Maybe, like me, you have an AMD-based video card(s). AMD has yet to release (non-beta) drivers that support Miracast for my video cards. It's been talked about for months on the forums. I believe Nvidia provides the support for the majority of their recent cards already.
If you are going to have a flexible screen one would think you wouldn't use glass to cover it. You would need a material that also flexes. If it flexes it isn't going to be very hard and is likely to accumulate scratches like the old-school plastic screens. Not to say the tech is useless; it just seems to have limited applications in today's standard rectangle phones. Perhaps the tech will evolve enough to inspire a new phone design. Until then, meh.
Install Plex server (free) on your server and pick up a Roku 2 for $60 and install the Plex client (also free). Works great for videos, music, and pictures. Also, since the Roku isn't a Blu-ray player, it doesn't prevent you from playing Blu-rays that you have ripped to store on your server. This won't meet your game needs, but it's a tiny, lower power device so it doesn't take up a bunch of space or give off a bunch of heat.
$150 or more? I picked up an ASUS from Newegg around 6 months ago for $35 or so. It's an internal model and has SATA connections. It works great and appears to be as high quality as my other ASUS gear (I've found their components to be very reliable). The software needed to play a Blu-Ray movie was much more expensive than the drive itself.
I see this comment on/. every time discussion pops up around the Surface Pro. I understand that this is a big selling point for you. It's probably a selling point for graphic artists and others with similar needs. That said, there aren't enough of you to make this a notable selling point when it comes to the rest of the general public. I wouldn't give a flying rat's ass for a Wacom digitizer screen. I certainly won't pay an extra couple hundred dollars. It's largely irrelevant to me and to 90% or more of tablet purchasers.
Products with niche features belong in their niche. Otherwise, they increase the cost beyond what the typical user is willing to pay.
I'm sure Apple could have put a studio grade microphone in the ipad (+ midi interface). It would have been great for serious musicians and other peope in the sound industry. It also would have added a big cost for something that most people don't want.
Not at all. I just think it's important that people understand that they can be and most likely are being tracked regardless of whether they have an RFID in their vehicle. I think it's likely a losing effort to try and thwart government privacy invasion by avoiding technology. Things like license plate scanners, face recognition, drones, backdoors to hardware, backdoors to service providers, etc. make it really difficult to pratically avoid detection and tracking. It seems like it would be better to change the mindset (and legal precedent) that makes the governement think that it is okay to track us. That might be even less practical, but it's the avenue I would prefer to pursue.
It's called a license plate. With technology that allows license plates to be read by cameras, any government organization could track the movements of every vehicle everywhere in their jurisdiction. Don't think you can't be tracked because you don't have an RFID tag in your vehicle.
I pay my ISP to view the internet. I give them my money to access exactly the sites they are complaining about. If they did not give me access to those sites I would not pay them. I think most customers feel the same way. Nobody pays $100 a month for broadband access so they can send an occasional email or look at wikipedia once in a while. Verizon should be thanking sites like Netflix for creating the demand that allows to get paid by lots and lots of people like me.
Of course, if Verizon wants to pay me for adding demand to their system (thus allowing them to charge the content providers) then I suppose I might think differently. They can't collect on both ends of the transaction while adding absolutely no value in the middle. Verizon - when do I get my check for watching Netflix?
Available? Perhaps. I could probably order one online and it might be supported by ATT (the carrier I chose due to great LTE coverage in my area). I'd probably be without warranty coverage and definitely wouldn't have a local place to handle issues or exchanges. Still, I could do so. Of course, then I would end up paying the full cost of the phone while also paying rates that "include" a phone subsidy. Yes, the subsidized phone model might suck, but it's what you go with if you want solid LTE coverage in my area.
So, assuming I don't want to do that, let's look at what ATT has on sale as far as Android devices...
