It did for desktops but that is because size doesn't tend to be part of the design criteria for a desktop. Cooling is a big issue on notebooks as is power use which really isn't an issue on most desktops. If you get a big high end notebook with MXM support you will have the option to swap video cards. Just do not expect find that feature on a small and or cheap notebook. You can get them if you really want.
The modular bay should be doable. A power connector, SATA, and USB on a connector would do it for just about anything that I can imagine in a docking bay outside of something super exotic.
That would really restrict innovation if they did that. And let's be honest they pretty much have standardized the parts you tend to upgrade the most. 1. Ram. 2. Hard drives. 3. wifi cards. What else do you want standardized?
I believe that their is also a limit to how much a fine can be with a misdemeanor. Before I get jumped on I freely admit that I could be wrong about that. Also maybe you missed that part where it said, "could be charged with". It is meant to scare people into not being stupid. Let me know if anybody gets charged with it. This is the worst case and honestly will probably never be used unless someone is really causing problems and refuses to comply with requests to move.
Considering the number of failures that they had it is nothing short of astounding. I just hope that they are from Itokawa. If not it will be yet another failure in a string that has plagued this mission. Let's hope it ends on a high note.
Well you did fall for the spin on the story as had I until I thought about a bit and read some of the other comments on Slashdot. This is not a restriction on photographers it is just a restriction. All none workers are to keep at least 65 feet from all booms and working ships. Think about how close that really is before you get all bent. It is to keep protesters, gawkers, and general idiots as well the press from bumping up to or getting run over by out at sea. Frankly 300 feet which is really close to get to a boat at sea seems reasonable and common sense. This smaller distance is probably to help the press with coverage and not to stop it. In other words this is yet another none story that has been spun into a Freedom of the Press issue when their is no freedom of the Press Issue involved. It is funny because since I do not like the Obama administration because of it's space policy and some other issues I was all ready to jump in on them cracking down on the press. That really would have been unfair of me because frankly this is a reasonable restriction based on safety. Frankly they probably should have gone with the 300 ft rule but seems to have gone for less safety and more access.
And they can request closer access. Now we do have to watch and see if the that is used to block access but that has not as far as I can tell happened yet.
I agree with you about 99%. Setting up your own VPN is probably fine. If their are problems just claim that you need it to access work or school. What I wouldn't do is "help" people in China do the same. 1. If you are asking on slashdot you probably lack the skills to do it well. 2. If you get caught as a US citizen they will probably just take your computer and kick you out. You are not worth the bad press they will get. 3. If you help Chinese citizens do the same you can become worth the trouble. Which is a very bad thing. 4. You may hurt those that you are trying to help. Trust me their a lot of bright folks in China that have the skills to get around the great firewall. They also probably know better who to trust. You are a foreigner trust me odds are they may already be watching you a bit. If you are not a business person I expect they are watching for you to try and do this very thing. As much as people like to make fun of security people they are not dumb. Figure that they have a lot more skill at catching you than you have at evading them If you or your friends don't get caught it will be just because of luck.
No. It also doesn't apply to things like wifi, bluetooth, zigbee, and so on. And there are some loop holes for things like repeater control where their is some security but the actual data it's self I believe is in the clear but I am not a HAM so this is all just second hand info.
"Or, more concerningly, that an accident at the speed I'm doing, with an oncoming car is like hitting a wall at that, speed, not the combined speeds of both cars because they are in opposite directions." Actually you may be also making a false assumption. Since both cars will deform and absorb some of the energy the totally energy would probably be less than hitting the wall at the same speed times two. If the was solid enough to not deform "much". But your estimate is a good "safe" bet approximation. Hitting a wall at 35 is bad. Hitting a car head on with both of you going 35 really bad.
Yes I do agree. That is why we are both older and wiser than we where then.
Of course their is also some wisdom in getting bent. If I had it do again now. I would have done my best to lead them to the right conclusions but at the same time not get too upset if they didn't.
True. But at that time in my life I was really didn't have the desire to try and a lead a group of students when there was no benefit. We where not being graded on it and I had a large amount of not caring.
For OEMs this is interesting but so dangerous. Until they get some big product to use it they are very risky for a small company to buy. You could design your product around the part only to be SOL when they go out of business. Molds are expensive. I would so like to use one of these but until they are in mainstream production they are just too dangerous. However for some one with a hacker spirit might I suggest that you combine this screen with this http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM And go to town. Maybe find an old notebook and take the case and keyboard? Or you could make yourself a Car computer or goodness knows what else.
