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AppleInsider said:

 This program could theoretically be used for nefarious purposes, and ad targeting, after the pandemic subsides.

I would be fairly certain that Google would be using the program for ad targeting immediately.

hodar said:

One feature that Vudu used to have, that I enjoyed a lot - was the option to take YOUR DVD (they used your GPS address, and matched it against your address on your profile), and allowed you to scan the UPC code off the DVD/Blu-ray (or later on, just put it into your computer DVD/Blu-ray drive), then buy a SD for $2, or the Blu-Ray digital copy for $5.  I expanded my digital library by close to 100 titles using this feature.

It's now disabled.

I would love to see someone else pick this up and run with it.  I would love to have digital copies of many DVD's I own, and for $5 I can justify upgrading the DVD to Blu-Ray on many titles I already own.

@hodar Vudu still offers this in their Mobile Disc 2 Digital program. I used it a few days ago for several titles. They dropped the in home portion (i.e.: using an optical disc) and instead now only support it using a smartphone. They also only allow it on the web site -- no longer can you use their mobile app (this allows them to bypass Apple's cut of the profits). Of course a bunch of studios don't allow it either, and with Disney's acquisition of Fox the list of allowed titles is getting thinner. They limit it to 100/year per account where the old optical disc method allowed unlimited conversions. https://vudu.com/disc

dewme said:

ITGUYINSD said:

So the multi-core results were 50% faster in the i7 which has 100% more cores?  Why aren't the results closer to 100% faster?

What if someone could clone 3 more of you to do your job. Keep in mind that everything that you need to do your job, like an office, a desk, a box of tools, a computer, the car you drive to work, etc., now has to be shared by you and your 3 clones. Do you think your job would get done 4 times faster? 

Definitely not. https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uh7JP.gif

Someone at my wife's school had a big problem when they attempted to use Zoom the first time for class online recently. One of the students (with malicious intent) published the meeting ID a few days earlier on some social media platform inviting anyone to crash the meeting and it snowballed -- something like 1000 undesirables joined the meeting and were extremely disruptive. The teacher had to end the meeting and that classroom session was effectively cancelled.

That event was not so much a Zoom security failure but an overall design point that is missing. I imagine what is needed are unique user invites -- the unique ID can only be used by a single Zoom userid. It would be additional overhead for the meeting organizer but it would enhance meeting confidentiality. I can't think of any other decent solutions that don't require something like VPN access which would be tough to get working for a diverse set of middle/high school students that use a variety of devices. Any other ideas out there?

I wonder why an iPad was not used for the return monitor? With a larger screen it would have better visibility than an iPhone. I imagine that there could be other aspects such as convenience, redundancy, etc. that could outweigh that benefit.