Not playing devil's advocate, but you also need a top-o'-the line graphics card to support that resolution (400+ USD each) and in order to put that into a business PC you'd need a beefy PSU - which is about 200 USD a piece. So the total cost goes up 1.2K USD. And the monitor will only do 1080p on a laptop, unless it's a 2K+ special laptop.
Still a good deal, I'd say, but the $500 mark is biased.
So what. If everybody shits on the sidewalk but I don't, it doesn't mean I should follow the crowd, does it? My choices have good reasons behind them: battery drain being one. My D2+ lasts for weeks if I listen to music for 2h a day, the sound is better (even considering my crappy hearing). You're free to use one device for everything if that makes you happy. It didn't make me happy in the past, that's all. Yeah, and most people are happy enough with subpar features as well - who am I to judge?:)
...Yahoo Messenger for me. That's all. I already have friends moving out of Y!M towards Google Talk (which I loathe) but most of them are still there. Apart from that, Yahoo! means nothing to me, not anymore.
That's unrelated to the true purpose of a smartphone. Some people are bound to fall prey to extremes. I check my smartphone to see what time it is (few times a day) and verify work e-mail (few times a day). I also read e-books while in the subway. That's all. Social networks don't appeal to me.
It's an advance because it allows you to do other things than just calls/SMS. If you choose to become its slave, it's a fully personal choice. Your take is wrong. it's like me saying "wines are tasty" and you replying "yeah but look at all those alcoholics out there". Disclaimer: I don't drink.
...which, by the way, other people fight. Google Glass is just a smaller GoPro Hero action cam. I had one (Hero 2) for a while and used it while riding my bike in the city. naturally, I went into various stores to buy stuff, with my cam on and recording. Apart from a couple looks, nobody ever said anything.
The GG is just the next step. regulate it? You also need to regulate cams of all sorts. If I tape a mobile phone to my chest and use that to record, it's basically a makeshift Google Glass. What are you going to do about it?
A-ha. Exactly the same has been told about trains, cars, electricity, computers, free travel rights, European Union, shorter skirts, homosexuality, black people rights and more recently Tesla cars and vaping. To name a few.
There are still people who cling to their dumb phones, my wife included. However, ignoring technological (and social, for that matter) advance doesn't make it go away. In the long run, it kind of makes *you* go away.
I have (had) a "private" facebook account, now they've apparently taken that away from me too. Anyway, I have it to look at what my sister's doing (she's living in another country), same for my uncle (lives in yet another country). I don't post stuff, don't put pictures in, it's simply for me to keep in touch with them as passive reader.
One interesting fact about Antarctica is that the sea ice essentially melts out completely every year so there is no carry over from one year to the next like there is in the Arctic.
Another interesting fact is that what you're saying is essentially bullshit.
"English is not the CryptoLocker Group's first language" - apparently it's not IB Times's, either, as seen in the article: "CryptoLocker is not currently being sold to anyone other criminal gangs". "it was being distributed by the Gameover Zeus malware, in some cases via the renowned Cutwail bonnet." "malware is typical among cyber-criminals in Russia and easter Europe," "this was quickly cut to 1 bitcoin, 0.5 bitcoin and at the time of publication, 0.5 bitcoin." - yes, there's a deep cut from 0.5 to 0.5, for sure. We should all rejoice!
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Not playing devil's advocate, but you also need a top-o'-the line graphics card to support that resolution (400+ USD each) and in order to put that into a business PC you'd need a beefy PSU - which is about 200 USD a piece. So the total cost goes up 1.2K USD. And the monitor will only do 1080p on a laptop, unless it's a 2K+ special laptop.
Still a good deal, I'd say, but the $500 mark is biased.
You meant a typo? :)
Even if CS went global, apparently I'm not offended. So, clearly, it failed.
So what. If everybody shits on the sidewalk but I don't, it doesn't mean I should follow the crowd, does it? :)
My choices have good reasons behind them: battery drain being one. My D2+ lasts for weeks if I listen to music for 2h a day, the sound is better (even considering my crappy hearing).
