Remote desktop on the phone screen itself is a done deal. Continuum, the new feature in WIndows 10 Mobile that lets you attach the phone to a "real" screen and use it like a Windows 10 PC (for universal apps only), an updated or new universal app is needed that will run on the big screen when in Continuum. Existing WinPhone 8.1 apps can't do that and need to be updated to support use in Continuum on the big screen.
I have one of the new Lumia's with the Continuum dock, it's a pretty slick feature, but mostly a demo right now since very few universal apps, especially from 3rd parties, have been updated to support use in Continuum and therefore can run only on the small phone screen.
and that would be the right and honest way to do it. Sadly it's a false option for as much as 70% of the country that has no practical choice of provider
That's what it would be called in any other retail environment, and it's illegal. The providers called it unlimited and therefore it should be unlimited. It's not the fault of the consumer for taking them at their advertised word.
The low end ones can be pretty inexpensive, presuming you need something more than what you do with a Raspberry PI. The NUC can run whatever OS you care to run on an Intel platform.
The NUC's even have VESA mounting holes/brackets designed to attach to the back of most flat screen TVs
Anyone who has worked a federal contract for more than a couple hours would know this. Guess it takes the GAO a decade or two to catch on eh? Or wait until it is somehow politically advantageous to acknowledge.
given the pre-judgment, the media coverage, the classified data involved and the associated "national security" options to block the use of that data as evidence for or against him, do you think there is even the slightest chance that Snowden could receive anything close to a "fair trial" in the US?!
Nope, not possible....
You are correct with the updates from MS (via Insider or Dev Preview), but that's not the same as the carrier releasing a fully supported version to non-techie customers in bulk. Outside of DEV preview/insider, Windows phone gets stuck in much the same updating situation as many Android phones due to OEM or carrier blockages. Witness how many formerly "flagship" Windows 8 phones, like the HTC models, that won't be receiving Windows 10
The large corporate customer (of Verizon) I work for actually had to threaten legalities over Verizon's holding back the Win8.1 denim update for Lumia 928's. The legal angle was that there were security updates included in the OS update, floated ideas of "negligence" for not releasing the update (which they suddenly did with no pre-announcement near Christmas, finally).
In the robotics lab at the university I work at they have functional insect robots, both flying and walking, remote controllable or semi-autonomous, remote video/audio, self charging by landing on light fixtures and such, actual insect sized (not a 10CM "cockroach" jeez) as office toys. They are WAY beyond the stuff noted here by the Russians. Scary way beyond...
So either they successfully cracked it and are done and want to look they failed. Or they actually failed to crack it and they want out of the deal. Either way, we know nothing more. This article offers no useful information at all.
Basically the justice department is reacting in much the same way as private corporations when threatened with a new stricter regulatory regime, they trot out symbolic but ineffective "self regulation" regimes that look good on the surface, but effectively change nothing. It's all a PR game to avoid real regulations that protects the constitutional rights of citizens.
Same as the MHz wars of yore, or megapixel wars in digitial cameras. Meaningless (beyond a certain usability point) spec chasing by uninformed or hoodwinked general consumers.
What possible function other than driving phone sales can 4k on a 5.5" screen have?!
and that purpose would be much better served by the presence of an actual officer, not a quad copter that took 30 minutes to get to the scene counting setup time and evaluation.
I would tend to think that those sort of disruptions of crime in progress would be much better served by the presence of an actual officer. Not a quadcopter that took 30 minutes to get to the scene, setup and send to the target.
If the justification is that the officer fears for their safety, how does an armed drone possibly fit into that logic. Was the suspect threatening the officer from 1/2 mile away?!
This logic of "Thoroughly modern inventions" completely fails when viewed in the light of the near complete raping of the 4th amendment using methods and tools not conceived of when the amendment was written.
It will be cheaper until the run smack into the environment regulations that limit how much you are allowed to heat a natural body of water.
A data center won't be as bad as a power station using direct cycle cooling, but put enough of these "barge data centers" together in a single location, I presume they will congregate in areas of cheap power and high local bandwidth availability right? And you will hit the limits. Then you have to use much less efficient air to liquid or similar cooling towers anyway, along with the inherently higher costs of floating structures on high value waterfront property.
