Really, a lot of compression can be done to graphical displays on television... the CNBC Ticker is an example. Rather than bloat the satellite signal with a ticker that is quickly getting outdated, they can send the ticker as a bunch of compressible letters and numbers, and then reassemble the ticker at the cable headend.
Here's something they could really improve on... we know that every TiVo or DVR has the ability to show a weather display... so why not teach it how to find the maps and numbers to make The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s work with a detail level of showing exactly where you live and work.
Just connect the box to a secret channel filled with weather data (similar to The Weather Star of the 80s), get the box to pull the nearest METAR data, and then draw the big temperature number and fill in the other things like humidity and air pressure, then wait for a signal from the MPEG stream to insert the as-local-as-it-can-get info. This would be the kind of DirecTV upgrade that would really sell receivers... there's already room on the access cards to do this, they just need the fonts and image sizes to begin.
AFAIK, apps that request location data have a right to keep that data as long as they want, and they can hand it off to police all they want. It doesn't matter what the carrier does with its copy, you have a mess of apps trying to enable the location data.
The point of this case is that if the policeman asks for the data, and the app owner hands it over, that's not a violation. They need a warrant to force that handover, but if the app owner is willing to co-operate without a warrant, that's still fair play and they get to use that data in court.
Facebook was originally designed to be a repository of photos so people could point to their multiple looks... this is mainly a problem for girls with long hair. Looks like ad dollars steered this project off course... now everybody pick up their selfie sticks and SMS the photos...
FIrst, I listen to pop music... and that's a real girlfriend-getter. Second, if she's really your girlfriend she'll turn on the baseball game at your request.
The analog cell phones of the 80s were power messes. Too much transmission, too little battery life. Today's GSM/LTE phones can do so much more with less.
That's not a phone, that's a data connection. I've had a FM-connected traffic-displaying GPS for years now. It could change my route to avoid blockage, then I could tell the boss about who got stuck in the morning commute.
COPPA doesn't work very well... kids need education as to what they can do online, they need to know the rules about oversharing when they get started. They should be shown e-mail and texting to people they already know before they learn to publish. Dr. Spock didn't know about this problem in time to write about it.
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Weather Underground: Weeknights at 6pm ET on The Weather Channel.
Right now, Wund.com was sold with Weather.com to IBM in a vendor-in-control situation. It's really just the same database displayed differently.
Yep, TiVo's ad skipping feature only works on shows that accept it... I.E., TiVo paid them to supply the data!
Really, a lot of compression can be done to graphical displays on television... the CNBC Ticker is an example. Rather than bloat the satellite signal with a ticker that is quickly getting outdated, they can send the ticker as a bunch of compressible letters and numbers, and then reassemble the ticker at the cable headend.
Here's something they could really improve on... we know that every TiVo or DVR has the ability to show a weather display... so why not teach it how to find the maps and numbers to make The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s work with a detail level of showing exactly where you live and work.
Just connect the box to a secret channel filled with weather data (similar to The Weather Star of the 80s), get the box to pull the nearest METAR data, and then draw the big temperature number and fill in the other things like humidity and air pressure, then wait for a signal from the MPEG stream to insert the as-local-as-it-can-get info. This would be the kind of DirecTV upgrade that would really sell receivers... there's already room on the access cards to do this, they just need the fonts and image sizes to begin.
Where's the camera on the desert highways of NV?
AFAIK, apps that request location data have a right to keep that data as long as they want, and they can hand it off to police all they want. It doesn't matter what the carrier does with its copy, you have a mess of apps trying to enable the location data.
4-4 ties haven't happened yet... most SCotUS decisions come 8-0 lately.
This isn't about the carrier, it's about asking for the GPS data that's sent to an app being handed over by a app owner who wants to help police.
Can you name a few apps that don't use GPS?
Police: Can you give us your location data for all your users?
Webmaster: Sure.
Court: Valid information sharing...
Don't forget to remove the GPS chip that's hidden in your car...
The point of this case is that if the policeman asks for the data, and the app owner hands it over, that's not a violation. They need a warrant to force that handover, but if the app owner is willing to co-operate without a warrant, that's still fair play and they get to use that data in court.
It's encrypted, but if you're sending your location to every app you installed, they need only one app owner to handover everything.
This is an ages old debate between encryption and wiretaps... individuals want security, governments want the info.
The US President affects all Federal laws, including those interesting to tech therefore interesting to Slashdot...
The 2000 election turned into a technical mess where nobody really knows who won Florida's electoral votes.
And then set the kid's cell phone to beep when this status is set... Um, I'm at school, can I call my parents?
There's a Zucker born ever minute...
Facebook was originally designed to be a repository of photos so people could point to their multiple looks... this is mainly a problem for girls with long hair. Looks like ad dollars steered this project off course... now everybody pick up their selfie sticks and SMS the photos...
How about snapping an ATM-like picture every time you logon to Online Banking... that'll keep the parents out of the kid's bank account.
FIrst, I listen to pop music... and that's a real girlfriend-getter. Second, if she's really your girlfriend she'll turn on the baseball game at your request.
The analog cell phones of the 80s were power messes. Too much transmission, too little battery life. Today's GSM/LTE phones can do so much more with less.
That's not a phone, that's a data connection. I've had a FM-connected traffic-displaying GPS for years now. It could change my route to avoid blockage, then I could tell the boss about who got stuck in the morning commute.
COPPA doesn't work very well... kids need education as to what they can do online, they need to know the rules about oversharing when they get started. They should be shown e-mail and texting to people they already know before they learn to publish. Dr. Spock didn't know about this problem in time to write about it.
Millennials don't know what we didn't teach them... maybe Slashdot should write something teaching them what we've learned over the years.
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