"Owning that technology seems monumentally valuable.."
Perhaps for a while, but it's all risk/reward, and not in any way a sure thing. We've all heard the claims for decades.
The only way it's "monumentally valuable" is if it not only works, but can be commercialized fast enough to provide an ROI shorter than the remaining patent term, unless you seriously believe that practical fusion power can be kept a trade secret.
Because, no one "owns that technology" even if they figure it out. Society has simply granted limited rights in exchange for publicly disclosing how to do it.
I mentioned 2020 because it's the newer, wider gamut and it includes the full (well, 99.99%) P3 gamut. Most people don't have digital cinema projectors or a source for the associated content. 2020 is for consumer UHDTV, is what UHD content will be mastered for, and so is most applicable to this discussion.
The OP is already confusing the needs of content creators with content delivery, I didn't see a need to throw a bunch more at them, like dynamic contrast extension (Dolby Vision, HDR10+) or pulldown.
Android ICS: 7 years (security updates: ha ha, when's the last time you got one?)
Debian Linux "Long Term Support" (Wheezy): 5 years (2013-2018, to end of security updates)
Windows 7: (released 10/2009, security updates to 1/2020), a bit more than 10 years.
MacOS: it's a mess. They don't really offer ongoing support for an OS version, but upgrades to newer versions. And, running those depends on what hardware you have. Near as I can tell, the current 10.14 (Mohave) version only runs on hardware from mid-2012. So, a bit over 6 years.
I have issues with Windows, but will freely admit that they do a better job of long term support than the alternatives. But overall, they're in the same ballpark.
"Most of you here on Slashdot are supporting a side Russia is strongly supporting. Doesn't that tell you anything about how wrong it is to support Net Neutrality as the FCC had it?"
Huh? Why? Are you unable to think for yourself, so you just have a knee-jerk reaction that anything the Russians might be for, for any reason, you're against?
"I thought the whole point of paying for streaming service was to avoid ads?"
No, the point is to pay for the content you're interested it, instead of having to buy some large bundle of crap costing more which includes that content.
Playing ads during pause seems an excellent compromise, to a point. The only downsides I can see are increased bandwidth consumption (minor), and a problem if you're pausing to see if Han shot first. (Mute and pause if you don't want to hear the ads)
Yep. The article was obviously influenced by an appraiser who anticipates reduced income. People should be allowed to be stupid, and stupidity should be painful. But there are lots of non-government protections already in place - the mortgage writer and the title insurance company will both ensure that they're protected if the buyer simply walks away. It's only an issue if a buyer is paying cash. And if they can afford that, they should be smart enough to check things out beforehand.
...and robo-calls are nothing new. In fact, this seems better than many. At least it's honest, unlike a lot of the political ones which often start with something like "Hi, this is X Y, calling to urge you to support..." No, it isn't person X Y, it's a recording being played back by an automated dialer.
No, you simply don't understand that any delay needed to fetch from RAM when coming out of a sleep measured in seconds is absolutely meaningless in the real world.
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The study would have come out last year, other than the fact that it had multiple authors.
"But you overlook the "we have always been at war with eastasia" as an excuse for universal surveillance"
But, think of the terrorists!!!
Opioids and Facebook.
"Who thought we would be landing rockets vertically with reusable boosters?"
Private enterprise, FTW!
"Experts Urge US To Continue Support For Nuclear Fusion Research"
s/Experts/Recipients of government grants/
"The predictions of "Lost in Space", "2001 A Space Odyssey", "The Jetsons" etc etc had all failed to materialise."
I think you deliberately left out "Brave New World" and "1984" because those _have_ come true.
"Owning that technology seems monumentally valuable.."
Perhaps for a while, but it's all risk/reward, and not in any way a sure thing. We've all heard the claims for decades.
The only way it's "monumentally valuable" is if it not only works, but can be commercialized fast enough to provide an ROI shorter than the remaining patent term, unless you seriously believe that practical fusion power can be kept a trade secret.
