I loved my 17" screen on my old Alienware laptop. It was the perfect size and was not cripped by the current HD fad. I'd happily swap my two current 19" "HD" screens for 2 17" 1900x1200(ish) screens.
> cramped keyboard
Take a look at a high end Alienware (ignore the uglyness for a moment. It is hard I know). That is not a "cramped" keyboard.
> imprecise pointing device
Agreed, but have you seen the size of a mouse? They are tiny. Most laptop bags even included little tiny pockets just the right size for a mouse.
> what was the point of a portable anyway
When I bought my Alienware I lived & worked in two places - UK and Greece. So it made sence to me at the time to be portable. Not portable in the sence that a phone is portable (I can whip it any anywhere and "work") but that I could put my life into two bags and move. Something you can not do with desktop. You can do with a laptop and a mouse. Playing video games is a big part of my life, so it should be covered by what goes in to my bag. You might not have a use case for a gaming laptop but that does not mean that they do not exist.
They are bloody heavy and expensive. And when you drop it in an airport...:sob: (x-Alienware laptop owner).
This seams like an interesting idea, get a mid-range laptop (£500 will get you an i5 with a smallish screen) and then add this and a nice big monitor for home use. That way I can get a the odd game of TF2 and about and get my work done while out and about, but get home and play something a little more taxing.
Microsoft switched to PPC in the 360. I'd guess more Apple products sold are powered by ARM than x86.
"Better" is really too open. Better at what? For consoles "processing power" needs to be "good enough", while price should be low. ARM and PPC are in that race.
why does twitter need to be the worlds debate platform in less than 180 characters?
It has taken over somewhat, but that is because it is used (/known) by Joe Watcher. Stick a link to C4s forum at the bottom of a new broadcast asking for feedback and few will sign up, stick a Twitter hashtag and you already have a pre-built userbase, no local running costs and free advertisements.
why do I want 15,000 new assholes I don't know from Adam causing me grief on facebook or possibility real life?
Why do you think the point of facebook is to collect friends? I've never got the reasoning behind "open networking" on either facebook or Linked In and from what I can see of my (fairly small) friends group on Facebook nor do any of them.
Social networking is a great tool. Just because a common misconception of how it should be used sounds stupid does not mean it actually is stupid.
I'm sure there are at least a few readers here today that read $750+ extra per year and realize how foolish they have been
Or (like I) see it as a price worth paying. (it was only $400 more for me a year though, maybe the UK phone companies are nicer?)
I rarely phone people. Nor do I text people, but two or three years ago I bought the shiniest smart phone I could afford, with a crap package (for phoning people, for intwebs it was great). And I've got my money out of it and now the contract expired I'm on the same phone & contract but £10pcm instead of £30. Sure I paid a far bit more than if I'd bought the phone out-right but that is the same with any form of credit.
Same as I got my money out of the smart phone before it and the Psion Revo before that.
Succeeding with Agile has a good second on overtime (pages 287-291). Page 289 has a graph (Figure 15.1) to show your boss. It shows velocity over time while overtime is used. You do get a short term benefit, but at the cost of a long term cost. | X-_ |XXXX_ |XXXXX |XXXXX +------
12345
Week one shows before overtime and a normal, sustainable velocity.Weeks 2-5 show weeks with overtime. Week 2, big old increase, same with week 3. Mild increase in week 4, big drop in week 5. Weeks 6+ (not shown, post-overtime) you will start to recover and after X weeks you will be back to previous normal, sustainable velocity.
This kind of exists in the form of Consumer magazines and TV shows such as Which and Watchdog. The problem is shareholders don't really care about consumers, they care about profits and you would have to do something that would really fuck off a lot of consumers before it affected profits. Irritating a small number of people will not (which is what T-Mobile have done here).
Given it does not require live, and throw video data over the web would quickly be noticed geeks looking at flashing router lights, I think it is save to say it is all done locally.
Yes it does. It supports groups. I have one set up "NotClose" for people I don't really know. When posting personal updates I set it to "All friends but the people in the group "NotClose"".
I also have all photos default to same.
You can add as many groups as you like and control privacy that way.
(I'm sure you think this is the wrong way round, but I am a closed networker, that is I only add people that pass the "Would I be happy to invite this person to a BBQ". If not I don't add them, if I have to add them they get put NotClose and only see a tiny bit of my profile).
Except not every UK company does simply hand the data over. The law companies involved avoid some ISPs (Virgin and O2 I think) as they will fight the court orders requesting the information.
ISP gains $120 (£75) - or about 4 months of interwebs.
So in exchange for a previously loyal customer that would happily be paying $300+ a year the ISP gains $120 plus any contractual obligations (i.e length of the contract) then the user moves ISPs looking for one that does not give data away so easily.
Slashdot Mirror
According to TFA it is ad-supported, not tax-payer supported.
For £35 (~$60) I'd expect a few gig of data included.
Oh don't worry someone has linked the riots to GTA.
http://gamepolitics.com/2011/08/08/london-constable-blames-gta-weekend-riots-city
I'd guess he can feel the impact with the floor through the stump, and what more feedback do you need?
If not good enough, what is the correct term for them?
I loved my 17" screen on my old Alienware laptop. It was the perfect size and was not cripped by the current HD fad. I'd happily swap my two current 19" "HD" screens for 2 17" 1900x1200(ish) screens.
> cramped keyboard
Take a look at a high end Alienware (ignore the uglyness for a moment. It is hard I know). That is not a "cramped" keyboard.
