Though, I wonder why this issue didn't affect the A320neo Family of airliners, which use the LEAP-1A and PW1100G engines with much bigger front fans than the CFM56 and V2500 engines of the regular A320 Family of airliners.
I think the ratification of the final HTML 5.0 specification in October 2014 pretty much signaled the end of Java, Flash and Silverlight in terms of applications for web pages.
Just as long as you don't try to stream 4K video, you can get by with a 1 TB cap. My stepdad streams "standard" HD video and so far, it appears I will use about 250 GB per month.
I do use my smartphone a LOT for navigation. Programs like Waze and Google Maps are very useful looking for most new places. And Waze's ability to crowd-source traffic information is very useful, especially during commute hours.
Interestingly, if I want a more "deep dive" into consuming media, I'm not using a smartphone, even my iPhone X. That's better suited for my iPad Pro 10.5", especially reading e-books and watching Netflix/Amazon Prime Video.
Yes, that "hated" company. Comcast has rolled out DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet to much of the country over the course of 2018, and most Comcast service areas should offer it in the next few months. With gigabit speeds, stutter-free 4K video streaming becomes normal even on multiple channels being streamed. And it may lead to the beginning of the change to mostly on-demand watching of scripted content (with the exception of sports and certain other events that demand "live" coverage). And opens the possibility of high-definition virtual reality.
And this is only the beginning: the arrival of 5G wireless by Verizon and AT&T and SpaceX's Starlink system in 2021 could make gigabit Internet available everywhere in the USA without the enormous expense of the "last mile/kilometer" connection to the user's residence or business location.
I use the white Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard on my home AND work computers. I'm so used to it that going to another keyboard design is not comfortable to use.
There's a reason for Apple to adopt the USB Type C connector on the iPad Pro: the extra data bandwidth needed to transmit Ultra HD video from the iPad itself. I wonder will Apple increase the RAM on the iPad to 6 GB for the 11" model and 8 GB for the 12.9" model.
Why did it fall so rapidly? Reason: the phase-out of leaded gasoline and the disappearance of automobiles that don't meet today's emission standards (EPA Tier 2 Bin5/CARB ULEV-II). Indeed, Los Angeles has experienced a lot less serious "smog days" since the late 1990's.
I saw a comment on Twitter that a code update to YouTube may have caused a massive erasure of videos. YouTube is being taken down possibly voluntarily until they fix that code update and the videos are restored.
One thing I was really looking forward to was Amazon building a high-end Echo unit with a true high-fidelity quality speaker that can compete against the Apple HomePod. But alas, it appears Amazon ceded that market to Sonos.
While Google Fiber was not exactly a success in its rollout, it did force the legacy large-scale Internet providers to substantially speed up their download speeds. For example, it forced Comcast to accelerate its rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet service over cable lines, which is already available in many areas Comcast services. At gigabit speeds, true streaming of ATSC 3.0 video (ATSC 3.0 includes a streaming video standard) now becomes practical.
Actually, LED light bulbs sold in the USA come in two main "color temperatures," 2700 K and 5000 K. 2700 K is very close to the color spectrum of incandescent bulbs, while 5000 K is close to that of fluorescent tubes. 2700 K is probably best-suited for general home use.
In the end, the code of Windows 10--being highly x86-centric--would work better with the Pentium Go CPU, since it would need minimal code changes to run Windows 10 on the Pentium Go CPU.
Actually, Rolls-Royce spent a lot of time evolving the Olympus turbojet so it could run in full reheat for long periods of time--a feat that was thought to be almost impossible.
But we've come a long way in engine technology since then. The GE YF120 showed how much engine technology has evolved since the time of the Olympus Mk. 593; something similar could become available for the SST corporate jet I mentioned, especially since at a maximum of Mach 1.6 the engine may need very little reheat operation, which means way lower fuel burn compared to the Okympus Mk. 593.
