My guess is previous AC is thinking some loony tune liberal will succeed in eliminating the President Elect, either by a sniper round or some miracle during the Electoral College vote counting.... Neither are likely....
Perhaps, but they still sell into these markets. I have a number of laptops sporting AMD processors that work fine. What I'm saying is that is not their best market share, not that they've failed there.
It would be interesting since AMD cancelled their ARM efforts in the server space.
Really we should use AMD's market success as some sort of indicator? What about their 80x86 failures? Is this the market?
How's that? AMD had failures in the 80x86 market? Well, depends on what you call a failure.. If we just look at the CPU market......
With a few exceptions, I find the AMD x86 processor family a pretty good value for the money. (Your mileage may vary) Yea they tend to run hotter and take more power than the Intel offerings, but they perform well enough in most environments to be viable. They may not do as well in the mobile and Server spaces (due to power consumption being higher at the same processing capacity) but they do manage to soak up part of that market too. In a desktop, AMD is more than adequate and cheaper than similar performing Intel options. Don't get me started in the advantages of AMD over Intel in the overclocking world with their unlocked clock multipliers...
AMD staying afloat in the face of Intel's market share is a pretty amazing feat. It hasn't been easy being the distant second while keeping up the pressure on the #1 player but AMD has kept going for decades. I expect AMD to continue to be the distant second competitor, but being second doesn't mean you are a failure...
Then there is the whole GPU market.... AMD may be less of a player here and I don't recommend their GPU offerings, but that doesn't mean they are a failure here either.
THEY decide what hacks get the money and how much.... I'd like this kind of thing more if it was more of a community decision, where the company puts up some funds in escrow and then some independent evaluation or poll among the user community decides which hacks are worth the most. As it stands, even though Nintendo is asking for help from hackers, they hold all the cards AND the cash.
Nice PR ploy, but until they actually pay up for this "help" I'm choosing not to hack my way any closer to them than twice as far as I can throw a hacked device.
Why is it that after so many years, BT audio still stutters and jumps sometimes?
Two reasons... #1 usually the devices are cheap, underpowered and cannot keep up with blue tooth's overall processing demands and do all the other glitzy things that attracted all the people who where willing to purchase the device.... And #2, Bluetooth is not very robust in it's interference resistance as implemented on most low end devices (see #1).
This is just the RIAA trying to alter the licensing deal in place with U-Tube. Yea, they want a bigger piece of the pie and I don't blame them for asking. However, in all negotiations there comes a point where you have to realize that there are just some bargains that cannot be made or you risk killing the deal and giving up all your gains. RIAA seems to be dangerously close to this point to me.
So, if the RIAA wants to kill one of their golden egg laying geese by overloading U-Tube with license fees, it's their loss. Personally, I don't do much on U-Tube and the few videos I watch don't have RIAA licensed material in them so if they go bust trying to pay the RIAA their fees or actively remove any RIAA licensed material from their service, I won't miss U-Tube much. So if RIAA wants to shoot themselves in the foot, fine by me.
But I dare think that the RIAA is really just in the process of setting up the terms of their next license deal with U-Tube. They are asking for more than they expect to get from U-Tube in what is really just a standard negotiation tactic used in all sorts of situations, from bargaining over a $0.25 price at a garage sale though international trade deals.
That and desperate starving artists who signed really, really bad deals when they were young and unknown that won't let them easily break away from their publisher.
So perhaps the solution to this is to put some limits on what rights an artist can sign away? Sort of like Cali and their refusal to enforce employment non-compete contracts?
However, it's not about any objection to Apple Watches, but to the idea behind them. Think about what you get with one of these and tell me it's worth what you pay for them. Except for the "coolness" factor, I don't really see where the things a smart watch can do are all that useful.
They tell time: but my analog watch does that, even when I don't have my phone around.
They can buzz and show you text messages or phone calls, but they have to be within Bluetooth range of your phone anyway, so you will have your phone on your person and it can buzz you too. I don't see the advantage of this feature.
I hear you can use your apple watch to originate a text, but for the life of me I cannot imagine it being worth the extra effort to text with an obviously clunky user interface over using that phone in your pocket.
Then there are the "health and Exercise" features like a pedometer to count your steps or monitoring your heart rate, but in both cases doing that kind of sensing is hard so it turns out to be of dubious accuracy and limited application. The pedometer function can be approximated on your phone with almost the same accuracy level, and the heart rate monitor is more of a "it's faster" or "slower" indicator that is of zero clinical use beyond that.
