On the one hand, "No." I have my iPhone. You have your Android phone, I assume. The lines have pretty much been drawn and there's going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance to get over before someone says, "Hey, I like this more than what I have now! It's time to switch."
On the other hand, "Yes." This actually sounds pretty cool. Some people seem to like the Surface devices and if Microsoft can come up with something that's eye-catchingly interesting, it's publicity. Will bunches of people throw away their iPhones and Android phones? Probably not. But Microsoft may get some mind-share out of it--"Hey, that's pretty cool! Not so cool that I'll get rid of my iPhone, but Microsoft is being innovative. I thought that Apple was the only innovative company out there..."
Resolution-agnostic fonts. This has been a part of Macs since their inception [...]
Mac's "inception" was 1984 and, no, fonts were not resolution-agnostic.
Apple developed Postscript based on the same concept.
Adobe developed Postscript and worked with NeXT to develop Display Postscript. Apple had their own technology for fonts as part QuickDraw GX, which went nowhere.
iOS relies on a fixed resolution.
I'll admit, I'm not up on the latest for iOS. But last I looked, iOS now has support for variable resolution. But you're right that it didn't initially.
Did you want federal funds to help pay for it? Okay, then you have to install a conduit. But if you're not using federal money, you don't have to.
Kind of like the 21 year-old drinking law. No, the Federal Government can't tell the states what age to set. Yes, they can say, "If it's not 21, no highway funds."
A customer at Well Fargo actually has to go down to the bank to deposit checks. For me, it's a simple matter of snapping a picture of the checks with my phone.
I don't know how Google works for big customers, but I used Adwords awhile back and the idea was that I put in keywords for things that my customers might be searching or reading about. So my advert for an ICC Profile Editor would appear next to a search for colorimeters or in an article about color management, but wouldn't appear in an Islamic Jihad video.
I mean, last time I flew, I had to take my laptop out of it's bag and have it X-Rayed. I'll grant you, I didn't have to do this with my iPad or phone, granted.
So just say, "Okay, sorry gang, but now you have to have your tablets/phones X-Rayed, too."
Yes, but that would probably just kill people. People are replaceable--they can be created with unskilled labor. We're talking about downing a multi-million dollar aircraft here. Not to mention what would happen to airline profits if people become nervous about flying.
My car is in the shop, it's supposed to rain today and I hate biking in the rain, and I ended up missing the bus. So I called Uber for a ride to work. I was chatting with the driver and he said that they don't get the info until they accept the fare. The driver was saying he normally just does airport runs, but a little 4 mile jaunt isn't a big deal.
I mean, for a taxi service, I can kind of understand this: "Sorry--no way I'm taking my car into (insert bad neighborhood here)." That's bad. But for "ride share"? "Hey, I'm on my way to work, going past the airport, but you want to go in the opposite direction?"
That said, he was my second driver. The first one cancelled on me, so maybe that's the technique--accept the ride and then cancel. Does that hurt some kind of Uber Karma?
That's the theory. It doesn't work so well in practice.
Yes, "Ride-Sharing" is something like, "I'm going past the airport on my way to work every day, so I'll take on a passenger if they're convenient to where I live and drop them at the airport. It's not horribly out of my way and I make a few extra bucks. Where's the harm in that?"
However, Uber has become a taxi service. The vast majority of drivers drive/wait around until someone needs a ride from where they are to where they want to go and then they go pick them up and take them to where they want to go. There's no "sharing"--it's purely a taxi service.
Now, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. If there was ever an industry ripe for disruption, it's the taxi services. And I appreciate the difficulties that Uber has--government taxi overseers are, at best, looking to protect the status-quo and, at worst, corrupt. They will do whatever they can to get Uber drivers out of the equation.
The question is whether the cure, Uber, is worse than the disease.
1) Make cube walls go up to the ceiling, and give us doors and that both of these are reasonably sound-proof, [...] 4) Make sure HVAC is capable of cooling an office with thousands of employees, thousands of computers, inbound sunlight, etc.
