That's exactly my point. 700MHz/512MB is overkill for everything you might wanna do from such a portable device. The problem right now is that it draws too much current. I cant hook up a battery and carry it around in my pocket and expect more than 4-5 hours of uptime.
I must have missed the memo where Firefox was already properly multi-core ready, with add-ons and jetpack actually growing thus making this browser relevant again.
I hate Chrome's evil, but I hate suckiness more than I hate evil. So Chrome it is for me.
This is the most fundamental truth. I hate Chrome for all the tracking it does on me and my browsing habits, but I just can't switch. I almost made the switch to IE(!), but session restore was buggy. I tried to switch back to Firefox, but everything is slow, even scrolling is choppy. Not much, not everyone notices it, but it is there. All the super awesome extensions I used are useless. Features missing, version not supported etc etc. And the UI. OMG the UI. It's a throwback to XP. Tabs made of cheap glossy plastic, 4x3 grid menu in which last row has only one icon. I mean, are they even trying?
IMHO, they should scratch the code. Start with Chromium, so their process problem is solved, and implement a powerful extension framework. That is what defined Firefox, and that is where their success lies.
The world's current time is coordinated between atomic clocks all over the planet. But that can't happen with the new one.
However precise the clock is, we can still use it to coordinate time all over the earth. Just use the same number of significant digits we use today. Nobody is forcing you to consider ALL the available digits of precision.
I have also switched from Win 7 to 8.1 and it really is better. Many things are better streamlined and faster. And small features here and there that just make life easier. Like native iso mounting. Start screen does not bother me much because I used to use search anyway in Win 7 also. I just press the Win button and start searching. Startup and sleep times are way better, and in-built Skydrive and skype are good. I also like some Metro apps like calculator because I can fix it in the side and it's nice to use that way. Ditto for chat apps and skype. Also, metro apps now show up in the taskbar which is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than that invisible sidebar.
Well the Samsungs do have a much more advanced screen than iPhones, so it is reasonable that it would be costlier. What is not so reasonable is that if you crack the glass on your SGS4 (touchscreen and display working perfectly), they will replace the entire thing (digitizer, display and glass) because the whole thing is fused together. And they charge you full, too.
I believe it was. I was watching NASA TV this morning and they were talking about how Orbital's craft would be arriving on Tuesday and there were some "consumables" for various experiments on board. I found an article here that mentions it as well.
I don't believe there was anything in there that was critical for space station operations--the astronauts won't starve or anything. There's also a Progress launch planned in the next 18 hours.
One thing people overlook is the UI. Nokia phones had a really intuitive soft button UI with the function written above the button on the screen. It made a huge difference in usage from the other phones at that time. Slowly, everyone adopted the same thing, of course. If Nokia were like Apple, they would have sued the hell out of Motorola, Samsung, Sony, LG, etc.
Every software company I have worked at in the Valley has had IT with excellent non-Windows chops, yet they all still end up installing MS Exchange. There are certain solutions areas where MS has plenty of street cred among those who have to make the decisions.
And this is true for a good reason: everything apart from Exchange is shit. Seriously. Name one large-scale email system that you fully control and is fully featured, has apps on all platforms, and is well-known by a lot of system admins.
Dude your office seriously needs new hardware if the cursor in Word lags behind your typing. Although I agree that all Office apps have an irritating startup time that was not there earlier.
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yes it does. what's so confusing about it?
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I don't think Microsoft is half of what they used to be 10 years ago. They would try to fight it, but I guess Groupon wouldn't back down.
I lost my entire Tintin collection :'(
That's exactly my point. 700MHz/512MB is overkill for everything you might wanna do from such a portable device. The problem right now is that it draws too much current. I cant hook up a battery and carry it around in my pocket and expect more than 4-5 hours of uptime.
Why not buy a cheap android phone and use that as your embedded controller? That would be cheaper and you'd get a much more efficient device.
This. B+ is really bad. They should work on really really low power states or something.
