Items 1, 3, and 4 you may be able to do, but the quality would really suck and would be a very poor substitute for the real thing manufactured with conventional techniques. I'd love to see #2 done but no you can't. At least not all the components.
Since makemoneywhilelivingunderthebridge.com isn't registered, it would be a pretty ineffectual spam message. But then again, a good portion of the spam messages I get have broken, malformed, or incomprehensible links so I guess it's still probably unclear.
Its otherwise correct spelling and grammar with the exception of multiple exclamation points makes me think it's a genuine comment, and above par for most Slashdot comments to boot.
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The idea of not including physical "back" and "menu" buttons is:
1) Nobody's quite sure where "back" should go back to, and what menu "menu" should open
Leave that up to the app to decide maybe? I've never had a problem on my Android phones understanding what the back button did after pressing it once or twice with a new app.
With apps that have multiple screens that change, it usually takes you back a screen, such as back to the main menu. If you're at the main menu, it exits. With apps that do everything in the same screen, such as a web browser, it takes you back a page or back to your home screen. Press it again or double tap it at any point and it closes the app.
Not saying that the indeterminate nature of letting the programmer is better or worse than the IOS nature. It's just another example where Apple has chosen to rigorously enforce what they think is best, where Android has chosen to allow the app developer or the end user what is best.
2) You're using up space on the device on functions that not every app needs
You mean the empty space on the left and right of the button on all iPhones that's essentially wasted? If the entire face of the phone was the screen and the phone relied exclusively on soft buttons then you'd have a point. But as it stands now, there could be buttons on either side. Look at the S4 for an example.
There are a variety of copyright troll cases that are in the works now where the plaintiffs have either had to pay legal fees for the defense or post bond in case they lose. In the former case, $20-50k in defense fees have been awarded before the case even went to trial. Other cases bonds of $250k were asked for. And these are for "simple" copyright infringement cases, not a patent fight.
Troll cases usually are calculated to cost more than what is a trivial amount, but less than what it will cost to defend and risk losing. As you pointed out $50k is a drop in the bucket. But is $300k? $500k? What if litigation costs for all sorts of experts, eventual appeals, etc reaches $1+m? That's a lot more of a risk.
The "official" way is for the charger to short the data pins and then go into current limit if the device tries to draw more power than it can supply.
I'll admit that I'm not an electrical engineer, but why would a charger need to current limit the power if the device tries to draw more than it can provide?
That's like putting a restrictor plate on my car so that I can go faster then it allows me to go.
I work in Boulder, but the Sheriff's office said that everyone should stay home today. A lot of the roads are perfectly fine, but empty because everyone is staying home. A few spots are really flooded and impassable though.
That sounds a lot like most midwest or northern cities and towns when they declare a winter weather emergency. Get a lot of snow in a short period of time, authorities ask people not to purposefully chance going out if they don't need to. It saves them having to drag someone out of a snow bank and they can focus on clearing the roads.
But, for those of us that regularly recompile the OS and kernel, an SSD isn't going to stand up to that for very long.
Hogwash. There are many activities that write far more data on a regular basis to a SSD then compiling a kernel. Hang out in a HTPC forum and many, many people use SSD as storage for live tv buffers that are constantly writing a deleting GB of data every hour they are operating.
See where it says promising, candidate, and could in the title? Those means that it's not here, but we're getting closer. Doesn't mean that we're there yet, and as such all those promising candidates that could be a cure disappear because they were just that, promising candidates that could be...but ended up not being.
This is a 64-bit hand-held device with an amazing display and good battery life
And by amazing you mean similar or inferior to every other high end cell phone currently on the market. Ditto for good battery life. At best, the display and battery life are par. At worst, they are less and are competing with phones that came to market months before the 5S.
Mythbusters had an episode where they tried different methods of bypassing biometric security devices. If memory serves me, the "high end" door lock they tested read not only the finger print, but also looked at other characteristics that supposedly only real living flesh would be able to pass. They were circumvented by licking the fake finger print.
