Just like when the MPAA has someone's power turned off by the heavily controlled/regulated power companies? You assert that the government preventing ISPs from essentially trolling any web-based company will lead to the government allowing the MPAA to troll the ISPs. This is ridiculous.
The acquire some interesting new company, get bored with it and shut it down. And so on, over and over. Once or twice is a minor nuisance, but they do it constantly.
Seriously, see Meebo. I hate them for buying Meebo. The least they could do was keep it running for a while till they figure out what they want to do with it (unless the plan was just to shut it down).
It's not the drive itself that's the problem. I feel like I shouldn't drive 30 minutes for a short meal, and so options are limited. In the city there's places to walk to and you can still drive to get more options.
Also, even if there's places to drive to, there's nothing actually around you until you drive there. That's really the soul-crushing part.
for some it seems "time cook" + "5" + "0" +"0" + "start" is too complex
This might be a little off-topic, but the reason for this I think stems from shitty microwave buttons. Having to move your finger around *and* jam the button in sucks compared to the ease of just pushing on one spot a few times. It's literally cheaper to design for single-button functions than to make a better set of buttons.
Well I've got nothing better to do, sorry for feeding...
However I also think that Samsung are the bigger assholes who basically get a free ride by copying competitor products.
Damn Samsung and their lack of innovation. It's so easy for them to just wait for Apple to release something and then make the exact same thing, taking customers that rightfully belonged to Apple.
The software is kind of a moot point cause it's really just Android which is obviously nothing like iOS. Their hardware performs better than Apple's and it's way cheaper. It also looks good in a way that's different than the iPhone's brick-with-a-screen design. I just bought a Samsung phone because of the awesome OLED screen. How's that for innovation?
enter fledgling markets where it's in no way obvious to anybody that there is a golden opportunity to be had and then they bet big
Which market did they "create" where it wasn't in any way obvious to *anybody* that there was a golden opportunity? Better question: when did they bet big and fail? A company who's as innovative as you claim must have a swing-and-a-miss once in a while right?
Also, don't say the Apple TV. That device could not have cost them much given they already had the mac mini and they didn't really push it very much either.
It's not about the money, it's the perception of getting ripped off. I don't like paying to support any developer that turns out complete crap applications (even if I didn't lose very much) and I don't like being nickle-and-dimed for features (or bug fixes) that really should have been included with the OS to begin with. That may be a matter of perception, but getting someone to pay for anything when they know they don't have to is always going to be a matter of manipulating perception. Once I decide that I really appreciate an app and I want to support the developer then it doesn't matter (for the most part) how much the app costs. It could be 1 or 10 dollars for all I care.
I recently tried that and apparently the bluetooth interferes with the wifi and call quality becomes terrible (not that it was that great to begin with). Bluetooth is barely supported in GrooveIP to begin with. You get what you pay for.
I think it's more of just how you use it. Your friends' phones that last less than a day probably have data plans with 3G turned on 24/7. I think any android phone with decent battery capacity will do fine if you don't use 3G and GPS.
Exactly. After the difficult time they had getting people to upgrade from XP I think they're actually counting on it this time. It's better for them to be able to change things up and leverage the existing Windows 7 for those who want something more suited to a desktop computer. We'll see how well their Surface tablet does in the corporate world with Windows 8.
Are laptops that bad for watching cat videos? You can get a lightweight and relatively high-powered laptop that guarantees your ability to do everything. Also, propping up the screen comes free.
What a relief to be getting uverse isn't it? I've gone so far as to specifically choose the apartment complex I move to based solely on the availability of uverse. I'll never go back to cable.
AND it should be free AND last for 1000 hours of unique content AND install in less than 10 gigs.
There's tradeoffs in everything. It's nice to have a decent story, but focus on it too much and the gameplay WILL suffer.
You could say the same about any comment. His point was counter to the one he was replying to, and I happen to agree. If I want a good story I'll watch a movie or TV series. A game is worthless to me if it's full of cut-scenes.
In some cases graphene transistors could be used, for example analog devices, where the above mentioned issues are not problems.
Analog circuitry in ICs require a "bandgap reference" (literally) to control bias current. Some smart engineer could provide a work-around, but it's a huge barrier.
Option C: Pay a little more up front to buy new, take good care of it yourself, and get ridiculous mileage out of it bringing down the total cost/mile compared to a used car.
Even Netflix has unskippable ads if you include what comes on the disc you're renting (although they aren't getting the revenue). In this day and age you have to kind of accept that there's going to be some ads here and there and just hope that they're making your media a bit cheaper.
For hulu+ though ya; I definitely wouldn't pay extra for that kind of service if it didn't get rid of the ads.
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Then quit voting republican or democrat. Vote 3rd party until the 3rd party actually has a chance at winning.
LED screens don't have a backlight, so you can turn down the brightness and use dim white text on a pure black background. No e-ink required.
You sound like you're in the market for a good tin-foil hat.
Just like when the MPAA has someone's power turned off by the heavily controlled/regulated power companies? You assert that the government preventing ISPs from essentially trolling any web-based company will lead to the government allowing the MPAA to troll the ISPs. This is ridiculous.
