Actually, according to SpaceX engineers, it did not explode as they were able to continue to communicate with it. The current theory is the outer covering blew off because of the change in pressure.
From TFA:
"We know the engine did not explode, because we continued to receive data from it. Our review indicates that the fairing that protects the engine from aerodynamic loads ruptured due to the engine pressure release, and that none of Falcon 9’s other eight engines were impacted by this event."
That, my friend, is an over-simplified concept of business. No-one "withholds", "refuses", or "adds" any functionality to another company's product without some form of licensing agreement being reached. Apple did not want to give Google what Google wanted for the features. This is not in any way the same as saying Google "refused" to give them turn by turn navigation.
Here's a link to an article talking about some of the insights from sources. Sadly with things like this, there's no such thing as source data, so we'll just have to go with the sources and articles.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2209539/Apple-replaced-Google-Maps-iPhone-5-controversial-app-wasnt-pleased-Android-turn-turn-voice-navigation.html
Okay, there's no purple in the 4S picture, so you've definitely lost me. The iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 have the same camera spec-wise, the only difference is the glass vs sapphire cover.
I don't think it's a fair statement to say that aside from the obvious flaws in the photo, the sapphire cover is better. That's like saying the car runs great except it stalls every so often.
Yeah, I read the article. I'm not sure you did though. Unless you mean better in some sort of artsy photography sense, because what I see is two pictures of essentially the same scene (shifted a bit). The iphone 4s has a very bright white area where the sun is, the iphone 5 has a bright purple outlining the same area.
Forgive me, but I'm really not at all sure what you're claiming is "better". Perhaps you meant a different article?
No information on the test they performed whatsoever, no shots of the photos used, no information on how they overcame (or if they did at all) the supposed blinking requirement. This news site has a low opinion of their readers to not even include the simplest information.
There were 30 counts with the award of 675,000 so I think the OP is saying the 6 months = 1 count = 22,500. Still not a bad wage, but probably commensurate with the average (if not below average)/.er.
While I agree with most of your points, I don't necessarily agree with your conclusion. We are an increasingly mobile society, and that means that if we no longer have to actually do the driving, we'll be doing other things. For instance, do you really care if your commute is 15 minutes longer if those 15 minutes can be spent actually doing something? Heck, you can even catch a 30 minute nap if you didn't sleep well enough the night before. The advantage to driver-less cars isn't necessarily in the speed-up of traffic, it's the re-claiming of the time spent driving.
Actually, they're both correct. One is a reference to how business men used to wear mustachios to cover facial expressions, thus a bald-faced (or bare-faced if you really want to be originally accurate) liar was a good liar because he didn't need a mustache. Or so the legend goes.
A bold-faced lie is believed to be a reference to the typeface, something written in print for emphasis yet known to be a lie.
If I'm not mistaken both actually go back to Shakespeare, so I'll leave you with the pun, have it As You Like It.
So what you're saying is that the qaudrupling over the last 2 years WAS from the obama administration's continuation of the policy, but they didn't start the policy?
idk, I'm all for specificity, but that seems a bit nitpicky.
Either way, they're cutting the data centers now, which is a great move for cutting waste since they're running at 27% utilization. Sad that it means cutting the jobs associated with those data centers, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
hmm...I wonder if there's a way to get the data sent from the little port they installed on the outside of the house. Those scanners the power guys come around with are probably just simple IR, wonder if there's a way to figure out the control signal.
I'm really not sold out either way on this whole debate for two reasons.
1. I can't seem to find original data for all these claims (and if anyone has any please point me to it). I really don't like taking someone's word for it when the trends they're talking about should be simple enough to be observed by an untrained eye.
2. Global scale is a very difficult thing to deal with because proving cause is almost impossible. We genuinely haven't been recording this stuff that long, and we essentially end up with hypothesis of cause and effect rather than any real conclusion. From what I've heard it sounds like this is cause and effect, but again, without the original data, what kind of change are we really talking about here?
air pumps are no-where near as difficult to deal with as oxygen tanks when lugging them around/replacing them. I agree that there is still work to be done, but this is a HUGE step. Obviously the ultimate goal would be an entirely self-sufficient internal apparatus, but I would disagree that this isn't useful.
Seems like you misunderstand what a status symbol is. At $200 starting with 2-year plan, an iphone is still well outside the price range of a large portion of the population. A status symbol is not something that is unusual, merely a cultural symbol of attaining a certain level. You would in no way expect the workers at your local McDonalds to be sporting iphones.
Status symbols are perceptions, not percentages.
Status Symbol (wiki)
I agree completely. Matter of fact, I own a 360 purely because of the controllers. It feels better/sturdier than the PS controllers and I love having actual triggers.
Doesn't seem relevant to anything actually... They developed a custom software interfacing with SQL server and it had bugs. They were worried that a system without a password could be accessed by someone. That article must have been written on a very slow news day. Although props to the reporter for actually getting a response from MS rather than just reporting that there may be bugs with nuclear software.
While I agree with the "google fu" sentiment, office has been a high selling point on just about every internship/entry level position I've held. Especially if you combine it with a bit of programming knowledge and a VBA object reference. I've had quite a few managers impressed with a simple VB script when it took their 100+ csv files and made nice graphs of them for a proposal or report.
I've also discovered that if you have a good enough knowledge of the suite, you end up increasing productivity all around. For example, showing someone how to use proper formatting tools rather than the spacebar can save a lot of time for everyone who's working on the document.
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*facepalm* the sensors are integrated with the engine. That's like saying your oven blew up but the broiler is fine.
Actually, according to SpaceX engineers, it did not explode as they were able to continue to communicate with it. The current theory is the outer covering blew off because of the change in pressure.
