And, even in 2008 I'd have considered it a little pricey but today at the advertised price it's a non-starter since sub-$100 chinese tablets have more capability and similar specs.
> Also note that when looking at the project, it's not initially clear that a connection with the main electricity grid is still necessary.
It's painfully obvious that a connection to the grid is necessary - how else is the energy going to make it from the solar panels TO the grid? I do not think people are assuming carrier pigeon. And for lighting at night, and the heating grid at night - yes, a grid connection is assumed. The ones who don't assume correctly are those who think that "magnet motors" have real potential rather than merely being interesting toys.
By your logic, so are PCs, and even smartphones, cars, aircraft - so let's not ask for anything better today because someday generations away something will come along to make all of it totally obsolete. Let's not bother with space exploration with current tech either because someday teleportation or wormholes will be practical.
Or, we can demand better products today and enjoy them in the meantime.
120Hz is great for 3D because then you get 60Hz for both the right and left eye. Remember for a real desired refresh rate in 3D, you need to double the framerate because most screens use shuttered glasses rather than prismatic displays.
I don't care about 120Hz for 4K resolution, but 140Hz and 120Hz for 1440p and 1080p for 3D (did you not read what I posted?) Either Displayport or dual link DVI, or HDMI 2.0, all of which allow 4K at 60Hz.
But when are the 140Hz or 120Hz 3D capable models going to be available? Even if 3D is limited to 1140p or 1080p I want the capability for 3D gaming and watching 3D movies on my PC. Right now the best I can get is a 1080p, or very soon, a 1440p monitor, and will have to buy separate 4K 2D monitors for 4K.:-(
Will this actually be a true substitute for physical media, including alternate soundtracks (including 7.1/7.2 or 9.1/9.2 or even 11.1/11.2 surround when the media delivers it), deleted scenes, alternate angles (rare but some films do offer them as an extra feature), commentaries, easter eggs, and so forth? If not, I'll keep buying physical media.
> A former co-worker of mine worked on designing a drone that can be dropped from the B-52. The earlier comment was pretty accurate - the B-52 is the pickup truck of the air, very versatile and conservatively inexpensive.
The B-52 has a track record with drones already. One of them was modified to carry and launch the Lockheed D-21 after a fatal accident with an M-21 (The M-12 was a Blackbird/Oxcart platform). The D-21 was horrendously expensive for what in practice was a disposable drone (ballistic recovery usually failed) so it was discontinued after four (disclosed) operational missions but it was capable (considering the state of technology at the time - it relied on intertional navigation since it was pre-GPS and even pre-Loran) for surveillance once they resolved the launch issues but was a logistical nightmare. It was just cheaper and more reliable to send manned aircraft (Oxcart and Blackbird, or the cheaper to operate U-2 in less risky regions) over areas of interest.
what's the difference between highly illegal, and illegal? Besides, what is so illegal about changing a registry key or value, or creating a registry key?
The thing that puts us at risk is our own damned selves. We butt into everyone else's business, give billions in aid to other nations when we're already broke, and we warmonger. If we didn't do all that shit we wouldn't be running into problems.
Great. Now all we need is a 5200'+ airstrip every 60 miles or so along flight corridors. I wonder how long it will take to get to Seattle then? Let's see, preflight, wait in line for ATC to give the go ahead to take off. . . at every stop, not to mention anywhere from 12 to 20 hours to recharge the cells. Multiply that by about 45. Hmm, I think I'll take a train instead. I'll get there days more quickly!
I think teleportation will be a reality by the time battery tech enables heavies to fly cross country.
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
> No, it isn't. Weather occurs in the troposphere [windows2universe.org], the layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, extending up to between 7 - 20 km above ground level. About 80% of the mass of the atmosphere is here.
That's what they want you to think. *adjusts tinfoil hat*;)
It's saddening that people really think this is a "death ray" or some other BS. It's the same sort of person who thinks that contrails = chemtrails, that the oil industry has bought patents to cars that "run on water" to keep them secret (um, patents are publicly disclosed, people!) and murdered the inventors, and that magnet motors are practical "free energy" sources rather than just an interesting toy. I have a few friends who think these things and no amount of science-based evidence will convince them otherwise. I'm apparently "closed minded" because I like the scientific method.
