Apple has pissed off all the other CE manufacturers. There will be nothing to plug the other end into.
Without general support great features are worthless. Apple is repeating Sony's mistake with betamax. They won't share, thus it will fail.
Great technology without support is worthless.
Board members are not employees.
they leave. get nothing.
Frankly, for those people, they don't get paid much for being a board member either. For someone who makes over $100,000,000 a year. A job that pays $100,000 a day, but only pays for 4 days a year is a pittance. It's about power, and control.
Though stated venomously, I agree.
This is a reverse case of too big to jail.
The prosecutor broke the rules, and the law, blatantly.
She deserves to be punished for her role.
At the very least she should be fired with cause.
Chrome did not initially have incognito, that came later.
Firefox has had private browsing longer than Chrome has had it. The difference was that you could have a normal and incognito Chrome window open at the same time, Firefox was all or nothing.
Chrome was playing catch up a long time ago. It's a game of leap frog. Chrome is now in the back seat.
MPEG-LA made a binding agreement that licensing of H.264 decoders would be free forever. They have already said that agreement would also apply to H.265, which is due to be formalized soon. VP8 is only about as efficient as H.264, H.265 is considerably more efficient.
The push for VP8 started when MPEG-LA wanted to charge a fee for licensing the decoder. It's now several years after that became a dead issue. The state of the art of video encoding has moved far past VP8. Why spend so much time and effort on an outdated codec?
Sadly, too many parents can't seem to teach their kids this. Though some of it may have to do with their kids won't listen to them by the time they are 8. Parenting isn't easy, but getting the state to fill in causes other problems.
That is a half correct view. There is a lot of DRM content that is free, other that is kept reasonably low (like netflix streaming) Copyright holders do have a right to control what happens to their content. Quit being a petulant child and be willing to pay for your candy.
As for hardware manufacturers. Consider, Sony is also a content producer. Several other manufacturers own a piece of content production. At the very least they don't want a trade war.
22 is the current release on the Nightly channel.
If you're willing to live with the occasional bug, and daily updates, you can have it now.
The option whether to block 3rd party cookies is gone. They are always blocked.
Tesla's dream.
induction charging. OK not long distance. Tesla got that wrong.
If every stop/station had an induction charger it might be able to re-charge the bus.
this isn't an easy problem. think about it!
Many people have their own phone, tablet, and/or e-reader.
They should expect most who are interested in a digital library to have their own devices.
Having a few for those who don't own one is an extra service.
A cheap e-reader is under $50. That's the cost of a few paperbacks. Less than a typical text book.
I got to the poles when they opened at 7 AM, and had to wait in line 25 minutes.
I drive past 2 other polling places on the way to work. The parking lots were full and cars were parked in the fields near the buildings.
I agree!
for $50 navionics, on the tablet of your choice (bring at least two. the spares in a truly waterproof container)
you can download charts for the whole world.
A windmill can be useful for generating power as well.
Nightly stopped supporting 64 bit versions over a month ago. I know, I was on the 64 bit version in nightly specifically because of 64 bit support.
It never gave the performance increase hoped for.
Frankly, a lot of 64 bit apps don't perform any better than their 32 bit versions. SSSSSHHH, don't tell the marketing guys!
64 vs. 32 is mostly a lot of hype.
Strangely enough, the people who really know better are give an option. On the Nightly channel I'm prompted when an update is available, though it does nag me when I say no.
That said, I get an update almost every day....
I've had these "new" features for a few months.
A little heavier than the F series, costs less, for about the same features.
the 17" 1080p screen is beautiful.
with the 1080p screen they start at less than $1000.
only available online from Sony.
I guess the poster doesn't follow the business side of tech.
Lucent is bell labs, at least what's left of it. They merged with Alcatel to avoid bankruptcy.
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except only apple is the only real supporter.
Intel made it for apple. Intel wants to keep apple happy. It's the cost of doing business.
Apple has pissed off all the other CE manufacturers. There will be nothing to plug the other end into.
Without general support great features are worthless. Apple is repeating Sony's mistake with betamax. They won't share, thus it will fail.
Great technology without support is worthless.
certain not the first time something like this has happened.
I'm more surprised it took so long to be uncovered.
It was NEVER really that way.
