Well, considering that Luke felt Han, Leia, and Chewbacca suffering on Bespin before it happened, I think it's safe to say that the Force is not limited by the speed of light.
But if all the Australian wildlife is destroyed, where are we going to get the kiwi birds to make shoe polish out of? I don't think the brown furry eggs they sell as fruit in the grocery stores will ever hatch.
The only reason the kindle can be sucky is because Amazon's got a grip on the content now. Doesn't matter that the competition can be faster, better, flashier, etc., it's all about the content, and Amazon's locking it up faster with authors and dumping it to lock in more customers.
Nonsense! There's plenty of free content to be had. And there's plenty of "grey" content to be had if you lean that way.
I should like to point out that I, a registered voter and taxpayer, have never been asked whether I want my taxes spent on something so monumentally stupid as a Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit.
I learned to drive on country back roads ---- learning to sweep my eyes right and left watching out for traffic approaching a blind crossroads long before they posed any immediate threat.
Driverless cars have been learning the exact same way, except they have more eyes than you.
It seems pretty clear that there is going to be a transition period where autonomous vehicles will absolutely need to have the ability to let the driver takeover for situations like:
2) Driving in places that no map data is available for yet.
You're assuming the car is going by map data alone, and not by video analysis? How quaint.
Like I said, "If you build it, they will come"
Granted, it may be niche market in North America right now, mainly due to to price, but the big box stores around here are all selling 4K TVs. They wouldn't do that if there was no demand.
4K will be a different story, it will be much more similar to how people ditched the older low-res displays and intentionally bought a HD one. There is a clear benefit to doubling or tripling the pixel density of a display, especially large ones. And with only a few exceptions related to earlier digital cameras, converting existing films to a higher resolution format is quick and easy and cheap.
Yes, that is exactly my point. If gimmicky 3D that doesn't add much to the viewing experience and was generally unwanted by the market sold, then 4K which has a high market demand and adds a lot to the viewing experience will sell even though the content library is currently small.
... and again, this has nothing to do with television manufacturers. Manufacturers will build 4K sets because consumers demand it and don't forget that the internet isn't the only way to get a signal into a TV. It's a distant third after cable/satellite and disk players.
ISPs could deliver 2048K movies if any existed. It's just a file to them; a bit stream like any other. ISPs don't care what you've got connected, so long as you don't exceed your bandwidth.
The same "chicken and egg" dilemna faced 3D capable televisions, yet they sold. 4K is what movies and television is shot in these days, so it's really an "if you build it, they will come" problem.
*For the inevitable " good luck with your guns vs the military might " post that always seems to show up, I'll simply point out the last several conflicts the US has been involved with were against a much weaker military opponent who used basic guns and IED's. No tanks. No ships or aircraft to speak of. We haven't " won " any of those conflicts in recent history unless you believe the propaganda. Just food for thought before you post it.
To be fair, the US hasn't gone "all in" on any of those, either. An attempt to overthrow the US government by force might provoke a harsher response.
I control when the cruise control is on or off, and what speed it is set to.
Nevertheless, while the cruise control is on, you are not in control of the car's speed (especially with the new-fangled cruise controls that sense the speed of the vehicle in front of you). Control of the vehicle is split between human operator and automated systems. Ditto with traction control, anti-lock brakes, automatic transmission, interval wipers, etc. The driver delegates a portion of control of the vehicle to automated systems every time they are activated. The driver is almost never 100% in control. The grey area where both are in control is getting wider and wider: self parking, automatic lane keeping, for example.
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... as the event was (on the planetary scale) very far away.
Boo! What a perfect setup you had, and you blew it. What you should have said was:
... as the event was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away!
Well, considering that Luke felt Han, Leia, and Chewbacca suffering on Bespin before it happened, I think it's safe to say that the Force is not limited by the speed of light.
But if all the Australian wildlife is destroyed, where are we going to get the kiwi birds to make shoe polish out of? I don't think the brown furry eggs they sell as fruit in the grocery stores will ever hatch.
