Combos/chords work on keyboards. They are merely more commonly used out of necessity on a gamepad. On a keyboard it is more natural to use different keys, in particular to use mnemonics to aid in recalling where a key is found.
Quickly timed events are something entirely doable on PCs. Watch the keyboard as a pro plays Starcraft.
DS vs PC, now you are going to have to nerf more than precision. Obviously onscreen detail, possibly networking,...
All it amounts to are full keyboard and mouse, and microsoft can make a ton of cash by selling them as add on accessories for the xbox360... They are just being stupid and stubborn clenching to the controller
A keyboard and mouse have to be optional, the controller has to be the primary device. The controller is smaller, costs less and most importantly works while sitting on the floor or couch. A keyboard and mouse can not be included because costs must be manically controlled in the console market. So developers and gamers are in a situation where each side passes on the keyboard/mouse until the other side shows interest in it.
I don't know why you'd wager that. They've specifically described they're using a worthless technique for anonymizing the data (random ID changes on a 24 hour cycle). You will never get a clearer sign of either bad intentions or total ineptitude, and it doesn't matter which it is.
I'll just reemphasize that access to the raw anonymized data is most likely severely restricted and that what is distributed/accessible has most likely been processed into aggregate data describing groups not individuals, areas not specific locations.
... Let's just assume it actually works as they say and there isn't some easy way to link the random ID the real phone. Say, by web server logs...
In another life I collected, handled and processed anonymized data. Due to the severe legal repercussions of allowing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to be associated with anonymized non-PII we took steps to avoid such potential associations. For example our server logs for the anonymized data did not record the IP address. I could not associate the anonymized data with real customers if I had wanted to. I'd wager similar steps are being taken at Apple, and that the "easy" methods are not as available as some might assume.
... Apple already has your billing address (which is likely to be your home or work), so this de-anonymization should be especially trivial...
I am not an attorney but my understanding is that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has all sorts of legal requirements regarding access and use. Anonymized data is considered non-PII and has fewer restrictions, however the moment non-PII is associated with PII the non-PII legally becomes PII and subject to the access and usage safeguards. I'd wager that all those handling the non-PII have been lectured by corporate attorneys (I was in my past life where I handled anonymized data that could theoretically be associated with PII) in such matters and that access to the raw anonymized data is heavily restricted, as is access to the PII. The raw anonymized data is probably processed into some aggregate form that cannot be associated with PII (it describes groups not individuals, regions not addresses) and only this aggregate data is distributed within the organization.
It's not just governments. Microsoft gives some college faculty and students complete access to Windows source code. They have to be part of a research team doing something Microsoft finds interesting, sign NDAs, etc. Microsoft gets access to their work but there are no restrictions on publishing their research. A friend was on such a team when he was a grad student.
The problem is the antennas being shorted by a slightly conductive (sweaty) finger bridging one or more of the three breaks.
Apple doesn't need a recall to fix the problem: future phones can have a coating, and a free bumper ($10 cost to Apple) to existing customers solves all the problems.
At 2M iPhones, the "recall fix" would be a whopping $20M.
I suspect $20M is a worst case scenario. A cost of $10 might be accurate if it includes the labor of someone walking into the store and having an employee plug in their phone to check eligibility and then install the bumper. If the owner opts to get the bumper online the cost would be far less. More importantly the recall would be "voluntary" not "mandatory". Only someone experiencing or fearing the problem, or someone wanting a free bumper, would bring their phone in. I expect many would ignore the recall.
I believe the GP is suggesting getting your county or state agency to contact the out of state agency. The out of state agency is far more likely to respond than if an out of state individual contacted them. Its a professional courtesy and/or encourages reciprocation when the positions are reversed.
Hydrogen may be the most efficient combustible fuel, giving the aircraft the longest range per fuel payload
It also imposes a huge penalty in the form of the massive tanks required to hold a reasonable quantity.
That was my original assumption too. However we have a high endurance aircraft that can remain aloft for 4 days. I'm having to reevaluate that assumption given the facts. FWIW, the engine is from Ford and a car using a similar engine has a range of 130 miles so the tanks can't be too large. Also the aircraft seems to be using more exotic materials. Some article referred to a composite layer so it may use less metal than the consumer tanks, or maybe the reinforcement allows for greater internal pressures (ie more fuel).
With an unmanned aircraft the usual safety concerns regarding hydrogen do not apply.
Yeah, after all there won't be a ground handling and maintenance crew, and the fuel won't have to be shipped or handled either. Oh, wait...