I agree, especially on the Concorde. The Concorde used Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 _turbojets_, which were notoriously fuel-inefficient and noisy at the same time.
But we've come a LONG way since the Concorde was designed in the 1960's. Thanks to modern computational fluid dynamics, we now know how the sonic boom happens, and by carefully shaping the entire plane itself, we can reduce sonic booms to a tiny fraction of what the Concorde generated.
Personally, I believe we may soon see an corporate jet SST seating about 20 passengers that will fly at Mach 1.6 maximum and go as far as 6,000 nautical miles. Why impose the Mach 1.6 limit? First of all, at Mach 1.6, the structural heating will be quite a bit lower than on the Concorde, and as such that will allow the use of a lot more composite structural parts, which will dramatically cut the production cost of the plane (titanium and high-temperature stainless steels are very expensive to make), not to mention lower fuel burn. Secondly, with only a Mach 1.6 top speed, that makes it easier to design the airframe to drastically reduce the sonic boom, since the pressure wave buildup that causes the sonic boom is far lower than at Mach 2.0. Finally, with the Mach 1.6 top speed, we can use a new generation of variable cycle turbofan engines that will need far lower levels of reheat (afterburner) operation at top speed, which means way lower fuel consumption even at top speed.
I think Twitter has gotten better (and more profitable) since they allowed 280 characters per tweet. For one thing, I don't have to figure out contractions, abbreviations and other "Internet shorthand" like it was in the past for the most part.
But yet, the Soviet program was done with a lot of risk. It was really risky to launch the early Soviet manned spacecraft, and Soyuz 1 mission ended in disaster.
One thing though: the Chinese have yet to do anything really serious in space outside of launching satellites. Note the relatively slow pace of the Shenzhou manned spaceflight program, compared to the several times a year the Russians do with flights to the ISS.
I think the cable companies are looking at the very possibility that Americans are switching to an "on demand" model of television viewing. And I think the biggest cable company of all, Comcast, realizes this. Their phased national rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet service is eventually designed for things like on-demand viewing of ATSC 3.0 Ultra HD content, given that ATSC 3.0 includes a full specification for streaming video.
The major cellphone carriers around the world are too tied to deals with Apple and Samsung, which often hurts smaller cellphone companies like Lenovo's Motorola division and HTC.
I think by international laws, you have to buy the cellphone "unlocked" and then have the carrier activate it. That will guarantee that the likes of Apple and Samsung won't charge ridiculous amounts for their high-end phones and will mean a you can choose your own phone.
Twitter won't do it because the then-CEO of the company, Dick Costolo, was an attendee of that private dinner held by President Obama (along with his most-trusted adviser, Valerie Jarrett) back on February 17, 2011 along with the CEO's of Apple, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Oracle Systems and Yahoo!. Trump could use that dinner meeting to open a major investigation of all eight companies I mentioned in a First Amendment free speech lawsuit, since all eight companies have corporate headquarters in the USA.
Here's the thing that has to really scare Silicon Valley: back on February 17, 2011, President Obama (along with his most trusted adviser, Valerie Jarrett) held a private dinner in San Francisco. Among those in attendance were the then-CEO's of Apple, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Oracle Systems, Twitter and Yahoo! (there is even a picture of a dinner toast from that dinner published by the White House press office).
We're not sure what was privately discussed at that dinner, but if we find out a "gentlemen's agreement" was made by these companies to censor the political Right with Obama's personal approval, then all eight companies I mentioned could be subject to a First Amendment lawsuit because the companies engaged in censorship with the blessing of the US Government.
I think what hurt Snapchat (besides its much-hated user interface change recently) was the fact their user base is a small fraction of the Facebook-owned Instagram, especially when Instagram starting taking most of Snapchat's feature set. I'm actually kind of surprised that Snap, Inc. didn't sue Facebook for possibly illegally duplicating many of Snapchat's features.
