A lot of stuff Apple patents is obvious or just absurd.
Using the compass to measure disturbances in the magnetic field? This is squarely in "doing things differently to make them incompatible" territory. So many things make this stupidly complicated when compared to NFC. This is like identifying the person who is approaching you by their smell, and if they want to tell you something, they'll release a certain smell.
Even if we assume USB is incapable of powering stuff that needs more than 1.5A (plenty of ways around that), they could still use microUSB plus some charging solution on the iPad, to complement, not replace USB charging.
Any physical limitation of USB is also present in the dock connector cable or lightning cable and connector. Apple's connectors aren't magical, just carrying more current than most people like to cram through them.
While I (and most of the western world) think the video is incredibly poor taste all around, I believe it is time to over it. You are only reminding all of us that that thing exists. While I believe it is your right to hate this "film", I also believe you are seriously getting on everyone's nerves. You are always welcome to leave our company and move to countries that have indeed banned the film. If, however, you prefer to live in a civilized country, you must play by the rules of said country. Your input is not appreciated and we shall continue to live as we lived. Again, you are free to label us unbelievers, heretics or any derogatory term you may want, but please do so from the comfort of your favorite theocracy. Yes, the guy is a moron, yes, he deserves to be arrested for some technicality, no, I would not like to live with that idiot. However, you are only lowering yourself to the standards of "The Innoncece of Muslims". We do not stone people because they insulted our faith or lack thereof. Please, stop advocating that we do. We also respect freedom of speech within reason. This particular "film" may have crossed that boundary, but please, be civil and let this fade into obscurity. If you are a Muslim and feel offended, please don't, I don't mean to offend anyone, just to tell those that are bitching that I (and others) am sick of hearing about how bad they feel and how we are all evil for not taking down the "film".
If AMD is about to die, Intel will step in to keep it alive.
Last thing Intel needs is to be broken up because there are no other real players in the x86 market. Even the remote possibility of it happening is too much of a risk for Intel.
If you live in a figurative box when it comes to office software and have no need to share stuff with others and are willing to accept some formetting errors in the documents you have to open that weren't made with LibreOffice, it might just be the right choice for you.
I don't expect Facebook to survive (in a state similar to its current one) beyond 2015, maybe 2016.
They don't even have a clue as to how to make money off of their mobile users, and their desktop business model could collapse any day for a number of reasons: Advertisers realising Facebook ads aren't very effective, Users getting seriously pissed off at some move by Facebook (has happened before, on a smaller scale), Users losing interest (shiny new competitor, perhaps) or severe sanctions (the EU comes to mind) due to anti-consumer behavior.
While that particular passage is very, very far from plagiarism, there are others that are a bit closer. A quick check did not yield any verbatim copies, though.
Workstations (i.e. where anything important or revenue-generating happens) will always be desktops in one way or another.
What will probably happen is that your average office desktop will get smaller. We're already seeing this, with some desktops using laptop parts, some going as far as using the same power brick as the company's laptop's (HP does this, others too, I suppose).
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A lot of stuff Apple patents is obvious or just absurd.
Using the compass to measure disturbances in the magnetic field? This is squarely in "doing things differently to make them incompatible" territory. So many things make this stupidly complicated when compared to NFC. This is like identifying the person who is approaching you by their smell, and if they want to tell you something, they'll release a certain smell.
Even if we assume USB is incapable of powering stuff that needs more than 1.5A (plenty of ways around that), they could still use microUSB plus some charging solution on the iPad, to complement, not replace USB charging.
Any physical limitation of USB is also present in the dock connector cable or lightning cable and connector. Apple's connectors aren't magical, just carrying more current than most people like to cram through them.
Don't you think it's a bit early for a holocaust comparison?
If only the region learned to laugh without it being because we keep paying them...
If that were to happen, you can bet their passports would suddenly no longer be accepted until a solution was found.
Since "declare holy war" is high up on the list, let's not give them any ideas.
They seem to like bigger because they can. At least that's what it looks like to the outside observer.
Just don't burn the cheap ones. Turns out, they use some weird chemicals that kill you to make flags these days.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2012/09/16/pakistani-protester-burns-american-flag-and-dies-from-smoke/
While I (and most of the western world) think the video is incredibly poor taste all around, I believe it is time to over it. You are only reminding all of us that that thing exists. While I believe it is your right to hate this "film", I also believe you are seriously getting on everyone's nerves. You are always welcome to leave our company and move to countries that have indeed banned the film.
If, however, you prefer to live in a civilized country, you must play by the rules of said country. Your input is not appreciated and we shall continue to live as we lived. Again, you are free to label us unbelievers, heretics or any derogatory term you may want, but please do so from the comfort of your favorite theocracy. Yes, the guy is a moron, yes, he deserves to be arrested for some technicality, no, I would not like to live with that idiot. However, you are only lowering yourself to the standards of "The Innoncece of Muslims".
We do not stone people because they insulted our faith or lack thereof. Please, stop advocating that we do. We also respect freedom of speech within reason. This particular "film" may have crossed that boundary, but please, be civil and let this fade into obscurity.
If you are a Muslim and feel offended, please don't, I don't mean to offend anyone, just to tell those that are bitching that I (and others) am sick of hearing about how bad they feel and how we are all evil for not taking down the "film".
The two ships involved, the submarine, the Aegis cruiser and... The three ships involved...
AMD is more than competitive in the discrete GPU market. Intel is only popular in low-power, and it's still not at AMD iGPU levels.
If AMD is about to die, Intel will step in to keep it alive.
Last thing Intel needs is to be broken up because there are no other real players in the x86 market. Even the remote possibility of it happening is too much of a risk for Intel.
Too bad it's on the slow side when browsing. Software needs polishing, too, but they managed one hell of an interface.
If you live in a figurative box when it comes to office software and have no need to share stuff with others and are willing to accept some formetting errors in the documents you have to open that weren't made with LibreOffice, it might just be the right choice for you.
I don't expect Facebook to survive (in a state similar to its current one) beyond 2015, maybe 2016.
They don't even have a clue as to how to make money off of their mobile users, and their desktop business model could collapse any day for a number of reasons: Advertisers realising Facebook ads aren't very effective, Users getting seriously pissed off at some move by Facebook (has happened before, on a smaller scale), Users losing interest (shiny new competitor, perhaps) or severe sanctions (the EU comes to mind) due to anti-consumer behavior.
OpenOffice is a joke these days and LibreOffice is nowhere near good enough to replace MS Office for anything remotely serious.
95% of lost items are just stuck under the pillow.
While that particular passage is very, very far from plagiarism, there are others that are a bit closer. A quick check did not yield any verbatim copies, though.
Workstations (i.e. where anything important or revenue-generating happens) will always be desktops in one way or another.
What will probably happen is that your average office desktop will get smaller. We're already seeing this, with some desktops using laptop parts, some going as far as using the same power brick as the company's laptop's (HP does this, others too, I suppose).
Considering there are few if any Maemo/MeeGo haters, it's relatively safe.
Their goal isn't to generate power. Their goal is to prove that it's possible to generate power.
Having only one person doing that for automated takedown notices would solve a number of problems with the system.
You sound like there is only one possible obligatory xkcd for each topic
Weird, I distinctly remember that navigation (and maps) were a paid feature, until a few years later, when they made it free.
I'll just ask you my standard question: By what physical or chemical mechanism would a tumor develop due to low-energy RF transmissions?