Google has already acknowledged that their cars currently cannot handle adverse conditions. They are working on it, but it's down the road (No pun intended). They're first working on getting it working in ideal conditions, since that's surprisingly hard to get right.
Windows Logo Testing (AKA WHQL Certification) pays the OEMs *A LOT* of money. I was informed that, at an OEM a fraction the size of HP (~10k units per month) that it brought in over a million dollars per year. HP's quality is shit, but they aren't going to give away that kind of cash.
A much bigger risk is they negotiate a different agreement with MS for these PCs, which may not have the requirement.
You've apparently never had to deal with buggy Linux drivers. I've been fighting with a buggy nVidia implementation ever since I switched it to be my Linux server. It has never quite worked right on Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu), but since it's a server, it's not a big deal.
I DID find out the hard way when they changed mdadm to HALT BOOT when *ANY* array is degraded, and then not give a useful error message.
If your Windows PC is getting BSODs, either it's hardware fault, or it's a bad driver. (Or possibly a driver-level virus). If the hardware is actually supported by that version of Windows, you should investigate further. There may not be a good driver, but you should be able to at least identify the issue I would start with the NIC driver. I had a D-Link DUB-E100 USB NIC. The Win7 x64 driver would cause the same issues you're having now.
I'm sure Apple will structure it to ensure the latter cannot be (legitimately) applied. The Chinese team, employed by Apple of China (or similar), will not have access to the encryption keys. Those will be stored stateside, accessible only to employees of Apple of America.
That being said, the authorities will ABSOLUTELY have the power to cut Apple out of China entirely. They will be walking a tight rope between giving in, and standing strong. Google went through a lot of this a few years ago, now Apple will have to try to do the same.
All kinds of people buy cars that are completely out of warranty. I believe the longest factory warranty is 100k miles, but there's no shortage of used cars with more than that (even significantly more)
When buying used, you are taking a risk. The only difference is that, since Teslas are new, no one's really sure what the failure/longevity rates are. It's also possible that Tesla will start a Certified Pre-Owned option, with an extended warranty. Or that the cost of this repair will go down substantially by the time anyone would be paying out of pocket.
I disagree. I had a herniated disc a few years ago (possibly caused by recliners, no way to really tell), and for a while, a recliner was the only way I could get relief. Leaning back took pressure off of that specific spot. At the time, I could not stand or walk unassisted, and sitting upright was very painful.
Fortunately, this has been completely resolved for me, but the lesson it left me was very clear - if it hurts, stop doing it. I fully agree, your back needs to be a top priority when selecting a chair.
Why would that be different than with IPv4? Prefix aggregation, AKA route summary, AKA Supernetting, has been available for a very long time. Unless IPv6 addresses are being handed out in a way that's much more conducive to this, it won't really change anything. This guy agrees (#4)
Further, since IPv6 is a longer address, fewer can be stored. Per Cisco, the Catalyst 6500 can handle 1M IPv4 addresses, OR 512K IPv6 addresses (but not both simultaneously)
(Yes, I know the Catalyst is a switch, not a router, and the summary is bollocks for confusing the two. It was, however, the first mention of it I found)
You do understand that there's a delay between getting a license, and opening the doors of the business, right? The delay is usually (much) longer than a week.
Presumably, most growers would not be in Seattle, but in the more rural areas surrounding it. Same as any crop. Unless it's more difficult to transport than any other crop ever, the distance is no issue.
Honestly, if you're asking, it probably doesn't affect you. This really only affects a tiny percentage of users, who are specifically coding with feature.
I know this was a troll, but I feel compelled to reply in case someone doesn't know.
ALL CPUs have errata. Some of it more significant than others.
A quick Google for "AMD errata" revealed Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh, published June 2013, and applying to AMD's Mobile A,E, and G series, and Opteron X1100/X2100 (These are modern CPUs)
There are 21 entries, with descriptions, system impact, and suggested workaround (if any)
I can't speak for the laws, but the claim that no one's buying, and thus has only 1 shop, is demonstrably false. While it's true there's only 1 shop, it just opened on July 8. 3 days later, they were completely sold out
They issued the first 25 licenses this week, and most just haven't opened yet. You just have to give it some time.
