...plan to let drivers connect their fitness trackers to the car. If your health tracker 'knows' you haven’t gotten enough sleep, the car will be more alert to your nodding off.
And when your fitness tracker and car decide you haven't exercised enough, the car refuses to start and tells you, "walk to the store fat, lazy bum"...
Seriously, if you're at all thinking this stuff might be possible...
Perhaps Jeff Goldblum can upload a virus that makes an animated skull and cross-bones appear on the pilot's view screen - "ar, ar, ar" - 'cause he did it in Independence Day - to an *alien* space ship. Why would human airships be any less secure? It's possible, just not very probable...
Probably true and, by that, I imagine you mean that people will die for their religion. I have no problem with that, but with people dying because of someone else's religion or (possibly warped) religious beliefs.
Children all over the country have been inspired to be law enforcement agents by shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, Bones, and CSI.
... they'll be hugely disappointed when they discover there are no holographic projectors (Bones) or infinitely zooming/de-fuzzing cameras (any CSI) etc. And, sad but true, the movie The Net got it wrong in that running "whois" doesn't bring up a photo of someone's driver's license and that pressing "ESC" doesn't roll back database changes across the Internet.
TV shows and movies are the worst place to get inspired about tech - especially with regard to a life/career choice.
The worst that can be said is that Tim Cook has a "double standard" when it comes to advocating for gay rights in the USofA vs other countries.
I'm not even sure it's a "double standard". The US is (supposedly) built on the premise of equality and fairness for *all* its citizens. The same cannot be said for (all) other countries or cultures. I'm not supporting the bias of those other countries/cultures, just saying that Indiana and Arkansas are not China and Saudi Arabia. I'm pretty sure Carly knows this, but is being, as you said, a "concern troll" - which makes her the hypocrite.
How would you like to be able to know the chemical composition of something, just by taking a snapshot or video of it with your smartphone?
Or, more simply, I can tell things are made of "stuff" just by looking at them. Not sure why a casual user with a cell phone would care about anything more specific.
8. Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone.
Seems to work for Firefox. Every time there's a N.0.0 release, there's a N.0.1 release in less than a week - every... freaking... time. I'd wish they'd focus on getting things done correctly rather than quickly and churning out new major version numbers.
I swear I'm the only person in my subdivision who isn't talking on the phone while walking my dog.
I've seen people walking their dog whilst on their cell. The dog always seems sad that their owner isn't paying any attention to them or enjoying *their* walk *together*.
The error message says "You have more than one browser window open on the same internet connection," (I didn't) and "to avoid this problem, close your browser and reopen it." I did. No change.
Why do they care how many browser windows are open? On the same Internet connection? Why is this a "problem"? How would closing *your* browser fix the issue, if the other window(s) is/are open on another system sharing your "Internet connection"? (Perhaps you or someone upstream is using some sort of NAT.) And, finally, why do they care what browser you're using simply to logon?
I'm wondering, is this the next round of BPA/phthalates that we find are bad for us?
From TF-NYT-A: (emphasis mine)
The approach also allows them to vary the ingredients of the textured layer and the lubricant to fit the properties of different liquids — for food applications, the coatings are derived from edible materials.
to not recognize that more government control of the Internet is a good thing.
To all conservatives, more government regulation is uniformly bad.
Unless those regulations involve telling a woman what she can and cannot do with her body, or are amendments preventing people of the same sex from marrying...
No. Obviously, ls671 works in a Minuteman silo and feels less twitchy and sees things more clearly after spending time outside every so often. This is a *good* thing... Naysayers are welcome to send him their GPS coordinates.
This seems rather hopeless. Does it go to the police with jurisdiction closest to the IP address the offending tweet came from? Or to the police closest to where the alleged victim resides?
From TFS: " It is left up to the user to forward the report to law enforcement..."
The user can only opt to *also* receive an email containing information about the reported tweet.
As described in TFA: The user can only opt to also receive an email containing information about the reported tweet.
