Well even then, the problem with Netflix is that they rotate their selection. Just because you can watch movie a today, doesn't mean you'll still have access to it in a month.
Realistically the best solution (for the consumer) is to get some kind of NAS and run something like Plex (or whatever HTPC setup you want) and download/rip what you're wanting to watch. An industry run without ethics honestly doesn't really deserve your ethical consideration.
Attempting to extract 20+ dollars for physically owning a bluray or dvd (that's truly an inferior product; encumbered with anti-piracy ads and DRM) for something which can be acquired for free with a minimum of effort is untenable and silly. Similarly attempting to cripple streaming providers to prop up those ridiculous margins is begging for "piracy".
If Hollywood would treat customers fairly (IE, non-DRM'd downloads at reasonable prices, say $2-3 dollars per movie) this would go away. Buut they won't. and every roadblock they attempt to throw in the way of "piracy" will just get ignored.
In my limited experience, i-80 through wyoming is pretty much dead straight, as is i-84 from about... Condon to Pendleton (oregon) Slashdot: where pedantry goes to thrive!
exactly. nice to see what was once a great company trying to do something new and interesting. Compared to chasing the consulting racket like IBM, milking the enterprise customers -- which doesn't seem like it can sustain a company as large as HP for the long term.
Do games these days typically take full advantage of such setups? I haven't really paid too much attention to gaming/hardware in the past few years, but it seemed as if support for dual GPU's was less than stellar.
IE, the only true advantage was an increase in the memory available to apps -- computationally, very few games took advantage of the additional gpu.
Has this changed, or (equally likely) I am completely off base on the state of afairs ?
Well, weigh that against the new age of self selected abstinence that Glass will usher in for it's wearers. And for that -- Google should be commended.
because social media and a slew of reality tv shows has convinced many, many people that they are special snow-flakes who need to be in constant contact with the outside world, and that everything they do, see, think, feel is somehow relevant to anyone.
Though part of this is just due to declining decorum and manners in general. Maybe I'm getting old, but people just seem far, far more self absorbed and inconsiderate than when I was a kid.
see also: -selfies -photos of meals at restaurants
If your need for connection to your bffs or whatever the fuck they're calling it these days are so dire that you can't do without facebook/text/email for 2 hours, stay out of the theater. Put the cell phone down. It won't kill you, promise.
I think the point is that with open source the.00005% of the population who has the time and expertise to analyze the code -- has the opportunity to do so, and share their findings with the rest of us.
Whereas with closed source, the only people who have access to the source code are bound by NDA (IE, employees).
then nancy grace would run a story about how al'qaeda has started recruiting sleeper agents out of the local grade schools. we must clamp down on our schools, your kid might be a terrorist and you wouldn't even know.. until it's too late.
Can we move away from comparing physical spaces (Or really, any physical object) to computer systems?
As analogies they usually don't work, and people who take them literally sometimes really write stupid, horrendous laws. Is port scanning really in any universe like going to each house in turn throughout a neighborhood looking for unlocked windows or doors? Are the risks the same?
Guys, guys, the correct terminology is "Greenland is becoming more diverse" buncha racists here, there should be a mandated sensitivity training for you people.:(
because if they use the verb 'hacked' the authorities will be able to get the absolute maximum penalty, and throw the book at these kids. Oh, Canada -- right, never mind. (Stuff like this would be punishable by 20+ years in the US more than likely.)
With a standard for quickly charging an electric car, the cars go from "rich man's novelty" to mainstream much sooner than if it was just Tesla pushing the technology.
I'd wager that if Ford, GM, Toyota, et al started making *competitive* plug-in hybrids that also used these supercharging stations, Tesla would also sell more cars as a result. (the marketing drones would call this synergy)
Multiple car makers making semi-compatible electric cars makes the notion of the plug-in electric car far more legitimate in the eyes of consumers (IE, it's not just Tesla, and it's not a fad).
And what's to stop the Texaco's and BP's from setting up their own supercharging stations at existing gas stations? It's a win for them since they now have people with proven disposable income loitering around their convenience store for 10+ minutes.
