This is just plain lame. If it's a killer feature, then what is stopping other browser manufacturers from duplicating it? If it's not a killer feature, then other browser makers will ignore it and it will die!
How is this feature even useful by the way, it's not a web standard, so it's not as if someone else can see what you are drawing on the web page... unless you cast it to raster, in which case, I can already do this with ms paint and a screen grab... I'm just not seeing how anybody is clamoring for this feature.
I totally agree with this except for one point: Gambling is an addiction, and just saying
Maybe we just just let suckers lose their money
removes our humanity from us. I'm not big on regulations, but allowing people to drown in debt is just as legal, and just as reprehensible as letting someone drown in actual water.
Perhaps you've been posting as AC for so long that you don't realize that when you post under your own name and people like what you say... you get mod points? It's up to you to mod, AC.
The test they performed is pretty much invalid because it's such a narrow case... they played a movie until the battery died. I'd really prefer to see a test where they script browsing or something... so that there are a range of behaviors tested, rather than just a movie.
Anyway, what I really came to say is music videos where I actually came to hear the music: probably at a ratio of 1:500 to 1:1000 against videos of lock picking, machining, woodworking, oh, and also Hak5, and Russian car crash compilations. Only that last item has a problem with stolen content... but that's not why I go to YouTube.
Statistically, what are the odds of you having any of the same contacts as me on LinkedIn? Virtually zero, unless I go to trade shows and pad my list of "contacts" with anyone and everyone I can from across the country. In the end, are you really going to put any trust in me by virtue of the fact that we both randomly hit up the same conference presenter with a LinkedIn request? I'm not ignoring the power of the network, I'm stating that the power of the network is diluted by the social graces that make us say yes when we really should say no.
The problem is that neither their claimed experience nor their professional social network are authoritative... both can be made up, and in my experience, LinkedIn is just a list of people who want to establish the maximum number of connections, regardless of the reality of the professional connection. I last signed in to LinkedIn probably 3-4 years ago, but when I was actively using it, it was easily 50:1 people who I had never met or heard of who wanted to connect with me.
I'm not taking any side... I'm just saying that for an insider to leak this at this time, means they're definitely trying to help kill BB. I'm just here for the popcorn and the show.
I think there are two camps with this one... going to space helped us with all kinds of tech... so it follows that building flying cars will also make lots of amazing technology avialable, something about a rising tide mumble mumble...
But there's also the line of thinking that if these guys have the willpower to do that, why can't we get clean drinking water for every person on the planet... or solve world hunger, or whatever great cause du jour.
I think rich playboys pick things like rockets and flying cars because it allows them an intellectual outlet while avoiding the nasty business of fixing the "human problems" like warlords, ignorance and superstition, and apathy. Those are the real reasons we have starving people on this planet... not because of lack of technology.
Also, I have to agree about the price of housing. Why all tech companies all have to be physically located within walking distance of each other befuddles me. Hopefully one day Tele-presence tech will get good enough that it doesn't matter where you live, and commuting will be a thing of the past... Then you can live where you want and not have to worry about traffic and insane housing costs.
Then your point is lacking... because when something isn't routine, it's only a matter of time until it is, and the only way to make going to mars routine is to do it first in a non-routine condition, and do it so often that it becomes routine. People flying in airplanes used to not exist... then it was novel... then it was routine. Antarctica is a piece of cake compared to space, you realize that, right? And people have been successfully living in space for a while now.
Are there dangers on mars? Yes. Are people willing to face those dangers to achieve something important to them? Yes. There has always been two kinds of people in this world: Those who value discovery above human life, and those who value human life above discovery. You are obviously in the latter group. I'm also in the latter group... but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate someone who has the vision and huevos to try.
That's some excellent entitlement you've got there... Because Tesla offered a car with free supercharging, that it follows that ALL cars made by Tesla will have free access to supercharging? I'm actually relieved to see that they won't offer it with the Model 3 because I always thought the math was misleading when they tell you the cost of the car includes the savings on not buying gas... It always sounded to me like you'd be "pre-paying" for your gas on a gas-free car. Plus Musk is dead right that the idea of gas stations is so ingrained in people's minds that they think they have to do that with their electric car. People need to get over their habits and think. Go beat that drum, anti-fanboy.
