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Our obsession with connectivity is now carrying over to cars. Surveys show that young drivers who don鈥檛 care a wit about horsepower want their vehicles to connect to the Internet so they can listen to Pandora, find a nearby restaurant on Yelp and check the weather and traffic.
 
  
In response, carmakers are racing to build 鈥渃onnected cars.鈥?Many 2015 models from  even come with technology that lets you turn the car into a 4G LTE hotspot.
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According to head coach Bruce Arians, "we haven't run the ball enough to get the other guys more carries."
  
That would be a great idea 鈥?if it didn鈥檛 already exist. To create a hotspot in your car, all you need do is enable the mobile hotspot feature on your smartphone.
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He said the "games have dictated what we've been doing."
  
GM argues that its in-car hotspot is better because you don鈥檛 have to worry about your phone battery running down, and because its system uses the car antenna, which pulls in a stronger signal than a phone. But a phone hotspot can still be more than adequate.
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But it didn't sound like he planned on giving many carries to anyone else. "We'll just see how it goes and how Andre's feeling," he said. That, combined with the comment Arians made on Wednesday, saying "if (Andre's) fresh, he's staying in," indicates he doesn't really have plans of using  right now.
  
Anyway, who needs a hotspot in a car? It might be good for giving carpoolers free Internet so they can work on their way to work, or streaming movies on tablets to keep kids from killing each other on long trips. But most of the time, a hotspot in a car is as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
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What about rookie ?
  
Oh, and did I mention that in-car hotspots aren鈥檛 free. Just as with mobile phones, they require a data plan.
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He still "has no role" in the game plan. Grice said he is still "progressing" with the offense. He said he still isn't there yet and he still "(gets) confused at times" because he will think he's got it, but he coaches will burst his bubble.
  
And there鈥檚 another problem: If you buy a connected car today, the technology probably will be obsolete by the time you make your final car payment five or six years from now. Software upgrades could keep some of the system current, but hardware (modems and such) may have to be replaced.
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He knows he doesn't have a role yet, but is "just trying to contribute on special teams right now."
  
Bottom line: Don鈥檛 be fooled by commercials for connected cars. Right now, connectivity is still a novelty not worth paying extra for.
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Whether he is active on Sunday will be a numbers game, according to Arians. "It will depend on other injuries," he said, although he admitted that "we're rolling the dice a little bit" if they only go with three backs as they did last week.
  
Q: I would be interested in hearing what you have to say about TV sound quality. My husband and I have difficulty hearing the sound on the TV, especially when there鈥檚 background sound or music and the dialogue seems to get covered up. I think there should be a way to separate the dialogue in the foreground from the sound in the background, but they do not seem to be on separate bands. So what is the best TV for hearing dialogue?
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Taylor has gotten only three carries all year so far. I talked to him 聽on Friday and his body language tells me he is a little frustrated, but he said the right things.
  
A: Today鈥檚 HDTVs do a lousy job with sound in general, mostly because the sets are so thin there鈥檚 no place to put decent speakers. But that doesn鈥檛 mean all is lost. Dolby Digital sound 鈥?used for Hollywood movies and prime-time TV programs 鈥?concentrates most dialogue in a center channel. With a home-theater system or sound bar designed for Dolby 5.1 (five speakers and a subwoofer for bass), you can control that channel (the front-center speaker) to make the dialogue louder.
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He "(tries) not to focus" on how his number hasn't been called much and he indicated he knows the coaching staff has confidence in him, even if it would appear the coaches don't have much trust in him in the running game.
  
Some home-theater systems and sound bars designed for Dolby 2.1 (two speakers and a subwoofer) have a 鈥減hantom center channel,鈥?although that鈥檚 a compromise solution. A better option 鈥?if you don鈥檛 want the rear surround-sound speakers of a Dolby 5.1 system 鈥?is a Vizio 3.0 sound bar. It has a dedicated center channel for enhanced dialogue.
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He spoke of being patient.
  
