You already have this. It's obvious when the connection isn't working well. With your suggestion, things would remain as they are: you notice internet sucks, you go turn off wifi.
I have this happen to me all the time. I happen to have an Xfinity cable, and my phone automatically connects to any Xfinity hotspots when I'm outside the home. They usually suck, and I have to go to settings and turn wifi off. I hate having to do that, because I usually forget to turn it back on!
None of the comments I've seen so far address the cost of making big movies (almost any movie these days) and the mechanism for recuperating those costs. The only model that supports those budgets, so far, is going to the theater. I see someone posted that they'd be happy paying the same amount as a movie ticket to stream it in HD at home, and that sounds like it would work, but that's not Netflix's current model.
Releasing it same day into the $9/month subscription crowd won't pay the bills. If that becomes the dominant model, it is clear that movie budgets will have to go down, and the quality of those movies will have to suffer, which is clearly the start of a death spiral.
Funny, there are *tons* of reviews out there that just love the iPad Pro, saying it comes quite close to eliminating their laptop. It's funny because *this* one is the one that gets posted to/.
Besides, who said it is intended to be a laptop killer? Microsoft?
I think this is the key issue we should be pondering, right here: are we willing to have our privacy weakened in order to get a better Siri/Alexa/Cortana? Or should we be applauding and working towards one that takes longer to perfect but makes privacy a priority?
Kinda like the question of weakening privacy rights to get better security, isn't it?
I totally agree with this. I love to share my favorite customer service experience with Apple:
I had a G5 "cheese grater" Mac Pro tower - the one that came with water cooling for the CPU. I'd had it for about 5 years when one day it just would turn on. Took it to the Genius Bar. They told me it was not repairable, so they gave me a brand-new, $2,000, Xeon-based Mac Pro. 5 year old computer, no warranty. Believe me, I walked out of there a happy - and loyal - guy!
I say again: the law determines whether or not an entity (person or corporation) is paying their "fair share" of taxes. If we as a society feel that they should pay more, then the laws should change. No one should be expected to (or will) pay more than what they are required to pay by law.
I hate the phrase "fair share". To start with, it's totally ambiguous, different people have different opinions of what "fair" is. Aside from that, you can't argue against it: no one can argue against "fair". It's kind of a "have you stopped beating your wife" kind of label.
We have to define what "fair" is objectively so that we can all determine if that metric is being met. Like, you know, write laws and stuff that establish what "fair" is without the ambiguous term. Or, is that what the tax laws already attempt to do?
I think normal SSD caching is different from either Apple's Fusion Drive or this new offer from Intel. Caching is more or less passive, keeping most-recently-used in the SSD - as well as on the hard drive. Fusion Drive is a true two-tier storage system where most often used things are actively moved from the spinning media to the SSD and rarely used things are moved from the SSD back to the hard drive.
They are not against touch screens, obviously, and they've been selling iPads with keyboards for some time. What they're against is trying make the existing Mac world (programs and OS) touch aware.
Yeah, I mod a lot, and it gets pretty bad on here. I gotta tell ya though, it seems to me like it's getting pretty bad everywhere. If you disagree with someone, they froth at the mouth and go ballistic. It's almost impossible to have a conversation between two different viewpoints without someone getting totally pissed.
PC sales are declining, but not with the demographic that the article is worried about. The folks who want to compile and run they're own stuff are a minority of the population. The folks who want to compile and run code buy just as many desktops as they always have.
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Why is it that everyone on slash seems to think the solution to all of the world's problems is for someone else to give up their money?
And, of course, because something hasn't happened yet, that proves that it can never happen in the future!
While this is true, this does not prove that there is nothing wrong now and never will be.
The other bottom line: wealthy individuals like to invest their money so that they make more money. No politics involved.
You already have this. It's obvious when the connection isn't working well. With your suggestion, things would remain as they are: you notice internet sucks, you go turn off wifi.