Samsung: Galaxy S 3 (too big), Galaxy S 4 (too big), Galaxy Note (huge), Galaxy Mega (it's a tablet - not a phone), Galaxy Rugby pro (thick, bulky, and intended for a different audience)
HTC One mini (not bad, but not out when I bought my phone), One VX (too big), Optimus G pro (too big), One (too big)
LG G2 (huge), Optimus G (too big)
NEC Terrain (odd form factor)
So, as far as high end Android devices being available in all sizes - perhaps, but not readily availble to me. Why would I deal with all those issues when the iPhone (a great all-around device) is sitting right there?
That's why it's good to have competition in the market. I probably won't ever purchase another android phone because they are all far too large for my taste. This is coming from someone who used Android happily for a number of years. The last time I went in for an upgrade the iPhone 5 was the only device that felt comfortable in my hand. It's nice that we both have the chance to be happy with our devices.
That's why embedding intelligence in your codes is a bad idea. Sometimes the world changes in ways that your original intelligence scheme did not anticipate. For example, what happens if you run out of codes that begin with 3? You're suddenly left with an intelligence system that is is either no longer able to meet your needs or no longer accurate.
Completely correct, but retroreflectors are all over the road. I have retroreflective tape on my motorcycle. I have retroreflectors on my running shoes. Most modern road paint is designed to be retroreflective; same thing with street signs. I think something designed to detect and destroy retroreflective objects would be very busy in any environment near a roadway.
I like your idea and all, it just seems like there would need to be some thought put into an algorithm to weed out retroreflective items that aren't cameras. Even there, I'd be worried about shining a laser into a car with with some sort of onboard camera for legitimate telematics purposes (commercial vehicles, police cars, etc.).
It seems easiest to me to put on a balaclava, grab a laser, and shine it directly at the camera in question (assuming it can be located). Of course, I suppose it wouldn't take long for the police to put out an APB for a person wearing a balaclava and visiting road intersections.
I'm not advocating this activity - just thinking through the problem for the fun of it.
They are so happy to do this because they own companies that produce copyrighted content. This is not okay. In an effort to get broadband out to larger numbers of people Comcast has been granted monopolies, subsidies, easements, and other things in the public domain. They should not be able to use that public domain to make sure that they can distribute and protect their own content. As soon as they took handouts from the public they lost the right to be anything but a "dumb" connection. I can't understandy why the FCC allows Comcast to exist as it does today - with clear conflicts of interest between their obligation to fairly contribute to the public domain and their need to make as much money as they can from the production of copyrighted content (that they distribute on their infrastructure).
While your prose is pretty, your conclusion rests upon our acceptance of your face/body anthropomorphism of the government. The president isn't the face of a body. The president is the head of the excutive branch. The NSA, FBI, CIA, US Marshals, etc. all report (eventually) to him. He could stop most of this tomorrow. Sure, he wouldn't be able to stop it all immediately (some operations would linger on until discovered and dismantled), but he could appoint people to make sure it was all stopped within the year. He is the one person in the government who can make that call unilaterally. He has chosen not to do so. He's not powerless.
I'm sure there could be lots of conjecture about the limits of presidential power in the real world or "who is really pulling the strings," but that is what it is - conjecture.
To me, the buck stops at the head of the executive branch.
This is a much better idea. The three word combination has several problems. First, it is arbitrary. blue.genteal.kilowatt could be anywhere. green.angry.beaver might be right next store. You'd never know just by looking at the names. Which brings us to part two - to get any use out of the names you need access to a database maintained by a 3rd party - one that could go away at any moment and which is probably only available with internet access.
Your method allows easy-to-remember words that can be linked to things for which context is readily available (most maps and globes will do and a simple mapping program will be even better).
The one thing it doesn't account for is language differences. cat.dog.snow is probably different in English than in Inuit or Korean.
They should be using it to help provide additional cooling to the data center. So, if you have to switch over to power generated by the release of compressed air, you should be able to divert the lower temperature air to the data center to lower your cooling need and decrease the overall power draw. Of course, this all sounds good, but the actual implemention is surely fraught with issues.
