How do these typically compare to Skype or Hangouts in terms of video and sound quality?
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The 777 is a fairly common long distance aircraft. Would it be possible to give it a new paint job, and then in similar fashion to the OP, fly in the shadow of an existing flight?
For example, you paint it up like a Lufthansa 777, and then try to follow one of those flight paths at some point between London and New York. If anyone gets a visual on the mystery plane flying into US airspace, it looks like a commercial flight simply not responding. Not quite as suspicious as a jet or military aircraft. Would they shoot down a commercial 777 that's flying a standard route, with no indication of it being hijacked, or a threat?
I'll admit, the above idea is absurd, but this entire situation is making little sense. I hope we get some answers one day.
Edit: A lot of people are saying in other comments that hijacking a plane isn't an effective method of acquiring a 777, or stealing cargo, or kidnapping people. However, it's been 10 days, and we simply know the plane disappeared. That seems pretty effective, a 777, 230 passengers, and cargo, all gone, and no one even knows if they were targeted, or if the plane malfunctioned and crashed in the ocean. If any of the above were of value to someone, it wasn't only effective, it was near perfect.
A. Check the number of connections per IP. If any have an unusually high number, block them.
B. Why is your site down? Database can't keep up? If so, why not, is it something simple like indexes not setup correctly?
C. Did you actually check the load on your server? Double check it's actually being overloaded, and you don't have a configuration issue with server connections set too low, while your hardware is practically idling.
D. How many pages are being accessed by the attack? Would you be able to cache them?
E. Check server logs, and see if you can identify anything that separates these requests from your typical traffic.
First off, it's a perfect fit. The Popcorn Time audience streams the latest movies and tv series. This is exactly the audience Netflix wants to target.
Popcorn Time hitting 100 million users doesn't seem far fetched. Netflix pays around $16 for each user that you refer to their free trial. Let's say Netflix buys Popcorn Time, converts it to movies that are in the public domain, and tries to refer everyone to the Netflix trial to continue streaming new films. We'll say 99% of people leave, and 1% take up the trial. That's 1 million trial users, which Netflix would currently pay 16 million dollars for in referral fees.
In short, it could easily grow into an application worth tens of millions to a company like Netflix.
The movie industry would love it. Netflix destroys the most popular service for illegally streaming movies, and they make some money off the Netflix subscribers.
If someone makes a successful fork, maybe we'll see this happen.
If they wanted to avoid piracy, I think it might have had some potential going the legal route as well. It would be a nice interface to browse legal movies, documentaries, web series, etc.
Strange decision, I could see a company like Netflix buying them out for a rather large sum of money, within a short period of time.
As far as using it as a stepping stone to future jobs, why wouldn't they run the application longer? They pulled the plug before it became a widespread success. It they waited longer, the name Popcorn Time would actually be recognizable, which would be great for their résumé, kind of like saying you developed Napster. Now, they'll mention they worked on Popcorn Time, and have to explain to everyone it was an app to stream torrents, that had a brief shelf life.
They really should have road this out longer. Even the name was catchy. Someone else is going to fork the project and achieve the success they would have earned.
Things without expiration dates, like fruit and veggies don't follow a particular timeline. They might be bad in 2 days, or 2 weeks. That means they can't be used with this application either, since they go bad when they look bad.
But, what about frozen dinners or something that I prepare, and freeze for the future? Well, I'll just write the date on them, when I stick them in the freezer.
Congrats on the experiment, but I'm going to be a little harsh on the concept and say it should be renamed to wastetime.io. This looks like a huge time sink by inputting everything I buy, and then removing everything I use. Apps are suppose to achieve the opposite, they should save me time.
Wouldn't this give you perfect posture? It forces your back, neck and head to be straight. You can't lean forward because gravity forces your head into position. The above chair most likely offers some similar benefits since it's reclined so far back.
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-securely-erase-an-ssd-driv...
1. Secure Erase will only take a few seconds.
2. DBAN is going to shorten the life of the drive.
3. Yes, recovering data that has been overwritten is unlikely. However, DBAN is likely to not write over the data in the first place. It has no control over where the data is written. That's handled by the SSD controller. DBAN will only think it wrote zeros over the entire drive, while not actually doing so.
http://i.imgur.com/G5U43ZU.png
Calculate the edge points of the circle, draw a line between them, and then your shadow is simply a rectangle. Overlay the circle over the shadow to hide the line.
This will work with circles and ovals, but not more complex curves.
They should allow people to buy and stream new releases online. Then, I think they should use theaters for a mix of new movies, and old movies. Run themes, have 80s week, or classic horror movie week, or Star Wars week, or Hitchcock week.
This is the beauty of web applications, they don't need to run their own hosting, manage a VPS, or register a domain. I think that would be overwhelming for non-profit art organizations, so if you can get them started in minutes with a few clicks, you'll be more likely to win them over.
