If you have access to your genomic data via 23andme or some other service, you can look up your own status on this. The relevant SNPs appear to be rs1990622 and rs6966915. In both cases, the "good" results are homozygous, and "bad" results are heterozygous.
Maybe I'm an exception, but the S8 seems to move Samsung in the direction of everything I don't want in a phone. I want physical buttons and a home button in the front -- I absolutely loathe the on-screen buttons that other Android phones use. And why exactly would I want the fingerprint reader in the back? Or any button on the back, for that matter? I fingerprint unlock my S6 all the time while it's sitting flat on my desk. Also, I much prefer the flat screens over the curved "edge" screens. The S8 will come only in "edge" models.
This seems like a redesign that moves away from the very things that made the Galaxy line popular.
Because they are transitioning from being a software company to being a data company. That's why Windows 10 is free* and they grab so much (and push so much) data on customers in W10.
If this proves to be successful, then we may see a flat cost model. However, this launch will be a first of its kind. There needs to be some incentive to be first when the possibility of your multi-million dollar multi-man-year project has a non-trivial chance of blowing up.
You're taking it to the wrong place for repair, then. Even Apple charges, at most, $149 for a new screen at an Apple Store. I just got my wife's iPhone 6 screen replaced for $130, and that wasn't the cheapest place in town, merely the most convenient. Also, believe it or not, there is a pretty good market on eBay for broken screens, so you can make $30ish back selling your old one on there.
The most interesting aspect of this, in my opinion, is that once the vulnerabilities were known to not be private anymore, the vendor (Mozilla in this case) immediately fixed all of them. Some bugs had been open for over 300 days. What this says to me is that by keeping vulnerabilities private, it makes vendors lazy about fixing them, and is another data point in favor of the "full disclosure" model of computer security.
I've done a lot of research on this, and the Nokia Asha 501 is the best dumb phone I've found: http://amzn.to/1HncbcC
I purchased it because it was the most smartphone-like phone on which AT&T does not require a data plan (my definition of dumb phone, yours may vary). The battery lasts a few days when using it mostly for music and internet, or a couple weeks (!) when using it for calls only. It's small, but not too small to be useful. With it's built-in WiFi, it's the only dumbphone that I know that will do Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Email, and even a small number of games.
This is not going to touch any iPhone or Android phone by a long shot, but for the price it does pretty well.
Stephenson's books have gotten worse and worse as he's gotten older. Usually authors improve as they age, not put out dreck like Cryptonomicon.
Dreck? Odd, I thought Cryptonomicon was quite good -- possibly his best, or at least in a close race with Snow Crash. Diamond Age was quite good too, though I wasn't crazy about the ending. Zodiac was very good as well.
Anathem, on the other hand... I was really excited for it to come out, as I'd read every other Stpehenson work at that point. It's literally one of the only books in my entire life that I started but did not finish. I got maybe 30% of the way through, and I just couldn't get into the story at all. The characters didn't give me any reason to be interested in them, at least not enough to slog through the last 4 inches of that monster tome.
How about a dead-man's switch, like the ones worn when you drive a WaveRunner or SnowMobile? It might be a physical lanyard, or a more modern approach could be Bluetooth based. When the BT dongle/wristband/whatever that you are wearing gets more than the range of Bluetooth away from the laptop, it auto-locks.
I'm not at all one to defend the Cable/Internet/Cell monopolies that currently exist, but the linked story about people getting shut off is 4 YEARS old!
I've noticed a trend that as technology advances, the ability for a single person (or small group) to wreak havoc grows larger and larger. 9/11 taught us that a mere dozen motivated crazy people can kill over 3000. Nuclear technology falling into the wrong hands could endanger many times more. Now imagine a similar scenario in the far future, with virtually unlimited computing power and advanced technology such as the power to fab any weapon or create any pathogen. A single madman may be able to cause death or destruction on a national or even global scale. What options are there for preventing this?
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If you have access to your genomic data via 23andme or some other service, you can look up your own status on this. The relevant SNPs appear to be rs1990622 and rs6966915. In both cases, the "good" results are homozygous, and "bad" results are heterozygous.
Maybe I'm an exception, but the S8 seems to move Samsung in the direction of everything I don't want in a phone. I want physical buttons and a home button in the front -- I absolutely loathe the on-screen buttons that other Android phones use. And why exactly would I want the fingerprint reader in the back? Or any button on the back, for that matter? I fingerprint unlock my S6 all the time while it's sitting flat on my desk. Also, I much prefer the flat screens over the curved "edge" screens. The S8 will come only in "edge" models.
This seems like a redesign that moves away from the very things that made the Galaxy line popular.
So what's wrong with supplementing vit B12 methylcobalamin? Problem 1 solved. Cheaply.