That was 6+ years ago, so I'm sure there have been advances. So I'll wait until the phones are actually available before looking for the articles about how the sensor has been defeated. My over/under is 1 week.
~$30/year assuming you watch TV 8 hours a day, every day. I sure hope power consumption wasn't a major factor for you.
If you pay a flat rate of $.10/kwh no the payback alone isn't worth it. With many areas having time-of-use or tiered billing, you may not be paying $.10/kwh during the 8 hours you're watching the TV. You may be paying $.30-.50/kwh during peak hours. Or if you have tiered billing, saving 90kw per hour of use may save you from being bumped from one tier to a higher tier. Still not paying for the TV over several years, but still a significant savings nonetheless.
To me this sounds like a question asking, "what are you going to do with your Walkman?" TVs, and TV-viewing, are quite obsolete. The device you watch anything on now is irrelevant. When you can watch anything you want, any time you want, anywhere you want, why would anyone spend money on a single-use device like a TV to conform to a very outdated form of media consumption?
Because I want the football players on my television every Thursday night, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night to be near life size when I watch them. And not being so selfish, the rest of my family also wants to be able to see the same thing when they watch the same program.
Not a sports fan? Same thing applies for movie buffs.
It's better to have a feature available and choose not to use it, than it is to not have the feature and never be able to.
I don't use 80% of the widgets that are available on my Android phone. The 20% that I do use I use extremely often and would not use a phone that did not have similar functionality.
- Research ways to artificially create horn/tusk material in the lab (similar to what was done with pearls), and flood the market with it so that the value of the product plummets.
That's done wonders for the jewelery industry. Lab grown precious stones and pearls have made the real ones dirt cheap and so affordable that everyone owns large collections of them. Or not.
They exemplify EVERYTHING that's wrong with it? I can think of far, far more examples of things that they aren't exemplifying that's wrong with the world.
This is a family disagreement that has spilled over to an organization tied to the family. Yes it's ugly. Yes MLK probably would have non-violently spanked all his kids over it. But it's hardly exemplify what's wrong with the world.
That was my first thought too. It's a double win for the Indian government. They reduce the opportunity of the US spying on their communications while at the same time increase their opportunity.
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Items 1, 3, and 4 you may be able to do, but the quality would really suck and would be a very poor substitute for the real thing manufactured with conventional techniques. I'd love to see #2 done but no you can't. At least not all the components.
Since makemoneywhilelivingunderthebridge.com isn't registered, it would be a pretty ineffectual spam message. But then again, a good portion of the spam messages I get have broken, malformed, or incomprehensible links so I guess it's still probably unclear.
Its otherwise correct spelling and grammar with the exception of multiple exclamation points makes me think it's a genuine comment, and above par for most Slashdot comments to boot.
Leave that up to the app to decide maybe? I've never had a problem on my Android phones understanding what the back button did after pressing it once or twice with a new app.
With apps that have multiple screens that change, it usually takes you back a screen, such as back to the main menu. If you're at the main menu, it exits. With apps that do everything in the same screen, such as a web browser, it takes you back a page or back to your home screen. Press it again or double tap it at any point and it closes the app.
Not saying that the indeterminate nature of letting the programmer is better or worse than the IOS nature. It's just another example where Apple has chosen to rigorously enforce what they think is best, where Android has chosen to allow the app developer or the end user what is best.
You mean the empty space on the left and right of the button on all iPhones that's essentially wasted? If the entire face of the phone was the screen and the phone relied exclusively on soft buttons then you'd have a point. But as it stands now, there could be buttons on either side. Look at the S4 for an example.
I thought the Great Firewall of China was keeping all the evil out of China. You know, the NSA, GCHQ, etc.
There are a variety of copyright troll cases that are in the works now where the plaintiffs have either had to pay legal fees for the defense or post bond in case they lose. In the former case, $20-50k in defense fees have been awarded before the case even went to trial. Other cases bonds of $250k were asked for. And these are for "simple" copyright infringement cases, not a patent fight.
