You might have shorter travel times, but flying cars will use a lot more energy to stay aloft (versus a car that is always supported by the ground).
Also, each advance in the field of transportation comes with a significant increase in the number and distance of trips taken by people. Flying cars will get you to your destinations faster, so people will be traveling a lot more to destinations that were too far away to drive. This will especially be true of people commuting to work. A two hour car commute, one way, is unthinkable for most people, but if a flying car can shorten that to an hour, then a lot mroe people would be willing to make that commute.
On the plus side, flying cars would make rural locations a lot mroe accessible, for home owners and businesses.
Captain Marvel was created by Fawcett Comics over a year and a half after Superman was created by DC Comics. The character did so well that he was outselling Superman in the 40's.
DC Comics filed suit against Fawcett, claiming that Captain Marvel was a rip-off of Superman. DC prevailed in court in 1953, and Fawcett was forced to retire Captain Marvel permanently.
In the late 60's, Marvel Comics acquired the rights to the name "Captain Marvel," and created a superhero that was completely different from both the original Captain Marvel and Superman. Thus, they couldn't be sued by DC.
In 1972, as comic books were surging in popularity, DC was looking for new properties to publish and licensed the Captain Marvel characters from Fawcett. But when they tried to publish the comic book as "The Original Captain Marvel," Marvel Comics sent DC a cease-and-desist letter. Thus DC had to retitle the comic book, "Shazam!"
In order to retain their trademark, Marvel must publish a Captain Marvel title at least once every two years.
Spider-Man has always been Marvel's most popular character since the 60's.
But Marvel Studios has done such an incredible job with their franchise movies that Iron Man makes a cameo in their first Spider-Man movie to give him support.
The shows had problems. * They were low budget (some shows had more problem with that than others, notably Iron Fist) * There was too much filler in the seasons (don't need 13 episodes when you only really have 8 episodes' worth of story) * Some were just really bad (all of the boardroom drama in Iron Fist) * In fact, Iron Fist season 1 was fucking terrible, overall (I couldn't even bring myself to watch season 2)
The highlights: * Daredevil cast were great, especially... * Vincent D'Onofrio IS Kingpin, in the way that RDJ is Tony Stark; he fucking OWNED that role * DD seasons 1 and 3, Jessica Jones season 1, and Punisher season 1 were the standouts * Luke Cage 1 and 2 were pretty good * The rest of the seasons were watchable, but nothing special
Clearly it wasn't cancelled. More likely, Apple changed direction.
I suspect they initially wanted to build the whole car, but after several years of exploring the idea, it seemed impractical and not likely to yield the level of profit margins Apple is used to. So I think they reconfigured the project to offering just the self-driving hardware and software to existing car manufacturers.
I think at this point they've taken the research as far as it can go and, as you suggest, recognized the (current) insurmountable problems with full automation.
I think that a fully automated SDC would require either realtime AI processing or a significant infrastructure upgrade, or possibly even both. And the cost model doesn't seem to be there yet, as the sensors are still ridiculously expensive for the average consumer.
To be fair... people are far more likely to go online to complain about a company than they are to go online to praise. If a lot of people have been with an employer for a long time and are happy about it, they should definitely be encouraged to post about it.
My last employer laid off a large portion of their IT staff and filed for bankruptcy. Lots of talent and corporate knowledge was lost. No matter how many happy people post, you can't cover something like that up.
Or any other streaming music service, for that matter...
You can't link tracks that were meant to be played together, so multi-track works sound absolutely horrible when part of a playlist on shuffle mode, or played as part of a radio station.
Take Pink Floyd, for instance... If you wanted Another Brick in the Wall to be a part of your playlist, someone decided to slice that into three separate tracks on the album. There's a lot of good music out there that's affected by this problem.
I'm already paying for multiple services: * Netflix (w/multiple users) - The most comprehensive service, and Netflix-only programming * Hulu (without ads) - For broadcast TV programming not available on Netflix * CBS All Access - The TV broadcaster not on Hulu * HBO Now - Game of Thrones, Vice, Real Time * Prime Video - meh, this was part of my Prime subscription
That said, I have a large family, so I'm catering to a lot of tastes in programming.