The acquire some interesting new company, get bored with it and shut it down. And so on, over and over. Once or twice is a minor nuisance, but they do it constantly.
Seriously, see Meebo. I hate them for buying Meebo. The least they could do was keep it running for a while till they figure out what they want to do with it (unless the plan was just to shut it down).
cook your own meal.
SOUL CRUSHING
It's not the drive itself that's the problem. I feel like I shouldn't drive 30 minutes for a short meal, and so options are limited. In the city there's places to walk to and you can still drive to get more options.
Also, even if there's places to drive to, there's nothing actually around you until you drive there. That's really the soul-crushing part.
Rather have it run cool using little power at stock then run it full blast all the time sucking watts and heating the room at 4ghz I'm not even using.
Take a look at CPU-Z sometime. The CPU scales back its clock automatically when it doesn't need all the cycles.
for some it seems "time cook" + "5" + "0" +"0" + "start" is too complex
This might be a little off-topic, but the reason for this I think stems from shitty microwave buttons. Having to move your finger around *and* jam the button in sucks compared to the ease of just pushing on one spot a few times. It's literally cheaper to design for single-button functions than to make a better set of buttons.
Well I've got nothing better to do, sorry for feeding...
However I also think that Samsung are the bigger assholes who basically get a free ride by copying competitor products.
Damn Samsung and their lack of innovation. It's so easy for them to just wait for Apple to release something and then make the exact same thing, taking customers that rightfully belonged to Apple.
The software is kind of a moot point cause it's really just Android which is obviously nothing like iOS. Their hardware performs better than Apple's and it's way cheaper. It also looks good in a way that's different than the iPhone's brick-with-a-screen design. I just bought a Samsung phone because of the awesome OLED screen. How's that for innovation?
enter fledgling markets where it's in no way obvious to anybody that there is a golden opportunity to be had and then they bet big
Which market did they "create" where it wasn't in any way obvious to *anybody* that there was a golden opportunity? Better question: when did they bet big and fail? A company who's as innovative as you claim must have a swing-and-a-miss once in a while right?
Also, don't say the Apple TV. That device could not have cost them much given they already had the mac mini and they didn't really push it very much either.
It's not about the money, it's the perception of getting ripped off. I don't like paying to support any developer that turns out complete crap applications (even if I didn't lose very much) and I don't like being nickle-and-dimed for features (or bug fixes) that really should have been included with the OS to begin with. That may be a matter of perception, but getting someone to pay for anything when they know they don't have to is always going to be a matter of manipulating perception. Once I decide that I really appreciate an app and I want to support the developer then it doesn't matter (for the most part) how much the app costs. It could be 1 or 10 dollars for all I care.
I recently tried that and apparently the bluetooth interferes with the wifi and call quality becomes terrible (not that it was that great to begin with). Bluetooth is barely supported in GrooveIP to begin with. You get what you pay for.
I think 3 is covered in 2.
I think it's more of just how you use it. Your friends' phones that last less than a day probably have data plans with 3G turned on 24/7. I think any android phone with decent battery capacity will do fine if you don't use 3G and GPS.
Exactly. After the difficult time they had getting people to upgrade from XP I think they're actually counting on it this time. It's better for them to be able to change things up and leverage the existing Windows 7 for those who want something more suited to a desktop computer. We'll see how well their Surface tablet does in the corporate world with Windows 8.
My Cliq XT running CM7 can easily last 3 or 4 days with mobile data turned off and Wifi used sparingly every day.
And no one's surprised you have an ipad.
Are laptops that bad for watching cat videos? You can get a lightweight and relatively high-powered laptop that guarantees your ability to do everything. Also, propping up the screen comes free.
What a relief to be getting uverse isn't it? I've gone so far as to specifically choose the apartment complex I move to based solely on the availability of uverse. I'll never go back to cable.
They are engineering tradeoffs. It takes resources (limited) to design a story and gameplay. Focusing on one can and will impact the other.
AND it should be free AND last for 1000 hours of unique content AND install in less than 10 gigs. There's tradeoffs in everything. It's nice to have a decent story, but focus on it too much and the gameplay WILL suffer.
You could say the same about any comment. His point was counter to the one he was replying to, and I happen to agree. If I want a good story I'll watch a movie or TV series. A game is worthless to me if it's full of cut-scenes.
In some cases graphene transistors could be used, for example analog devices, where the above mentioned issues are not problems.
Analog circuitry in ICs require a "bandgap reference" (literally) to control bias current. Some smart engineer could provide a work-around, but it's a huge barrier.
False dichotomy.
Option C: Pay a little more up front to buy new, take good care of it yourself, and get ridiculous mileage out of it bringing down the total cost/mile compared to a used car.
Even Netflix has unskippable ads if you include what comes on the disc you're renting (although they aren't getting the revenue). In this day and age you have to kind of accept that there's going to be some ads here and there and just hope that they're making your media a bit cheaper.
For hulu+ though ya; I definitely wouldn't pay extra for that kind of service if it didn't get rid of the ads.