I read an article on this once. Unfortunately, I'm unable to find the link, but I'm sure enough searching would turn it up if you're interested. The article referenced a study that found that people experienced an increased level of distraction when they could only hear one side of a conversation taking place around them. The writer of the study believed this was due to the fact that your brain feels the need to "fill in" the part of the conversation that it can't hear. Doing so requires a greater degree of mental resource and, thus, leads to greater distractioin.
There's a difference between killing time while waiting for something better to come along and making a deliberate investment of time in gaming. I'd say that most mobile games qualify as the former while most console and PC games qualify as the latter. At this point, mobile games don't seem like much a threat to console games. Sure, my kids like Angry Birds as much as anyone else. They'll play it when they're riding in the car, at a family BBQ, waiting for the bus, or some other place they'd rather not be. I've never seen them dropped off by the school bus only to burst in the front door, plop down on the couch, and try to tackle the next level of Angry Birds. I've seen them try to do that many a time with games like Fallout or Bioshock. I say "try" only because I typically won't let them veg out on video games prior to completion of homework and chores.
I don't disagree at all with your point. The part that I also think is important, however, is the fact that you state that history belongs to all of us. To mea, that means its maintenance and preservation need to be paid for by all of us - not the landowner by whom it was discovered. I would expect just compensation for time, lost opportunity, or seizure of property to be appropriate. Of course, this would need to be paid for via some government fund - I suggest pulling that money from the TSA.
Other than the gaming functionality, everything else they seem to offer is already part of my living room hardware. I can watch Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, etc. on my Smart TV, my Blu-ray player, and my PS3. Oh, and I don't have to pay for Xbox Live to do any of those things either. All three can also connect to my home media server via DLNA and/or Medialink (Plex). It seems that this functionality is standard on almost any electronic device you place in your living room these days. I think I paid around $100 for my blu-ray player (with built-in wifi).
Sure, there are other features like Connect and voice command, but I find those mostly silly and useless. They are features in which I have zero interest. I'm sure some others feel differently.
In that case, it comes down to gaming. My PC (with Steam) handles that beautifully - probably better than will the Xbox One. I'll admit, though, that it isn't in my living room. I guess I could see getting this for my kids to replace their 360, but not at the day-one price point at which it will likely be introduced. I'll wait to see if it ends up being as problematic as the 360 and, if not, may pick one up when it hits $199. If not, I'll give the kids my PS3 when their 360 dies for the 4th time.
What would be the point? I can already stream live radio from a vast number of stations from all over legally and with no cost. Heck, a fair number of stations even allow you to stream recorded broadcasts for nothing.
Thank you. The more abundant something is, the more likely someone is to "discover it." Let's say that I got a large cage. On the bottom of the cage I put a piece of paper that was 60% white, 30% blue, and 10% black. I then found two blind lab rats and said that one could find black and the other could find blue. I noted that the rats would stop moving when they were on the color they were "able" to find. Ruling out external factors such as the black squares being warmer (and, as such, attracting the rats), I think we would all expect the rat that can find the color blue to have the highest success rate.
Judging from a quick google image search of groundwater maps of the US and iron ore maps of the US I think it's likely that a water dowser would be much more successful than a metal dowser.
Why are computers that store/control extremely sensitive government information and processes (plans for weapons, locations of operatives, power grid controls, etc.) accessable via the internet? It would seem that the government should have its own pipes that are used for these purposes. They could then turn all of the security they want on those pipes - leaving the broader internet alone. Sure, the pipes could still be infiltrated, but there would have to be some sort of physical breach. In addition, there would be far fewer nodes to monitor.
I understand the need to protect the data of things like systemically important financial institutions, but I think that's an entirely different type of security.
