Agreed. I also hope the Podcast app will let you adjust the speed of playback. The iPhone app has it. The iTunes app you need a $4.95 extension. (?!?!?!?)
I'm currently using my trusty ole' 2007 and 2012 Mac Minis. And have been patiently wait for 'the next big thing' in redesign and specs and upgrade to a regular Mac.
Which was an awesome machine for it's time. Our university computer lab had a few. As usual for Apple's products, it cost more than people wanted to pay.
"They've asked for $304 million in the 2020 budget to develop such beams, more powerful lasers, and other new tech for next-generation missile defense."
I can't help but think...
+ A company already built it. + They can't say anything due to a military non-disclosure agreement. + A consumer application for the tech is found. + CEO sees dollar signs. + Makes excuse to make it public that it's 'starting' to be worked on. + Consumer equivalent released when manufacturing cost hits consumer price point. + Profit. + Military application still isn't perfect. + Congress says "In for a penny, in for a pound." + CEO sees dollar signs. + Profit. + Still doesn't work. + CEO says, "Yes, but we got this great gadget out of it." +...on the taxpayer's dime.
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Agreed. I also hope the Podcast app will let you adjust the speed of playback. The iPhone app has it. The iTunes app you need a $4.95 extension. (?!?!?!?)
Would love to see him give the same speech to his daughter's boyfriends.
We're talking about No Man's Sky. Not No Man's Brain.
The Humble Hubble Hobbled Happily Homeward
...just not fix one. *grumble*
"...and no one had to be nailed to anything."
So We Don't Fall Off !
"Mr. President, you hit the wrong link. This isn't Twitter."
How do you know they were ever actually talking to anyone in the first place? ;)
But wouldn't that increase the cost of the unit? I mean, the royalty payment to the original patent holder would be astronomical.
Margaret rules!
Then the same goes for love. Because Love's like oxygen.
I'm currently using my trusty ole' 2007 and 2012 Mac Minis. And have been patiently wait for 'the next big thing' in redesign and specs and upgrade to a regular Mac.
Guess I'll be waiting awhile longer. *heavy sigh*
Which was an awesome machine for it's time. Our university computer lab had a few. As usual for Apple's products, it cost more than people wanted to pay.
"They've asked for $304 million in the 2020 budget to develop such beams, more powerful lasers, and other new tech for next-generation missile defense."
I can't help but think...
+ A company already built it. ...on the taxpayer's dime.
+ They can't say anything due to a military non-disclosure agreement.
+ A consumer application for the tech is found.
+ CEO sees dollar signs.
+ Makes excuse to make it public that it's 'starting' to be worked on.
+ Consumer equivalent released when manufacturing cost hits consumer price point.
+ Profit.
+ Military application still isn't perfect.
+ Congress says "In for a penny, in for a pound."
+ CEO sees dollar signs.
+ Profit.
+ Still doesn't work.
+ CEO says, "Yes, but we got this great gadget out of it."
+
"Biggest-Takedown-Notice-Ever."
Yes, except for the 90's songs. But I'm bias. I have to listen to them countless times when I'm at work. ;)
"It's never twins." - Sherlock
"That's right. Because an iPhone has curves around all edges for your comfort. And comes in a wide variety of fashionable colors..."
Ah, yes. Apple, the Romulans of Silicon Valley.
....downloading porn at Starbucks.
*raises hand* Well...yes.
Generally weight is weight. It's determination and dedication which overall decides if you get better.
...of who funded this research and how many lobbyists they have.
You'd hear the mice crawling over the ceiling tiles? *shrug*