... and a battery that would last for weeks, at the least. In TNG, it was also in a very thin badge (unless it had some external power supply under the shirt).
We just had a discussion around smartphones in my office. If there was *one* feature that would sell us no a new model (keeping the same features as the current gen) it would be a few days more battery life, preferably 5-7. No faster CPU with more cores. No fancy graphics, flexible screens, or bigger form-factor, but same size, same speed, and battery life that actually makes it more useful than a paperweight after 24h.
Netflix releases data with an NDA against redistributing it or using it for other than a very strict purpose. Seed the data with some false users/address and take out a few PO boxes.
If Bob Nonexistent gets letters from Bell or somebody else because the CRTC gave the info out anyhow, then sue for breach of contract.
Yes, Canada has guns, but we don't have the same culture.
There's no public/concealed carry permits. You're not allowed to simply walk around carrying unless you're a police officer etc. If you see somebody walking around with a gun, you call the cops, and - depending on the location - he/she is likely to be surrounded by red and blue lights in short order. You're allowed to own guns (after passing certain tests/checks etc) but there are some fairly strict rules about where you're allowed to be out and about with them.
In the US, it's not just gun ownership, but the number of people owning guns and toting them around in public.
The universe did not come from nothing. Thermodynamics prevents this.
But where did the something it came from, come from. And where did that come from, etc.
Whatever your belief, it seems the human brain is somewhat limited when it comes to the perception of infinity. I wonder if one day we'll discover that - like colours and mantis shrimp - there's a dimension to the universe that we're simply incapable of perceiving.
What OpenGL issues, exactly? The only ones I've had recently are with some nvidia-specific stuff for surface mapping, but that was in a coding demo. For the actual games, modern AMD/Radeon drivers seem to do just fine, and are actually sometimes less of a pain than the nVidia ones for installation.
I don't really agree with the whole "stealing jobs" thing, but some concern with these types of visas include
* Foreign workers are at the mercy of employers Yes, even when they come here on a decent wage, employers often use the visa to push for unpaid OT, or to have them look the other way in the face of workplace violations * Investing in workers This is perhaps a bigger issue to me, and the issue itself goes beyond work visas etc. The relationship between companies and their employees is sour. Companies used to invest in their employees more, and in-turn they often got more loyalty. Except for some union situations, it's easier to get rid of employees and re-hire than to invest in training. If the foreign worker is more qualified that's as least something, but it would be nice if companies considered training existing employees or offering more education advancement opportunities. There's ignored value in keeping somebody around who knows the workings of a company, even if he/she is missing some of the technical merits for a position.
However, I don't fault foreign workers for taking better-paying jobs in better-paying environments.If somebody offered me a 50% raise to work in a tropical country I'd have a hard time passing that up.
How about a stipulation that any project that fails must release applicable resources to the public domain, as well as records on the use of applicable funds.
That public domain clause would include source code, artwork, template designs, patents, etc etc. The records, well, that just helps know that funding didn't pay for somebody's vacation and/or drug+alcohol habit.
eh? I've still gotten OS updates for Samsung devices after the new models came out (except for the rooted/custom devices).
If the manufacturer fails to provide the update, Cyanogenmod tends to be a good option afterwards. They're still building nightlies for my old i9100 (Galaxy S2)
Indeed. Perhaps the OP has not noted that there are a *LOT* of Android TV/streamer devices out there. Most of those work with a keyboard/mouse (or, preferably, an "air mouse"). I've had no issues using the core Google Apps, Netflix, XBMC-android, etc. Perhaps "Angry Birds" might be a little annoying with a mouse but more of the media-centric stuff works very nicely. As it is I've pretty much migrated my former Linux media box to an Android box that runs Play, Netflix, XBMC, and a few other media apps.
Replying to my own comment. Good shows stand up themselves. "Just for Laughs Gags" for example, has a segment in the US and even Asian markets/Mexico. Perhaps that could be considered a kooky "Canadian" sense of human, and it's certainly popular everywhere.
Being so close to the USA leaves us vulnerable to sort of being swamped, culturally.
