Is Al Gore a "scientist"?
I didn't think so either!
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Makes sense. For a "small fee" they will put the device on THEIR arm and be a nice healthy person. Then you take it back from them after the proper interval to get it read-out. What a healthy lifestyle you lead.
Of course, you might be able to put it on your dog as well, and after a day inthe park have all sorts of "healthy" data to report in.
There are ways around everything. Look how spammers pay $$$ for kits that will make their lives "easier". When there is a will, there is a way.
Now then, how do I make a "fitbit" simulator. Dial in the 'health" of the patient (0-100).
Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided LONG ago to do the embrace-extend model where they locked people into their products. Now that they have done "updates" and have better products, this comes back as users that can't upgrade since they are locked into the products that Microsoft designed to be locked into.
Users that took the bait (locking into a Microsoft product) and now find they are unable to change have no one to blame but themselves (and the Microsoft marketing droids).
What comes around, goes around.
Their first (or second) was the B29. The project was started after WW2 started, and they finished up with a plane only a couple of years later. In the day, the MOST expensive war time project (even more than the A-Bomb!). In 1940's money it was $3 billion. That today is much more than the cost of the 787. Of course, they didn't finance it themselves they has a nice partner willing to foot the bill. Still a massive undertaking.
Goes to show, when sufficiently motivated, lots of things are possible.
I don't know if the B17 counts as a "moonshot" or not. Some will debate this too.
Sorry, it just doesn't make sense. The places that use "touch" are much different than those that might use other pointing methods (Mouse). Most of the "touch" interfaces are one handed (the other hand usually supports the device you are "touching"). The desktop model, is a two handed one with nice widely spaced keys (and lots of them) and enough real estate to allow a mouse to be active. These are two VERY DIFFERENT environments, and Microsoft doesn't understand this, forcing a common solution on all of us. It is like having a steering wheel on a motorcycle. Sure it might work, but it just doesn't work out too well.
Microsoft needs to get a clue and understand the difference between one- and two- handed computing.
Well, given that lawyers need to 1) Make a good name for themselves, and 2) Make money, the $5M figure is easy to explain.
Yes, $4,999,000 for the lawyer (expenses, you know!), and $1000 for the plaintiff (do I have to give them anything?). Oh, and $5M just to get some attention (more than likely).
I'm sure others will chime in here to further distribute the "spoils of war".
Chip & PIN was better! Looks like it is only better for the banks which don't want you to dispute the transaction.
Sure the mag stripe and real-time feedback of authorization is not the "best", but when an industry says "fraud proof" we should ALL take a second look. Nothing is "fraud proof', but some things are better than others.
I'm not sure that C&P is any better (or worse) than Mag Stripes and real-time authorization. Oh, well....
So, we go back to the "terminal" that sits on your desk, and connects to "central". Jeez, we did this back in the 60's. Then came minicomputers, then microcomputers, then the PeeCee, all in an effort to get the compute engine closer to the user where they can blow it up themselves. If the local compute engine blows up, just shift to the one you have next door.
Fast forward to today, and we go back to the "as a service" people and the non -local control of things. Then you get single points of failure (authentication scheme). Not too good.
In the end, I want to own my own home, not rent it forever. I may want to "improve" it as well to suit my needs. Good luck with that on a rental!
So, Cloud == Stupid, which gives stupid a bad image!
Looks like nobody has ventured forth to the International Space Station. They REGULARLY recycle urine into potable water. Sure it is probably a better process than the city of Portland uses, but it can be done.
As for people relieving themselves in bodies of water, I refer everyone to what General George Patton did as he crossed the Rhine into Germany in WW2. I understand this is well documented. Oh, and the German people didn't complain either (not that it would have done any good!).
How can I become a "charity"? I have more outgo then ingo. Does this mean I am a public service?
When BSA comes around asking just say "I'm a charity".
As the saying goes: "We're a non-profit. We really didn't want to be, but that's how it ended up!".
