A while back some marketing idiot found out that aircraft weren't really make of aluminum foil like his mother told him when he was six.
Since planes are cool and techy and light and strong, 'aircraft' aluminum is cool and techy and light and strong. And cool and techy and light and strong sells.
Looking out how the great shrink has been progressing, I predict that that 12 inch MacBook Pro will completely disappear from this Universe in about a decade. You can still go out an buy it however since it will be infinitely thin and light, you won't be able see or use it.
This morning - I took a great big SHIT. It was so big, it clogged the toilet with no toilet paper. I'm talking about it a shit log as big around as my fist. It rose up out of the toilet water, enhancing the smell, the aroma, the flavor you could taste. It was big, nasty, smelly, and greasy. It was a big healthy SHIT.
This doesn't belong on Slashdot - it belongs on Facebook. Get it straight.
The 360 degree camera is a bit of marketing hype. The only benefit for this arrangement is on an Inspire where you can have two controllers - one for the drone and one for the camera. On a P3 / P4 you just yaw the entire craft - no big deal. I've never seen the landing feet in any video short of a rapid uncontrolled disassembly.
Oh, DJI (Xiamoi's competitor in the drone space) is the same. The CEO has even said he wants to be the Chinese version of Apple and they stuffed Apple stores with their latest offering*. They are plagiarizing the plagiarist.
It's copying all the way down.
* Which is actually impressively ironic since the Apple store has a much better refund / replace policy than the DJI store and if you have the slightest clue, you won't buy directly from DJI.
I recommend a landing net for salmon - about the right size, quiet and useful during fishing season.
Remember, these things basically have cell phone cameras with wide angle lenses. You're not really 'spying' on anybody until you are about six feet from them.
I live just north of Fremont and can't get DSL or cable despite Comcast's government-granted monopoly. I had a connection over a hundred times faster in rural Georgia over fifteen years ago.
They rigged up the DHS so it can't be shut down without taking out a swath of real, useful agencies. DHS controls things like Federal Protective Services, which handles the federal witness protection program as well as security at non-military federal campuses and installations. You don't want FPS to go away, but if you get rid of DHS without doing some major restructuring first, you'll accomplish exactly that.
When private companies pull this trick, it's called "vendor lock-in". DHS isn't going away unless the entire US government goes away. Learn to deal with that.
Congress put those bits into the DHS, they can pull them out of the DHS. I'll even bet they have some of their own stationary hanging around.
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Besides, people have been predicting the death of the oil industry since the 50's, and it's always been "20 years out".
That's OK, we can replace it with fusion power.
You have absolutely no sense of style.
Or plausible deniability for that matter.
All well and good. It's about time for all those dystopian science fiction novels we've all read to pan out.
Oh. Wait.
A while back some marketing idiot found out that aircraft weren't really make of aluminum foil like his mother told him when he was six.
Since planes are cool and techy and light and strong, 'aircraft' aluminum is cool and techy and light and strong. And cool and techy and light and strong sells.
that little USB-C port is why you don't need any other ports.
You shall be strangled in a necklace of dongles. Very slowly.
And, for all that is pasta, bring back the damned 17 inch MPB already. The one with the matte screen.
NOT Shiney! Not Shiney!
Looking out how the great shrink has been progressing, I predict that that 12 inch MacBook Pro will completely disappear from this Universe in about a decade. You can still go out an buy it however since it will be infinitely thin and light, you won't be able see or use it.
You'll just have to take Tim's word for it.
You cannot win elections when the chairman of your party is stripping naked on stage.
The Republicans seem to be trying this tactic.
Anyone actively attempting to be President of the United States should be dragged off for a psych eval.
And left there.
Oh go make a really long call on a cell phone.
This morning - I took a great big SHIT. It was so big, it clogged the toilet with no toilet paper. I'm talking about it a shit log as big around as my fist. It rose up out of the toilet water, enhancing the smell, the aroma, the flavor you could taste. It was big, nasty, smelly, and greasy. It was a big healthy SHIT.
This doesn't belong on Slashdot - it belongs on Facebook. Get it straight.
Works for Hillary and Bill - should be fine.
Because in Soviet America, the government is really the parent.
Think about it.
Ah yes, Merger and Acquisitions. Seems to work out well for the Wall Street types. For everybody else, not so much.
The 360 degree camera is a bit of marketing hype. The only benefit for this arrangement is on an Inspire where you can have two controllers - one for the drone and one for the camera. On a P3 / P4 you just yaw the entire craft - no big deal. I've never seen the landing feet in any video short of a rapid uncontrolled disassembly.
Oh, DJI (Xiamoi's competitor in the drone space) is the same. The CEO has even said he wants to be the Chinese version of Apple and they stuffed Apple stores with their latest offering*. They are plagiarizing the plagiarist.
It's copying all the way down.
* Which is actually impressively ironic since the Apple store has a much better refund / replace policy than the DJI store and if you have the slightest clue, you won't buy directly from DJI.
72 minutes? To unbox?
Who bought the thing? An earthworm?
I recommend a landing net for salmon - about the right size, quiet and useful during fishing season.
Remember, these things basically have cell phone cameras with wide angle lenses. You're not really 'spying' on anybody until you are about six feet from them.
With your nic you might be forgiven for thinking that a "System Restore Point" actually did something along those lines.
The Rest of Us know better.
Not to mention that Israel is the size of New Jersey and has exactly one international airport.
Israel doesn't scale.
And an entire train.
Oops.
I live just north of Fremont and can't get DSL or cable despite Comcast's government-granted monopoly. I had a connection over a hundred times faster in rural Georgia over fifteen years ago.
Are we going to do this EVERY thread?
That's crazy talk.
They rigged up the DHS so it can't be shut down without taking out a swath of real, useful agencies. DHS controls things like Federal Protective Services, which handles the federal witness protection program as well as security at non-military federal campuses and installations. You don't want FPS to go away, but if you get rid of DHS without doing some major restructuring first, you'll accomplish exactly that.
When private companies pull this trick, it's called "vendor lock-in". DHS isn't going away unless the entire US government goes away. Learn to deal with that.
Congress put those bits into the DHS, they can pull them out of the DHS. I'll even bet they have some of their own stationary hanging around.
Consider this - the TSA is arguably ineffective at preventing terrorist attacks.
If one happens everyone will be first in line to sue whomever they can think of - because this is America.
If we don't have the TSA we've saved billions of dollars and countless hours of degradation, abuse and delay.
End result is the same - an unlikely terrorist attack. The TSA-less way is a real win for almost everyone.