But I also have a Nexus S, it only has about 396mb available ram. Why? because the memory is partitioned for the system and for video. That extra 128mb makes a big difference due to the way Android seems to want to squeeze into exactly 512mb. You end up with lots of app-swapping going on.
That said, I bought my wife a Nexus 4 with 2gb ram for $200 and the thing is amazingly fast! Jealous... I wish I'd picked up another for myself before they sold out of the cheaper model.
Let's rephrase that in a way that squares with reality:
They spent 5 years developing it and when they finally had it rolled into a very nice system, they killed it after launching exactly one well received phone in order to move exclusively to an untested platform with zero popularity.
Any board worth their salt should have killed that CEO for such a boondoggle.
When Abe Simpson says he "tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time," it's taken as insane old-man ramblings, but it's actually a very obscure reference to the old school watches... called "onions" or "turnips."
The boxed processor I bought (FX4300, quad @ 3.8ghz OC'd to 4.1ghz) is using the stock AMD HSF that it came with. It usually runs around 42C and gets up to maybe 53-54C under a load that pegs all 4 cores (movie encoding, which I often do).
At no point is the CPU fan ever even audible. The only thing I can hear other than some HDD whine is the PSU fan on my Antec Neo Eco 520.
And how are you getting that the AMD processor uses 220w more than the Intel? The Bulldozer TDP is 125w (AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz). The i7 3770K is 77W. And AMD rates at peak while Intel rates at average.
Even with the beast of an nVidia card I have in there the 520w PSU is more than enough. Sounds like you just want there to be price parity for some reason. AMD is cheap, they do it well, it's their niche.
Now wait a minute, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I don't want personalized ads, but I do want personalized pages on the web.
A big example... forums that track which threads you've clicked on and ones with unread posts are in bold. And flag ones you've replied in with a little icon. Also, I'm not sure how you would stay logged-on to a site without cookies?
If there's a better way, I'd love to know what it is.
All that said, I absolutely have been blocking 3rd party cookies for years now.
Oh man, if only we had a railgun for orbital launches.
Just prefab the girders/habitat pieces/fuel/supplies and fire them up with some minimal maneuvering jets/propellant. That's really the key isn't it? With good timing and an equatorial launch site you could basically fire them right up to the assembly area.
I'm sorry you're a sarcastic prig and have to talk down as such. Your comment was obviously a joke, but I thought some people might not be familiar with all the DC suburbs.
My mistake to try and add to your almighty contribution to humanity.
Oddly I just updated mine and there's not a social button to be found.
In about:config "social.enabled" is set to false by default. I never did that, so it just installed that way, and I don't see an option in the normal settings dialog to enable it. Go figure.
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At 512mb, I don't think Android is too bad.
But I also have a Nexus S, it only has about 396mb available ram. Why? because the memory is partitioned for the system and for video. That extra 128mb makes a big difference due to the way Android seems to want to squeeze into exactly 512mb. You end up with lots of app-swapping going on.
That said, I bought my wife a Nexus 4 with 2gb ram for $200 and the thing is amazingly fast! Jealous... I wish I'd picked up another for myself before they sold out of the cheaper model.
Sam
Let's rephrase that in a way that squares with reality:
They spent 5 years developing it and when they finally had it rolled into a very nice system, they killed it after launching exactly one well received phone in order to move exclusively to an untested platform with zero popularity.
Any board worth their salt should have killed that CEO for such a boondoggle.
Sam
On an offtopic note:
When Abe Simpson says he "tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time," it's taken as insane old-man ramblings, but it's actually a very obscure reference to the old school watches... called "onions" or "turnips."
See the last sentence here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_watches#1800.E2.80.931850_Lever_escapement
The boxed processor I bought (FX4300, quad @ 3.8ghz OC'd to 4.1ghz) is using the stock AMD HSF that it came with. It usually runs around 42C and gets up to maybe 53-54C under a load that pegs all 4 cores (movie encoding, which I often do).
At no point is the CPU fan ever even audible. The only thing I can hear other than some HDD whine is the PSU fan on my Antec Neo Eco 520.
And how are you getting that the AMD processor uses 220w more than the Intel? The Bulldozer TDP is 125w (AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz). The i7 3770K is 77W. And AMD rates at peak while Intel rates at average.
Even with the beast of an nVidia card I have in there the 520w PSU is more than enough. Sounds like you just want there to be price parity for some reason. AMD is cheap, they do it well, it's their niche.
Fail fail.
Interestingly, if I go there in Opera, I still get the old site. So score one for obscurity and sniffing by browser string instead of features.
Whooooooosh
I disagree, 10 blocks to 60K is very good acceleration indeed, even it's in kph instead of mph!
Sam
What is this language? Bill Cosby?
They already did this only ~3 years ago.
http://www.safercar.gov/Safety+Ratings
The Model S is just that good :)
Now wait a minute, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I don't want personalized ads, but I do want personalized pages on the web.
A big example... forums that track which threads you've clicked on and ones with unread posts are in bold. And flag ones you've replied in with a little icon. Also, I'm not sure how you would stay logged-on to a site without cookies?
If there's a better way, I'd love to know what it is.
All that said, I absolutely have been blocking 3rd party cookies for years now.
Sam
But don't let the name scare you, it's just "That Fox" in German.
Is it just me, or is that alpha a huge improvement to the Slashdot homepage?
Seriously.
As to ads... I already run noscript, so I never even bothered to check the "No advertising" box for being a contributor.
NP, shit happens on the internet.
Sorry if I reacted too strongly as well.
Oh man, if only we had a railgun for orbital launches.
Just prefab the girders/habitat pieces/fuel/supplies and fire them up with some minimal maneuvering jets/propellant. That's really the key isn't it? With good timing and an equatorial launch site you could basically fire them right up to the assembly area.
It's a beautiful dream, anyway.
I'm sorry you're a sarcastic prig and have to talk down as such. Your comment was obviously a joke, but I thought some people might not be familiar with all the DC suburbs.
My mistake to try and add to your almighty contribution to humanity.
http://www.mobilefun.com/37024-bluetooth-keyboard-and-case-for-google-nexus-7-asus.htm?utm_source=froogle&utm_medium=comparison&utm_campaign=froogle&referer=PLA&gclid=CN-58LaM-LgCFUuk4Aoda1sAjA
Problem solved (yes, I know it's for the last gen, I'm sure the one for this gen will be out in a week).
Sam
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=fairfax&hl=en&ll=38.89798,-77.095184&spn=0.283228,0.676346&client=opera&channel=suggest&hnear=Fairfax,+Virginia&t=m&z=11
Looks good in pre-lobotomized opera. And Mozilla.
No where does it say this is a massive advance in tech. It is described as "interesting."
What it is is a massively cool bit of home engineering.
Oh, and it's a gauss (coil) gun, not a rail gun. Gauss guns don't have the same issue of disintegrating rails.
Chill,
Sam
Oddly I just updated mine and there's not a social button to be found.
In about:config "social.enabled" is set to false by default. I never did that, so it just installed that way, and I don't see an option in the normal settings dialog to enable it. Go figure.
It's obvious he's talking about the mouse pointer (often called a "cursor").
They're shooting Tomorrow and Wednesday.
SFX will be added Thursday.
Editing... if they have time Friday morning?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oeQGtu6cRs
Oh good, something far more brittle than gorilla glass to make a large screen out of.
Sounds like an anti-feature to me.