Finally there is the battery life problem. These wrist worn smart devices are of significantly limited size and weight. Doing all the "smart" stuff requires power and power requires batteries that are sizeable and of significant weight. This means that the more stuff your wrist device does, the more often you will have to take it off for a few hours and charge it. My standby analog watch can wind itself when I wear it and only comes off when I bathe or swim (because it's not water proof).
So if you want to have one for the wow isn't that cool factor, knock yourself out. However, some of us are not impressed with gadgets that really don't enhance our lives or serve a useful purpose.
Who on earth is eagerly awaiting a Pebble Time 2? Who actually wants a Pebble Time 2?
Apparently not even FitBit wants one...and that's saying something because there is little in the world more useless than a FitBit. We have two Charge HR's in the house and they are not durable and not accurate for their intended use.
Not exactly... For some apple products the charger can affect how fast the device sucks in power and you don't get the best charging rate w/o using the OEM supplied equipment. Yea, they will charge with any old 5V 500ma USB based charger just fine, only sometimes, for some devices, not as fast.
I purchased a couple of those white boxy chargers on E-bay and found that if I plug in the thing the wrong way, I get the full line voltage on the case of my apple phone. Those things could have killed somebody! Seriously, they are more than just a little dangerous. I could have died just holding my phone in bare feet while charging.
Once I realized the issue, ALL of them went into the trash and although I'm $10 poorer, I learned a valuable lesson. Don't buy stuff like this from E-Bay. Cheap cables and stuff w/o any active components? Fine... Just NOTHING that plugs into the wall unless you can verify it's not a knock off (which is unlikely to be possible). Shocking what kinds of stuff they get away with selling...
Still, why on earth does Apple run the price of this stuff so blooming high? Seriously guys, I don't mind you making a profit but do you really have to gouge me after I paid retail for that I-device to start with? How much does a 5V power supply actually cost you to produce anyway?
and it hasn't done that yet. The medical profession kills a million a year who would otherwise not have died if they'd have stayed away from a hospital.
And they save hundreds of millions from death too... Not to mention the increased quality of life that comes with proper medical care.... But hey, let's not quibble about the little stuff..
Well now hang on.... Nobody who knew anything ever said he would actually DO the gun grab on his own, only that he would support policies, laws and judges that would make it possible. This he HAS done. Luckily he only had a congress willing to support his efforts completely for 2 years and has opposed his policies, laws and judicial appointments more and more with each election since. Had congress not thrown a road block or two in his path on this, he would have been a lot more successful achieving his objectives.
As it stands, he was reduced to the limited power of his "Pin and Phone" which is bad enough, although without lasting affect because all that can be undone by the next president before they get ready for bed on their first day. However the lasting affects of his judicial appointments will not go away and this WILL impact gun rights to some degree for a generation. He may not have succeeded in his goals completely, but he has succeeded in pushing us towards that objective to some degree.
May I suggest a metal box? Keep your "on call" phone in the box when you don't wish to be bothered, and take it out when you don't mind a call.
My dad used to keep his "on call" pager in a metal box when he wanted the extra pay but didn't want the aggravation... He could always say "I didn't get the page" and show them the pager as poof.
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You can have energy sources that are:
1. Reliable
2. Affordable
3. Environmentally friendly...
Just like you can choose hardware that is:
1. Reliable
2. Affordable
3. High Performance
The problem here is that you can only pick two out of three...
Of the Linux Desktop overtaking Windows...
Of the Mars One space craft liftoff...
This will be the year, I promise..... Oh, wait... NEXT year will be the year, I promise..... (lather, rinse and repeat..)
Just a guess.. Neither will happen in my lifetime.
And a place to plug in my earphones....
Grandma knows... Thicker is better....Though she might not admit it if you ask.
>iPhone 8 is going to have TWO screens. One on the front and one on the back.
So its screen will break two times as often
No, because you won't be able to pick it up... Touch Disease Everywhere! Now to train Siri to say "Don't Touch Me!" "Stop Touching Me"
I'm telling HR!
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My guess is previous AC is thinking some loony tune liberal will succeed in eliminating the President Elect, either by a sniper round or some miracle during the Electoral College vote counting.... Neither are likely....
