I'm a libertarian, who will most likely vote for Trump (because Hillary is a lying bitch who's actually done harm to America, and he's the lesser of two evils); who would own a Tesla if I could afford one, who would own a Leaf if they had better range and weren't so fugly; and I certainly hope this assessment of cheaper EVs is true.
Electric is the way to go. Electricity can come from so many sources. Sure, it's currently sourced mostly from coal and natural gas, but it could come from wind, solar or nuclear (fission or fusion.) Battery tech is advancing quickly, which will make it all the better.
I would love to own an EV within the next five years.
Look at my slash ID. I'm probably older than you. My phone is in my pocket most of the time, and a single charge is just about enough to get me through the day (3 hours of music, maybe 30 minutes of gaming, 20 texts, 10 emails and 1 - 2 phone calls). But, if I'm snowboarding or something -- away from civilization and need extra power, I have the power bank in my backpack or jacket pocket with a long-enough USB cable to allow me to hold my phone and use it.
It is bad when Linux does it -- sometimes. Remember the backlash against Gnome 3 and Unity? This is why we have mate and Cinnamon desktops.
But, that being said, it's worse in this case with Windows for a variety of reasons:
* It's almost compulsory.
* Windows 10 comes with a lot of privacy concerns
* Windows 10 does not work on all systems it wants to install itself on (google "Something happened" for more info)
Additionally, I HATE Microsoft and this is easy bash fodder. So, there's that.
No, I believe a byte is a byte, no matter where it comes from, and should be charged as such. But, I recognize the necessity to meter a limited resource like wireless bandwidth. This effort by T-Mobile is not a way for choosing winners and losers -- it's a way of giving their customers added benefit of not having to limit their binge watching (I torrent, so this doesn't even affect me, anyway) during each month.
No it doesn't. Your service is full speed (as fast as the back haul, towers and your phone can go) for everything. This goes until you reach a certain quantity (like 3 gigs per month), then EVERYTHING is slowed down. The only difference is that the streaming content from popular providers is not metered, and so it doesn't count against your 3 gigs per month.
So, T-mobile puts a program in place that benefits its customers by keeping streaming content off the meters, and this is a problem? Who was net neutrality supposed to benefit again?
Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Anonymous Coward for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic ESL gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
This is, to a degree, like the record companies not wanting to talk to Napster or Apple (when iTunes was new), because their business model was being destroyed. ABP is not going away, and they've extended olive branches (in the way of allowing "non-intrusive" ads). Ignoring ABP is counter productive to the ad industry's cause. Work with them, or they will continue to work against you.
Who is responsible for my fear of snakes? Venomous snakes.
Who is responsible for my Islamophobia? Jihadists/Islamic "extremists"/Islamic terrorists.
If Muslims want to decry rampant Islamophobia, they should stop being the assholes of planet Earth.
Who do you have a better chance of using social engineering against, for the purposes of gaining access to my data? Me at my home, or Amazon employee #43225 at Amazon's data center?
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Well, lefty, you're the one who said "Fuck you, asshole" for simply stating my opinion.
I'm a libertarian, who will most likely vote for Trump (because Hillary is a lying bitch who's actually done harm to America, and he's the lesser of two evils); who would own a Tesla if I could afford one, who would own a Leaf if they had better range and weren't so fugly; and I certainly hope this assessment of cheaper EVs is true.
Electric is the way to go. Electricity can come from so many sources. Sure, it's currently sourced mostly from coal and natural gas, but it could come from wind, solar or nuclear (fission or fusion.) Battery tech is advancing quickly, which will make it all the better.
I would love to own an EV within the next five years.
Time for an ATLAS - ASIMO smackdown! I think ATLAS would kick ASIMO's ass.
Can't go wrong there.
Look at my slash ID. I'm probably older than you. My phone is in my pocket most of the time, and a single charge is just about enough to get me through the day (3 hours of music, maybe 30 minutes of gaming, 20 texts, 10 emails and 1 - 2 phone calls). But, if I'm snowboarding or something -- away from civilization and need extra power, I have the power bank in my backpack or jacket pocket with a long-enough USB cable to allow me to hold my phone and use it.
Replaceable batteries are not necessary. There, I claimed it. Just get one of these.
What the fuck is this story doing on Slashdot? How is this, in any way, tech related?
Well, ultimately, he was Brute forced to die.
I agree. This is now my favorite way to watch Big Buck Bunny. *tee hee*
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My suspicion is that they bought Swiftkey for the IP -- so they can license or sue.
The Google keyboard (comes with google apps) now does swype-type input.
It is bad when Linux does it -- sometimes. Remember the backlash against Gnome 3 and Unity? This is why we have mate and Cinnamon desktops.
But, that being said, it's worse in this case with Windows for a variety of reasons:
* It's almost compulsory.
* Windows 10 comes with a lot of privacy concerns
* Windows 10 does not work on all systems it wants to install itself on (google "Something happened" for more info)
Additionally, I HATE Microsoft and this is easy bash fodder. So, there's that.
Ok, so it's like I said, except they're applying QOS to video streams. So?
No, I believe a byte is a byte, no matter where it comes from, and should be charged as such. But, I recognize the necessity to meter a limited resource like wireless bandwidth. This effort by T-Mobile is not a way for choosing winners and losers -- it's a way of giving their customers added benefit of not having to limit their binge watching (I torrent, so this doesn't even affect me, anyway) during each month.
No it doesn't. Your service is full speed (as fast as the back haul, towers and your phone can go) for everything. This goes until you reach a certain quantity (like 3 gigs per month), then EVERYTHING is slowed down. The only difference is that the streaming content from popular providers is not metered, and so it doesn't count against your 3 gigs per month.
So it would be better if they metered everything?
So, T-mobile puts a program in place that benefits its customers by keeping streaming content off the meters, and this is a problem? Who was net neutrality supposed to benefit again?
Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Anonymous Coward for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particularly glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic ESL gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
Is "Carefully balanced" chaos still chaos?
This is, to a degree, like the record companies not wanting to talk to Napster or Apple (when iTunes was new), because their business model was being destroyed. ABP is not going away, and they've extended olive branches (in the way of allowing "non-intrusive" ads). Ignoring ABP is counter productive to the ad industry's cause. Work with them, or they will continue to work against you.
Who is responsible for my fear of snakes? Venomous snakes.
Who is responsible for my Islamophobia? Jihadists/Islamic "extremists"/Islamic terrorists.
If Muslims want to decry rampant Islamophobia, they should stop being the assholes of planet Earth.
We know, proof-positive, that guns were used in Paris. We've heard that encryption has been used by ISIS. That may or may not be true.
Who do you have a better chance of using social engineering against, for the purposes of gaining access to my data? Me at my home, or Amazon employee #43225 at Amazon's data center?
Or, Kill Bill. "Well, that gentled ya down some."