So if the resistance reacts that strongly to changes in shape, is there some physical configuration that will cause it to become superconductive? Or is the change in resistance only while the deformation is occurring, and snaps back to original once the putty assumes steady state in its new shape?
"Verizon will not be taking part in this update because of the added risk this could pose to Galaxy Note 7 users that do not have another device to switch to. We will not push a software upgrade that will eliminate the ability for the Note 7 to work as a mobile device in the heart of the holiday travel season. We do not want to make it impossible to contact family, first responders or medical professionals in an emergency situation."
So lemme get this straight, you won't push an update designed to prevent an emergency situation because then people couldn't use the device to contact someone in an emergency?
Make no mistake, this is purely about profits. Ppeople call, text and stream now more than at any other time of the year, making for juicy data and minute overage fees, all of which could be curtailed if the phone suddenly stops working and people are too busy to replace it. Also, right now people are jamming the stores to get the latest shiny in time for Christmas, so who wants to spend time providing service for lame swap-outs with little to no profit margin? And finally: we simply don't feel like dealing with the flood of calls this will generate from pissed off customers who don't read anything but E! Entertainment posts on FB, and can't understand why they should have to swap their phone out when 'it hasn't caught fire yet!'
Ohh Sorry Yik Yak, I thought it was talking about a knock off breath mint candy....
But seriously... I have no clue what the damn app is, even visiting the page... wtf is a 'herd' ?
Apparently the founders were fully aware that their only potential market would be actual sheeple...
Farting under the covers is rude,
So you make it a point to throw off all of your covers before farting?
Interesting...
On the up-side the theatre has a wider colour gamut and a light level that allows your eyes to appreciate that range. It also offers an immersive experience that is practically impossible at home.
The downside is the popcorn, chatting, coughing and phone users.
Popcorn in my hand is never a downside.
Popcorn on the floor, however...I see your point.
I actually saw something on this about a year or so ago, where a movie gave a DVD or Digital Download of the movie you were seeing as part of the ticket, and sold the tickets at a slight premium over normal. From what I recall, it worked very well, and ended up making the movie theater much better profits than Theater and expected DVD/Digital sales of similar movies.
The whole point is that it was quickly shot down because it still wasn't "enough" money. They want Piracy. They need it to justify screwing their existing customers.
Maybe it was shot down in America only?
https://store.cineplex.com/superticket
I still won't buy it because it's DRM'ed (with that stinking mess that is UltraViolet, no less), but I guess technically it's 'available'...
Accidental touches galore! When are they going just embed the phone into your hand? Or better yet, direct brain stimulation?
Exactly! WTH are we who don't have 2mm thick fingers supposed to do to be able to even hold on to this thing without accidentally emailing all our porn links to grandma, use fecking telekinesis? I have enough problems with the current model (S7)! (sorry grandma...)
I think it's time for the THICK revolution to start. Tell the manufacturers that we don't want these damned wafer-thin phones, much less anything thinner. Just one manufacturer should provide a 'thick' version of their flagship phone, and advertise it as such! I would buy it (so long as it's waterproof, and has a goddamned headphone jack), and being thicker, it should be able to compete very well battery-wise without going up in flames...
FitBit products die wether you charge them or not.
They produce very poor quality devices.
Hmm. That's not been my experience.
I got the original series Pebble the Christmas before last, and it worked [Great, Awesome, Love It! -> Works OK, with some occasional screen artifacts -> Starting to get glitchy, almost unusable screen and stopped taking software updates -> Pretty much dead, can't even read the screen when it decides to wake up at all] over the course of the next ten months. Last Christmas I got a FitBit Blaze which is still going strong. It's not nearly as flexible as the Pebble was in terms of customization and adding options, but it does what it said it would do and the heart rate monitor is very reliable. The battery doesn't last quite as long as the Pebble did, but I still get a solid 5 days between charges after a year of use, so I can't complain.
OTOH my husband has a Pebble Time Round that he purchased only 3 or 4 months ago, and so far he seems happy with it. I think both platforms have a lot to offer, so I am sad that the flexibility of the Pebble platform will now (likely) be lost.
i bought my first one in march of this year. it was dead by september. i complained to support and they gave me a new one. my friend who suggested i get a fitbit got hers in february, and it was dead by october. wayyyyyyyyyy too much money for the cheap piece of plastic junk that you get.
You know you have to charge them, right?
Because companies can only go so long before their machines have to be upgraded
Yeah and that's 2020 for Windows 7 and 2023 for Windows 8. By then it's likely that Windows as a platform will be completely irrelevant and passe.
This. My company is still on Windows 7, and have no plans to migrate any time soon (as in, over 24 months out). Actual security (well, known holes that are patched or monitored at least), control over upgrade application and compatibility with other enterprise software beats the Win10 roll-the-dice upgrade process and constant telemetry model.
Sounds like someone in the Windows marketing bubble is getting reamed over unrealistic projected 2016 adoption rates for their malware-disguised-as-an-OS.
The movie "Trucks" - the BAD version of "Maximum Overdrive".
Can't believe they made this story into a movie, much less TWO movies.
FYI, Books != Movies (except maybe for Harry Potter, which probably explains why I couldn't stand the books)
I did mean the short story, because I have not watched either movie. Its a classic King short story: spine-shivering, imagination-firing and not necessarily ending well for the protagonists.
Reading is fun! You should try it some day!
I, for one, welcome our new self-driving truck overlords.
Does this remind anyone else of that old Stephen King short story Trucks?
Better get your gas-pumpin'-hand warmed up...
Electric powered toys will be a huge winner if you can have half decent capacity and a high discharge. Common racing style quad copters will happily draw 130amp and could easily draw more. The limiting factor is definitely the batteries. You draw 100amp from a 1300mah battery and the batteries don't last long.....
Current battery tech for quadcopters gives you batteries that are large and heavy for any given capacity. That is the only way to be able to draw the current.
Yep. Approximately 47 seconds, to be precise. 36 seconds at 130A.
That can't be the steady-state draw, or those quadcoptors would barely be able to take off...and what the heck gauge wiring are these things using, if they're seeing that even as a peak? I sure hope it's #2 or better, or battery capacity could be the least of your worries...
Explosive? Not necessarily. It is a capacitor, not a battery. So no energy-rich chemicals. Short a capacitor, and it may deliver enough energy to melt whatever you short it with. Or melt the wiring. No need for the cap itself to explode though.
Really? That was one of the primary amusements in our freshman labs, listening for the first 'pop' of a capacitor wired backwards, and they certainly weren't packed with C4...
But if you plant the seed from a Granny Smith you won't get a Granny Smith apple tree so why would I expect to get iPhone 6 Pluses if I plant an iPhone 6 Plus.
Maybe you'll get Blackberries?
Get hold of portable property. -- Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations"
