Though, to be fair, nothing will really target leading specs in smartphones and nothing will be optimized too much for any particular hardware; like with PCs...
OTOH - all NGP titles will work on exactly the same, fast (for the field) machine. With aggressive optimizations possible (if not at the start)
Unfortunately goddamn people are still stuck in the "evil proprietary Sony" meme. Haven't they heard about wide use of SD by Sony, or how SE is microSD exclusive for a year or two? (not to mention involvement in such standards as FDD, CD, S/PDIF, DAT, DVD, DV, HDV... or how console carts have different purpose from memcards) I mean, WTF?
Or do you think "The enigma machine - still used and replicated by enthusiasts and historians" to send vital secret communication, to direct submarines at high seas, sink merchant ships, communicate with invading armies, etc.?
A normal organization hides from slander, moving controversial figures away from the public spotlight and replacing them with new faces. Regardless of Wikileaks' benevolent message, it seems intent on parading Assange around as a sort of "martyr for the rebellion" figure.
"Normal" is basically just another word for "average"...that's not the best approach regarding activities which could be, how you put it, good for humanity.
Especially if the organization could be forced into constant reorganizations just by new slander & controversy directed at every new face.
"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt,"
"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."
...and Assange broke those limits, as far as I am concerned.
And that's just when talking about monthly financial barriers in some very few, rather atypical places. Most of the 5+ billion mobile subscribers own their phones, and use prepaid.
Look at top handsets in top20 countries via Part 3 of this report. Most of them for not really above $120 or $200 total, for whole life of a device, up front (yes, I basically doubled your monthly example / closer to 200 - the less prosperous a given place is, the bigger the premium on consumer electronics; also, keep in mind "Big Mac Index" - so this absolute $200 might be easily close to your subjective $500 or $1000; data access likewise, subjectively - so there's not much need beyond Opera Mini + FB & IM j2me app) - but BTW a lot is quite sturdy, offers quite good reception in marginal conditions, and very dependable battery life (things where Androids, especially low-end ones, don't fare so well). And, from models listed, it's clear they have long lifetimes.
Particularly notable are Samsung Star & Corby (TouchWiz "feature phones") or LG Cookie. Really, check them out. Those are the widely popular "dumbphones" of today.
I'm not sure if complex & with lower structural safety margins = advanced... (materials science did improve, and that technology is used in aircraft/vehicles; of course not near enough to make a huge difference for a spaceplane / please don't try to discard (required) sunk costs...)
Imagine how much better aeolipile (look it up) we can build now, with our current technology. Or, with our level of micro-mechanics, how much more powerful and available difference engines could be. Similarly with ironclads, battleships or flying boats.
Those are of course, to a greater or lesser degree, much more extreme examples of what they're meant to show, but...
(though OTOH that's even stronger when proposing a repeat of mistakes)
Of course, nobody is discussing this in analogue form, when it is a part of those small books every kid gets over here (around the time of the First Communion), which include basics of catechism, prayers, checklists, guidelines, mood setting reading; also for sacraments.
To be fair, saying "Now it has less benefit than our primate sense of vertigo" is very premature, at the least... it's all about winning the evolutionary race (of whatever form, in whatever medium), in the end.
And actually, I suspect it might be even helpful at some point - not a lot of other reasons to really push for space colonization, other than "to claim the gift of deity-of-the-hour".
PS. BTW, it's very revealing to possibly experience, at earlier stages of life, a form of curioussyndrome... which largely disappeared around the same time as when drugs targeting its underlying condition have done its job and were discontinued. The specific condition being, according to neurologists, very under-diagnosed (no, it's nothing like stereotypes; my relatively noticeable form was about fainting too easily, in conditions which are "normally" contributing anyway - high temperature, exhausting exercise, oxygen deprivation - the last, funnily enough, typically in churches!...sounds familiar?) - and suspected in quite a few religious figures.
Edge scenarios don't change much, as far as desirable conduct of sacrament goes. Heck, I can hypothetically perform a perfectly valid baptism, if in dire circumstances... even though I should be excommunicated by Vatican many times by now.
It looks perfectly within scales required on the picture, especially since its antenna (and a whip one, essentially, not anywhere near the smallest possible) is simply determined by the wavelength to which it responds. A bit shorter wavelength, much shorter (1/4) the antenna.
