We have TSA-Pre, which usually means shorter lines. Last year I was flying home from Boston - the regular security line snaked back and forth several times. The "Pre" line didn't exist as there was nobody ahead of me - the TSA guy was reading a magazine when I got there.
More recently the lines exist but are still short. Maybe 5 minutes.
I use Pwsafe on Android myself. I can just copy the database from my desktop to the phone, and I am ready to go. No conversion required - databases are binary compatible.
And BTW - I use a Yubikey plus a password to open the safe. On the PC, I insert the Yubikey in a USB slot when I want to open the safe. On the phone I make use of the fact that the Yubikey has NFC, and support for that has been integrated into pwsafe - there I just hold the yubikey up against the back of the phone to finish the unlock process.
Most ATMs still run an embedded version of XP. This isn't the same as the XP that we all used to use, but a special version for embedded systems, but Microsoft has dropped support for it as well, and support ended this year on Jan 12th.
Well my view is that the business model for some of these companies never made that much sense. But then again, I don't see much value in forcing users to endure advertisements of some sort or another, and at the end of the day the infestors really only saw that there were potentially a lot of captive eyeballs, and the possibility of more targeted marketing.
So now the infestors are weary of throwing money at these companies when they still haven't demonstrated how they are going to get repaid. And now the companies need to tighten their belts. None of this is a surprise. My guess is that 5 years from now, a good number of these unicorns will be out of business.
The employees will come away with something on their resume, and they will have stories about the stupid money that was floating around in the "good old days".
For one, there is an Android app on my phone that lets me stream audio.
If you just google "bbc news streaming", you can pick over a variety of stories to watch, some of which are very current. It isn't the same as just live streaming the channel - apparently the cable companies prevent them from selling that to people in the US/Canada.
True. ESPN itself seems to offer mainly talking heads flapping their gums and filling time. The games themselves are what people really want to see, and those are scattered on a number of channels.
Well, news is very personal. Do you want local news? That's highly dependent on what the local news outlets offer, but some people have good luck with rabbit ears.
I know you can stream the BBC online, if that's the sort of news you want.
I personally like channels like Discovery, History, Science, NatGeo, Smithsonian, and so forth. I haven't seen anything at all on Netflix or anything like it that offers much of anything to me. Just a handful of things here and there - maybe. But I keep hoping.
We haven't been to a theatre in a couple of years. The "commercials" that are now common are annoying. As are other patrons who can't seem to figure out that when they ask people to turn off their cell phones that it applies to everyone.
Of course there is also the issue that to us most of the movies suck.
The main reason *uckerberg is trying to push more and more video is that they can inject more and more ads into the video stream that are harder to avoid. Banner ads off to the side are just part of the background that you don't have to pay attention to if you don't want to.
We all saw how well the Microsoft tool did identifying stuff in photos. Although it would actually be kind of amusing to see what kind of inedible things such a tool would come up with.
Usually they offer a somewhat reasonable severance package that you only get if you agree to transfer the knowledge. That's about the only carrot they have, of course, but for many people it works.
Before the upgrade we had 1 Verizon DVR and 4 Verizon non-DVR boxes, and that ran about 54$ a month just for equipment rental.
After the upgrade, the fees are 5$/month for one cable card. Over 3 years, that's around 1800$ savings.
Upfront hardware costs are the Tivo Roamio, plus 4 minis, and a lifetime subscription. The minis are relatively cheap and have no subscription fee - they all run off of the Roamio (I think the Roamio has something like 6 tuners in it). I would have to look it up, but my recollection is that my upfront cost was about 1600$.
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We have TSA-Pre, which usually means shorter lines. Last year I was flying home from Boston - the regular security line snaked back and forth several times. The "Pre" line didn't exist as there was nobody ahead of me - the TSA guy was reading a magazine when I got there.
More recently the lines exist but are still short. Maybe 5 minutes.
I use Pwsafe on Android myself. I can just copy the database from my desktop to the phone, and I am ready to go. No conversion required - databases are binary compatible.
And BTW - I use a Yubikey plus a password to open the safe. On the PC, I insert the Yubikey in a USB slot when I want to open the safe. On the phone I make use of the fact that the Yubikey has NFC, and support for that has been integrated into pwsafe - there I just hold the yubikey up against the back of the phone to finish the unlock process.
I am still waiting for Apple to have a 50% off sale on sales of their shares..