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Maybe, like me, you have an AMD-based video card(s). AMD has yet to release (non-beta) drivers that support Miracast for my video cards. It's been talked about for months on the forums. I believe Nvidia provides the support for the majority of their recent cards already.
If you are going to have a flexible screen one would think you wouldn't use glass to cover it. You would need a material that also flexes. If it flexes it isn't going to be very hard and is likely to accumulate scratches like the old-school plastic screens. Not to say the tech is useless; it just seems to have limited applications in today's standard rectangle phones. Perhaps the tech will evolve enough to inspire a new phone design. Until then, meh.
Install Plex server (free) on your server and pick up a Roku 2 for $60 and install the Plex client (also free). Works great for videos, music, and pictures. Also, since the Roku isn't a Blu-ray player, it doesn't prevent you from playing Blu-rays that you have ripped to store on your server. This won't meet your game needs, but it's a tiny, lower power device so it doesn't take up a bunch of space or give off a bunch of heat.
$150 or more? I picked up an ASUS from Newegg around 6 months ago for $35 or so. It's an internal model and has SATA connections. It works great and appears to be as high quality as my other ASUS gear (I've found their components to be very reliable). The software needed to play a Blu-Ray movie was much more expensive than the drive itself.
Exactly - another mistake in the movie. Julia Roberts is actually Sandra Bullock.
I see this comment on /. every time discussion pops up around the Surface Pro. I understand that this is a big selling point for you. It's probably a selling point for graphic artists and others with similar needs. That said, there aren't enough of you to make this a notable selling point when it comes to the rest of the general public. I wouldn't give a flying rat's ass for a Wacom digitizer screen. I certainly won't pay an extra couple hundred dollars. It's largely irrelevant to me and to 90% or more of tablet purchasers.
Products with niche features belong in their niche. Otherwise, they increase the cost beyond what the typical user is willing to pay.
I'm sure Apple could have put a studio grade microphone in the ipad (+ midi interface). It would have been great for serious musicians and other peope in the sound industry. It also would have added a big cost for something that most people don't want.
Not at all. I just think it's important that people understand that they can be and most likely are being tracked regardless of whether they have an RFID in their vehicle. I think it's likely a losing effort to try and thwart government privacy invasion by avoiding technology. Things like license plate scanners, face recognition, drones, backdoors to hardware, backdoors to service providers, etc. make it really difficult to pratically avoid detection and tracking. It seems like it would be better to change the mindset (and legal precedent) that makes the governement think that it is okay to track us. That might be even less practical, but it's the avenue I would prefer to pursue.
It's called a license plate. With technology that allows license plates to be read by cameras, any government organization could track the movements of every vehicle everywhere in their jurisdiction. Don't think you can't be tracked because you don't have an RFID tag in your vehicle.
I pay my ISP to view the internet. I give them my money to access exactly the sites they are complaining about. If they did not give me access to those sites I would not pay them. I think most customers feel the same way. Nobody pays $100 a month for broadband access so they can send an occasional email or look at wikipedia once in a while. Verizon should be thanking sites like Netflix for creating the demand that allows to get paid by lots and lots of people like me.
Of course, if Verizon wants to pay me for adding demand to their system (thus allowing them to charge the content providers) then I suppose I might think differently. They can't collect on both ends of the transaction while adding absolutely no value in the middle. Verizon - when do I get my check for watching Netflix?
Available? Perhaps. I could probably order one online and it might be supported by ATT (the carrier I chose due to great LTE coverage in my area). I'd probably be without warranty coverage and definitely wouldn't have a local place to handle issues or exchanges. Still, I could do so. Of course, then I would end up paying the full cost of the phone while also paying rates that "include" a phone subsidy. Yes, the subsidized phone model might suck, but it's what you go with if you want solid LTE coverage in my area.
So, assuming I don't want to do that, let's look at what ATT has on sale as far as Android devices...
