Unless the manufacturer artificially requires them to.
None of them do.
An SSID identifies an access point. A password is something your neighbor neglected to require, or something your modem's integrated public hotspot (with an SSID like xfinitywifi) may not require.
No Smart TVs will connect to a random open network.
Employers don't offer fast chargers. Just regular slow chargers. The employee is going to be there all day, so it doesn't matter if it takes a few hours to charge up for the ride home.
If no one is in front of you, perhaps... what if 3 people are in front of you?
I have only once needed to wait at a supercharger, and then only for a few minutes. Waiting will be less of a problem as more people drive Teslas, because the demand will be more predictable over a larger number of cars, and Tesla will be installing a lot more superchargers.
I know a guy who owns a Leaf that sits in his garage because the 50 mile round trip to work is a bit too risky
Many employers offer recharging outlets at work, so maybe he should look into that. In fact, maybe he should have looked into that before he bought the car.
Or the cost that is cut is you, the expensive developer.
My company provides free sandwiches because we have found that people that eat at their desk are back to coding within 20 minutes, while those that go out to eat are unproductive for an hour or more. The cost of the sandwich is far less than the value of those extra 40 minutes. So if anyone is going to be cut, it is going to be the slackers that paid for their lunch, not the people that got the free lunch.
Unless you want to look at something other than the "Please activate this Smart TV" screen.
Smart TVs do not require an Internet connection to use HDMI, to connect to cable, or to connect to an antenna.
What do you think Wi-Fi and OTA TV are? Air gaps bridged by RF.
What do you think an SSID and a password are? Air gaps are not bridged if there is no connection to your network.
If you don't want your TV connected to the Internet, then DON'T CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET. You don't need special hardware to not exist in order to accomplish that.
If he was smart enough to turn off location history, then he would be able to get a better job than "bank robber". In the movies there are a lot of criminal masterminds, but IRL, most crooks are pretty stupid.
Anyway, as long as the cops go to a judge and get a warrant, I don't see the problem here.
Because your forgetting we pay for those features wither we want them or not.
An ARM chip and a few GB of buffer likely add less than $5 to the cost of the TV, and even a dumb TV will need some sort of microcontroller anyway. The marginal cost is near zero, and is swamped by the benefits of mass production.
To expect a product customized to your personal preferences at a lower cost, is silly.
If true, then Theranos could quickly debunk their BS by publicly demonstrating their technology in front of credible experts. Please explain why they haven't done that.
Please, no Forbes links. I tried to read a Forbes article, and they insisted that I whitelist their site. So I did, and the very first page was filled with blinking and flashing ads. Bad behavior should not be rewarded, so no links to Forbes.
Whatever happened to the value of good honest labour?
To be fair, Elizabeth had a reputation for working very long hours. She arrived early, stayed late, and worked through the weekends. Her tech may have failed, but it wasn't because of a lack of hard work.
Sounds fine.. as long as they don't start requiring people to connect to the internet, and there is no difference in cost for the 'smarts'
1. No smart TVs require an Internet connection. 2. Smart TVs are actually cheaper, through the wonders of mass production. 3. Advertisements cannot jump an air gap.
So buy a smart TV, use the features you want, ignore the features you don't want. You will pay nothing more, and there is no drawback. You can even invite your mom down to the basement to watch Netflix with you.
This. I want a new TV but am struggling to find a good non-smart one:-\
Why do you care? If you don't want the "smart" features, just don't use them, and don't connect it to your network. Someday you may have a girlfriend, or even a family, and your TV will already have the convenient features that normal people expect.
Yeah. This thing smells of snakeoil like those $50k gold audio cables.
Big difference. The audio cables are in your home, where nobody sees them until they already know you. But this cellphone can be used to make a first impression. When a human male reaches mating age, he develops a need to display fitness and social status in order to attract a desirable mate. We already have $15,000 watches, so why not a $15,000 cellphone, that he can display by setting it on the table during a first date. He could even prearrange with one of his friends to call the phone, and pose as a "financial advisor" or a "business associate".
The only question is if "Solarin" can be established as a recognized luxury brand, like Rolex, Bulgari, or Gucci. There is no point in buying the phone if no one recognizes what it is, and how much it cost.