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Remote desktop on the phone screen itself is a done deal. Continuum, the new feature in WIndows 10 Mobile that lets you attach the phone to a "real" screen and use it like a Windows 10 PC (for universal apps only), an updated or new universal app is needed that will run on the big screen when in Continuum. Existing WinPhone 8.1 apps can't do that and need to be updated to support use in Continuum on the big screen. I have one of the new Lumia's with the Continuum dock, it's a pretty slick feature, but mostly a demo right now since very few universal apps, especially from 3rd parties, have been updated to support use in Continuum and therefore can run only on the small phone screen.
they were only "good at saving union jobs" in an environment that lacked competent and economically viable competition, IE: lack of alternatives
and that would be the right and honest way to do it. Sadly it's a false option for as much as 70% of the country that has no practical choice of provider
That not what many providers are doing, they are implementing caps and throttles mid contract. Not all of them, but many of them.
and yes, I personally recognize the technical reality. But that's not the point, and that's not how it was sold to consumers.
That's what it would be called in any other retail environment, and it's illegal. The providers called it unlimited and therefore it should be unlimited. It's not the fault of the consumer for taking them at their advertised word.
The low end ones can be pretty inexpensive, presuming you need something more than what you do with a Raspberry PI. The NUC can run whatever OS you care to run on an Intel platform. The NUC's even have VESA mounting holes/brackets designed to attach to the back of most flat screen TVs
Anyone who has worked a federal contract for more than a couple hours would know this. Guess it takes the GAO a decade or two to catch on eh? Or wait until it is somehow politically advantageous to acknowledge.
given the pre-judgment, the media coverage, the classified data involved and the associated "national security" options to block the use of that data as evidence for or against him, do you think there is even the slightest chance that Snowden could receive anything close to a "fair trial" in the US?! Nope, not possible....
No disagreement there, just very atypical for non-tech users
You are correct with the updates from MS (via Insider or Dev Preview), but that's not the same as the carrier releasing a fully supported version to non-techie customers in bulk. Outside of DEV preview/insider, Windows phone gets stuck in much the same updating situation as many Android phones due to OEM or carrier blockages. Witness how many formerly "flagship" Windows 8 phones, like the HTC models, that won't be receiving Windows 10 The large corporate customer (of Verizon) I work for actually had to threaten legalities over Verizon's holding back the Win8.1 denim update for Lumia 928's. The legal angle was that there were security updates included in the OS update, floated ideas of "negligence" for not releasing the update (which they suddenly did with no pre-announcement near Christmas, finally).
Because everyone gripes about slow startup times
Except that I don't work in that department, even remotely. Troll away...
In the robotics lab at the university I work at they have functional insect robots, both flying and walking, remote controllable or semi-autonomous, remote video/audio, self charging by landing on light fixtures and such, actual insect sized (not a 10CM "cockroach" jeez) as office toys. They are WAY beyond the stuff noted here by the Russians. Scary way beyond...
So either they successfully cracked it and are done and want to look they failed. Or they actually failed to crack it and they want out of the deal. Either way, we know nothing more. This article offers no useful information at all.
Something plugged into and actively reading data from the OBDII port I suppose. Wouldn't be hard to setup
In theory, the judicial system, but.......
Basically the justice department is reacting in much the same way as private corporations when threatened with a new stricter regulatory regime, they trot out symbolic but ineffective "self regulation" regimes that look good on the surface, but effectively change nothing. It's all a PR game to avoid real regulations that protects the constitutional rights of citizens.
Same as the MHz wars of yore, or megapixel wars in digitial cameras. Meaningless (beyond a certain usability point) spec chasing by uninformed or hoodwinked general consumers. What possible function other than driving phone sales can 4k on a 5.5" screen have?!
You mean the red states that consistently receive more in federal funds than they contribute in tax dollars? Oh yeah those places....
and that purpose would be much better served by the presence of an actual officer, not a quad copter that took 30 minutes to get to the scene counting setup time and evaluation.
I would tend to think that those sort of disruptions of crime in progress would be much better served by the presence of an actual officer. Not a quadcopter that took 30 minutes to get to the scene, setup and send to the target.
If the justification is that the officer fears for their safety, how does an armed drone possibly fit into that logic. Was the suspect threatening the officer from 1/2 mile away?!
This logic of "Thoroughly modern inventions" completely fails when viewed in the light of the near complete raping of the 4th amendment using methods and tools not conceived of when the amendment was written.
It will be cheaper until the run smack into the environment regulations that limit how much you are allowed to heat a natural body of water. A data center won't be as bad as a power station using direct cycle cooling, but put enough of these "barge data centers" together in a single location, I presume they will congregate in areas of cheap power and high local bandwidth availability right? And you will hit the limits. Then you have to use much less efficient air to liquid or similar cooling towers anyway, along with the inherently higher costs of floating structures on high value waterfront property.