This doesn't sound down on Surface at all. This reads like a shameless plug FOR Surface.
Inexpensive, interactive, "more in the PC realm", and with "keyboard type" input? I feel like I recently watched someone not shut up about those features for a solid half hour, BUT WHERE?
The one I really hate is when every radio station in the country gets a version of the song with their station name dubbed in, usually with a reference the the nearest big city somewhere. Country songs seem to be the worst about it. "Kickin' up dust in mah pickup truck, blastin' tunes from [WKRP]. Thinkin' of a sweet boy I left behind in [CINCINNATTI]." Unbearably insulting.
Additionally, if the slowdown turns out to be the result of side-fumbling, you can usually (with threats and pestering) get a retro-encapsulator installed that should at least reduce it to tolerable levels (you can never -really- eliminate side-fumbling).
Of course you can decode 30% faster. Then you twiddle your thumbs for a few milliseconds while you wait for the next frame to come across the network. You don't decode into the future, but you are able to get the frame you're currently dealing with onto the screen slightly sooner than a hypothetical friend who is still busy decoding while your TV is already busy doing whatever they manage to waste 66ms on.
Oh my god. The Spoke is back? I've been wondering what it actually was since it came around the first time. Is it like "streets ahead"? Or like "miles ahead"? On the ball? On the spot? In the house? Off the rails? At some point I got the impression that Nickelodeon had some sort of News or "Cool New Stuff" segment called The Spoke, but I don't know where I got that impression. Is it a pure troll invention, or an ancient Internet custom I just never became aware of.
Any information you can give me would be appreciated. I would like wry much to be "on the spoke" as far as this idiom is concerned.
If he plays any 3D games across multiple monitors, they look terrible, because multi-monitor gaming in general looks like garbage, and will for the foreseeable future.
Tablets are generally designed to be resilient, and usable by the unskilled. For that reason, they can't usually be locked down like this, because the feature, in and of itself, is more technical than tablets are meant to be.
I don't know much about Androids, but an iPad makes a good example. Can you hijack DNS on the your wifi network? Yes... but it's incredibly easy to join another wifi network that isn't redirected, and there are no User and Administrator type accounts to keep people from doing so.
If you jailbreak an iPad, there is an extension you can install that locks it into a particular app (the browser, in this case). But getting around it involves, I think, nothing fancier than rebooting the device. You could modify the Hosts file on it to redirect no matter which network the user is on, as well... but a dedicated goof-off could always resort to direct DNS entry to cause mischief.
I would try to find out if anyone sells a wireless display with touchscreen capabilities. That could be linked to a computer that's locked down at an arbitrary level, and would prevent users from engaging in the kinds of shennigans they get up to when they have access to function keys and Reset buttons. If users can use the ctrl key or reboot the machine, you -will- end up with porn on your browser.
As a bonus, the device would be borderline useless to anyone who walks off with it and isn't fairly gadget-oriented, and you might be able to run several of them off of one host machine.
If this exists, someone should let me know, because I've made made want one.
Wireless is great, but the real goal is just something hand-held that each person in the waiting room can have one of. Run some USB cables out to each end-table in the waiting room, and attach them to these. They're cheap, so have them stolen is less of an issue... unplugging them makes the, stop working, which makes them less immediately temping... they have no keyboard and no buttons that affect the actual computer behind the scenes... They're a perfect solution if you don't mind a few cables.
It's officially tacky to post Slashvertisements. I think we may need to develope a similar more against Slashaganda.
I love bombs. We all love bombs. I would love nothing more than to sit around all day watching super-slow-mo footage of random objects being blown to hell... but this article doesn't even announce a new bomb to watch.
The only thing potentially newsworthy in this article is the shocking cost of the program... but the cost doesn't seem to be the highlight. The themes of this article are:
1. Our bombs are huge
2. We are making our bombs huger
3. We are making our bombs huger because of Iran's defenses
First, it contains obvious saber-rattling. It announces to Iran that we know about their fortifications, and that we are already working on ways to defeat them. Second, it encourages it's American audience to think of bombs, bombing, and bunkers in the same space as Iran, and to visualize them as an enemy being attacked... and as an enemy we have the ability to defeat.
Throw in the fact that it's coming from the Wall Street Journal, and the whole thing becomes embarrassing.
"according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan" and decided to leak it because this is something the public needs so desperately to know? What a joke.
