You obviously have never been to an office building in Shanghai in the summer. That's pretty standard business attire, and the clothing shops all around the core are loaded with short skirts, sheet blouses and tall heels.
I thought I was pretty good at table tennis, being somewhat competitive at local Shanghai bar games. But I got my ass handed to me time and again by a 1.5 meter tall, 40 kg sales lady who always wore 8cm tall heels. She simply OWNED the table, against anyone who would play her. You'd step up, thinking "she's small, and has heels, no problem!" and a few minutes later you're on the losing end of a 10-2 game, sweating out your last point - and she's barely warmed up.
What bike is 1 meter wide? Seriously - what bike? I have a full size cruiser motorcycle with 30 liter sidecases, and it's 0.9 meters wide - and that's considerably wider than any bicycle I've seen.
I recently (5 months ago) bought a new Mustang. I went in, ordered the color and options I wanted, spec'd it out, haggled on the price - and 40 days later it showed up as I ordered, and my payments began. Pretty simple! Now, not all dealers want to do custom orders because they have inventory they want to clear - but you can order.
Then you get over enough that other vehicles can safely pass you. Typical lanes are 10 feet wide, cars/trucks are rarely more than 7 feet wide. So there's a good 3 feet that can be shared. As far as CA roads, I ride the canyons quite a bit on my motorcycle (to and from work every day), and the number of cars that do not get over are a tenth of the number of bikes. I don't know how many times I come across three or four bikers riding abreast, and refusing to get over. Cars tend to get over as early as possible, for the most part.
It's really not a judgment call. Five or more vehicles behind you? You need to pull over and let them pass. That's the law in CA, WA, and OR - and probably most other States, too. No judgment call about it - it's illegal to hold up 5 or more vehicles behind you.
21656. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow-moving vehicle, including a passenger vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. As used in this section a slow-moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place.
It is VERY rare to see a street without shoulders at least 18" wide - and that's plenty of width to ride a bike. In California, you need to get over as soon as you see 5+ people behind you, and use the shoulder so others can pass. That's the law. And it's the same basic law in WA and OR as well.
The question is why people should care about Apple being in the consortium.
Sure. And people shouldn't care - unless they are heavy Apple users. For the typical person (meaning the 85%+ case), Apple support is immaterial, because they don't have an Apple platform.
If you're a content provider (like Youtube, Hulu, Netflix) then you'll target the biggest segments first, and that often means Apple comes up short, and late.
I didn't realize the plan was to sell the video codecs. I though the consortium was putting together an open-standard video codec and then including it - gratis - in a multitude of platforms. That would assist those who create content (videos, specifically - not apps) to appeal to a very wide user base. But I guess if you want to talk about app purchases - something not at all related to the whole article - be my guest!
I have a MotoX, Moto360, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and a Chromecast. In fact I have never owned a iPhone or iPad.
I am not an Apple fanboy but when you look at tablets Apple has a big lead.
The actual data says otherwise. Apple has about 27% market share for tablets - the rest is pretty much Android. Yes, Apple has a larger market share for tablets than it does for phones - but it's still a very small minority share in either case.
In terms of revenue? Android mops the floor with iOS. Consider there are 4+ Android phones sold for every iOS phone - and those phones do NOT average just 25% of the cost of an iPhone. Revenue goes to Android.
>About Upscaling - This is the biggest load of crap ever. You can NOT create detail beyond that which you started with. An upscaled picture, displayed at 4k, that was captured with a 1080p camera can't possibly be any more accurate than the same picture displayed on a 1080p TV. Of course, the masses don't understand this. This seems to be the "MO" of most technology these days, since non-tech-savvy people are using a lot of tech gadgets - you can say meaningless things that sound "good", and people will accept them as "good" since they don't know what the hell they've really got.
Interesting thing about visuals and upsampling/interpolation. You can actually end up with a BETTER image (visually smoother, cleaner) when you upsample and interpolate. In fact, that's the standard approach in ultrasound - capture the raw data, use it to create an upsampled/interpolated set of data, and then do all displays and calculations in the new data. The only reason you use the original data is to give you something to upsample. And empirical, double-blind tests in medical situations proves that ultrasound technicians regularly prefer the upsampled data as well as are able to better diagnose issues.
Human perception is pretty interesting. Building in data between points (much like oversampling and interpolating DACs in audio) can have an actual measurable, repeatable improvement in the perceived results.
Mobile OS statistics show apple around 15%, Android somewhere around 83% and everyone else in the last 2%. Worldwide, iOS is actually a bit player when it comes to market share.
Even EU citizens need to register with city hall inside of Belgium. It's also the de-facto standard for foreigners working there. Get your own facts straight before calling someone else a liar.
