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8 Common Tech Myths You Should Stop Believing Today
Business Insider ^
| 11/8/2014
| LISA EADICICCO
Posted on 11/08/2014 6:15:11 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Myth #9: Your smart phone is not a tracking device.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:21:38 PM PST
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: SeekAndFind
I agree with all of them except the cameras mega pixels. Dont tell me a 3 mega pixel camera is better than a 12 mega pixel camera. Resolution, file size, and a number of other factors come into play. There is also the type of sensor in play. Sigma's foveon sensor is the best around, but it has not been widely accepted. Just a thought. As usual, an article for the masses....
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:31:28 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: SeekAndFind
I think a lot of the battery confusion goes back to ni-cads which would develop a memory if they were only discharged a little bit before being recharged over and over again. They needed to be totally discharged fairly often.
The article is right about the number of pixels tho it is still good to have a lot. They are getting to where they can put 24 megapixels on a 35mm sized sensor and still maintain extreme quality.
The real problem is the tiny sensors on P&S cameras which sometimes contain tiny sensors which combined with a lot of pixels result in a lot of noise and not good low light capability.
Even those tiny sensors will do OK in good light tho still not equal to the large sensors in late model DSLRs.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:35:22 PM PST
by
yarddog
(G)
To: MV=PY
Only true if you don’t count that authorities and your cell phone company can always find you and that your spouse or anyone else who has rooted your phone can, as well, but needing a simple, but hidden, download.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:35:57 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: MV=PY
Myth #9: Your smart phone is not a tracking device.Myth #10, 11 and 12: Your smart phone is not a tracking device.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:36:17 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: yarddog
laptop batteries still die pretty easily though
especially if they are Toshiba
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:41:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Fungi
More Megapixels doesn't help if the optics or electronics are cheap.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:42:41 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
True, but that is another factor, among so many others......
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:48:38 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: SeekAndFind
> 4. More megapixels always means a better camera
> Whats the difference between 12 megapixel cameras and 8 megapixel cameras? Not much, as it turns out.
A friend of mine who consults on optics systems for both Nikon and Canon, once told me that unless you are willing to spend $10K or more for the lenses, no camera will give any better picture that a 3 or 4 megapixel camera.
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posted on
11/08/2014 6:58:54 PM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(Muslim Creeping Conquest of America and Canada)
To: SeekAndFind
Mac (Unix) systems are not susceptible to viruses. Some applications like firefox and safari can pick up malware, but he operating system will be unaffected. To damage the Operating System(the goal of a virus) on a UNIX system the root password is required.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:03:35 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: BuffaloJack
Your friend told you wrong. It is possible to get pretty decent enlargements from a good 4MP camera, you would have to get a way more pixels before consumer quality lenses would not benefit from more resolution in the sensor. I don’t know exactly but probably more than 36MP in a 35mm sized sensor.
He is right in theory but way too low in his estimate.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:09:15 PM PST
by
yarddog
(G)
To: SeekAndFind
Myth #2014 Democrats have a better, “ground game”.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:20:40 PM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: central_va
Mac (Unix) systems are not susceptible to viruses. Some applications like firefox and safari can pick up malware, but he operating system will be unaffected.
That's like saying Chevys can't get flats but your installed Firestones can.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:21:46 PM PST
by
867V309
(Crusade: the only solution.)
To: BuffaloJack
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:27:28 PM PST
by
gfbtbb
(Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
To: 867V309
That's like saying Chevys can't get flats but your installed Firestones can. If you define the purpose of a virus is to harm the operating system then it is true UNIX is not susceptible. The OS is not responsible for an applications security or lack there of. On windows the virus over takes and alters the OS itself.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:27:42 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SeekAndFind
Myth #11
Half Life 3 will be released in 2014.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:32:11 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote fraud solution: Stake, Rope, Sugar and Bullet Ants.)
To: central_va
The OS is not responsible for an applications security or lack there of.
So if windows gets infected by a virus from Outlook, Flash, or Adobe it doesn't count?
Dancing on the head of a pin.
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posted on
11/08/2014 7:57:24 PM PST
by
867V309
(Crusade: the only solution.)
To: 867V309
So if windows gets infected by a virus from Outlook, Flash, or Adobe it doesn't count? You make the point, that cant happen to UNIX. The trojan was in the application, not the OS. I dont have time to explain the differences in the design of UNIX kernel vs windows. They are different, very different.
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posted on
11/08/2014 8:00:43 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
So why do macks get infected>
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posted on
11/08/2014 8:08:23 PM PST
by
867V309
(Crusade: the only solution.)
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