It's up to that user to forward the email to the police.
From TFS: (for those with even shorter attention spans):
It is left up to the user to forward the report to law enforcement...
When the hydrides are trapped inside the polymers, the hydrogen can be rapidly desorbed (released) at low pressures and ambient temperatures. According to Cella Energy, the micro-porous polymers can store as much hydrogen for a given weight as high-pressure tanks.
The micro-beads, which also encapsulate hydrides, are especially interesting for vehicular applications. The micro-beads resemble a fine powder and could potentially be poured and pumped like a fluid into vehicles’ fuel tanks.
The company explains that the encapsulated hydrogen could be safely used in either an internal combustion engine or fuel cell. Once the hydrogen is desorbed from a bead, the empty bead is stored in a separate lightweight plastic tank in the vehicle. When the vehicle needs to be refueled, the waste beads are removed from the vehicle and taken elsewhere to be rehydrided and recycled. Unlike hydrogen stored in high-pressure cylinders, new micro-beads could be refueled into vehicles just like vehicles today are refueled with gasoline.
Your last sentence is particularly telling.... It reads like the classic technique of a culprit accusing his accusers of exactly the thing that he himself did so as to deflect criticism.
Like O.J. and and V. Putin vowing to find the "real killers."
Whoa, whoa - WHOA. They're going after Lennart Poettering?
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Thanks Chris Hardwick - FTW was fun. :-)
Pneumatic post anyone?
Everything will work fine until something, like an explosion, happens. Then the system will suffer from post-pneumatic stress syndrome.
...plan to let drivers connect their fitness trackers to the car. If your health tracker 'knows' you haven’t gotten enough sleep, the car will be more alert to your nodding off.
And when your fitness tracker and car decide you haven't exercised enough, the car refuses to start and tells you, "walk to the store fat, lazy bum" ...
Seriously, if you're at all thinking this stuff might be possible...
Perhaps Jeff Goldblum can upload a virus that makes an animated skull and cross-bones appear on the pilot's view screen - "ar, ar, ar" - 'cause he did it in Independence Day - to an *alien* space ship. Why would human airships be any less secure? It's possible, just not very probable...
People won't die for businesses.
Probably true and, by that, I imagine you mean that people will die for their religion. I have no problem with that, but with people dying because of someone else's religion or (possibly warped) religious beliefs.
Ah.. The Nazis' way...
Sounds more like a variant of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish ...
I looked at the photo on TFA and that thing is HUGE. Seriously, it's got to be a foot square. :-)
Children all over the country have been inspired to be law enforcement agents by shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, Bones, and CSI.
TV shows and movies are the worst place to get inspired about tech - especially with regard to a life/career choice.
Jurassic park would have maybe not been as scary had their "raptors" looked like this. ;)
Regardless, velociraptors still hate goto statements ...
The worst that can be said is that Tim Cook has a "double standard" when it comes to advocating for gay rights in the USofA vs other countries.
I'm not even sure it's a "double standard". The US is (supposedly) built on the premise of equality and fairness for *all* its citizens. The same cannot be said for (all) other countries or cultures. I'm not supporting the bias of those other countries/cultures, just saying that Indiana and Arkansas are not China and Saudi Arabia. I'm pretty sure Carly knows this, but is being, as you said, a "concern troll" - which makes her the hypocrite.
How would you like to be able to know the chemical composition of something, just by taking a snapshot or video of it with your smartphone?
Or, more simply, I can tell things are made of "stuff" just by looking at them. Not sure why a casual user with a cell phone would care about anything more specific.
8. Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone.
Seems to work for Firefox. Every time there's a N.0.0 release, there's a N.0.1 release in less than a week - every... freaking... time. I'd wish they'd focus on getting things done correctly rather than quickly and churning out new major version numbers.
I swear I'm the only person in my subdivision who isn't talking on the phone while walking my dog.
I've seen people walking their dog whilst on their cell. The dog always seems sad that their owner isn't paying any attention to them or enjoying *their* walk *together*.
