I don't understand the hate for SHIELD, yes it's expensive and doesn't do any except gaming. But people buy 3DS/2DS and Vita. This is the same but you get to play your existing Android library of games plus stream gaming. How much are 3DS games vs Android games? You'll make back the difference after about 5-10 games.
I tried helping on a few articles. I updated a few articles with newer information: wrote it up, attributed to proper source, after a few days it was deleted, and then a week later had almost my exact update come back but done by one of the maintainer of the article.
iWork is surprisingly very functional on a Surface. Don't laugh. I've used iWork for iCloud on my Surface (no keyboard cover) and works much better than the built in MS Office that comes with the Surface since Office pretty much requires the keyboard cover.
The Tokyo system is very easy. Ticketing and payment are very straightforward. You can buy a 1-way ticket or have a declining balance card and just swipe, swipe, swipe. If you stick to JR trains (which is easily possible), routing is easy. The only points of confusion I experienced were with signs lacking English text.
What got me in Tokyo several times was Chuo/Sobu line. The train changes line name at certain stations. Also you really have to pay attention to the final destination of the train, getting on the same line with different final destination means you may skip some stops. I had figured that if it's going the same way, on the same line and I'm only about 4 stops away it would make the same stops. I was wrong. I had an easier time figuring out London's system.
I've been to London, it ain't better than NYC. The gaps between the car and station are gigantic, hence "mind the gap" warnings. The escalators are super speedy and steep, and when it rains very slick. Try going from Heathrow with some luggage and you start notice that London Underground is a death trap.
Paris' subway is better but Paris is small that it probably only takes about 20 minutes for a train to make a round-trip through it's route. Relatively clean compare to London and NYC. Walkways still smell like urine though and it lacks escalators in many places. You're very likely to get pick-pocketed and with the articulated subway cars make it easier for them to escape from you if you notice.
Tokyo's metro system is amazing. Trains are on time, stations and cars are clean, but the system is confusing as NYC.
I haven't try Beijing's or Shanghai metro system yet.
I wasn't aware that DVI could carry audio. Of course, most of my available DVI output display doesn't have audio. And if I have audio-out with DVI, I probably also have HDMI. So basically the only time that this is a problem would be if I had a DVI only display with audio and I needed audio.
What? I still use my first generation Momentus XT (500GB with the 4GB of SLC), never had any BSOD after firmware SD23. Of course, the damn thing doesn't spin down on my laptop. Or if it did, it would lag as it spins up.
I was looking to build a new gaming PC and wouldn't mind finally cutting out MSFT. All I need is most of my existing games in my account to work on SteamOS.
As one of the few Surface owners, I can say on a general level the hardware is solid but the software makes me want to start straggling some UI designers.
Issues: * on screen keyboard is overlay, so some applications you can't see what you're typing. * some basic functions (ie. sleep timer) is on the Desktop interface, which makes no sense since MSFT is trying to push the Modern Interface. Plus, Desktop interface is a pain to use on a touchscreen * "Home" button is capacitive touch and if you use it in portrait mode you'll hit it accidentally very very often * factory reset takes 2 hours to complete. And then another hour or so to "update" the laptop. Makes me miss Apple's OTA updates. * to close an Internet Explorer (in Modern), sometimes its swipe up, click on the tab's "x", which switches the active tab to another tab, click "x" on that tab again. Other times its single click on the tab's "x" you want to close. No very consistent * on-screen keyboard pops always pop up when you want it, like when filling in text fields on a web page
I've been using Pixelmator a lot more, I also have CS5 installed. Can't argue with Pixelmator's $15 cost. Does about 90% of everything I use on Photoshop. As for a LR replacement, you can try using Raw Photo Processor. It's more difficult to use, but lots of controls.
Almost. I have the Surface RT and somethings are very irritating.
* virtual keyboard is overlay on top of your current application instead of the more standard pushing application out of the way. This leads to situation where you can't see the text you're typing.
* there's a virtual numpad, but it's a weird mix of phone numpad and standard keyboard numpad. 1-9 use phone layout (1-3 top row...etc) but "0" and "." are on the bottom like a standard keyboard numpad.
* some very basic settings can't be accessed from the Modern interface (ie. screen timeout and sleep mode) and must be changed in the desktop mode. Desktop mode on the Surface RT is just not usable with touch interface.
how about a service that's completely open to tapping? Where all your posts, you know goes to all the authorities and everyone can see everything you do? So much data that it's all useless, lots of duckface photos and useless comments. You know like Facebook. Then you can secretly communicate in the open not with words but with wash-out filters and peace-signs photos.
For $399, Surface RT + keyboard cover. That's all it takes for me to get a Surface RT. The keyboard is shown in the ads but not included in the package. I think iSuppli estimate the keyboard cover cost $20 to produce. I don't need a million apps, but I do need a keyboard a lot of the times.
