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delayed wrote: » Seriously??? You do realize that a scientific theory is as close to fact as you can ever get, right? This isn't anything like "I have a theory about who killed Kennedy." It's fact. Sure, we don't know all the details, but that d…
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anantksundaram wrote: » Please. Be serious. When it comes to technology, security, economy, markets, military, reach, culture, consumer products, and media there's the US and then then a set of countries (about a dozen or so) that have aspirations…
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delayed wrote: » I'd note that Christian sects are often anti technology and anti science. As an example, it's Christians, not Muslims, who in the U.S. are resisting Scientific facts like evolution and climate change. Evolution is a theory, a…
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anantksundaram wrote: » US national elections, and the debates therein, have global consequences for better or worse. Especially as far as the current "worldwide terrorist situation" is concerned. A discussion about technology and terrorism is …
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anantksundaram wrote: » I think the discussion is quite apropos given the story. It seems to have turned into a US election debate as opposed to a discussion about privacy challenges faced by societies in view of the current worldwide terrorist…
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Is this still AppleInsider?
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@trumptman I am a big fan of Amazon's Fire TV. But, my new Apple TV has relegated my main Fire TV to Prime use. There is not one app that reliably enables AirPlay on the Fire TV though some work under certain conditions. Even using an Amazon tablet…
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kotatsu wrote: » With tablet sales in seemingly perpetual decline and Mac sales up, the trends do not support your argument. Irrelevant for now anyway, there are no pro level apps for CG art (my personal field) right now, so from my point of vi…
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ericthehalfbee wrote: » BTW, did anyone see the slo-mo video of the Surface Pro 4 vs iPad Pro for stylus latency? The Surface is very fast, but the iPad Pro is even faster. Not by a huge amount, but it's faster. And the comments section is alive…
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richl wrote: » Germany (cold, fairly densely populated) has plenty of solar power farms and does very well out of them. They're already as cheap as fossil fuel burning plants on a MW/$ basis. They're not a complete solution in winter for countries…
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tallest skil wrote: » I have no quarrel with research as long as it’s done scientifically. Claiming things are research when they have no basis in science is part of the problem. Peer-review I can’t abide because it doesn’t force the reviewers to …
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@robbyx I agree with much of what you said. The German example is very interesting though I don't much care for the windmills! They have had to increase the use of coal and electrical prices did apparently go up. Geothermal, ocean tides, etc ... …
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sennen wrote: » Thanks, Tim, for outing all the loony climate change denialists on AI. robbyx wrote: » And drilling into the ground, or even better, the sea floor, is oh so brilliant. And let's not forget the incredible genius that is fracking…
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Quote: Originally Posted by monstrosity The biggest scam in history. I don't know one way or another regarding the climate/temperature/global warming/end of the world/... issues that are being debated in such an illogical way. The whole top…
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digitalclips wrote: » There is a free and very simple to use utility called ReMux for OS X that converts .mvk to .mp4 for iTunes Home Sharing or Airplay, very quickly, since it is a simple remux/recode app based on FFmpeg. http://www.macupdate.…
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prak1979 wrote: » What video formats does Plex for Apple tv support? Can it play mkv files? Yes it does. As you know, mkv is a container for video and audio streams. If the video is h.264 and the audio AAC, for example, then Plex will remux the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by spheric It just occurred to me that most TVs this thing is going to be used with have USB ports. So, for the people who don't have at least one generic USB charger laying about, who don't have a computer, who don'…
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spheric wrote: » Honestly? Do you know ANYBODY who doesn't have at least three USB chargers lying around? I don't. It be really annoyed if every damn remote came with ANOTHER charger. You are missing the point. We are talking about a very ex…
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solipsismy wrote: » You think plugging in a USB cable to a system like a PC or car would void the warranty despite that still being the primary way to first sync an iDevice via iTunes and for use with CarPlay? Sure, Siri Remote isn't an iDevice, b…
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solipsismy wrote: » Holy shit! That's a shitload of stupid shit. You're actually whining about the lack of composite cables, (not even component, but composite!), and no AVI container and DivX codec support on a device released in Late-2015. Did y…