I think he got the top spot due to the fact that just about every single critter on this planet has a link back to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... on their page.
What I've thought would be cool would be a touchscreen that could simulate tactile feedback (maybe through small electric charges, or vibrations). Because for fucks sake, futzing around with a device which uses virtually half of the surface area as input is not conducive to driving in a jittery, bouncing car. (IE mobile phone)
This thread has made me want to dig out my old Minidisk player to use in my car's aux jack vs my touchscreen MP3 player.:( (navigating directories/tracks was so much simpler, could be done with one hand and didn't require taking my eyes off the road while driving... it also got obnoxiously good battery life.)
buh buh, if the team (and every other team in the entire NBA) is comprised almost entirely of black players, then the we need some kind of investigation on diversity, and how the NBA can make itself a more tolerant, and diverse organization.
We're sending a strong message to young white, asian, and hispanic children that they cannot be professional athletes, and in 2014 that's a travesty. I thought we were past this as a society.
If Jackson can do this to to Google, then perhaps in the interest of fairness the NBA could ask itself why they are so... awfully monochromatic. (the majority/minority percentages are likely pretty close to identical)
Nah, if you read the guys posts, he has a very unique and singular (formulaic) style.
"Blah blah republicans hate $group, trying to $verb them. If you look at $bad_thing, it's entirely caused by republicans. They want to enslave us all. That is their way. They want all $group and all who aren't white republicans to die."
I do see your point, it is possible there are multiple people who were tragically born with an asshole instead of a mouth, but somewhat less likely.
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Gin infused pies, of course.
Well even then, the problem with Netflix is that they rotate their selection. Just because you can watch movie a today, doesn't mean you'll still have access to it in a month.
Realistically the best solution (for the consumer) is to get some kind of NAS and run something like Plex (or whatever HTPC setup you want) and download/rip what you're wanting to watch. An industry run without ethics honestly doesn't really deserve your ethical consideration.
Attempting to extract 20+ dollars for physically owning a bluray or dvd (that's truly an inferior product; encumbered with anti-piracy ads and DRM) for something which can be acquired for free with a minimum of effort is untenable and silly. Similarly attempting to cripple streaming providers to prop up those ridiculous margins is begging for "piracy".
If Hollywood would treat customers fairly (IE, non-DRM'd downloads at reasonable prices, say $2-3 dollars per movie) this would go away. Buut they won't. and every roadblock they attempt to throw in the way of "piracy" will just get ignored.
Hey! I also use a windows phone. And the truth is, without any apps available to install (period), my privacy is still intact.
the Prius is more like the antidote to that particular condition.
In my limited experience, i-80 through wyoming is pretty much dead straight, as is i-84 from about... Condon to Pendleton (oregon)
Slashdot: where pedantry goes to thrive!
It was actually translated by a 13 year old Ukrainian boy. Your move Turing.
exactly. nice to see what was once a great company trying to do something new and interesting. Compared to chasing the consulting racket like IBM, milking the enterprise customers -- which doesn't seem like it can sustain a company as large as HP for the long term.
Do games these days typically take full advantage of such setups? I haven't really paid too much attention to gaming/hardware in the past few years, but it seemed as if support for dual GPU's was less than stellar.
IE, the only true advantage was an increase in the memory available to apps -- computationally, very few games took advantage of the additional gpu.
Has this changed, or (equally likely) I am completely off base on the state of afairs ?
Well, weigh that against the new age of self selected abstinence that Glass will usher in for it's wearers. And for that -- Google should be commended.
because social media and a slew of reality tv shows has convinced many, many people that they are special snow-flakes who need to be in constant contact with the outside world, and that everything they do, see, think, feel is somehow relevant to anyone.
