Hopefully user installed apps can't use that fingerprint scanner or I can see identity theft hit a new level. I've used the Atrix 4G and the fingerprint novelty is fleeting, not to mention fingerprints are insecure and at least in the Atrix 4G case frustrating to use because of misreads.
Moving parts means that the device is inherently more fragile... less resilient to shock, and introduces points of physical failure that don't exist with solid state storage.
Disk drives act like gyroscopes, however smaller drives can stop faster and have less rotational momentum at the same RPM. Flash is shock sensitive too. I've ruined USB flash sticks by dropping them. I hate moving parts too, but I think it's possible to make a mechanical drive less shock sensitive then flash with the proper safety features. Your experience with standard drives isn't really relevant to these new mobile drives because they are very different physically.
I say give them a chance and we will see how they perform.
New slashdot poll. How many hours did you spent researching candidates? 1. 0. I don't vote. 2. 0. I just vote along party lines. 3...5 The rest of the options are probably statistically insignificant anyway so I won't even put them.
Dirty hippies making corporations keep their promises are ruining America!
The government licenses every nuclear power plant. If the power company doesn't have a decommissioning fund then blame the government for not effectively regulating them.
Especially since it will likely be supplementary to a standard smart phone. I still need my large screen to browse the internet. I want a smart watch with an unfolding screen. Unfortunately a watch is difficult to use with thumbs, si it also needs to be detachable.
Unfortunately the CEC specification was poorly written in HDMI 1.4. Besides some standard buttons most of the CEC commands were mostly defined by the manufacturer.
Personally, I've had trouble with CEC with a Yamaha receiver coupled with a Samsung TV. Whenever the TV turned on it switched the receiver into Audio Return Channel mode, which was incorrect because it was on the HDMI/cable input. ARC should have been disabled until going into the smart tv mode. I ended up using a TOSLink cable, turning of CEC and switching the inputs manually on the receiver. Interoperability needs to be improved between manufacturers.
The 1.4 specification doesn't define the CEC commands well enough. With advanced features like ARC, it's even more important to define proper behavior. Supposedly this is better in HDMI 2.0, but we will see how the actual implementation compares.
Duh... radiation in the ground water causes a godzilla like creature to grow in a subterranean cavern. Eventually godzilla erupts from the ground taking the ice wall with it. How did you not get that?
Stereovision and RGB+depth(like the kinect) a similar limitations. You can only see the image from one viewing angle.
RGB+depth with knowledge of a focal length of the lens can be used to construct a point cloud(RGB+XYZ) and potentially used to construct meshes. The point cloud can be rotated and zoomed because its a true 3d model, but 3d information will be missing for anything that is obscured by an object. For example you will not see the back of the head. Supporting true 3d streaming however would be neat if you had multiple 3d cameras from multiple angles. A true 3d model could possibly be used to create a hologram.
Games are a good outlet for stress and frustration. I'd argue a game is a constructive activity as there are things you can learn from video games. Of course they make people less violent.
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I think embedded and mobile development benefits from open source.
What do you mean just?
Good thing it takes longer than a week to exploit Windows vulnerabilities.
Nope....but it also includes reptiles.
Just watch some reruns of the myth busters.it's practically a how-to guide.
Someone can probably make money on selling a kit though.
Didn't we just have an article about how all the TV's will have a new HDMI standard with new features?
I'll wait for CEC to improve.
Hopefully user installed apps can't use that fingerprint scanner or I can see identity theft hit a new level.
I've used the Atrix 4G and the fingerprint novelty is fleeting, not to mention fingerprints are insecure and at least in the Atrix 4G case frustrating to use because of misreads.
Just cut off your fingertip...it's about the same thing.
If you don't use all the tools available to you, then you fail as a network administrator.
Moving parts means that the device is inherently more fragile... less resilient to shock, and introduces points of physical failure that don't exist with solid state storage.
Disk drives act like gyroscopes, however smaller drives can stop faster and have less rotational momentum at the same RPM.
Flash is shock sensitive too. I've ruined USB flash sticks by dropping them. I hate moving parts too, but I think it's possible to make a mechanical drive less shock sensitive then flash with the proper safety features. Your experience with standard drives isn't really relevant to these new mobile drives because they are very different physically.
I say give them a chance and we will see how they perform.
I doubt it....He's too busy chasing ManBearPig.
New slashdot poll.
How many hours did you spent researching candidates?
1. 0. I don't vote.
2. 0. I just vote along party lines.
3...5 The rest of the options are probably statistically insignificant anyway so I won't even put them.
I hate breathing in second hand antifreeze too. Good thing most people smoke Propylene Glycol.
They all speak English because they've been watching all our old shows that have been beamed into space for decades.
Dirty hippies making corporations keep their promises are ruining America!
The government licenses every nuclear power plant. If the power company doesn't have a decommissioning fund then blame the government for not effectively regulating them.
Especially since it will likely be supplementary to a standard smart phone. I still need my large screen to browse the internet. I want a smart watch with an unfolding screen. Unfortunately a watch is difficult to use with thumbs, si it also needs to be detachable.
Unfortunately the CEC specification was poorly written in HDMI 1.4. Besides some standard buttons most of the CEC commands were mostly defined by the manufacturer.
Personally, I've had trouble with CEC with a Yamaha receiver coupled with a Samsung TV. Whenever the TV turned on it switched the receiver into Audio Return Channel mode, which was incorrect because it was on the HDMI/cable input. ARC should have been disabled until going into the smart tv mode. I ended up using a TOSLink cable, turning of CEC and switching the inputs manually on the receiver. Interoperability needs to be improved between manufacturers.
The 1.4 specification doesn't define the CEC commands well enough. With advanced features like ARC, it's even more important to define proper behavior.
Supposedly this is better in HDMI 2.0, but we will see how the actual implementation compares.
Duh... radiation in the ground water causes a godzilla like creature to grow in a subterranean cavern. Eventually godzilla erupts from the ground taking the ice wall with it. How did you not get that?
We obviously need a cave of unobtainium. That's the only thing that will work. Steel will corrode too fast.
leveled? you mean irradiated. Let's not blow this out of proportion.
The building will still be there, just the people might not be.
But I wanted one the size of a paper. It makes it easier to reverse engineer.
Unfortunately no one is going to a federal pound me in the @#$ prison.
Stereovision and RGB+depth(like the kinect) a similar limitations.
You can only see the image from one viewing angle.
RGB+depth with knowledge of a focal length of the lens can be used to construct a point cloud(RGB+XYZ) and potentially used to construct meshes.
The point cloud can be rotated and zoomed because its a true 3d model, but 3d information will be missing for anything that is obscured by an object.
For example you will not see the back of the head.
Supporting true 3d streaming however would be neat if you had multiple 3d cameras from multiple angles.
A true 3d model could possibly be used to create a hologram.
Games are a good outlet for stress and frustration. I'd argue a game is a constructive activity as there are things you can learn from video games.
Of course they make people less violent.
So um... when will my terahertz computer be available?