Oh do please enlighten me as to how a transmission being one or the other changes engine wear lol.
I already did. "They are more reliable over the long run because the drive train is subjected to less driver error". With a manual it is easier for a driver to operate and engine outside it's optimum range, thus reducing it's lifespan.
So the object lesson is: if you depend of a software product, make sure you depend on a popular software product. Otherwise, expect to be inconvenienced (or worse) sooner rather than later.
Which is precisely why people stick with MS. Regardless of what you think of their engineering or business practices, there is a certain amount of security in using the products that everyone else is using.
You do realize that until recently automatic transmissions ate up significant amount of power\MPG right? How is that significantly better exactly?
Depends whether you care more about saving a few cents, or never having to wrestle with a clutch and stick for the rest of your life.
Anyone who has driven a stick for any length of time isn't flailing around - I'm guessing you're one of the fools who can't do so. It's got nothing to do with image and quite a bit more to do with control.
I drove my first auto after 15 years of owning/driving manual. I prefer auto because I'm lazy. I feel no need to impress anyone with my ability to change gears, I prefer to reduce my efforts of driving to forward, back, left and right. Anything else is a waste of energy.
You should maybe take a gander in a few 18 wheeler cabs or dump trucks to figure out just how wrong you are, perhaps you think pickups are pulling more weight?
Because an 18 wheeler work load is identical to your average car... FWIW all the city buses here (Sydney) are now auto. They are more reliable over the long run because the drive train is subjected to less driver error. So going back to you original point, you may lose a few cents in mileage, but for most people you'll gain it back with less engine wear over the long haul.
Which makes it even funnier. Google's best product was/is Search, which was invented before it was a company. The only two other useful products, Maps and Android were acquisitions. So the sum output of all those nerds at Google and the billions in R&D is a whole bunch of mediocre rubbish that isn't really that good.
Your comment sounds nice but it flies in the face of every human behaviour experiment ever done. If an unaccountable govt wants to kill people, it will do it regardless of what you and I think about it. We know how it works now, you simply label anyone who disagrees unpatriotic and let the mob take care of any resistance. It's how it worked in WW2, it's how it worked in Iraq, and it's how it will work next time around.
Does this mean the President can still murder his own citizens whenever he feels like it? I still can't work out how this is acceptable to anyone in the western world?
I know it's really popular to bad mouth the US, but try and exercise at least some common sense, will you. Managing a tiny country like Estonia is several orders of magnitude easier than managing one the size of the US and managing the US is considerably easier than managing one the size of India or China.
I may be stating the obvious here, but it sounds like the solution is to break up the US into smaller more manageable chunks?
I've spent a bit of time there myself and love the place, but I wouldn't call KL "very advanced" by western standards. It's ok, but it mostly a developing city with pockets of western infrastructure. I have friends who were lucky enough to get expat packages there, western wages with Malaysian living expenses. That is living the dream! If I had the opportunity (read: expat contract) I'd move there in a heartbeat.
Ok let's test you theory:
Bill Gates - nope
Carlos Slim - nope
Warren Buffet - nope
Larry Ellison - nope
Some of these people might have had upper middle class parents, but there's a looooooooonnnnngggggg way between "wealthy" and 'richest person on earth". I know a few people with similar backgrounds to the men above and not one of them is even close to breaking out of the upper middle class. and there are plenty of stories of 2nd and 3rd gen rich kids blowing their family fortune. It takes skill, hard work, ruthless ambition and extreme good luck to get rich and stay there.
Unfortunately, no matter how many times we hear that it's going to vanish, some web developer decides to implement their brand new website in it. Unfortunately that means that us Linux users are out of luck.
Really like who? I'm a Microsoft user, but I've never installed Silverlight. Never needed it or wanted or missed it.
"Nano" actually now means "small" to the press. I'm sorry it isn't technically correct, but you are going to have to get used to it.
No we're not. I can accept this interpretation in the local rag, but Slashdot's target audience is smart people (apparently). We should be sticking to technically accurate terminology at all times.
I don't mind passive ads. I enjoy a casual read of the Sunday paper complete with lots of ad and junk news. Reading pamphlets of the local hardware store actually kicks my creative juices into gear. "oh imagine what I could make with that tool!", or reading the travel section gets my explorer juices cranked. I hate ads as much as most people (I have ad blockers, record all my TV shows watch later to allow to me to skip ads, and only listen to ad-free radio), but I still like being exposed to the passive information that some advertising gives. The trick is at what point does advertising cross the line from informative/interesting to pain in the arse?