Though part of this is just due to declining decorum and manners in general. Maybe I'm getting old, but people just seem far, far more self absorbed and inconsiderate than when I was a kid.
see also:
-selfies
-photos of meals at restaurants
If your need for connection to your bffs or whatever the fuck they're calling it these days are so dire that you can't do without facebook/text/email for 2 hours, stay out of the theater. Put the cell phone down. It won't kill you, promise.
i think you're confusing 'spontaneous' (which is fun) with 'crazy' which is bunny-burning, jealous lunacy.
If a program cannot be proven to be useful, we should not allow it..
As near as I can tell we'd be better served by Fort Meade focusing all of that computing power on folding@home, or seti@home. =/
I think the point is that with open source the .00005% of the population who has the time and expertise to analyze the code -- has the opportunity to do so, and share their findings with the rest of us.
Whereas with closed source, the only people who have access to the source code are bound by NDA (IE, employees).
then nancy grace would run a story about how al'qaeda has started recruiting sleeper agents out of the local grade schools.
we must clamp down on our schools, your kid might be a terrorist and you wouldn't even know.. until it's too late.
Can we move away from comparing physical spaces (Or really, any physical object) to computer systems?
As analogies they usually don't work, and people who take them literally sometimes really write stupid, horrendous laws.
Is port scanning really in any universe like going to each house in turn throughout a neighborhood looking for unlocked windows or doors? Are the risks the same?
Guys, guys, the correct terminology is "Greenland is becoming more diverse" buncha racists here, there should be a mandated sensitivity training for you people. :(
because if they use the verb 'hacked' the authorities will be able to get the absolute maximum penalty, and throw the book at these kids.
Oh, Canada -- right, never mind. (Stuff like this would be punishable by 20+ years in the US more than likely.)
With a standard for quickly charging an electric car, the cars go from "rich man's novelty" to mainstream much sooner than if it was just Tesla pushing the technology.
I'd wager that if Ford, GM, Toyota, et al started making *competitive* plug-in hybrids that also used these supercharging stations, Tesla would also sell more cars as a result. (the marketing drones would call this synergy)
Multiple car makers making semi-compatible electric cars makes the notion of the plug-in electric car far more legitimate in the eyes of consumers (IE, it's not just Tesla, and it's not a fad).
And what's to stop the Texaco's and BP's from setting up their own supercharging stations at existing gas stations? It's a win for them since they now have people with proven disposable income loitering around their convenience store for 10+ minutes.
that sounds like something you'd find on a tumblr post.
I think he got the top spot due to the fact that just about every single critter on this planet has a link back to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... on their page.
dude, there's like 3 of us. (minidisk users that is.) and heh, what ranting posts would you be referring to?
What I've thought would be cool would be a touchscreen that could simulate tactile feedback (maybe through small electric charges, or vibrations). Because for fucks sake, futzing around with a device which uses virtually half of the surface area as input is not conducive to driving in a jittery, bouncing car. (IE mobile phone)
This thread has made me want to dig out my old Minidisk player to use in my car's aux jack vs my touchscreen MP3 player. :( (navigating directories/tracks was so much simpler, could be done with one hand and didn't require taking my eyes off the road while driving... it also got obnoxiously good battery life.)
cool, so does that mean they forfeit the patents and intellectual properties of the old company too?
buh buh, if the team (and every other team in the entire NBA) is comprised almost entirely of black players, then the we need some kind of investigation on diversity, and how the NBA can make itself a more tolerant, and diverse organization.
We're sending a strong message to young white, asian, and hispanic children that they cannot be professional athletes, and in 2014 that's a travesty. I thought we were past this as a society.
If Jackson can do this to to Google, then perhaps in the interest of fairness the NBA could ask itself why they are so ... awfully monochromatic. (the majority/minority percentages are likely pretty close to identical)
Nah, if you read the guys posts, he has a very unique and singular (formulaic) style.
"Blah blah republicans hate $group, trying to $verb them. If you look at $bad_thing, it's entirely caused by republicans. They want to enslave us all. That is their way. They want all $group and all who aren't white republicans to die."
I do see your point, it is possible there are multiple people who were tragically born with an asshole instead of a mouth, but somewhat less likely.