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Though, I wonder why this issue didn't affect the A320neo Family of airliners, which use the LEAP-1A and PW1100G engines with much bigger front fans than the CFM56 and V2500 engines of the regular A320 Family of airliners.
I think the ratification of the final HTML 5.0 specification in October 2014 pretty much signaled the end of Java, Flash and Silverlight in terms of applications for web pages.
Just as long as you don't try to stream 4K video, you can get by with a 1 TB cap. My stepdad streams "standard" HD video and so far, it appears I will use about 250 GB per month.
Because it's illegal under California Motor Vehicle Code 22511 and 22511.1.
I do use my smartphone a LOT for navigation. Programs like Waze and Google Maps are very useful looking for most new places. And Waze's ability to crowd-source traffic information is very useful, especially during commute hours.
Interestingly, if I want a more "deep dive" into consuming media, I'm not using a smartphone, even my iPhone X. That's better suited for my iPad Pro 10.5", especially reading e-books and watching Netflix/Amazon Prime Video.
Why? I can attribute it to Comcast.
Yes, that "hated" company. Comcast has rolled out DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet to much of the country over the course of 2018, and most Comcast service areas should offer it in the next few months. With gigabit speeds, stutter-free 4K video streaming becomes normal even on multiple channels being streamed. And it may lead to the beginning of the change to mostly on-demand watching of scripted content (with the exception of sports and certain other events that demand "live" coverage). And opens the possibility of high-definition virtual reality.
And this is only the beginning: the arrival of 5G wireless by Verizon and AT&T and SpaceX's Starlink system in 2021 could make gigabit Internet available everywhere in the USA without the enormous expense of the "last mile/kilometer" connection to the user's residence or business location.
I use the white Microsoft Natural Elite keyboard on my home AND work computers. I'm so used to it that going to another keyboard design is not comfortable to use.
There's a reason for Apple to adopt the USB Type C connector on the iPad Pro: the extra data bandwidth needed to transmit Ultra HD video from the iPad itself. I wonder will Apple increase the RAM on the iPad to 6 GB for the 11" model and 8 GB for the 12.9" model.
Why did it fall so rapidly? Reason: the phase-out of leaded gasoline and the disappearance of automobiles that don't meet today's emission standards (EPA Tier 2 Bin5/CARB ULEV-II). Indeed, Los Angeles has experienced a lot less serious "smog days" since the late 1990's.
I saw a comment on Twitter that a code update to YouTube may have caused a massive erasure of videos. YouTube is being taken down possibly voluntarily until they fix that code update and the videos are restored.
One thing I was really looking forward to was Amazon building a high-end Echo unit with a true high-fidelity quality speaker that can compete against the Apple HomePod. But alas, it appears Amazon ceded that market to Sonos.
While Google Fiber was not exactly a success in its rollout, it did force the legacy large-scale Internet providers to substantially speed up their download speeds. For example, it forced Comcast to accelerate its rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet service over cable lines, which is already available in many areas Comcast services. At gigabit speeds, true streaming of ATSC 3.0 video (ATSC 3.0 includes a streaming video standard) now becomes practical.
Actually, LED light bulbs sold in the USA come in two main "color temperatures," 2700 K and 5000 K. 2700 K is very close to the color spectrum of incandescent bulbs, while 5000 K is close to that of fluorescent tubes. 2700 K is probably best-suited for general home use.
In the end, the code of Windows 10--being highly x86-centric--would work better with the Pentium Go CPU, since it would need minimal code changes to run Windows 10 on the Pentium Go CPU.
Actually, Rolls-Royce spent a lot of time evolving the Olympus turbojet so it could run in full reheat for long periods of time--a feat that was thought to be almost impossible.
But we've come a long way in engine technology since then. The GE YF120 showed how much engine technology has evolved since the time of the Olympus Mk. 593; something similar could become available for the SST corporate jet I mentioned, especially since at a maximum of Mach 1.6 the engine may need very little reheat operation, which means way lower fuel burn compared to the Okympus Mk. 593.
