Ideally though maybe it's best that devices are required to blank the map when the car is traveling above a certain speed, relying only on audio prompts.
As someone who regularly crosses Germany at legal speeds, 200-250 kmh or up to 150 mph, I call this idea nonsense.
No one in his right mind is going fast on roads where he is in immediate need of a navigator.
A good navigator like a TomTom is at any speed safer then having the old map on your knees.
One of the best novelties on such a navigator is the display of the preferred lane ahead of an intersection, such an intersection likely has a speed restriction of 100 - 120 kmh.
An other issue is this story is about the USofA, a place where getting a driving licence is compared to NW Europe similar to going over to WalMart for a jug of milk.
Over here the use of a navigator is part of the student-drivers training and examination.
It is possible to get Optimus like power savings with Bumblebee but you have to get rather experimental nVidia drivers to do so.
On this Lenovo W520 powertop gives me around 10-11 Watts using the Intel chip and 14-18 when using the nVidia one.
The biggest issue is you need to go nVidia when using a second screen but that's also in Windows and by that time you're likely on mains power anyway.
I know this discussion plays in the USofA but T-Mobile is acutely aware of the markets outside the US.
I started with a prepaid monthly SIM in my own N900 and after about a year the phone company made me an offer for a two-year contract with about double the data I typically used for half the price.
So yes, they don't mind to give a nice discount for a longer contract.
Because a single pixel can't be in or out of focus you no longer need to focus once every pixel has it's own 'lens'.
As others already explained this would give unusually 'flat' pictures where depth of field has disappeared and the sense of distance with it, a problem already observed with tiny phone camera's.
This camera seems to go midway with many lenses for groups of pixels, the smaller those groups, the closer you get to your idea.
What I like about this concept is that the software allows for refocussing, they might very well already have a mode for maximum depth of field, i.e. all in focus.
When the wife of the chief complained about the 8 bumps per revolution making her sick he invented the square wheel, it causes only half the bumps per turn!
But when the next tribe's chief's wife saw it she wanted something similar or better and they came up with the triangular wheel.
Story goes some dofus tried a wheel with only two bumps per turn but it never got off the drawing board.
I really wonder why you think Kubuntu is a rubbish KDE distro, I have heard this sentiment before but there's never substantiation.
I've been trying out various KDE distro's myself and the biggest differences have mainly to do with the apt vs. rpm repositories whereby apt is superior.
Additionally the Kubuntuforum.org site combined with the Kubuntu sections of Ubuntuforums.org are among the most helpful places you can find.
KDE is at the moment the most complete/ feature rich/ editable desktop and well integrated desktop around yet light enough for all machines of the last 4-5 years.
When you like your distro pre-cooked yet stable you might want to have a look at Sabayon, the biggest issue I found with it is the compared to (K)Ubuntu limited repositories.
When Nokia wants to engage in some damage control they could fess up that the N9 is a superior platform to the Windows prototypes.
Here in The Netherlands I see adverts of large phone houses where the Nokia Windows phones are offered without ever uttering the word Windows!
While Android and Symbian phones are explicitly sold as such...
People don't engage in criminal acts because they can but because they have a lacking sense of morality and honesty, tests like these aren't going to change their moral outlook to accept dishonesty.
I am fairly sure the information was not to the individual security persons but more to their manager(s).
Besides, as others already stated they were not testing the security department.
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You might be right but you haven't met the OP's mother in law...
Ideally though maybe it's best that devices are required to blank the map when the car is traveling above a certain speed, relying only on audio prompts.
As someone who regularly crosses Germany at legal speeds, 200-250 kmh or up to 150 mph, I call this idea nonsense.
No one in his right mind is going fast on roads where he is in immediate need of a navigator.
A good navigator like a TomTom is at any speed safer then having the old map on your knees.
One of the best novelties on such a navigator is the display of the preferred lane ahead of an intersection, such an intersection likely has a speed restriction of 100 - 120 kmh.
An other issue is this story is about the USofA, a place where getting a driving licence is compared to NW Europe similar to going over to WalMart for a jug of milk.
Over here the use of a navigator is part of the student-drivers training and examination.
China is a vast multicultural society only held together by a sometimes ruthless dictatorship.
Releasing the reins too fast can have some very disturbing side effects.
Plus the Falcon has about half the payload capacity of an Ariane 5.
Re-usability might sound nice but especially for non-fancy freighters it could very well be more costly than disposable containers.
You must be pro big government!
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I wonder why, he spoke and wrote very good German.
It is possible to get Optimus like power savings with Bumblebee but you have to get rather experimental nVidia drivers to do so. On this Lenovo W520 powertop gives me around 10-11 Watts using the Intel chip and 14-18 when using the nVidia one. The biggest issue is you need to go nVidia when using a second screen but that's also in Windows and by that time you're likely on mains power anyway.
2 - TomTom and Shell, and shell is just a subsidiary of a british company.
I think you have your comparison topsy-turvy, the name "Royal Dutch Shell" says enough...
I started with a prepaid monthly SIM in my own N900 and after about a year the phone company made me an offer for a two-year contract with about double the data I typically used for half the price.
So yes, they don't mind to give a nice discount for a longer contract.
As others already explained this would give unusually 'flat' pictures where depth of field has disappeared and the sense of distance with it, a problem already observed with tiny phone camera's.
This camera seems to go midway with many lenses for groups of pixels, the smaller those groups, the closer you get to your idea.
What I like about this concept is that the software allows for refocussing, they might very well already have a mode for maximum depth of field, i.e. all in focus.
An interesting observation. :)
It also explains why Unix is more professional than Windows
When the wife of the chief complained about the 8 bumps per revolution making her sick he invented the square wheel, it causes only half the bumps per turn!
But when the next tribe's chief's wife saw it she wanted something similar or better and they came up with the triangular wheel.
Story goes some dofus tried a wheel with only two bumps per turn but it never got off the drawing board.
I've been trying out various KDE distro's myself and the biggest differences have mainly to do with the apt vs. rpm repositories whereby apt is superior.
Additionally the Kubuntuforum.org site combined with the Kubuntu sections of Ubuntuforums.org are among the most helpful places you can find.
KDE is at the moment the most complete/ feature rich/ editable desktop and well integrated desktop around yet light enough for all machines of the last 4-5 years.
When you like your distro pre-cooked yet stable you might want to have a look at Sabayon, the biggest issue I found with it is the compared to (K)Ubuntu limited repositories.
Your friends thought you were going for Pink Pony.
It relates to the comment.
And it's Spot On!
I've got nothing against hunting but these guys had no business shooting at the chopper.
It's really weird seeing these phones with the typical blocks on the screen and no mentioning what so ever of an OS.
Here in The Netherlands I see adverts of large phone houses where the Nokia Windows phones are offered without ever uttering the word Windows!
While Android and Symbian phones are explicitly sold as such...
Come on! you guys had your chance to standardise it to € euro so don't complain.
I mean what threat is or has Australia ever faced???
Rabbits!
there were no controls and everyone was in on it.
Who told you?
The same counts for the security dept, it would be a valid learning point.
People don't engage in criminal acts because they can but because they have a lacking sense of morality and honesty, tests like these aren't going to change their moral outlook to accept dishonesty.
We don't pay for grass and hookers, as your posting just confirmed those sort of things are for foreign visitors and tourists.
I am fairly sure the information was not to the individual security persons but more to their manager(s).
Besides, as others already stated they were not testing the security department.