It's a nice transition to autonomous cars. The built in redundancy is a human behind the wheel. The advantage is that the human won't have to assume control every time the car comes up on a slower moving vehicle and it could work on surface streets or in commuter traffic.
The learnings from this will only improve the guidance systems for autonomous driving.
Yes it takes a lot of money to fix problems created by Trillions of dollars spent by companies with little regard for the consequences and the consumers who buy their products, blissfully ignorant or with no viable alternative.
How many millions spent cleaning up lead contamination? Asbestos? Superfund sites of all kinds (typically heavy metal related)?
It's much more expensive to clean up a mess than it is to avoid creating the mess but just like my kids, some people would rather enjoy a carefree today and let someone else pick up after.
I support the local local economy, meaning my own. I source what I need for the best price / convenience (read time savings) / quality. Local vs world or other economies never play a role in my decision. The only foreseeable downside is a lack of variety in some far off future my great grandchildren may have to worry about - though there are many many variables in that potential scenario.
If I lived in a small town in a remote area I'd think differently (unless I was a shut in hermit, then is just spend all my time writing manifestos, local economy be damned).
Your not too bright. Clearly from TFS mussels make their own glue. Just rub their belly on the rocks then stick them on their backs. I just saved you potentially tens of dollars. You're welcome.
It's where The Rolling Stones got their start. Wasn't quite so gentrified back in the 60s though. A bit of a hole at the time but an artsy hole where everyone went to hear crazy tunes and get snockered.
I'll give you a hint. Look at most sci-fi today on iTunes. The authors explicitly chose no DRM. That is not the same as no copyright of course but it does mean that they both respect and encourage fair use rights.
These are also best selling authors. What that means when combined with a lack of DRM on their eBooks is that they are rolling in cash despite the ability for anyone to pirate their book (for distribution or for consumption).
How is it that these authors can make a great living and yet you seemingly can not?
So how do I log in to my google accounts through iOS apps, pop mail in a client, etc?
Gmail in the browser used an iframe buffer for pseudo Ajax (not sure about now) both because it was easier for cross browser at the time and faster/more reliable. That's not the same as what you are stating though.
That wasn't a good answer. He basically just said that they've tied the browser UI to the render engine and don't want to separate the two. There's no reason they couldn't keep Gecko to handle XUL and keep their JS extensions to support the browser UI. They just don't want to. Add in the comment about WebKit not supporting new JS standards, which has nothing to do with WebKit (WebKit isn't a JS engine) and you're left wondering what the guy is trying to defend.
Do it in space. There's no one to stop you. It'll be like the old days but even greater. A couple of planets, some moons, hell colonize a few big meteors too!
If it was my country I'd build some robot slave labor to do all the dirty work, at least until population pressure kicks in on the home world (no we're not there yet, give it another hundred years).
Maybe he can use it for carbon credits. If he promises not to also run and/or buy a new computer for the next ten tears or so. Otherwise it's definitely going to use up energy that would not have been used.
If the goal is to connect together people then access to "the Internet" is not necessary. Communities could roll their own network, their own servers and address space. All you need is a DNS server to bind it all together (or a P2P system). There would be many benefits to this. However it would not be the same as accessing the Internet.
OTOH a few communities could peer up, then a few more, etc etc. until everyone was connected. The problem would be interconnects. It would be slow without dedicated fibre and switches to route traffic from eg Atlanta to LA. So you end up needing the same infrastructure we have today. May as well just nationalize it all at that point (would amount to the same thing).
A hybrid approach could work. Community MLANs for local stuff, local caches of a ton of content and individual access plans to get out of the MLAN. ISPs go away but the big pipes are still private utilities. Content cartels would still be in power but would only control access to their content rather than everything. People and businesses could host their own content/services or collocate at the local cacheing data center. The cacheing (a la Akamai) would allow the self hosting to work (make it fast even if the origin is a desktop PC) and would be peered, so synced with other community caches. This all would require a lot of work. Could take a decade to reach critical mass (or could only take a few years if adoption was coordinated and fully budgeted).
If it was me I'd be getting into either the new space economy or the new energy economy. Elon Musk is in the sweet spot for the next decade or so. The information economy is net a plateau. Too many players.
Sounds like they need to work out a better, faster, cheaper process. Maybe those drivers should use an interface with a documented spec. Maybe then Google and the Manufacturers/Carriers could have a Standard that would not break via updates.
It's really not that hard to think of these things and they do have millions of reasons to make the correct architectural decision.
Wait. Are you claiming that supporting products requires work? By "a lot" of developers?
Are those the kind of developers who work for companies like Samsung or some other kind of developers? Maybe Samsung should hire some competent developers who can fix their shit.
Somebody should make a vertical business eg hardware, software, app around Linux. It worked for Apple. It works for consoles. Why not for Linux? Seems like all the hardware out there is "not quite right" and certainly there's nothing built specifically to run it. There are systems with it pre installed and pseudo verified to run properly from big makers but that's not the same as built to run Linux.
Really? Gangsters? These are just a bunch of smart guys who happened to be the right age at the right time, in the right place. After that its just following the laws of the land and trying to make their investors happy (and their customers satisfied).
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I'm thinking of this as Cruise Control 2.0
It's a nice transition to autonomous cars. The built in redundancy is a human behind the wheel. The advantage is that the human won't have to assume control every time the car comes up on a slower moving vehicle and it could work on surface streets or in commuter traffic.
The learnings from this will only improve the guidance systems for autonomous driving.
Yes it takes a lot of money to fix problems created by Trillions of dollars spent by companies with little regard for the consequences and the consumers who buy their products, blissfully ignorant or with no viable alternative.
