I, for one, am rather disappointed to see autonomous spy capabilities within spitting distance of 99.999 percent uptime when the average consumer smartphone becomes a glossy brick within 5 hours of being disconnected from the power grid.
Just because SMS piggybacks parts of the cellular network protocol to get from the tower to your device that does not make it free. While I agree it is a cash cow given current pricing in the US you cannot completely ignore the backend and administrative costs of maintaining any large scale, reliable communications protocol. And don't forget the cost storing all those messages for our law enforcement overlords to keep us safe from ourselves.
The real trick is trying to distinguish yourself as enough of a "giant" so that future generations may acknowledge the footing with which you provide them.
Its been a few years since I left the embedded space (take a hint, recruiter-droids!) but per-device Windows license pricing broke down along the following lines:
If you are an engineer in a company that employs corporate technical staff you can continue to advance well beyond the ranks of senior developer without ever moving into management. You will however be directly accountable to levels of management that most developers seldom interact with on a daily basis. If you don't see a path to further your career in company you are with then perhaps its time to look for another employer.
I will say whomever at AMD killed the Phenom/Athlon lines was an idiot and should get a good firing
BD was Dirk's baby and he was the first to fall on his sword. Personally, I think BD turned out well given the fact that AMD was teetering on the brink of financial collapse for the majority of the design cycle. It won't be much longer before Trinity gives a second look at what the BD core can do in a consumer SKU.
With the prevalence of MSRA I've wondered why portable/handheld ozone generators have not become prevalent for hospital/clinical use. If this system is as effective it would eliminate the need for liquid suspension of ozone to prevent inhalation hazards. In fact, I wonder how long before other industries requiring sanitation abandon ozone systems in favor this plasma light system.
How about formalizing a set of interfaces for the modding community so they won't see all their hard work go up in smoke every time you release an update? Its really hard to explain to the kidlets that the 'Ooh yay, kittycats!' Minecraft update they downloaded broke all the mods they had installed.
If this screen is going to be the only display on your workstation then the level of transparency needs to be variable and be fully opaque to prevent distractions when not interacting with volumetric UI elements. Ideally the display screen should not need to be transparent at all with the users hands rendered into the volumetric scene based on camera input.
Interactive illustrations of the scale of objects in the known universe have always been amongst my favorite Internet distractions (sadly this is the only one I can locate at the moment). I hope I find this timeline interactive to be as interesting.
So how many of you have ever owned a little black book of contact information for friends, lovers and family? What year did this book cease to play a relevant role in your day to day life? Was it the year you got an Internet email account, joined freindster, myspace, or facebook, or bought your first featurephone? If I were a betting man I'd bet I could guess your age within 5 years based on you how you answer these questions.
It wasn't all that long ago that the worlds manufacturing floor for PC components was Taiwan rather than mainland China. Anyone care to contrast the current working conditions in China to those in Taiwan 10 years ago?
When a fractured bone heals normally, does it have similar bone density as before the injury? I would be concerned about what effect on bone density this gel treatment might have. Now that we have gotten that little bit of pessimism out of the way wouldn't it be nice if this treatment actually provided increased bone density, and could be used therapeutically by those who lack sufficient bone density? I doubt it would be much fun having a clinician drilling into your bones to create artificial fractures but I suppose it beats the uncertainty of living with weak bones.
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Relevance to this story?
You don't feel an example of an entrepreneur standing up to frivolous litigation is relevant? Get a clue already.
Nice to see more people fighting against the legal trolls.GIVE THEM NOTHING!
I, for one, am rather disappointed to see autonomous spy capabilities within spitting distance of 99.999 percent uptime when the average consumer smartphone becomes a glossy brick within 5 hours of being disconnected from the power grid.
So which incumbent social media giant will drag Nintendo into litigation over patent infringement first?
Just because SMS piggybacks parts of the cellular network protocol to get from the tower to your device that does not make it free. While I agree it is a cash cow given current pricing in the US you cannot completely ignore the backend and administrative costs of maintaining any large scale, reliable communications protocol. And don't forget the cost storing all those messages for our law enforcement overlords to keep us safe from ourselves.