I have this happen to me all the time. I happen to have an Xfinity cable, and my phone automatically connects to any Xfinity hotspots when I'm outside the home. They usually suck, and I have to go to settings and turn wifi off. I hate having to do that, because I usually forget to turn it back on!
I'm looking forward to this feature.
Apparently, according to TFA, no one knows how the infection occurs.
None of the comments I've seen so far address the cost of making big movies (almost any movie these days) and the mechanism for recuperating those costs. The only model that supports those budgets, so far, is going to the theater. I see someone posted that they'd be happy paying the same amount as a movie ticket to stream it in HD at home, and that sounds like it would work, but that's not Netflix's current model.
Releasing it same day into the $9/month subscription crowd won't pay the bills. If that becomes the dominant model, it is clear that movie budgets will have to go down, and the quality of those movies will have to suffer, which is clearly the start of a death spiral.
The development, testing and deployment of this system has been widely and publicly reported for years.
Read TFA. It does have it's own generator.
Funny, there are *tons* of reviews out there that just love the iPad Pro, saying it comes quite close to eliminating their laptop. It's funny because *this* one is the one that gets posted to /.
Besides, who said it is intended to be a laptop killer? Microsoft?
I think this is the key issue we should be pondering, right here: are we willing to have our privacy weakened in order to get a better Siri/Alexa/Cortana? Or should we be applauding and working towards one that takes longer to perfect but makes privacy a priority?
Kinda like the question of weakening privacy rights to get better security, isn't it?
Actually, I believe the patent is for the METHOD by which they achieve touch-sensitivity on those bent edges. It's not for edge-to-edge screen.
I totally agree with this. I love to share my favorite customer service experience with Apple:
I had a G5 "cheese grater" Mac Pro tower - the one that came with water cooling for the CPU. I'd had it for about 5 years when one day it just would turn on. Took it to the Genius Bar. They told me it was not repairable, so they gave me a brand-new, $2,000, Xeon-based Mac Pro. 5 year old computer, no warranty. Believe me, I walked out of there a happy - and loyal - guy!
Maybe they break on you because you keep buying cheap shit?
I say again: the law determines whether or not an entity (person or corporation) is paying their "fair share" of taxes. If we as a society feel that they should pay more, then the laws should change. No one should be expected to (or will) pay more than what they are required to pay by law.
I hate the phrase "fair share". To start with, it's totally ambiguous, different people have different opinions of what "fair" is. Aside from that, you can't argue against it: no one can argue against "fair". It's kind of a "have you stopped beating your wife" kind of label.
We have to define what "fair" is objectively so that we can all determine if that metric is being met. Like, you know, write laws and stuff that establish what "fair" is without the ambiguous term. Or, is that what the tax laws already attempt to do?
I think normal SSD caching is different from either Apple's Fusion Drive or this new offer from Intel. Caching is more or less passive, keeping most-recently-used in the SSD - as well as on the hard drive. Fusion Drive is a true two-tier storage system where most often used things are actively moved from the spinning media to the SSD and rarely used things are moved from the SSD back to the hard drive.
What's the difference between this and the Fusion Drive Apple's been shipping for, like, 5 or 6 years?
I know we're all cynical and hate everyone today, but is *just* possible that he/they are actually trying to solve a problem, for reals. Right?
They are not against touch screens, obviously, and they've been selling iPads with keyboards for some time. What they're against is trying make the existing Mac world (programs and OS) touch aware.
Note that both of these hacks require physical access.
Yeah, I mod a lot, and it gets pretty bad on here. I gotta tell ya though, it seems to me like it's getting pretty bad everywhere. If you disagree with someone, they froth at the mouth and go ballistic. It's almost impossible to have a conversation between two different viewpoints without someone getting totally pissed.
Ah, yes, the wonderful age of civil discourse...
It's amazing that a news company can divine a company's whole business strategy from un-proven rumors about a single product. Just awesome.
PC sales are declining, but not with the demographic that the article is worried about. The folks who want to compile and run they're own stuff are a minority of the population. The folks who want to compile and run code buy just as many desktops as they always have.