The only reason the kindle can be sucky is because Amazon's got a grip on the content now. Doesn't matter that the competition can be faster, better, flashier, etc., it's all about the content, and Amazon's locking it up faster with authors and dumping it to lock in more customers.
Nonsense! There's plenty of free content to be had. And there's plenty of "grey" content to be had if you lean that way.
One thing Access will never do that Excel excels at: scrambling your data. One wrong sort and your spreadsheet is toast.
The stuttering black and white film with audio dropouts reminds me of the Dharma Initiative orientation films from Lost.
I should like to point out that I, a registered voter and taxpayer, have never been asked whether I want my taxes spent on something so monumentally stupid as a Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit.
Yes, you have. It's called an election.
I learned to drive on country back roads ---- learning to sweep my eyes right and left watching out for traffic approaching a blind crossroads long before they posed any immediate threat.
Driverless cars have been learning the exact same way, except they have more eyes than you.
It seems pretty clear that there is going to be a transition period where autonomous vehicles will absolutely need to have the ability to let the driver takeover for situations like:
2) Driving in places that no map data is available for yet.
You're assuming the car is going by map data alone, and not by video analysis? How quaint.
Let's not forget elevators and escalators.
It was a Cardassian, and he was trying to get Picard to say five lights.
Sheesh!
Like I said, "If you build it, they will come" Granted, it may be niche market in North America right now, mainly due to to price, but the big box stores around here are all selling 4K TVs. They wouldn't do that if there was no demand.
4K will be a different story, it will be much more similar to how people ditched the older low-res displays and intentionally bought a HD one. There is a clear benefit to doubling or tripling the pixel density of a display, especially large ones. And with only a few exceptions related to earlier digital cameras, converting existing films to a higher resolution format is quick and easy and cheap.
Yes, that is exactly my point. If gimmicky 3D that doesn't add much to the viewing experience and was generally unwanted by the market sold, then 4K which has a high market demand and adds a lot to the viewing experience will sell even though the content library is currently small.
... and again, this has nothing to do with television manufacturers. Manufacturers will build 4K sets because consumers demand it and don't forget that the internet isn't the only way to get a signal into a TV. It's a distant third after cable/satellite and disk players.
ISPs could deliver 2048K movies if any existed. It's just a file to them; a bit stream like any other. ISPs don't care what you've got connected, so long as you don't exceed your bandwidth.
Good luck getting the monopoly ISP to "build it". Or would you be satisfied with going back to optical discs?
What has an ISP got to do with building a television?
The same "chicken and egg" dilemna faced 3D capable televisions, yet they sold. 4K is what movies and television is shot in these days, so it's really an "if you build it, they will come" problem.
Of course it is built using ICs. You don't expect them to solder together billions of individual transistors, do you?
The Royal Air Force was launching Sopwith Camels from airships during WWI.
*For the inevitable " good luck with your guns vs the military might " post that always seems to show up, I'll simply point out the last several conflicts the US has been involved with were against a much weaker military opponent who used basic guns and IED's. No tanks. No ships or aircraft to speak of. We haven't " won " any of those conflicts in recent history unless you believe the propaganda. Just food for thought before you post it.
To be fair, the US hasn't gone "all in" on any of those, either. An attempt to overthrow the US government by force might provoke a harsher response.
What is your outrage level to the fact that the Chinese are monitoring all telephone traffic in the US?
Yes, but what we really want to know is if the Batman bandages heal wounds faster than the plain ones.
It makes a lot of sense. They had experience with docking aircraft. It used to be done with dirigibles in WWI.
The real test is to have the driverless cars race 500 miles at a super speedway like Daytona.
No, the real test would be driving in Cairo, Egypt.
I control when the cruise control is on or off, and what speed it is set to.
Nevertheless, while the cruise control is on, you are not in control of the car's speed (especially with the new-fangled cruise controls that sense the speed of the vehicle in front of you). Control of the vehicle is split between human operator and automated systems. Ditto with traction control, anti-lock brakes, automatic transmission, interval wipers, etc. The driver delegates a portion of control of the vehicle to automated systems every time they are activated. The driver is almost never 100% in control. The grey area where both are in control is getting wider and wider: self parking, automatic lane keeping, for example.