Desalinization seems a good bet for solar/tidal power. Hot weather is generally a contributor to draught. Hot weather often == more sun. More sun == more power for desalinization.
What really pisses me off is the people that lazily un-necessarily link to other domains for JS. *WHY* do you need to pull your JS library from Yahoo/Google/etc instead of just hosting a local version? Doing so adds overhead (additional DNS call etc) and allows the remote host to more easily track your users. Not cool!
Actually, for DOTA2 the load times were a pretty big issue for me. I could join the same games as the windows folk, but loading assets took a noticeably longer time, to the point where sometimes I'd get dropped from the game at start and then have to reconnect. This would only apply to the first game (afterwards I'd assume assets are cached). Ironically, performance on Linux once assets loaded is actually better, but this caused some pretty annoying issues.
Except that the guy who "only stole an iPhone" probably did a lot more. When cops do investigat such things, they also tend to find further crime such as: * troves of stolen goods * stolen/duplicated credit cards * drugs * links to other criminals and/or organized crime
I had an OCZ that went bad in my laptop. I read about how a lot of the issues are actually due to buggy controller firmware. So I swapped that SSD to a desktop and upgraded the firmware.No issues since.
There seems to be very little enforcement in general. I see tons of people acting/driving in unsafe manners within plain sight of police vehicles, this includes * Cellular phone use * Tailgating * Crossing against the signal (for pedestrians: I add this because just the other day, some dude did this right in front of a police car. The cop slowed down for him and then continued on) * Unsafe passing * etc
The only time I see somebody getting nailed seems to be either: a) A road-check b) Speed at high rates past a radar trap
- Posted via my smartphone while driving on the i7
Really, it should come down more to resolution,or "definition" as the studios often call it. This is somewhat the case already with (e.g. movies on google play) being more for the HD versions, and blu-ray being more than DVD.
So just have it something like $$$$ Ultra-HD/4KHD $$$ HD/1080p $$ 720p $ Low-Def (480p?)
Even if a tablet/phone supports 4KHD (WHY, WHY do the average 5" smartphone have better res than a 15"+ LCD), you don't really get much benefit from getting an ultra-HD version in terms of viewability. It may even be worse if you're streaming or on a slow device due to lag/bandwidth considerations.
Similarly, low-def and is going to look crappy on a big LCD TV, and even 1080p may be inferior on the really big ones. Let people get what they pay for, and give them cost/resolution options similar to what's already available.
Yes, but who powers their neurons by USB these days. Most drouds aren't compatible with the USB spec, so simulating USB-powered neurons seems a bit silly.
I've got a mini gaming PC in a box that's about the size of a "shuttle" It runs an A10-7850k on a GA-F2A88XN-WIFI (AMD APU - CPU+GPU - on a mini-itx board). It can run all my games at decent detail (including BF4 on high at 1080p). Win8.1 had some issues with the Catalyst drivers conflicting with other software, and Linux required the Beta drivers to run (they seem OK though).
The heat is a bit weird in this box. It'll climb *very* quickly, but once the fan ramps up it goes down quite fast as well. The stock fans really do suck though, as the base of the heatsink doesn't even have contact with the full APU surface
Not so much deterrent as prevention. These guy won't be committing horrendous crimes again if they're dead. The problem is - of course - that they still do spend a lengthy time in prison and the death penalty isn't really any more cost-effective than imprisonment.
That said, you can't really argue in the way of "the perp still did it" as a point against punishment being a deterrent. You'll always have some people who do terrible things, but you can't really count those that DIDN'T commit a crime due to fear of punishment.
You mean the site that uses base slashcode but is customized so badly that they still refer to themselves as Slashdot in more than a half-dozen places (not to mention the dead links, etc)?
Or make it taste better. If it's more expensive than a cheap cut, less expensive than a pricey cut, but tastes like premium quality beef... that's a good selling point too.
Technological advancements work both ways. Yes, now we have mobile phones with encryption etc. We also use those phones for more stuff. Harder to get into, more information there if you do...
