I have a cable which cost $1, which I can charge my phone with for an indefinite number of times, from my PC, my laptop, an AC charger, my car, a battery pack, or even my TV - anything with a USB port. It's not like what you're describing is some kind of advantage - any phone can be recharged from an external battery.
A phone with a replaceable battery offers that, and more. Especially that it's easy and inexpensive to replace when the battery will no longer hold a charge.
Really, the iPhone/iPad non-user-replaceable battery thing is all about planned obsolescence and the ultimate expression of design over function - they expect you to buy another iDevice before the battery dies and no longer holds a charge. I wouldn't buy a phone without a replaceable battery.
The discussion wasn't transfer of info from machine to machine, but of experiences from humans to machine. Sorry to inform, but the technology in Total Recall is fiction.
Your telling me about your experiences is not the same as if I had those experiences myself. If it were, the travel industry would be dead - everyone would just read about it in books (or watch the video).
The summary implies this somehow connects to a USB port on a monitor. I was curious how it would then do video. Answer - it doesn't use USB. It's actually made to connect to an MHL port, which isn't nearly as widespread as either HDMI or USB. MHL doesn't use a specific connector - although it's quite common for it to be provided as an alternative to USB over a micro-USB connector (some smartphones do this). But, it's one or the other - you can't do both at once over a USB connector. MHL ports provide power, where HDMI ones don't (well, 5V@50mA, which ain't much) - which is the reason they're doing it that way. (there are also some proprietary connectors with more pins which will accept a USB plug, or a proprietary plug which allows simultaneous USB and MHL)
Still no references or specifics. "Two days before it started going down" displays an extreme ignorance of the market - it's normal for stocks to go up and down over time. There was a broad decline of the NT stock price starting around March 2001, but there were many days it was up.
More significant would be "two days before xxx was announced publicly."
"One of the execs got rid of ALL of their stock two days before it tanked."
References? Nortel didn't "tank" in a single day, it happened over much of 2001. If an exec was in the habit of immediately exercising, then selling options as they vested, or before they expired, it might not be unusual for them to sell "all" of their stock holdings on a regular basis.
"making custom batches of 100 laptops would be insanely expensive."
And yet, manufacturer's do something similar all the time, as part of the development process. You've alluded to that with the $100K MB redesign comment. Sure, the plastics may not have the final finish, etc., but (to the OP's point) putting more effort into wider scale customer trials would reap obvious benefits.
They tend not to do that, because the downside is that details inevitably get out to the competition. Still, I believe the benefits outweigh... better to have confirmation from actual customers than to expect legitimate criticism from a design team reviewing their own work.
"You don't have to delve too deeply into this one, to be honest."
You're right on that.
It becomes much clearer when one understands that the quote in the summary attributed to the former Autonomy CEO, Lynch, is actually from the Guardian. And, that "watering down" doesn't mean what the Guardian thinks it means (if one waters down an argument, they make it weaker than it actually is). Assuming someone got something right, what Lynch actually said was "Simply put, these allegations are false."
Thomas Jefferson owned cannons. As did the privateers hired by the Continental Congress as mercenaries. The Constitution recognizes that such weapons will be in private hands, since without them Congress's ability to "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal" would be worthless.
You use a pullthrough, or clean with a rod from the muzzle (it's the bore you're cleaning). Both types of cleaning kits were standard issue at various times. Because of the design, you would have to remove the barrel from the receiver (an armory job) to use a rod through the breech.
Another, more significant, example of where the stated rules don't apply is carrying a pistol in a holster. Fully loaded, ready to fire (especially a Glock or 1911 in "condition 1"), commonly pointing at your leg/foot.
How interesting. I point out that the rules aren't absolute. A few people argue with that - by pointing out exceptions to the rules. Then someone comes along and marks me a troll. Very interesting.
As I said, it's not absolute - there are things unspoken involved. Firearms are not always disassembled when cleaning. For instance, the US Army Field Manual for the M1 Garand, does not advise disassembly prior to chamber and bore cleaning.
Of course, the same applies when transporting a firearm - they are frequently pointed at things you won't want to shoot. The unwritten part is that if it's unloaded, on safe, and encased, you're OK.
"Automatic" means that if you pull the trigger, the gun will fire rounds until either a) you release the trigger, or b) you run out of ammunition in the weapon.
That's only for rifles. For pistols, the term "automatic" is ambiguous. "Automatic pistol" is frequently used for a pistol which works like a semi-automatic rifle (rearms after each shot). For example, the official US designation for the 1911 pistol was "Automatic Pistol, Caliber.45, Model of 1911".
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I have a cable which cost $1, which I can charge my phone with for an indefinite number of times, from my PC, my laptop, an AC charger, my car, a battery pack, or even my TV - anything with a USB port. It's not like what you're describing is some kind of advantage - any phone can be recharged from an external battery.
A phone with a replaceable battery offers that, and more. Especially that it's easy and inexpensive to replace when the battery will no longer hold a charge.