Read "The Silicon Boys"
or if you like sailing "Mine is Bigger"
Board members are not employees.
they leave. get nothing.
Frankly, for those people, they don't get paid much for being a board member either. For someone who makes over $100,000,000 a year. A job that pays $100,000 a day, but only pays for 4 days a year is a pittance. It's about power, and control.
Stepping down means admitting he's a loser!
Though stated venomously, I agree.
This is a reverse case of too big to jail.
The prosecutor broke the rules, and the law, blatantly.
She deserves to be punished for her role.
At the very least she should be fired with cause.
Chrome did not initially have incognito, that came later.
Firefox has had private browsing longer than Chrome has had it. The difference was that you could have a normal and incognito Chrome window open at the same time, Firefox was all or nothing.
Chrome was playing catch up a long time ago. It's a game of leap frog. Chrome is now in the back seat.
Thankfully someone does understand.
It's interesting that an insult posted anonymous coward was moderated up.
Even sadder is the problem that some people who believe such things are not stupid, but willfully ignorant.
Oh so true. Oh so sad. Even sadder is that all the stupid sheep vote, and too many not so stupid people don't.
MPEG-LA made a binding agreement that licensing of H.264 decoders would be free forever. They have already said that agreement would also apply to H.265, which is due to be formalized soon. VP8 is only about as efficient as H.264, H.265 is considerably more efficient. The push for VP8 started when MPEG-LA wanted to charge a fee for licensing the decoder. It's now several years after that became a dead issue. The state of the art of video encoding has moved far past VP8. Why spend so much time and effort on an outdated codec?
Sadly, too many parents can't seem to teach their kids this. Though some of it may have to do with their kids won't listen to them by the time they are 8. Parenting isn't easy, but getting the state to fill in causes other problems.
That is a half correct view. There is a lot of DRM content that is free, other that is kept reasonably low (like netflix streaming) Copyright holders do have a right to control what happens to their content. Quit being a petulant child and be willing to pay for your candy. As for hardware manufacturers. Consider, Sony is also a content producer. Several other manufacturers own a piece of content production. At the very least they don't want a trade war.
Deliberate negligence, All costs x 3. When will they actually start enforcing the false claim rules in DMCA. The fines can be Very high.
22 is the current release on the Nightly channel. If you're willing to live with the occasional bug, and daily updates, you can have it now. The option whether to block 3rd party cookies is gone. They are always blocked.
Tesla's dream. induction charging. OK not long distance. Tesla got that wrong. If every stop/station had an induction charger it might be able to re-charge the bus. this isn't an easy problem. think about it!
Sockets are expensive and would add considerably to the height of the component. Everything is surface mount now.
Many people have their own phone, tablet, and/or e-reader. They should expect most who are interested in a digital library to have their own devices. Having a few for those who don't own one is an extra service. A cheap e-reader is under $50. That's the cost of a few paperbacks. Less than a typical text book.
I got to the poles when they opened at 7 AM, and had to wait in line 25 minutes. I drive past 2 other polling places on the way to work. The parking lots were full and cars were parked in the fields near the buildings.
I agree! for $50 navionics, on the tablet of your choice (bring at least two. the spares in a truly waterproof container) you can download charts for the whole world. A windmill can be useful for generating power as well.
18 meter is a class, not a length. the boat is not as big as you think. For trans ocean sailing, it is fairly small.
Nightly stopped supporting 64 bit versions over a month ago. I know, I was on the 64 bit version in nightly specifically because of 64 bit support. It never gave the performance increase hoped for. Frankly, a lot of 64 bit apps don't perform any better than their 32 bit versions. SSSSSHHH, don't tell the marketing guys! 64 vs. 32 is mostly a lot of hype.
Strangely enough, the people who really know better are give an option. On the Nightly channel I'm prompted when an update is available, though it does nag me when I say no. That said, I get an update almost every day.... I've had these "new" features for a few months.
cry me a river. you haven't a clue. get a phone less than 5 years old.
A little heavier than the F series, costs less, for about the same features. the 17" 1080p screen is beautiful. with the 1080p screen they start at less than $1000. only available online from Sony.
I guess the poster doesn't follow the business side of tech. Lucent is bell labs, at least what's left of it. They merged with Alcatel to avoid bankruptcy.