Google is giving reporters rides to show them the capabilities engineered in the car.  It looks like they are real close to releasing a working model to the public.  Biggest hurdles is getting new laws past and sorting out insurance policies.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/14/5716468/i-took-a-ride-in-a-self-driving-car

Best Android Apps You May Not of Heard Of.....
Many of these need root and a lot of these are not found on google playstore.

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MARKETS
Mobolism Market – Access to thousands of apps (Free/Paid)
Aptoide – Access to thousands of apps (Free/Paid)
SlideMe – Another play store alternative
F-Droid - open source Android app market, many free apps. Get AdBlock, AdAway, and other useful apps here.
Amazon App Store - Another alternative to google playstore
AppBrain App Market - Another play market alternative
BlackMart - Another market app.  Download free apps
Best Apps Market - Know what apps are the best!
AppSale - know when apps go onsale (or temporarily free)
Market Helper - spoof your Android deice to download incompatible apps from the Play Store. Emulate another device's fingerprint, make it look like you're on another carrier, etc.


TOOLS
Lucky Patcher – Patch apps for licence removal and google adword removal
AirDroid – Control your phone from PC
X-Plore – File explorer
DriveDroid – Turn your phone into a bootable USB drive (Just install ISO/Distro)
dSploit - Droidsheep, WifiKill, and any other network penetration app all in one.
Flashify – Flash roms/recovery/zips from within the OS
Contacts optimizer - Clean up your contacts list.
Wifi Analyzer – Examine WIFI signals for channels & ID
WIFI File explore – Copy files to/from android phone from WIFI
FolderSync - Sync folders from/to your cloud accounts.  Supports all major cloud apps.  Free/paid app
SD Maid - Clean up junk files and orphaned leftovers


VIDEO/Movies/TV
TubeMate – Download Youtube Videos
TV Portal – Watch free movies and TV Shows
ShowBox - free movies on your android
VideoMix - Another app for streaming free movies/tv shows


MUSIC
Pandora Patcher - Patch Pandora to skip commercials/download songs/no time restriction/unlimited skips
Doods Music Streamer – Listen to what songs you want when you want
GrooveShark - Music Streaming your way
Viper4Android – Awesome sound control app (equalizer)


CUSTOMIZATION / ENHANCEMENTS / OTHERS
Adaway – Block those pesky adds
CamCard – Scan business cards directly into phone and contact list (free one available from links above)
Greenify – Save battery life by hibernating apps
Orbot – Tor for your android
K-9 Mail - streets ahead of the one in the Play Store.
PasswordBox - Free password manager
Eweather HD $ - Great weather app
Fences - Create custom profiles that can perform over a dozen actions when various GPS triggers occur.
Torque Pro $ - See what your car is doing in realtime, get OBD fault codes, car performance, sensor data and more! (OBD bluetooth transmitter needed-$10)
Game Emulators - Get all your gaming emulators from here!
Current Caller ID - Identify calls from unknown phone numbers before you answer the call & more!
Root Call Blocker - Way more sophisticated then the "generic call blockers" like Mr. number and Extreme Call Blocker.  Requires Root (non rooted blockers are limited in functionality)
Call Master - Big daddy to root call blocker.  unlimited scripts and schedules. Requires Root and steep learning curve.
Xposed Installer – Customize phone rom more than the rom setting allow
Chrome to Phone – Push web pages from PC to your phone
Assistant - Siri for android
cf.lumen - f.lux for android
Shush - When you turn your ringer off this timer will reactivate it after time has expired


Need to root your phone?  Here you go.....
http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root.htm
Or this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

I have tried to find relevant links to the apps to save people time from searching.  Hopefully the links I posted are the right ones.  Please share what apps you feel are great and worthy of mentioning.  Provide links when you can.  Paid apps are available free using alt market apps like Aptoide or Mobolism. Looking forward to see what other great apps are out there!

128GB is plenty if you are using it "only" for the (a) OS.  If you install multiple OS on the SSD then you could potentially fill it up.   I have a 240gb installed.  Although I intended to use it only for the OS is has slowly acquired other files/programs.  I have a sloppy tendency to always download files to the desktop and sometimes when installing new programs I mistakenly install them to the SSD. 

39 replies to "what is the best day of the week" was also very informative to me.  I would be lost without informative threads like this one.  Lol.   


In all truth, "some" threads may be fun to explore but this section is filled with so many ridiculous questions it boggles the mind why people even participate.  I only listed a small selection of the numerous "question" posts.   Keep watching over the next few days and you will see more stupid ones posted.