Q: The power adapter and USB cable for my HTC phone disappeared on a recent trip. I found what was advertised as replacements for $8.90 on Amazon. I phoned AT T and they quoted $35 for the same thing (as did Verizon). When questioned, they said their power plug prevented overcharging of the battery and the plug on Amazon did not. Is this true and is overcharging a significant issue?
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"I can't let things I can't control bother me," he said. "That's when things get in your head and you starting moping around in the locker room and you start to mess up."
  
A: No. Most phones, tablets and other portable devices have standard micro USB connections, which means USB cables are pretty universal. Power adapters have small differences in output, depending on the kind of device they鈥檙e designed for. A tablet adapter may push more electric current (amperage) into a battery than an adapter for a phone. But the pressure of the current (voltage) is virtually the same for all adapters.
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Taylor is competitive and is used to being a volume carrier, as he was a workhorse in high school and at Stanford.
  
The upshot is that an amped-up tablet adapter may reduce the time it takes to charge a phone battery, but you can use any adapter without worrying about hurting your phone. Also, there鈥檚 no need to spend extra for original-equipment replacement parts. An after-market adapter/cable will work fine.
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But Arians is right -- they aren't running the ball enough to spread the carries out. The running back carries thus far have been 21, 25, 20 and 18. Jonathan Dwyer got 16 of those carries the first two weeks of the season.
  
By the way, I鈥檇 be wary of anything told to me by a telephone salesperson. Even technical support people get things wrong, and I鈥檝e found they鈥檒l sometimes improvise when they get into unscripted territory.
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Running the ball that little over the past two weeks, it makes sense to give the ball to Ellington. The team sees him as a big play threat and a dynamic runner and receiver.
  
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It is, though, interesting, as Ellington has been bothered by a foot injury all season. He does not practice fully during the week.
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Will things change against Washington? It didn't sound like it.
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Revision as of 10:42, 30 October 2014

According to head coach Bruce Arians, "we haven't run the ball enough to get the other guys more carries."

He said the "games have dictated what we've been doing."

But it didn't sound like he planned on giving many carries to anyone else. "We'll just see how it goes and how Andre's feeling," he said. That, combined with the comment Arians made on Wednesday, saying "if (Andre's) fresh, he's staying in," indicates he doesn't really have plans of using right now.

What about rookie ?

He still "has no role" in the game plan. Grice said he is still "progressing" with the offense. He said he still isn't there yet and he still "(gets) confused at times" because he will think he's got it, but he coaches will burst his bubble.

He knows he doesn't have a role yet, but is "just trying to contribute on special teams right now."

Whether he is active on Sunday will be a numbers game, according to Arians. "It will depend on other injuries," he said, although he admitted that "we're rolling the dice a little bit" if they only go with three backs as they did last week.

Taylor has gotten only three carries all year so far. I talked to him 聽on Friday and his body language tells me he is a little frustrated, but he said the right things.

He "(tries) not to focus" on how his number hasn't been called much and he indicated he knows the coaching staff has confidence in him, even if it would appear the coaches don't have much trust in him in the running game.

He spoke of being patient.

"I can't let things I can't control bother me," he said. "That's when things get in your head and you starting moping around in the locker room and you start to mess up."

Taylor is competitive and is used to being a volume carrier, as he was a workhorse in high school and at Stanford.

But Arians is right -- they aren't running the ball enough to spread the carries out. The running back carries thus far have been 21, 25, 20 and 18. Jonathan Dwyer got 16 of those carries the first two weeks of the season.

Running the ball that little over the past two weeks, it makes sense to give the ball to Ellington. The team sees him as a big play threat and a dynamic runner and receiver.

It is, though, interesting, as Ellington has been bothered by a foot injury all season. He does not practice fully during the week.

Will things change against Washington? It didn't sound like it.

So if you want to see more carries from Stepfan Taylor or the integration of Marion Grice, don't expect much if Ellington is feeling good. He has suddenly become the only guy that appears to have the trust of his coaches.

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