Oh, I lived - and worked - in Belgium and Chile for 2 years each. Had to register with the local police. And when I lived in China (6 years) it was the same thing. Sounds like you've never worked (legally) overseas... Or did you confuse "working in XXX" with "tourist to XXX"?
According to the news, so do most countries. The UK, Germany, France, and of course most of Asia all have a record of spying internally on their citizens and legal residents.
I know when I travel to Asia, South America, or Europe, I need to present my passport at all hotels I stay at. When I worked in Belgium, Chile and China, I had to register with the Government and provide the local police station with my information - and inform them if I moved to a new apartment/house. In the US, I don't think that tourists need to provide their passports at hotels, nor do visa holders need to register with the local police station. So - how is what is proposed much different than 90% of the rest of the world?
No, but Tip O'Neill was, and as Speaker of the House (you know, that Governmental body that actually writes the budget, I assume you paid attention to School House Rock?), he had a LOT of influence of what got funded and what didn't. The Tipster didn't like it - and so it wasn't funded. Not a lot that the Senate or the President could do, other than try to cajole, plead or threaten. But then again, it's the House's job to write the budget - not the Senate or the President.
The issue with the Mexican and most Central American economies is graft and corruption at the Governmental level.
As if those things don't exist in the US....
Not even CLOSE to the same level as in Mexico, or Guatemala. Or other Central American countries. The level of corruption we have is nowhere near the same. If that's central to your point - then there's nothing else to discuss.
As for encouraging the immigrants home countries to institute change is exactly what I suggested. You have to help them build their economies which in turn will spur changes. Right now the US trade policies are anything but helpful or friendly.
OK, so how do you propose to do that? We have completely free trade, should we pay them to export their products to us? You have a nice little sound-bite, but what do suggest as action to make it "work"?
Back when I was in school, there wasn't any ADD/ADHD. There were those who were a bit unruly, but the prescription was about 36" of pine ruler and it worked. Now get off my lawn!
The issue with the Mexican and most Central American economies is graft and corruption at the Governmental level. Short of overthrowing those Governments - there's not a lot we can do other than what we've done (open markets - NAFTA).
Maybe we should try better border enforcement and encourage the local populace to institute change at home, rather than run away...
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You obviously have never been to an office building in Shanghai in the summer. That's pretty standard business attire, and the clothing shops all around the core are loaded with short skirts, sheet blouses and tall heels.
I thought I was pretty good at table tennis, being somewhat competitive at local Shanghai bar games. But I got my ass handed to me time and again by a 1.5 meter tall, 40 kg sales lady who always wore 8cm tall heels. She simply OWNED the table, against anyone who would play her. You'd step up, thinking "she's small, and has heels, no problem!" and a few minutes later you're on the losing end of a 10-2 game, sweating out your last point - and she's barely warmed up.
Screw that, I'm still trying to find some place to use my Diner's Card!
What bike is 1 meter wide? Seriously - what bike? I have a full size cruiser motorcycle with 30 liter sidecases, and it's 0.9 meters wide - and that's considerably wider than any bicycle I've seen.
I recently (5 months ago) bought a new Mustang. I went in, ordered the color and options I wanted, spec'd it out, haggled on the price - and 40 days later it showed up as I ordered, and my payments began. Pretty simple! Now, not all dealers want to do custom orders because they have inventory they want to clear - but you can order.
Then you get over enough that other vehicles can safely pass you. Typical lanes are 10 feet wide, cars/trucks are rarely more than 7 feet wide. So there's a good 3 feet that can be shared. As far as CA roads, I ride the canyons quite a bit on my motorcycle (to and from work every day), and the number of cars that do not get over are a tenth of the number of bikes. I don't know how many times I come across three or four bikers riding abreast, and refusing to get over. Cars tend to get over as early as possible, for the most part.
How many bicycles are on the 400s?
It's really not a judgment call. Five or more vehicles behind you? You need to pull over and let them pass. That's the law in CA, WA, and OR - and probably most other States, too. No judgment call about it - it's illegal to hold up 5 or more vehicles behind you.
CVC 21656:
21656. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow-moving vehicle, including a passenger vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. As used in this section a slow-moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place.
It is VERY rare to see a street without shoulders at least 18" wide - and that's plenty of width to ride a bike. In California, you need to get over as soon as you see 5+ people behind you, and use the shoulder so others can pass. That's the law. And it's the same basic law in WA and OR as well.
The question is why people should care about Apple being in the consortium.
Sure. And people shouldn't care - unless they are heavy Apple users. For the typical person (meaning the 85%+ case), Apple support is immaterial, because they don't have an Apple platform.