Jesus christ....whats up with all the stupid ass threads?



What is the best day of the week?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=599463.0

Best Energy Drink?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=560344.0

Whats your favorite engine sound?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=600827.0

What do you see when you go to bed?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=386632.0

What Size, Brand, and Model is Your Main TV.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=558628.0

What kind of PC chair do you use?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=555299.0

Are cats useful?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=538317.0

Do you enjoy eating sandwiches with potato chips in them?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=580294.0

What is your eating habits?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=594868.0

What is your favorite bike?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=591803.0

Do you like turtles?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=588399.0

Whats wrong with eating meat?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=578869.0

Do you think she is pretty?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=565966.0

Whats on TV tonight?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=68080.0

What is your wish?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=547182.0

What is your favorite car?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=553162.0

Favorite cartoon show?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=598599.0

What song are you listening to?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=22956.0

Whats your most precious item?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=592113.0

What's your dream job?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=593457.0

What's your favorite holiday destination & why?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=592948.0

What browser you use?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=567510.0

What to so with large amounts of cash?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=594343.0

Why is cheese added to everything in america?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=593511.0

Where did you go to college?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=595880.0

Whats the best book you ever had?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=469734.0

We actually have a lot of Phineas Gage members on this forum (people who only have 1/2 a brain).  But for historical sake I thought I would bring up the "real" Phineas Gage and the story behind the legend.


Proof some of our members have half a brain!  Thanks b!z for helping the lost soul.

What the hell does that mean?  Speak English.

I think this is going to be impossible unless some new regulations are adopted. (Doubtful)

Current generation civilian supersonic aircraft are prohibited from flying supersonically overland in most parts of the world. The problem of sonic boom was the single biggest factor in the commercial failure of Concorde and has continued to prevent adoption of supersonic transports.


So unless they plan on flying entirely over the open ocean and taking the "long route", there is no way they will accomplish this in the stated time.

Each generation revises his myth. Here’s the true story.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/05/phineas_gage_neuroscience_case_true_story_of_famous_frontal_lobe_patient.html

In the old days (10 years ago) it was easy to crack word/excel files.  I did it all the time for employee files using simple hacker tools.  More advanced tools were also easily purchased from sites like www.lostpassword.com.  (And we did occasionally purchase commercial cracking tools). But as the OP stated, word/excel has upped the encryption so I am sure it is more difficult.  I haven't really kept up on the tools or encryption hacks to know how feasible it is to crack current word/excel files.  But even back then it sometimes would take days to brute force a password.

Lol.....pic reply was perfect.

By the looks of things I would say tapes may get a second life.

185TB Cassette Tapes
http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/4/5681066/sony-blows-away-record-with-185tb-cassette-tape

Average Joe would be crazy to run a tor exit relay node.  All the "bad traffic" would be linking to his IP and potentially cause a legal nightmare.  Running a regular relay node however is supposedly alright.

FROM TorProject

https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en

disable the driver?  Unlpug the ethernet?  Firewall with schedules? 

Not sure what you are looking for.

I think the horse buggy manufacturers said the same thing about new automobiles.   

The article didn't mention what prices will cost so who knows if they will be affordable or not.  And if you need a large capacity (and fast) drive then SSDs will be your only option.  As mass adoption comes into play I suspect the prices will fall significantly.  I don't see anyway for a mechanical hard disk to compete with a SSD in the next 2-3 years.  They are too slow, prone to mechanical failure, use more electricity, and will be limited on storage capacity.


Regarding new storage disks formats (DVD Format), How would you like to have one of these?:

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/159245-new-optical-laser-can-increase-dvd-storage-up-to-one-petabyte

Sandisk announces 4TB SSD, hopes for 8TB next year.

"We see reaching the 4TB mark as really just the beginning and expect to continue doubling the capacity every year or two, far outpacing the growth for traditional HDDs," Manuel Martull, SanDisk's product & solutions marketing director, stated in an email reply to Computerworld.


http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248070/SanDisk_announces_4TB_SSD_hopes_for_8TB_next_year

Stupid.....

Here is a short YouTube video showing some of the flexible screens in action and their potential.

http://youtu.be/sJehexDPEsE

Not having GPS would be a killer no-go for me.  Why would they not include GPS?


Specs from the Verge:
http://www.theverge.com/products/compare/7681/7422/7440/7683

I like the "curve around the edge" styling.

http://www.spyghana.com/unveiled-new-samsung-curved-screen-phone-launched/




But the phones with curved displays are a little overkill.