Yes, 100% of people need a computer these days. The more important fact is that 99% of them already have one. The only people who need new computers are gamers, and most of us probably follow the upgrade path for years at a time anyway. The ten percent of people who think they might enjoy having an iPad around dwarfs the number of people who need to order an actual new computer from someone like Dell.
I have two iPads, but I have literally never purchased a new computer. I've received hand-me-downs, I've gutted old cases and filled them with whichever piece I most desperately needed to upgrade to get a game running well, I've found deals at the nearby used-computer shop... My mom has had the same laptop I told her to buy for over five years, and I recently replaced a used computer media-center at her place with a better used computer. My sister has had the same desktop for even longer. She doesn't need more.
But they both -want- a tablet (although not enough to buy one, yet), and I'll probably buy an iPad 3 when it rolls around. Maybe I'll hand the iPad 1 down to my mom when the 3 comes out, and then Apple and Dell can be in the same boat.
For everyone above... Try putting the keyboard -behind- the tablet.
My theory is that both displays are actually showing a bird's-eye view of a Windows desktop, as rendered by a redstone emulation of an X86 processor. The visual difference is because the worse card needed the "Fancy Graphics" and "Smooth Lighting" options turned off.
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."
I've seen exactly one use of e-ink in the wild: ebooks.
We were hearing about color versions, video-speed versions, and wrappable versions five years ago. What can I buy? A monochrome Kindle with refresh so slow it make a man want to buy you another refresh.
By the end of my first day with an iPad, I thought to myself, "You know what would be great? A nice, protective folding case with a keyboard attached to the inside of D'OH!"
I just tapped out a fairly long email with it, but man... keyboards... they sure are good for typing.
One advantage I didn't really think about before the pad: a (non-Apple) charger + cable is like, 10 bucks, so I just have three dedicated chargers for different locations around the house. Not having to move a power brick when moving between heavy-use areas is a wonderful luxury.
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This doesn't sound down on Surface at all. This reads like a shameless plug FOR Surface.
Inexpensive, interactive, "more in the PC realm", and with "keyboard type" input? I feel like I recently watched someone not shut up about those features for a solid half hour, BUT WHERE?
The one I really hate is when every radio station in the country gets a version of the song with their station name dubbed in, usually with a reference the the nearest big city somewhere. Country songs seem to be the worst about it. "Kickin' up dust in mah pickup truck, blastin' tunes from [WKRP]. Thinkin' of a sweet boy I left behind in [CINCINNATTI]." Unbearably insulting.
I can't think of any more fitting punishment than the measly trickle of bitcoins he would have seen out of this scheme.
Additionally, if the slowdown turns out to be the result of side-fumbling, you can usually (with threats and pestering) get a retro-encapsulator installed that should at least reduce it to tolerable levels (you can never -really- eliminate side-fumbling).
Of course you can decode 30% faster. Then you twiddle your thumbs for a few milliseconds while you wait for the next frame to come across the network. You don't decode into the future, but you are able to get the frame you're currently dealing with onto the screen slightly sooner than a hypothetical friend who is still busy decoding while your TV is already busy doing whatever they manage to waste 66ms on.
But that isn't what they were shut down for, is it? The plain result may be good, but the precedent is horrifying.
So, do you get to shoot zombies, or is it seriously just a standard adventure game?
But the more people we fire yesterday, the more sharply the employment graph increases today. And the more money we have. It's win-win!
Oh my god. The Spoke is back? I've been wondering what it actually was since it came around the first time. Is it like "streets ahead"? Or like "miles ahead"? On the ball? On the spot? In the house? Off the rails? At some point I got the impression that Nickelodeon had some sort of News or "Cool New Stuff" segment called The Spoke, but I don't know where I got that impression. Is it a pure troll invention, or an ancient Internet custom I just never became aware of. Any information you can give me would be appreciated. I would like wry much to be "on the spoke" as far as this idiom is concerned.
If only they'd built it with six thousand and ONE hulls!
If he plays any 3D games across multiple monitors, they look terrible, because multi-monitor gaming in general looks like garbage, and will for the foreseeable future.
It is my quest to inform my fellow man.
Tablets are generally designed to be resilient, and usable by the unskilled. For that reason, they can't usually be locked down like this, because the feature, in and of itself, is more technical than tablets are meant to be.
I don't know much about Androids, but an iPad makes a good example. Can you hijack DNS on the your wifi network? Yes... but it's incredibly easy to join another wifi network that isn't redirected, and there are no User and Administrator type accounts to keep people from doing so.
