Here in Spokane Washington, I have only seen it at Walmart and Safeway stores. The HomeDepot here is still swipe.** Most of the gas stations, convenience stores, bowling alleys and the like have the proper equipment, but don't have the chip reader activated.
I wonder if they're faster in Europe. While I won't get my panties in a bunch over a few extra seconds, standing in a long line at Wally World it does add up. Seems like the newer the tech, the slower. When I was a kid, my car radio took a minute to warm up, as a young man my car radios came on instantly, now the CD/DVD/USB/Flash Drive/TouchScreen radio in my car takes as long to boot up and play as my old tube radio did. (offtopic, I know...)
**I haven't been in HomeDepot for at least a month, so maybe it's changed. But considering how slowly the rollout is going, not likely.
I think he is referring to the few ads from the MS store that appear when you left-click the start button. It shows some of the metro tiles and a few are kinda ads for apps like Solitaire, Minecraft, iHeart Radio, Xbox Network and the like. They are quite unobtrusive and if you never open the start menu that way you never see them. After all most of the important stuff comes up under a right-click in a convienient list. As I use the start menu to access a few key, but seldom used programs not pinned to the taskbar., I don't see the ads when I open it unless I scroll down. I hate icons on my desktop so I use pinning quite a bit more than the average user who has a metric shit-ton of icons on their desktop. (at least were using metric!). It actually makes a damn fine quicklaunch, with icons large enough for these old eyes to see.
" if you think about it does it not kind of suck you only get TWO possible distinct channels?"
Meh, not really, after all I only have two distinct ears....
And we are talking about a phone, not a badass sound system. I just don't look to a pair of earbuds to deliver full fidelity surround sound. I look to them to drown out the maddening noises of modern society, and the boss whenever possible.....
Ah yes. Those of us with children (in my case, grandchildren) will see it irregardless of whether or not we would of sought it out on our own. And for the most part, we will enjoy it. It's in the sharing of that time with your (grand)kids that produces the value to a film like this.
This is something the childless here will never understand.
Yes, a nice example is to look at a hi-resolution photo of Earth from space. Much of humanity lives along coastlines and rivers, especially where a river meets the sea, as you get ocean access and river access to both global and inland trade, along with fresh water and a convenient way to get rid of waste.
Civilization settled where trade was convenient, with few exceptions. Before flight, water was the best, fastest way to trade. Once we mastered the sea, and were no longer confined to rivers and coastlines, civilization flourished with increasing speed. A few centuries back
According to Harvard University,* in this era: " More than 2 billion people, an estimated 37 percent of the world's population, live within 60 miles of the coast and would be affected, directly or indirectly, by incursions of the sea." If we increase that to about 93 miles,** then the number jumps to approximately 44 percent.
The Harvard article is talking about a 3 to 5 foot increase in sea levels wiping out much of the coastal infrastructure worldwide, as much of it is built on flood plains frequently no more than 3 feet or so above sea level. I would think it a safe bet that a 300 foot rise in sea level would affect a great many more, likely much more than 50 percent.
After all, how I want my desktop to be is quite unlikely to be what you would want yours to be. Be it Windows, Apple, LINUX or BSD. Customization of the desktop is a must, regardless of O/S.
Please remit $29.99 US to me for a new keyboard. On second thought, make it $59.99, I want a nicer one..... Damn, Dr. Pepper burns the nose cavities...
Well, thank you very much Immerman. I never considered that and dammit, you just ruined every interstellar warfare book and movie I ever read or watched by giving the most obvious and simple way to end an interstellar war. . Planetcide.
Ah shit. And I loved the Honor Harrington series so much.
Now, please write a book utilizing this so I will have something to read. Cheers!
"The 918's motor is basically just there to charge the batteries, plus it provides a modest share of extra power, but the main acceleration is electric."
Why on earth would you need a 600 horsepower engine to charge a battery? The electric portion is a cheap way to boost the HP to over 800 without designing a new engine. Until they can make a 1000+ HP electric motor that still has range, ICE engines will still be faster.
"The point is, the fastest production cars are now electric. "
Uh, no. With a top speed of only 218 mph the Porsche 918 it doesn't even make the top ten fastest production cars.
" Northern Europe emerges well in the index â€" itâ€(TM)s home to four of the top five countries.
But just because a country has a clean public sector at home, doesnâ€(TM)t mean it isnâ€(TM)t linked to corruption elsewhere.