Um... not sure if I should point this out or not, but there are people living in Antarctica year round... so maybe I'm not getting your point? Or maybe I am!:)
Well, it's getting a little off topic, but hyperloop is targeted to be faster than a commercial airplane, and requires no hydrocarbon combustion... I'm not saying it has to be hyperloop, I'm just saying don't be so narrow minded, there ARE better options on the horizon. Plus, you completely missed my point. The energy required to create the fuel is the problem. Creating a "new fuel" does not imbue you with the ability to violate the laws of physics... it still requires energy input to create a hydrocarbon, and burning a hydrocarbon releases much of it's energy as heat. No matter how you stack it, burning hydrocarbons will release energy as heat, which is a waste of energy.
I wonder if it isn't cheaper to sink a 2,000 ft. borehole deep into the desert floor, and suspend a huge weight from a cable, rather than appropriate and maintain train tracks. You could basically take the idea vertical rather than horizontal. The weight gets hoisted up by whatever energy means you have, and when you let the weight descend you tap it for generating electricity. It seems that the boring machines used to dig subway tunnels in England could be re-engineered to bore straight down... and still set the concrete safety buttresses. If you could identify an area with no appreciable aquifer, you could sink dozens of these things in a relatively small area. Safety infrastructure would be pretty minimal too, at least compared to trains moving over open land.
That was a battery exchange, not a charge, which requires a lot more infrastructure (and availability of a compatible battery pack) to be useful. But still, useful for some types of commutes (out and back).
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GCHQ and NSA got in trouble???? [citation needed]
You can even draw on websites with a stylus.
This is just plain lame. If it's a killer feature, then what is stopping other browser manufacturers from duplicating it? If it's not a killer feature, then other browser makers will ignore it and it will die!
How is this feature even useful by the way, it's not a web standard, so it's not as if someone else can see what you are drawing on the web page... unless you cast it to raster, in which case, I can already do this with ms paint and a screen grab... I'm just not seeing how anybody is clamoring for this feature.
Nothing like facts to drive your point home...
I totally agree with this except for one point: Gambling is an addiction, and just saying
Maybe we just just let suckers lose their money
removes our humanity from us. I'm not big on regulations, but allowing people to drown in debt is just as legal, and just as reprehensible as letting someone drown in actual water.
So no shock here... windows as a service for 3x the price you used to pay. Nice move Micro$oft.
Perhaps you've been posting as AC for so long that you don't realize that when you post under your own name and people like what you say... you get mod points? It's up to you to mod, AC.
Mod this up! Absolutely right!
The test they performed is pretty much invalid because it's such a narrow case... they played a movie until the battery died. I'd really prefer to see a test where they script browsing or something... so that there are a range of behaviors tested, rather than just a movie.
Do you watch Bosnian Bill? That dude is awesome!
Anyway, what I really came to say is music videos where I actually came to hear the music: probably at a ratio of 1:500 to 1:1000 against videos of lock picking, machining, woodworking, oh, and also Hak5, and Russian car crash compilations. Only that last item has a problem with stolen content... but that's not why I go to YouTube.
Statistically, what are the odds of you having any of the same contacts as me on LinkedIn? Virtually zero, unless I go to trade shows and pad my list of "contacts" with anyone and everyone I can from across the country. In the end, are you really going to put any trust in me by virtue of the fact that we both randomly hit up the same conference presenter with a LinkedIn request? I'm not ignoring the power of the network, I'm stating that the power of the network is diluted by the social graces that make us say yes when we really should say no.
The problem is that neither their claimed experience nor their professional social network are authoritative... both can be made up, and in my experience, LinkedIn is just a list of people who want to establish the maximum number of connections, regardless of the reality of the professional connection. I last signed in to LinkedIn probably 3-4 years ago, but when I was actively using it, it was easily 50:1 people who I had never met or heard of who wanted to connect with me.
