The difference between the Analog/Digital switch being that it was a government mandated change. Everyone knew about it for a very long time and there was a legitimate reason for the change (to free up a scarce public resource). In Australia at least, the government even offered coupons for Digital TV tuners so that existing TV's could still be used.
In this case, Google just can't be bothered supporting their old API any more. (I wouldn't be surprised if their new API forces the collection of more data or something like that).
Google Wallet has some other advantages. You don't have to pay with a credit or debit card, you can use the balance from your Wallet. You can control the balance available to spend that way, and it prevents purchases being reported to the bank.
No, it reports it to Google instead.. who make money by mining your data..
Given the number of things competing for my eyeballs and dollars these days (tv, movies, games, books, work, children) I have no qualms about 'missing out' on multiplayer-only games.
The times I actually get to sit down and play a game for an hour are few and far between. I play games to get AWAY from people, not socialise and interact with them in a virtual world. I _hate_ multiplayer.
If game developers don't want my money, then that's fine by me.
Regarding the RAID6 thing -- I have seen plenty of shops that try to run databases on RAID5/6 and yes it isn't pretty, but that's how they do.
GAH!
This annoys me greatly. There is nothing inherently wrong with RAID5/6 as long as your use is within certain bounds. This sort of thinking gets us stuck with a glorified address book that requires a MySQL Cluster instead of a simple Sqlite DB.
Set your requirements and your budget, and then find a system that works within those two limits.
DropBox is an over-the-top provider. Yes, they use AWS. But they are competing with Google Drive and MS OneDrive, both of whom are pushing the price down hard, and willing to lose money.
DropBox still has to pay AWS.
That said, perhaps DropBox could sell a self-hosted version of their software and bring over their ease-of-use.
If the military don't want something any more, it usually means 1 of 3 things.
- 1. They are no longer interested as they have something better. - 2. They have finished their research and have succeeded in weaponising/miniaturising it. - 3. The people that set it up and were milking the cash have all gone and the new guys can't work out what it does or how it works any more.
Get two hermetically sealed rooms. One with this new Mazda, and one with an all-electric car. Both cars are on roller ramps. Just to be fair, the Mazda can have it's air-intake piped in from outside.
Then grab the CEO of Mazda and give him this choice of 'driving' 20 miles in either the Mazda or the electric car.
You're mistaking this company for the original HP. "HP" nowadays is actually Compaq. The old HP that everyone knew and loved is now (at least used to be) Aligent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A... They are now Aligent and Keysight.
So anywhere you read something about "HP" doing something stupid... Think "Compaq" instead, and it all makes sense.
Interesting that the Army is not permitted fixed wing aircraft or heavy boats. The Airforce isn't permitted heavy armour/troops...
and yet the Navy is allowed both.
How the heck did that get worked out?
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I hated... HATED... "Natural Scrolling" when it first came out. But I gave it a week. You push up on the trackpad... screen goes up. You push down, screen goes down. It just feels.. natural.
Now when I use another computer the scrolling just feels weird.
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Ive is in a supreme position of one of the most powerful/richest companies on the planet.
There is no cash offer big enough that could tempt him away from that.
What would get him there is the chance to do something that he couldn't do at Apple...
Now re-read my first sentence.
Jonny isn't going anywhere.
Stop screwing around with VR and finish Half-Life 3 already!
The difference between the Analog/Digital switch being that it was a government mandated change. Everyone knew about it for a very long time and there was a legitimate reason for the change (to free up a scarce public resource). In Australia at least, the government even offered coupons for Digital TV tuners so that existing TV's could still be used.
In this case, Google just can't be bothered supporting their old API any more. (I wouldn't be surprised if their new API forces the collection of more data or something like that).
So... who exactly is going to buy all of these things when no one has any money because all the jobs have been replaced by robots?
Not really...
Just because your firewall drops a port-scan (simple terms here) doesn't mean that someone won't get lucky and guess an open port and exploit it.
The Auditors want to know if you're patching your systems.
No point leaving the combination to the safe on a sticky note next to it, and then saying "it's ok. I always lock my front door".
No. The quote was "...the amount of data...". See how they don't specify if it's too much or not enough.
I'm guessing the later. The Banks want MORE data, but Apple's system doesn't allow for it.