Take Sweden for instance. It comes third in the index, yet the Swedish-Finnish firm TeliaSonera â€" 37 per cent owned by the Swedish state â€" is facing allegations that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to secure business in Uzbekistan, which comes in at 153rd in the index.
The company is now pulling out of business in Central Asia, but Sweden isnâ€(TM)t the only â€oeclean†country to be linked to dodgy behaviour overseas. As our research shows, half of all OECD countries are violating their international obligations to crack down on bribery by their companies abroad."
Thanks. I'll keep this in mind next time I do a build.
It would sure beat the zillion declines/skips/noIdontwantyourfuckingcrapware buttons I clicked. And they get so fucking deceptive that it's sometimes difficult to tell which button opts out rather than really says Hahahagotyafucker! On the other hand, I make plenty of weed money off my friends who always use Express Install (Recommended)! So the evil twin inside me tells me not to recommend it to my friends....and I think the good guy is passed out...what a lightweight...
Ok, I can't spell for shit after two bowls and a couple of beers......It's the weekend, but some asshole will feel it's his duty to point it out. Put your ruler away, you ain't my schoolmarm and you ain't whacking my knuckles.
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Here in Spokane Washington, I have only seen it at Walmart and Safeway stores. The HomeDepot here is still swipe.** Most of the gas stations, convenience stores, bowling alleys and the like have the proper equipment, but don't have the chip reader activated.
I wonder if they're faster in Europe. While I won't get my panties in a bunch over a few extra seconds, standing in a long line at Wally World it does add up.
Seems like the newer the tech, the slower. When I was a kid, my car radio took a minute to warm up, as a young man my car radios came on instantly, now the CD/DVD/USB/Flash Drive/TouchScreen radio in my car takes as long to boot up and play as my old tube radio did. (offtopic, I know...)
**I haven't been in HomeDepot for at least a month, so maybe it's changed. But considering how slowly the rollout is going, not likely.
Not to mention that they need to invent the single stage to orbit spaceplane first....
"Why would you go to the trouble of gaming on a PC when you can just use a Playstation?"
MODS!
I think he is referring to the few ads from the MS store that appear when you left-click the start button. It shows some of the metro tiles and a few are kinda ads for apps like Solitaire, Minecraft, iHeart Radio, Xbox Network and the like.
They are quite unobtrusive and if you never open the start menu that way you never see them. After all most of the important stuff comes up under a right-click in a convienient list. As I use the start menu to access a few key, but seldom used programs not pinned to the taskbar., I don't see the ads when I open it unless I scroll down.
I hate icons on my desktop so I use pinning quite a bit more than the average user who has a metric shit-ton of icons on their desktop. (at least were using metric!).
It actually makes a damn fine quicklaunch, with icons large enough for these old eyes to see.
" if you think about it does it not kind of suck you only get TWO possible distinct channels?"
Meh, not really, after all I only have two distinct ears....
And we are talking about a phone, not a badass sound system. I just don't look to a pair of earbuds to deliver full fidelity surround sound. I look to them to drown out the maddening noises of modern society, and the boss whenever possible.....
The Rosetta Stone in this case is likely a 10" thick set of punch-cards....
Ah yes. Those of us with children (in my case, grandchildren) will see it irregardless of whether or not we would of sought it out on our own. And for the most part, we will enjoy it. It's in the sharing of that time with your (grand)kids that produces the value to a film like this.
This is something the childless here will never understand.
And fortunately for us, Scott Manley's videos are quite watchable.
Imagine if he had tried to emulate Pew-De-Pie......
I would still be flying strait up wondering why I wasn't in orbit when the navball changed readings parameters from surface to orbit.
(yes, I was that dumb, started in 0.13)
Absolutely! for I am:
http://shirt.thatdailydeal.com//images/products/starwarsfan1.jpg
Yes, a nice example is to look at a hi-resolution photo of Earth from space. Much of humanity lives along coastlines and rivers, especially where a river meets the sea, as you get ocean access and river access to both global and inland trade, along with fresh water and a convenient way to get rid of waste.
/CDSServlet?status=ND0xODc3JjY9ZW4mMzM9KiYzNz1rb3M~
Civilization settled where trade was convenient, with few exceptions. Before flight, water was the best, fastest way to trade. Once we mastered the sea, and were no longer confined to rivers and coastlines, civilization flourished with increasing speed. A few centuries back
According to Harvard University,* in this era: " More than 2 billion people, an estimated 37 percent of the world's population, live within 60 miles of the coast and would be affected, directly or indirectly, by incursions of the sea."