Perhaps, but they still sell into these markets. I have a number of laptops sporting AMD processors that work fine. What I'm saying is that is not their best market share, not that they've failed there.
It would be interesting since AMD cancelled their ARM efforts in the server space.
Really we should use AMD's market success as some sort of indicator? What about their 80x86 failures? Is this the market?
How's that? AMD had failures in the 80x86 market? Well, depends on what you call a failure.. If we just look at the CPU market......
With a few exceptions, I find the AMD x86 processor family a pretty good value for the money. (Your mileage may vary) Yea they tend to run hotter and take more power than the Intel offerings, but they perform well enough in most environments to be viable. They may not do as well in the mobile and Server spaces (due to power consumption being higher at the same processing capacity) but they do manage to soak up part of that market too. In a desktop, AMD is more than adequate and cheaper than similar performing Intel options. Don't get me started in the advantages of AMD over Intel in the overclocking world with their unlocked clock multipliers...
AMD staying afloat in the face of Intel's market share is a pretty amazing feat. It hasn't been easy being the distant second while keeping up the pressure on the #1 player but AMD has kept going for decades. I expect AMD to continue to be the distant second competitor, but being second doesn't mean you are a failure...
Then there is the whole GPU market.... AMD may be less of a player here and I don't recommend their GPU offerings, but that doesn't mean they are a failure here either.
THEY decide what hacks get the money and how much.... I'd like this kind of thing more if it was more of a community decision, where the company puts up some funds in escrow and then some independent evaluation or poll among the user community decides which hacks are worth the most. As it stands, even though Nintendo is asking for help from hackers, they hold all the cards AND the cash.
Nice PR ploy, but until they actually pay up for this "help" I'm choosing not to hack my way any closer to them than twice as far as I can throw a hacked device.
Why is it that after so many years, BT audio still stutters and jumps sometimes?
Two reasons... #1 usually the devices are cheap, underpowered and cannot keep up with blue tooth's overall processing demands and do all the other glitzy things that attracted all the people who where willing to purchase the device.... And #2, Bluetooth is not very robust in it's interference resistance as implemented on most low end devices (see #1).
More than 5 but less than 6... On a fully charged battery on a good day when the wind isn't blowing the wrong way... Otherwise, just count on 5.
This is just the RIAA trying to alter the licensing deal in place with U-Tube. Yea, they want a bigger piece of the pie and I don't blame them for asking. However, in all negotiations there comes a point where you have to realize that there are just some bargains that cannot be made or you risk killing the deal and giving up all your gains. RIAA seems to be dangerously close to this point to me.
So, if the RIAA wants to kill one of their golden egg laying geese by overloading U-Tube with license fees, it's their loss. Personally, I don't do much on U-Tube and the few videos I watch don't have RIAA licensed material in them so if they go bust trying to pay the RIAA their fees or actively remove any RIAA licensed material from their service, I won't miss U-Tube much. So if RIAA wants to shoot themselves in the foot, fine by me.
But I dare think that the RIAA is really just in the process of setting up the terms of their next license deal with U-Tube. They are asking for more than they expect to get from U-Tube in what is really just a standard negotiation tactic used in all sorts of situations, from bargaining over a $0.25 price at a garage sale though international trade deals.
That and desperate starving artists who signed really, really bad deals when they were young and unknown that won't let them easily break away from their publisher.
So perhaps the solution to this is to put some limits on what rights an artist can sign away? Sort of like Cali and their refusal to enforce employment non-compete contracts?
Personally.... I don't agree.
However, it's not about any objection to Apple Watches, but to the idea behind them. Think about what you get with one of these and tell me it's worth what you pay for them. Except for the "coolness" factor, I don't really see where the things a smart watch can do are all that useful.
They tell time: but my analog watch does that, even when I don't have my phone around.
They can buzz and show you text messages or phone calls, but they have to be within Bluetooth range of your phone anyway, so you will have your phone on your person and it can buzz you too. I don't see the advantage of this feature.
I hear you can use your apple watch to originate a text, but for the life of me I cannot imagine it being worth the extra effort to text with an obviously clunky user interface over using that phone in your pocket.
Then there are the "health and Exercise" features like a pedometer to count your steps or monitoring your heart rate, but in both cases doing that kind of sensing is hard so it turns out to be of dubious accuracy and limited application. The pedometer function can be approximated on your phone with almost the same accuracy level, and the heart rate monitor is more of a "it's faster" or "slower" indicator that is of zero clinical use beyond that.