I must have missed the memo where Firefox was already properly multi-core ready, with add-ons and jetpack actually growing thus making this browser relevant again.
I hate Chrome's evil, but I hate suckiness more than I hate evil. So Chrome it is for me.
This is the most fundamental truth. I hate Chrome for all the tracking it does on me and my browsing habits, but I just can't switch. I almost made the switch to IE(!), but session restore was buggy. I tried to switch back to Firefox, but everything is slow, even scrolling is choppy. Not much, not everyone notices it, but it is there. All the super awesome extensions I used are useless. Features missing, version not supported etc etc. And the UI. OMG the UI. It's a throwback to XP. Tabs made of cheap glossy plastic, 4x3 grid menu in which last row has only one icon. I mean, are they even trying?
IMHO, they should scratch the code. Start with Chromium, so their process problem is solved, and implement a powerful extension framework. That is what defined Firefox, and that is where their success lies.
Chrome and IE both do that.
The world's current time is coordinated between atomic clocks all over the planet. But that can't happen with the new one.
However precise the clock is, we can still use it to coordinate time all over the earth. Just use the same number of significant digits we use today. Nobody is forcing you to consider ALL the available digits of precision.
I have also switched from Win 7 to 8.1 and it really is better. Many things are better streamlined and faster. And small features here and there that just make life easier. Like native iso mounting. Start screen does not bother me much because I used to use search anyway in Win 7 also. I just press the Win button and start searching. Startup and sleep times are way better, and in-built Skydrive and skype are good. I also like some Metro apps like calculator because I can fix it in the side and it's nice to use that way. Ditto for chat apps and skype. Also, metro apps now show up in the taskbar which is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than that invisible sidebar.
counting won't tell you who voted and who didn't.
Well the Samsungs do have a much more advanced screen than iPhones, so it is reasonable that it would be costlier. What is not so reasonable is that if you crack the glass on your SGS4 (touchscreen and display working perfectly), they will replace the entire thing (digitizer, display and glass) because the whole thing is fused together. And they charge you full, too.
I would think 3D printing would be more precise? Because the printer could just create smaller drops of the printing material Why is it not so?
What devices use amplifiers?
Every single device uses amplifiers.
Is this serious? kbps? per-minute charges? ISDN? huh?
The simple fact that people could "VPN around" the congestion is proof Netflix could have used a different path to that user.
That's not how it works.
I believe it was. I was watching NASA TV this morning and they were talking about how Orbital's craft would be arriving on Tuesday and there were some "consumables" for various experiments on board. I found an article here that mentions it as well.
I don't believe there was anything in there that was critical for space station operations--the astronauts won't starve or anything. There's also a Progress launch planned in the next 18 hours.
FTFY
I think he may have been referring to the 'Health Data' permission item when you install the CurrentC app.
If you have a Mac, and you are the kind of user who likes to self-upgrade his gear, you already went wrong.
Keyboard shortcuts are hidden by design. I don't know how you expect to intuit Ctrl+V is Paste or F3 is Search.
As do (most) Lumias. This is one of the few plus points they have over phones from LG/HTC.
One thing people overlook is the UI. Nokia phones had a really intuitive soft button UI with the function written above the button on the screen. It made a huge difference in usage from the other phones at that time. Slowly, everyone adopted the same thing, of course. If Nokia were like Apple, they would have sued the hell out of Motorola, Samsung, Sony, LG, etc.
Every software company I have worked at in the Valley has had IT with excellent non-Windows chops, yet they all still end up installing MS Exchange. There are certain solutions areas where MS has plenty of street cred among those who have to make the decisions.
And this is true for a good reason: everything apart from Exchange is shit. Seriously. Name one large-scale email system that you fully control and is fully featured, has apps on all platforms, and is well-known by a lot of system admins.
Dude your office seriously needs new hardware if the cursor in Word lags behind your typing. Although I agree that all Office apps have an irritating startup time that was not there earlier.