First of all, the price of Internet (at least at my home) vs Internet + TV is purposely priced by comcast and others so that you really don't save THAT much money.
Secondly, what about data caps? Are you really going to police your 2 teenagers and your significant other to watch their data usage?
Bah..everybody knows the Moon was once the satellite of Minerva...the planet that existed in between Mars and Jupiter and then was destroyed causing the asteroid belt.
The moon was pushed out of orbit and caught by the earth as it fell inward.
Given Ubuntu's success at providing a stable, developed and popular desktop environment for non-technical consumer users, why doesn't RedHat provide the same thing? Why is that right for Ubuntu but not RedHat?
If you can become an expert in the stuff the old guys who are retiring and dying are great at, you will be paid YUGE money and have lots of job security.
Then there is lots of hardware out there you could argue is better than Apple (expandability, performance, etc).
But....
OS X is still in my humble opinion better than Windows (even 10). Anybody who says they are dumping the Mac for a Windows system solely because of hardware evidently does not give much weight to OS X.
the validity of your answer is confirmed by the fact that I had it in my mind before I even looked at the comments. I didn't even have to think about it. "Glasses" popped in my mind at an unconscious level and sprang up.
Good show man...you hit it on the nail
A youtube demo is nice..
But what would REALLY be useful is to demo something that is used every day powered by diamond batteries. In that way it becomes something actually real to the average person.
People have become SO jaded by researchers releasing papers and youtube videos only to find out it was a submarine attempt at getting more funding.
"There is convenience and elegance in using the Skype for Linux client."
The same could also be said about NOT having to use a fat client, but via a web browser.
One thing (it seems to me) is that the U.S. Navy has not had to engage in ship to ship warfare in a LONG time. Granted in the modern era that will probably be a pretty fast thing with missiles, but the other services have at least had to deal with close combat situations that stress what you have (say...a rifle on the battlefield). If it fails, you die.
When was the last time a combat vessel failed for the navy in combat conditions that caused a catastrophic loss of life? It's been a while.
My guess is this ship if it ever got in combat conditions would quickly fail do to reliability. It would not be long before the Navy would have to pull them from the battlefield.
This year:
- Trump became president elect
- The cubs win the world series...playing the INDIANS no less!
- Apple stops having growth
- Microsoft joins the Linux foundation
If we have too many more things happen my head will explode and melt away. What's next? The discovery of real Unicorns?
I'm sorry, I totally believe that man is contributing to climate change but this story is so rosy eyed its downright dumb.
We have NOT made progress. It's going to cost trillions and trillions of dollars to get where people want to go and not billions.
The idea that major powers will voluntarily give up percentage points of GDP to reach even the low percentages of what scientists THINK will be needed is naive. Politicians that crave power and have made it are not dumb. They know this full well which is why I'm suspicious that these agreements are nothing more than power grabs to screw us all over. If it was a SERIOUS agreement that was ENFORCEABLE I'd think less so, but this one? Please!
A carbon tax that effectively got what they wanted would drive up the cost of electricity in places like the UK by 50-75%. That's the sort of numbers that politics will now allow.
Attempting to Modify human behavior is not going to solve this problem. Technology is the only way out.
My biggest argument thus far is that so far I've seen absolutely NOTHING on the policy side which has a reasonable chance at doing anything other than marginally at the edges.
The solution to this problem is not going to come from attempting to modify human behavior by carrot and stick. Sure, it can help but it's not going to solve the problem.
The solution is going to come from some technical advancement that is cost effective for people to use vs what they already do now.
The plethora of WebRTC and mobile video calling clients really does not make this a very interesting feature. IOS and Android users have SO many different options for video calling that it's not really that interesting.
From an engineer's perspective I am interested in the various strengths and weaknesses in terms of video codecs, forward error correction, etc. A nice matrix outlining the various technical approaches would be nice.
Also....what would ALSO be nice is a re-commitment from these closed walled off gardens would be XMPP and/or SIP compatibility (native and not an add-on cost option).
"The real elephant in the room is carbon dioxide, which remains in the atmosphere for thousands of years and in the oceans for even longer."
The REAL elephant(s) in the room is:
1. Are there any solutions that are REALISTIC. And what I mean by realistic is not hoping that everybody comes together holds hands and voluntarily gives up 5-10% of GDP.
2. Are there any solutions where people don't suspect that the solutions are merely a submarine attempt to consolidate power under aegis of power consolidation among elites.
You have to solve these problems. There are MANY People who simply don't trust "authority" to do anything other than screw them over.
Climate change is a real problem. Let's see some real solutions other than crossing your fingers that some international body of politicians is going to do the right thing (which means fixing it without a power grab), because if THAT is the solution we are all SCREWED.
One thing to remember is that if a global event happened taking out much of the planet's electronics happened, even though our military is hardened against EMP, not EVERYTHING is the military is.
I'm sure the Pentagon has wargamed this out, but if you are another power looking to take advantage of the chaos that would be the time to do it.
Irving Gould and Mehdi Ali can both rot in h*ll as far as I am concerned.
I will NEVER forget those names. They took a company that had a successful product and great engineers and squeezed it for every last penny purposely skimping on re-investment and new products for the express purpose of greed.
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First of all, the price of Internet (at least at my home) vs Internet + TV is purposely priced by comcast and others so that you really don't save THAT much money. Secondly, what about data caps? Are you really going to police your 2 teenagers and your significant other to watch their data usage?
