So, the 8 year old system doesn't do what I need, so I should upgrade to the 4 year old version because it will be "good enough" for now as the same price I should be paying for current hardware?
Who said you should? Yup, exactly, nobody. That "4 year old" brand new build model is the legacy model that Apple keeps around because their actual customers (IOW not trolls like you) demand they keep it, and would loudly complain if they did remove it - as would you, because you are a fucking troll, and everything Apple does is baaaad.
What the heck are you talking about? Skylake is a perfectly fine architecture. When it came out, i too did a comparison with skylake and haswell judging skylake to be the better chip.
Wait, did you not find the bug that froze the Skylake CPUs when they came out, or did you think that was perfectly fine? Any way, why should I care about your expert opinion?
As someone who is physically holding a newer than 2012 corporate issued macbook pro retina, I can attest that there are newer products than the 2012 version. Mine has an i7, nVidia graphics and an SSD. I am pretty disappointed with their choice to use AMD graphics in newer models, and am reluctant to buy, but work issued shit is work issued. It is faster than my personal 2012 Macbook Pro primarily due to SSD performance, processor speed means very little in a laptop for most people (and I question why you wouldn't just use a desktop if you really care, for say games or compute heavy workloads).
The Lenovo P series would like to have a word about compute-heavy workloads in a laptop form factor.
Hrrm, all of the tests online are "hands-on", IOW they don't actual tested the piece, but only played with it a little. And of course no info on actual battery life, just the always optimistic claims by Lenovo. Ohh, BTW, the battery is non-replaceable.
The article is talking about the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. Read the f**king article next time.
You mean the two machines in their line-up that almost everybody agrees will not get any update any more, but still sell well? Explain to Apple why they should drop models that still sell from their line-up only because some dude from The Verge supposedly said that, but we can only read comments to that (how screwed is that BTW, maybe somebody should fix their website before telling Apple what to do).
Actually it is, because diversity brings new opinions and viewpoints. If all you hire are white men you're only going to ever have the viewpoints of white men.
Right, because white men all have the same viewpoint with regard to technology products
Ted Nugent fans also have different viewpoints. Some like deer hunting, others duck hunting. Yet you will probably not find any interested in knitting. People fighting over what to hunt doesn't make a group diverse.
... which has what to do with tech companies, again?
I was going to ask the same question, but then I realized you wouldn't understand it. Too bad you also didn't understand the Ted Nugent analogy - so I guess you don't have to apply for a tech job, no matter what your "views" are.
But why is that a problem for Google to solve? Is it the NBA's problem to ascertain and to solve the problem regarding the over representation of black males in the NBA? Should teams start hiring less qualified under-represented populations to make up for the disparity?
Hilarious. I bet you are the guy who always picks the black guy first to play basketball on your team - unlike the NBA, who picks based on ability.
So a Slovenian farmer has exactly the same world view as a US CEO because they're both white?
How many of the many, many white man employed by, say, Google are Slovenian farmers? Likely one less than CEOs. So even on that account Google is far to un-diverse.
And would those two people have similar viewpoints compared to a lesbian, one legged, Inuit whale huntress?
Actually it is, because diversity brings new opinions and viewpoints. If all you hire are white men you're only going to ever have the viewpoints of white men.
Right, because white men all have the same viewpoint with regard to technology products
Ted Nugent fans also have different viewpoints. Some like deer hunting, others duck hunting. Yet you will probably not find any interested in knitting. People fighting over what to hunt doesn't make a group diverse.
Close enough to effect a large number of the cast and crew.
Yeah, the fact that Wayne and probably most of the crew where also heavy smokers had nothing to do with it. This massage brought to you by the American Tobacco Institute.
As I said, you couldn't do scenes of B5-level complexity using models on a Star Trek TV budget, let alone a B5 one.
Ahh, but are those complex scenes of many big ships in one shot actually realistic for a space battle? At least as screen filling as they are in B5 as opposed to tiny looking things shooting even tinier things at each other?