You are comparing apples to oranges. The RPi-Zero does not come with a header, so you will need to do some soldering. A better comparison is with the standard RPi, which costs more. The BBC Micro:Bit has additional sensors, including a 3D accelerometer. The Arduino is a nice device for learning electronics and bit banging, but it does not run Linux, has no HDMI or other video port, and cannot be used as a standalone computer.
Anyway, once something is "cheap enough", a few dollars here and there should not be the deciding factor. The features and capabilities matter more.
Not when it is supplied to a third party, in this case Sprint.
You could say the same thing about data shared with your doctor, your bank, or your lawyer. Disclosing information to a 3rd party does not make it "theirs".
There is a simple test for whether the police need a warrant: Would a normal citizen have legal access to the information? If anyone can go to a cell carrier and get location data on anyone else, then the police should be able to do the same. Otherwise, they should need a warrant.
... If someone ELSE broke in and found the information, and then released it to the public - but I wouldn't do such a thing.... heheheh
According to TFA that is NOT what they are doing. Also, according to TFA, that is exactly what they are doing. When an article is written this incompetently, and contains contradictory statements, and zero actual examples, it is best not to draw conclusions from anything it says.
Is any European country at risk of invasion by the US, for example?
Militarily, no. Culturally, yes. There are a dozen McDonalds within walking distance of the Louvre. Europeans search with Google, and socialize with Facebook. American culture, mostly from American corporations, is pervasive in Europe, and many of them don't like it.
I don't understand the desire to bash the US that seems so rampant on Slashdot.
Don't take it personally. America is on top, and people have a natural inclination to complain about the top dog. But they don't really mean it. Very few people in Europe would prefer a Russian or Chinese world order over what they have now.
Nobody said that about GWB. He was ahead in the polls from the start, had a solid record as governor of Texas, and he ran as a center-right "compassionate conservative" moderate. For the first year, he also governed as a center-right moderate. It wasn't until his 2002 "axis-of-evil" speech that his presidency went off the rails.
Some corals tolerate heat much better than others. We should identify the genes that make that possible, and clone them into other coral species. Some research is being done.
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Unless the manufacturer artificially requires them to.
None of them do.
An SSID identifies an access point. A password is something your neighbor neglected to require, or something your modem's integrated public hotspot (with an SSID like xfinitywifi) may not require.
No Smart TVs will connect to a random open network.
So what happens when Saudi Arabia gets self-driving cars? Will unescorted women be allowed to use them?
Not to a fast charger.
Employers don't offer fast chargers. Just regular slow chargers. The employee is going to be there all day, so it doesn't matter if it takes a few hours to charge up for the ride home.
If no one is in front of you, perhaps... what if 3 people are in front of you?
I have only once needed to wait at a supercharger, and then only for a few minutes. Waiting will be less of a problem as more people drive Teslas, because the demand will be more predictable over a larger number of cars, and Tesla will be installing a lot more superchargers.
I know a guy who owns a Leaf that sits in his garage because the 50 mile round trip to work is a bit too risky
Many employers offer recharging outlets at work, so maybe he should look into that. In fact, maybe he should have looked into that before he bought the car.
Or the cost that is cut is you, the expensive developer.
My company provides free sandwiches because we have found that people that eat at their desk are back to coding within 20 minutes, while those that go out to eat are unproductive for an hour or more. The cost of the sandwich is far less than the value of those extra 40 minutes. So if anyone is going to be cut, it is going to be the slackers that paid for their lunch, not the people that got the free lunch.
Unless you want to look at something other than the "Please activate this Smart TV" screen.
Smart TVs do not require an Internet connection to use HDMI, to connect to cable, or to connect to an antenna.
What do you think Wi-Fi and OTA TV are? Air gaps bridged by RF.
What do you think an SSID and a password are? Air gaps are not bridged if there is no connection to your network.
If you don't want your TV connected to the Internet, then DON'T CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET. You don't need special hardware to not exist in order to accomplish that.
Thing is, if Google's Location History is off...
If he was smart enough to turn off location history, then he would be able to get a better job than "bank robber". In the movies there are a lot of criminal masterminds, but IRL, most crooks are pretty stupid.
Anyway, as long as the cops go to a judge and get a warrant, I don't see the problem here.
Because your forgetting we pay for those features wither we want them or not.
An ARM chip and a few GB of buffer likely add less than $5 to the cost of the TV, and even a dumb TV will need some sort of microcontroller anyway. The marginal cost is near zero, and is swamped by the benefits of mass production.
