Posts by winterspan

Exactly.. It really depends on the technology. the old style optical finger print sensors are garbage, the newer ones that utilize infrared/capacitance technology that can detect sub-surface blood vessels, etc can be very reliable and...

Quote:Originally Posted by Richard Getz It is not a matter of finding a way to reduce noise as Canon and Nikon already do a very good job. It is getting that tech into smaller form factors...  Yes, there is advanced noise-reduction...

Yep, and everytime this comes up, all the small channels and the people who watch them, especially those that cater to a particular race/ethnicity (BET), foreign language channels (spanish language) and religion (all the christian...

Quote:Originally Posted by PhilBoogie  ...Of course, it could be true that these panels are being made, but there isn't any processor on the market to create an retina iPad mini. That just isn't true. A lower power variant of Apples...

I honestly don't understand why Google is even attempting to do this? I can understand why someone like Mozilla (non-profit, open source, anti-proprietary ideology) would care, but why would Google put so much money and effort into...

"Unless every website, every program, every piece of hardware that you use integrates this technology, it's not going to work. For this to completely replace usernames and passwords, there will have to be a lot of up-front work on the...

Quote:Originally Posted by SolipsismX I find it odd, albeit not surprising, that the list Tegra 4 as being only slightly faster than the iPad 4. We're talking about at least a half a year between when Tegra 4 will start shipping and...

Quote:Originally Posted by AlexN ...Talk about lack of bushcraft. "Bushcraft" ? As an American, this is a foreign but altogether awesome concept

Quote: Apple weren't patenting inventions. They were patenting generic design features. The whole patent system needs overhauling.     I'm feeling mixed emotions about this... While most of us NOW take...

Ionizing radiation does NOT "split atoms" (fission), it knocks electrons off of atoms/molecules causing ions to form which can be damaging to biological systems Quote:Originally Posted by nagromme They’re investigating the FCC to...