> imprecise pointing device
Agreed, but have you seen the size of a mouse? They are tiny. Most laptop bags even included little tiny pockets just the right size for a mouse.
> what was the point of a portable anyway
When I bought my Alienware I lived & worked in two places - UK and Greece. So it made sence to me at the time to be portable. Not portable in the sence that a phone is portable (I can whip it any anywhere and "work") but that I could put my life into two bags and move. Something you can not do with desktop. You can do with a laptop and a mouse. Playing video games is a big part of my life, so it should be covered by what goes in to my bag. You might not have a use case for a gaming laptop but that does not mean that they do not exist.
Wide spread adoption of this sort of thing would kill the Disney and Barbie business models.
They are bloody heavy and expensive. And when you drop it in an airport... :sob: (x-Alienware laptop owner).
This seams like an interesting idea, get a mid-range laptop (£500 will get you an i5 with a smallish screen) and then add this and a nice big monitor for home use. That way I can get a the odd game of TF2 and about and get my work done while out and about, but get home and play something a little more taxing.
More like 1997 (95 OSR2).
98. Did you use 95 OSR2? ;)
Why? The social media associate has got two stories on /.
Microsoft switched to PPC in the 360.
I'd guess more Apple products sold are powered by ARM than x86.
"Better" is really too open. Better at what? For consoles "processing power" needs to be "good enough", while price should be low. ARM and PPC are in that race.
Home machines - compatibility won.
why does twitter need to be the worlds debate platform in less than 180 characters?
It has taken over somewhat, but that is because it is used (/known) by Joe Watcher. Stick a link to C4s forum at the bottom of a new broadcast asking for feedback and few will sign up, stick a Twitter hashtag and you already have a pre-built userbase, no local running costs and free advertisements.
why do I want 15,000 new assholes I don't know from Adam causing me grief on facebook or possibility real life?
Why do you think the point of facebook is to collect friends? I've never got the reasoning behind "open networking" on either facebook or Linked In and from what I can see of my (fairly small) friends group on Facebook nor do any of them.
Social networking is a great tool. Just because a common misconception of how it should be used sounds stupid does not mean it actually is stupid.
Or (like I) see it as a price worth paying. (it was only $400 more for me a year though, maybe the UK phone companies are nicer?)
I rarely phone people. Nor do I text people, but two or three years ago I bought the shiniest smart phone I could afford, with a crap package (for phoning people, for intwebs it was great). And I've got my money out of it and now the contract expired I'm on the same phone & contract but £10pcm instead of £30. Sure I paid a far bit more than if I'd bought the phone out-right but that is the same with any form of credit.
Same as I got my money out of the smart phone before it and the Psion Revo before that.
Succeeding with Agile has a good second on overtime (pages 287-291). Page 289 has a graph (Figure 15.1) to show your boss. It shows velocity over time while overtime is used. You do get a short term benefit, but at the cost of a long term cost.
| X-_
|XXXX_
|XXXXX
|XXXXX
+------
12345
Week one shows before overtime and a normal, sustainable velocity.Weeks 2-5 show weeks with overtime. Week 2, big old increase, same with week 3. Mild increase in week 4, big drop in week 5. Weeks 6+ (not shown, post-overtime) you will start to recover and after X weeks you will be back to previous normal, sustainable velocity.
This kind of exists in the form of Consumer magazines and TV shows such as Which and Watchdog. The problem is shareholders don't really care about consumers, they care about profits and you would have to do something that would really fuck off a lot of consumers before it affected profits. Irritating a small number of people will not (which is what T-Mobile have done here).
The Catholic Church!
Are you 18 pages don't generally exist on the scum holding pages. See my example above (not at work). No click through, just semi-naked chicks.
Yeah Eds idea is stupid. The correct solution is better parents.
Not that I think what Ed is suggesting is a good plan, parents (& carers) should be the ones looking out after the kids, not ISPs.
http://www.xboc.com/ (I know but to save against the stupid: NOT SAVE FOR WORK!)
http://www.whitehouse.com/ was porn ( http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-202985.html )
Does a common Western icon exist which has large negative connotations in say Asian or African Culture?
Given it does not require live, and throw video data over the web would quickly be noticed geeks looking at flashing router lights, I think it is save to say it is all done locally.
Yes it does. It supports groups. I have one set up "NotClose" for people I don't really know. When posting personal updates I set it to "All friends but the people in the group "NotClose"".
I also have all photos default to same.
You can add as many groups as you like and control privacy that way.
(I'm sure you think this is the wrong way round, but I am a closed networker, that is I only add people that pass the "Would I be happy to invite this person to a BBQ". If not I don't add them, if I have to add them they get put NotClose and only see a tiny bit of my profile).
I've never used a Ad Blocker (the horror I know), but I've rarely had a obnoxious ad design on a "good" news source.
Lots of shitty sources of "news" have them, but I rarely view shitty news sources, as they are... shitty.
From what I've played with new phones multi-touch sort of fixes all this. Two virtual thumbpads and as many buttons are you need.
Except not every UK company does simply hand the data over. The law companies involved avoid some ISPs (Virgin and O2 I think) as they will fight the court orders requesting the information.
ISP gains $120 (£75) - or about 4 months of interwebs.
So in exchange for a previously loyal customer that would happily be paying $300+ a year the ISP gains $120 plus any contractual obligations (i.e length of the contract) then the user moves ISPs looking for one that does not give data away so easily.
I'm not sure the ISP really profits in this.