There may be a standard orientation for cables, but devices? Nope. Half go one way, half go another. It seems to depend on the orientation of the circuit board inside the device in question.
Umm... how about because they use the same connector for the iPhone and the iPad, and micro-USB isn't rated to carry the amount of power needed to rapidly recharge an iPad?
Or because the current micro-USB connector is tied to USB 2.0, and if they used it they'd be faced with changing it yet again in the very near future to support higher transfer speeds. (Read USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt.) Lightning uses active signaling to indicate the type of cable and device.
Or because the Lightning connector allows an iPhone or iPad to act not only as a USB client, but a USB host. Meaning that with the right connector you will be able to plug cameras and printers and whatnot into the phone/pad.
Then there's simply the fact that Lightning is a better connector. Stronger. And it's reversible, eliminating yet another minor hassle.
To quote, "A new study for the Department of Energy finds that "off-peak" electricity production and transmission capacity could fuel 84 percent of these 198 million vehicles if they were plug-in hybrid electrics.... Researchers found, in the Midwest and East, there is sufficient off-peak generation, transmission and distribution capacity to provide for ALL [emphasis mine] of today's vehicles if they ran on batteries." http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=204
"Side note: the Prius is supposedly worse for the environment than a normal gas-powered car because of the costs of building the batteries and motors)..."
In fact, since the report was done, we now know the Prius numbers are even better than those determined in 2008. Further, old Prius batteries are not simply thrown away or even recycled. Many go on to supplement power plants and other systems during peak power loads, supplanting other batteries that would have had to have been purpose built for that use.
Rare earth issues do exist, which is why a team at Boston's Northeastern University, among others, have been working on substitutes and replacements.
And on. Your anti-green energy talking points are out of date, misleading, and, in some cases, appear to be total fabrications.
What are you doing, converting matter straight to energy? A typical car will go (maybe) 30 miles on a single gallon of gas. A Volt will do 30 miles on its batteries. Thus I'd consider one roughly equivalent to another, and as such I don't need a 18 wheeler full of lithium batteries.
Further, once you've burnt that gallon, you're done. Got to import another one. The batteries, OTOH, can be recharged and resued any number of ways,
Wow. Agenda much? It must be terrible living in fear that someone, somewhere, just might be getting something to which they might not be entitled.
As a matter of fact, this fits in with my theory that the neo-con position on sex is based primary on the fear that someone else might be getting more sex than they're getting... and actually enjoying it.
"Strike craft simply won't be able to carry big enough armaments to punch a hole in the armor..."
Well... and just to play the game... I guess that depends on what they're carrying, doesn't it? Nukes? AM (antimatter) warheads? Fold-space (black hole) devices?
You could end up with "submarine" style warfare, in which it only takes a single torpedo to ruin your entire day.
Hey. Here's an idea. Instead of calling on the government to solve the problem, why doesn't Microsoft and the Gates Foundation setup full-ride scholarships in math and science and engineering?
I also find it interesting that Microsoft is calling for the government to provide more education dollars... when Microsoft deliberately sets up shell corporations in other countries to avoid paying federal income taxes, and also goes to the extreme of setting up shell corporations in other states to avoid paying state income taxes.
This when Washington state is trying to figure out how to cover a $1.5 billion budget shortfall in its education budget.
Apple bought Placebase back in July, 2009. They too had a global map database, though it seems to be missing from your list of only "three" sources. They bought Poly9 and C3 Technologies for their 3D mapping technologies.
" Because film has a "wasted" resolution in the days of VHS video tapes but when DVD and now Blu-ray came out, these shows can simply be re-scanned from the original footage and voila, something new to flog to the punters."
Yes, you could rescan film for DVD. And you can (barely) rescan most film for BluRay (1080p). But 4K? Forget it.
Since lenses aren't perfect, and since many elements in a scene aren't perfectly in focus, the "information" regarding a scene actually consists of of a lot of blurry elements. (See CoC.) As such, overscanning a traditional 35mm film frame may give you more data, but it doesn't really give you all that much more actual information.
One should also note that the article mentions throwing around uncompressed 1080p data. Figure compressed data using a good codec, and 4K shouldn't be an issue at all.
The current implementations dual-purpose the most popular mobile connection (micro USB). The Samsung Galaxy S III 11-pin connector merges USB (2.0) and MHDL so that both can be used at the same time. That said, you're correct in stating that MHDL in and as of itself doesn't specify a specific data connection technology.
It's also correct to state the that two current and differing "standards" use USB technology and/or connectors. To tie a new dock connector to either one would be foolish, and supporting yet a third would do little to support the "standard".
It does if your stomach is the size of the small box those raisins came in, which pretty much matches up to the total interior volume of today's modern smartphone. Further, the slot needs to be on an edge and on the motherboard, constraining the available space even further.