Finally there is the battery life problem. These wrist worn smart devices are of significantly limited size and weight. Doing all the "smart" stuff requires power and power requires batteries that are sizeable and of significant weight. This means that the more stuff your wrist device does, the more often you will have to take it off for a few hours and charge it. My standby analog watch can wind itself when I wear it and only comes off when I bathe or swim (because it's not water proof).
So if you want to have one for the wow isn't that cool factor, knock yourself out. However, some of us are not impressed with gadgets that really don't enhance our lives or serve a useful purpose.
Who on earth is eagerly awaiting a Pebble Time 2? Who actually wants a Pebble Time 2?
Apparently not even FitBit wants one...and that's saying something because there is little in the world more useless than a FitBit. We have two Charge HR's in the house and they are not durable and not accurate for their intended use.
Not exactly... For some apple products the charger can affect how fast the device sucks in power and you don't get the best charging rate w/o using the OEM supplied equipment. Yea, they will charge with any old 5V 500ma USB based charger just fine, only sometimes, for some devices, not as fast.
I purchased a couple of those white boxy chargers on E-bay and found that if I plug in the thing the wrong way, I get the full line voltage on the case of my apple phone. Those things could have killed somebody! Seriously, they are more than just a little dangerous. I could have died just holding my phone in bare feet while charging.
Once I realized the issue, ALL of them went into the trash and although I'm $10 poorer, I learned a valuable lesson. Don't buy stuff like this from E-Bay. Cheap cables and stuff w/o any active components? Fine... Just NOTHING that plugs into the wall unless you can verify it's not a knock off (which is unlikely to be possible). Shocking what kinds of stuff they get away with selling...
Still, why on earth does Apple run the price of this stuff so blooming high? Seriously guys, I don't mind you making a profit but do you really have to gouge me after I paid retail for that I-device to start with? How much does a 5V power supply actually cost you to produce anyway?
Anyone have a map to Wyoming?
Well.. (humming).. I know "the way to Santa Fe" if that helps, Wyoming is just north north east from there...
and it hasn't done that yet. The medical profession kills a million a year who would otherwise not have died if they'd have stayed away from a hospital.
And they save hundreds of millions from death too... Not to mention the increased quality of life that comes with proper medical care.... But hey, let's not quibble about the little stuff..
Good luck with that....Wait a min... (reading the article..) Oh, kill PHYSICAL coins.... Still, Good Luck with that!
Was I the only one who read the headline and thought Korea was going to try to kill BitCoin?
I was? Ok, Sorry to disturb you..
Trump is, if nothing else, extremely adept at self-promotion, and so he wouldn't use this unless he felt it would be hugely popular.
Remember: Trump is a narcissist. Every one of his actions is motivated in convincing himself that he is powerful and loved.
You do realize that you have ascribed to Trump the normal characteristics and actions of your average politician right? Including Hillary....
Well now hang on.... Nobody who knew anything ever said he would actually DO the gun grab on his own, only that he would support policies, laws and judges that would make it possible. This he HAS done. Luckily he only had a congress willing to support his efforts completely for 2 years and has opposed his policies, laws and judicial appointments more and more with each election since. Had congress not thrown a road block or two in his path on this, he would have been a lot more successful achieving his objectives.
As it stands, he was reduced to the limited power of his "Pin and Phone" which is bad enough, although without lasting affect because all that can be undone by the next president before they get ready for bed on their first day. However the lasting affects of his judicial appointments will not go away and this WILL impact gun rights to some degree for a generation. He may not have succeeded in his goals completely, but he has succeeded in pushing us towards that objective to some degree.
I'm all for this "feature" if it comes with a "Reply All" button.
It does, but you have to be president to push it..
May I suggest a metal box? Keep your "on call" phone in the box when you don't wish to be bothered, and take it out when you don't mind a call.
My dad used to keep his "on call" pager in a metal box when he wanted the extra pay but didn't want the aggravation... He could always say "I didn't get the page" and show them the pager as poof.
And he will have access to the Nuclear Football with the launch codes too.... So?
Getting an unnecessary text isn't a huge worry if you ask me, even if it happens at 3AM and a bunch of people are tired the next day..
NON Story!