I guess you missed the part of the Apple Keynote where Tim Cook got up on stage and said that the banks pay Apple. Not the retailer, not the customer.
The banks pay Apple because they can pretty much guarantee that there won't be any fraud.
Google Wallet has some other advantages. You don't have to pay with a credit or debit card, you can use the balance from your Wallet. You can control the balance available to spend that way, and it prevents purchases being reported to the bank.
No, it reports it to Google instead.. who make money by mining your data..
Are we seeing a theme here?
... For any supported printer purchased in 2015+N...
You're assuming that all those baked-in h.264 de/en-coders out there are upgradeable...
Getting critical mass on h.265 is going to take a while.
Actually... The passphrase only decrypts the key that is used to protect the data.
Plus, each app is sandboxed and can not access other apps data. (with a few controlled exceptions)
Plus, warnings a thrown up if your app starts trying to access things. (Contacts, Microphone, Photos etc)
So you bought an old phone that was current at the time of purchasing.
It seem he bought a current phone at the the time of purchasing. Because... that's what was currently available.
The warranty starts from the date of purchase, not the date the design was handed over to manufacturing.
If Google supports a phone for 18 months, then they have to support it for 18 months from the date it was last officially on sale.
Amazon is a middle-man. You're not buying from a manufacturer.
I'm sure Amazon would be happy to sell you a car. Just make sure you order when they have free-shipping deals on.
Given the number of things competing for my eyeballs and dollars these days (tv, movies, games, books, work, children) I have no qualms about 'missing out' on multiplayer-only games.
The times I actually get to sit down and play a game for an hour are few and far between. I play games to get AWAY from people, not socialise and interact with them in a virtual world. I _hate_ multiplayer.
If game developers don't want my money, then that's fine by me.
Regarding the RAID6 thing -- I have seen plenty of shops that try to run databases on RAID5/6 and yes it isn't pretty, but that's how they do.
GAH!
This annoys me greatly. There is nothing inherently wrong with RAID5/6 as long as your use is within certain bounds. This sort of thinking gets us stuck with a glorified address book that requires a MySQL Cluster instead of a simple Sqlite DB.
Set your requirements and your budget, and then find a system that works within those two limits.
DropBox is an over-the-top provider. Yes, they use AWS. But they are competing with Google Drive and MS OneDrive, both of whom are pushing the price down hard, and willing to lose money.
DropBox still has to pay AWS.
That said, perhaps DropBox could sell a self-hosted version of their software and bring over their ease-of-use.
Nope... Apple iPhones actually securely erases the encryption keys which renders the contents of the storage useless.
It's a big button called "Erase All Contents and Settings". It does precisely that.
In other news, a friend of mine recently switched to Google Chat. Why hasn't he responded to all my Skype messages? Is he not getting them?
If the military don't want something any more, it usually means 1 of 3 things.
- 1. They are no longer interested as they have something better.
- 2. They have finished their research and have succeeded in weaponising/miniaturising it.
- 3. The people that set it up and were milking the cash have all gone and the new guys can't work out what it does or how it works any more.
Get two hermetically sealed rooms. One with this new Mazda, and one with an all-electric car. Both cars are on roller ramps. Just to be fair, the Mazda can have it's air-intake piped in from outside.
Then grab the CEO of Mazda and give him this choice of 'driving' 20 miles in either the Mazda or the electric car.
Simple... Effective.
So why didn't Palm, or BlackBerry, or SonyEricsson come out with something as amazing as the iPhone?
If it was so obvious and all....
>The problem is that they're not playing by the established rules of the game
You mean like what Tesla is doing by trying to sell their cars without independent dealerships....
You're mistaking this company for the original HP. "HP" nowadays is actually Compaq. The old HP that everyone knew and loved is now (at least used to be) Aligent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
They are now Aligent and Keysight.
So anywhere you read something about "HP" doing something stupid... Think "Compaq" instead, and it all makes sense.
Interesting that the Army is not permitted fixed wing aircraft or heavy boats. The Airforce isn't permitted heavy armour/troops...
and yet the Navy is allowed both.
How the heck did that get worked out?
I hated... HATED... "Natural Scrolling" when it first came out. But I gave it a week. You push up on the trackpad... screen goes up. You push down, screen goes down. It just feels.. natural.
Now when I use another computer the scrolling just feels weird.