I've always wondered how that was legal. I understand seizing it as evidence (pending a trial), but simple forfeiture is a very clear violation of the 5th Amendment
Listening to a call while they're on it? There are so many analogies here... Movies: Inception. Coding: A function calling itself Cliches: Snake eating its own tail
I saw this on Gawker yesterday, where it was presented as original. I considered submitting it here, but dismissed it as being from an untrustworthy source. Had I seen it on Ars, I probably would've submitted it here. Ars is a lot more respectable than Reddit or (esp) Gawker.
They probably won't connect the two, but even worse if they do. They'll just see that, despite all of these sales, they're not making anywhere near enough money, and they need to expand their revenue. IOW, fuck over their customers.
Sprint actually used to be known for giving some VERY nice deals if you talked to retention, and threatened to cancel. This was true, until it became common knowledge. Now, they give fuck-all about retention. This is knowing that you can, and will, switch to another carrier. Comcast knows that you probably can't, and won't.
Many call centers have a bit of an escape clause for certain actions. Usually this includes mentioning a lawyer/lawsuit, but can easily include things like evidence gathering (e.g. recording the call).
You are correct, it's a very quick way to get escalated to a manager, who will then proceed to do his best to not help you in any way.
I doubt the first is legally enforceable, as the statutes don't speak of owning the recording. They says that one/all parties on the call must be aware of the recording, and can terminate if they do not consent.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time until a prominent company (Comcast seems about right) does try to sue someone for it, but I suspect their PR dept will immediately demand it be dropped. Not only would it likely be considered a SLAPP, it would certainly involve the Streisand Effect. The headlines write themselves, something like, "Comcast sues customer for holding them to their word". Honestly, I can't even think of a headline that wouldn't put them in a bad light, and it would get a lot of coverage.
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Google has already acknowledged that their cars currently cannot handle adverse conditions. They are working on it, but it's down the road (No pun intended). They're first working on getting it working in ideal conditions, since that's surprisingly hard to get right.
All driving laws are state laws, and they vary (pretty wildly) from state to state.
Additionally, culture changes (regardless of law) even just between cities.
I don't know why this is even a story. Technology getting cheaper over time? Competition driving lower costs? Amazing!
BTW, here's a Dell for $199, so the price point isn't even new. Although, this CPU is about half as powerful (~approximate benchmark)
It's still very much the same type of device.
Newer phones SELL for $600-800.
The BOM (cost to mfr) for the Galaxy S5 is $251
I couldn't find a current BOM for a laptop, but a few years ago they had RAM at about $25
The Windows logo doesn't guarantee compatibility with Linux, only that SecureBoot won't be the problem.
Drivers may or may not be a problem, but that will/may be resolved as developers get on board.
Windows Logo Testing (AKA WHQL Certification) pays the OEMs *A LOT* of money. I was informed that, at an OEM a fraction the size of HP (~10k units per month) that it brought in over a million dollars per year. HP's quality is shit, but they aren't going to give away that kind of cash.
A much bigger risk is they negotiate a different agreement with MS for these PCs, which may not have the requirement.
You've apparently never had to deal with buggy Linux drivers. I've been fighting with a buggy nVidia implementation ever since I switched it to be my Linux server. It has never quite worked right on Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu), but since it's a server, it's not a big deal.
I DID find out the hard way when they changed mdadm to HALT BOOT when *ANY* array is degraded, and then not give a useful error message.
If your Windows PC is getting BSODs, either it's hardware fault, or it's a bad driver. (Or possibly a driver-level virus). If the hardware is actually supported by that version of Windows, you should investigate further. There may not be a good driver, but you should be able to at least identify the issue I would start with the NIC driver. I had a D-Link DUB-E100 USB NIC. The Win7 x64 driver would cause the same issues you're having now.
This story from 2008 suggests that the citizens support censorship.
This story from a few months ago says most don't believe it is being censored/monitored.
I'm sure Apple will structure it to ensure the latter cannot be (legitimately) applied. The Chinese team, employed by Apple of China (or similar), will not have access to the encryption keys. Those will be stored stateside, accessible only to employees of Apple of America.
That being said, the authorities will ABSOLUTELY have the power to cut Apple out of China entirely. They will be walking a tight rope between giving in, and standing strong. Google went through a lot of this a few years ago, now Apple will have to try to do the same.
All kinds of people buy cars that are completely out of warranty. I believe the longest factory warranty is 100k miles, but there's no shortage of used cars with more than that (even significantly more)
When buying used, you are taking a risk. The only difference is that, since Teslas are new, no one's really sure what the failure/longevity rates are. It's also possible that Tesla will start a Certified Pre-Owned option, with an extended warranty. Or that the cost of this repair will go down substantially by the time anyone would be paying out of pocket.