And whole device is perfectly close to the shape of a dragonfly, can form its structure. The few acoustic / electronic components - also easily much smaller (The Thing was built at the end of WW2!)
A lot of stuff isn't declassified (what do you think such devices were used for? And in this case, if my guess is correct, it would be largely a copy of something the godless commies did, we can't admit to doing that...)
A variant of The Thing could have been small & light enough?... (but I wonder if there simply wasn't much need, for the effort - with so many other methods to plant a bug, between strong arming and bribery / etc., with denying any involvement anyway whatever the case... maybe such dragonfly wasn't even particularly practical)
Or the media frenzy increased the probability that the actual perpetrator of some accident will think it's a good excuse / will even start to believe in it.
(...or the typical demographic involved in "slammed the gas pedal instead of brakes" is more likely to drive Toyotas)
But that's the thing, barriers for entry in some places ("wireless for all" below the logo of MetroPCS is for very small values of "all"...), rather atypical ones.
Look at top handsets in top20 countries via Part 3 of this report. Not a lot of them cost $200 (yes, closer to 200 - the less prosperous a given place is, the bigger the premium on consumer electronics; also, keep in mind "Big Mac Index"... so this absolute $200 might be easily close to your subjective $500 or $1000; data access also can be often quite a lot expensive, especially subjectively... so there's not much need beyond Opera Mini + FB & IM j2me app) - but BTW a lot is quite sturdy, offers quite good reception in marginal conditions, and very dependable battery life (things where Androids, especially low-end ones, don't fare so well). And, from models, it's clear they have long lifetimes.
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Though, to be fair, nothing will really target leading specs in smartphones and nothing will be optimized too much for any particular hardware; like with PCs...
OTOH - all NGP titles will work on exactly the same, fast (for the field) machine. With aggressive optimizations possible (if not at the start)
Unfortunately goddamn people are still stuck in the "evil proprietary Sony" meme. Haven't they heard about wide use of SD by Sony, or how SE is microSD exclusive for a year or two? (not to mention involvement in such standards as FDD, CD, S/PDIF, DAT, DVD, DV, HDV... or how console carts have different purpose from memcards) I mean, WTF?
...unless in a limited way.
Or do you think "The enigma machine - still used and replicated by enthusiasts and historians" to send vital secret communication, to direct submarines at high seas, sink merchant ships, communicate with invading armies, etc.?
On which side?
A normal organization hides from slander, moving controversial figures away from the public spotlight and replacing them with new faces. Regardless of Wikileaks' benevolent message, it seems intent on parading Assange around as a sort of "martyr for the rebellion" figure.
"Normal" is basically just another word for "average"...that's not the best approach regarding activities which could be, how you put it, good for humanity.
Especially if the organization could be forced into constant reorganizations just by new slander & controversy directed at every new face.
"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt,"
"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."
...and Assange broke those limits, as far as I am concerned.
(it even sheds some light on Swedish investigation: Assange touched my pussy)
The saddest part: simple demographics apparently suggests that close to 1% of original DN3D players didn't make it, over the years...
And that's just when talking about monthly financial barriers in some very few, rather atypical places. Most of the 5+ billion mobile subscribers own their phones, and use prepaid.
Look at top handsets in top20 countries via Part 3 of this report. Most of them for not really above $120 or $200 total, for whole life of a device, up front (yes, I basically doubled your monthly example / closer to 200 - the less prosperous a given place is, the bigger the premium on consumer electronics; also, keep in mind "Big Mac Index" - so this absolute $200 might be easily close to your subjective $500 or $1000; data access likewise, subjectively - so there's not much need beyond Opera Mini + FB & IM j2me app) - but BTW a lot is quite sturdy, offers quite good reception in marginal conditions, and very dependable battery life (things where Androids, especially low-end ones, don't fare so well). And, from models listed, it's clear they have long lifetimes.
Particularly notable are Samsung Star & Corby (TouchWiz "feature phones") or LG Cookie. Really, check them out. Those are the widely popular "dumbphones" of today.
What about Discovery?
I'm not sure if complex & with lower structural safety margins = advanced... (materials science did improve, and that technology is used in aircraft/vehicles; of course not near enough to make a huge difference for a spaceplane / please don't try to discard (required) sunk costs...)
