Comment 15% Chinese (Score 1) 504
I think it would be cool if China managed to buy 15% of Tesla stock.
Comment Re:Math (Score 1) 53
My main math question is how ten feet is nine meters.
Comment Looks so scammy (Score 1) 65
The app is published by IDEMIA Group, not by the state (they seem to publish every stateâ(TM)s app) and when it asks for your phone number for registration it gives a sample number with a New Jersey area code. Iâ(TM)m not doubting its authenticity, but it raises unnecessary red flags.
Apple Will Open the iPhone To Repair With Used Parts (theverge.com) 23
Apple is finally making it easier for users to repair their iPhones with used parts. From a report: In an update on Thursday, the company announced that this fall, owners of "select" iPhone models will be able to repair their devices with used, genuine parts while retaining full functionality. When repairing a phone, Apple requires iPhone users to go through a process called parts pairing, which makes them match the serial number of their device to that of a new part sold by Apple. If a user replaced a part with an aftermarket or used component, the iPhone would display pesky notifications saying that Apple isn't able to verify the newly installed piece. In the case of Face ID and Touch ID sensors, the part might not work at all. This change should do away with these notifications for used parts, as Apple says "calibration for genuine Apple parts, new or used, will happen on device after the part is installed." It also means users and repair shops will no longer have to provide the serial number of the device they're fixing when ordering most parts from the Self Service Repair Store.
Comment Woody Guthrie had it right (Score 1) 286
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi
Comment Re:Logan's Run (Score 1) 112
Either one gives a nod to Harlan Ellison.
Comment Re:Logan's Run (Score 1) 112
Maybe another angle on "A Boy And His Dog" before they meet Vic.
Comment How big? (Score 1) 46
"The new design, which has an overall length of about 13 meters and a height of 3 meters"
Isn't that almost as big as a Semi?
20 Years Later, Second Life is Launching on Mobile (arstechnica.com) 26
Remember Second Life? The virtual world launched on the desktop web back in 2003 with 3D avatars and spaces for various social activities. Believe it or not, it has been running continually this entire time -- and now it's coming to mobile for the first time. From a report: In fact, this will be the first time that Second Life has expanded beyond the PC (across Windows, macOS, and Linux) in any form. In a post to the virtual world's community web forum, a community manager for Second Life developer Linden Lab shared a video with some details about the mobile version's development, and announced that a beta version of the mobile app will launch sometime this year.
The video reveals that the app was built using Unity -- in part to make for an easy path to releasing and maintaining the app on multiple platforms, including the iPhone, iPad, Android phones, and Android tablets. It also includes a few minutes of footage of Second Life's detailed character models and environments, with accompanying commentary by Linden Lab developers about bringing as much of the experience to mobile as possible.
The video reveals that the app was built using Unity -- in part to make for an easy path to releasing and maintaining the app on multiple platforms, including the iPhone, iPad, Android phones, and Android tablets. It also includes a few minutes of footage of Second Life's detailed character models and environments, with accompanying commentary by Linden Lab developers about bringing as much of the experience to mobile as possible.
Comment Good start. (Score 1) 227
When will they quit Brooklyn?
The Case For Going To Phobos Before Going To Mars 150
MarkWhittington writes: The current NASA thinking concerning the Journey to Mars program envisions a visit to the Martian moon Phobos in the early 2030s before attempting a landing on the Martian surface in the late 2030s, as Popular Mechanics noted. The idea of a practice run that takes astronauts almost but not quite to Mars is similar to what the space agency did during the 1960s Apollo program. Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 each orbited the moon but did not land on it before the Apollo 11 mission went all the way to the lunar surface, fulfilling President John. F. Kennedy's challenge.
Comment Mysterious power-on (Score 1) 142
I've found my TV and receiver on a few times when I was sure I had turned them off. I love that Chromecast can tell the receiver and TV to come on and select the proper input, but I'd prefer it limited the behavior to when I was casting something.
Comment Disclaimer (Score 2) 88
YMMV
Comment Re:Yup-article is BS (Score 1) 394
Is that the rating for the device consumption or does it have a switchable outlet on the box that can handle a 36" CRT?
As Species Decline, So Do the Scientists Who Name Them 76
tcd004 (134130) writes "Few sciences are more romantic than taxonomy. Imagine Darwin, perched over a nest of newly-discovered birds in the Galapagos, sketching away with a charcoal in his immortal journals. Yet Taxonomy is a dying science. DNA barcoding, which can identify species from tiny fragments of organic material, and other genetic sciences are pulling students away from the classical studies of anatomy and species classifications. As the biodiversity crisis wipes undiscovered species off the planet, so to go the scientists who count them."
