Yeah, pretty much you're turning your iphone into a hitch hiker's guide to earth, or at least america and europe if you can manage to squeeze wiki-travel onto it.
I fail to see how automation leads to lower IQ scores. Care to elaborate? How does stepping up the pace, and eliminating tedious, mundane jobs, lead to a lesser society? I call FUD.
wooooosh. See idiocracy. Go out and watch it. I'll wait
The compiler is expected to significantly reduce time-to-market of new software, because lengthy manual optimization can now be carried out by the compiler.
How about this: The coders take the time they would have used to "optimize" and instead better document, test, and debug the code. Instead of same quality, less money, make it better quality, same money? You know that the developer isn't going to charge less money for a new product because it took them less time to get it out the door.
bolt it to the seat, most bikes come with quick release seats and I know quite a few people who take the seat with them when they lock up. It makes the ride "home" more painful for any would be thief.
I always wanted to make a bumper sticker that was similar to the share the road stickers except change the graphics a little (use your imaginations, i'll wait, done? Ok, good.) and change the line to something like "Use the sidewalk" or "Roads are for Cars" or, "Pithy bumper stickers won't keep me from honking my modified train horn as I drive by."
The president can call up a buddy of his in senate or house of representatives, i dunno, perhaps a senator or representative and say "I don't like this plan, its invasive, it strips the american people of their rights and is a tax that closes the gap between guzzlers and hybrids. I don't like it, lets keep taxing pollution." and the senator or congressman will walk up to someone on the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission and slap him on the back of the head for considering such a dumb idea.
I was thinking of wrapping the antenna in tin foil and then grounding it to the car. That being said, I think I've just grown a fondness for "classic" (pre-gps) cars as long as gasoline is king.
Don't forget that a brick and mortar calls the local police department if there is a guy with a gun there, calls the local fire department if there is a fire, pulls employees with educations from local schools, relies on local roads and possibly benefits from laws passed in local business' favor. There are a whole slew of benefits provided to brick and mortars that aren't provided to websites. Amazon should say "Yeah, I'll charge state sales tax if you set up an NC PD and NC FD nearby to take care of my offices, set up a set of schools near by and pave my campus roads."
I blame comcast. There are certain channels which are in the "HD" block and have the letters "HD" somewhere in the name, the little bug in the corner has incorporated an "HD" into it, the shows are relatively new and shot in hd, with hd cameras, but one time i was flipping back and forth between the HD and SD version of the same channel, and due to the 1 second time delay of comcast's "HD" channels, i could watch the exact same picture for comparison via my last button.
Conclusion, most average comcast consumers don't get to experience HD on a regular basis.
Granted not all channels and shows are like this and there is a marked improvement in some shows/channels, but comcast compresses its secondary HD channels so much in order to make room for "More HD" that compared to some HD channels, a DVD is high def...
I know someone who was suckered into taking a sip of ammonia when she was a little kid. 40 years later and she still doesn't have a sense of smell. They still sell ammonia, granted I'm talking apples and oranges (cleaning product vs something meant for use INSIDE the human body), but the ratio of puyers/drinkers of ammonia may only be slightly higher than the ratio of buyers of zicam/people who lost their smell. I use it to clean certain kinds of messes (i tend to clean with a chemist's mindset, if it reacts, it is no longer a mess, it is a salt), but on occasion, I lose the sense of smell and get a sore throat for a few hours. Though that tends to happen more so with bleach than ammonia.
Zicam is everywhere, even if there was a recall, you'd probably have 3-4 cold/flu seasons before you couldn't find it anymore.
I get the funniest looks when I say that Apple has had the benefit of security via obscurity and when it comes to security measures, Apple is now at the point where Microsoft was in 1998. Yes, mod me troll, but as you do so, you know that Apple hasn't had the same trial by fire that Microsoft has. If you look at the yearly exploit conferences, OS X doesn't fare much better than Windows, and that's only because apple has the benefit of running a bsd based kernel. Picking a more secure solution from the get-go doesn't mean that they can maintain and do the required preventative patching measures.
Hmm, so TFA says that the myth of fingerprints improving grip is busted, and then begin to posit that fingerprints improve grip? I call bad journalism, probably because the paper states other things to test, doesn't mention the myth, and the journalist wanted to go with the science busting myth meme that has been so popular since mythbusters premiered.
for right now, some people are the pinnacle of human evolution, until human evolution evolves and leaves those without wisdom teeth in the dust.
You can look at individual mutations as alpha builds, communities with the same mutation as unstable beta builds, and traits shared by the entire (well, to like 5 nines) population as stable release. Simply because there will be a future build of debian doesn't mean I can't use lenny stable to satisfaction.
While certain games (mostly sandbox) require massive ram, processing power, etc to stay competitive (Dead Rising), is it a bad thing that there is a less capable gaming platform out there? Yes, while games like Cooking Mama, Wii Fit, and Mario Party are watering down gaming, the graphics limitations aren't necessarily the cause here.