Or they want cheap plans. Of the teens I know few of them have smart phones because of the data plan cost. Most have messaging phones because they are cheaper per month. The days when people just looked at the price of the phone are over. Even teens look at the price of the plan and the Kin was expensive. Plus they really did fail to play up one feature and I think they forgot to include another feature. 1. The HD camera. I never knew they could shoot HD video! That is cool for a cheap phone. If it didn't have the smart phone data plan I could see a lot of people getting it for that reason. Thing is they never showed it on the ads or really pushed it. 2. ZunePass. I mean really the Zune Pass is such a good deal that I wish I could get it for my android phone. That might have sold a lot of phones except... It all goes back to that data plan. For the price I would get a Palm or and Android phone and have a real smart phone. I bet a lot of teenagers feel the same way. Plus let's face it. Microsoft is the anti-cool. Except for the XBox line Microsoft is the Buick of technology.
The shuttle having too much drag? ewww... if anything I would say the went too far with the cross range and bring back requirements. But that is just me. What I find most annoying are people proud of not knowing stuff. It reminds me of the thinking in England in the 1800s where "tradesmen" people that made stuff like engineers where actually looked down on by polite society.
maybe because she thought that a freshman wouldn't be an "expert" in science. It wasn't in a hard science class. I think it was public speaking or something like that.
For a bank account yea I can see that. Car insurance Yea I can see that also. I would be shocked if other nations didn't do much the same thing. You where out of the country for a decade and it took you a bit of effort to get your id in order. Not shocking at all.
I would have to disagree. As a member of the C64 generation I knew about it. Maybe it was marketed well. The ads looked good but it was a fail for a lot reasons. 1. It wasn't really a smart phone no app store or selection of games. 2. It wasn't a messaging/media phone because you had to have a smart phone data plan. So for the cost of a Palm WebOS or android phone you could get a Kin. Teenagers my be foolish, lacking in wisdom, and even unable to understand the consequence of their actions but they are not stupid.
Like what? Yes you can buy a pay as you go phone at Walmart for cash without an issue. Really just what have you done in the US that required id? I can only think of a few things. 1. Fly. 2. Rent a car. 3. Pay with an unsigned credit card.
I have not been asked for my ID in a very long time. I think at the bank once for a check but other than that not at all. Just what did you do that required ID? Oh and I think if you go to Disney you may have to show ID but I am not sure. I did to get the Florida residents discount.
Interesting. The thing is that people like to believe that crowds are smart. A good example for me was in a class I took in college. It was the classic you are on the far side moon and put this list in order from the most important to the least. The point of the exercise was to show that one person could make choices faster but as a group you made better choices.
Well when we put our scores together I scored higher than my group did. They really had a hard time understanding that a compass wouldn't work on the moon or that the radio would be limited to line of sight. The decided they knew better than I did. The professor was really kind of upset with that result because it sort of messed up her point since I had gotten the best answers correctly and quickly on my own. The professor asked me why I thought that was. The only thing I could come up with was that once you have an optimal solution bringing more people in only increases the chances that you will end up with a sub optimal solution.
"Personally, I'd rather that my browser didn't have the ability for a malicious site to turn my laptop into a bug, and I suspect most corporate users feel the same way." That is why I asked if it was even a good idea. I do not like the idea of content having the option to change my window size and mode.
Nothing works for you? DRM that only lets you stream and not record is not very restrictive and to be honest I can see why someone would want it. DRM that doesn't let you modify the video could also have some value. You could put in commercials that couldn't be edited out. Put the video up on a torrent and let anyone have a copy but make money off the ads. While I am not a DRM fan I do know that people will take what they want and justify it. People have a right to control how their work is used. The GPL is a prime example of that. If you choose the GPL are are telling people how they can and not use the source you have created.
lacked standards. WMV was iffy at best and you never knew if it would play on anything but windows. Having a web standard is a great idea way over due.
I think that is a mistake. I believe the big problem is that they believe the proprietary codec counts as encryption. HAM radio operators are not allowed to encrypt their data The reference may be to using it to to connect to the web using SSL which would also be illegal over an Armature radio link because it is encrypted. What I wonder is how much bandwidth is this using and what else is involved. There is more than just a codec but also how the bits are transmitted across the link. Just from the Amateur radio people I know I doubt that it is as dumb of an objection as the story made it seem.
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It did for desktops but that is because size doesn't tend to be part of the design criteria for a desktop.
Cooling is a big issue on notebooks as is power use which really isn't an issue on most desktops.