A standard SD card is 32x24x2.1, or 1612 mm3. With the rails and connecter, we're talking about 2200 mm3. The exterior dimensions of an iphone are 115*58*9.3, or 62,031 mm3, with a probable interior volume of about 44,000 mm3.
IOW, space for an SD card and connector, not counting the supporting electronics, would take up 5% of the available interior volume that might be used for other things... like the battery.
Space is space, and smartphones don't contain much of it. Space used for an SD card and slot impacts the space that can be used for other things, like increasing the size of the battery.
As I pointed out above, Apple is redesigning their dock connector for the future. A dock connector, I might add, that's been in place for over a decade.
So given the above, and the fact that they're probably going to have to live with the consequences of their decision for the NEXT decade, why in the heck would they switch to a microUSB 2.0 connector that's already nearly obsolete?
"There is a standard and it is very much like usb. Its called micro usb which you might have heard of. Virtually every smart phone these days sold has a micro usb port."
Apple is in the process of changing it's dock connector, which has been in place for a decade. Which implies that whatever they replace it with, they're going to be stuck with it for quite some time to come.
And you want them to use an standard USB 2.0 micro connector???
"...except I also like the iPhone 4 series because these devices are smaller than the Galaxy S3. Apparently that feature will be lost with the iPhone 5 which is unfortunate."
If the rumors hold, it will be the same width, thinner, and about 3/8" taller. I wouldn't worry about the size.
"Sites with less obtrusive or blatant ads will be more likely to get my business. If sites don't want me to visit with Adblock turned on, I won't visit. "
So less obtrusive or blatant ads don't matter at all. You seem to block everything, regardless.
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There may be a standard orientation for cables, but devices? Nope. Half go one way, half go another. It seems to depend on the orientation of the circuit board inside the device in question.
Umm... how about because they use the same connector for the iPhone and the iPad, and micro-USB isn't rated to carry the amount of power needed to rapidly recharge an iPad?
Or because the current micro-USB connector is tied to USB 2.0, and if they used it they'd be faced with changing it yet again in the very near future to support higher transfer speeds. (Read USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt.) Lightning uses active signaling to indicate the type of cable and device.
Or because the Lightning connector allows an iPhone or iPad to act not only as a USB client, but a USB host. Meaning that with the right connector you will be able to plug cameras and printers and whatnot into the phone/pad.
Then there's simply the fact that Lightning is a better connector. Stronger. And it's reversible, eliminating yet another minor hassle.
Who do you work for, Exxon Mobil or Shell?
To quote, "A new study for the Department of Energy finds that "off-peak" electricity production and transmission capacity could fuel 84 percent of these 198 million vehicles if they were plug-in hybrid electrics. ... Researchers found, in the Midwest and East, there is sufficient off-peak generation, transmission and distribution capacity to provide for ALL [emphasis mine] of today's vehicles if they ran on batteries."
http://www.pnl.gov/news/release.asp?id=204
"Side note: the Prius is supposedly worse for the environment than a normal gas-powered car because of the costs of building the batteries and motors)..."
Emphasis on "supposedly", since the Prius "report" was done by an shell organization hiding behind a POBox, and was totally debunked.
http://www.pacinst.org/topics/integrity_of_science/case_studies/hummer_vs_prius.pdf
http://www.pacinst.org/topics/integrity_of_science/case_studies/hummer_vs_prius_redux.pdf
In fact, since the report was done, we now know the Prius numbers are even better than those determined in 2008. Further, old Prius batteries are not simply thrown away or even recycled. Many go on to supplement power plants and other systems during peak power loads, supplanting other batteries that would have had to have been purpose built for that use.
Rare earth issues do exist, which is why a team at Boston's Northeastern University, among others, have been working on substitutes and replacements.
And on. Your anti-green energy talking points are out of date, misleading, and, in some cases, appear to be total fabrications.
What are you doing, converting matter straight to energy? A typical car will go (maybe) 30 miles on a single gallon of gas. A Volt will do 30 miles on its batteries. Thus I'd consider one roughly equivalent to another, and as such I don't need a 18 wheeler full of lithium batteries.
Further, once you've burnt that gallon, you're done. Got to import another one. The batteries, OTOH, can be recharged and resued any number of ways,
Wow. Agenda much? It must be terrible living in fear that someone, somewhere, just might be getting something to which they might not be entitled.
As a matter of fact, this fits in with my theory that the neo-con position on sex is based primary on the fear that someone else might be getting more sex than they're getting... and actually enjoying it.
Mojo is a perfect example of happens when you "unschool" children...
http://zenhabits.net/unschool/
"Strike craft simply won't be able to carry big enough armaments to punch a hole in the armor..."