How many millions spent cleaning up lead contamination? Asbestos? Superfund sites of all kinds (typically heavy metal related)?
It's much more expensive to clean up a mess than it is to avoid creating the mess but just like my kids, some people would rather enjoy a carefree today and let someone else pick up after.
Responsible adults understand these things.
I support the local local economy, meaning my own. I source what I need for the best price / convenience (read time savings) / quality. Local vs world or other economies never play a role in my decision. The only foreseeable downside is a lack of variety in some far off future my great grandchildren may have to worry about - though there are many many variables in that potential scenario.
If I lived in a small town in a remote area I'd think differently (unless I was a shut in hermit, then is just spend all my time writing manifestos, local economy be damned).
Your not too bright. Clearly from TFS mussels make their own glue. Just rub their belly on the rocks then stick them on their backs. I just saved you potentially tens of dollars. You're welcome.
It's where The Rolling Stones got their start. Wasn't quite so gentrified back in the 60s though. A bit of a hole at the time but an artsy hole where everyone went to hear crazy tunes and get snockered.
Don't forget Suburbia where the people could care less about the depraved city dwellers or the backwoods ruralites.
"Keep in mind that this is an art project, not a serious proposal, so take it easy with the emails about the sacred soil of Texas. "
I'll give you a hint. Look at most sci-fi today on iTunes. The authors explicitly chose no DRM. That is not the same as no copyright of course but it does mean that they both respect and encourage fair use rights.
These are also best selling authors. What that means when combined with a lack of DRM on their eBooks is that they are rolling in cash despite the ability for anyone to pirate their book (for distribution or for consumption).
How is it that these authors can make a great living and yet you seemingly can not?
So how do I log in to my google accounts through iOS apps, pop mail in a client, etc?
Gmail in the browser used an iframe buffer for pseudo Ajax (not sure about now) both because it was easier for cross browser at the time and faster/more reliable. That's not the same as what you are stating though.
I call shenanigans.
That wasn't a good answer. He basically just said that they've tied the browser UI to the render engine and don't want to separate the two. There's no reason they couldn't keep Gecko to handle XUL and keep their JS extensions to support the browser UI. They just don't want to. Add in the comment about WebKit not supporting new JS standards, which has nothing to do with WebKit (WebKit isn't a JS engine) and you're left wondering what the guy is trying to defend.
How much does it cost them for that level of accuracy and do they include that in their ROI numbers?
Accuracy ain't cheap.
Do it in space. There's no one to stop you. It'll be like the old days but even greater. A couple of planets, some moons, hell colonize a few big meteors too!
If it was my country I'd build some robot slave labor to do all the dirty work, at least until population pressure kicks in on the home world (no we're not there yet, give it another hundred years).
Let me know when you've managed to convince the major OS developers to use a portable container, common SDK and common glucode scripting language.
Maybe he can use it for carbon credits. If he promises not to also run and/or buy a new computer for the next ten tears or so. Otherwise it's definitely going to use up energy that would not have been used.
If the goal is to connect together people then access to "the Internet" is not necessary. Communities could roll their own network, their own servers and address space. All you need is a DNS server to bind it all together (or a P2P system). There would be many benefits to this. However it would not be the same as accessing the Internet.
OTOH a few communities could peer up, then a few more, etc etc. until everyone was connected. The problem would be interconnects. It would be slow without dedicated fibre and switches to route traffic from eg Atlanta to LA. So you end up needing the same infrastructure we have today. May as well just nationalize it all at that point (would amount to the same thing).
A hybrid approach could work. Community MLANs for local stuff, local caches of a ton of content and individual access plans to get out of the MLAN. ISPs go away but the big pipes are still private utilities. Content cartels would still be in power but would only control access to their content rather than everything. People and businesses could host their own content/services or collocate at the local cacheing data center. The cacheing (a la Akamai) would allow the self hosting to work (make it fast even if the origin is a desktop PC) and would be peered, so synced with other community caches. This all would require a lot of work. Could take a decade to reach critical mass (or could only take a few years if adoption was coordinated and fully budgeted).
If it was me I'd be getting into either the new space economy or the new energy economy. Elon Musk is in the sweet spot for the next decade or so. The information economy is net a plateau. Too many players.
Sounds like they need to work out a better, faster, cheaper process. Maybe those drivers should use an interface with a documented spec. Maybe then Google and the Manufacturers/Carriers could have a Standard that would not break via updates.
It's really not that hard to think of these things and they do have millions of reasons to make the correct architectural decision.
Wait. Are you claiming that supporting products requires work? By "a lot" of developers?
Are those the kind of developers who work for companies like Samsung or some other kind of developers? Maybe Samsung should hire some competent developers who can fix their shit.
Somebody should make a vertical business eg hardware, software, app around Linux. It worked for Apple. It works for consoles. Why not for Linux? Seems like all the hardware out there is "not quite right" and certainly there's nothing built specifically to run it. There are systems with it pre installed and pseudo verified to run properly from big makers but that's not the same as built to run Linux.
Are you saying the Powerpuff Girls grew up and became hookers? I knew the economy was bad but that is just depressing...
Cold Fusion does not necessarily break the laws of thermodynamics.
Until half of interior designers are male, interior design remains sexist. Lets break some ground and get more gents in there.
Because #Bluntness
p.s. the reason there are more females in interior design is that more females enjoy that kind of work/challenge.
Really? Gangsters? These are just a bunch of smart guys who happened to be the right age at the right time, in the right place. After that its just following the laws of the land and trying to make their investors happy (and their customers satisfied).
This is a first world problem(TM), so I would expect poor people to give a rats ass about this one.
Looks like we'll be watching and trying not to hear poor renditions of happy birthday in the not too distant future.