What *is* culturally *Canadian*? Seriously, we've all seen the stereotypes like mounties and beavers (or a mountain and a wolf a la "Due South"), but is that really a defining part of Canadian identity?
I enjoyed "Bon Cop Bad Cop", but it wasn't really special content-wise. I certainly hope that we're not expecting that "Trailer Park Boys" or "Corner Gas" is really Canadian? Do we expect the actors to drink Canadian beer instead of Bud?
A lot of so-called American movies are actually shot in Canadian cities too, so scenery-wise they're pretty domestic. Ditto for Canadian actors (particular comedic actors) in American movies.
When I used to play with MC, some of the most fun I have had on my friends' server was to mess with them. "oops, I have no idea how that lava field got underneath your farm. What, a creeper opened a hole to it and all the sheeps became BBQ. That's terrible!" or "A random which in your house which blew up a gigantic hidden stash of TnT? Where did that come from?"
So does the bill of rights/constitution and many other things. Rights and humane treatment can benefit bad people who take advantage of it. The issues is that a lack of rules and accountability is more of a DETRIMENT to honest, good people (and benefit to corrupt, bad officials, etc) than it is beneficial to terrorists.
Or, as put by H. L. Mencken
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all"
This also applies to covert/illegal surveillance, etc
I've definitely seen the tourrettes swearing-under-breath-or-at-imaginary-figures types, however there have also been a good number that will out-curse a shipload of sailors when they don't get their way, for example when:
* Being told to move from a certain area by authority figures * Being offered food instead of cash, then being told... no I won't just give you cash * Being ignored when getting in people's face for handouts, or being told to get lost.
You know, I actually have no problem with these two * Bean with bacon megarocket paint-job DLC * Officially licensed NFL team helmets, 1.99 each
If people want to spend money on cosmetic stuff without affecting gameplay, go right ahead. I quite enjoy Dota2/TF/etc. People who care about such things can spend a bunch of money playing dress-up (or make money selling items acquired from drops). Those that do not can play generally unaffected by those that do (I say generally because I have at times had a "WTF is that character" moment early in a game of DOTA when somebody has a character with odd looking accessories.
the ability to not run any metro (or whatever it's called) apps whatsoever.
Here here. Performance-wise, I'm fairly happy with Win8. Installing a start-menu replacement helped kill off the fugly tiles. My biggest headache recently was that some comflict between AMD APU+Win8+AVG made the system unbootable (spinning logo on startup forever). It worked fine with another antivirus though, and has been stable since.
Now usability. Getting rid of the tiles is great, but every time I have to hit Windows Update it drops me into that f***ing Metro fullscreen POS. No more tray icon or a window I can shuffle off to another monitor.
Bring back the built-in start menu, but more importantly kill Metro! Possibly, make it optional. It makes 0 sense for a desktop and actually makes the OS less usable.
One of the fun things with a Linux install, it's fairly portable across hardware so long as you're using a generic enough kernel. If you want to install the exact same thing on 5-6 machines you can just do one, get it where you want it, and then clone the drive (or copy the files and reinstall GRUB). Heck, you could have it all on a thumb drive and move between machine with that.
The only place I've really run into issues is sometimes when switching between systems that use an nVidia VS ATI binary driver.
Why would you? You *could* compare to Windows 7/8 *IF* they supported that old hardware, but chances are you'd run into an issue finding drivers for the sound or possibly LAN devices. So what's the OS that gives you much of the latest goodies *AND* works well on the old hardware? If it's Win7/8 then feel free to install that, but if it's a modern version of Linux you'd be an idiot to install an old version.
Why would they need it in Skype? They've probably long since identified who is who by correlating the account details, so no need for facial recognition.
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... and a battery that would last for weeks, at the least. In TNG, it was also in a very thin badge (unless it had some external power supply under the shirt).
We just had a discussion around smartphones in my office. If there was *one* feature that would sell us no a new model (keeping the same features as the current gen) it would be a few days more battery life, preferably 5-7. No faster CPU with more cores. No fancy graphics, flexible screens, or bigger form-factor, but same size, same speed, and battery life that actually makes it more useful than a paperweight after 24h.
