I had a good experience as well. Tried to boot MB Pro Xmas day. Screen was black. Took to Apple Store following morning. They thought it may be related to a bad batch of GPU daughterboards from ATI, even though the machine fell slightly outside the list of affected S/N's. The machine was shipped out, a new daughter board installed and a new DVD burner put in ("when we opened it up, we just didn't like the way it looked") and was being booted on my kitchen table before New Year's Day.
On a machine 10 or 11 months out of warranty. No optional AppleCare.
They both have the same processor, same amount of RAM, same GFX capability, same battery life (7h according to the manufacturer) et al.
A difference of $90? That difference is more than made up by the extended coverage cost, on the same pages you linked: $190 for 3 years (Apple) vs. $299 for 3 years (ASUS).
Shh. It's much easier to hate on apples when you compare them to oranges.
Been on slashdot for well over a decade and have played RPG's for longer than that (including WoW before it was an intenet only game), I have no idea what NPC stands for.
I know for sure the term was used at least as far back as AD&D 2e P&P. Perhaps back further. So are you trolling, ESL, don't RTFM, not as experienced as you claim, or what?
Yep. We were around pre-dot-bomb, building our bank roll when things were easy and now we get to sit back and smugly watch all you kids slit each other's throats for gigs we used to take for granted.:)
Hey grandpa, at least us n00bs can remember our login information.
One problem is that California has a large enough enthusiast community that there are workaround laws, rules, and procedures in place that other states do not adopt when they pick parts of CA to follow.
Done properly, the byproduct of most hydrocarbon combustion (HINT: Propane is a hydrocarbon) is water and CO2. Plenty of water coming out of the tailpipe of your average gasoline powered vehicle, it's just that it is phase changed from liquid to gas.
The handling, safety, braking and creature comforts of a 67 Camaro combined with the acceleration and range and convenience of an EV with the reliability of a one off custom.
Was this done before or after the Chili Peppers kicked the drugs?
I've misplaced my Samsung vs. Apple cheatsheet, but IIRC, linking to FOSSpatents is supposed to get people slamming you for linking to pro-Microsoft shill Florian Mueller.
That said, I'm wondering if Samsung and others with FRAND patents and so forth have changed terms with chip makers (Qualcomm) to prevent the exhaustion idea from being a successful defense in the future. Investigating that would be more useful than the bloviators discussing every little move in the ongoing bits of various lawsuits.
Should obviously be secured by soldiers, since there is no private company that can invest enough in training or maintain the highest level of discipline. Of course there would probably end up being photos on the internet of the soldiers peeing on the nuclear warheads or shooting the nun from a helicopter...
There's not enough of them. Too busy in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.
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Let's face it, the appropriate smiley for this is Awesome Face.
I had a good experience as well. Tried to boot MB Pro Xmas day. Screen was black. Took to Apple Store following morning. They thought it may be related to a bad batch of GPU daughterboards from ATI, even though the machine fell slightly outside the list of affected S/N's. The machine was shipped out, a new daughter board installed and a new DVD burner put in ("when we opened it up, we just didn't like the way it looked") and was being booted on my kitchen table before New Year's Day.
On a machine 10 or 11 months out of warranty. No optional AppleCare.
They aren't.
An Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A . for US$1049
A "so called" Retina Macbook Air 13" for US$1139
They both have the same processor, same amount of RAM, same GFX capability, same battery life (7h according to the manufacturer) et al.
A difference of $90? That difference is more than made up by the extended coverage cost, on the same pages you linked: $190 for 3 years (Apple) vs. $299 for 3 years (ASUS).
Shh. It's much easier to hate on apples when you compare them to oranges.
Yes, because manners matter when they have to be legislated.
Didn't some guy named George write a book that kinda touched on this back in 1948?
What the fuck is an AC? Air conditioning? Fucking acronyms! Don't tell me to google it you assholes! wah wah
It has to do with magnets. And how they work.
Been on slashdot for well over a decade and have played RPG's for longer than that (including WoW before it was an intenet only game), I have no idea what NPC stands for.
I know for sure the term was used at least as far back as AD&D 2e P&P. Perhaps back further. So are you trolling, ESL, don't RTFM, not as experienced as you claim, or what?
Yes, your momma's clothes were laying around.
I guess that's where the tents for the Darkmoon Faire came from.
Yep. We were around pre-dot-bomb, building our bank roll when things were easy and now we get to sit back and smugly watch all you kids slit each other's throats for gigs we used to take for granted. :)
Hey grandpa, at least us n00bs can remember our login information.
640microwatts, slashdot didn't accept the mu
No, it was right the first time. "You can have my superlaser when you pry it from my cold, dead hands."
People read that book and I'm not sure they understand it.
Yeah, no kidding...
Probably has a bigger dick, too.
One problem is that California has a large enough enthusiast community that there are workaround laws, rules, and procedures in place that other states do not adopt when they pick parts of CA to follow.
S&W and others have been sued in civil court for murders committed with their guns, so it's not an entirely unreasonable fear.
How does the kill count for Ted's car compare to the count for Laura Bush's car?
Except that there is nothing grey about what he was doing.
I always thought Taco was being ignorant by avoid 'meta' issues. Having looked at this TL;dr crap, I'm thinking he may have been on to something.
Done properly, the byproduct of most hydrocarbon combustion (HINT: Propane is a hydrocarbon) is water and CO2. Plenty of water coming out of the tailpipe of your average gasoline powered vehicle, it's just that it is phase changed from liquid to gas.
good luck with that. There was a case in the US a few years ago where someone was sued for not paying gas tax since they ran their car on cooking oil
[Citation needed], Ayn...
Fifty states, fifty sets of rules.
and who even wants to convert an ugly civic
Well, I'll grant you that there are snazzier options, but where are you going to get the 1.21 Gigawatts to power a DeLorean?
If the documentaries are any indication, there are multiple choices: Mr. Fusion, lightning bolt, and weird combustibles.
So you're complaining about wasting time...on slashdot?!
There's a difference between wasting my time and wasting my employer's time.
The handling, safety, braking and creature comforts of a 67 Camaro combined with the acceleration and range and convenience of an EV with the reliability of a one off custom.
Was this done before or after the Chili Peppers kicked the drugs?
Why? I'm rather enjoying this clash of the titans, and sort of expecting robocop to start drilling execs before too long.
I'll buy that for a dollar.
I've misplaced my Samsung vs. Apple cheatsheet, but IIRC, linking to FOSSpatents is supposed to get people slamming you for linking to pro-Microsoft shill Florian Mueller.
That said, I'm wondering if Samsung and others with FRAND patents and so forth have changed terms with chip makers (Qualcomm) to prevent the exhaustion idea from being a successful defense in the future. Investigating that would be more useful than the bloviators discussing every little move in the ongoing bits of various lawsuits.
Should obviously be secured by soldiers, since there is no private company that can invest enough in training or maintain the highest level of discipline. Of course there would probably end up being photos on the internet of the soldiers peeing on the nuclear warheads or shooting the nun from a helicopter...
There's not enough of them. Too busy in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.