Nah, 300bps would've been plenty common back then over an acoustic coupler.
Plus, if you go back and watch again, the graphics are all ASCII graphics and are printed out to the screen at a believable bitrate. They're only vector graphics once in NORAD.
(And at the risk of aging myself, I had one during that similar era and it wasn't uncommon to see early BBS systems with ASCII graphics in the 81/82 timeframe -- and right around that time you did see systems like ReGIS showing up that would go graphics over slow connections, although I think ReGIS in particular was maybe 4-5 years later than that)
They did a far more realistic job with that stuff than I think you even remember. Its worth going back and watching it again if its been a while.
The same way you do if you are doing biometric or prox authentication in a situation where there aren't usernames/passwords -- you enroll at an enrollment station with an alternate proof of identity (which could be an employee badge shown to a real person, a single-use PIN mailed to your house or a slew of other methods)
Apple's own hardware not working right (AirDisk on the AEBS) is not a "you can do as much QA as you want, but..." issue. Thats a rushed release. You can maybe cry "not my fault" when an OS doesn't work with 3rd party software or hardware, but when its your own current-revision (not even old legacy) hardware, there is no excuse.
I'm not suggesting storming anything is a solution... but if you believe the list you just put out is a solution to anything, congratulations you are now a Citizen.
Hmmm, anyone know the steps to turn meth back into pseudoephedrine Hcl? Its pretty easy to find meth these without needing an ID, wonder if you'd go to jail for turning it back into an OTC drug?
The pen is mightier than the sword: Often propaganda will work better than overt force. Shackle a man's hands and he will try to break free, shackle his mind and he will never consider it. Vaporize him in a ten million degree fireball and it doesn't freakin' matter, now, does it?
When you get down into the shorts of the traffic laws, a lot of states actually define speed limits the same way. In MA, for example, the law states you have to be traveling over the speed limit for a quarter mile -- and a radar reading can't prove that, only pacing can.
It makes it trivial to get out of speeding tickets in MA, but for some reason people don't seem to know that.
The biggest problem with the Roomba is that it just doesn't work. Its a dustbuster, not a vacuum. I know a lot of people who bought them and very few people who kept using them because you realize the first time you bust out a real vacuum how little it really cleans.
And I don't mean to dig at Roomba with this, but any robotics company will have a fundamentally similar problem -- lack of power. AI isn't the only real problem with household robots -- the mechanical efficiency of them and the capability they have to store power are the real limiting factors. It doesn't matter to me if the robot can find my litter box or if it can empty the dishwasher if it doesn't have enough power to do that.
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Its not time-related. I got my gmail account on one of the first days they were letting employees give invites to non-employees and it hasn't flipped over yet.
For what (little) its worth, I've had zero logged downtime on my FIOS connection in the last year, and while mine is 15/2, I can saturate the downstream 24/7 with no hiccups.
$5m isn't all that expensive for NYC, and I'd bet the vast majority of $5m apartments are owner occupied. Knowing a number of people who live in NYC owning apartments within shooting distance of that price, they are typically not the people you just described.
I'm hoping Google takes their thumbs out of their collective posteriors and does something useful with Grand Central (like get it out of Beta and start allowing number porting).
If Google wants to smack down the telcos, GC is the best way to do it. When I can keep my number for life and its *trivial* to change underlying providers, the providers will have to shape up very quickly.
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Everyone I know with a BluRay player has an HD-DVD player.
The opposite is not true.
That probably says something.
There's actually sane parents left in this country!
I applaud you.
Well, not really, people would look at me strange at work but in my head I'm applauding you.
The MPAA can pursue it, but they need to show up in person.
Eh, if you walk around their campus you see iPhones, you see iPods, their employees use Google and GMail.
Now maybe at his level its different, but they are not cold blooded fascists who instill fear in their employees.
Its hard to keep 75k of them if you do.
Nah, 300bps would've been plenty common back then over an acoustic coupler.