Because, no one "owns that technology" even if they figure it out. Society has simply granted limited rights in exchange for publicly disclosing how to do it.
But, but, but, think of the scientists!
"When they say this protein could be "spread", is it like a bacteria or virus?"
Google "prion".
I think a tax on urban ISPs would be best. They're the ones making the most money.
"I started programming on a 256x192 screen with 28x24 characters."
You were lucky. I had 6x 7-segment LEDs (KIM-1). But, that's not really right, because before that the "display" was larger, a 1x80 punch card.
I mentioned 2020 because it's the newer, wider gamut and it includes the full (well, 99.99%) P3 gamut. Most people don't have digital cinema projectors or a source for the associated content. 2020 is for consumer UHDTV, is what UHD content will be mastered for, and so is most applicable to this discussion.
The OP is already confusing the needs of content creators with content delivery, I didn't see a need to throw a bunch more at them, like dynamic contrast extension (Dolby Vision, HDR10+) or pulldown.
"why do not have an sRGB or AdobeRGB rating ... Why don't professional TV reviewers use optical testing equipment..."
Because video is ultimately encoded as YCrCb, wide gamut is compared against Rec. 2020, and you're not looking at the right review sites
"curling needs a lot of arm power!"
... for lifting all that beer.
Android ICS: 7 years (security updates: ha ha, when's the last time you got one?)
Debian Linux "Long Term Support" (Wheezy): 5 years (2013-2018, to end of security updates)
Windows 7: (released 10/2009, security updates to 1/2020), a bit more than 10 years.
MacOS: it's a mess. They don't really offer ongoing support for an OS version, but upgrades to newer versions. And, running those depends on what hardware you have. Near as I can tell, the current 10.14 (Mohave) version only runs on hardware from mid-2012. So, a bit over 6 years.
I have issues with Windows, but will freely admit that they do a better job of long term support than the alternatives. But overall, they're in the same ballpark.
"Vietnam...See Korea for the sequel"
Your time machine is borken.
"the only reason we pulled out of Vietnam is that the anti-war movement persuaded Congress that we couldn't win."
Well, that and the fact that we weren't winning, and couldn't win, regardless of any protests.
"Most of you here on Slashdot are supporting a side Russia is strongly supporting. Doesn't that tell you anything about how wrong it is to support Net Neutrality as the FCC had it?"
Huh? Why? Are you unable to think for yourself, so you just have a knee-jerk reaction that anything the Russians might be for, for any reason, you're against?
It's someone trying to use "big" words they don't understand in order to appear literate. They failed.
If their iThing display is speaking curses, they have more to worry about than they realize.
"I thought the whole point of paying for streaming service was to avoid ads?"
No, the point is to pay for the content you're interested it, instead of having to buy some large bundle of crap costing more which includes that content.
Playing ads during pause seems an excellent compromise, to a point. The only downsides I can see are increased bandwidth consumption (minor), and a problem if you're pausing to see if Han shot first. (Mute and pause if you don't want to hear the ads)
This is just Animal 57.
(Soylent Green is people!)
Yep. The article was obviously influenced by an appraiser who anticipates reduced income. People should be allowed to be stupid, and stupidity should be painful. But there are lots of non-government protections already in place - the mortgage writer and the title insurance company will both ensure that they're protected if the buyer simply walks away. It's only an issue if a buyer is paying cash. And if they can afford that, they should be smart enough to check things out beforehand.
...and robo-calls are nothing new. In fact, this seems better than many. At least it's honest, unlike a lot of the political ones which often start with something like "Hi, this is X Y, calling to urge you to support..." No, it isn't person X Y, it's a recording being played back by an automated dialer.
No, you simply don't understand that any delay needed to fetch from RAM when coming out of a sleep measured in seconds is absolutely meaningless in the real world.
I understand how, not knowing how sleep states work, you would think that.