What about providing a preference of news sources? In other words, when Google shows you world news, it uses articles from sources you want to see. If there is an Obama speech that day, out of the 1300+ articles that they have links to, I'd rather see the BBC and NYTimes ones first, instead of ones from Fox or obscure sources like the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Since most businesses run Microsoft servers, and use Exchange for email, it should be easy for a Microsoft phone to rule the business space. A phone with built-in versions of Word/Excel/PowerPoint, and of course Outlook, would be easy to market. Put specialized phone management capabilities in their server-side tools to make the IT department happy (right now, IT usually detests supporting iPhones).
One huge disadvantage of a Windows phone today - the OS cannot be upgraded. Apple and Android come out with new versions every few months, with shiny new features, and people download and enjoy them. Since Microsoft doesn't sell Windows Mobile to consumers (it sells to phone manufacturers) when Microsoft releases new version of the OS, you are usually out of luck.
So, people are constructing new data centers on some of the most expensive real estate in the USA, in an area with highly paid IT workers with zero company loyalty, and an area of high electricity rates. Note to self: do not invest in these companies.
The NUMMI plant (which was originally a GM plant) was unionized (UAW local 2244). In most cases, when a new manufacturer takes over an existing auto plant, the unionization continues - meaning that Tesla would be a union shop, pay union wages, and probably rehire those old GM/Toyota workers.
The only reason I can think of: to avoid SEC regulations on the retention of email.
In other words: if you want to have a company discussion, electronically, but avoid all record of it in case the government comes snooping: use Wave. Otherwise, just use email as usual. And yes, I'm sure that the SEC will catch on eventually, but for a few years, you're golden.
That would require every police officer to know how to navigate the menu system and do that on every smartphone ever made. Even just turning off a phone you've never seen before isn't necessarily obvious.
What isn't clear to me is exactly what evidence they're expecting to find. A log of every phone call made or received, and every text sent or received, is already available from the service provider. If a criminal is smart enough to know about and deploy a remote-erase feature, aren't they smart enough to just not store incriminating evidence in the phone to begin with?
One way they save fuel: flying slower than current aircraft. First, will customers accept that? And second, why not just fly current 737s a bit slower right now, to save on fuel?
BMWs (and I'm sure other German cars) already have an app in the dashboard of the car that says things like "hey, you're going to need an oil change in 1200 miles", or "hey, you're going to need a minor inspection in 2300 miles". This shows up every time you start the car - no phone required.
Tires can't really be measured that way, since so much depends on driving style (my tires are rated for 50,000 miles.... I only wish they'd last more than 20K); also, the front and rear tires wear at significantly different rates. And, since tires don't have RFID chips in them, the car has no idea when you change tires, or swap your regular wheels for your track-day set, or your winter set.
There's a third issue: salaries. Programming talent is used to silicon valley pay grades, not military pay grades. How many employees would be willing to leave their current position and take a 50% pay cut to work for the government? Would you be willing to trust the code of someone working for $40K/year?
Look, times are tough for programmers already. Knowing how to do things correctly - like proper floating point math - is one of the ways to separate the true CS professional from the wannabe new graduates. Articles like this just make everyone smarter, and make finding a job that much harder.
Transcoding from one compressed format to another creates nasty artifacts, and should be avoided.
The solution is to use an uncompressed camera - your material is better quality, free of any legal restrictions, and you can transcode into any final delivery format you want.
For a long time, EVERY PDA was called a Palm Pilot, they pretty much defined the category.
And then time moved on. Stand-alone PDAs don't exist any more, HTC is a major player in the smartphone world, and Palm is a failing company.
When the Model T arrived, it pretty much defined its category. Don't see them around much any more.
Maybe the site's designers are actually phishing, and collecting people's credit card details. If they are ever challenged, they have the "hey, it was just an educational web site" defense to fall back on.
Especially since these are not particularly fast computers. They are optimized to do financial transactions - something which requires incredibly fast I/O, but generally only requires a single addition per transaction.
So, if your cloud requires blindingly fast I/O, great (but then the NYSE would need to buy a bunch more disks). If your cloud requires some compute power, these may not be ideal machines.
Slashdot Mirror
"Take down" and "prevent from flying due to a legal injuction" are not synonyms.
What about providing a preference of news sources? In other words, when Google shows you world news, it uses articles from sources you want to see. If there is an Obama speech that day, out of the 1300+ articles that they have links to, I'd rather see the BBC and NYTimes ones first, instead of ones from Fox or obscure sources like the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Since most businesses run Microsoft servers, and use Exchange for email, it should be easy for a Microsoft phone to rule the business space. A phone with built-in versions of Word/Excel/PowerPoint, and of course Outlook, would be easy to market. Put specialized phone management capabilities in their server-side tools to make the IT department happy (right now, IT usually detests supporting iPhones).
