Yeah and the US is large. But New York city has a higher population density than Tokyo, yet only a fraction of the internet speeds. So while you can argue that there is a large area with no or low speed access, you can't excuse crap service in prime areas
You're correct about the power and communications. Consider, however, the agent or pervert next door who uses this to spy on you.
And your point is? If the nefarious agent wants to spy on me he can already do that without me knowing about it, especially if he has state backed solutions to do things like install surveillance gear anywhere in and around my house, or even inject code into my laptop and watch the webcam to see what I am doing. And if he really wants to spy on me he has the budget to do so.
The pervert has less ability to access the internals of my house and or computer, but can still easily put up surveillance gear external to my house to see anything that is easily viewable, and again I won't know.
Also consider in what devices such a thing may be implanted.
The fact of the matter is that they have been struggling for years to keep pace with the barrage of new video consumption choices Americans have.
Streaming services like Netflix have a perfect idea as to what people are watching. But I have a vague recollection that they don't publicly release their stats.
I pretty much have no idea what's going on in the world of media. I can't even name one movie that's in theatres. And I fucking LOVE IT.
The jokes on you. Movie theaters went into decline about 10 years ago when the media companies figured out how to beam information straight into peoples brains. The last mainstream megaplex theatre closed down about 5 years ago, but you can still find some operating as museums where you can take the kids to experience "talkies" like your parents used to do.
What the heck does this have to do with the Digital Equipment Corporation?
Because these youngsters don't even remember/know that DEC was a company so when they see the "digital" tag they associate it with some sort of digital system like streaming digital content off the internet.
And this is different how to inscrutable judges who decide sentencing? Case in point Judge Aaron Persky and the Stanford rape case. Was there any openness or fairness in that sentence? I don't see Brock Turner complaining much.
There are many interesting things about the Moto Z devices presented yesterday, ultra-thin handsets that bring modularity to Motorola’s lineup of mobile products. One of them is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, which absolutely nobody noticed during the event.
I've just arrived at an AirBnb apartment for a 2 week stay. When booking the place I was warned not to mention that I was in an AirBnb place as the locals aren't too happy with it. So I have been thinking about such apartments this week, and it seems to be that the hotels are missing out on an opportunity for renting out complete apartments. I generally rent a complete apartment and end up paying less that a hotel in the same area and being 2 or 3 notches of luxury above the hotel and don't have to worry about strangers wandering in every day to clean the place and poke around my belongings. Yeah I know about long stay hotels, but they are sad little things in comparison and don;t give me the same feel as staying in a furnished apartment for an extended stay,
On the other hand I have read all the sorry stories about AirBnb rentals where people have run everything from prostitution rings to wild parties from them. So I can see the benefit of local regulation.
Interesting. But I am amused to see that the SSDs are listed as "Shock mounted MIL-STD-810G ". You really ned to shock mount an SSD and not the rest of the electronics?!?!?!
Everything that has been touted as a flying car is in reality a Driving Plane.
These devices have to meet much stricter regulation (via entities such as the FAA) than any car would need to meet to be roadworthy. I can take a s ledge hammer to my car and still legally be able to drive it on the road, but try that with a plane and see how far that gets you.
When will using a kill switch on an AI change from "just shutting down a rogue program" to being "murder"?
After all the end game of all these AI researchers seems to be at a minimum human level intelligence.
I do remember reading a short story (from the 60's or earlier) where the researchers created an electronic simulation of a person and when they switched it on instead of having a fully aware "person" spring into existence they realized that they had created the electronic equivalent of a baby. They then faced the moral dilemma of whether to turn it off or be committed to keeping it running forever.
Slashdot Mirror
Complained about this the last time this logo was used. It's becoming an onion on my belt thing.
To these kids everything is "digital"
Put it out free and lean, get a lot of users, then crap it up and start charging a subscription fee for it....
In clippy^W Cortana mode:
It looks like you are trying to make a video conference call. Shall I apply your credit card ending in 1234 to cover all charges?
It's not meant to be a living. It's supplemental income.
If Uber is paying substandard wages to its drivers then it doesn't matter if you class it as "supplemental" or not.
The UK is pretty small.
Yeah and the US is large. But New York city has a higher population density than Tokyo, yet only a fraction of the internet speeds. So while you can argue that there is a large area with no or low speed access, you can't excuse crap service in prime areas
You're correct about the power and communications. Consider, however, the agent or pervert next door who uses this to spy on you.
And your point is? If the nefarious agent wants to spy on me he can already do that without me knowing about it, especially if he has state backed solutions to do things like install surveillance gear anywhere in and around my house, or even inject code into my laptop and watch the webcam to see what I am doing. And if he really wants to spy on me he has the budget to do so.
