Come on Slashdot! Really? This is not news. RetroPi, Recalbox, and others, have been around for quite a while, for the Raspberry Pi. I put one of these together last year. It is not that hard.
I'm very disappointed in this article and the fact that slashdot would even post it.
Seriously getting sick of man-made climate change deniers, like yourself. Man-made climate change is a scientific fact. There are many thousands of scientific papers and support . With hardly anything scientifically feasible to counter it.
You only need to do some simple research.
But, if you want, a lazy/easy start is wikipedia. I'm not talking about the wikipedia article itself. Start by reading through the references at the bottom (i.e. find the link and read the original article or periodical).
Don't get me wrong. I never said I thought Comey was completely trustworthy. I only stated I would trust him, more than Trump. Trump and his surrogates constantly lie, deflect and distract the public and the press. I would trust a stranger on the street, over Trump.
I feel the exact same way about Sprint. Never ever again. I don't care how cheap Sprint is. However, I've had the opposite experience with AT&T. I've never had an issue with them. My experiences with AT&T are far superior to Sprint.
You need to read the article more closely. He said "This is a really exciting thing that’s happened," and continued with "We’ve been approached to do a crewed mission beyond the Moon...[and these passengers] are very serious about it. We plan to do that probably [with] Dragon 2 spacecraft with the Falcon Heavy rocket.”
The "exciting thing" that happened was being approached to do the mission. He is not saying the mission has happened yet.
I stand corrected. I just looked at a T-mobile coverage map (first time in a few years). If the map is correct, they have a lot of coverage in SD. For many years T-mobile didn't have a presence in SD. Good to see that has changed.
In South Dakota, Verizon and AT&T are basically your only options in rural areas. T-Mobile doesn't exist at all and Sprint is horrible in metro areas (no 4G), let alone rural areas.
I agree with the assessment. I also think the advent of social media and smart phones/tablets have added to negative views of technology. Most of us now have a small portable computer (which also makes phone calls) that we can pull out, at a stop light, and check Facebook, etc, etc. So there are real physical dangers in the current era of computing. I'm guessing nobody in the 1980's imagined anything like that while they were on their Commodore 64 and watching Computer Chronicles on PBS.
While I like the idea of commercial space. The reality is, government funded space programs are necessary (at least initially). Despite what Musk and others say, there is no financial/commercial gain in sending people (or rovers) to the moon or Mars. Selling the idea to investors is difficult. There is a good chance people will die. There is a chance the spacecraft won't make it back. There is almost no return on investment. No investor is going to buy into that.
Government space programs will need to lead the way and prove the technology and capability, well before commercial programs. SpaceX wouldn't be as big as it is today, without government contracts from NASA. Even their planned Mars "red dragon" capsule will be assisted by NASA. You can call the SpaceX flights to the space station "commercial", but it is really not much different than NASA hiring various contractors to build a rocket (like the Saturn V or space shuttle).
I agree. I can't read the comments there anymore. If people disagree with the article, they get lambasted by The Ars Borg. That's becoming the "increasingly non-natural" norm in society.
I'm actually tired of the "group think" which deny's the fact of man-made climate change. It is real. It is a scientifically proven fact. That is the real reason you get lambasted for disagreeing. Your disagreement is a denial of facts.
Global warming is one of many results of man-made climate change. Both terms have been used interchangeably by the media since the mid 1970's and they are not the same thing. Man-made climate change is very real and is a proven fact. Not just because Al Gore created a documentary about 10 years ago. But, because thousands of climate scientists worldwide have come to the same conclusion. The only "hoax" is that so many conservative politicians, oil companies and conservative talk show hosts have tried to counter real science and unfortunately many people believe them and politicize it (which gets in the way of real scientific research).
I traveled to Malaysia last year (2016). And I was still on Sprint. So, yes, I did research Sprint before I left. Perhaps their global roaming doesn't seem expensive to you, but, it does to me. $0.20 per minute voice and only 2G for free? 3G speeds in Malaysia cost $50 for 2 weeks and 500GB limit. To me, that is expensive. I ended up bringing an unlocked GSM phone and buy a local prepaid SIM card. For about $20, I had 9GB of 4G data for 30 days and free local voice and text. Unlocked GSM (on AT&T's Go plan) is all I use now. CDMA carriers, like Sprint, are way too expensive for me, while travelling overseas.
Actually Sprint and Verizon (CDMA) are crap, if you travel internationally. I'm not sure where you traveled, but international (outside of Canada, USA and Mexico) voice and data are expensive on Sprint (at least in SE Asia). The beauty of having unlocked GSM phones is that you can purchase a cheap local SIM card in whatever country you are in and get great 4G (sometimes it drops to 3G) data and free local calls.