If we increase that to about 93 miles,** then the number jumps to approximately 44 percent.
The Harvard article is talking about a 3 to 5 foot increase in sea levels wiping out much of the coastal infrastructure worldwide, as much of it is built on flood plains frequently no more than 3 feet or so above sea level.
I would think it a safe bet that a 300 foot rise in sea level would affect a great many more, likely much more than 50 percent.
*Harvard:
http://environment.harvard.edu/node/3272
http://www.oceansatlas.org/servlet
**UN atlas of the oceans:
Um, that's kind of unreasonable isn't it?
After all, how I want my desktop to be is quite unlikely to be what you would want yours to be. Be it Windows, Apple, LINUX or BSD. Customization of the desktop is a must, regardless of O/S.
Don't worry, they gave the research to the Umbrella Corporation to secretly develop in an underground lab in Raccoon City.....
Please remit $29.99 US to me for a new keyboard.
On second thought, make it $59.99, I want a nicer one.....
Damn, Dr. Pepper burns the nose cavities...
I can understand being tech obsessed, but couldn't you of spared just a little time for history class?
Well, thank you very much Immerman. I never considered that and dammit, you just ruined every interstellar warfare book and movie I ever read or watched by giving the most obvious and simple way to end an interstellar war. . Planetcide.
Ah shit. And I loved the Honor Harrington series so much.
Now, please write a book utilizing this so I will have something to read. Cheers!
"The 918's motor is basically just there to charge the batteries, plus it provides a modest share of extra power, but the main acceleration is electric."
Why on earth would you need a 600 horsepower engine to charge a battery? The electric portion is a cheap way to boost the HP to over 800 without designing a new engine. Until they can make a 1000+ HP electric motor that still has range, ICE engines will still be faster.
"The point is, the fastest production cars are now electric. "
Uh, no. With a top speed of only 218 mph the Porsche 918 it doesn't even make the top ten fastest production cars.
https://www.globalcarsbrands.com/top-10-fastest-cars-in-the-world/
That's actually not a bad score.
And worth noting, from your link:
" Northern Europe emerges well in the index â€" itâ€(TM)s home to four of the top five countries.
But just because a country has a clean public sector at home, doesnâ€(TM)t mean it isnâ€(TM)t linked to corruption elsewhere.
Take Sweden for instance. It comes third in the index, yet the Swedish-Finnish firm TeliaSonera â€" 37 per cent owned by the Swedish state â€" is facing allegations that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to secure business in Uzbekistan, which comes in at 153rd in the index.
The company is now pulling out of business in Central Asia, but Sweden isnâ€(TM)t the only â€oeclean†country to be linked to dodgy behaviour overseas. As our research shows, half of all OECD countries are violating their international obligations to crack down on bribery by their companies abroad."
So your point was what?
(Slips, slides down looooooong slippery slope...)
For (insert deity of choice) sake man! Don't give them ideas!!!
Sieg heil, mein Führer!
Goddamn fucking fascist.
People die every day. I prefer the government keep the hell out of trying to make my life 100% safe. I like some risk in my life. And I love to drive.
Cruising down the freeway in a Corvette at 80mph with the top off and eight cylinders rumbling is the height of non-sexual euphoria.
Self driving sports/performance cars would be the most boring thing ever created.
At least self driving motorcycles would be further down the road, so I still would get to drive my Harley.
"So in summary psychos play video games. Video games don't make you psycho."
I approve this message, at least pslytely.
Thanks. I'll keep this in mind next time I do a build.
It would sure beat the zillion declines/skips/noIdontwantyourfuckingcrapware buttons I clicked. And they get so fucking deceptive that it's sometimes difficult to tell which button opts out rather than really says Hahahagotyafucker!
On the other hand, I make plenty of weed money off my friends who always use Express Install (Recommended)!
So the evil twin inside me tells me not to recommend it to my friends....and I think the good guy is passed out...what a lightweight...
Mongo never was very stable...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8cDfnQD0ws
"Mongo only pawn in game of life."
Ok, I can't spell for shit after two bowls and a couple of beers......It's the weekend, but some asshole will feel it's his duty to point it out. Put your ruler away, you ain't my schoolmarm and you ain't whacking my knuckles.
That tactic dates to the dawn of aireal warfare in WWI.