jack on a phone requires a minimal amount of space and adds maybe a few cents to the production costs. If you want wireless buds you can do that too Besides assuming you like the extra issues - they're expensive, easier to lose, need to be charged separately, don't work without charge, require pairing and when the battery dies they're gone.
There is no reason not remove the jack except to screw customers into buying expensive bluetooth buds. And more fool anyone who falls for that.
It would have been a better product if there was only one product to begin with. A single VR headset that can operate in a portable and tethered mode. Something that allows people to play PC games, but also play games on the go. Having multiple products with different specs and meaningless monikers just confuses consumers and fragments the player base.
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Even if the displays didn't go on the fritz, the plastic would scratch, warp, crease or crack. The only saving grace for Samsung is their display is on the inside so at least it's moderately protected. I bet Huawei's on-the-outside screen will suffer even worse in the real world.
It would be truly tragic if they launched these satellites and someone were able to brick them, hack them to display a space dick, or send them burning into the atmosphere.
It's possible the cops / feds could have secured a conviction based on other evidence, but making video recordings of the criminal act is the sheer height of stupidity. I'd love to know why he was a "former student" but he's clearly not the sharpest tool in the drawer.
So I hope Assange likes eating British prison food because he could be there a very long time if he appeals. And most likely the hacking is just a placeholder and further charges will follow. The hilarious part to me is how self inflicted all this is. If Assange hadn't skipped bail, or run into an embassy to commit a bunch more crimes against the US, it's possible he might not have been extradited at all.
Who wants a version of Windows that doesn't run Windows software?
Thanks for that. And it still won't be a valid argument to the subject in question.
Straw men and tu quoque arguments.
Thanks for your advice AC. Particularly for the words that came out of your imagination, not in anything I wrote.
Somebody needs to read up on jurisdiction and extradition. Being beyond a nation's borders, or of a different nationality does not mean you cannot commit a crime and be subject to justice in that nation.
When they commit crimes under US federal law subject to US jurisdiction and are stupid enough to be in countries with extradition treaties to the US. That's when.
Nope. You can be indicted for those things regardless of your nationality or where you committed the crimes providing the crimes are in US jurisdiction. Plenty of people have been extradited to the US from countries where they have extradition treaties.
Planet Delusion. Currently inhabited by some of his most delusional supporters. People who think that pretending to be a "journalist" is a shield against things that are federal crimes in the US.
We have nothing we can extradite him for.
So the US doesn't have laws for interfering with an election, computer fraud and abuse, theft of data, espionage or being an accessory to any of those things?
Interesting.
I guess Assange will simply walk free then.
Or rather, you don't interfere with a US election or act as a proxy for Russian intelligence and just walk away.
Linux has come along leaps and bounds but its still not the default so why would anyone bother? In fact the only way I see it ever being used is under the covers of something like ChromeOS where people don't even know what is underneath.
I expect this announcement on patents is part of that strategy. The irony is that Toyota used to be ahead of the curve but they sat on their ass for too long and now are actively opposing the change that they helped pioneer.
They have the capability of identifying content that is hate speech, or incitement to violence, glorification of terrorism or anything else objectionable. And if they can do that then there is no reason they shouldn't weight the content so it drops down the results into oblivion so it cannot be found. They can also flag it so it is never recommended, demonetize the content, 18-rate it to require verification. Content so flagged can be manually reviewed and obliterated.
If people are still determinedly finding that content then it simply feeds into improving the countermeasures even further, flagging other videos they may have watched and so on.
Some might see this as being anti-free speech but YT isn't the government and can set whatever terms they like. And indeed they already have such terms. This would just be enforcement of them.
Apple don't want you to repair it. They want you to throw it in the trash and buy another one.
Computers suck at processing analog inputs. It wouldn't be hard to spoof a car with minimal effort especially something a primitive autonomous vehicle. Not that other autonomous vehicles will fair any better. Assuming they ever appear on the roads without drivers (not for a long time), people will make sport of griefing them - gum on sensors, traffic cones on their roofs, boxes laid in front of them, graffiti tags etc. Even without the griefing it won't be surprising if they become so frequently stuck, blocking traffic that suddenly they won't see like a good idea at all.
These porno films are implicitly free to download?
There is no reason not remove the jack except to screw customers into buying expensive bluetooth buds. And more fool anyone who falls for that.
Yes but that would be too sensible and convenient.
They're powered by a cable I stick in the phone. Perhaps other phones will soon implement this handy feature.
It would have been a better product if there was only one product to begin with. A single VR headset that can operate in a portable and tethered mode. Something that allows people to play PC games, but also play games on the go. Having multiple products with different specs and meaningless monikers just confuses consumers and fragments the player base.
All that work and they netted a whopping $6000.