If you get a big high end notebook with MXM support you will have the option to swap video cards.
Just do not expect find that feature on a small and or cheap notebook.
You can get them if you really want.
The modular bay should be doable. A power connector, SATA, and USB on a connector would do it for just about anything that I can imagine in a docking bay outside of something super exotic.
That would really restrict innovation if they did that.
And let's be honest they pretty much have standardized the parts you tend to upgrade the most.
1. Ram.
2. Hard drives.
3. wifi cards.
What else do you want standardized?
I believe that their is also a limit to how much a fine can be with a misdemeanor. Before I get jumped on I freely admit that I could be wrong about that.
Also maybe you missed that part where it said, "could be charged with". It is meant to scare people into not being stupid. Let me know if anybody gets charged with it. This is the worst case and honestly will probably never be used unless someone is really causing problems and refuses to comply with requests to move.
Considering the number of failures that they had it is nothing short of astounding.
I just hope that they are from Itokawa. If not it will be yet another failure in a string that has plagued this mission. Let's hope it ends on a high note.
Well you did fall for the spin on the story as had I until I thought about a bit and read some of the other comments on Slashdot.
This is not a restriction on photographers it is just a restriction. All none workers are to keep at least 65 feet from all booms and working ships.
Think about how close that really is before you get all bent. It is to keep protesters, gawkers, and general idiots as well the press from bumping up to or getting run over by out at sea.
Frankly 300 feet which is really close to get to a boat at sea seems reasonable and common sense. This smaller distance is probably to help the press with coverage and not to stop it.
In other words this is yet another none story that has been spun into a Freedom of the Press issue when their is no freedom of the Press Issue involved.
It is funny because since I do not like the Obama administration because of it's space policy and some other issues I was all ready to jump in on them cracking down on the press. That really would have been unfair of me because frankly this is a reasonable restriction based on safety. Frankly they probably should have gone with the 300 ft rule but seems to have gone for less safety and more access.
And they can request closer access. Now we do have to watch and see if the that is used to block access but that has not as far as I can tell happened yet.
Because if they didn't people wouldn't care. Really this is pretty reasonable to keep things safe.
And at this point we have reached the level of Sheldon on Big Bang Theory so it really is for the best to just stop.
I agree with you about 99%.
Setting up your own VPN is probably fine. If their are problems just claim that you need it to access work or school. What I wouldn't do is "help" people in China do the same.
1. If you are asking on slashdot you probably lack the skills to do it well.
2. If you get caught as a US citizen they will probably just take your computer and kick you out. You are not worth the bad press they will get.
3. If you help Chinese citizens do the same you can become worth the trouble. Which is a very bad thing.
4. You may hurt those that you are trying to help. Trust me their a lot of bright folks in China that have the skills to get around the great firewall. They also probably know better who to trust.
You are a foreigner trust me odds are they may already be watching you a bit. If you are not a business person I expect they are watching for you to try and do this very thing. As much as people like to make fun of security people they are not dumb. Figure that they have a lot more skill at catching you than you have at evading them If you or your friends don't get caught it will be just because of luck.
No. It also doesn't apply to things like wifi, bluetooth, zigbee, and so on.
And there are some loop holes for things like repeater control where their is some security but the actual data it's self I believe is in the clear but I am not a HAM so this is all just second hand info.
"Or, more concerningly, that an accident at the speed I'm doing, with an oncoming car is like hitting a wall at that, speed, not the combined speeds of both cars because they are in opposite directions."
Actually you may be also making a false assumption.
Since both cars will deform and absorb some of the energy the totally energy would probably be less than hitting the wall at the same speed times two. If the was solid enough to not deform "much". But your estimate is a good "safe" bet approximation.
Hitting a wall at 35 is bad. Hitting a car head on with both of you going 35 really bad.
Yes I do agree. That is why we are both older and wiser than we where then.
Of course their is also some wisdom in getting bent. If I had it do again now. I would have done my best to lead them to the right conclusions but at the same time not get too upset if they didn't.
True. But at that time in my life I was really didn't have the desire to try and a lead a group of students when there was no benefit. We where not being graded on it and I had a large amount of not caring.
For OEMs this is interesting but so dangerous.
Until they get some big product to use it they are very risky for a small company to buy.
You could design your product around the part only to be SOL when they go out of business. Molds are expensive.
I would so like to use one of these but until they are in mainstream production they are just too dangerous.
However for some one with a hacker spirit might I suggest that you combine this screen with this http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM
And go to town. Maybe find an old notebook and take the case and keyboard?
