vi sans keyboard? how on earth does that work? and if you tell me that you also lug an external keyboard around with it, then sorry, i just don't get it.
- the constant nagging from the java updater. (Although to be fair, the updater has been killed on any and all of my devices.)
- the braindead way of keeping old version of the jdk and jre around. Words can't describe how freaking lame this is. I only want one java directory, with one jre and one jdk in it. The new versions need to replace the old ones and provide backwards compatibility.
Posted from Boston, plugged into 50MBps Verizon FiOS. It was already installed in the house when we moved in. Also had FiOS at our previous Boston residence, which was over two years ago. It was installed within 24 hours there.
Later tonight I'll watch the Redsox game, in HD, over FiOS.
I have no idea what this article is talking about.
Maybe girls are just not interested, like my son is not interested in dressing Barbie dolls, and my daughter is not interested in turning the planters into a construction zone? Couldn't we just leave it at that?
Nice hypothetical! However... that's all it is. Would never happen in real life. Driving at full speed on an empty freeway when all the sudden Mr Spock's 18 month year old baby accidentally gets teleported right in front of your car. Though it would make for a fun episode.
So let's pull this back to reality. You're driving 65mph in the middle lane of the freeway. To your right a BP tanker, full of fresh kerosene distilled from some A grade Gulf crude. To your left a redneck passing you at 80mph in his diesel Ford F250, with 24" wheels and a freshly installed 8" lift kit.
All of a sudden, the car in front of you kicks up an empty plastic bag. Let's say 50 feet. Happens all the time. Some adrenaline gets dispersed in the blood stream, heart rate goes up 5bpm, but you drive right through the bag, and soon all is back to normal.
Now let's see what happens with the robocar. Computer detects some object 50ft up the road, with no space to navigate around left or right.
First option, computer handles it. Slams the breaks, 10 car pile up, 2 dead, 10 injured.
Second option, computer sounds all the alarms, requests you to take over. Unfortunately you're browsing some pics on imagefap with Mr Spock, bunny suits and the whole 9 yards. You look up, see something, by this time 20ft in front of the car, too close for the human brain to figure out what's up. You also don't know about the redneck coming up at 80mph because you were scanning Mr Spock's bunny's features, not your mirrors. Grab the wheel, swerve left, take out the redneck who's truck launches your robocar right into the BP tanker. Pileup, 1000 gallons of kerosene ablaze, 4 dead, 20 injured.
And sure, the computer won't be distracted by SMS. But how about some 15 year old hacker spoofing the robocar2robocar communication channel with a Super Mario level?
Agreed. But then what's the point? The human-driver still has to be 100% involved, because:
- 10% of the situations can't be handled by the auto-driver
- the auto-driver can't identify all instances when the human-driver is needed
- the 10% when the human-driver has to take over can happen at any time
Want a 100k car? You can drive 2 hours to Oklahoma.
Want good education for your kids in the inner city? Sorry, no can do, as shitty teachers can't be fired and the voucher system was killed by Democrats, using the campaign contributions from the teachers' union.
But why don't we focus instead on minor inconveniences for millionaires, instead of real issues.
Yes, I do. It's great for drawing and I also use it to take notes. My kids love it, too, on the Note 8. Best of all, pressure sensitive. It's not like the 1997 styluses that you can buy for your iDevice.
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who the F cares about what some telegraph contributor says? not my shirt, not gonna wear it. (alt tab back to visual studio)
bullshit. thanks for kindling the fud and feeding the idiots.
"What are you talking about?"
"My bike was stolen, and it looked jut like the one you're riding. Let me see the serial number!"
"F off."
tablet that boots Linux for taking notes in Vim
vi sans keyboard? how on earth does that work? and if you tell me that you also lug an external keyboard around with it, then sorry, i just don't get it.
Why not just get a second hand Android phone and throw the sim card away?
The new versions _don't_ provide backward compatibility.
Now that would just be plain stupid, and it's obviously not true.
I only have two issues with java:
- the constant nagging from the java updater. (Although to be fair, the updater has been killed on any and all of my devices.)