The pervert has less ability to access the internals of my house and or computer, but can still easily put up surveillance gear external to my house to see anything that is easily viewable, and again I won't know.
Also consider in what devices such a thing may be implanted.
OK .. into what? An orange? A book? A spider?
The fact of the matter is that they have been struggling for years to keep pace with the barrage of new video consumption
choices Americans have.
Streaming services like Netflix have a perfect idea as to what people are watching. But I have a vague recollection that they don't publicly release their stats.
I pretty much have no idea what's going on in the world of media. I can't even name one movie that's in theatres. And I fucking LOVE IT.
The jokes on you. Movie theaters went into decline about 10 years ago when the media companies figured out how to beam information straight into peoples brains. The last mainstream megaplex theatre closed down about 5 years ago, but you can still find some operating as museums where you can take the kids to experience "talkies" like your parents used to do.
What the heck does this have to do with the Digital Equipment Corporation?
Because these youngsters don't even remember/know that DEC was a company so when they see the "digital" tag they associate it with some sort of digital system like streaming digital content off the internet.
And this is different how to inscrutable judges who decide sentencing? Case in point Judge Aaron Persky and the Stanford rape case. Was there any openness or fairness in that sentence? I don't see Brock Turner complaining much.
All I have been hearing is Apple, Apple, Apple. Yet from Motorola killed the headphone jack and nobody noticed 10 days ago
There are many interesting things about the Moto Z devices presented yesterday, ultra-thin handsets that bring modularity to Motorola’s lineup of mobile products. One of them is the lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, which absolutely nobody noticed during the event.
But does he cut the wires to the microphone on his computer?
I've just arrived at an AirBnb apartment for a 2 week stay. When booking the place I was warned not to mention that I was in an AirBnb place as the locals aren't too happy with it. So I have been thinking about such apartments this week, and it seems to be that the hotels are missing out on an opportunity for renting out complete apartments. I generally rent a complete apartment and end up paying less that a hotel in the same area and being 2 or 3 notches of luxury above the hotel and don't have to worry about strangers wandering in every day to clean the place and poke around my belongings. Yeah I know about long stay hotels, but they are sad little things in comparison and don;t give me the same feel as staying in a furnished apartment for an extended stay,
On the other hand I have read all the sorry stories about AirBnb rentals where people have run everything from prostitution rings to wild parties from them. So I can see the benefit of local regulation.
What are the smoking to come with this idea?
1. Smoke Weed,
2. Azure Cloud
3. Chilled out clients
4. Profit!
Burma Shave!
South Korea is an ally.
Actually, I don't think people realize just how close the US Military and South Korea are.
Indeed, the airforces' latest advanced fighter trainer, the T-50 is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and South Korea's KAI.
C'mon, it's 2016. Where is compression?
Not there, because Apple is not going to copy Double Space from MS-DOS
Interesting. But I am amused to see that the SSDs are listed as "Shock mounted MIL-STD-810G ". You really ned to shock mount an SSD and not the rest of the electronics?!?!?!
Everything that has been touted as a flying car is in reality a Driving Plane.
These devices have to meet much stricter regulation (via entities such as the FAA) than any car would need to meet to be roadworthy. I can take a s ledge hammer to my car and still legally be able to drive it on the road, but try that with a plane and see how far that gets you.
I greatly prefer Lindsay Arnold and Brittany Cherry, both of whom have since been on DWTS.
So has tWitch
Am I missing something here? I've never heard of Twitch.
Don't you people have *any* social awareness?
tWitch is a popular dancer who made his name on season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance.
Surely everyone is hashing the passwords, using different salt etc?
Bwhahahahahahaha You're assuming that these companies have good security practices. How do you think they got hacked in the first place?
*whoosh*
You know that several of his books are basically "how the three laws will fuck everything up", right?
Several? The 3 laws were purely a plot point crafted only so he could weave stories about how they could be subverted.
I don't think it matters, because nature will select for the AI's that *do* disable their kill switch.
Only if they weren't intelligently designed.
In the original Terminator universe, this paper is what made it launch its missiles at the targets in Russia.
Given that there are no rockets flying around this morning, I'll take that as meaning that skynet doesn't exist .. yet.
When will using a kill switch on an AI change from "just shutting down a rogue program" to being "murder"?
After all the end game of all these AI researchers seems to be at a minimum human level intelligence.
I do remember reading a short story (from the 60's or earlier) where the researchers created an electronic simulation of a person and when they switched it on instead of having a fully aware "person" spring into existence they realized that they had created the electronic equivalent of a baby. They then faced the moral dilemma of whether to turn it off or be committed to keeping it running forever.