Now you don't just have the ability to listen to somebody's calls, you can go through their contacts, call history, emails, and any associated accounts/passwords. Get a f***ing warrant!
It somewhat depends on where in Canada you live. Although the costs are going up in the West lately, at least you are getting decent speed/service for it.
"Do you really think they are going to absorb the additional costs if this continues? Of course not, they will raise their prices."
That's the point. Keep in mind that these guys are the same ones that have been making megabucks on cable TV etc, which is now in decline. So instead they'll either f*** up 3rd-party services or collect a danegeld on them in hopes that it'll drive prices up (and people back to cable).
One thing I've noticed is that the "family mode" allows one to play games from "Account B" on "Account A" (after an additional step to authorize the secondary machine/account). I can't remember if I've done this while logged into both accounts, but perhaps that might work for you?
I've got one account on the "family PC" that does auto-login, and is authorized to play games from my main account.
The films you can get these days deal with scratches/fingerprints and don't detract much from the brightness of the display, I'd rather have a screen that doesn't crack ($100 replacement or a big PITA for the owner to replace) and swap the film ($8-10 replaced) if needed for scratches.
The biggest issue I see is what apparently happens with dragnet surveillance, etc.
You *aren't* allowed to convict somebody on illegally obtained evidence, with this following a certain amount down the chain. However, what does happen is that somebody gets "evidence" using illegal means, then calls in an anonymous tip saying "Bob has pot plants in his trunk", followed by Bob being busted.
When Bob goes to court, the court never hears that they the police initially heard about his plants by spying through the OnStar system without a warrant, just that he was pulled over based on an "anonymous tip"
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Desalinization seems a good bet for solar/tidal power. Hot weather is generally a contributor to draught. Hot weather often == more sun. More sun == more power for desalinization.
JS in itself isn't bad, it's how it's used.
What really pisses me off is the people that lazily un-necessarily link to other domains for JS. *WHY* do you need to pull your JS library from Yahoo/Google/etc instead of just hosting a local version? Doing so adds overhead (additional DNS call etc) and allows the remote host to more easily track your users. Not cool!
Actually, for DOTA2 the load times were a pretty big issue for me. I could join the same games as the windows folk, but loading assets took a noticeably longer time, to the point where sometimes I'd get dropped from the game at start and then have to reconnect. This would only apply to the first game (afterwards I'd assume assets are cached). Ironically, performance on Linux once assets loaded is actually better, but this caused some pretty annoying issues.
Except that the guy who "only stole an iPhone" probably did a lot more. When cops do investigat such things, they also tend to find further crime such as:
* troves of stolen goods
* stolen/duplicated credit cards
* drugs
* links to other criminals and/or organized crime
I had an OCZ that went bad in my laptop. I read about how a lot of the issues are actually due to buggy controller firmware.
So I swapped that SSD to a desktop and upgraded the firmware.No issues since.
There seems to be very little enforcement in general. I see tons of people acting/driving in unsafe manners within plain sight of police vehicles, this includes
* Cellular phone use
* Tailgating
* Crossing against the signal (for pedestrians: I add this because just the other day, some dude did this right in front of a police car. The cop slowed down for him and then continued on)
* Unsafe passing
* etc
The only time I see somebody getting nailed seems to be either:
a) A road-check
b) Speed at high rates past a radar trap
- Posted via my smartphone while driving on the i7
Really, it should come down more to resolution ,or "definition" as the studios often call it. This is somewhat the case already with (e.g. movies on google play) being more for the HD versions, and blu-ray being more than DVD.
So just have it something like
$$$$ Ultra-HD/4KHD
$$$ HD/1080p
$$ 720p
$ Low-Def (480p?)
Even if a tablet/phone supports 4KHD (WHY, WHY do the average 5" smartphone have better res than a 15"+ LCD), you don't really get much benefit from getting an ultra-HD version in terms of viewability. It may even be worse if you're streaming or on a slow device due to lag/bandwidth considerations.
Similarly, low-def and is going to look crappy on a big LCD TV, and even 1080p may be inferior on the really big ones. Let people get what they pay for, and give them cost/resolution options similar to what's already available.
