This is what people don't seem to get. There are already laws describing what is legal on public roads. I see no reason these could not be expanded to cover software. If you want to go off road, or on a track, you should be able to do what you want.
Personally I would also feel more comfortable if the code in cars was open to public analysis. I am not a programmer, but I trust many independent eyes over one biased set with ulterior motives....
This has been done since there were regulations for cars.... I remember as a kid fitting a gas cap before the muffler on the headers. Normal driving you would leave the cap on, but when it was time to race you took the cap off and ran straight pipes.
You have never worked on a car then? Getting a modified car approved for insurance can be difficult. (A friend had to jury rig adjustable sun visors on his convertible for the test, for example) No insurance and you cannot drive your car on the road (at least in most sane parts of the world)
The police will most definitely pull you over, confiscate your vehicle and issue a fine.
I have worked on a number of custom cars, and have friends who have worked on many more. No you cannot just do whatever you want to Mad Max your car...
By and large, cars are way more reliable than they were 30 years ago. Yes they were simpler to work on, but you had to work on them more. For example, it was easy to change and adjust points, now it is near impossible to adjust electronic ignition, but it lasts for the life of the car (usually) Getting 100,000 miles on an older car was an accomplishment, now it is routine.
I don't mind a subscription model if it is cheap enough and I get upgrades forever. However given Microsoft's history of upgrades, maybe it is not a good idea.
I agree that one port is way too few, but when I use my macbook pro on my desk, I have one cable (Thunderbolt) connected to a hub. I leave my network, second monitor, external hard drive and large wacom tablet plugged into this hub. I also have a second external hard drive plugged into a USB port. When I take my laptop out, I unplug the thunderbolt hub (and the second external drive, as I usually take it along) I can use my laptop on the road without carrying all the peripherals.
I do require an SD card port though, and I do carry a thunderbolt to vga adaptor for use with projectors, but then again, I am not the target market for this new macbook, as it is more of a high end chromebook...
Se are not quite yet hitting the ceiling on sensor tech, and I was talking about things like dynamic range and colour fidelity. If you shoot a lot of low light, then larger cell size may be a factor. However if you print large, more pixels will probably be more useful. Depends on what you are doing, so yeah there is no such thing as "all else being equal"
Of course it all depends on your output as well. I routinely print at 20"x30" or larger, so printing at 200 dpi means I need 24mp. If you are just viewing on screen, then 4mp is plenty...
And of course if you are using a higher resolution sensor, you need good glass, good technique, etc.
No, I understand the technology and photography very well. I also know that the number of pixels on a sensor is one of the important characteristics, along with dynamic range, sensitivity, fidelity,and a whole host of other criteria that make one sensor/camera more versatile than another.
Living close to Nanaimo, I have had real Nanaimo bars. yes they are sweet, but no more so than any other dessert bar, and they have never made me sick....
Kit-Kats or Lollipops on the other hand, especially shortly after Halloween....
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This is what people don't seem to get. There are already laws describing what is legal on public roads. I see no reason these could not be expanded to cover software. If you want to go off road, or on a track, you should be able to do what you want.
Personally I would also feel more comfortable if the code in cars was open to public analysis. I am not a programmer, but I trust many independent eyes over one biased set with ulterior motives....
Exactly, I mean it isn't like any of the car manufacturers have ever had any recalls due to bad software or anything....
I would think it would be easier to show faulty code than a tampered throttle cable. Of course it depends on how the cable was tampered...
This has been done since there were regulations for cars....
I remember as a kid fitting a gas cap before the muffler on the headers. Normal driving you would leave the cap on, but when it was time to race you took the cap off and ran straight pipes.
and so we come to the second sentence in my post...
This ^
You have never worked on a car then? Getting a modified car approved for insurance can be difficult. (A friend had to jury rig adjustable sun visors on his convertible for the test, for example) No insurance and you cannot drive your car on the road (at least in most sane parts of the world)
The police will most definitely pull you over, confiscate your vehicle and issue a fine.
I have worked on a number of custom cars, and have friends who have worked on many more. No you cannot just do whatever you want to Mad Max your car...
By and large, cars are way more reliable than they were 30 years ago. Yes they were simpler to work on, but you had to work on them more. For example, it was easy to change and adjust points, now it is near impossible to adjust electronic ignition, but it lasts for the life of the car (usually)
Getting 100,000 miles on an older car was an accomplishment, now it is routine.
I don't mind a subscription model if it is cheap enough and I get upgrades forever.
However given Microsoft's history of upgrades, maybe it is not a good idea.
So 31 April?
I agree that one port is way too few, but when I use my macbook pro on my desk, I have one cable (Thunderbolt) connected to a hub. I leave my network, second monitor, external hard drive and large wacom tablet plugged into this hub. I also have a second external hard drive plugged into a USB port.
When I take my laptop out, I unplug the thunderbolt hub (and the second external drive, as I usually take it along) I can use my laptop on the road without carrying all the peripherals.
I do require an SD card port though, and I do carry a thunderbolt to vga adaptor for use with projectors, but then again, I am not the target market for this new macbook, as it is more of a high end chromebook...
If it works, and it seems to work well enough, why spend the extra money and time?
Use the saved resources for other projects...
Se are not quite yet hitting the ceiling on sensor tech, and I was talking about things like dynamic range and colour fidelity.
If you shoot a lot of low light, then larger cell size may be a factor. However if you print large, more pixels will probably be more useful. Depends on what you are doing, so yeah there is no such thing as "all else being equal"
Of course it all depends on your output as well. I routinely print at 20"x30" or larger, so printing at 200 dpi means I need 24mp.
If you are just viewing on screen, then 4mp is plenty...
And of course if you are using a higher resolution sensor, you need good glass, good technique, etc.
No, I understand the technology and photography very well.
I also know that the number of pixels on a sensor is one of the important characteristics, along with dynamic range, sensitivity, fidelity,and a whole host of other criteria that make one sensor/camera more versatile than another.
I understand what you are saying, yes the quality of pixels matters (Dynamic range etc) however, all else being equal*, I would go for 24mp over 16mp
*All else is rarely equal, especially if you include price, weight and other non image characteristics.
I love windows 8, it forced me to buy a macbook pro.
In a way you are right, but there is a lot of difference between a camera and a light meter.
Speaking as a photographer...
Not really a single pixel camera, more of a single pixel light absorption meter taken over an area...
I fart in your general direction.
United States of America, Founded on Terrorism....
Living close to Nanaimo, I have had real Nanaimo bars. yes they are sweet, but no more so than any other dessert bar, and they have never made me sick....
Kit-Kats or Lollipops on the other hand, especially shortly after Halloween....
But, but, it is only terrorism if you are on the receiving end. If you are dishing it out it is justified.
History is written by the winners...
so does Gnome run on gnome?
Seriously, does this new point of sale system run on Linux?
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