Really, the iPhone/iPad non-user-replaceable battery thing is all about planned obsolescence and the ultimate expression of design over function - they expect you to buy another iDevice before the battery dies and no longer holds a charge. I wouldn't buy a phone without a replaceable battery.
The discussion wasn't transfer of info from machine to machine, but of experiences from humans to machine. Sorry to inform, but the technology in Total Recall is fiction.
You must be a really good author. What books have you written, which have conveyed the full breadth of your experiences so completely and accurately?
Your telling me about your experiences is not the same as if I had those experiences myself. If it were, the travel industry would be dead - everyone would just read about it in books (or watch the video).
The summary implies this somehow connects to a USB port on a monitor. I was curious how it would then do video. Answer - it doesn't use USB. It's actually made to connect to an MHL port, which isn't nearly as widespread as either HDMI or USB. MHL doesn't use a specific connector - although it's quite common for it to be provided as an alternative to USB over a micro-USB connector (some smartphones do this). But, it's one or the other - you can't do both at once over a USB connector. MHL ports provide power, where HDMI ones don't (well, 5V@50mA, which ain't much) - which is the reason they're doing it that way. (there are also some proprietary connectors with more pins which will accept a USB plug, or a proprietary plug which allows simultaneous USB and MHL)
Still no references or specifics. "Two days before it started going down" displays an extreme ignorance of the market - it's normal for stocks to go up and down over time. There was a broad decline of the NT stock price starting around March 2001, but there were many days it was up.
More significant would be "two days before xxx was announced publicly."
"One of the execs got rid of ALL of their stock two days before it tanked."
References? Nortel didn't "tank" in a single day, it happened over much of 2001. If an exec was in the habit of immediately exercising, then selling options as they vested, or before they expired, it might not be unusual for them to sell "all" of their stock holdings on a regular basis.
"making custom batches of 100 laptops would be insanely expensive."
And yet, manufacturer's do something similar all the time, as part of the development process. You've alluded to that with the $100K MB redesign comment. Sure, the plastics may not have the final finish, etc., but (to the OP's point) putting more effort into wider scale customer trials would reap obvious benefits.
They tend not to do that, because the downside is that details inevitably get out to the competition. Still, I believe the benefits outweigh... better to have confirmation from actual customers than to expect legitimate criticism from a design team reviewing their own work.
That's because the real HP was renamed Agilent. They left the HP name behind with the dregs.
"You don't have to delve too deeply into this one, to be honest."
You're right on that.
It becomes much clearer when one understands that the quote in the summary attributed to the former Autonomy CEO, Lynch, is actually from the Guardian. And, that "watering down" doesn't mean what the Guardian thinks it means (if one waters down an argument, they make it weaker than it actually is). Assuming someone got something right, what Lynch actually said was "Simply put, these allegations are false."
Thomas Jefferson owned cannons. As did the privateers hired by the Continental Congress as mercenaries. The Constitution recognizes that such weapons will be in private hands, since without them Congress's ability to "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal" would be worthless.
Cannon were the WMD of the time.
If you want to work for the devil, you have to expect the devil in the details.
"Here is Australia we do have possession with the intent to cause fear - cap gun anyone?"
Whoopie cushion.
"do the authority exagerate the context to make a case,"
That's a tautology.
"At 5000 metres, the air is thin, so twice the normal airflow is necessary to cool the machine, which draws some 140 kilowatts of power."
Computers are getting more like people. Now they're even getting high.
Pun alert:
"Using airlocks to depressurize is a time consuming, exhausting process."
You use a pullthrough, or clean with a rod from the muzzle (it's the bore you're cleaning). Both types of cleaning kits were standard issue at various times. Because of the design, you would have to remove the barrel from the receiver (an armory job) to use a rod through the breech.
Another, more significant, example of where the stated rules don't apply is carrying a pistol in a holster. Fully loaded, ready to fire (especially a Glock or 1911 in "condition 1"), commonly pointing at your leg/foot.
How interesting. I point out that the rules aren't absolute. A few people argue with that - by pointing out exceptions to the rules. Then someone comes along and marks me a troll. Very interesting.
But that's not part of the rule, is it? As I said, the rules are not absolute.
As I said, it's not absolute - there are things unspoken involved. Firearms are not always disassembled when cleaning. For instance, the US Army Field Manual for the M1 Garand, does not advise disassembly prior to chamber and bore cleaning.
Of course, the same applies when transporting a firearm - they are frequently pointed at things you won't want to shoot. The unwritten part is that if it's unloaded, on safe, and encased, you're OK.
Yes, Ordnance Dept., US Army.
That's only for rifles. For pistols, the term "automatic" is ambiguous. "Automatic pistol" is frequently used for a pistol which works like a semi-automatic rifle (rearms after each shot). For example, the official US designation for the 1911 pistol was "Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, Model of 1911".
Rule 4 is just a subset of rule 2. Rules 1 and 2 are not absolute, they are violated any time someone cleans a firearm.