Hm. We have all this small spaces with cube walls going up to the ceiling and interfering with airflow.
As I understand it, it isn't a reboot per se. Rather, it will be another story set in "The Matrix Universe." So rather than the story of the Nebuchadnezzar, it will center on the crew of, say, the Ganesha. Make it a prequel.
Think something like "Star Wars: Rogue One" or something similar.
I'd also point out that he sent out 250 resumés and ended up with 4 interviews.
I'll rashly assume that he sat down, came up with a resumé, made 250 copies, and sent them out to anybody who had a job for a "Mechanical Engineer," whether he was qualified or not. You need to consider the job and whether your qualifications match. If they do, your resumé better show exactly how you'd be a great match for the position. If you make me search your resumé to try to figure out whether or not you're worth bringing in for an interview, I'll probably bring in the person who made it clear why I should hire them.
Let's say I'm deciding on a house. Well, I work here and there's a nice house 10 miles from work. But there's a house that's just as nice but a bit cheaper 40 miles from work. So I'll buy that house and drive on the freeway. Other people have the same idea and pretty soon that freeway is full of commuters going to-and-from work. If you add capacity, you just end up with more people making that same decision to live further away because the freeway makes it so convenient.
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How about writing some new stories, instead of remaking movies?
Yeah, I mean, "Dunkirk?" It's just a remake of something that happened 70-something years ago.
Hey, Nolan! Do something original!
Perhaps they should.
Guy pulls out his cell phone, turns it on, a drone flies in and shoots him.
...or when you absolutely have to get to London or Paris before the woman you love.
Man, Hollywood totally lost a plot device when they cancelled the Concorde.
Well, it brings up a good point.
On the one hand, "No." I have my iPhone. You have your Android phone, I assume. The lines have pretty much been drawn and there's going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance to get over before someone says, "Hey, I like this more than what I have now! It's time to switch."
On the other hand, "Yes." This actually sounds pretty cool. Some people seem to like the Surface devices and if Microsoft can come up with something that's eye-catchingly interesting, it's publicity. Will bunches of people throw away their iPhones and Android phones? Probably not. But Microsoft may get some mind-share out of it--"Hey, that's pretty cool! Not so cool that I'll get rid of my iPhone, but Microsoft is being innovative. I thought that Apple was the only innovative company out there..."
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Resolution-agnostic fonts. This has been a part of Macs since their inception [...]
Mac's "inception" was 1984 and, no, fonts were not resolution-agnostic.
Apple developed Postscript based on the same concept.
Adobe developed Postscript and worked with NeXT to develop Display Postscript. Apple had their own technology for fonts as part QuickDraw GX, which went nowhere.
iOS relies on a fixed resolution.
I'll admit, I'm not up on the latest for iOS. But last I looked, iOS now has support for variable resolution. But you're right that it didn't initially.
Did you want federal funds to help pay for it? Okay, then you have to install a conduit. But if you're not using federal money, you don't have to.
Kind of like the 21 year-old drinking law. No, the Federal Government can't tell the states what age to set. Yes, they can say, "If it's not 21, no highway funds."
Agreed. My Student ID or pretty much anything with a magstripe worked fine.
A customer at Well Fargo actually has to go down to the bank to deposit checks. For me, it's a simple matter of snapping a picture of the checks with my phone.
The Wells Fargo app has that, too.
I gotta admit, that was my thought, too.
I don't know how Google works for big customers, but I used Adwords awhile back and the idea was that I put in keywords for things that my customers might be searching or reading about. So my advert for an ICC Profile Editor would appear next to a search for colorimeters or in an article about color management, but wouldn't appear in an Islamic Jihad video.
I mean, last time I flew, I had to take my laptop out of it's bag and have it X-Rayed. I'll grant you, I didn't have to do this with my iPad or phone, granted.
So just say, "Okay, sorry gang, but now you have to have your tablets/phones X-Rayed, too."
