Every time I buy a laptop, I take a look at what my laptop is lacking and put that into a list of what I want in my next one. Being able to use it outside effectively has been on the list since my first one (after all, it's a laptop, it's portable, I want to use it outside). My current one converts into a tablet, which is definitely nice; I can now use it while walking, but the display is not up to snuff and in bright daylight it is unreadable. Depending upon how things play out with OLED displays (still 5 years away nearly 10 years after I heard about the technology), a transflective screen may be what I end up looking for in my next portable computer.
The two situations are not analogous. As I understand it, Raza was made fun of in school after his video was passed around and then posted online. Something tells me David wasn't tormented quite like Ghyslain.
For those that got freaked out when reading "eyeballs-(in|out)":
The human body is considerably more able to survive g-forces that are perpendicular to the spine. In general when the g-force pushes the body backwards (colloquially known as 'eyeballs in'[2]) a much higher tolerance is shown than when g-force is pushing the body forwards ('eyeballs out') since blood vessels in the retina appear more sensitive to that direction. Wikipedia
Cue as in the stage signal. Not the waiting line (or data structure named after it). Otherwise, does anyone else get reminded of Jones from Johnny Mnemonic when they read these articles?
It was just the first article that came up in Google. Second paragraph FTA:
Mr. Schmidt's departure comes as the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Mr. Schmidt's membership on the boards of both Apple and Google could raise concerns about competition.
FTC was looking into Schmidt being on the board of two companies that were in the same market. Part of the concern is that this would allow collusion between the two companies. Here is a NYT article:
The Federal Trade Commission has begun an inquiry into whether the close ties between the boards of two of technology’s most prominent companies, Apple and Google, amount to a violation of antitrust laws, according to several people briefed on the inquiry.
Whenever I see these reports, it makes me wonder about the implications on manufacturing. Someone in the US or Europe can't/won't compete with someone in China working 15 hour days in a sweatshop for 50 cents an hour, and so from the company's standpoint, it makes economic sense to move. But will the rise in robotics cause a return of manufacturing? You will still need some people working in the factory maintaining the robots and what-not, but it may be cheaper to manufacture things closer to their destination rather than manufacturing them in a developing country and shipping them.
I think a big reason is because the Xiph project has a few other codecs developed in-house that are successful. Besides Vorbis, their MP3 alternative, Speex and and FLAC are "under the Xiph.org banner". This allows them to promote Theora more. Also, Dirac was released in 2008 vs Theora's 2004, so Theora has had 4 more years to get a following.
I call bull on the "effort to cut carbon emissions" - this is purely about the costs and the carbon emissions are a byproduct (gas costs money). When I send a letter, I mean to send a letter. Not an electronic document. Now, this does not happen very often, so usually, I do communicate via email. I don't need the post office tampering with the mail. Furthermore:
"This (secure digital mailbox) is totally different from e-mail. It is comparable to web banking," said Tommi Tikka, development director at state-owned Itella, which runs the Nordic country's postal system.
So people's mail is stored on some server, probably totally unencrypted and requiring only a login to get in. Cue the hacking and government abuse - I can imagine it now; "We don't need a warrant, it's already in this database. People have no expectation of privacy when sending letters." (IANAL - or rather, "I Am Not A Finnish Lawyer" and really have no ideas of the laws in that country).
Luckily, this is all on a volunteer basis (for now), and I think from a cost-cutting perspective, it does make sense to reduce the number of deliveries by postman for non-express mail to twice a week since the volume of mail has probably shrunk (I have no statistics for this, solely based on personal experience).
The Harvard Crimson was one of three college newspapers that ran an identical classified ad seeking a woman who fit a narrow profile: younger than 29 with a GPA over 3.5 and an SAT score over 1,400.
Wouldn't one think that someone going to Harvard with a high GPA and SAT score be smart enough to weigh the risks? Furthermore, these aren't desperate people from a starving nation; they are kids going to some of the most prestigious schools in the country.
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What ever happened to Helios, the NASA solar powered "atmospheric satellite"?
I think you answered your own question:
They had some kind of failure that resulted in a crash
More info on Wikipedia.
Every time I buy a laptop, I take a look at what my laptop is lacking and put that into a list of what I want in my next one. Being able to use it outside effectively has been on the list since my first one (after all, it's a laptop, it's portable, I want to use it outside). My current one converts into a tablet, which is definitely nice; I can now use it while walking, but the display is not up to snuff and in bright daylight it is unreadable. Depending upon how things play out with OLED displays (still 5 years away nearly 10 years after I heard about the technology), a transflective screen may be what I end up looking for in my next portable computer.
