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  1. Perfect description of Facebook in 6 words.

  2. Sure you will. Meanwhile, Apple squirming uncomfortably over Antennagate II.

  3. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You're right, Tim Cook isn't a leader at all. More like a pencil pusher.

  4. Re:Proof is in the Pudding... on Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Here you go: proof that the iPhone Xs and Xs MAX are physically defective and have a broken antenna.

    So you're saying that Apple knew their antenna was defective when they released these products. Typical of Apple to blame their design failure on someone else.

  5. Re:The funny thing... on Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple announced that Intel modems would not be used after the current generation of iPhones.

    Impressive, Apple will follow up removing the headphone jack by removing the radio. That takes courage.

  6. Re:The funny thing... on Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    they have perfected their own MODEM.

    Is it as perfect as the exploding PHONES and the overheating CHARGERS?

  7. Re:Proof is in the Pudding... on Qualcomm Accuses Apple of Stealing Trade Secrets and Giving Them To Intel (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Next iPhone will have an APPLE-Designed MODEM

    Is it going to work as well as the Apple chargers that overheat and the Apple phones that explode?

  8. So you're ok with broken, overpriced Apple products.

  9. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Tim Cook knows how to push a pencil, not how to lead product development. Result: phone that can't phone; charger that can't charge.

  10. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple, if you're listening, you need to get rid of pencil pusher Tim Cook and bring in somebody with a clue. That is, if you don't want your chargers to keep melting.

  11. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    So it does overheat then. In development or not, if you own the can-t-connect iPhone then you obviously need the overheating charger to go with it. To complete the set, you see.

    It's beyond belief that Apple can't even design a charger that works.

  12. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    So it does overheat then. In development or not, if you own the can-t-connect iPhone then you obviously need the overheating charger to go with it. To complete the set, you see.

  13. So, no interest in fixing your product then. Typical Apple.

  14. Re:They tried to steal the design of the Alpha? on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 1

    It was called itanic long before it sank. It was called itanic because it was expected to sink.

  15. I don't know what you're talking about. My Android iPhone works great!

  16. Re:Brace yourselves... on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Now, to complete the set, you just need the overheating wireless charging accessory.

  17. Re:Not what I'd call an upgrade. on iPhone XS and XS Max Users Are Reporting Poor Cell and Wi-Fi Reception (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can totally fix this just by exchanging your Apple iPhone for an Android iPhone.

  18. This is due to the superior antenna in the new models. The users are holding it wrong and this causes the antenna to work sub-optimally.

    - SuperKendall

    Amazing how the usual Apple astroturfers are completely AWOL from this Apple thread. But the Apple astromods are on the job.

    Fix your product Apple. Trolling Slashdot does not fix your product.

  19. Re:Intel blew their credibility on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 1

    ARM is based on the 6502 instruction set

    No. Just no. Have you even looked at either of them?

  20. Re:Intel blew their credibility on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 1

    The only thing they have over Intel seems to be their "infinity fabric" interconnect architecture

    That is definitely not the entire list. Another huge one: AMD cache design is not vulnerable to Meltdown. I agree, definitely not 5 years ahead. Maybe 1 year ahead in process tech because of Intel's engineering misfortune. Roughly even in CPU design.

  21. Re:They tried to steal the design of the Alpha? on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 2

    Intel and AMD carved up DEC's lead engineers between them. Among other things AMD got out of that deal was hypertransport. Intel got... um... itanic.

  22. Re:Intel blew their credibility on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    AMDs 7nm Epycs promise to be truly epic while the current 12nm ones are already good value. AMD supposedly only has a 1% share of the server market right now, but there is a whole lot of evaluating going on. I can imagine 15-20 share of that lucrative market by this time next year.

    Now what we have is AMD+TSMC vs Intel. I'm not betting on Intel in the long run. I'll repeat my prediction that Intel has no choice in the long run but to follow AMD's leave and go fabless. Now... the emerging TSMC fab monopoly, that's something to worry about. On balance, not as bad as the traditional Wintel monopoly, but still bad. Keep in mind that the lithography equipment business had been a near total monopoly enjoyed by ASML for years now, and that has somehow worked. It's beyond me why that works.

    We haven't heard the last of the ARM server effort. Intel dodged a bullet this time by pure accident. There will be more barbarians at the gate, not necessarily Qualcomm, but they are hardly out of the game.

  23. Nope, the battery doesn't even last a day unless you basically turn it off. Screen black most of the time. Fat clunky, and... let's say it... homely thing. Pathetic.

  24. And Microsoft and Amazon on Should The US Government Break Up Google, Twitter, and Facebook? (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    Why just those three? Microsoft didn't suddenly become a cuddly teddy bear and Amazon is well on its way to full evil too. Or don't break up any of them. Just don't play favorites, and try to serve the greater good.

  25. Re:First Linux distro you have to buy on New Custom Linux Distro is Systemd-Free, Debian-Based, and Optimized for Windows 10 (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 1

    Why install a neutered version on Windows when you can replace Windows itself with something better?

    You can use it as a stepping stone to get familiar with Linux before fully making the switch.