From TFA: "We know the engine did not explode, because we continued to receive data from it. Our review indicates that the fairing that protects the engine from aerodynamic loads ruptured due to the engine pressure release, and that none of Falcon 9’s other eight engines were impacted by this event."
That, my friend, is an over-simplified concept of business. No-one "withholds", "refuses", or "adds" any functionality to another company's product without some form of licensing agreement being reached. Apple did not want to give Google what Google wanted for the features. This is not in any way the same as saying Google "refused" to give them turn by turn navigation.
Here's a link to an article talking about some of the insights from sources. Sadly with things like this, there's no such thing as source data, so we'll just have to go with the sources and articles. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2209539/Apple-replaced-Google-Maps-iPhone-5-controversial-app-wasnt-pleased-Android-turn-turn-voice-navigation.html
Okay, there's no purple in the 4S picture, so you've definitely lost me. The iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 have the same camera spec-wise, the only difference is the glass vs sapphire cover. I don't think it's a fair statement to say that aside from the obvious flaws in the photo, the sapphire cover is better. That's like saying the car runs great except it stalls every so often.
Yeah, I read the article. I'm not sure you did though. Unless you mean better in some sort of artsy photography sense, because what I see is two pictures of essentially the same scene (shifted a bit). The iphone 4s has a very bright white area where the sun is, the iphone 5 has a bright purple outlining the same area. Forgive me, but I'm really not at all sure what you're claiming is "better". Perhaps you meant a different article?
You can't make the argument that it's as good as it gets when the previous version didn't have the problem.
No information on the test they performed whatsoever, no shots of the photos used, no information on how they overcame (or if they did at all) the supposed blinking requirement. This news site has a low opinion of their readers to not even include the simplest information.
There were 30 counts with the award of 675,000 so I think the OP is saying the 6 months = 1 count = 22,500. Still not a bad wage, but probably commensurate with the average (if not below average) /.er.
While I agree with most of your points, I don't necessarily agree with your conclusion. We are an increasingly mobile society, and that means that if we no longer have to actually do the driving, we'll be doing other things. For instance, do you really care if your commute is 15 minutes longer if those 15 minutes can be spent actually doing something? Heck, you can even catch a 30 minute nap if you didn't sleep well enough the night before. The advantage to driver-less cars isn't necessarily in the speed-up of traffic, it's the re-claiming of the time spent driving.
Isn't that a political party strategy?
Fixed that for you. It doesn't take a lot of effort to be bipartisan when it comes to distrusting politicians, you should try it.
Actually, they're both correct. One is a reference to how business men used to wear mustachios to cover facial expressions, thus a bald-faced (or bare-faced if you really want to be originally accurate) liar was a good liar because he didn't need a mustache. Or so the legend goes.
A bold-faced lie is believed to be a reference to the typeface, something written in print for emphasis yet known to be a lie.
If I'm not mistaken both actually go back to Shakespeare, so I'll leave you with the pun, have it As You Like It.
idk, I'm all for specificity, but that seems a bit nitpicky. Either way, they're cutting the data centers now, which is a great move for cutting waste since they're running at 27% utilization. Sad that it means cutting the jobs associated with those data centers, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
actually, scratch that, I think that's for water usage
hmm...I wonder if there's a way to get the data sent from the little port they installed on the outside of the house. Those scanners the power guys come around with are probably just simple IR, wonder if there's a way to figure out the control signal.
1. I can't seem to find original data for all these claims (and if anyone has any please point me to it). I really don't like taking someone's word for it when the trends they're talking about should be simple enough to be observed by an untrained eye.
2. Global scale is a very difficult thing to deal with because proving cause is almost impossible. We genuinely haven't been recording this stuff that long, and we essentially end up with hypothesis of cause and effect rather than any real conclusion. From what I've heard it sounds like this is cause and effect, but again, without the original data, what kind of change are we really talking about here?
Quotes convey things sometimes...
Yah know, if we keep finding variations, we're gonna have to take another look at our "primate ancestors".
air pumps are no-where near as difficult to deal with as oxygen tanks when lugging them around/replacing them. I agree that there is still work to be done, but this is a HUGE step. Obviously the ultimate goal would be an entirely self-sufficient internal apparatus, but I would disagree that this isn't useful.
Really? Here in the U.S. It's 200 with the contract, something like 400-600 without.
I said a large portion, not the average. My whole point was that status symbols are a perception, not based on how many people can afford them.
Seems like you misunderstand what a status symbol is. At $200 starting with 2-year plan, an iphone is still well outside the price range of a large portion of the population. A status symbol is not something that is unusual, merely a cultural symbol of attaining a certain level. You would in no way expect the workers at your local McDonalds to be sporting iphones. Status symbols are perceptions, not percentages. Status Symbol (wiki)
I agree completely. Matter of fact, I own a 360 purely because of the controllers. It feels better/sturdier than the PS controllers and I love having actual triggers.
Not quite. It was polygamist, but only on one side of things. That makes a huge difference when you're examining the evolution of a social norm.
Doesn't seem relevant to anything actually... They developed a custom software interfacing with SQL server and it had bugs. They were worried that a system without a password could be accessed by someone. That article must have been written on a very slow news day. Although props to the reporter for actually getting a response from MS rather than just reporting that there may be bugs with nuclear software.
While I agree with the "google fu" sentiment, office has been a high selling point on just about every internship/entry level position I've held. Especially if you combine it with a bit of programming knowledge and a VBA object reference. I've had quite a few managers impressed with a simple VB script when it took their 100+ csv files and made nice graphs of them for a proposal or report. I've also discovered that if you have a good enough knowledge of the suite, you end up increasing productivity all around. For example, showing someone how to use proper formatting tools rather than the spacebar can save a lot of time for everyone who's working on the document.