You're getting caught up in the Apple RDF, Samsung's goal is not to sell the most S series phones, it's to sell the most phones. It's why they have a whole range of devices aimed at different market segments. The Note series is a prime example, it is a flagship product, not an S series, but still contributes to hammering the competition in overall market share. Last time I checked Samsung are outselling Apple 2:1
You can't have it because you are no good at the game. See the game is where everyone tries to get as much as they can. The boss wants to pay as little as possible, you want to earn as much as possible. Except to get what he wants he puts some effort in and lobbies his local MP, has discussions at his local business round table and garners support to his ideas to get them approved. In contrast, you just bitch and moan to an bunch of semi anonymous people in the Internet and expect someone else to make it happen for you. Is it any wonder the other guy is winning?
Who is 'they' and who is 'you'? This language reeks of racism right there. There's no them and us, we we're all born under the current system so it's hard to feel sympathetic for any injustice that was learned.
I don't see the point in spending $600 every year on a new phone for incremental changes.
That's nice, but did you ever think that not everyone has an S3 currently? Nor are S3 owners the only target market?
I have an S2 and I'll be off contract next month so I'll be getting one, same goes for others I've spoken to with other older smartphones.
By releasing even an incremental upgrade it keeps Samsung in front. Apple fanboys will have to wait a long 6 months (an eternity in the smartphone market)before they have something that competes, even then I doubt the next iPhone will due to their locked-in design. And if it does Samsung will have something else out a few months after it to steal its thunder.
In summary, a quick release cycle is much better than a slow one, as market share is demonstrating.
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I didn't, I think Gmail is rubbish. Yes it works but it is a horrible interface for such a simple application
Oh do please enlighten me as to how a transmission being one or the other changes engine wear lol.
I already did. "They are more reliable over the long run because the drive train is subjected to less driver error". With a manual it is easier for a driver to operate and engine outside it's optimum range, thus reducing it's lifespan.
In the sense of OMGZ!! We're having a recession, it's the end of the world!!!! Never let the facts get in the way of a good headline.
So the object lesson is: if you depend of a software product, make sure you depend on a popular software product. Otherwise, expect to be inconvenienced (or worse) sooner rather than later.
Which is precisely why people stick with MS. Regardless of what you think of their engineering or business practices, there is a certain amount of security in using the products that everyone else is using.
The presidential limo is much heavier than a standard limo due to the extra protection it offers.
In fact it shouldn't even be called a limo, it is really a tank built in the shape of a Caddy Limo rather than a car with armour.
You do realize that until recently automatic transmissions ate up significant amount of power\MPG right? How is that significantly better exactly?
Depends whether you care more about saving a few cents, or never having to wrestle with a clutch and stick for the rest of your life.
Anyone who has driven a stick for any length of time isn't flailing around - I'm guessing you're one of the fools who can't do so. It's got nothing to do with image and quite a bit more to do with control.
I drove my first auto after 15 years of owning/driving manual. I prefer auto because I'm lazy. I feel no need to impress anyone with my ability to change gears, I prefer to reduce my efforts of driving to forward, back, left and right. Anything else is a waste of energy.
You should maybe take a gander in a few 18 wheeler cabs or dump trucks to figure out just how wrong you are, perhaps you think pickups are pulling more weight?
Because an 18 wheeler work load is identical to your average car... FWIW all the city buses here (Sydney) are now auto. They are more reliable over the long run because the drive train is subjected to less driver error. So going back to you original point, you may lose a few cents in mileage, but for most people you'll gain it back with less engine wear over the long haul.
Which makes it even funnier. Google's best product was/is Search, which was invented before it was a company. The only two other useful products, Maps and Android were acquisitions. So the sum output of all those nerds at Google and the billions in R&D is a whole bunch of mediocre rubbish that isn't really that good.
Your comment sounds nice but it flies in the face of every human behaviour experiment ever done. If an unaccountable govt wants to kill people, it will do it regardless of what you and I think about it. We know how it works now, you simply label anyone who disagrees unpatriotic and let the mob take care of any resistance. It's how it worked in WW2, it's how it worked in Iraq, and it's how it will work next time around.
