Still easier to just make yourself a box around a real coin door and put an HID USB Keyboard interface on it. Hopefully your arcade cabinet is built well enough that it doesn't need a frikin' keyboard to operate otherwise you'll be able to bypass the coin door by pressing "5".
My computer monitor is also connected to the Internet, but via a small AppleTV box. What happens when your manufacturer decides it won't update your TV about a critical security hole?
The TV itself doesn't have to be connected to anything except a small box. Replacing the small box will be less costly for your wallet and less costly for the environment than replacing the whole TV.
It's absurd that patent fees have to be determined by the cost of the whole device instead of the ICs using the patent. The cost should be a fixed part of the cost of the ICs themselves so everyone would pay exactly the same.
Let's say you buy an IC that uses 5 patents. It cost 75 cents. Each patent cost 10 cents (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders get 10 cents.
Total cost of the patents: 50 cents
Let's say you buy a smartphone that uses the same IC and so the same 5 patents. It cost 500 dollars. Each patent asks for 0.5% of the device cost (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders each get 2.50 dollars per unit.
Total cost for the same patents from the exact same IC: 12.50 dollars
Another manufacturer sells another smartphone that uses the same IC and so the same 5 patents. It cost 750 dollars. Each patent asks for 0.5% of the device cost (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders each get 3.75 dollars per unit.
Total cost for the same patents from the exact same IC: 18.75 dollars
Asking for a percentage of the total device cost is just insane and should never have been allowed. I don't care if it's Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia or whoever. The IC is the thing that uses the patented technology, the patent costs should be part of the cost of the IC itself.
You're in luck, because these days it's all about "minimalist website design". After you've looked at a few dozen websites it should give you at least a general idea of what to do with your own website.
Too many coders and programmers think they can design websites. There's people going to school for years to learn how to design things. And even most of these designers can't make good interfaces anyway.
Not only restaurants. If I'm checking a company website on a mobile device, here's what I'm probably looking for: - locations with contact information such as the phone number. It's even more helpful if each location has a link to Google Maps - opening hours for chosen location, unless they're all the same
As h4rr4r said, restaurants needs their menu online but I would add that they need to put things like prices, the list of ingredients in each item and the nutritional information. Vegetarians, vegans and people with allergies needs to know what's in the food and people with medical conditions need other informations such as the sodium content, etc.
On mobile, everything is limited: - device battery life, some are quite frankly crap on this point, having to charge twice daily is not what I would call useful - device processing power, the parent AC is right, not everyone has the very latest device, a heavy website means the interface will not be responsive - user wait time, bigger downloads means it takes literally seconds before I can use the website - device download time, doing everything on the client instead of the server means more shit to download, which means your stupidly low monthly quota gets eaten up by incompetent programmers
The worst is when people a half dozen jQuery plugins on top of jQuery itself. But hey, look, it's amazing when I test all this shit locally on my company-paid-latest-version-iToy!
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Still easier to just make yourself a box around a real coin door and put an HID USB Keyboard interface on it. Hopefully your arcade cabinet is built well enough that it doesn't need a frikin' keyboard to operate otherwise you'll be able to bypass the coin door by pressing "5".
His TV would still be a target because of all the "smart" inside it.
I think I'll pass.
You can always make yourself a credit coin box and limit yourself to X tokens per day/week/whatever.
What's even funnier is that they seem to be showing either a Seimitsu or Sanwa pushbutton, which don't really "click".
And you're a dumb reader.
"Replacing the small box will be less costly for your wallet and less costly for the environment than replacing the whole TV."
My computer monitor is also connected to the Internet, but via a small AppleTV box. What happens when your manufacturer decides it won't update your TV about a critical security hole?
The TV itself doesn't have to be connected to anything except a small box. Replacing the small box will be less costly for your wallet and less costly for the environment than replacing the whole TV.
It's absurd that patent fees have to be determined by the cost of the whole device instead of the ICs using the patent. The cost should be a fixed part of the cost of the ICs themselves so everyone would pay exactly the same.
Let's say you buy an IC that uses 5 patents. It cost 75 cents. Each patent cost 10 cents (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders get 10 cents.
Total cost of the patents: 50 cents
Let's say you buy a smartphone that uses the same IC and so the same 5 patents. It cost 500 dollars. Each patent asks for 0.5% of the device cost (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders each get 2.50 dollars per unit.
Total cost for the same patents from the exact same IC: 12.50 dollars
Another manufacturer sells another smartphone that uses the same IC and so the same 5 patents. It cost 750 dollars. Each patent asks for 0.5% of the device cost (example) so the manufacturer gets 25 cents for his IC and each of the 5 patents holders each get 3.75 dollars per unit.
Total cost for the same patents from the exact same IC: 18.75 dollars
Asking for a percentage of the total device cost is just insane and should never have been allowed. I don't care if it's Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia or whoever. The IC is the thing that uses the patented technology, the patent costs should be part of the cost of the IC itself.
One more reason to buy a dumb computer monitor and use it as a TV.
You're in luck, because these days it's all about "minimalist website design". After you've looked at a few dozen websites it should give you at least a general idea of what to do with your own website.
There's no background music because there's no video.
Too many coders and programmers think they can design websites. There's people going to school for years to learn how to design things. And even most of these designers can't make good interfaces anyway.
Especially with all the Apple fanboys hating on Flash these days.
And on top of that, they added frickin' pandas. The idiots should have bought the rights of FF XI from Square Enix instead.
Female Mithras in santa suits... <Homer drool>
Roger: Honey, we should have a kid.
Wife: Why the sudden change of heart?
Roger: I want to play with LEGO again.
Waiting 2 to 3 seconds is normal. Waiting for 10 seconds or more means the website is bloated.
Not only restaurants. If I'm checking a company website on a mobile device, here's what I'm probably looking for:
- locations with contact information such as the phone number. It's even more helpful if each location has a link to Google Maps
- opening hours for chosen location, unless they're all the same
As h4rr4r said, restaurants needs their menu online but I would add that they need to put things like prices, the list of ingredients in each item and the nutritional information. Vegetarians, vegans and people with allergies needs to know what's in the food and people with medical conditions need other informations such as the sodium content, etc.
Just in case someone didn't get the reference...
If I look at the current state of things, a mobile GeoCities would be an improvement.
On mobile, everything is limited:
- device battery life, some are quite frankly crap on this point, having to charge twice daily is not what I would call useful
- device processing power, the parent AC is right, not everyone has the very latest device, a heavy website means the interface will not be responsive
- user wait time, bigger downloads means it takes literally seconds before I can use the website
- device download time, doing everything on the client instead of the server means more shit to download, which means your stupidly low monthly quota gets eaten up by incompetent programmers
The worst is when people a half dozen jQuery plugins on top of jQuery itself. But hey, look, it's amazing when I test all this shit locally on my company-paid-latest-version-iToy!
Roses Are Red,
Violets Are Blue,
Milk, Eggs, Coffee.
I find it funny that you care enough to mention "BENGHAZI" in a few threads but you don't care enough to post a link or two in your comment.
Holy crap, an AC just posted the most intelligent suggestion. Mod him up!
You're correct about the five versions / two generations, but if he wants to buy something from a store he's most likely to get an NTX 2.5 kit.
And FYI there's RCX 2.0, too.
It may be a very large project but it allows you to create projects more easily afterwards.