Imagine how much better aeolipile (look it up) we can build now, with our current technology. Or, with our level of micro-mechanics, how much more powerful and available difference engines could be. Similarly with ironclads, battleships or flying boats.
Those are of course, to a greater or lesser degree, much more extreme examples of what they're meant to show, but...
(though OTOH that's even stronger when proposing a repeat of mistakes)
Which works in both scenarios; and is somewhat more likely if one doesn't follow speed limits / flow of traffic around.
Web 3.0 ~= "apps"?
Of course, nobody is discussing this in analogue form, when it is a part of those small books every kid gets over here (around the time of the First Communion), which include basics of catechism, prayers, checklists, guidelines, mood setting reading; also for sacraments.
To be fair, saying "Now it has less benefit than our primate sense of vertigo" is very premature, at the least ... it's all about winning the evolutionary race (of whatever form, in whatever medium), in the end.
;> (can we even fully break free, anyway?)
... which largely disappeared around the same time as when drugs targeting its underlying condition have done its job and were discontinued. The specific condition being, according to neurologists, very under-diagnosed (no, it's nothing like stereotypes; my relatively noticeable form was about fainting too easily, in conditions which are "normally" contributing anyway - high temperature, exhausting exercise, oxygen deprivation - the last, funnily enough, typically in churches!...sounds familiar?) - and suspected in quite a few religious figures.
And actually, I suspect it might be even helpful at some point - not a lot of other reasons to really push for space colonization, other than "to claim the gift of deity-of-the-hour".
Surprising amounts of hidden truth, too
PS. BTW, it's very revealing to possibly experience, at earlier stages of life, a form of curious syndrome
Whether you share their beliefs or not, that amount of condescension is simply rude.
Saying that is itself quite revealing (also: 1 & 2)
Edge scenarios don't change much, as far as desirable conduct of sacrament goes. Heck, I can hypothetically perform a perfectly valid baptism, if in dire circumstances ... even though I should be excommunicated by Vatican many times by now.
- Whoa, that green stuff looks interesting, if only we could know what it's made of!
- Sorry, we can't do that; lordholm was in charge of the scientific package and he's not fond of using launch budget on mass spectrometer
- Shit. Well, at least we have more pretty pictures!
Does any cat know, beforehand?
It looks perfectly within scales required on the picture, especially since its antenna (and a whip one, essentially, not anywhere near the smallest possible) is simply determined by the wavelength to which it responds. A bit shorter wavelength, much shorter (1/4) the antenna.
And whole device is perfectly close to the shape of a dragonfly, can form its structure. The few acoustic / electronic components - also easily much smaller (The Thing was built at the end of WW2!)
A lot of stuff isn't declassified (what do you think such devices were used for? And in this case, if my guess is correct, it would be largely a copy of something the godless commies did, we can't admit to doing that...)
A variant of The Thing could have been small & light enough?... (but I wonder if there simply wasn't much need, for the effort - with so many other methods to plant a bug, between strong arming and bribery / etc., with denying any involvement anyway whatever the case ... maybe such dragonfly wasn't even particularly practical)
Or the media frenzy increased the probability that the actual perpetrator of some accident will think it's a good excuse / will even start to believe in it.
(...or the typical demographic involved in "slammed the gas pedal instead of brakes" is more likely to drive Toyotas)
Isn't a checklist (and not very simple ones; guidelines / "mood setting" lecture / etc. there) basically an analogue expert system, in a way?
But that's the thing, barriers for entry in some places ("wireless for all" below the logo of MetroPCS is for very small values of "all"...), rather atypical ones.
Look at top handsets in top20 countries via Part 3 of this report. Not a lot of them cost $200 (yes, closer to 200 - the less prosperous a given place is, the bigger the premium on consumer electronics; also, keep in mind "Big Mac Index"... so this absolute $200 might be easily close to your subjective $500 or $1000; data access also can be often quite a lot expensive, especially subjectively... so there's not much need beyond Opera Mini + FB & IM j2me app) - but BTW a lot is quite sturdy, offers quite good reception in marginal conditions, and very dependable battery life (things where Androids, especially low-end ones, don't fare so well). And, from models, it's clear they have long lifetimes.
Why not - drop all the remaining structure, leave the capsule? Oh...
A distance of 1 light year (or 2) contains an estimated one trillion comets, that seems to be a rather large value of "there isn't anything between".