I wonder what the development cost for a top notch wii game is. I wonder if its less than one for the PC or other newest gen console. I get the feeling that the reduced graphics and memory put a limit on how many nosehairs you need to bump map for the protagonist. Hopefully, the reduced hardware capabilities mean that the devs don't have to shoot for photorealism and don't need the huge teams to create content. The reduced hardware capabilities = less people required to push a system's graphics to its limit and you don't need a stadium full of graphic artists, AI programmers, mappers, and the more technical side of development just to keep up with the competition. Hopefully this reduced cost will allow GOOD (key word here, as in not bad or cheap) developers to focus more time on building more maps, fleshing out the story more, and generally trading graphics for immersion/world/playtime. I realize that last sentiment is wishful thinking, but a nerd can hope, right?
I fired up AVP2 not too long ago and it was still a very enjoyable experience. There are also wii games that are very enjoyable. You don't need to have the world painted in photo-realistic brown rubble to have an enjoyable experience. You also don't need to be looking at characters so realistic they're this side of the uncanny valley to suspend belief into believing that something is trying to kill you and facehump your friends.
the 1 million cell phones might have to form a contiguous dyson sphere to capture all of the energy from that 25,000 watt power supply. Its a good thing that there's more than just KPWR in this world though, otherwise this nokia guy's idea might never get off the ground.
See, that's precisely what I thought when I read the title. I thought a wireless power-harvesting phone was a wireless phone capable of power-harvesting, most likely from motion or heat.
no more so than a bunch of radios tuning in. If an antenna or chunk of metal is between you and a signal, your signal quality will be degraded. If not, you have a virtual line of sight (or LOS via reflections from the ground, buildings, etc) and can receive like normal. Its like worrying about your lawn receiving less light because your neighbor has solar panels on his roof. If the panels were between you and your lawn, it wouldn't matter if they were generating power, or just made of plywood, your lawn would be in the shade, but since they're not, your grass will be just as green. Its not like these antennas suck up the power, it won't bend the radio waves towards it like a magnetic pole would affect magnetic fields.
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well, that's what happens when you try to host anything on a comcast connection, it chokes.
No, that'd be silly!
They'll sue the scientists for discovering something that infringes.
xkcd comic reference
Yeah, pretty much you're turning your iphone into a hitch hiker's guide to earth, or at least america and europe if you can manage to squeeze wiki-travel onto it.
I fail to see how automation leads to lower IQ scores. Care to elaborate? How does stepping up the pace, and eliminating tedious, mundane jobs, lead to a lesser society? I call FUD.
wooooosh.
See idiocracy. Go out and watch it. I'll wait
Saw it? Good, now you should get the joke.
The compiler is expected to significantly reduce time-to-market of new software, because lengthy manual optimization can now be carried out by the compiler.
How about this: The coders take the time they would have used to "optimize" and instead better document, test, and debug the code. Instead of same quality, less money, make it better quality, same money? You know that the developer isn't going to charge less money for a new product because it took them less time to get it out the door.
bolt it to the seat, most bikes come with quick release seats and I know quite a few people who take the seat with them when they lock up. It makes the ride "home" more painful for any would be thief.
I always wanted to make a bumper sticker that was similar to the share the road stickers except change the graphics a little (use your imaginations, i'll wait, done? Ok, good.) and change the line to something like "Use the sidewalk" or "Roads are for Cars" or, "Pithy bumper stickers won't keep me from honking my modified train horn as I drive by."
Possibly "Wearing spandex makes you a tool."
Add your own! Its fun!
make it hot, dig out a cone above the ant hole to act as a funnel, pour it fast.
The president can call up a buddy of his in senate or house of representatives, i dunno, perhaps a senator or representative and say "I don't like this plan, its invasive, it strips the american people of their rights and is a tax that closes the gap between guzzlers and hybrids. I don't like it, lets keep taxing pollution." and the senator or congressman will walk up to someone on the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission and slap him on the back of the head for considering such a dumb idea.
I was thinking of wrapping the antenna in tin foil and then grounding it to the car. That being said, I think I've just grown a fondness for "classic" (pre-gps) cars as long as gasoline is king.
Making a bad decision to buy a competing company doesn't negate the fact that you made a decision to a competing company.
Even so, I have the feeling there aren't many courts that would have upheld that contract, but I felt it was best to have the worst portions excised.
Better a few billable hours up front than hundreds of billable hours in a court case later.
Don't forget that a brick and mortar calls the local police department if there is a guy with a gun there, calls the local fire department if there is a fire, pulls employees with educations from local schools, relies on local roads and possibly benefits from laws passed in local business' favor. There are a whole slew of benefits provided to brick and mortars that aren't provided to websites. Amazon should say "Yeah, I'll charge state sales tax if you set up an NC PD and NC FD nearby to take care of my offices, set up a set of schools near by and pave my campus roads."
Wait, you mean all those times I sold the Brooklyn bridge i was committing *FRAUD*??? Uh-oh!
Oh well, I guess I can't sell that anymore, but I can hook you up with a guy who is interested in parting with the golden gate bridge.