If you jailbreak an iPad, there is an extension you can install that locks it into a particular app (the browser, in this case). But getting around it involves, I think, nothing fancier than rebooting the device. You could modify the Hosts file on it to redirect no matter which network the user is on, as well... but a dedicated goof-off could always resort to direct DNS entry to cause mischief.
I would try to find out if anyone sells a wireless display with touchscreen capabilities. That could be linked to a computer that's locked down at an arbitrary level, and would prevent users from engaging in the kinds of shennigans they get up to when they have access to function keys and Reset buttons. If users can use the ctrl key or reboot the machine, you -will- end up with porn on your browser.
As a bonus, the device would be borderline useless to anyone who walks off with it and isn't fairly gadget-oriented, and you might be able to run several of them off of one host machine.
If this exists, someone should let me know, because I've made made want one.
If it doesn't you cold even use one of these:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/usb-gadgets/c609/
Wireless is great, but the real goal is just something hand-held that each person in the waiting room can have one of. Run some USB cables out to each end-table in the waiting room, and attach them to these. They're cheap, so have them stolen is less of an issue... unplugging them makes the, stop working, which makes them less immediately temping... they have no keyboard and no buttons that affect the actual computer behind the scenes... They're a perfect solution if you don't mind a few cables.
It's only backwards-compatible with GameCube games. it isn't compatible with NES, SNES, or N64 games.
Kinetic depth resolution is only 320x240.
It's officially tacky to post Slashvertisements. I think we may need to develope a similar more against Slashaganda.
I love bombs. We all love bombs. I would love nothing more than to sit around all day watching super-slow-mo footage of random objects being blown to hell... but this article doesn't even announce a new bomb to watch.
The only thing potentially newsworthy in this article is the shocking cost of the program... but the cost doesn't seem to be the highlight. The themes of this article are:
1. Our bombs are huge
2. We are making our bombs huger
3. We are making our bombs huger because of Iran's defenses
First, it contains obvious saber-rattling. It announces to Iran that we know about their fortifications, and that we are already working on ways to defeat them. Second, it encourages it's American audience to think of bombs, bombing, and bunkers in the same space as Iran, and to visualize them as an enemy being attacked... and as an enemy we have the ability to defeat.
Throw in the fact that it's coming from the Wall Street Journal, and the whole thing becomes embarrassing.
"according to U.S. officials briefed on the plan" and decided to leak it because this is something the public needs so desperately to know? What a joke.
Yes, 100% of people need a computer these days. The more important fact is that 99% of them already have one. The only people who need new computers are gamers, and most of us probably follow the upgrade path for years at a time anyway. The ten percent of people who think they might enjoy having an iPad around dwarfs the number of people who need to order an actual new computer from someone like Dell. I have two iPads, but I have literally never purchased a new computer. I've received hand-me-downs, I've gutted old cases and filled them with whichever piece I most desperately needed to upgrade to get a game running well, I've found deals at the nearby used-computer shop... My mom has had the same laptop I told her to buy for over five years, and I recently replaced a used computer media-center at her place with a better used computer. My sister has had the same desktop for even longer. She doesn't need more. But they both -want- a tablet (although not enough to buy one, yet), and I'll probably buy an iPad 3 when it rolls around. Maybe I'll hand the iPad 1 down to my mom when the 3 comes out, and then Apple and Dell can be in the same boat. For everyone above... Try putting the keyboard -behind- the tablet.
I recently assisted a gentleman on HughesNet with a ping of 1008.
My theory is that both displays are actually showing a bird's-eye view of a Windows desktop, as rendered by a redstone emulation of an X86 processor. The visual difference is because the worse card needed the "Fancy Graphics" and "Smooth Lighting" options turned off.
"The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots."
Stephen Fry disagrees.
Haught believes science and religion are "compatible", and Coyne disagrees.
I knew we kept you low-numbered people around here for something.
I've seen exactly one use of e-ink in the wild: ebooks.
We were hearing about color versions, video-speed versions, and wrappable versions five years ago. What can I buy? A monochrome Kindle with refresh so slow it make a man want to buy you another refresh.
I have some comfort for you:
By the end of my first day with an iPad, I thought to myself, "You know what would be great? A nice, protective folding case with a keyboard attached to the inside of D'OH!"
I just tapped out a fairly long email with it, but man... keyboards... they sure are good for typing.
One advantage I didn't really think about before the pad: a (non-Apple) charger + cable is like, 10 bucks, so I just have three dedicated chargers for different locations around the house. Not having to move a power brick when moving between heavy-use areas is a wonderful luxury.
And sometimes Half-Life: Episode 3 happens.