I disagree. I had a herniated disc a few years ago (possibly caused by recliners, no way to really tell), and for a while, a recliner was the only way I could get relief. Leaning back took pressure off of that specific spot. At the time, I could not stand or walk unassisted, and sitting upright was very painful.
Fortunately, this has been completely resolved for me, but the lesson it left me was very clear - if it hurts, stop doing it. I fully agree, your back needs to be a top priority when selecting a chair.
Why would that be different than with IPv4? Prefix aggregation, AKA route summary, AKA Supernetting, has been available for a very long time. Unless IPv6 addresses are being handed out in a way that's much more conducive to this, it won't really change anything. This guy agrees (#4)
Further, since IPv6 is a longer address, fewer can be stored. Per Cisco, the Catalyst 6500 can handle 1M IPv4 addresses, OR 512K IPv6 addresses (but not both simultaneously)
(Yes, I know the Catalyst is a switch, not a router, and the summary is bollocks for confusing the two. It was, however, the first mention of it I found)
You do understand that there's a delay between getting a license, and opening the doors of the business, right? The delay is usually (much) longer than a week.
Presumably, most growers would not be in Seattle, but in the more rural areas surrounding it. Same as any crop. Unless it's more difficult to transport than any other crop ever, the distance is no issue.
There are 50 growers in the state, and many more have applied (including a bunch in Seattle)
It LITERALLY just became legal, so everyone's still ramping up. (I'm not even going to bother responding to the Huffington comment)
Honestly, if you're asking, it probably doesn't affect you. This really only affects a tiny percentage of users, who are specifically coding with feature.
I know this was a troll, but I feel compelled to reply in case someone doesn't know.
ALL CPUs have errata. Some of it more significant than others.
A quick Google for "AMD errata" revealed Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh, published June 2013, and applying to AMD's Mobile A,E, and G series, and Opteron X1100/X2100 (These are modern CPUs)
There are 21 entries, with descriptions, system impact, and suggested workaround (if any)
Haswell's errata has 131 entries
I can't speak for the laws, but the claim that no one's buying, and thus has only 1 shop, is demonstrably false. While it's true there's only 1 shop, it just opened on July 8. 3 days later, they were completely sold out
They issued the first 25 licenses this week, and most just haven't opened yet. You just have to give it some time.
I've always wondered how that was legal. I understand seizing it as evidence (pending a trial), but simple forfeiture is a very clear violation of the 5th Amendment
Doesn't matter, they'll send it to collections for an unpaid debt
Listening to a call while they're on it? There are so many analogies here...
Movies: Inception.
Coding: A function calling itself
Cliches: Snake eating its own tail
And oh so many more...
I saw this on Gawker yesterday, where it was presented as original. I considered submitting it here, but dismissed it as being from an untrustworthy source. Had I seen it on Ars, I probably would've submitted it here. Ars is a lot more respectable than Reddit or (esp) Gawker.
They probably won't connect the two, but even worse if they do. They'll just see that, despite all of these sales, they're not making anywhere near enough money, and they need to expand their revenue. IOW, fuck over their customers.
Sprint actually used to be known for giving some VERY nice deals if you talked to retention, and threatened to cancel. This was true, until it became common knowledge. Now, they give fuck-all about retention. This is knowing that you can, and will, switch to another carrier. Comcast knows that you probably can't, and won't.
Many call centers have a bit of an escape clause for certain actions. Usually this includes mentioning a lawyer/lawsuit, but can easily include things like evidence gathering (e.g. recording the call).
You are correct, it's a very quick way to get escalated to a manager, who will then proceed to do his best to not help you in any way.
I doubt the first is legally enforceable, as the statutes don't speak of owning the recording. They says that one/all parties on the call must be aware of the recording, and can terminate if they do not consent.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time until a prominent company (Comcast seems about right) does try to sue someone for it, but I suspect their PR dept will immediately demand it be dropped. Not only would it likely be considered a SLAPP, it would certainly involve the Streisand Effect. The headlines write themselves, something like, "Comcast sues customer for holding them to their word". Honestly, I can't even think of a headline that wouldn't put them in a bad light, and it would get a lot of coverage.
save you 1/6 your electric bill over the next ten years. At my rates, that's $30/month, $360/year
Where do you live that you're using $180/month on A/C, even in the winter?