Yes, but that would probably just kill people. People are replaceable--they can be created with unskilled labor. We're talking about downing a multi-million dollar aircraft here. Not to mention what would happen to airline profits if people become nervous about flying.
I mean, let's get our priorities straight here.
Yes.
My car is in the shop, it's supposed to rain today and I hate biking in the rain, and I ended up missing the bus. So I called Uber for a ride to work. I was chatting with the driver and he said that they don't get the info until they accept the fare. The driver was saying he normally just does airport runs, but a little 4 mile jaunt isn't a big deal.
I mean, for a taxi service, I can kind of understand this: "Sorry--no way I'm taking my car into (insert bad neighborhood here)." That's bad. But for "ride share"? "Hey, I'm on my way to work, going past the airport, but you want to go in the opposite direction?"
That said, he was my second driver. The first one cancelled on me, so maybe that's the technique--accept the ride and then cancel. Does that hurt some kind of Uber Karma?
They cost more.
Headphone jack ships via adapter sold with every single iPhone7.
And they make the coolest adapters...
That's the theory. It doesn't work so well in practice.
Yes, "Ride-Sharing" is something like, "I'm going past the airport on my way to work every day, so I'll take on a passenger if they're convenient to where I live and drop them at the airport. It's not horribly out of my way and I make a few extra bucks. Where's the harm in that?"
However, Uber has become a taxi service. The vast majority of drivers drive/wait around until someone needs a ride from where they are to where they want to go and then they go pick them up and take them to where they want to go. There's no "sharing"--it's purely a taxi service.
Now, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. If there was ever an industry ripe for disruption, it's the taxi services. And I appreciate the difficulties that Uber has--government taxi overseers are, at best, looking to protect the status-quo and, at worst, corrupt. They will do whatever they can to get Uber drivers out of the equation.
The question is whether the cure, Uber, is worse than the disease.
Uh...Army? If it was the Navy, that might make sense.
I'd imagine the Army would mount it on a Horse or a Mule.
1) Make cube walls go up to the ceiling, and give us doors and that both of these are reasonably sound-proof, [...] 4) Make sure HVAC is capable of cooling an office with thousands of employees, thousands of computers, inbound sunlight, etc.
Hm. We have all this small spaces with cube walls going up to the ceiling and interfering with airflow.
That'll be interesting.
As I understand it, it isn't a reboot per se. Rather, it will be another story set in "The Matrix Universe." So rather than the story of the Nebuchadnezzar, it will center on the crew of, say, the Ganesha. Make it a prequel.
Think something like "Star Wars: Rogue One" or something similar.
What is this 2 & 3? They never made any sequels...
Anyone else out there remember MacCharlie?
Okay, so the idea is that we have these analogies that "regular people" can understand. Then I look at an analogy for "Hackathon"
Okay, let's go look up "cosplay." Nope. Not there.
So much for "regular people" understanding...
I'd also point out that he sent out 250 resumés and ended up with 4 interviews.
I'll rashly assume that he sat down, came up with a resumé, made 250 copies, and sent them out to anybody who had a job for a "Mechanical Engineer," whether he was qualified or not. You need to consider the job and whether your qualifications match. If they do, your resumé better show exactly how you'd be a great match for the position. If you make me search your resumé to try to figure out whether or not you're worth bringing in for an interview, I'll probably bring in the person who made it clear why I should hire them.
I agree. But can it recognize a forest through those trees?
Ever heard about:
b) golf stream?
I have to admit, I've never heard of Golf Stream until now. If I played golf, it might be interesting.
Gulf stream.
The problem is that garbage expands to fill the space allotted. If you add more lanes, more people will use the freeway and you end up with the same problem in a few years.
Let's say I'm deciding on a house. Well, I work here and there's a nice house 10 miles from work. But there's a house that's just as nice but a bit cheaper 40 miles from work. So I'll buy that house and drive on the freeway. Other people have the same idea and pretty soon that freeway is full of commuters going to-and-from work. If you add capacity, you just end up with more people making that same decision to live further away because the freeway makes it so convenient.