Honestly, we have arrived at the best time in history for users of alternative typing devices to bring them forward.
Every keyboard uses the standard USB port. As long as your custom device works with the Windows generic USB keyboard driver, then it's just plug and play.
If typing speed were a key performance metric of my ability to do the job, I'd ask the employer for a sample document to demonstrate my speed and then bang it out.
So, what will ISP's do with VPN users? I pay $5/mo for mine, and connect through another country. I am effectively able to bypass all of this nickle-and-dime filtering about to happen.
ISP's will therefore need to charge a HUGE premium on VPN users.
There is measure of success, through social media and torrent popularity.
It's in Netflix's best interest to promote every show as if it's the best show they've ever produced. Without ratings, there's not an easy way to knock them down.
Is this a software issue or is this a server issue?
It doesn't make any sense to brick standalone hardware. But, if the unit is heavily dependent on a central server that Nest no longer wishes to maintain, that's a different issue.
Agreed...Apple has absolutely nothing to fear from Microsoft. Microsoft is destroying themselves from the inside. For Apple to buy Nokia, that might cause Microsoft to wake the fuck up and start building their own phones, like Apple does.
If Apple really wants to see Microsoft fail, the best option is to let them continue down the path they are currently on.
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You might have shorter travel times, but flying cars will use a lot more energy to stay aloft (versus a car that is always supported by the ground).
Also, each advance in the field of transportation comes with a significant increase in the number and distance of trips taken by people. Flying cars will get you to your destinations faster, so people will be traveling a lot more to destinations that were too far away to drive. This will especially be true of people commuting to work. A two hour car commute, one way, is unthinkable for most people, but if a flying car can shorten that to an hour, then a lot mroe people would be willing to make that commute.
On the plus side, flying cars would make rural locations a lot mroe accessible, for home owners and businesses.
Captain Marvel was created by Fawcett Comics over a year and a half after Superman was created by DC Comics. The character did so well that he was outselling Superman in the 40's.
DC Comics filed suit against Fawcett, claiming that Captain Marvel was a rip-off of Superman. DC prevailed in court in 1953, and Fawcett was forced to retire Captain Marvel permanently.
In the late 60's, Marvel Comics acquired the rights to the name "Captain Marvel," and created a superhero that was completely different from both the original Captain Marvel and Superman. Thus, they couldn't be sued by DC.
In 1972, as comic books were surging in popularity, DC was looking for new properties to publish and licensed the Captain Marvel characters from Fawcett. But when they tried to publish the comic book as "The Original Captain Marvel," Marvel Comics sent DC a cease-and-desist letter. Thus DC had to retitle the comic book, "Shazam!"
In order to retain their trademark, Marvel must publish a Captain Marvel title at least once every two years.
Spider-Man has always been Marvel's most popular character since the 60's.
But Marvel Studios has done such an incredible job with their franchise movies that Iron Man makes a cameo in their first Spider-Man movie to give him support.
Some people are more comfortable with that than others.
The shows had problems.
* They were low budget (some shows had more problem with that than others, notably Iron Fist)
* There was too much filler in the seasons (don't need 13 episodes when you only really have 8 episodes' worth of story)
* Some were just really bad (all of the boardroom drama in Iron Fist)
* In fact, Iron Fist season 1 was fucking terrible, overall (I couldn't even bring myself to watch season 2)
The highlights:
* Daredevil cast were great, especially...
* Vincent D'Onofrio IS Kingpin, in the way that RDJ is Tony Stark; he fucking OWNED that role
* DD seasons 1 and 3, Jessica Jones season 1, and Punisher season 1 were the standouts
* Luke Cage 1 and 2 were pretty good
* The rest of the seasons were watchable, but nothing special
...to share their tchnology with the world.
Clearly it wasn't cancelled. More likely, Apple changed direction.