Bah..everybody knows the Moon was once the satellite of Minerva...the planet that existed in between Mars and Jupiter and then was destroyed causing the asteroid belt. The moon was pushed out of orbit and caught by the earth as it fell inward.
Unlimited in their dictionary means = you can use it any way you want as long as it does not violate our rules
Well...OF COURSE. I for one am not eager to move that date any closer than it needs to be.
Given Ubuntu's success at providing a stable, developed and popular desktop environment for non-technical consumer users, why doesn't RedHat provide the same thing? Why is that right for Ubuntu but not RedHat?
If you can become an expert in the stuff the old guys who are retiring and dying are great at, you will be paid YUGE money and have lots of job security.
Then there is lots of hardware out there you could argue is better than Apple (expandability, performance, etc). But.... OS X is still in my humble opinion better than Windows (even 10). Anybody who says they are dumping the Mac for a Windows system solely because of hardware evidently does not give much weight to OS X.
the validity of your answer is confirmed by the fact that I had it in my mind before I even looked at the comments. I didn't even have to think about it. "Glasses" popped in my mind at an unconscious level and sprang up. Good show man...you hit it on the nail
I'd agree except that there are a LOT of independent game companies who care more than just profit. If you are a gamer you do have choices.
Except for much of the world this is already happening. Siri already listens much of the time. Cortona does as well.
The newer iphones (and presumedly ipads?) support H.265 in hardware but it's only available in facetime calls .
A youtube demo is nice.. But what would REALLY be useful is to demo something that is used every day powered by diamond batteries. In that way it becomes something actually real to the average person. People have become SO jaded by researchers releasing papers and youtube videos only to find out it was a submarine attempt at getting more funding.
"There is convenience and elegance in using the Skype for Linux client." The same could also be said about NOT having to use a fat client, but via a web browser.
One thing (it seems to me) is that the U.S. Navy has not had to engage in ship to ship warfare in a LONG time. Granted in the modern era that will probably be a pretty fast thing with missiles, but the other services have at least had to deal with close combat situations that stress what you have (say...a rifle on the battlefield). If it fails, you die. When was the last time a combat vessel failed for the navy in combat conditions that caused a catastrophic loss of life? It's been a while. My guess is this ship if it ever got in combat conditions would quickly fail do to reliability. It would not be long before the Navy would have to pull them from the battlefield.
This year: - Trump became president elect - The cubs win the world series...playing the INDIANS no less! - Apple stops having growth - Microsoft joins the Linux foundation If we have too many more things happen my head will explode and melt away. What's next? The discovery of real Unicorns?
I'm sorry, I totally believe that man is contributing to climate change but this story is so rosy eyed its downright dumb. We have NOT made progress. It's going to cost trillions and trillions of dollars to get where people want to go and not billions. The idea that major powers will voluntarily give up percentage points of GDP to reach even the low percentages of what scientists THINK will be needed is naive. Politicians that crave power and have made it are not dumb. They know this full well which is why I'm suspicious that these agreements are nothing more than power grabs to screw us all over. If it was a SERIOUS agreement that was ENFORCEABLE I'd think less so, but this one? Please! A carbon tax that effectively got what they wanted would drive up the cost of electricity in places like the UK by 50-75%. That's the sort of numbers that politics will now allow. Attempting to Modify human behavior is not going to solve this problem. Technology is the only way out.
My biggest argument thus far is that so far I've seen absolutely NOTHING on the policy side which has a reasonable chance at doing anything other than marginally at the edges. The solution to this problem is not going to come from attempting to modify human behavior by carrot and stick. Sure, it can help but it's not going to solve the problem. The solution is going to come from some technical advancement that is cost effective for people to use vs what they already do now.
The plethora of WebRTC and mobile video calling clients really does not make this a very interesting feature. IOS and Android users have SO many different options for video calling that it's not really that interesting. From an engineer's perspective I am interested in the various strengths and weaknesses in terms of video codecs, forward error correction, etc. A nice matrix outlining the various technical approaches would be nice. Also....what would ALSO be nice is a re-commitment from these closed walled off gardens would be XMPP and/or SIP compatibility (native and not an add-on cost option).
Totally agree with you. BTW...the 17th will never be repealed. It would be nice, but it's not going to happen.
"The real elephant in the room is carbon dioxide, which remains in the atmosphere for thousands of years and in the oceans for even longer." The REAL elephant(s) in the room is: 1. Are there any solutions that are REALISTIC. And what I mean by realistic is not hoping that everybody comes together holds hands and voluntarily gives up 5-10% of GDP. 2. Are there any solutions where people don't suspect that the solutions are merely a submarine attempt to consolidate power under aegis of power consolidation among elites. You have to solve these problems. There are MANY People who simply don't trust "authority" to do anything other than screw them over. Climate change is a real problem. Let's see some real solutions other than crossing your fingers that some international body of politicians is going to do the right thing (which means fixing it without a power grab), because if THAT is the solution we are all SCREWED.
Does anybody know if this affects Amazon Kindle devices since they are an Android Fork?
One thing to remember is that if a global event happened taking out much of the planet's electronics happened, even though our military is hardened against EMP, not EVERYTHING is the military is. I'm sure the Pentagon has wargamed this out, but if you are another power looking to take advantage of the chaos that would be the time to do it.
ummm....sure.
Did you own a commodore product at the time? I judge by their actions and by the interviews of former employees and by what they said.
Irving Gould and Mehdi Ali can both rot in h*ll as far as I am concerned. I will NEVER forget those names. They took a company that had a successful product and great engineers and squeezed it for every last penny purposely skimping on re-investment and new products for the express purpose of greed.