The real trick is trying to distinguish yourself as enough of a "giant" so that future generations may acknowledge the footing with which you provide them.
Its been a few years since I left the embedded space (take a hint, recruiter-droids!) but per-device Windows license pricing broke down along the following lines:
Windows CE: $5
Windows XP Embedded: $40
Nah, they will merely report the incident to the Cyber Police.
If you are an engineer in a company that employs corporate technical staff you can continue to advance well beyond the ranks of senior developer without ever moving into management. You will however be directly accountable to levels of management that most developers seldom interact with on a daily basis. If you don't see a path to further your career in company you are with then perhaps its time to look for another employer.
I will say whomever at AMD killed the Phenom/Athlon lines was an idiot and should get a good firing
BD was Dirk's baby and he was the first to fall on his sword. Personally, I think BD turned out well given the fact that AMD was teetering on the brink of financial collapse for the majority of the design cycle. It won't be much longer before Trinity gives a second look at what the BD core can do in a consumer SKU.
Microsoft tries to buy Valve to squash them before they start competing in the console market? Lets hope not.
Let me know when you start hiring device driver developers for all that lovely hardware, Mr. Newell.
With the prevalence of MSRA I've wondered why portable/handheld ozone generators have not become prevalent for hospital/clinical use. If this system is as effective it would eliminate the need for liquid suspension of ozone to prevent inhalation hazards. In fact, I wonder how long before other industries requiring sanitation abandon ozone systems in favor this plasma light system.
How about formalizing a set of interfaces for the modding community so they won't see all their hard work go up in smoke every time you release an update? Its really hard to explain to the kidlets that the 'Ooh yay, kittycats!' Minecraft update they downloaded broke all the mods they had installed.
If this screen is going to be the only display on your workstation then the level of transparency needs to be variable and be fully opaque to prevent distractions when not interacting with volumetric UI elements. Ideally the display screen should not need to be transparent at all with the users hands rendered into the volumetric scene based on camera input.
Until there is an app for that, there is always Clippy:
I see your plane is crashing, would you like to:
A) Purchase flight insurance
B) Compose your last will and testament
C) Evacuate the contents of your bowels
ISS, open the Soyuz escape capsule doors.
It goes further than that, medical insurers will be required to spend 85% of revenues collected as premiums on the care of insured members. With a potential profit margin narrowed to 15% of revenue minus operating costs the US medical insurance industry will likely no longer be the darling of the investment community.
"He who controls the past controls the future, and he who controls the present controls the past"
I don't want MS, Facebook or Google to control me. They are not the robotic overlords I am looking for.
Interactive illustrations of the scale of objects in the known universe have always been amongst my favorite Internet distractions (sadly this is the only one I can locate at the moment). I hope I find this timeline interactive to be as interesting.
Not if his name is Bilbo.
Thomas Dolby may disagree with that argument.
So how many of you have ever owned a little black book of contact information for friends, lovers and family? What year did this book cease to play a relevant role in your day to day life? Was it the year you got an Internet email account, joined freindster, myspace, or facebook, or bought your first featurephone? If I were a betting man I'd bet I could guess your age within 5 years based on you how you answer these questions.
Yeah, I don't think this is going to work...unless the Batman cape and cowl really does get your juices flowing.
*sucks thumb*
It wasn't all that long ago that the worlds manufacturing floor for PC components was Taiwan rather than mainland China. Anyone care to contrast the current working conditions in China to those in Taiwan 10 years ago?
When a fractured bone heals normally, does it have similar bone density as before the injury? I would be concerned about what effect on bone density this gel treatment might have. Now that we have gotten that little bit of pessimism out of the way wouldn't it be nice if this treatment actually provided increased bone density, and could be used therapeutically by those who lack sufficient bone density? I doubt it would be much fun having a clinician drilling into your bones to create artificial fractures but I suppose it beats the uncertainty of living with weak bones.
Given the rumors surrounding how poorly Windows 8 is running on Qualcomm silicon I wouldn't bet on them doubling down on microsoft products anytime soon.