I suspect they initially wanted to build the whole car, but after several years of exploring the idea, it seemed impractical and not likely to yield the level of profit margins Apple is used to. So I think they reconfigured the project to offering just the self-driving hardware and software to existing car manufacturers.
I think at this point they've taken the research as far as it can go and, as you suggest, recognized the (current) insurmountable problems with full automation.
I think that a fully automated SDC would require either realtime AI processing or a significant infrastructure upgrade, or possibly even both. And the cost model doesn't seem to be there yet, as the sensors are still ridiculously expensive for the average consumer.
Cash is like a mobile payment option that you can use everywhere.
The solution to lack of compatibility is to use Apple Pay and Google Pay everywhere you can.
If those services are successful, then more retailers will support them.
To be fair... people are far more likely to go online to complain about a company than they are to go online to praise. If a lot of people have been with an employer for a long time and are happy about it, they should definitely be encouraged to post about it.
My last employer laid off a large portion of their IT staff and filed for bankruptcy. Lots of talent and corporate knowledge was lost. No matter how many happy people post, you can't cover something like that up.
Or any other streaming music service, for that matter...
You can't link tracks that were meant to be played together, so multi-track works sound absolutely horrible when part of a playlist on shuffle mode, or played as part of a radio station.
Take Pink Floyd, for instance... If you wanted Another Brick in the Wall to be a part of your playlist, someone decided to slice that into three separate tracks on the album. There's a lot of good music out there that's affected by this problem.
I like to play survival video games. And I like to put traps in and around my bases.
9 times out of 10, the person who ends up getting killed by my traps is me.
This would not be a good solution for me.
If you're that concerned about it, you can go into the Settings app and turn off "iPhone Unlock" by Face ID.
You can still used Face ID with other parts of iOS that use it.
I am shocked -- SHOCKED -- to find that torrenting is going on here!
("Here are your torrents, sir.")
("Yes, thank you. Please move them over to my Plex server.")
I'm already paying for multiple services:
* Netflix (w/multiple users) - The most comprehensive service, and Netflix-only programming
* Hulu (without ads) - For broadcast TV programming not available on Netflix
* CBS All Access - The TV broadcaster not on Hulu
* HBO Now - Game of Thrones, Vice, Real Time
* Prime Video - meh, this was part of my Prime subscription
That said, I have a large family, so I'm catering to a lot of tastes in programming.
Just returned to the site after a 6 year hiatus.
Glad to see the jokes haven't changed.
I just finished Battlefield I, now I have to play through Battlefields II, III, and IV.
Honestly, we have arrived at the best time in history for users of alternative typing devices to bring them forward.
Every keyboard uses the standard USB port. As long as your custom device works with the Windows generic USB keyboard driver, then it's just plug and play.
If typing speed were a key performance metric of my ability to do the job, I'd ask the employer for a sample document to demonstrate my speed and then bang it out.
So, what will ISP's do with VPN users? I pay $5/mo for mine, and connect through another country. I am effectively able to bypass all of this nickle-and-dime filtering about to happen.
ISP's will therefore need to charge a HUGE premium on VPN users.
This is truly the death of the free internet.
How dare they slander the POTUS by quoting him verbatim and providing the actual context!
> Are people really this stupid these days?
Have you seen who was elected president?
There is measure of success, through social media and torrent popularity.
It's in Netflix's best interest to promote every show as if it's the best show they've ever produced. Without ratings, there's not an easy way to knock them down.
Is this a software issue or is this a server issue?
It doesn't make any sense to brick standalone hardware. But, if the unit is heavily dependent on a central server that Nest no longer wishes to maintain, that's a different issue.
By that measurement, smartphones, themselves, would not be regarded as innovative because they all used existing technology.
Agreed...Apple has absolutely nothing to fear from Microsoft. Microsoft is destroying themselves from the inside. For Apple to buy Nokia, that might cause Microsoft to wake the fuck up and start building their own phones, like Apple does.
If Apple really wants to see Microsoft fail, the best option is to let them continue down the path they are currently on.