If I'm a parent I would really like to teach my kids some computer skills. I'll block it at home, forcing him to meet up with his friends for his porn needs or learn how to circumvent the block. Either way, I'll get him out of the house or he'll learn networking skills. Back in my days, we had stolen Playboys from older brothers (or dads), kids these days have it too easy.
If it was a default block, which I highly doubt would even work that well, the barrier to porn may be too high and force my kids into unproductive activities like sports.
They may all be true. TSMC: Apple is feeling them out with older Apple A-series designs for Apple TV. GF: Maybe Apple is going to use the AMD's A-series APU (Xbox ONE and PS4) in some unknown device (console?) or iMac Retina. Apple needs fast graphic performance more than CPU performance on their Retina series of devices. Samsung: A proven and reliable source, so Apple would have a lot of reasons to continue to use them. Own fab: why not control your own destiny
So many times in the last 15 years, you could tell that Microsoft was really really close to getting it right. Just a few more revisions and they would have done it.
* Smartphones: really an outgrowth of PDAs. WinCE (version 3 and later) bested Palm OS. Palm was crushed and what did Microsoft do? Sit there for 5 years with minimal investment in WinCE. WinMo 2003 was barely an upgrade to the previous version. I had the Jornado, HP iPaq, and the HP hw6515 (I think) smartphone. It even had GPS well before the iPhone.
* Tablets: Bill Gates was right, we all will have a tablet in the future. It's just not running Windows. I bought the HP TX tablet/convertible. And you can tell that even with Vista, it was potentially a great device. Handwriting recognition, touch support, pressure sensitivity and decent weight. But terrible bloat in the initial Vista release made the tablet boot up in about 2 minutes on a good day and put out heat like a nuclear reactor.
* GPS/media players: Remember all those Magellan and Garmin GPS units, and portable media players from China? They were likely running WinCE.
* Email: Hotmail was there early on and they sat there while Google took over. I remember the 4MB account limit.
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I don't understand the hate for SHIELD, yes it's expensive and doesn't do any except gaming. But people buy 3DS/2DS and Vita. This is the same but you get to play your existing Android library of games plus stream gaming. How much are 3DS games vs Android games? You'll make back the difference after about 5-10 games.
I tried helping on a few articles. I updated a few articles with newer information: wrote it up, attributed to proper source, after a few days it was deleted, and then a week later had almost my exact update come back but done by one of the maintainer of the article.
iWork is surprisingly very functional on a Surface. Don't laugh. I've used iWork for iCloud on my Surface (no keyboard cover) and works much better than the built in MS Office that comes with the Surface since Office pretty much requires the keyboard cover.
The Tokyo system is very easy. Ticketing and payment are very straightforward. You can buy a 1-way ticket or have a declining balance card and just swipe, swipe, swipe. If you stick to JR trains (which is easily possible), routing is easy. The only points of confusion I experienced were with signs lacking English text.
What got me in Tokyo several times was Chuo/Sobu line. The train changes line name at certain stations. Also you really have to pay attention to the final destination of the train, getting on the same line with different final destination means you may skip some stops. I had figured that if it's going the same way, on the same line and I'm only about 4 stops away it would make the same stops. I was wrong. I had an easier time figuring out London's system.
I've been to London, it ain't better than NYC. The gaps between the car and station are gigantic, hence "mind the gap" warnings. The escalators are super speedy and steep, and when it rains very slick. Try going from Heathrow with some luggage and you start notice that London Underground is a death trap.
Paris' subway is better but Paris is small that it probably only takes about 20 minutes for a train to make a round-trip through it's route. Relatively clean compare to London and NYC. Walkways still smell like urine though and it lacks escalators in many places. You're very likely to get pick-pocketed and with the articulated subway cars make it easier for them to escape from you if you notice.
Tokyo's metro system is amazing. Trains are on time, stations and cars are clean, but the system is confusing as NYC.
I haven't try Beijing's or Shanghai metro system yet.
HL3 would either prove or disprove this theory.
I wasn't aware that DVI could carry audio. Of course, most of my available DVI output display doesn't have audio. And if I have audio-out with DVI, I probably also have HDMI. So basically the only time that this is a problem would be if I had a DVI only display with audio and I needed audio.
Siri: Watson, I hear you get can better answers than Google.
Watson: No, I give better questions.
What? I still use my first generation Momentus XT (500GB with the 4GB of SLC), never had any BSOD after firmware SD23. Of course, the damn thing doesn't spin down on my laptop. Or if it did, it would lag as it spins up.
I was looking to build a new gaming PC and wouldn't mind finally cutting out MSFT. All I need is most of my existing games in my account to work on SteamOS.
The only phone for a 4-yr old is full of candy.
As one of the few Surface owners, I can say on a general level the hardware is solid but the software makes me want to start straggling some UI designers.
