Comment Why is this on /.? (Score 2) 48
It's not even free, as in beer.
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Comment Re:Why so much fuss? (Score 3, Insightful) 156
"they SHOULD be required to maintain physical presence where their products are sold so that the customer does not need to be grossly inconvenienced when trying to obtain warranty service"
Why shouldn't the consumer be allowed to decide for themselves what constitutes "gross inconvenience?" Is your mommy government somehow uniquely qualified to do that?
Why shouldn't the consumer be allowed to decide for themselves what constitutes "gross inconvenience?" Is your mommy government somehow uniquely qualified to do that?
Comment Re:So then they get another warrant ... (Score 1) 504
You mean, like CALEA, a law which was written to cover POTS phone calls, but later expanded by non-elected bureaucrats (via regulatory "law") to include VoIP and Internet traffic?
What makes Apple not a telecommunications carrier subject to CALEA, with their Facetime, email and other such offerings?
What makes Apple not a telecommunications carrier subject to CALEA, with their Facetime, email and other such offerings?
Comment Re:Dial up can still access gmail (Score 1) 334
"a chrome book, is all they need"
Which Chromebook has a dialup modem port?
Which Chromebook has a dialup modem port?
Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 1) 425
While it's apparent that he doesn't understand the difference between a zoom and prime lens, there are some pretty wide range zooms these days. Mostly on point-and-shoots. The newly announced Canon PowerShot SX60 HS has a 65x (21 â" 1365 mm equivalent) zoom. Yes, that's the optical zoom. I can't imagine how bad the chroma or distortion is at the extremes.
Comment Re: Parallax. (Score 1) 425
So, you've measured. How close do you have to get to hide the camera projection from view?
Comment Re:You mean... (Score 1) 243
At least for wireless on Win7Pro, that's not true: "0000 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Default (0x00)"
Comment Re:So, he's a crappy programmer... (Score 1) 165
Even I can create a robotic program which lets another robot walk into a hole. Here it is:
/* Hello World program */
#include
main()
{
printf("Stop! There's a hole!");
}
Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 1) 425
"I know very well what I'm doing."
Well, if you know very well that you're doing it wrong, why do you persist?
Well, if you know very well that you're doing it wrong, why do you persist?
Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 1) 425
"Smaller things further away are easier to hide than close-up."
Not if the resulting images are adjusted so the pictured object is the same size. Unless you're reducing a detail to the single pixel range, that is. Additionally, the phone's lens would be more out of focus (when focused on the edge of the phone) when taken from a closer position - depth of field can be used to de-accentuate a feature. Finally, parallax would make the phone's camera appear smaller in proportion when photographed from a closer position.
You seem to be doing everything exactly, and perfectly, wrong. Are you trying to troll, or simply don't know what you're doing?
Not if the resulting images are adjusted so the pictured object is the same size. Unless you're reducing a detail to the single pixel range, that is. Additionally, the phone's lens would be more out of focus (when focused on the edge of the phone) when taken from a closer position - depth of field can be used to de-accentuate a feature. Finally, parallax would make the phone's camera appear smaller in proportion when photographed from a closer position.
You seem to be doing everything exactly, and perfectly, wrong. Are you trying to troll, or simply don't know what you're doing?
Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 2) 425
Straightedge across phone's camera and edge. Another across the front of the phone. The two straightedges will form a wedge - a lens inside that wedge will see only the side of the phone (no camera, no front). It's not clear why you were playing around with taking pictures from across the room, I doubt the wedge extends nearly that far.
Comment Re:Parallax. (Score 4, Informative) 425
You're doing it wrong. The closer you are, the easier it is to hide.
Comment So, he's a crappy programmer... (Score 2) 165
and couldn't program it to prioritize based on which one was seen first, was closest, was apt to fall first based on speed/distance, or any one of many other possibilities. You could even place weights on them, and throw a die at the end as a tiebreaker. The rule should be interpreted as "allow the least harm," not "allow no harm."
Comment Re:I must be broken (Score 0) 323
So, you like free gifts. What's your address? I'll have my dog crap on your lawn, FOR FREE! In other words, I'll "give a shit," and make sure it's not "petty bullshit." That should make you happy.