I never seen 3D look any good at any time ever (except real life of course). What will be different about this?
Does this mean the President can still murder his own citizens whenever he feels like it? I still can't work out how this is acceptable to anyone in the western world?
It's called Android...
I know it's really popular to bad mouth the US, but try and exercise at least some common sense, will you. Managing a tiny country like Estonia is several orders of magnitude easier than managing one the size of the US and managing the US is considerably easier than managing one the size of India or China.
I may be stating the obvious here, but it sounds like the solution is to break up the US into smaller more manageable chunks?
I don't even speak English well anymore.
What?
I've spent a bit of time there myself and love the place, but I wouldn't call KL "very advanced" by western standards. It's ok, but it mostly a developing city with pockets of western infrastructure. I have friends who were lucky enough to get expat packages there, western wages with Malaysian living expenses. That is living the dream! If I had the opportunity (read: expat contract) I'd move there in a heartbeat.
Ok let's test you theory:
Bill Gates - nope
Carlos Slim - nope
Warren Buffet - nope
Larry Ellison - nope
Some of these people might have had upper middle class parents, but there's a looooooooonnnnngggggg way between "wealthy" and 'richest person on earth". I know a few people with similar backgrounds to the men above and not one of them is even close to breaking out of the upper middle class. and there are plenty of stories of 2nd and 3rd gen rich kids blowing their family fortune. It takes skill, hard work, ruthless ambition and extreme good luck to get rich and stay there.
Unfortunately, no matter how many times we hear that it's going to vanish, some web developer decides to implement their brand new website in it. Unfortunately that means that us Linux users are out of luck.
Really like who? I'm a Microsoft user, but I've never installed Silverlight. Never needed it or wanted or missed it.
"Nano" actually now means "small" to the press. I'm sorry it isn't technically correct, but you are going to have to get used to it.
No we're not. I can accept this interpretation in the local rag, but Slashdot's target audience is smart people (apparently). We should be sticking to technically accurate terminology at all times.
I don't mind passive ads. I enjoy a casual read of the Sunday paper complete with lots of ad and junk news. Reading pamphlets of the local hardware store actually kicks my creative juices into gear. "oh imagine what I could make with that tool!", or reading the travel section gets my explorer juices cranked. I hate ads as much as most people (I have ad blockers, record all my TV shows watch later to allow to me to skip ads, and only listen to ad-free radio), but I still like being exposed to the passive information that some advertising gives. The trick is at what point does advertising cross the line from informative/interesting to pain in the arse?
You're getting caught up in the Apple RDF, Samsung's goal is not to sell the most S series phones, it's to sell the most phones. It's why they have a whole range of devices aimed at different market segments. The Note series is a prime example, it is a flagship product, not an S series, but still contributes to hammering the competition in overall market share. Last time I checked Samsung are outselling Apple 2:1
You can't have it because you are no good at the game. See the game is where everyone tries to get as much as they can. The boss wants to pay as little as possible, you want to earn as much as possible. Except to get what he wants he puts some effort in and lobbies his local MP, has discussions at his local business round table and garners support to his ideas to get them approved. In contrast, you just bitch and moan to an bunch of semi anonymous people in the Internet and expect someone else to make it happen for you. Is it any wonder the other guy is winning?
Because no IT grads ever got a job in IT ever...
Who is 'they' and who is 'you'? This language reeks of racism right there. There's no them and us, we we're all born under the current system so it's hard to feel sympathetic for any injustice that was learned.
I don't see the point in spending $600 every year on a new phone for incremental changes.
That's nice, but did you ever think that not everyone has an S3 currently? Nor are S3 owners the only target market? I have an S2 and I'll be off contract next month so I'll be getting one, same goes for others I've spoken to with other older smartphones. By releasing even an incremental upgrade it keeps Samsung in front. Apple fanboys will have to wait a long 6 months (an eternity in the smartphone market)before they have something that competes, even then I doubt the next iPhone will due to their locked-in design. And if it does Samsung will have something else out a few months after it to steal its thunder.
In summary, a quick release cycle is much better than a slow one, as market share is demonstrating.
This is just plain bunk science.right here. I expect more out of such a low UID
Why? Since when did being old ever guarantee being smart?
Invite only, that makes it kind tough to get involved...