I would completely flip your list. Mostly because Sprint has no 4G in my area and constantly drops calls. We don't have TMobile, so we are left with Verizon and AT&T. (and cheap carriers and prepaids who use their towers). If Sprint were not shitty here and if we had TMobile, I would likely agree with your list, although lately I've been partial to GSM phones (AT&T / TMobile). They are much nicer to travel internationally with.
Sprint is great....if you live in a city where Sprint has 4G, if you don't travel in rural areas, and if you don't travel internationally. I tried Sprint a few years ago to save money. However, I quickly discovered (should have asked more questions, instead of making assumptions) that they do not have 4G in my city (as far as I know, they still don't). I also travel in rural areas, about once a month, to visit relatives. I had frequent dropped calls (and sometimes no calls) while in rural areas. Also, since Sprint and Verizon are on CDMA, they don't work well (or at least, not as cheaply) as GSM phones do. I switched to AT&T Go (prepaid). I love it. It is fairly cheap ($55 for unlimited text, data in US, Candada and Mexico, 8Gb of rollover data). It is on the AT&T network, it is GSM. I have 4G again, it works well in rural areas and my GSM phone works well internationally.
You are free to believe what you want. But, man made climate change is a proven fact. It is happening. Someone who denies a fact is a "denier". Someone who is unaware of a fact is ignorant. (The term "ignorant" is not necessarily a negative term. I'm ignorant of many things). So, these terms are only defining people who either deny facts, or are ignorant of facts.
I switched to Sprint from Verizon (to save money) a few years ago. I quickly discovered they didn't have 4G coverage where I live. About a year later, I managed to get out of my Sprint contract. I now use AT&T Go (prepaid) service. I'm on their $60 plan ($55 with autopay). I get unlimited talk and text in USA, Mexico and Canada, and 8GB data, that rolls over. I rarely use over 5 GB. Plus I get 4G service almost everywhere I go and no more dropped calls. It works for me.
Or Sprint has shitty service where you live (like they do here) and you switched back to Verizon or AT&T, because saving money wasn't worth the lack of 4G and dropped calls that Sprint provides.
I tried Sprint once (to save money). I would never go back to them. They are horrible in my area. I don't care who they buy. No gimmick or other company will ever get me to use them again. (Unless they buy out AT&T).
LOL. I did Sprint once. Never again. Horrible service. Still no 4G coverage in my area (in 2016). Dropped calls and even no service at times, while driving in rural areas. Unless they buy AT&T or Verizon, I'm never going back. Having phone and data service is worth the extra money.
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It is almost as if slashdot missed April 1, by a few weeks....I can't believe they would seriously put this article out there.
I'm very disappointed in this article and the fact that slashdot would even post it.
You only need to do some simple research.
But, if you want, a lazy/easy start is wikipedia. I'm not talking about the wikipedia article itself. Start by reading through the references at the bottom (i.e. find the link and read the original article or periodical).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
That would be a start. After reading through the 135 references, start looking up the many thousands of peer reviews papers.
Exactly!
Don't get me wrong. I never said I thought Comey was completely trustworthy. I only stated I would trust him, more than Trump. Trump and his surrogates constantly lie, deflect and distract the public and the press. I would trust a stranger on the street, over Trump.
I have far more confidence and trust in Comey, than I do President Trump.
I feel the exact same way about Sprint. Never ever again. I don't care how cheap Sprint is. However, I've had the opposite experience with AT&T. I've never had an issue with them. My experiences with AT&T are far superior to Sprint.
The "exciting thing" that happened was being approached to do the mission. He is not saying the mission has happened yet.
I stand corrected. I just looked at a T-mobile coverage map (first time in a few years). If the map is correct, they have a lot of coverage in SD. For many years T-mobile didn't have a presence in SD. Good to see that has changed.
I've never had a problem with AT&T.
In South Dakota, Verizon and AT&T are basically your only options in rural areas. T-Mobile doesn't exist at all and Sprint is horrible in metro areas (no 4G), let alone rural areas.
I agree with the assessment. I also think the advent of social media and smart phones/tablets have added to negative views of technology. Most of us now have a small portable computer (which also makes phone calls) that we can pull out, at a stop light, and check Facebook, etc, etc. So there are real physical dangers in the current era of computing. I'm guessing nobody in the 1980's imagined anything like that while they were on their Commodore 64 and watching Computer Chronicles on PBS.
While I like the idea of commercial space. The reality is, government funded space programs are necessary (at least initially). Despite what Musk and others say, there is no financial/commercial gain in sending people (or rovers) to the moon or Mars. Selling the idea to investors is difficult. There is a good chance people will die. There is a chance the spacecraft won't make it back. There is almost no return on investment. No investor is going to buy into that. Government space programs will need to lead the way and prove the technology and capability, well before commercial programs. SpaceX wouldn't be as big as it is today, without government contracts from NASA. Even their planned Mars "red dragon" capsule will be assisted by NASA. You can call the SpaceX flights to the space station "commercial", but it is really not much different than NASA hiring various contractors to build a rocket (like the Saturn V or space shuttle).