B5 had a budget of $800K per episode. Star Trek TNG had $2M.
Nope, as the AC said. You probably are confusing that with "Space: Above and Beyond" from the same time. And we all remember how great that looked. No, wait, nobody remembers, and we certainly don't see many reruns because that show flopped.
I think it wasn't the ships they were objecting to, but to the similarity in scenes.
Well, having two dozen ships of all races all going in the same direction with all guns blazing doesn't look too different from the same ships shuffled around all going in the same direction with all guns blazing. Not after the tenth such shot.
Apple changes a gun to a water pistol and conservatives are the over "sensitive" ones?
You are right - they didn't say anything back when Microsoft changed it to a ray gun in 2012 - odd that they changed it back just when this story broke.
Who was it again that said "Conservatives always say that "Political Correctness" is about people being over-sensitive to words - but mention "holidays" in December and you are waging a War Against Christmas.
I don't have an iDevice, but from googling around it appears that the answer is no. You can't even change the font, not that you can do that on Android either without additional software and root.
Actually, Googling for "change emoji font" seems to work without root on (some) Androids - at least when you change to iPhone emojis, or so the title of the most of the first couple hits suggest.
Slashdot Mirror
Good one.
Reminds me of a guy I went to school with many years ago.
He was a rabid Apple fanboi. This was before iPhones and iPods.
He would often say "We may be only 1% of the market, but we're the top 1%"
You went to school with Douglas Adams? And misremembered his quote: he said 10%.
So, the 8 year old system doesn't do what I need, so I should upgrade to the 4 year old version because it will be "good enough" for now as the same price I should be paying for current hardware?
Who said you should? Yup, exactly, nobody. That "4 year old" brand new build model is the legacy model that Apple keeps around because their actual customers (IOW not trolls like you) demand they keep it, and would loudly complain if they did remove it - as would you, because you are a fucking troll, and everything Apple does is baaaad.
What the heck are you talking about? Skylake is a perfectly fine architecture. When it came out, i too did a comparison with skylake and haswell judging skylake to be the better chip.
Wait, did you not find the bug that froze the Skylake CPUs when they came out, or did you think that was perfectly fine? Any way, why should I care about your expert opinion?
I'd hardly call Retina Display merely a cosmetic difference.
I think that's actually the definition of a cosmetic difference. Same thing, but looks better.
Yeah, a Retina Display is pure vanity. And humble people like you still use VGA resolution, because everything "better" is just looks.
As someone who is physically holding a newer than 2012 corporate issued macbook pro retina, I can attest that there are newer products than the 2012 version. Mine has an i7, nVidia graphics and an SSD. I am pretty disappointed with their choice to use AMD graphics in newer models, and am reluctant to buy, but work issued shit is work issued. It is faster than my personal 2012 Macbook Pro primarily due to SSD performance, processor speed means very little in a laptop for most people (and I question why you wouldn't just use a desktop if you really care, for say games or compute heavy workloads).
The Lenovo P series would like to have a word about compute-heavy workloads in a laptop form factor.
Hrrm, all of the tests online are "hands-on", IOW they don't actual tested the piece, but only played with it a little. And of course no info on actual battery life, just the always optimistic claims by Lenovo. Ohh, BTW, the battery is non-replaceable.
The article is talking about the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro. Read the f**king article next time.
You mean the two machines in their line-up that almost everybody agrees will not get any update any more, but still sell well? Explain to Apple why they should drop models that still sell from their line-up only because some dude from The Verge supposedly said that, but we can only read comments to that (how screwed is that BTW, maybe somebody should fix their website before telling Apple what to do).
Because nobody except Google can type make && make install. Right.
Well, only Google can do that on the source they actually do that on.
Actually it is, because diversity brings new opinions and viewpoints. If all you hire are white men you're only going to ever have the viewpoints of white men.
Right, because white men all have the same viewpoint with regard to technology products
Ted Nugent fans also have different viewpoints. Some like deer hunting, others duck hunting. Yet you will probably not find any interested in knitting. People fighting over what to hunt doesn't make a group diverse.