I was thinking in terms of being shot at in a combat zone, not ground crews. FWIW, ground crews are pretty well versed at handling high explosives, white phosphorus and various other items that are probably more hazardous than a hydrogen fuel tank. Apparently these tanks are safe enough for consumer vehicles, the Ford auto for example.
Hydrogen may be the most efficient combustible fuel, giving the aircraft the longest range per fuel payload? With an unmanned aircraft the usual safety concerns regarding hydrogen do not apply.
Yeah, they do it this way because they can't just kill that application;) Unlike Android when you leave an application it dies in iOS. Yes they added "multitasking server/client support" but how many apps already do this? Don't confuse elegance with pure necessity.
iAds require iOS 4. In iOS 4 the app does not die when closed, it moves to an in-memory background state. Clicking on its icon moves it from background to foreground, it does not relaunch the app. Even apps built for older versions of iOS do this.
So I think we can chalk this up to elegance, or better yet effectiveness. The "normal" ad you see in your app is like an icon that launches the "real" full screen ad. Full screen with rich content allows advertisers to do much more compelling things.
iAds are a little different, Apple specifies the dimensions. For example in landscape orientation a 480x32 pixel strip across the entire screen is reserved. In Perpenso Calc we sandwich this between the numeric display and the segmented control that lets you select scientific, hex or bill mode. So it is out of the way during normal use. However when you click on an ad Apple puts up a full screen window over your app to display an ad with pretty rich content. Dismiss this ad and you are still in the app. The ad in your app is not a simple link that takes you out of your app and delivers you to some web page.
Speaking as an actual developer, Perpenso Calc for iPhone, the iAd Network has encouraged us to move a "lite" version up on the priority list. I don't accept the quoted revenue number, if accurate it is an anomaly, a freak outlier. However iAds does make publishing a gratis version of a paid app more attractive, even when starting from a low cost app like ours. When the barrier to entry for the full app is pretty low, a lite version just did not seem that necessary. With a potential revenue stream things move from "why bother" to "why not".
It's not just governments. Microsoft gives some college faculty and students complete access to Windows source code. They have to be part of a research team doing something Microsoft finds interesting, sign NDAs, etc. Microsoft gets access to their work but there are no restrictions on publishing. A friend was on such a team when he was a grad student.
In the very early 90s we were using Unix in my computer science program and many undergraduate and graduate students complained at a student/faculty meeting that there were no classes in programming MS Windows. It was not that many considered Windows "cool" but that many felt some Windows experience was necessary to be viable in the job market. So yes, students were once highly interested in Windows.
Some banks / credit cards allow you to generate temporary credit card numbers with a limit that you specify. The ones I've seen in use also tie themselves to the first vendor they are used with. So if first used on iTunes by you then cloned cards will not work elsewhere.
Some banks / credit cards allow you to generate temporary credit card numbers with a limit that you specify. The ones I've seen in use also tie themselves to the first vendor they are used with. The temporary credit card number is effectively an alias for your real number. Personally I think these temporary numbers are far better to use online than a real credit card number.
-- Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
now that is really really cool - much more impressive to me than a patent on a battery holder. Kudos to the developers, I hope they make something of it !
Agreed, definitely cool, but it does sound a little like cartridge alignment on inkjet printer.
-- Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
I'm against DRM in general, but the reality of my situation is that I have a ton of DRM'ed songs and videos bought from iTMS.
I would willingly pay $30 to get a Linux-based player for this content.
I wonder if that could happen under this plan?
My understanding is that the Apple iTunes Store can remove DRM from old 128 kbps purchases if you upgrade them to the 256 kbps versions currently being sold. I don't think Apple is selling songs with DRM any more.
-- Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
I have to admit that the thought of Android, Blackberry, etc apps on Apple's App Store would be interesting.;-)
Emulation could make it happen, in principle at least.
I'm not referring to running Adroid, BlackBerry, etc apps on an iPhone. I'm just thinking about the Apple App Store becoming a cross platform store. The users sets a filter for their device and then native apps for their device are shown.
-- Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
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I'm having flashbacks to X-Wing and Tie Fighter, two of my favorite DOS era games.
Combos/chords work on keyboards. They are merely more commonly used out of necessity on a gamepad. On a keyboard it is more natural to use different keys, in particular to use mnemonics to aid in recalling where a key is found.
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Quickly timed events are something entirely doable on PCs. Watch the keyboard as a pro plays Starcraft.