I tried Sprint once and got burned. Never again. I don't care how cheap they are.
Ars is a sickening bastion of groupthink, though.
I agree. I can't read the comments there anymore. If people disagree with the article, they get lambasted by The Ars Borg. That's becoming the "increasingly non-natural" norm in society.
I'm actually tired of the "group think" which deny's the fact of man-made climate change. It is real. It is a scientifically proven fact. That is the real reason you get lambasted for disagreeing. Your disagreement is a denial of facts.
Global warming is one of many results of man-made climate change. Both terms have been used interchangeably by the media since the mid 1970's and they are not the same thing. Man-made climate change is very real and is a proven fact. Not just because Al Gore created a documentary about 10 years ago. But, because thousands of climate scientists worldwide have come to the same conclusion. The only "hoax" is that so many conservative politicians, oil companies and conservative talk show hosts have tried to counter real science and unfortunately many people believe them and politicize it (which gets in the way of real scientific research).
I traveled to Malaysia last year (2016). And I was still on Sprint. So, yes, I did research Sprint before I left. Perhaps their global roaming doesn't seem expensive to you, but, it does to me. $0.20 per minute voice and only 2G for free? 3G speeds in Malaysia cost $50 for 2 weeks and 500GB limit. To me, that is expensive. I ended up bringing an unlocked GSM phone and buy a local prepaid SIM card. For about $20, I had 9GB of 4G data for 30 days and free local voice and text. Unlocked GSM (on AT&T's Go plan) is all I use now. CDMA carriers, like Sprint, are way too expensive for me, while travelling overseas.
Actually Sprint and Verizon (CDMA) are crap, if you travel internationally. I'm not sure where you traveled, but international (outside of Canada, USA and Mexico) voice and data are expensive on Sprint (at least in SE Asia). The beauty of having unlocked GSM phones is that you can purchase a cheap local SIM card in whatever country you are in and get great 4G (sometimes it drops to 3G) data and free local calls.
I would completely flip your list. Mostly because Sprint has no 4G in my area and constantly drops calls. We don't have TMobile, so we are left with Verizon and AT&T. (and cheap carriers and prepaids who use their towers). If Sprint were not shitty here and if we had TMobile, I would likely agree with your list, although lately I've been partial to GSM phones (AT&T / TMobile). They are much nicer to travel internationally with.
Sprint is great....if you live in a city where Sprint has 4G, if you don't travel in rural areas, and if you don't travel internationally. I tried Sprint a few years ago to save money. However, I quickly discovered (should have asked more questions, instead of making assumptions) that they do not have 4G in my city (as far as I know, they still don't). I also travel in rural areas, about once a month, to visit relatives. I had frequent dropped calls (and sometimes no calls) while in rural areas. Also, since Sprint and Verizon are on CDMA, they don't work well (or at least, not as cheaply) as GSM phones do. I switched to AT&T Go (prepaid). I love it. It is fairly cheap ($55 for unlimited text, data in US, Candada and Mexico, 8Gb of rollover data). It is on the AT&T network, it is GSM. I have 4G again, it works well in rural areas and my GSM phone works well internationally.
You are free to believe what you want. But, man made climate change is a proven fact. It is happening. Someone who denies a fact is a "denier". Someone who is unaware of a fact is ignorant. (The term "ignorant" is not necessarily a negative term. I'm ignorant of many things). So, these terms are only defining people who either deny facts, or are ignorant of facts.
I switched to Sprint from Verizon (to save money) a few years ago. I quickly discovered they didn't have 4G coverage where I live. About a year later, I managed to get out of my Sprint contract. I now use AT&T Go (prepaid) service. I'm on their $60 plan ($55 with autopay). I get unlimited talk and text in USA, Mexico and Canada, and 8GB data, that rolls over. I rarely use over 5 GB. Plus I get 4G service almost everywhere I go and no more dropped calls. It works for me.
Or Sprint has shitty service where you live (like they do here) and you switched back to Verizon or AT&T, because saving money wasn't worth the lack of 4G and dropped calls that Sprint provides.
I tried Sprint once (to save money). I would never go back to them. They are horrible in my area. I don't care who they buy. No gimmick or other company will ever get me to use them again. (Unless they buy out AT&T).
LOL. I did Sprint once. Never again. Horrible service. Still no 4G coverage in my area (in 2016). Dropped calls and even no service at times, while driving in rural areas. Unless they buy AT&T or Verizon, I'm never going back. Having phone and data service is worth the extra money.