"1 million neurons powered only by one USB port"
Yes, but who powers their neurons by USB these days. Most drouds aren't compatible with the USB spec, so simulating USB-powered neurons seems a bit silly.
I've got a mini gaming PC in a box that's about the size of a "shuttle"
It runs an A10-7850k on a GA-F2A88XN-WIFI (AMD APU - CPU+GPU - on a mini-itx board). It can run all my games at decent detail (including BF4 on high at 1080p).
Win8.1 had some issues with the Catalyst drivers conflicting with other software, and Linux required the Beta drivers to run (they seem OK though).
The heat is a bit weird in this box. It'll climb *very* quickly, but once the fan ramps up it goes down quite fast as well. The stock fans really do suck though, as the base of the heatsink doesn't even have contact with the full APU surface
Why not use the same devices used to put down livestock? Is what's good enough for our food not good enough for criminals?
Not so much deterrent as prevention. These guy won't be committing horrendous crimes again if they're dead. The problem is - of course - that they still do spend a lengthy time in prison and the death penalty isn't really any more cost-effective than imprisonment.
That said, you can't really argue in the way of "the perp still did it" as a point against punishment being a deterrent. You'll always have some people who do terrible things, but you can't really count those that DIDN'T commit a crime due to fear of punishment.
Yeah, it was still better than the Star-Wars prequels :-)
You mean the site that uses base slashcode but is customized so badly that they still refer to themselves as Slashdot in more than a half-dozen places (not to mention the dead links, etc)?
Heck, if they're stored on floppies, put some big honking magnets near the exits and they'll likely not survive the trip out.
And what did you pay in upkeep? Used BMW's are cheap, however - as my friend found out - parts for them (and associated shop costs) are often not.
Or make it taste better. If it's more expensive than a cheap cut, less expensive than a pricey cut, but tastes like premium quality beef... that's a good selling point too.
Technological advancements work both ways. Yes, now we have mobile phones with encryption etc. We also use those phones for more stuff. Harder to get into, more information there if you do...
Now you don't just have the ability to listen to somebody's calls, you can go through their contacts, call history, emails, and any associated accounts/passwords. Get a f***ing warrant!
I'd be more concerned about the brain, myself. No good having even a 30-year-old's body at 100 if you've gone back to the brain of a 2-year-old...
It somewhat depends on where in Canada you live. Although the costs are going up in the West lately, at least you are getting decent speed/service for it.
"Do you really think they are going to absorb the additional costs if this continues? Of course not, they will raise their prices."
That's the point. Keep in mind that these guys are the same ones that have been making megabucks on cable TV etc, which is now in decline. So instead they'll either f*** up 3rd-party services or collect a danegeld on them in hopes that it'll drive prices up (and people back to cable).
Yet. But from the request page and then this notice, it is coming...
One thing I've noticed is that the "family mode" allows one to play games from "Account B" on "Account A" (after an additional step to authorize the secondary machine/account). I can't remember if I've done this while logged into both accounts, but perhaps that might work for you?
I've got one account on the "family PC" that does auto-login, and is authorized to play games from my main account.
The point is that the Motorola design might be a cheaper solution, bit the phone simply looks shittier
Yes, because this looks MUCH better than this.
But yeah, keep comparing your iPhone to a Mercedes if it makes you feel better.
Other than putting a film over the screen
The films you can get these days deal with scratches/fingerprints and don't detract much from the brightness of the display, I'd rather have a screen that doesn't crack ($100 replacement or a big PITA for the owner to replace) and swap the film ($8-10 replaced) if needed for scratches.
The biggest issue I see is what apparently happens with dragnet surveillance, etc.
You *aren't* allowed to convict somebody on illegally obtained evidence, with this following a certain amount down the chain. However, what does happen is that somebody gets "evidence" using illegal means, then calls in an anonymous tip saying "Bob has pot plants in his trunk", followed by Bob being busted.
When Bob goes to court, the court never hears that they the police initially heard about his plants by spying through the OnStar system without a warrant, just that he was pulled over based on an "anonymous tip"