DS vs PC, now you are going to have to nerf more than precision. Obviously onscreen detail, possibly networking,
All it amounts to are full keyboard and mouse, and microsoft can make a ton of cash by selling them as add on accessories for the xbox360... They are just being stupid and stubborn clenching to the controller
A keyboard and mouse have to be optional, the controller has to be the primary device. The controller is smaller, costs less and most importantly works while sitting on the floor or couch. A keyboard and mouse can not be included because costs must be manically controlled in the console market. So developers and gamers are in a situation where each side passes on the keyboard/mouse until the other side shows interest in it.
I don't know why you'd wager that. They've specifically described they're using a worthless technique for anonymizing the data (random ID changes on a 24 hour cycle). You will never get a clearer sign of either bad intentions or total ineptitude, and it doesn't matter which it is.
I'll just reemphasize that access to the raw anonymized data is most likely severely restricted and that what is distributed/accessible has most likely been processed into aggregate data describing groups not individuals, areas not specific locations.
... Let's just assume it actually works as they say and there isn't some easy way to link the random ID the real phone. Say, by web server logs ...
In another life I collected, handled and processed anonymized data. Due to the severe legal repercussions of allowing Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to be associated with anonymized non-PII we took steps to avoid such potential associations. For example our server logs for the anonymized data did not record the IP address. I could not associate the anonymized data with real customers if I had wanted to. I'd wager similar steps are being taken at Apple, and that the "easy" methods are not as available as some might assume.
As for the more difficult methods. that's addressed in a different post.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1725026&cid=32966714
... Apple already has your billing address (which is likely to be your home or work), so this de-anonymization should be especially trivial ...
I am not an attorney but my understanding is that Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has all sorts of legal requirements regarding access and use. Anonymized data is considered non-PII and has fewer restrictions, however the moment non-PII is associated with PII the non-PII legally becomes PII and subject to the access and usage safeguards. I'd wager that all those handling the non-PII have been lectured by corporate attorneys (I was in my past life where I handled anonymized data that could theoretically be associated with PII) in such matters and that access to the raw anonymized data is heavily restricted, as is access to the PII. The raw anonymized data is probably processed into some aggregate form that cannot be associated with PII (it describes groups not individuals, regions not addresses) and only this aggregate data is distributed within the organization.
Excavation is expensive. No, scratch that, excavation is fucking expensive.
It doesn't have to be. ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_(nuclear_test)
microsoft has freely given its source code to the kgb (rolls eyes):
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/09/0042238/Microsoft-Opens-Source-Code-To-KGBs-Successor-Agency
It's not just governments. Microsoft gives some college faculty and students complete access to Windows source code. They have to be part of a research team doing something Microsoft finds interesting, sign NDAs, etc. Microsoft gets access to their work but there are no restrictions on publishing their research. A friend was on such a team when he was a grad student.
The problem is the antennas being shorted by a slightly conductive (sweaty) finger bridging one or more of the three breaks.
Apple doesn't need a recall to fix the problem: future phones can have a coating, and a free bumper ($10 cost to Apple) to existing customers solves all the problems.
At 2M iPhones, the "recall fix" would be a whopping $20M.
I suspect $20M is a worst case scenario. A cost of $10 might be accurate if it includes the labor of someone walking into the store and having an employee plug in their phone to check eligibility and then install the bumper. If the owner opts to get the bumper online the cost would be far less. More importantly the recall would be "voluntary" not "mandatory". Only someone experiencing or fearing the problem, or someone wanting a free bumper, would bring their phone in. I expect many would ignore the recall.
I believe the GP is suggesting getting your county or state agency to contact the out of state agency. The out of state agency is far more likely to respond than if an out of state individual contacted them. Its a professional courtesy and/or encourages reciprocation when the positions are reversed.
It also imposes a huge penalty in the form of the massive tanks required to hold a reasonable quantity.
That was my original assumption too. However we have a high endurance aircraft that can remain aloft for 4 days. I'm having to reevaluate that assumption given the facts. FWIW, the engine is from Ford and a car using a similar engine has a range of 130 miles so the tanks can't be too large. Also the aircraft seems to be using more exotic materials. Some article referred to a composite layer so it may use less metal than the consumer tanks, or maybe the reinforcement allows for greater internal pressures (ie more fuel).
Yeah, after all there won't be a ground handling and maintenance crew, and the fuel won't have to be shipped or handled either. Oh, wait...