So what should happen:
Netflix releases data with an NDA against redistributing it or using it for other than a very strict purpose. Seed the data with some false users/address and take out a few PO boxes.
If Bob Nonexistent gets letters from Bell or somebody else because the CRTC gave the info out anyhow, then sue for breach of contract.
I can fault him for disallowing religious chaplains in prisons EXCEPT for Christian ones. Either allow other religions, or none at all.
Yes, Canada has guns, but we don't have the same culture.
There's no public/concealed carry permits. You're not allowed to simply walk around carrying unless you're a police officer etc. If you see somebody walking around with a gun, you call the cops, and - depending on the location - he/she is likely to be surrounded by red and blue lights in short order. You're allowed to own guns (after passing certain tests/checks etc) but there are some fairly strict rules about where you're allowed to be out and about with them.
In the US, it's not just gun ownership, but the number of people owning guns and toting them around in public.
The universe did not come from nothing. Thermodynamics prevents this.
But where did the something it came from, come from. And where did that come from, etc.
Whatever your belief, it seems the human brain is somewhat limited when it comes to the perception of infinity. I wonder if one day we'll discover that - like colours and mantis shrimp - there's a dimension to the universe that we're simply incapable of perceiving.
What OpenGL issues, exactly? The only ones I've had recently are with some nvidia-specific stuff for surface mapping, but that was in a coding demo. For the actual games, modern AMD/Radeon drivers seem to do just fine, and are actually sometimes less of a pain than the nVidia ones for installation.
And if somebody does get in through another means, do you really want to have to take the time to unlock the door to go in after him?
Yes, wouldn't it be wonderful is somebody released a Water resistant or waterproof mobile.
(more standardized wireless charging would be nice though)
I don't really agree with the whole "stealing jobs" thing, but some concern with these types of visas include
* Foreign workers are at the mercy of employers
Yes, even when they come here on a decent wage, employers often use the visa to push for unpaid OT, or to have them look the other way in the face of workplace violations
* Investing in workers
This is perhaps a bigger issue to me, and the issue itself goes beyond work visas etc. The relationship between companies and their employees is sour. Companies used to invest in their employees more, and in-turn they often got more loyalty. Except for some union situations, it's easier to get rid of employees and re-hire than to invest in training. If the foreign worker is more qualified that's as least something, but it would be nice if companies considered training existing employees or offering more education advancement opportunities. There's ignored value in keeping somebody around who knows the workings of a company, even if he/she is missing some of the technical merits for a position.
However, I don't fault foreign workers for taking better-paying jobs in better-paying environments.If somebody offered me a 50% raise to work in a tropical country I'd have a hard time passing that up.
How about a stipulation that any project that fails must release applicable resources to the public domain, as well as records on the use of applicable funds.
That public domain clause would include source code, artwork, template designs, patents, etc etc. The records, well, that just helps know that funding didn't pay for somebody's vacation and/or drug+alcohol habit.
eh? I've still gotten OS updates for Samsung devices after the new models came out (except for the rooted/custom devices).
If the manufacturer fails to provide the update, Cyanogenmod tends to be a good option afterwards. They're still building nightlies for my old i9100 (Galaxy S2)
Indeed. Perhaps the OP has not noted that there are a *LOT* of Android TV/streamer devices out there. Most of those work with a keyboard/mouse (or, preferably, an "air mouse"). I've had no issues using the core Google Apps, Netflix, XBMC-android, etc. Perhaps "Angry Birds" might be a little annoying with a mouse but more of the media-centric stuff works very nicely. As it is I've pretty much migrated my former Linux media box to an Android box that runs Play, Netflix, XBMC, and a few other media apps.
Replying to my own comment. Good shows stand up themselves. "Just for Laughs Gags" for example, has a segment in the US and even Asian markets/Mexico. Perhaps that could be considered a kooky "Canadian" sense of human, and it's certainly popular everywhere.