Nothing. But most people don't know to do this.
AAPL is, as I type, down by $0.28
AAPL is, as I type, soaring past $128. Per the article, this man is now bankrupt.
...seeing how many ports and upgradeable options they can remove.
Because they are transitioning from being a software company to being a data company. That's why Windows 10 is free* and they grab so much (and push so much) data on customers in W10.
* If you thought Windows 10 was no longer free, see https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...
If this proves to be successful, then we may see a flat cost model. However, this launch will be a first of its kind. There needs to be some incentive to be first when the possibility of your multi-million dollar multi-man-year project has a non-trivial chance of blowing up.
You're taking it to the wrong place for repair, then. Even Apple charges, at most, $149 for a new screen at an Apple Store. I just got my wife's iPhone 6 screen replaced for $130, and that wasn't the cheapest place in town, merely the most convenient. Also, believe it or not, there is a pretty good market on eBay for broken screens, so you can make $30ish back selling your old one on there.
What's that you say, an actual News for Nerds story? Bravo, Slashdot!
You are correct, but so is the person to which you are responding. Due to the placebo effect, a placebo *is* more effective than no treatment.
The most interesting aspect of this, in my opinion, is that once the vulnerabilities were known to not be private anymore, the vendor (Mozilla in this case) immediately fixed all of them. Some bugs had been open for over 300 days. What this says to me is that by keeping vulnerabilities private, it makes vendors lazy about fixing them, and is another data point in favor of the "full disclosure" model of computer security.
As I mentioned in my original post, the definition of dumbphone varies. Any phone that doesn't require a data plan is a dumbphone in my book.
I've done a lot of research on this, and the Nokia Asha 501 is the best dumb phone I've found: http://amzn.to/1HncbcC
I purchased it because it was the most smartphone-like phone on which AT&T does not require a data plan (my definition of dumb phone, yours may vary). The battery lasts a few days when using it mostly for music and internet, or a couple weeks (!) when using it for calls only. It's small, but not too small to be useful. With it's built-in WiFi, it's the only dumbphone that I know that will do Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Email, and even a small number of games.
This is not going to touch any iPhone or Android phone by a long shot, but for the price it does pretty well.
Stephenson's books have gotten worse and worse as he's gotten older. Usually authors improve as they age, not put out dreck like Cryptonomicon.
Dreck? Odd, I thought Cryptonomicon was quite good -- possibly his best, or at least in a close race with Snow Crash. Diamond Age was quite good too, though I wasn't crazy about the ending. Zodiac was very good as well.
Anathem, on the other hand... I was really excited for it to come out, as I'd read every other Stpehenson work at that point. It's literally one of the only books in my entire life that I started but did not finish. I got maybe 30% of the way through, and I just couldn't get into the story at all. The characters didn't give me any reason to be interested in them, at least not enough to slog through the last 4 inches of that monster tome.
How about a dead-man's switch, like the ones worn when you drive a WaveRunner or SnowMobile? It might be a physical lanyard, or a more modern approach could be Bluetooth based. When the BT dongle/wristband/whatever that you are wearing gets more than the range of Bluetooth away from the laptop, it auto-locks.
The machines have an AERO CITY logo on them, but with the weird font they used, I first read it as NERD CITY.
They are a bit pricey and hard to find. Here's one I found on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008OGNM8E/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008OGNM8E&linkCode=as2&tag=wbh-20
How awesome would a thumb drive with a hardware write lock be?
These exist. I use one regularly to load malware-cleaning software onto infected machines, without risking getting the thumb drive itself infected.
Obama's still getting the checks, and his balance is increasing. Perhaps you misunderstood what he meant.
Sorry bud, but all our developers use this "niche" all day every day. It's a fundamental requirement of a display manager.
But an Intel HD 4000 ?
I'm not expecting that to keep up with the high-res display.
It doesn't seem to be a problem for the Retina version of the MacBook Pro 13", which uses the same chip.
Applying update 8 of 27...
Please do not turn off your computer.
Nuh uh! All 10 surface pro buyers are furious!
I was confused until I realized you were using binary. Good one!
I'm not at all one to defend the Cable/Internet/Cell monopolies that currently exist, but the linked story about people getting shut off is 4 YEARS old!
I've noticed a trend that as technology advances, the ability for a single person (or small group) to wreak havoc grows larger and larger. 9/11 taught us that a mere dozen motivated crazy people can kill over 3000. Nuclear technology falling into the wrong hands could endanger many times more. Now imagine a similar scenario in the far future, with virtually unlimited computing power and advanced technology such as the power to fab any weapon or create any pathogen. A single madman may be able to cause death or destruction on a national or even global scale. What options are there for preventing this?