If you're a content provider (like Youtube, Hulu, Netflix) then you'll target the biggest segments first, and that often means Apple comes up short, and late.
I didn't realize the plan was to sell the video codecs. I though the consortium was putting together an open-standard video codec and then including it - gratis - in a multitude of platforms. That would assist those who create content (videos, specifically - not apps) to appeal to a very wide user base. But I guess if you want to talk about app purchases - something not at all related to the whole article - be my guest!
I have a MotoX, Moto360, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and a Chromecast. In fact I have never owned a iPhone or iPad. I am not an Apple fanboy but when you look at tablets Apple has a big lead.
The actual data says otherwise. Apple has about 27% market share for tablets - the rest is pretty much Android. Yes, Apple has a larger market share for tablets than it does for phones - but it's still a very small minority share in either case.
In terms of revenue? Android mops the floor with iOS. Consider there are 4+ Android phones sold for every iOS phone - and those phones do NOT average just 25% of the cost of an iPhone. Revenue goes to Android.
>About Upscaling - This is the biggest load of crap ever. You can NOT create detail beyond that which you started with. An upscaled picture, displayed at 4k, that was captured with a 1080p camera can't possibly be any more accurate than the same picture displayed on a 1080p TV. Of course, the masses don't understand this. This seems to be the "MO" of most technology these days, since non-tech-savvy people are using a lot of tech gadgets - you can say meaningless things that sound "good", and people will accept them as "good" since they don't know what the hell they've really got.
Interesting thing about visuals and upsampling/interpolation. You can actually end up with a BETTER image (visually smoother, cleaner) when you upsample and interpolate. In fact, that's the standard approach in ultrasound - capture the raw data, use it to create an upsampled/interpolated set of data, and then do all displays and calculations in the new data. The only reason you use the original data is to give you something to upsample. And empirical, double-blind tests in medical situations proves that ultrasound technicians regularly prefer the upsampled data as well as are able to better diagnose issues.
Human perception is pretty interesting. Building in data between points (much like oversampling and interpolating DACs in audio) can have an actual measurable, repeatable improvement in the perceived results.
UNPOSSIBLE! Apple told us all that 300 dpi was retina display and you couldn't see smaller pixels than that!
Mobile OS statistics show apple around 15%, Android somewhere around 83% and everyone else in the last 2%. Worldwide, iOS is actually a bit player when it comes to market share.
Even EU citizens need to register with city hall inside of Belgium. It's also the de-facto standard for foreigners working there. Get your own facts straight before calling someone else a liar.
Oh, I lived - and worked - in Belgium and Chile for 2 years each. Had to register with the local police. And when I lived in China (6 years) it was the same thing. Sounds like you've never worked (legally) overseas... Or did you confuse "working in XXX" with "tourist to XXX"?
According to the news, so do most countries. The UK, Germany, France, and of course most of Asia all have a record of spying internally on their citizens and legal residents.
I know when I travel to Asia, South America, or Europe, I need to present my passport at all hotels I stay at. When I worked in Belgium, Chile and China, I had to register with the Government and provide the local police station with my information - and inform them if I moved to a new apartment/house. In the US, I don't think that tourists need to provide their passports at hotels, nor do visa holders need to register with the local police station. So - how is what is proposed much different than 90% of the rest of the world?
So it's about 1 Kessel run, then...
No, but Tip O'Neill was, and as Speaker of the House (you know, that Governmental body that actually writes the budget, I assume you paid attention to School House Rock?), he had a LOT of influence of what got funded and what didn't. The Tipster didn't like it - and so it wasn't funded. Not a lot that the Senate or the President could do, other than try to cajole, plead or threaten. But then again, it's the House's job to write the budget - not the Senate or the President.
The issue with the Mexican and most Central American economies is graft and corruption at the Governmental level.
As if those things don't exist in the US....
Not even CLOSE to the same level as in Mexico, or Guatemala. Or other Central American countries. The level of corruption we have is nowhere near the same. If that's central to your point - then there's nothing else to discuss.
As for encouraging the immigrants home countries to institute change is exactly what I suggested. You have to help them build their economies which in turn will spur changes. Right now the US trade policies are anything but helpful or friendly.
OK, so how do you propose to do that? We have completely free trade, should we pay them to export their products to us? You have a nice little sound-bite, but what do suggest as action to make it "work"?
Back when I was in school, there wasn't any ADD/ADHD. There were those who were a bit unruly, but the prescription was about 36" of pine ruler and it worked. Now get off my lawn!
The issue with the Mexican and most Central American economies is graft and corruption at the Governmental level. Short of overthrowing those Governments - there's not a lot we can do other than what we've done (open markets - NAFTA).
Maybe we should try better border enforcement and encourage the local populace to institute change at home, rather than run away...