I was thinking in terms of being shot at in a combat zone, not ground crews. FWIW, ground crews are pretty well versed at handling high explosives, white phosphorus and various other items that are probably more hazardous than a hydrogen fuel tank. Apparently these tanks are safe enough for consumer vehicles, the Ford auto for example.
Hydrogen may be the most efficient combustible fuel, giving the aircraft the longest range per fuel payload? With an unmanned aircraft the usual safety concerns regarding hydrogen do not apply.
Yeah, they do it this way because they can't just kill that application ;) Unlike Android when you leave an application it dies in iOS. Yes they added "multitasking server/client support" but how many apps already do this? Don't confuse elegance with pure necessity.
iAds require iOS 4. In iOS 4 the app does not die when closed, it moves to an in-memory background state. Clicking on its icon moves it from background to foreground, it does not relaunch the app. Even apps built for older versions of iOS do this.
So I think we can chalk this up to elegance, or better yet effectiveness. The "normal" ad you see in your app is like an icon that launches the "real" full screen ad. Full screen with rich content allows advertisers to do much more compelling things.
iAds are a little different, Apple specifies the dimensions. For example in landscape orientation a 480x32 pixel strip across the entire screen is reserved. In Perpenso Calc we sandwich this between the numeric display and the segmented control that lets you select scientific, hex or bill mode. So it is out of the way during normal use. However when you click on an ad Apple puts up a full screen window over your app to display an ad with pretty rich content. Dismiss this ad and you are still in the app. The ad in your app is not a simple link that takes you out of your app and delivers you to some web page.
Speaking as an actual developer, Perpenso Calc for iPhone, the iAd Network has encouraged us to move a "lite" version up on the priority list. I don't accept the quoted revenue number, if accurate it is an anomaly, a freak outlier. However iAds does make publishing a gratis version of a paid app more attractive, even when starting from a low cost app like ours. When the barrier to entry for the full app is pretty low, a lite version just did not seem that necessary. With a potential revenue stream things move from "why bother" to "why not".
It's not just governments. Microsoft gives some college faculty and students complete access to Windows source code. They have to be part of a research team doing something Microsoft finds interesting, sign NDAs, etc. Microsoft gets access to their work but there are no restrictions on publishing. A friend was on such a team when he was a grad student.
Are they pitted against each other? Other than the Android (which Google only makes the OS for) vs iPhone, what else is there?
Advertising on mobile devices.
http://advertising.apple.com/
Lucas did not write or direct episode V, The Empire Strikes Back.
"... directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back
In the very early 90s we were using Unix in my computer science program and many undergraduate and graduate students complained at a student/faculty meeting that there were no classes in programming MS Windows. It was not that many considered Windows "cool" but that many felt some Windows experience was necessary to be viable in the job market. So yes, students were once highly interested in Windows.
Some banks / credit cards allow you to generate temporary credit card numbers with a limit that you specify. The ones I've seen in use also tie themselves to the first vendor they are used with. So if first used on iTunes by you then cloned cards will not work elsewhere.
I apologize, I didn't know about the built-in functionality.
Some banks / credit cards allow you to generate temporary credit card numbers with a limit that you specify. The ones I've seen in use also tie themselves to the first vendor they are used with. The temporary credit card number is effectively an alias for your real number. Personally I think these temporary numbers are far better to use online than a real credit card number.
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Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
now that is really really cool - much more impressive to me than a patent on a battery holder. Kudos to the developers, I hope they make something of it !
Agreed, definitely cool, but it does sound a little like cartridge alignment on inkjet printer.
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Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
I'm against DRM in general, but the reality of my situation is that I have a ton of DRM'ed songs and videos bought from iTMS.
I would willingly pay $30 to get a Linux-based player for this content.
I wonder if that could happen under this plan?
My understanding is that the Apple iTunes Store can remove DRM from old 128 kbps purchases if you upgrade them to the 256 kbps versions currently being sold. I don't think Apple is selling songs with DRM any more.
--
Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.
I have to admit that the thought of Android, Blackberry, etc apps on Apple's App Store would be interesting. ;-)
Emulation could make it happen, in principle at least.
I'm not referring to running Adroid, BlackBerry, etc apps on an iPhone. I'm just thinking about the Apple App Store becoming a cross platform store. The users sets a filter for their device and then native apps for their device are shown.
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Perpenso Calc for iPhone. Classic Scientific and HEX functionality plus RPN, fractions, complex numbers, dotted quads, 32/64-bit signed/unsigned bitwise operations, UTF-8, IEEE FP decode, and RGB decode with color preview.