I'll leave the OS grumblers to their own devices and argue among themselves.
Catch a nice 90 MPH curveball, thrown by a major league pitcher. That would be an interesting feat. I'd start out small, and use a tennis ball, which can in fact curve (personal experience). It is quite amazing to watch. Surprised even me!
Of course, a nice knuckleball would be an even better test.
The old solution: "Don't make me go back there!" doesn't work too well, the other solution "You can get out and walk." is a little bit better (I've been on both sides of this!). Ultimately, the best solution is to "dope up" the screaming urchins and get them to sleep. Starting out at some sleepy hour (before the sun rises) usually functions well.
Unfortunately, this doesn't work for adult passengers (wife) who complain about your attempts to get to the destination at a reasonable time. They really don't want to watch the scenery but do desire to complain (usually after looking up from the iPhone) that you are "doing it wrong". This "looking up" is usually followed by inhaling great amounts of air followed by a (very) loud remark. I leave it to the reader to fill in the gaps.
Yes, here in the USA, we do take long drives (12 hours, which included stops), but they are unusual.
Now where is the sleeping gas?
p.s. If the data costs THAT much, it will be cheaper to buy the DVD and use a player.
Give these guys a chance to predict the next year given the data so far. I have doubts that they will be even close (what is the statistical error?).
The current weatherperson can't predict any more than 5 days out with ANY accuracy, and the main reason our weather prediction is better than 50 years ago is due to weather satellites anyway.
Human involvement? I don't think so.
You just call up the ranger station.
If you want to take a (wonderful) picture, feel free to take the lift up the mountain, and use the camera hanging around your neck.
Of course, the High Sierra camps and the trails connecting them are WONDERFUL scenery. Enjoy the hike and the views. Away from "civilization". Of course, my mom (who went with us on the outing over 50 years ago) defined "roughing it" as a trail that had showers at the end of it (and nice hot food).
The gift that keeps on giving, and giving, and giving some more.
Funny how that happens when you don't have new products (that are worth anything) for 10 years.
God forbid if vehicles were like operating systems. We would be in a bunch of hurt (money wise). Me? I still have to get a 2009 recall done on my 2002 vehicle.
...until you were FORCED to use the LET statement. The 'original' Dartmouth Basic required the use of the LET statement, and if you had ANY upbringing in other languages, Fortran for instance, you always forgot to put it in. Bummer.
The original basic described in the blue pamphlet (I actually got to see one!) didn't have matrix operators. Those were added in later. It was quite nice while it lasted, and when the various microprocessor versions came out, you could usually do the small problems that you whipped up in the half hour preceding. That is what the language was designed for.
Of course, the promoters ALWAYS included a couple of games (Blackjack was a personal favorite) to keep you busy and entertained. The biggest feature was the interactiveness. On an ASR33 teletype, you got immediate feedback if your program had problems, or needed editing. At 10 characters/second, you did a lot of checking before you typed "run".
Heady days. Of course the caveat applies here: "If you remember the 60's you weren't really there".
...seems to approach zero as the density goes up up up. Maybe that is why there are services that offer "free" storage for such things as email.
The problem is (and will always be) how to index the data. Otherwise it is just a pile of #$%@.
The retail price of 1TB of data is <$100, and it wasn't too long ago when 1TB was a pipe dream that occupied acres of space. I can go back 45 years, and I don't want to think about the changes (they have been pretty dramatic!).
So, what is a TB between friends!
In a year that is $60. With the current disk prices, you can get easily 1TB of disk, and keep it forever. If you spend a bit more (but not much) you can get a nice retail box that you can connect externally to your nice lappy, or desky, put in your pocket to have and to hold.
So: Why bother?
...and make it up in volume.
In a previous life I actually had a sales droid agree that it was a sound business plan. Someone at Microsoft seems to agree.
That being said, where is the "killer app" that is being sole for enormous profit from the Microsoft store? Which everyone will add Microsoft has a store? Who knew.