Samsung:
Galaxy S 3 (too big), Galaxy S 4 (too big), Galaxy Note (huge), Galaxy Mega (it's a tablet - not a phone), Galaxy Rugby pro (thick, bulky, and intended for a different audience)
HTC
One mini (not bad, but not out when I bought my phone), One VX (too big), Optimus G pro (too big), One (too big)
LG
G2 (huge), Optimus G (too big)
NEC
Terrain (odd form factor)
So, as far as high end Android devices being available in all sizes - perhaps, but not readily availble to me. Why would I deal with all those issues when the iPhone (a great all-around device) is sitting right there?
That's why it's good to have competition in the market. I probably won't ever purchase another android phone because they are all far too large for my taste. This is coming from someone who used Android happily for a number of years. The last time I went in for an upgrade the iPhone 5 was the only device that felt comfortable in my hand. It's nice that we both have the chance to be happy with our devices.
That's why embedding intelligence in your codes is a bad idea. Sometimes the world changes in ways that your original intelligence scheme did not anticipate. For example, what happens if you run out of codes that begin with 3? You're suddenly left with an intelligence system that is is either no longer able to meet your needs or no longer accurate.
Completely correct, but retroreflectors are all over the road. I have retroreflective tape on my motorcycle. I have retroreflectors on my running shoes. Most modern road paint is designed to be retroreflective; same thing with street signs. I think something designed to detect and destroy retroreflective objects would be very busy in any environment near a roadway.
I like your idea and all, it just seems like there would need to be some thought put into an algorithm to weed out retroreflective items that aren't cameras. Even there, I'd be worried about shining a laser into a car with with some sort of onboard camera for legitimate telematics purposes (commercial vehicles, police cars, etc.).
It seems easiest to me to put on a balaclava, grab a laser, and shine it directly at the camera in question (assuming it can be located). Of course, I suppose it wouldn't take long for the police to put out an APB for a person wearing a balaclava and visiting road intersections.
I'm not advocating this activity - just thinking through the problem for the fun of it.
They are so happy to do this because they own companies that produce copyrighted content. This is not okay. In an effort to get broadband out to larger numbers of people Comcast has been granted monopolies, subsidies, easements, and other things in the public domain. They should not be able to use that public domain to make sure that they can distribute and protect their own content. As soon as they took handouts from the public they lost the right to be anything but a "dumb" connection. I can't understandy why the FCC allows Comcast to exist as it does today - with clear conflicts of interest between their obligation to fairly contribute to the public domain and their need to make as much money as they can from the production of copyrighted content (that they distribute on their infrastructure).
While your prose is pretty, your conclusion rests upon our acceptance of your face/body anthropomorphism of the government. The president isn't the face of a body. The president is the head of the excutive branch. The NSA, FBI, CIA, US Marshals, etc. all report (eventually) to him. He could stop most of this tomorrow. Sure, he wouldn't be able to stop it all immediately (some operations would linger on until discovered and dismantled), but he could appoint people to make sure it was all stopped within the year. He is the one person in the government who can make that call unilaterally. He has chosen not to do so. He's not powerless.
I'm sure there could be lots of conjecture about the limits of presidential power in the real world or "who is really pulling the strings," but that is what it is - conjecture.
To me, the buck stops at the head of the executive branch.
This is a much better idea. The three word combination has several problems. First, it is arbitrary. blue.genteal.kilowatt could be anywhere. green.angry.beaver might be right next store. You'd never know just by looking at the names. Which brings us to part two - to get any use out of the names you need access to a database maintained by a 3rd party - one that could go away at any moment and which is probably only available with internet access.
Your method allows easy-to-remember words that can be linked to things for which context is readily available (most maps and globes will do and a simple mapping program will be even better).
The one thing it doesn't account for is language differences. cat.dog.snow is probably different in English than in Inuit or Korean.