I agree, especially on the Concorde. The Concorde used Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 _turbojets_, which were notoriously fuel-inefficient and noisy at the same time.
But we've come a LONG way since the Concorde was designed in the 1960's. Thanks to modern computational fluid dynamics, we now know how the sonic boom happens, and by carefully shaping the entire plane itself, we can reduce sonic booms to a tiny fraction of what the Concorde generated.
Personally, I believe we may soon see an corporate jet SST seating about 20 passengers that will fly at Mach 1.6 maximum and go as far as 6,000 nautical miles. Why impose the Mach 1.6 limit? First of all, at Mach 1.6, the structural heating will be quite a bit lower than on the Concorde, and as such that will allow the use of a lot more composite structural parts, which will dramatically cut the production cost of the plane (titanium and high-temperature stainless steels are very expensive to make), not to mention lower fuel burn. Secondly, with only a Mach 1.6 top speed, that makes it easier to design the airframe to drastically reduce the sonic boom, since the pressure wave buildup that causes the sonic boom is far lower than at Mach 2.0. Finally, with the Mach 1.6 top speed, we can use a new generation of variable cycle turbofan engines that will need far lower levels of reheat (afterburner) operation at top speed, which means way lower fuel consumption even at top speed.
I think Twitter has gotten better (and more profitable) since they allowed 280 characters per tweet. For one thing, I don't have to figure out contractions, abbreviations and other "Internet shorthand" like it was in the past for the most part.
But yet, the Soviet program was done with a lot of risk. It was really risky to launch the early Soviet manned spacecraft, and Soyuz 1 mission ended in disaster.
One thing though: the Chinese have yet to do anything really serious in space outside of launching satellites. Note the relatively slow pace of the Shenzhou manned spaceflight program, compared to the several times a year the Russians do with flights to the ISS.
I think the cable companies are looking at the very possibility that Americans are switching to an "on demand" model of television viewing. And I think the biggest cable company of all, Comcast, realizes this. Their phased national rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 gigabit Internet service is eventually designed for things like on-demand viewing of ATSC 3.0 Ultra HD content, given that ATSC 3.0 includes a full specification for streaming video.
The major cellphone carriers around the world are too tied to deals with Apple and Samsung, which often hurts smaller cellphone companies like Lenovo's Motorola division and HTC.
I think by international laws, you have to buy the cellphone "unlocked" and then have the carrier activate it. That will guarantee that the likes of Apple and Samsung won't charge ridiculous amounts for their high-end phones and will mean a you can choose your own phone.
Twitter won't do it because the then-CEO of the company, Dick Costolo, was an attendee of that private dinner held by President Obama (along with his most-trusted adviser, Valerie Jarrett) back on February 17, 2011 along with the CEO's of Apple, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Oracle Systems and Yahoo!. Trump could use that dinner meeting to open a major investigation of all eight companies I mentioned in a First Amendment free speech lawsuit, since all eight companies have corporate headquarters in the USA.
Here's the thing that has to really scare Silicon Valley: back on February 17, 2011, President Obama (along with his most trusted adviser, Valerie Jarrett) held a private dinner in San Francisco. Among those in attendance were the then-CEO's of Apple, Cisco Systems, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Oracle Systems, Twitter and Yahoo! (there is even a picture of a dinner toast from that dinner published by the White House press office).
We're not sure what was privately discussed at that dinner, but if we find out a "gentlemen's agreement" was made by these companies to censor the political Right with Obama's personal approval, then all eight companies I mentioned could be subject to a First Amendment lawsuit because the companies engaged in censorship with the blessing of the US Government.
I think what hurt Snapchat (besides its much-hated user interface change recently) was the fact their user base is a small fraction of the Facebook-owned Instagram, especially when Instagram starting taking most of Snapchat's feature set. I'm actually kind of surprised that Snap, Inc. didn't sue Facebook for possibly illegally duplicating many of Snapchat's features.