I blame comcast. There are certain channels which are in the "HD" block and have the letters "HD" somewhere in the name, the little bug in the corner has incorporated an "HD" into it, the shows are relatively new and shot in hd, with hd cameras, but one time i was flipping back and forth between the HD and SD version of the same channel, and due to the 1 second time delay of comcast's "HD" channels, i could watch the exact same picture for comparison via my last button.
Conclusion, most average comcast consumers don't get to experience HD on a regular basis.
Granted not all channels and shows are like this and there is a marked improvement in some shows/channels, but comcast compresses its secondary HD channels so much in order to make room for "More HD" that compared to some HD channels, a DVD is high def...
I know someone who was suckered into taking a sip of ammonia when she was a little kid. 40 years later and she still doesn't have a sense of smell. They still sell ammonia, granted I'm talking apples and oranges (cleaning product vs something meant for use INSIDE the human body), but the ratio of puyers/drinkers of ammonia may only be slightly higher than the ratio of buyers of zicam/people who lost their smell. I use it to clean certain kinds of messes (i tend to clean with a chemist's mindset, if it reacts, it is no longer a mess, it is a salt), but on occasion, I lose the sense of smell and get a sore throat for a few hours. Though that tends to happen more so with bleach than ammonia.
Zicam is everywhere, even if there was a recall, you'd probably have 3-4 cold/flu seasons before you couldn't find it anymore.
For the record, I have no clue why that was posted as AC.
I get the funniest looks when I say that Apple has had the benefit of security via obscurity and when it comes to security measures, Apple is now at the point where Microsoft was in 1998. Yes, mod me troll, but as you do so, you know that Apple hasn't had the same trial by fire that Microsoft has. If you look at the yearly exploit conferences, OS X doesn't fare much better than Windows, and that's only because apple has the benefit of running a bsd based kernel. Picking a more secure solution from the get-go doesn't mean that they can maintain and do the required preventative patching measures.
Hmm, so TFA says that the myth of fingerprints improving grip is busted, and then begin to posit that fingerprints improve grip? I call bad journalism, probably because the paper states other things to test, doesn't mention the myth, and the journalist wanted to go with the science busting myth meme that has been so popular since mythbusters premiered.
for right now, some people are the pinnacle of human evolution, until human evolution evolves and leaves those without wisdom teeth in the dust.
You can look at individual mutations as alpha builds, communities with the same mutation as unstable beta builds, and traits shared by the entire (well, to like 5 nines) population as stable release. Simply because there will be a future build of debian doesn't mean I can't use lenny stable to satisfaction.
I want it to be called swine flu again. That way bacon will be super cheap again.
While certain games (mostly sandbox) require massive ram, processing power, etc to stay competitive (Dead Rising), is it a bad thing that there is a less capable gaming platform out there? Yes, while games like Cooking Mama, Wii Fit, and Mario Party are watering down gaming, the graphics limitations aren't necessarily the cause here.
I wonder what the development cost for a top notch wii game is. I wonder if its less than one for the PC or other newest gen console. I get the feeling that the reduced graphics and memory put a limit on how many nosehairs you need to bump map for the protagonist. Hopefully, the reduced hardware capabilities mean that the devs don't have to shoot for photorealism and don't need the huge teams to create content. The reduced hardware capabilities = less people required to push a system's graphics to its limit and you don't need a stadium full of graphic artists, AI programmers, mappers, and the more technical side of development just to keep up with the competition. Hopefully this reduced cost will allow GOOD (key word here, as in not bad or cheap) developers to focus more time on building more maps, fleshing out the story more, and generally trading graphics for immersion/world/playtime. I realize that last sentiment is wishful thinking, but a nerd can hope, right?
I fired up AVP2 not too long ago and it was still a very enjoyable experience. There are also wii games that are very enjoyable. You don't need to have the world painted in photo-realistic brown rubble to have an enjoyable experience. You also don't need to be looking at characters so realistic they're this side of the uncanny valley to suspend belief into believing that something is trying to kill you and facehump your friends.
the 1 million cell phones might have to form a contiguous dyson sphere to capture all of the energy from that 25,000 watt power supply. Its a good thing that there's more than just KPWR in this world though, otherwise this nokia guy's idea might never get off the ground.
See, that's precisely what I thought when I read the title. I thought a wireless power-harvesting phone was a wireless phone capable of power-harvesting, most likely from motion or heat.
no more so than a bunch of radios tuning in. If an antenna or chunk of metal is between you and a signal, your signal quality will be degraded. If not, you have a virtual line of sight (or LOS via reflections from the ground, buildings, etc) and can receive like normal. Its like worrying about your lawn receiving less light because your neighbor has solar panels on his roof. If the panels were between you and your lawn, it wouldn't matter if they were generating power, or just made of plywood, your lawn would be in the shade, but since they're not, your grass will be just as green. Its not like these antennas suck up the power, it won't bend the radio waves towards it like a magnetic pole would affect magnetic fields.