... which has what to do with tech companies, again?
I was going to ask the same question, but then I realized you wouldn't understand it. Too bad you also didn't understand the Ted Nugent analogy - so I guess you don't have to apply for a tech job, no matter what your "views" are.
But why is that a problem for Google to solve? Is it the NBA's problem to ascertain and to solve the problem regarding the over representation of black males in the NBA? Should teams start hiring less qualified under-represented populations to make up for the disparity?
Hilarious. I bet you are the guy who always picks the black guy first to play basketball on your team - unlike the NBA, who picks based on ability.
So a Slovenian farmer has exactly the same world view as a US CEO because they're both white?
How many of the many, many white man employed by, say, Google are Slovenian farmers? Likely one less than CEOs. So even on that account Google is far to un-diverse.
And would those two people have similar viewpoints compared to a lesbian, one legged, Inuit whale huntress?
Actually it is, because diversity brings new opinions and viewpoints. If all you hire are white men you're only going to ever have the viewpoints of white men.
Right, because white men all have the same viewpoint with regard to technology products
Ted Nugent fans also have different viewpoints. Some like deer hunting, others duck hunting. Yet you will probably not find any interested in knitting. People fighting over what to hunt doesn't make a group diverse.
Was that the shortest totally appropriate comment ever ?
No
Yeah, they sprung into existence in a privately owned garage.
Lol. Where were Jobs and Woz educated?
At a school paid by the state taxes of their parents, not by the USA.
Close enough to effect a large number of the cast and crew.
Yeah, the fact that Wayne and probably most of the crew where also heavy smokers had nothing to do with it. This massage brought to you by the American Tobacco Institute.
As I said, you couldn't do scenes of B5-level complexity using models on a Star Trek TV budget, let alone a B5 one.
Ahh, but are those complex scenes of many big ships in one shot actually realistic for a space battle? At least as screen filling as they are in B5 as opposed to tiny looking things shooting even tinier things at each other?
Star Trek's budget really wasn't that much higher, but the space scenes, ships and effects looked far more realistic than anything in B5.
OTOH, I don't think Babylon 5 had a single shot done outside a sound stage. Lot's of exterior shots on all Star Trek shows.
for the run of Babylon 5 on German TV channel Tele 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Star Trek's budget really wasn't that much higher
B5 had a budget of $800K per episode. Star Trek TNG had $2M.
Nope, as the AC said. You probably are confusing that with "Space: Above and Beyond" from the same time. And we all remember how great that looked. No, wait, nobody remembers, and we certainly don't see many reruns because that show flopped.
Seems like you and your friends lack all imagination, sucks to be you.
Wait, what? You needed "imagination" to make the B5 visual effects look good to yourself? Could one have used Dope or LSD instead?
I think it wasn't the ships they were objecting to, but to the similarity in scenes.
Well, having two dozen ships of all races all going in the same direction with all guns blazing doesn't look too different from the same ships shuffled around all going in the same direction with all guns blazing. Not after the tenth such shot.
No it didn't.
Yes it did. The Bajoran lightship was the first major use of CGI in s Star Trek series.
However, the battles in The Way of the Warrior weren't.
Do tell me how shit that looks compared to the battles in Babylon 5. Or how there are too few ships in one shot.
And nobody cares.
Apple changes a gun to a water pistol and conservatives are the over "sensitive" ones?
You are right - they didn't say anything back when Microsoft changed it to a ray gun in 2012 - odd that they changed it back just when this story broke.
Who was it again that said "Conservatives always say that "Political Correctness" is about people being over-sensitive to words - but mention "holidays" in December and you are waging a War Against Christmas.
I don't have an iDevice, but from googling around it appears that the answer is no. You can't even change the font, not that you can do that on Android either without additional software and root.
Actually, Googling for "change emoji font" seems to work without root on (some) Androids - at least when you change to iPhone emojis, or so the title of the most of the first couple hits suggest.