Customizing software for each organization seems like a nightmare, along with the support to follow. If they're hosting things on their own, you'll have to troubleshoot that as well. You might make more money per organization, but I think you'll reach far less.
You said the core of the software is fairly simple, and some groups don't need anything too complex. Start there, get the core of the software working, and get something online. Approach these groups, get feedback, get them signed up, and start growing. When you have a few customers, you can start adding more features, and building out the software. Don't try to build a monster app all at once, you'll end up over your head, get frustrated, lose interest, and be less likely to ever finish.
Remember, everything takes far longer than expected. Keep it simple to start.
'Another marketing strategy is to state that the keyboard allows "up to" some large number of key presses.'
'Microsoft's SideWinder X4 features multitouch technology that allows it to detect, and report ANY combination of QWERTY keys, up to 17 keys.'
For example, let's say there are 10 shares in a company, and I own 1. We decide we need 100 shares in total. Dilution makes me think 90 new shares are issued, and I still own 1, bringing my ownership down from 10% to 1%. However, common sense tells me if you issue 90 new shares, since I already own 10%, that means 10% of the new shares should belong to me. So, I now have 1 + 9, or 10/100 shares, remaining at 10% ownership.
Why is the above not always the case?
http://i.imgur.com/HkgLgbZ.jpg
Look at the level of detail in the Bitcoin QR code in comparison to the bell or battery. They look like two or three different icon sets shuffled around.
Also, look at the responsive design for the microphone on the right. I scale it slightly larger, and the right icon appears. I hope you can disable the auto scaling, but I like the left icon more than the right, and for consistency, I'd like the icon and style to remain the same if I use it in multiple places, but different sizes.
I do enjoy the ability to set multiple colors per icon. That's one thing I'd like from my existing icon fonts, but I don't plan to make the switch when I feel the design is lacking.
Price isn't a concern, I spent $200 buying some beautiful icons for my existing project, then ended up switching to a free icon font at the last minute.
Apparently, I can't use my Google Account, I need to create a separate Google Apps account. Hmm, ok, so I try to create one. Oh, they don't let me create an account with my existing email, since it's already tied to a personal Google account. So, that means I need to create another email at my domain, just for the Google Apps username. Hmm, then I need an alternate email to register, not at my domain (what's the purpose of switching to Google, if I need to setup an alternate email somewhere else?). I gave up there, I'll have to reconsider this tomorrow.
In short, I want to move me@mydomain.com from my dedicated box to Google. However, I need to create me2@mydomain.com, and me3@anotherdomain.com to simply register. Then I'll have to sign into AdSense and Analytics with me@mydomain.com, and then switch accounts and sign into me2@mydomain.com when I want to access Google Apps. I'm trying to manage less, not more, that's the purpose of switching. This sounds less than ideal, so I'm back to square one.
Anyone use NameCheap Open-Xchange, or have any experience with their spam protection or webmail interface?
I'd say it's a bigger impact on women, because they need to give birth to the child. If I was invested in a new company, and the founder (male or female) said they're going to be a new parent, I'd be concerned. I think having children is one of the biggest impacts someone can have on their life, both financially and mentally. How is this going to affect the business? Will they have less time to be involved in the project? Are they going to be adverse to risk with the business and prefer to focus on a stable income? Is one parent free to look after the newborn, or is there a chance the founder is going to step down for a while?
The statement from the investor was rude, but I have no problem with the viewpoint, and I'd be wary of investing in soon to be parents as well.
Religion seems to have a smaller impact, I don't care if you believe in God, the same way I don't care if you like apples or oranges. If it doesn't get in the way of your work, and you seem mentally stable, why should I be concerned? If you suddenly said you have a change in religious beliefs, and you need to exercise a call to prayer every morning for 3 hours, and take the last week of every month off, I'd start to worry. Not because of the beliefs, but because I didn't anticipate this change in your life, and I'm unaware of how you'll handle it along with work.
1. You're using the old gimmicky page turn animations. I've never been a fan of these, and I don't think I'm alone. It would be much better to simply flip to the next page if I click the right side, or flip to the previous page if I click the left side. Optionally, you could add arrows, or setup the clicks for bottom right and bottom left corners.
2. I can click the edge of the page to go ahead one. I can't go to the previous page, unless I drag the page across.
3. Page turn animations got stuck once in a while, and the animation would be following my mouse, when it wasn't clicked. Then if I did click, I'd have two page turn animations moving at once.
4. It looks like a traditional book, forced into my widescreen monitor. If it's zoomed in, the bottom half of the book is cut off, so I need to scroll up and down constantly. If it's zoomed out, the book is a little box in the center of my screen.
5. I have no idea how many pages are in a book, or the percentage I'm done reading. Is this 10 pages, or 500 pages? That's kind of an important question.