Well... and just to play the game... I guess that depends on what they're carrying, doesn't it? Nukes? AM (antimatter) warheads? Fold-space (black hole) devices?
You could end up with "submarine" style warfare, in which it only takes a single torpedo to ruin your entire day.
"... reaction mass an object is putting out..."
Reaction mass? As in rockets?
How quaint.
Letting your primary competitor limit your platform would be an even bigger mistake.
Hey. Here's an idea. Instead of calling on the government to solve the problem, why doesn't Microsoft and the Gates Foundation setup full-ride scholarships in math and science and engineering?
I also find it interesting that Microsoft is calling for the government to provide more education dollars... when Microsoft deliberately sets up shell corporations in other countries to avoid paying federal income taxes, and also goes to the extreme of setting up shell corporations in other states to avoid paying state income taxes.
This when Washington state is trying to figure out how to cover a $1.5 billion budget shortfall in its education budget.
I mean, SERIOUSLY???
Apple bought Placebase back in July, 2009. They too had a global map database, though it seems to be missing from your list of only "three" sources. They bought Poly9 and C3 Technologies for their 3D mapping technologies.
I'd say they're fairly serious.
Just FYI, but Apple will be shipping a Lightning to HDMI connector if you really need to use a cable.
" Because film has a "wasted" resolution in the days of VHS video tapes but when DVD and now Blu-ray came out, these shows can simply be re-scanned from the original footage and voila, something new to flog to the punters."
Yes, you could rescan film for DVD. And you can (barely) rescan most film for BluRay (1080p). But 4K? Forget it.
Since lenses aren't perfect, and since many elements in a scene aren't perfectly in focus, the "information" regarding a scene actually consists of of a lot of blurry elements. (See CoC.) As such, overscanning a traditional 35mm film frame may give you more data, but it doesn't really give you all that much more actual information.
One should also note that the article mentions throwing around uncompressed 1080p data. Figure compressed data using a good codec, and 4K shouldn't be an issue at all.
"... this is actually a huge victory for state rights..."
I seem to recall reading about a time when a few states got uppity over "state rights"... and then pretty much got smashed down to bedrock.
The current implementations dual-purpose the most popular mobile connection (micro USB). The Samsung Galaxy S III 11-pin connector merges USB (2.0) and MHDL so that both can be used at the same time. That said, you're correct in stating that MHDL in and as of itself doesn't specify a specific data connection technology.
It's also correct to state the that two current and differing "standards" use USB technology and/or connectors. To tie a new dock connector to either one would be foolish, and supporting yet a third would do little to support the "standard".
Because it's still USB 2.0-based and as such practically obsolete at birth...
It does if your stomach is the size of the small box those raisins came in, which pretty much matches up to the total interior volume of today's modern smartphone. Further, the slot needs to be on an edge and on the motherboard, constraining the available space even further.
A standard SD card is 32x24x2.1, or 1612 mm3. With the rails and connecter, we're talking about 2200 mm3. The exterior dimensions of an iphone are 115*58*9.3, or 62,031 mm3, with a probable interior volume of about 44,000 mm3.
IOW, space for an SD card and connector, not counting the supporting electronics, would take up 5% of the available interior volume that might be used for other things... like the battery.
Space is space, and smartphones don't contain much of it. Space used for an SD card and slot impacts the space that can be used for other things, like increasing the size of the battery.
As I pointed out above, Apple is redesigning their dock connector for the future. A dock connector, I might add, that's been in place for over a decade.
So given the above, and the fact that they're probably going to have to live with the consequences of their decision for the NEXT decade, why in the heck would they switch to a microUSB 2.0 connector that's already nearly obsolete?
Using USB 2.0 in a connector is so last century....
"There is a standard and it is very much like usb. Its called micro usb which you might have heard of. Virtually every smart phone these days sold has a micro usb port."
Apple is in the process of changing it's dock connector, which has been in place for a decade. Which implies that whatever they replace it with, they're going to be stuck with it for quite some time to come.
And you want them to use an standard USB 2.0 micro connector???
"...except I also like the iPhone 4 series because these devices are smaller than the Galaxy S3. Apparently that feature will be lost with the iPhone 5 which is unfortunate."
If the rumors hold, it will be the same width, thinner, and about 3/8" taller. I wouldn't worry about the size.
"Sites with less obtrusive or blatant ads will be more likely to get my business. If sites don't want me to visit with Adblock turned on, I won't visit. "
So less obtrusive or blatant ads don't matter at all. You seem to block everything, regardless.
You may be buying the products, but that doesn't mean the web sites are receiving any revenue. Google ads and many others often only pay when clicked.
"the problem is that you describe a world that is totally dependent on the actions of man to 'keep turning'. "
And you don't think that's the way it is now? Where do you think your power, food, fuel, and water come from today? Elves?