All of your tax information like your W-2 and various 1099s are provided to you by other people. People who keep that data on their servers. I'm not sure what sort of "financial privacy" you think you have, but the US tax system doesn't allow for much, if any.
Selective Availability was ineffective and obsolete. The last time there was a conflict when SA was active (Desert Storm), the US actually had to turn it off because a shortage of military GPS meant many soldiers were using off the shelf civilian units. It's not like civilian GPS is on par with military GPS now just because SA is gone. The military P(Y) codes still provide a much higher chip rate and the L2 frequency can be used while the civilian L1 frequency is being jammed to deny the enemy.
You are mostly correct, but it wasn't the iPhone 4S that started support. The Galaxy SII Plus had it years before
Well, months before, considering they came out the same year.
you can't credit Samsung either. It was simply a case of GPS system-on-chip manufacturers starting to offer it in their high end mobile models.
No, but you can specifically "credit" the Russian government. At the end of 2010, Russia announced that starting in 2011 any GPS capable device that was not compatible with GLONASS would be subject to a 25% import duty. Amazingly, from 2011 on, basically all (major brand) smartphones have included GLONASS.
It's a term borrowed from a totally different realm (databases). It's also a backronym and not to mention blob is a word. "Binary blob" is perfectly appropriate.
And that's the tradeoff. You either need to have an incredibly tiny and power efficient house, or you need to have a backup system. Even the most ardent off the grid supporters accept that.
For individual works. But in context of/., we are likely to be looking at corporate works (for example, of a company that paid people to write software), for which it is seventy years from first publication.
Which, incidentally, suggests that corporations are not alive, contradicting the "companies are legal people" mantra used to justify a lot of corporate dubious practice.
Corporate personhood is what's called a legal fiction. Those are assumptions that are codified into law for the purposes of smoothing and standardizing the application of law. While corporate personhood is probably the most well known to laymen, it is far from the only one. They exist is all facets of law.
Netflix nor Redbox has the movie selection Blockbuster did
Netflix has a vastly superior mail order selection. With Blockbuster you were limited to what the individual stores you could get to could stock and shelve. Netflix is effectively unlimited as having a single copy of the movie anywhere in the country ensures you will get it eventually.
That's how short sighted companies that fail think, yes. I work for a company that (primarily) prints and mails things like utility bills, insurance EOBs and financial statements. What do you think the long term prospects are for the business model of sending information on paper to people's homes? The company is well aware of this and is actively trying new business models like ebilling and working on new market segments entirely. While I certainly question some of their management decisions, short shortsightedness is at least not among their flaws.
Gamestop certainly sells PC games, though it's a limited selection in store. They also bought Impulse a while back.
As long as consoles remain popular and games come on a disk, I don't see them going away.
I guess it's good you don't run Gamestop. The bolded part is far from a given. Gamestop sees the writing on the wall. They're already trying to get as much of the digital pie as they can.
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All of your tax information like your W-2 and various 1099s are provided to you by other people. People who keep that data on their servers. I'm not sure what sort of "financial privacy" you think you have, but the US tax system doesn't allow for much, if any.
BB guns use springs that compress air to propel the projectile.
I sure do.
Selective Availability was ineffective and obsolete. The last time there was a conflict when SA was active (Desert Storm), the US actually had to turn it off because a shortage of military GPS meant many soldiers were using off the shelf civilian units. It's not like civilian GPS is on par with military GPS now just because SA is gone. The military P(Y) codes still provide a much higher chip rate and the L2 frequency can be used while the civilian L1 frequency is being jammed to deny the enemy.
You are mostly correct, but it wasn't the iPhone 4S that started support. The Galaxy SII Plus had it years before
Well, months before, considering they came out the same year.
you can't credit Samsung either. It was simply a case of GPS system-on-chip manufacturers starting to offer it in their high end mobile models.
No, but you can specifically "credit" the Russian government. At the end of 2010, Russia announced that starting in 2011 any GPS capable device that was not compatible with GLONASS would be subject to a 25% import duty. Amazingly, from 2011 on, basically all (major brand) smartphones have included GLONASS.
Considering they're actively developing a new class of SSBN (the Borei) to replace the existing Delta models, and they're also actively developing a new rail mounted ICBM everything about that statement seems at odds with reality..
Selective Availability was disabled in 2000 and will never be used again. The current generations of GPS satellites doesn't even have SA capability.
It's a term borrowed from a totally different realm (databases). It's also a backronym and not to mention blob is a word. "Binary blob" is perfectly appropriate.
Depends on what you mean by cheap. A RPi draws about 1 watt. A PC will easily run 80-90 watts or more.
The post I'm replying to said the iphone hardware was cheap. Now you're telling me I "gotta pay"? Which is it?
So "freedom" is about forcing people to do what you want? That's an interesting definition.
Mind keeping your copypasta to once per thread?
Apparently the BeagleBone runs at 5v and draws 210ma at idle.
Awesome, where should I send my $50 for the iphones you're selling?
Good for you. This article is for the non-hipsters.
And that's the tradeoff. You either need to have an incredibly tiny and power efficient house, or you need to have a backup system. Even the most ardent off the grid supporters accept that.
Because of these things called "clouds" and also something called "night time".
Anyone know where to download this directly as an APK file?
From the github link provided in the summary.
BB gun != air rifle
Umm, yes, it certainly does. That's like saying a gun that fires 22 Short does not equal a firearm.
This was hardly the oldest animal on earth. There are species of sponges that live for thousands of years.
For individual works. But in context of /., we are likely to be looking at corporate works (for example, of a company that paid people to write software), for which it is seventy years from first publication.
Nope. Ninety five years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever comes first.
Which, incidentally, suggests that corporations are not alive, contradicting the "companies are legal people" mantra used to justify a lot of corporate dubious practice.
Corporate personhood is what's called a legal fiction. Those are assumptions that are codified into law for the purposes of smoothing and standardizing the application of law. While corporate personhood is probably the most well known to laymen, it is far from the only one. They exist is all facets of law.
Canonical is threatening people into not exercising them?
Netflix nor Redbox has the movie selection Blockbuster did
Netflix has a vastly superior mail order selection. With Blockbuster you were limited to what the individual stores you could get to could stock and shelve. Netflix is effectively unlimited as having a single copy of the movie anywhere in the country ensures you will get it eventually.
That's how short sighted companies that fail think, yes. I work for a company that (primarily) prints and mails things like utility bills, insurance EOBs and financial statements. What do you think the long term prospects are for the business model of sending information on paper to people's homes? The company is well aware of this and is actively trying new business models like ebilling and working on new market segments entirely. While I certainly question some of their management decisions, short shortsightedness is at least not among their flaws.
Gamestop doesn't sell computer games anyway.
Gamestop certainly sells PC games, though it's a limited selection in store. They also bought Impulse a while back.
As long as consoles remain popular and games come on a disk, I don't see them going away.
I guess it's good you don't run Gamestop. The bolded part is far from a given. Gamestop sees the writing on the wall. They're already trying to get as much of the digital pie as they can.