God I wish I had mod points today...
is this the new Moooo guy? Copy paste accusations of Google shills into every thread?
Right? I think they misspelled "NearBuy"
I'm not taking any side... I'm just saying that for an insider to leak this at this time, means they're definitely trying to help kill BB. I'm just here for the popcorn and the show.
Yeah, a leak like this makes me think someone WANTS to drive another nail in the coffin...
I think there are two camps with this one... going to space helped us with all kinds of tech... so it follows that building flying cars will also make lots of amazing technology avialable, something about a rising tide mumble mumble...
But there's also the line of thinking that if these guys have the willpower to do that, why can't we get clean drinking water for every person on the planet... or solve world hunger, or whatever great cause du jour.
I think rich playboys pick things like rockets and flying cars because it allows them an intellectual outlet while avoiding the nasty business of fixing the "human problems" like warlords, ignorance and superstition, and apathy. Those are the real reasons we have starving people on this planet... not because of lack of technology.
Also, I have to agree about the price of housing. Why all tech companies all have to be physically located within walking distance of each other befuddles me. Hopefully one day Tele-presence tech will get good enough that it doesn't matter where you live, and commuting will be a thing of the past... Then you can live where you want and not have to worry about traffic and insane housing costs.
Lol! I came here to say this! The one story where his bullshit is totes approps, and he's nowhere to be seen.
Then your point is lacking... because when something isn't routine, it's only a matter of time until it is, and the only way to make going to mars routine is to do it first in a non-routine condition, and do it so often that it becomes routine. People flying in airplanes used to not exist... then it was novel... then it was routine. Antarctica is a piece of cake compared to space, you realize that, right? And people have been successfully living in space for a while now.
Are there dangers on mars? Yes. Are people willing to face those dangers to achieve something important to them? Yes. There has always been two kinds of people in this world: Those who value discovery above human life, and those who value human life above discovery. You are obviously in the latter group. I'm also in the latter group... but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate someone who has the vision and huevos to try.
...But only seven characters.
That's some excellent entitlement you've got there... Because Tesla offered a car with free supercharging, that it follows that ALL cars made by Tesla will have free access to supercharging? I'm actually relieved to see that they won't offer it with the Model 3 because I always thought the math was misleading when they tell you the cost of the car includes the savings on not buying gas... It always sounded to me like you'd be "pre-paying" for your gas on a gas-free car. Plus Musk is dead right that the idea of gas stations is so ingrained in people's minds that they think they have to do that with their electric car. People need to get over their habits and think. Go beat that drum, anti-fanboy.
Um... not sure if I should point this out or not, but there are people living in Antarctica year round... so maybe I'm not getting your point? Or maybe I am! :)
Well, it's getting a little off topic, but hyperloop is targeted to be faster than a commercial airplane, and requires no hydrocarbon combustion... I'm not saying it has to be hyperloop, I'm just saying don't be so narrow minded, there ARE better options on the horizon. Plus, you completely missed my point. The energy required to create the fuel is the problem. Creating a "new fuel" does not imbue you with the ability to violate the laws of physics... it still requires energy input to create a hydrocarbon, and burning a hydrocarbon releases much of it's energy as heat. No matter how you stack it, burning hydrocarbons will release energy as heat, which is a waste of energy.
I wonder if it isn't cheaper to sink a 2,000 ft. borehole deep into the desert floor, and suspend a huge weight from a cable, rather than appropriate and maintain train tracks. You could basically take the idea vertical rather than horizontal. The weight gets hoisted up by whatever energy means you have, and when you let the weight descend you tap it for generating electricity. It seems that the boring machines used to dig subway tunnels in England could be re-engineered to bore straight down... and still set the concrete safety buttresses. If you could identify an area with no appreciable aquifer, you could sink dozens of these things in a relatively small area. Safety infrastructure would be pretty minimal too, at least compared to trains moving over open land.
That was a battery exchange, not a charge, which requires a lot more infrastructure (and availability of a compatible battery pack) to be useful. But still, useful for some types of commutes (out and back).