They should be using it to help provide additional cooling to the data center. So, if you have to switch over to power generated by the release of compressed air, you should be able to divert the lower temperature air to the data center to lower your cooling need and decrease the overall power draw. Of course, this all sounds good, but the actual implemention is surely fraught with issues.
I read an article on this once. Unfortunately, I'm unable to find the link, but I'm sure enough searching would turn it up if you're interested. The article referenced a study that found that people experienced an increased level of distraction when they could only hear one side of a conversation taking place around them. The writer of the study believed this was due to the fact that your brain feels the need to "fill in" the part of the conversation that it can't hear. Doing so requires a greater degree of mental resource and, thus, leads to greater distractioin.
This made me laugh out loud. A toast to you my good AC.
There's a difference between killing time while waiting for something better to come along and making a deliberate investment of time in gaming. I'd say that most mobile games qualify as the former while most console and PC games qualify as the latter. At this point, mobile games don't seem like much a threat to console games. Sure, my kids like Angry Birds as much as anyone else. They'll play it when they're riding in the car, at a family BBQ, waiting for the bus, or some other place they'd rather not be. I've never seen them dropped off by the school bus only to burst in the front door, plop down on the couch, and try to tackle the next level of Angry Birds. I've seen them try to do that many a time with games like Fallout or Bioshock. I say "try" only because I typically won't let them veg out on video games prior to completion of homework and chores.
I don't disagree at all with your point. The part that I also think is important, however, is the fact that you state that history belongs to all of us. To mea, that means its maintenance and preservation need to be paid for by all of us - not the landowner by whom it was discovered. I would expect just compensation for time, lost opportunity, or seizure of property to be appropriate. Of course, this would need to be paid for via some government fund - I suggest pulling that money from the TSA.
Other than the gaming functionality, everything else they seem to offer is already part of my living room hardware. I can watch Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, etc. on my Smart TV, my Blu-ray player, and my PS3. Oh, and I don't have to pay for Xbox Live to do any of those things either. All three can also connect to my home media server via DLNA and/or Medialink (Plex). It seems that this functionality is standard on almost any electronic device you place in your living room these days. I think I paid around $100 for my blu-ray player (with built-in wifi).
Sure, there are other features like Connect and voice command, but I find those mostly silly and useless. They are features in which I have zero interest. I'm sure some others feel differently.
In that case, it comes down to gaming. My PC (with Steam) handles that beautifully - probably better than will the Xbox One. I'll admit, though, that it isn't in my living room. I guess I could see getting this for my kids to replace their 360, but not at the day-one price point at which it will likely be introduced. I'll wait to see if it ends up being as problematic as the 360 and, if not, may pick one up when it hits $199. If not, I'll give the kids my PS3 when their 360 dies for the 4th time.
What would be the point? I can already stream live radio from a vast number of stations from all over legally and with no cost. Heck, a fair number of stations even allow you to stream recorded broadcasts for nothing.
Thank you. The more abundant something is, the more likely someone is to "discover it." Let's say that I got a large cage. On the bottom of the cage I put a piece of paper that was 60% white, 30% blue, and 10% black. I then found two blind lab rats and said that one could find black and the other could find blue. I noted that the rats would stop moving when they were on the color they were "able" to find. Ruling out external factors such as the black squares being warmer (and, as such, attracting the rats), I think we would all expect the rat that can find the color blue to have the highest success rate.
Judging from a quick google image search of groundwater maps of the US and iron ore maps of the US I think it's likely that a water dowser would be much more successful than a metal dowser.
Why are computers that store/control extremely sensitive government information and processes (plans for weapons, locations of operatives, power grid controls, etc.) accessable via the internet? It would seem that the government should have its own pipes that are used for these purposes. They could then turn all of the security they want on those pipes - leaving the broader internet alone. Sure, the pipes could still be infiltrated, but there would have to be some sort of physical breach. In addition, there would be far fewer nodes to monitor.
I understand the need to protect the data of things like systemically important financial institutions, but I think that's an entirely different type of security.