If you can manage to get a link to a "cloud server" where the SLOWEST link to the server meets or exceeds 1Gbps for small businesses (with 30ms or less latency) , and you can get 10Gbps or faster (and bond multiple links to expand bandwidth further) for larger organizations, AND have daily backups in easily-migrated formats stored in escrow by the cloud provider in the event that the government raids and confiscates servers because some drug cartel or "piracy" ring happened to have cloud services on the same physical box as your virtualized servers, AND you have net neutrality so Comcast/Time Warner/Cox/etc. can't throttle your network speeds because you're in the "top 1% of users" (read: you're actually using the services they offered to sell you and you agreed to buy then they reneg on their contracted offerings) then it will be a practical option.
If only there were an invention which can be used to determine the elements in a compound. I suspect that might want to vaporize the material and shoot a light source through it to a prism, which will split the light and the resultant spectum analyzed and compare the spectrum to that of known elements, thereby revealing what is in the alloy. Crazy, I know, but it just might work!
The better solution is getting citizens of both countries to STOP VOTING FOR WARMONGERS.
There goes the great contrast ratio of monitors. Just as we're mourning the loss of vertical resolution thanks to the economics of reusing 16:9 television panels, we'll be mourning the good old days of nice dark blacks and well-saturated colors if they were to completely grey out the screen between each frame. Thanks but no thanks.
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Can you say malfeasance? It's a massive liability that I'm surprised they're willing to take on.
> Don't assume it means anything—the striatum's primary function is coordinating motor control.
Perhaps it does not have to develop as much when all it is controlling is muscles for the elbow and wrist? ;)
And, even in 2008 I'd have considered it a little pricey but today at the advertised price it's a non-starter since sub-$100 chinese tablets have more capability and similar specs.
Also it has only 512MB RAM. At that price, I would expect an absolute minimum of 2GB RAM, preferably 4GB.
> Also note that when looking at the project, it's not initially clear that a connection with the main electricity grid is still necessary.
It's painfully obvious that a connection to the grid is necessary - how else is the energy going to make it from the solar panels TO the grid? I do not think people are assuming carrier pigeon. And for lighting at night, and the heating grid at night - yes, a grid connection is assumed. The ones who don't assume correctly are those who think that "magnet motors" have real potential rather than merely being interesting toys.
By your logic, so are PCs, and even smartphones, cars, aircraft - so let's not ask for anything better today because someday generations away something will come along to make all of it totally obsolete. Let's not bother with space exploration with current tech either because someday teleportation or wormholes will be practical.
Or, we can demand better products today and enjoy them in the meantime.
120Hz is great for 3D because then you get 60Hz for both the right and left eye. Remember for a real desired refresh rate in 3D, you need to double the framerate because most screens use shuttered glasses rather than prismatic displays.
I don't care about 120Hz for 4K resolution, but 140Hz and 120Hz for 1440p and 1080p for 3D (did you not read what I posted?) Either Displayport or dual link DVI, or HDMI 2.0, all of which allow 4K at 60Hz.
But when are the 140Hz or 120Hz 3D capable models going to be available? Even if 3D is limited to 1140p or 1080p I want the capability for 3D gaming and watching 3D movies on my PC. Right now the best I can get is a 1080p, or very soon, a 1440p monitor, and will have to buy separate 4K 2D monitors for 4K. :-(
Will this actually be a true substitute for physical media, including alternate soundtracks (including 7.1/7.2 or 9.1/9.2 or even 11.1/11.2 surround when the media delivers it), deleted scenes, alternate angles (rare but some films do offer them as an extra feature), commentaries, easter eggs, and so forth? If not, I'll keep buying physical media.
> I wonder what kind of aircraft we have today that we'll find out about in 20 years.
In 20 years? Try at least two years ago. You've already heard about it. See: X-37 OTV. Also, RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-1 Predator, and MQ-9 Reaper.
> A former co-worker of mine worked on designing a drone that can be dropped from the B-52. The earlier comment was pretty accurate - the B-52 is the pickup truck of the air, very versatile and conservatively inexpensive.