One huge disadvantage of a Windows phone today - the OS cannot be upgraded. Apple and Android come out with new versions every few months, with shiny new features, and people download and enjoy them. Since Microsoft doesn't sell Windows Mobile to consumers (it sells to phone manufacturers) when Microsoft releases new version of the OS, you are usually out of luck.
So, people are constructing new data centers on some of the most expensive real estate in the USA, in an area with highly paid IT workers with zero company loyalty, and an area of high electricity rates. Note to self: do not invest in these companies.
It isn't a banner ad - it isn't advertising a thing.
I bet that most people will say this is the most awesome thing Google has done all year.
The NUMMI plant (which was originally a GM plant) was unionized (UAW local 2244). In most cases, when a new manufacturer takes over an existing auto plant, the unionization continues - meaning that Tesla would be a union shop, pay union wages, and probably rehire those old GM/Toyota workers.
The only reason I can think of: to avoid SEC regulations on the retention of email.
In other words: if you want to have a company discussion, electronically, but avoid all record of it in case the government comes snooping: use Wave. Otherwise, just use email as usual. And yes, I'm sure that the SEC will catch on eventually, but for a few years, you're golden.
That would require every police officer to know how to navigate the menu system and do that on every smartphone ever made. Even just turning off a phone you've never seen before isn't necessarily obvious.
What isn't clear to me is exactly what evidence they're expecting to find. A log of every phone call made or received, and every text sent or received, is already available from the service provider. If a criminal is smart enough to know about and deploy a remote-erase feature, aren't they smart enough to just not store incriminating evidence in the phone to begin with?
One way they save fuel: flying slower than current aircraft. First, will customers accept that? And second, why not just fly current 737s a bit slower right now, to save on fuel?
BMWs (and I'm sure other German cars) already have an app in the dashboard of the car that says things like "hey, you're going to need an oil change in 1200 miles", or "hey, you're going to need a minor inspection in 2300 miles". This shows up every time you start the car - no phone required.
Tires can't really be measured that way, since so much depends on driving style (my tires are rated for 50,000 miles.... I only wish they'd last more than 20K); also, the front and rear tires wear at significantly different rates. And, since tires don't have RFID chips in them, the car has no idea when you change tires, or swap your regular wheels for your track-day set, or your winter set.
Because his goal is to tinker with his car. Building your own tools is fun and all, but easy, cheap hardware exists already.
For instance: obddiag.net
No, the homeowner is being charged with leaving the door unlocked, not murder. And, since he did leave the door unlocked, that is entirely fair.
There's a third issue: salaries. Programming talent is used to silicon valley pay grades, not military pay grades. How many employees would be willing to leave their current position and take a 50% pay cut to work for the government? Would you be willing to trust the code of someone working for $40K/year?
Astute observation, Doctor Heisenberg.
This. Carry your car key; use your car as a giant key storage container, for all other keys.
That has yet to be seen. Depending on the manufacturing cost of the iPad, it could be bad for profits.
It is now possible to get a domain that cannot be slashdotted!
Look, times are tough for programmers already. Knowing how to do things correctly - like proper floating point math - is one of the ways to separate the true CS professional from the wannabe new graduates. Articles like this just make everyone smarter, and make finding a job that much harder.
Transcoding from one compressed format to another creates nasty artifacts, and should be avoided.
The solution is to use an uncompressed camera - your material is better quality, free of any legal restrictions, and you can transcode into any final delivery format you want.
If you need to reply to email in a timely manner, wouldn't you get that mail on a smartphone, not a computer?
Bring them in your smartphone and see what they do. I doubt they'll be able to encrypt the root drive...
For a long time, EVERY PDA was called a Palm Pilot, they pretty much defined the category.
And then time moved on. Stand-alone PDAs don't exist any more, HTC is a major player in the smartphone world, and Palm is a failing company.
When the Model T arrived, it pretty much defined its category. Don't see them around much any more.
Maybe the site's designers are actually phishing, and collecting people's credit card details. If they are ever challenged, they have the "hey, it was just an educational web site" defense to fall back on.
The web site also has a "Carreers" section that lists their job "opporttunities".
Pro tip: you may not want to work for a technology-based company that can't spell check their own web site.
Especially since these are not particularly fast computers. They are optimized to do financial transactions - something which requires incredibly fast I/O, but generally only requires a single addition per transaction.
So, if your cloud requires blindingly fast I/O, great (but then the NYSE would need to buy a bunch more disks). If your cloud requires some compute power, these may not be ideal machines.