You're free to use one device for everything if that makes you happy. It didn't make me happy in the past, that's all. Yeah, and most people are happy enough with subpar features as well - who am I to judge?
I don't use GPS.
Yes I do have a separate MP3 player (Cowon D2+).
Yes I have a watch. On my wrist.
I don't use a calculator while away from my PC.
Any other questions?
I don't need one-size-fits-all apps, thank you very much. I'd rather not put all eggs in one basket, so-to-speak.
...Yahoo Messenger for me. That's all. I already have friends moving out of Y!M towards Google Talk (which I loathe) but most of them are still there.
Apart from that, Yahoo! means nothing to me, not anymore.
How exactly does panicking help?
Just relax and enjoy life, there's not much you can do about Yellowstone anyway.
...only if you set your router to be 192.168.1.1 - which I carefully avoided. :)
But I got your point nevertheless
That contradicts my idea of "hut". It's bigger than my apartment.
True. That's to be seen, but it's better to let society regulate it, rather than force it to disappear because "I don't like it".
That's unrelated to the true purpose of a smartphone. Some people are bound to fall prey to extremes. I check my smartphone to see what time it is (few times a day) and verify work e-mail (few times a day). I also read e-books while in the subway. That's all. Social networks don't appeal to me.
It's an advance because it allows you to do other things than just calls/SMS. If you choose to become its slave, it's a fully personal choice.
Your take is wrong. it's like me saying "wines are tasty" and you replying "yeah but look at all those alcoholics out there". Disclaimer: I don't drink.
...which, by the way, other people fight.
Google Glass is just a smaller GoPro Hero action cam. I had one (Hero 2) for a while and used it while riding my bike in the city. naturally, I went into various stores to buy stuff, with my cam on and recording. Apart from a couple looks, nobody ever said anything.
The GG is just the next step. regulate it? You also need to regulate cams of all sorts. If I tape a mobile phone to my chest and use that to record, it's basically a makeshift Google Glass. What are you going to do about it?
A-ha.
Exactly the same has been told about trains, cars, electricity, computers, free travel rights, European Union, shorter skirts, homosexuality, black people rights and more recently Tesla cars and vaping. To name a few.
How did those go?
There are still people who cling to their dumb phones, my wife included. However, ignoring technological (and social, for that matter) advance doesn't make it go away. In the long run, it kind of makes *you* go away.
"The future is on its way, and it is going to be on your face. We need to think about it and be ready for it in a way we weren’t with smartphones."
You can't fight time.
I have (had) a "private" facebook account, now they've apparently taken that away from me too. Anyway, I have it to look at what my sister's doing (she's living in another country), same for my uncle (lives in yet another country). I don't post stuff, don't put pictures in, it's simply for me to keep in touch with them as passive reader.
And I don't have a TV either.
maybe you should read some more, then:
http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6120
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013NatGe...6..376B
One interesting fact about Antarctica is that the sea ice essentially melts out completely every year so there is no carry over from one year to the next like there is in the Arctic.
Another interesting fact is that what you're saying is essentially bullshit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_ice_sheet
Do you see the water levels rising by 70 meters each year? 'cause I sure as hell don't.
Should I do it more often, then?
Who cares. I don't care whether it adds millions to his bank account or gives an alien a heart attack.
God damn it, I had zounds of mod points until yesterday, and when I finally read a very funny entry... they're gone.
Yes, yes, you knew I was gonna say that :)
Gentrification's a bitch.
...And it's a fun read, too:
"English is not the CryptoLocker Group's first language" - apparently it's not IB Times's, either, as seen in the article: "CryptoLocker is not currently being sold to anyone other criminal gangs".
"it was being distributed by the Gameover Zeus malware, in some cases via the renowned Cutwail bonnet."
"malware is typical among cyber-criminals in Russia and easter Europe,"
"this was quickly cut to 1 bitcoin, 0.5 bitcoin and at the time of publication, 0.5 bitcoin." - yes, there's a deep cut from 0.5 to 0.5, for sure. We should all rejoice!
Came hoping they have something to do with the Red Light District. Left disappointed.