Troll cases usually are calculated to cost more than what is a trivial amount, but less than what it will cost to defend and risk losing. As you pointed out $50k is a drop in the bucket. But is $300k? $500k? What if litigation costs for all sorts of experts, eventual appeals, etc reaches $1+m? That's a lot more of a risk.
Synthetic corks also make a similar popping sound when they are removed.
I'll admit that I'm not an electrical engineer, but why would a charger need to current limit the power if the device tries to draw more than it can provide?
That's like putting a restrictor plate on my car so that I can go faster then it allows me to go.
That sounds a lot like most midwest or northern cities and towns when they declare a winter weather emergency. Get a lot of snow in a short period of time, authorities ask people not to purposefully chance going out if they don't need to. It saves them having to drag someone out of a snow bank and they can focus on clearing the roads.
Hogwash. There are many activities that write far more data on a regular basis to a SSD then compiling a kernel. Hang out in a HTPC forum and many, many people use SSD as storage for live tv buffers that are constantly writing a deleting GB of data every hour they are operating.
See where it says promising, candidate, and could in the title? Those means that it's not here, but we're getting closer. Doesn't mean that we're there yet, and as such all those promising candidates that could be a cure disappear because they were just that, promising candidates that could be...but ended up not being.
And by amazing you mean similar or inferior to every other high end cell phone currently on the market. Ditto for good battery life. At best, the display and battery life are par. At worst, they are less and are competing with phones that came to market months before the 5S.
Mythbusters had an episode where they tried different methods of bypassing biometric security devices. If memory serves me, the "high end" door lock they tested read not only the finger print, but also looked at other characteristics that supposedly only real living flesh would be able to pass. They were circumvented by licking the fake finger print.
That was 6+ years ago, so I'm sure there have been advances. So I'll wait until the phones are actually available before looking for the articles about how the sensor has been defeated. My over/under is 1 week.
If you pay a flat rate of $.10/kwh no the payback alone isn't worth it. With many areas having time-of-use or tiered billing, you may not be paying $.10/kwh during the 8 hours you're watching the TV. You may be paying $.30-.50/kwh during peak hours. Or if you have tiered billing, saving 90kw per hour of use may save you from being bumped from one tier to a higher tier. Still not paying for the TV over several years, but still a significant savings nonetheless.
Because I want the football players on my television every Thursday night, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday night to be near life size when I watch them. And not being so selfish, the rest of my family also wants to be able to see the same thing when they watch the same program.
Not a sports fan? Same thing applies for movie buffs.
Agreed. The S4 at T-mobile is $99 up front and while it has a different feature set, I think looks better overall for usable features that matter.
It's better to have a feature available and choose not to use it, than it is to not have the feature and never be able to.
I don't use 80% of the widgets that are available on my Android phone. The 20% that I do use I use extremely often and would not use a phone that did not have similar functionality.
Price. A 480GB mSATA card runs $360+ retail. These drives will be around $90 for 500GB, a quarter of the price.
That's done wonders for the jewelery industry. Lab grown precious stones and pearls have made the real ones dirt cheap and so affordable that everyone owns large collections of them. Or not.
No. It's someone who is killed for their, usually religious, beliefs. Nobleness of how they died is not a factor.
They exemplify EVERYTHING that's wrong with it? I can think of far, far more examples of things that they aren't exemplifying that's wrong with the world.
This is a family disagreement that has spilled over to an organization tied to the family. Yes it's ugly. Yes MLK probably would have non-violently spanked all his kids over it. But it's hardly exemplify what's wrong with the world.
Why should I install an entire development kit when all I need/want is the runtime environment?
You've talked to my company's IT department, haven't you!
Circle K? The convenience store Circle K? They gave you a lie detector test? JFC.
You do realize that the CPSC is an independent agency of the US government, right?
That was my first thought too. It's a double win for the Indian government. They reduce the opportunity of the US spying on their communications while at the same time increase their opportunity.