Plus, if you go back and watch again, the graphics are all ASCII graphics and are printed out to the screen at a believable bitrate. They're only vector graphics once in NORAD.
(And at the risk of aging myself, I had one during that similar era and it wasn't uncommon to see early BBS systems with ASCII graphics in the 81/82 timeframe -- and right around that time you did see systems like ReGIS showing up that would go graphics over slow connections, although I think ReGIS in particular was maybe 4-5 years later than that)
They did a far more realistic job with that stuff than I think you even remember. Its worth going back and watching it again if its been a while.
The same way you do if you are doing biometric or prox authentication in a situation where there aren't usernames/passwords -- you enroll at an enrollment station with an alternate proof of identity (which could be an employee badge shown to a real person, a single-use PIN mailed to your house or a slew of other methods)
This isn't uncommon.
From the 50 million facebook users, I'd bet.
And yet #1 did give in.
So much for that theory.
Apple's own hardware not working right (AirDisk on the AEBS) is not a "you can do as much QA as you want, but..." issue. Thats a rushed release. You can maybe cry "not my fault" when an OS doesn't work with 3rd party software or hardware, but when its your own current-revision (not even old legacy) hardware, there is no excuse.
Well at least they haven't shot anyone yet.
That seems to be the current trend in military robot failures.
I'm not suggesting storming anything is a solution... but if you believe the list you just put out is a solution to anything, congratulations you are now a Citizen.
I'm in!
I vote the Playboy Mansion first!
Hmmm, anyone know the steps to turn meth back into pseudoephedrine Hcl? Its pretty easy to find meth these without needing an ID, wonder if you'd go to jail for turning it back into an OTC drug?
I think it was probably more accurate, on average, the original way.
You'd be shocked how many applications do process code injection in Windows, too...
So many that Microsoft had no option but to continue to allow it.
When you get down into the shorts of the traffic laws, a lot of states actually define speed limits the same way. In MA, for example, the law states you have to be traveling over the speed limit for a quarter mile -- and a radar reading can't prove that, only pacing can.
It makes it trivial to get out of speeding tickets in MA, but for some reason people don't seem to know that.
The biggest problem with the Roomba is that it just doesn't work. Its a dustbuster, not a vacuum. I know a lot of people who bought them and very few people who kept using them because you realize the first time you bust out a real vacuum how little it really cleans.
And I don't mean to dig at Roomba with this, but any robotics company will have a fundamentally similar problem -- lack of power. AI isn't the only real problem with household robots -- the mechanical efficiency of them and the capability they have to store power are the real limiting factors. It doesn't matter to me if the robot can find my litter box or if it can empty the dishwasher if it doesn't have enough power to do that.
Its not time-related. I got my gmail account on one of the first days they were letting employees give invites to non-employees and it hasn't flipped over yet.
One of my recent junk ones has, though.
For what (little) its worth, I've had zero logged downtime on my FIOS connection in the last year, and while mine is 15/2, I can saturate the downstream 24/7 with no hiccups.
Have you seen the value of the dollar? The people who aren't American ARE the affluent ones now ;-)
ATT shareholders are the ones who should be paying attention.
25% of the affluent side of the market is willing to risk bricking a $400 phone to avoid their service.
And, of course, his creations have gone on to do well... once he left.
He's got a long list of killing companies to the point of extinction which were later saved when he was no longer involved.
Um.
$5m isn't all that expensive for NYC, and I'd bet the vast majority of $5m apartments are owner occupied. Knowing a number of people who live in NYC owning apartments within shooting distance of that price, they are typically not the people you just described.
I'm hoping Google takes their thumbs out of their collective posteriors and does something useful with Grand Central (like get it out of Beta and start allowing number porting).
If Google wants to smack down the telcos, GC is the best way to do it. When I can keep my number for life and its *trivial* to change underlying providers, the providers will have to shape up very quickly.