Issues:
* on screen keyboard is overlay, so some applications you can't see what you're typing.
* some basic functions (ie. sleep timer) is on the Desktop interface, which makes no sense since MSFT is trying to push the Modern Interface. Plus, Desktop interface is a pain to use on a touchscreen
* "Home" button is capacitive touch and if you use it in portrait mode you'll hit it accidentally very very often
* factory reset takes 2 hours to complete. And then another hour or so to "update" the laptop. Makes me miss Apple's OTA updates.
* to close an Internet Explorer (in Modern), sometimes its swipe up, click on the tab's "x", which switches the active tab to another tab, click "x" on that tab again. Other times its single click on the tab's "x" you want to close. No very consistent
* on-screen keyboard pops always pop up when you want it, like when filling in text fields on a web page
I've been using Pixelmator a lot more, I also have CS5 installed. Can't argue with Pixelmator's $15 cost. Does about 90% of everything I use on Photoshop. As for a LR replacement, you can try using Raw Photo Processor. It's more difficult to use, but lots of controls.
Almost. I have the Surface RT and somethings are very irritating.
* virtual keyboard is overlay on top of your current application instead of the more standard pushing application out of the way. This leads to situation where you can't see the text you're typing.
* there's a virtual numpad, but it's a weird mix of phone numpad and standard keyboard numpad. 1-9 use phone layout (1-3 top row...etc) but "0" and "." are on the bottom like a standard keyboard numpad.
* some very basic settings can't be accessed from the Modern interface (ie. screen timeout and sleep mode) and must be changed in the desktop mode. Desktop mode on the Surface RT is just not usable with touch interface.
how about a service that's completely open to tapping? Where all your posts, you know goes to all the authorities and everyone can see everything you do? So much data that it's all useless, lots of duckface photos and useless comments. You know like Facebook. Then you can secretly communicate in the open not with words but with wash-out filters and peace-signs photos.
Microsoft Cloud Drive Storage Home Edition
Microsoft Cloud Drive Storage Premium Edition
Microsoft Cloud Drive Storage Enterprise Edition
How about Drive Eh? For our Canadian friends.
So it would be:
Not ready reading drive Eh
Abort, Retry, Fail?
For $399, Surface RT + keyboard cover. That's all it takes for me to get a Surface RT. The keyboard is shown in the ads but not included in the package. I think iSuppli estimate the keyboard cover cost $20 to produce. I don't need a million apps, but I do need a keyboard a lot of the times.
If I'm a parent I would really like to teach my kids some computer skills. I'll block it at home, forcing him to meet up with his friends for his porn needs or learn how to circumvent the block. Either way, I'll get him out of the house or he'll learn networking skills. Back in my days, we had stolen Playboys from older brothers (or dads), kids these days have it too easy.
If it was a default block, which I highly doubt would even work that well, the barrier to porn may be too high and force my kids into unproductive activities like sports.
Isn't this the equivalent of buying Slashdot and then censoring "Anonymous Cowards"?
They may all be true.
TSMC: Apple is feeling them out with older Apple A-series designs for Apple TV.
GF: Maybe Apple is going to use the AMD's A-series APU (Xbox ONE and PS4) in some unknown device (console?) or iMac Retina. Apple needs fast graphic performance more than CPU performance on their Retina series of devices.
Samsung: A proven and reliable source, so Apple would have a lot of reasons to continue to use them.
Own fab: why not control your own destiny
It's already 3000 AD? Time to go shopping for my Lucy Liu bot and Slurm.
So many times in the last 15 years, you could tell that Microsoft was really really close to getting it right. Just a few more revisions and they would have done it.
* Smartphones: really an outgrowth of PDAs. WinCE (version 3 and later) bested Palm OS. Palm was crushed and what did Microsoft do? Sit there for 5 years with minimal investment in WinCE. WinMo 2003 was barely an upgrade to the previous version. I had the Jornado, HP iPaq, and the HP hw6515 (I think) smartphone. It even had GPS well before the iPhone.
* Tablets: Bill Gates was right, we all will have a tablet in the future. It's just not running Windows. I bought the HP TX tablet/convertible. And you can tell that even with Vista, it was potentially a great device. Handwriting recognition, touch support, pressure sensitivity and decent weight. But terrible bloat in the initial Vista release made the tablet boot up in about 2 minutes on a good day and put out heat like a nuclear reactor.
* GPS/media players: Remember all those Magellan and Garmin GPS units, and portable media players from China? They were likely running WinCE.
* Email: Hotmail was there early on and they sat there while Google took over. I remember the 4MB account limit.
if it's something critical and only functions correctly in one direction, you need to design it so that it only fits one way.
It's not advertising, it's a new form of achievements.
* Watched 100 ads in 3 hours
* Clicked on 50 ads
* Said "Xbox ONE, search for pizza"