Being so close to the USA leaves us vulnerable to sort of being swamped, culturally.
What *is* culturally *Canadian*? Seriously, we've all seen the stereotypes like mounties and beavers (or a mountain and a wolf a la "Due South"), but is that really a defining part of Canadian identity?
I enjoyed "Bon Cop Bad Cop", but it wasn't really special content-wise. I certainly hope that we're not expecting that "Trailer Park Boys" or "Corner Gas" is really Canadian? Do we expect the actors to drink Canadian beer instead of Bud?
A lot of so-called American movies are actually shot in Canadian cities too, so scenery-wise they're pretty domestic. Ditto for Canadian actors (particular comedic actors) in American movies.
When I used to play with MC, some of the most fun I have had on my friends' server was to mess with them.
"oops, I have no idea how that lava field got underneath your farm. What, a creeper opened a hole to it and all the sheeps became BBQ. That's terrible!"
or
"A random which in your house which blew up a gigantic hidden stash of TnT? Where did that come from?"
Yes, but those are restrictions imposed by nature, not a monopoly/duopoly. There's a big difference.
So does the bill of rights/constitution and many other things. Rights and humane treatment can benefit bad people who take advantage of it. The issues is that a lack of rules and accountability is more of a DETRIMENT to honest, good people (and benefit to corrupt, bad officials, etc) than it is beneficial to terrorists.
Or, as put by H. L. Mencken
"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all"
This also applies to covert/illegal surveillance, etc
I've definitely seen the tourrettes swearing-under-breath-or-at-imaginary-figures types, however there have also been a good number that will out-curse a shipload of sailors when they don't get their way, for example when:
* Being told to move from a certain area by authority figures
* Being offered food instead of cash, then being told... no I won't just give you cash
* Being ignored when getting in people's face for handouts, or being told to get lost.
You know, I actually have no problem with these two
* Bean with bacon megarocket paint-job DLC
* Officially licensed NFL team helmets, 1.99 each
If people want to spend money on cosmetic stuff without affecting gameplay, go right ahead. I quite enjoy Dota2/TF/etc. People who care about such things can spend a bunch of money playing dress-up (or make money selling items acquired from drops). Those that do not can play generally unaffected by those that do (I say generally because I have at times had a "WTF is that character" moment early in a game of DOTA when somebody has a character with odd looking accessories.
Well, there's that one desktop for GIMP which previously had only floating windows with no MDI-parent-container interface.
the ability to not run any metro (or whatever it's called) apps whatsoever.
Here here. Performance-wise, I'm fairly happy with Win8. Installing a start-menu replacement helped kill off the fugly tiles. My biggest headache recently was that some comflict between AMD APU+Win8+AVG made the system unbootable (spinning logo on startup forever). It worked fine with another antivirus though, and has been stable since.
Now usability. Getting rid of the tiles is great, but every time I have to hit Windows Update it drops me into that f***ing Metro fullscreen POS. No more tray icon or a window I can shuffle off to another monitor.
Bring back the built-in start menu, but more importantly kill Metro! Possibly, make it optional. It makes 0 sense for a desktop and actually makes the OS less usable.
One of the fun things with a Linux install, it's fairly portable across hardware so long as you're using a generic enough kernel. If you want to install the exact same thing on 5-6 machines you can just do one, get it where you want it, and then clone the drive (or copy the files and reinstall GRUB). Heck, you could have it all on a thumb drive and move between machine with that.
The only place I've really run into issues is sometimes when switching between systems that use an nVidia VS ATI binary driver.
Why would you? You *could* compare to Windows 7/8 *IF* they supported that old hardware, but chances are you'd run into an issue finding drivers for the sound or possibly LAN devices.
So what's the OS that gives you much of the latest goodies *AND* works well on the old hardware? If it's Win7/8 then feel free to install that, but if it's a modern version of Linux you'd be an idiot to install an old version.
It's for all those foul-mouthed homeless people that curse at you when you walk by...
Why would they need it in Skype? They've probably long since identified who is who by correlating the account details, so no need for facial recognition.