6. The cover images on the homepage are pretty catchy, and I clicked on a few books because the art style or title caught my eye. A suggestion would be something like, http://i.imgur.com/YxdZgW3.jpg, where you have categories in a left column, search on top, and book covers on the right.
7. Center the page you're reading. For example, take a look at http://www.20thingsilearned.com/en-US. It suffers from the same page turning issues, but the book is centered when reading, and the left side simply fades off the screen. It also gives you a few thumbnails at the bottom and a table of contents, which is a nice extra.
8. Why not display multiple pages at once? Why leave the back of every page blank? Currently when I open your first featured book, I see http://i.imgur.com/BeaNf3B.jpg. Why don't I see something like, http://i.imgur.com/0YolAY3.jpg, where I get two pages at once to take better advantage of my widescreen? Or, you could even go three pages wide, http://i.imgur.com/lUs2aYl.jpg. I also added a simple arrow to click on the right.
In short, although I like the concept of creating and reading books online, the user experience is a little poor. I would never use the site to read a book in its current state. Nonetheless, I think there is some potential, but you really need to focus on the user experience for reading books.
Now, what this has to do with the article, or why he decides to work at a coffee shop, instead of a home office, I don't know.
This entire article makes no sense to me. So he left his job, and is now going to begin on a startup? That's worthy of news? No information on his startup, his plan, his goals, etc.
'I also know exactly how long my bank account will be greater than $0, unless I get funding.'
So, is he 1 week, or 1 decade from going broke? Why is he so obsessed with getting funding in the first place, and why does he say 'being a pre-funded entrepreneur SUCKS in a lot of ways'? I make a living off my recent startup, I have zero interest in funding, and enjoy my life.
Also, please stop using the term pre-funded entrepreneur. It sounds derogatory, and funding isn't a measure of success, or the end goal for everyone.
It seems a little strange because I'd assume mapping Vienna, one of the world's more well known cities, would be of high importance. I wonder if they're now avoiding Austria on purpose, simply to send a message.
Edit: It looks like the ban was lifted in 2011. Three years later, and there's still no street view in Austria. I'm scratching my head on this one.
Remember the old printers, and how the paper had holes on the sides, and was just one continuous sheet? Imagine if magazines were printed that way, so you didn't flip pages, but instead you just kept folding back a part of the endless paper and reading on.
That's how I feel with infinite scroll. I like flipping magazine pages like I enjoy clicking links. I don't know what it is exactly, it just feels more natural, and organized.
There are exceptions though. If I'm using an iPhone, endlessly scrolling through my inbox, or song list (with the ability to tap to a particular letter), works incredibly well. Then again, touch screens in general feel great with infinite scroll. It's a tricky situation, and really depends on the device and content.
You just made 10x the difference by staying home, and you could probably contribute a few thousand dollars to your personal savings as well.
You place an order online or on your mobile phone while you're at work, or on the bus. After you decide on your order, the app generates a unique code. The grocery store is now replaced with an automated warehouse, with pickup or drive-through windows. You walk up to a window, scan your unique code that was generated earlier, swipe your credit card to confirm, and the warehouse automatically picks your items and out they come in bags. You toss them in your trunk if it's a drive-through, or just carry them away if these are city center stores.
Optionally, the store could have a little room to pick your own fruit and veggies, in case you prefer to see them.
This makes the whole process a lot more flexible. You could even remove the concept of placing orders and generating codes, and instead have a grocery store account for your household. For example, you ask your son to pick the groceries down the street. After he leaves, you realize you want some curry powder. You just click a button on your phone to add curry powder to the online list, and that's it. Your son doesn't even need to know, he just shows up at the window, scans your family card or enters a password, and out comes your groceries, including the newly added curry powder. After he gets the groceries, the online list clears.
It would be a PR nightmare, and they'd be trying to track down the location, employee, and how their scanner for foreign material didn't pick it up. Meanwhile, without the internet, I'd call, never be able to reach anyone of importance, and they'd just apologize and mail me a 50% off coupon.
The internet gives the individual a lot of power, and they can reach millions overnight thanks to social networks. It also forces the company to handle damage control ASAP, since their reputation drops a notch with every passing minute.
2. What's the cost of building and maintaining a space elevator?
3. What's the cost of having a satellite climb the tether to an altitude of 35,000km? That's a lot of energy.
Taking this into consideration, is it tantalizingly cheap compared to strapping on a rocket? SpaceX has run tests with a reusable Falcon 9 rocket. Cost of fuel for a launch is $200,000. I'm skeptical the space elevator would be much cheaper.
The magic of SpaceX...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDkItO-0a4
Downside of a rocket, it's heavy, and most of the energy is wasted lifting the rocket, and not the payload. Advantage, you don't have to pay to maintain cables that are long enough to wrap around the entire Earth.
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