Sarah Palin actually held a political office. I'm not sure if Fiorina was even on a student council.
Yes, but I'm pretty sure Carly can read and write.
What's the demographic of the people running these startups? ... It's like working with 15 year olds who think they know how the world works ...
On the up side, things will never go to Hell in a handbasket - because they don't know what a "handbasket" is.
The error message says "You have more than one browser window open on the same internet connection," (I didn't) and "to avoid this problem, close your browser and reopen it." I did. No change.
Why do they care how many browser windows are open? On the same Internet connection? Why is this a "problem"? How would closing *your* browser fix the issue, if the other window(s) is/are open on another system sharing your "Internet connection"? (Perhaps you or someone upstream is using some sort of NAT.) And, finally, why do they care what browser you're using simply to logon?
I'm wondering, is this the next round of BPA /phthalates that we find are bad for us?
From TF-NYT-A: (emphasis mine)
The approach also allows them to vary the ingredients of the textured layer and the lubricant to fit the properties of different liquids — for food applications, the coatings are derived from edible materials.
TSA policies are security theater. Film at 11.
It's a toss-up as to what irritates me more, the assertion/fact that it's crap or that they spent/wasted $1 Billion on it (even if it weren't crap).
to not recognize that more government control of the Internet is a good thing.
To all conservatives, more government regulation is uniformly bad.
Unless those regulations involve telling a woman what she can and cannot do with her body, or are amendments preventing people of the same sex from marrying ...
I work in a basement 200 feet under the ground and I know it feels good to get outside once in a while.
Yeah yeah, ls671 likes to go outdoors, and therefore knew all along what causes myopia, right?
No. Obviously, ls671 works in a Minuteman silo and feels less twitchy and sees things more clearly after spending time outside every so often. This is a *good* thing... Naysayers are welcome to send him their GPS coordinates.
Take someone who is suicidal and crying out for help and to talk with their friends, and you block them from talking to anyone!
Why not just had them a gun?
And... make them "read Facebook's suicide prevention materials." (I wonder what the legal disclaimer is on that?)
What happens if the user doesn't give it a "Like"?
This seems rather hopeless. Does it go to the police with jurisdiction closest to the IP address the offending tweet came from? Or to the police closest to where the alleged victim resides?
From TFS: " It is left up to the user to forward the report to law enforcement ..."
The user can only opt to *also* receive an email containing information about the reported tweet.
Click report to police.
As described in TFA: The user can only opt to also receive an email containing information about the reported tweet.
It's up to that user to forward the email to the police.
From TFS: (for those with even shorter attention spans):
It is left up to the user to forward the report to law enforcement ...
Hydrogen is a volatile gas that is EXTREMELY difficult to store and transport, making it very impractical.
That may not always be true with things like "micro-porous polymer" beads/fibers - see: New hydrogen storage material could be added directly to fuel tanks:
When the hydrides are trapped inside the polymers, the hydrogen can be rapidly desorbed (released) at low pressures and ambient temperatures. According to Cella Energy, the micro-porous polymers can store as much hydrogen for a given weight as high-pressure tanks.
The micro-beads, which also encapsulate hydrides, are especially interesting for vehicular applications. The micro-beads resemble a fine powder and could potentially be poured and pumped like a fluid into vehicles’ fuel tanks.
The company explains that the encapsulated hydrogen could be safely used in either an internal combustion engine or fuel cell. Once the hydrogen is desorbed from a bead, the empty bead is stored in a separate lightweight plastic tank in the vehicle. When the vehicle needs to be refueled, the waste beads are removed from the vehicle and taken elsewhere to be rehydrided and recycled. Unlike hydrogen stored in high-pressure cylinders, new micro-beads could be refueled into vehicles just like vehicles today are refueled with gasoline.
Like O.J. and and V. Putin vowing to find the "real killers."
Whoa, whoa - WHOA. They're going after Lennart Poettering?