Now all of the hipsters will want one. Or are they using Moto StarTAC? I have a hard time keeping up with what they want..
Most ATMs still run an embedded version of XP. This isn't the same as the XP that we all used to use, but a special version for embedded systems, but Microsoft has dropped support for it as well, and support ended this year on Jan 12th.
That's a bad example, because virtually nobody gets the plague these days, and that's without a vaccine.
On the other hand, when you have populations where the immunization rates have dropped, you do see a resurgence of the diseases.
In the movie it was Carl's Junior, but Wendys seems to want to get there first.
Well my view is that the business model for some of these companies never made that much sense. But then again, I don't see much value in forcing users to endure advertisements of some sort or another, and at the end of the day the infestors really only saw that there were potentially a lot of captive eyeballs, and the possibility of more targeted marketing.
So now the infestors are weary of throwing money at these companies when they still haven't demonstrated how they are going to get repaid. And now the companies need to tighten their belts. None of this is a surprise. My guess is that 5 years from now, a good number of these unicorns will be out of business.
The employees will come away with something on their resume, and they will have stories about the stupid money that was floating around in the "good old days".
I can't answer that, but to ask why do people care about the Karcrashians? People care about lots of things that seem irrelevant to me.
For one, there is an Android app on my phone that lets me stream audio.
If you just google "bbc news streaming", you can pick over a variety of stories to watch, some of which are very current. It isn't the same as just live streaming the channel - apparently the cable companies prevent them from selling that to people in the US/Canada.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
True. ESPN itself seems to offer mainly talking heads flapping their gums and filling time. The games themselves are what people really want to see, and those are scattered on a number of channels.
Well, news is very personal. Do you want local news? That's highly dependent on what the local news outlets offer, but some people have good luck with rabbit ears.
I know you can stream the BBC online, if that's the sort of news you want.
I personally like channels like Discovery, History, Science, NatGeo, Smithsonian, and so forth. I haven't seen anything at all on Netflix or anything like it that offers much of anything to me. Just a handful of things here and there - maybe. But I keep hoping.
We haven't been to a theatre in a couple of years. The "commercials" that are now common are annoying. As are other patrons who can't seem to figure out that when they ask people to turn off their cell phones that it applies to everyone.
Of course there is also the issue that to us most of the movies suck.
I know a number of people that don't have FB. And for that matter I don't have it myself.
I can't help but wonder what fraction of the accounts are spammers and bots.
The main reason *uckerberg is trying to push more and more video is that they can inject more and more ads into the video stream that are harder to avoid. Banner ads off to the side are just part of the background that you don't have to pay attention to if you don't want to.
We all saw how well the Microsoft tool did identifying stuff in photos. Although it would actually be kind of amusing to see what kind of inedible things such a tool would come up with.
The nerds would have gotten the captain to slow down and avoid the collision in the first place.
I am confused, because my watch says that it is the 18th.
that we can cut these bastards off. But between news and sports, the things that we do watch just aren't available on any of these streaming sites.
Usually they offer a somewhat reasonable severance package that you only get if you agree to transfer the knowledge. That's about the only carrot they have, of course, but for many people it works.
Doesn't work for a couple of reasons.
First, identifying what IP addresses are out of the U.S. is actually not as easy as you think.
Secondly, a malware-infected server somewhere within the U.S. could still mount an attack on you.
I would have suggested "It's frickin' freezin' in here Mr Bigglesworth", which by itself is too long, so one could go with "Bigglesworth".
But I assumed there was no way that they were ever going to put BMBF on the bow of that ship.
Before the upgrade we had 1 Verizon DVR and 4 Verizon non-DVR boxes, and that ran about 54$ a month just for equipment rental.
After the upgrade, the fees are 5$/month for one cable card. Over 3 years, that's around 1800$ savings.
Upfront hardware costs are the Tivo Roamio, plus 4 minis, and a lifetime subscription. The minis are relatively cheap and have no subscription fee - they all run off of the Roamio (I think the Roamio has something like 6 tuners in it). I would have to look it up, but my recollection is that my upfront cost was about 1600$.
5$/month for Verizon. But with the Tivo boxes, we only need 1 for 5 TVs.
The downside is buying a bunch of Tivo equipment, but the payback period is about 3 years.
CableCards still exist - we just got one a few months ago from Verizon to work with TiVo.