The B-52 has a track record with drones already. One of them was modified to carry and launch the Lockheed D-21 after a fatal accident with an M-21 (The M-12 was a Blackbird/Oxcart platform). The D-21 was horrendously expensive for what in practice was a disposable drone (ballistic recovery usually failed) so it was discontinued after four (disclosed) operational missions but it was capable (considering the state of technology at the time - it relied on intertional navigation since it was pre-GPS and even pre-Loran) for surveillance once they resolved the launch issues but was a logistical nightmare. It was just cheaper and more reliable to send manned aircraft (Oxcart and Blackbird, or the cheaper to operate U-2 in less risky regions) over areas of interest.
what's the difference between highly illegal, and illegal? Besides, what is so illegal about changing a registry key or value, or creating a registry key?
In related news, it appears Yahoo still has cash reserves to spend on more failures.
Metric would be Lamborghini tractors or VW Beetles, not Ford, you ignorant clod!!
Just wait until we get to Ginormasaurus, then maybe Megalosaurus!!!
Officials just got their panties into a twist because Snowden and Manning blew the whistle on a lot of the bullshit.
The thing that puts us at risk is our own damned selves. We butt into everyone else's business, give billions in aid to other nations when we're already broke, and we warmonger. If we didn't do all that shit we wouldn't be running into problems.
Great. Now all we need is a 5200'+ airstrip every 60 miles or so along flight corridors. I wonder how long it will take to get to Seattle then? Let's see, preflight, wait in line for ATC to give the go ahead to take off. . . at every stop, not to mention anywhere from 12 to 20 hours to recharge the cells. Multiply that by about 45. Hmm, I think I'll take a train instead. I'll get there days more quickly!
I think teleportation will be a reality by the time battery tech enables heavies to fly cross country.
Meanwhile:
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
> No, it isn't. Weather occurs in the troposphere [windows2universe.org], the layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth, extending up to between 7 - 20 km above ground level. About 80% of the mass of the atmosphere is here.
That's what they want you to think. ;)
*adjusts tinfoil hat*
It's saddening that people really think this is a "death ray" or some other BS. It's the same sort of person who thinks that contrails = chemtrails, that the oil industry has bought patents to cars that "run on water" to keep them secret (um, patents are publicly disclosed, people!) and murdered the inventors, and that magnet motors are practical "free energy" sources rather than just an interesting toy. I have a few friends who think these things and no amount of science-based evidence will convince them otherwise. I'm apparently "closed minded" because I like the scientific method.
If you can manage to get a link to a "cloud server" where the SLOWEST link to the server meets or exceeds 1Gbps for small businesses (with 30ms or less latency) , and you can get 10Gbps or faster (and bond multiple links to expand bandwidth further) for larger organizations, AND have daily backups in easily-migrated formats stored in escrow by the cloud provider in the event that the government raids and confiscates servers because some drug cartel or "piracy" ring happened to have cloud services on the same physical box as your virtualized servers, AND you have net neutrality so Comcast/Time Warner/Cox/etc. can't throttle your network speeds because you're in the "top 1% of users" (read: you're actually using the services they offered to sell you and you agreed to buy then they reneg on their contracted offerings) then it will be a practical option.
Until then, fuck cloud servers. Seriously.
If only there were an invention which can be used to determine the elements in a compound. I suspect that might want to vaporize the material and shoot a light source through it to a prism, which will split the light and the resultant spectum analyzed and compare the spectrum to that of known elements, thereby revealing what is in the alloy. Crazy, I know, but it just might work!
The better solution is getting citizens of both countries to STOP VOTING FOR WARMONGERS.
It's amazing how "Microsoft has more or less annoyed" Microsoft has been lately.
Zune
Vista
Windows Mobile
Windows 8.0
Windows Phone
Surface
XBox One
. . . and yet they still have problems listening to customers. See: Windows 8.1
There goes the great contrast ratio of monitors. Just as we're mourning the loss of vertical resolution thanks to the economics of reusing 16:9 television panels, we'll be mourning the good old days of nice dark blacks and well-saturated colors if they were to completely grey out the screen between each frame. Thanks but no thanks.