To expect a product customized to your personal preferences at a lower cost, is silly.
Your mom is a lot more fun though.
... only if you have the premium channels.
The original article was essentially bullshit
If true, then Theranos could quickly debunk their BS by publicly demonstrating their technology in front of credible experts. Please explain why they haven't done that.
They're actually relevant to the story here!
Please, no Forbes links. I tried to read a Forbes article, and they insisted that I whitelist their site. So I did, and the very first page was filled with blinking and flashing ads. Bad behavior should not be rewarded, so no links to Forbes.
Whatever happened to the value of good honest labour?
To be fair, Elizabeth had a reputation for working very long hours. She arrived early, stayed late, and worked through the weekends. Her tech may have failed, but it wasn't because of a lack of hard work.
Sounds fine.. as long as they don't start requiring people to connect to the internet, and there is no difference in cost for the 'smarts'
1. No smart TVs require an Internet connection.
2. Smart TVs are actually cheaper, through the wonders of mass production.
3. Advertisements cannot jump an air gap.
So buy a smart TV, use the features you want, ignore the features you don't want. You will pay nothing more, and there is no drawback. You can even invite your mom down to the basement to watch Netflix with you.
This. I want a new TV but am struggling to find a good non-smart one :-\
Why do you care? If you don't want the "smart" features, just don't use them, and don't connect it to your network. Someday you may have a girlfriend, or even a family, and your TV will already have the convenient features that normal people expect.
Yeah. This thing smells of snakeoil like those $50k gold audio cables.
Big difference. The audio cables are in your home, where nobody sees them until they already know you. But this cellphone can be used to make a first impression. When a human male reaches mating age, he develops a need to display fitness and social status in order to attract a desirable mate. We already have $15,000 watches, so why not a $15,000 cellphone, that he can display by setting it on the table during a first date. He could even prearrange with one of his friends to call the phone, and pose as a "financial advisor" or a "business associate".
The only question is if "Solarin" can be established as a recognized luxury brand, like Rolex, Bulgari, or Gucci. There is no point in buying the phone if no one recognizes what it is, and how much it cost.
You are comparing apples to oranges. The RPi-Zero does not come with a header, so you will need to do some soldering. A better comparison is with the standard RPi, which costs more. The BBC Micro:Bit has additional sensors, including a 3D accelerometer. The Arduino is a nice device for learning electronics and bit banging, but it does not run Linux, has no HDMI or other video port, and cannot be used as a standalone computer.
Anyway, once something is "cheap enough", a few dollars here and there should not be the deciding factor. The features and capabilities matter more.
The Donald.
Not when it is supplied to a third party, in this case Sprint.
You could say the same thing about data shared with your doctor, your bank, or your lawyer. Disclosing information to a 3rd party does not make it "theirs".
There is a simple test for whether the police need a warrant: Would a normal citizen have legal access to the information? If anyone can go to a cell carrier and get location data on anyone else, then the police should be able to do the same. Otherwise, they should need a warrant.
... If someone ELSE broke in and found the information, and then released it to the public - but I wouldn't do such a thing. ... heheheh
According to TFA that is NOT what they are doing. Also, according to TFA, that is exactly what they are doing. When an article is written this incompetently, and contains contradictory statements, and zero actual examples, it is best not to draw conclusions from anything it says.
Is any European country at risk of invasion by the US, for example?
Militarily, no. Culturally, yes. There are a dozen McDonalds within walking distance of the Louvre. Europeans search with Google, and socialize with Facebook. American culture, mostly from American corporations, is pervasive in Europe, and many of them don't like it.
I don't understand the desire to bash the US that seems so rampant on Slashdot.
Don't take it personally. America is on top, and people have a natural inclination to complain about the top dog. But they don't really mean it. Very few people in Europe would prefer a Russian or Chinese world order over what they have now.
People said that about George W. Bush.
Nobody said that about GWB. He was ahead in the polls from the start, had a solid record as governor of Texas, and he ran as a center-right "compassionate conservative" moderate. For the first year, he also governed as a center-right moderate. It wasn't until his 2002 "axis-of-evil" speech that his presidency went off the rails.
It better give good blow jobs at that price.
Nope, it has no suction capability. It is basically just an Amazon Echo with wheels at three times the price.
Some corals tolerate heat much better than others. We should identify the genes that make that possible, and clone them into other coral species. Some research is being done.