I remember when Android itself had the same reputation as this build now holds. It was "something cool for hackers and nerds" but nothing that "normal" people would ever pick over their iPhones. The general public can be slow but they're not all stupid- Android is now bigger than iOS, so Cyanogenmod has hope for…

That may have something to do with it. The other issue may be that the United States is too busy licking corporate asshole to actually do any federal or state investment in infrastructure.

He was going to shoot a video, but they took his flip cam and threw it away.

Unlike the US and Europe, Japan and S. Korea both have potential to reach these speeds, because they invest in their networks.

...Are you on drugs?

...Has ANYONE here actually had or even seen Mexican brickweed in the last 10-15 years? I haven't. I was under the impression that most marijuana production has moved north, and that a large percentage was out of the hands of cartels. When I was growing up, most of the stuff came from Canada or down south around…

You're right, it wasn't technically ham radio, it was a shortwave band. It turns out he was using this system which sent some kind of convoluted analog "data" signal with imbedded text. I don't remember what it's called but apparently it used to be relatively common in hobbyist circles. It was effectively global…

...Just waiting for melotonin to get outlawed, along with the ever-growing list of naturally-occurring brain chemicals that have also been banned (DMT, for instance).

If you're going camping, what's the point in lugging a plant along? Any plant worth bringing has already been dried, cured and bagged, and actually deteriorates in the presence of light...

There are handheld ones, though they're rather large. If there was interest in the technology, someone could shrink them...

Amateur radio has been doing this for years.

With that kind of money, you could just buy a bunch of Noctilux's and then throw them at people you don't like.... They're very heavy and dense, and probably hurt to be hit by. Plus, they're overrated - other than its low light capability and slightly blurrier bokeh, it's not optically amazing, and not a terribly…

Nice to know we finally have computers that can drive cars, computers which never get tired or distracted.... especially ones that can comment on Jalopnik. Unfortunately, humans are humans and are subject to such things that cause humans to be fallible.

Red ONE is gigantic, and a pain in the ass to set up and operate in run-and-gun situations. A modern pro DSLR, however...

Most of the reasoning for this policy was because of the distraction from dozens of camera flashes going off in the president's face while he was giving a speech, and to a lesser degree, the shutter sound.

Yes and no. As with any other art, there's a lot of creativity involved and talent is just as important as training. However, photography is a medium extremely suited for duplication, and producing rare prints for the sake of rarity and value isn't high art, it's moneygrabbery.

For 3.89 million, you could get any camera you wanted, any lens, any lighting, any location, and nearly any girl to photograph.

Why do they still hold "walks"? They should start holding High School Compute-a-thons instead, it seems more effective.

The clearest and most controllable results I ever got with Macro-on-the-cheap were through the use of two lenses connected front-to-front. Specifically, I used my old 35-80 kit lens with a plastic barreled FD mount 50 1.8.

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