A female playing WoW?
I put on my robe and wizard hat
The two situations are not analogous. As I understand it, Raza was made fun of in school after his video was passed around and then posted online. Something tells me David wasn't tormented quite like Ghyslain.
Is this just fantasy?
Play it backwards and you get "Stairway to Heaven."
You are wrong in 4 ways:
More to the point, throw prosecutors in jail any time they convict someone who is later exonerated.
No, but now I'm worried I might have Hypochondria.
The technology lens itself very well to that.
I see what you did there...
Does Shull really believe his own BS? This has zero to do with the spirit of colonizing the moon. The arrogance of that statement is boggling.
Already happens: http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/drug-war-victim/
The human body is considerably more able to survive g-forces that are perpendicular to the spine. In general when the g-force pushes the body backwards (colloquially known as 'eyeballs in'[2]) a much higher tolerance is shown than when g-force is pushing the body forwards ('eyeballs out') since blood vessels in the retina appear more sensitive to that direction.
Wikipedia
Cue as in the stage signal. Not the waiting line (or data structure named after it). Otherwise, does anyone else get reminded of Jones from Johnny Mnemonic when they read these articles?
He's not discriminating on the basis of national origin.
The amount of drugs and violence brought over by illegals is astounding.
He's "discriminating" on the basis of the legal status of a person's immigration. Which is fine. Not "supposed to be fine." Is fine.
Mr. Schmidt's departure comes as the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether Mr. Schmidt's membership on the boards of both Apple and Google could raise concerns about competition.
FTC was looking into Schmidt being on the board of two companies that were in the same market. Part of the concern is that this would allow collusion between the two companies. Here is a NYT article:
The Federal Trade Commission has begun an inquiry into whether the close ties between the boards of two of technology’s most prominent companies, Apple and Google, amount to a violation of antitrust laws, according to several people briefed on the inquiry.
Schmidt was forced out due to antitrust concerns.
I laughed, then I noticed that it was modded insightful. Then I laughed some more.
Do we ever tell the Pope to STFU because he disagrees with some other Christian Church 1/10th their size?
If it involved the Pope sending a death threat, then yes, yes we would.
Whenever I see these reports, it makes me wonder about the implications on manufacturing. Someone in the US or Europe can't/won't compete with someone in China working 15 hour days in a sweatshop for 50 cents an hour, and so from the company's standpoint, it makes economic sense to move. But will the rise in robotics cause a return of manufacturing? You will still need some people working in the factory maintaining the robots and what-not, but it may be cheaper to manufacture things closer to their destination rather than manufacturing them in a developing country and shipping them.
I think a big reason is because the Xiph project has a few other codecs developed in-house that are successful. Besides Vorbis, their MP3 alternative, Speex and and FLAC are "under the Xiph.org banner". This allows them to promote Theora more. Also, Dirac was released in 2008 vs Theora's 2004, so Theora has had 4 more years to get a following.
I call bull on the "effort to cut carbon emissions" - this is purely about the costs and the carbon emissions are a byproduct (gas costs money). When I send a letter, I mean to send a letter. Not an electronic document. Now, this does not happen very often, so usually, I do communicate via email. I don't need the post office tampering with the mail. Furthermore:
"This (secure digital mailbox) is totally different from e-mail. It is comparable to web banking," said Tommi Tikka, development director at state-owned Itella, which runs the Nordic country's postal system.
So people's mail is stored on some server, probably totally unencrypted and requiring only a login to get in. Cue the hacking and government abuse - I can imagine it now; "We don't need a warrant, it's already in this database. People have no expectation of privacy when sending letters." (IANAL - or rather, "I Am Not A Finnish Lawyer" and really have no ideas of the laws in that country).
Luckily, this is all on a volunteer basis (for now), and I think from a cost-cutting perspective, it does make sense to reduce the number of deliveries by postman for non-express mail to twice a week since the volume of mail has probably shrunk (I have no statistics for this, solely based on personal experience).
Ah, so you think that the EU has the right to dictate Canadian law?
Might makes right.
The Harvard Crimson was one of three college newspapers that ran an identical classified ad seeking a woman who fit a narrow profile: younger than 29 with a GPA over 3.5 and an SAT score over 1,400.
Wouldn't one think that someone going to Harvard with a high GPA and SAT score be smart enough to weigh the risks? Furthermore, these aren't desperate people from a starving nation; they are kids going to some of the most prestigious schools in the country.