Or you could make yourself a Car computer or goodness knows what else.
Or they want cheap plans.
Of the teens I know few of them have smart phones because of the data plan cost. Most have messaging phones because they are cheaper per month.
The days when people just looked at the price of the phone are over. Even teens look at the price of the plan and the Kin was expensive.
Plus they really did fail to play up one feature and I think they forgot to include another feature.
1. The HD camera. I never knew they could shoot HD video! That is cool for a cheap phone. If it didn't have the smart phone data plan I could see a lot of people getting it for that reason. Thing is they never showed it on the ads or really pushed it.
2. ZunePass. I mean really the Zune Pass is such a good deal that I wish I could get it for my android phone. That might have sold a lot of phones except...
It all goes back to that data plan. For the price I would get a Palm or and Android phone and have a real smart phone. I bet a lot of teenagers feel the same way.
Plus let's face it. Microsoft is the anti-cool.
Except for the XBox line Microsoft is the Buick of technology.
The shuttle having too much drag? ewww... if anything I would say the went too far with the cross range and bring back requirements. But that is just me.
What I find most annoying are people proud of not knowing stuff. It reminds me of the thinking in England in the 1800s where "tradesmen" people that made stuff like engineers where actually looked down on by polite society.
maybe because she thought that a freshman wouldn't be an "expert" in science. It wasn't in a hard science class. I think it was public speaking or something like that.
For a bank account yea I can see that. Car insurance Yea I can see that also. I would be shocked if other nations didn't do much the same thing.
You where out of the country for a decade and it took you a bit of effort to get your id in order. Not shocking at all.
I would have to disagree. As a member of the C64 generation I knew about it. Maybe it was marketed well. The ads looked good but it was a fail for a lot reasons.
1. It wasn't really a smart phone no app store or selection of games.
2. It wasn't a messaging/media phone because you had to have a smart phone data plan.
So for the cost of a Palm WebOS or android phone you could get a Kin. Teenagers my be foolish, lacking in wisdom, and even unable to understand the consequence of their actions but they are not stupid.
Like what? Yes you can buy a pay as you go phone at Walmart for cash without an issue.
Really just what have you done in the US that required id?
I can only think of a few things.
1. Fly.
2. Rent a car.
3. Pay with an unsigned credit card.
I have not been asked for my ID in a very long time. I think at the bank once for a check but other than that not at all.
Just what did you do that required ID?
Oh and I think if you go to Disney you may have to show ID but I am not sure. I did to get the Florida residents discount.
Interesting. The thing is that people like to believe that crowds are smart.
A good example for me was in a class I took in college.
It was the classic you are on the far side moon and put this list in order from the most important to the least.
The point of the exercise was to show that one person could make choices faster but as a group you made better choices.
Well when we put our scores together I scored higher than my group did.
They really had a hard time understanding that a compass wouldn't work on the moon or that the radio would be limited to line of sight. The decided they knew better than I did.
The professor was really kind of upset with that result because it sort of messed up her point since I had gotten the best answers correctly and quickly on my own.
The professor asked me why I thought that was. The only thing I could come up with was that once you have an optimal solution bringing more people in only increases the chances that you will end up with a sub optimal solution.
"Personally, I'd rather that my browser didn't have the ability for a malicious site to turn my laptop into a bug, and I suspect most corporate users feel the same way."
That is why I asked if it was even a good idea.
I do not like the idea of content having the option to change my window size and mode.
Nothing works for you? DRM that only lets you stream and not record is not very restrictive and to be honest I can see why someone would want it.
DRM that doesn't let you modify the video could also have some value. You could put in commercials that couldn't be edited out.
Put the video up on a torrent and let anyone have a copy but make money off the ads.
While I am not a DRM fan I do know that people will take what they want and justify it. People have a right to control how their work is used. The GPL is a prime example of that. If you choose the GPL are are telling people how they can and not use the source you have created.
lacked standards. WMV was iffy at best and you never knew if it would play on anything but windows.
Having a web standard is a great idea way over due.
I didn't think of those. I just thought of the issue of SSL across the radio.
I think that is a mistake.
I believe the big problem is that they believe the proprietary codec counts as encryption.
HAM radio operators are not allowed to encrypt their data The reference may be to using it to to connect to the web using SSL which would also be illegal over an Armature radio link because it is encrypted.
What I wonder is how much bandwidth is this using and what else is involved. There is more than just a codec but also how the bits are transmitted across the link. Just from the Amateur radio people I know I doubt that it is as dumb of an objection as the story made it seem.