- the braindead way of keeping old version of the jdk and jre around. Words can't describe how freaking lame this is. I only want one java directory, with one jre and one jdk in it. The new versions need to replace the old ones and provide backwards compatibility.
Posted from Boston, plugged into 50MBps Verizon FiOS. It was already installed in the house when we moved in. Also had FiOS at our previous Boston residence, which was over two years ago. It was installed within 24 hours there.
Later tonight I'll watch the Redsox game, in HD, over FiOS.
I have no idea what this article is talking about.
"low cost" - how low exactly?
e.g., the lack of interest in CS by girls
Maybe girls are just not interested, like my son is not interested in dressing Barbie dolls, and my daughter is not interested in turning the planters into a construction zone? Couldn't we just leave it at that?
well educated children are less likely to respect authority
What utter bullshit.
Lack of respect comes from shitty parenting and broken families. Nannies and babysitters can't teach respect, either.
Nice hypothetical! However... that's all it is. Would never happen in real life. Driving at full speed on an empty freeway when all the sudden Mr Spock's 18 month year old baby accidentally gets teleported right in front of your car. Though it would make for a fun episode.
So let's pull this back to reality. You're driving 65mph in the middle lane of the freeway. To your right a BP tanker, full of fresh kerosene distilled from some A grade Gulf crude. To your left a redneck passing you at 80mph in his diesel Ford F250, with 24" wheels and a freshly installed 8" lift kit.
All of a sudden, the car in front of you kicks up an empty plastic bag. Let's say 50 feet. Happens all the time. Some adrenaline gets dispersed in the blood stream, heart rate goes up 5bpm, but you drive right through the bag, and soon all is back to normal.
Now let's see what happens with the robocar. Computer detects some object 50ft up the road, with no space to navigate around left or right.
First option, computer handles it. Slams the breaks, 10 car pile up, 2 dead, 10 injured.
Second option, computer sounds all the alarms, requests you to take over. Unfortunately you're browsing some pics on imagefap with Mr Spock, bunny suits and the whole 9 yards. You look up, see something, by this time 20ft in front of the car, too close for the human brain to figure out what's up. You also don't know about the redneck coming up at 80mph because you were scanning Mr Spock's bunny's features, not your mirrors. Grab the wheel, swerve left, take out the redneck who's truck launches your robocar right into the BP tanker. Pileup, 1000 gallons of kerosene ablaze, 4 dead, 20 injured.
And sure, the computer won't be distracted by SMS. But how about some 15 year old hacker spoofing the robocar2robocar communication channel with a Super Mario level?
...isn't feasible"
Agreed. But then what's the point? The human-driver still has to be 100% involved, because:
- 10% of the situations can't be handled by the auto-driver
- the auto-driver can't identify all instances when the human-driver is needed
- the 10% when the human-driver has to take over can happen at any time
It wouldn't make the headlines, nor work as click-bait.
If 11 developers and 1 sysadmin can't figure this one out, you should be all fired.
Want a 100k car? You can drive 2 hours to Oklahoma.
Want good education for your kids in the inner city? Sorry, no can do, as shitty teachers can't be fired and the voucher system was killed by Democrats, using the campaign contributions from the teachers' union.
But why don't we focus instead on minor inconveniences for millionaires, instead of real issues.
64 > 32.
Just get a bigger SD card. Oh, wait...
Yes, I do. It's great for drawing and I also use it to take notes. My kids love it, too, on the Note 8. Best of all, pressure sensitive. It's not like the 1997 styluses that you can buy for your iDevice.
You should go 2013 and try it.
What new leak? Wasn't Snowden allowed into Russia on the condition that he would stop leaking? What's going on here?
Any more memory would just sit there wasted.
but I don't trust or want it to be from Microsoft
You must be joking. Or you need to scroll down two articles so you can read about how iOS, Android and Blackberry are all hooked up to the NSA.
Once you did your research, please do come back and tell us why would Microsoft be any less trustworthy than the other smartphone makers.
1 in 20 spend $300 to Crush Candies. (As in 1 in 20 of their users.)
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"convert that sunlight across a large radio frequency aperture into a coherent microwave beam and transmit the power to markets on Earth"
What could go wrong when pointing a large microwave beam at Earth?