I'd rather have the ability to know the speed of the connection with a setting that the user could set himself to override this web-readable value.
The user is on a slow connection? Send regular DPI photos which are highly compressed, bandwidth is more important than quality. The user is on a fast connection and I detect a HiDPI display? Send HiDPI photos that are compressed but preserved quality.
Want to preserve your monthly quota and/or load pages faster? Override this setting and tell websites you're on a slow connection.
Although there's a cool video on YouTube where a MacBook Air fell out of a two-seater airplane, but was still functional when it was found on the ground.
Well, duh. Why do you think it's called MacBook Air?
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You mean the same India that invented the freakin' Kama Sutra?!
3453721904 porn websites on the net, 3453721904 porn websites...
Take one down, take it offline, 3453721903 porn websites on the net...
Oh sure, let's make the phone even bigger and heavier...
Unless they detect an iPhone or iPad. Or almost any other device from the last few years.
The ability to replace batteries are gone, because thin devices.
I'd rather have the ability to know the speed of the connection with a setting that the user could set himself to override this web-readable value.
The user is on a slow connection? Send regular DPI photos which are highly compressed, bandwidth is more important than quality.
The user is on a fast connection and I detect a HiDPI display? Send HiDPI photos that are compressed but preserved quality.
Want to preserve your monthly quota and/or load pages faster? Override this setting and tell websites you're on a slow connection.
Hello there, Grand Theft Internet Guy. - Siri
Le p'tit paquet d'biscuits sans sel, sans sucre, sans agents et sans goût, c'est 100 piasses! -François Pérusse
It doesn't even have ELECTROLYTES!
This Soylent Green tastes funny... Oh look, the box says "May contain clowns".
It's already here but I don't think that's what you meant.
RS:AR?
Wink wink, nudge nudge.
Well, duh. Why do you think it's called MacBook Air?
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You won't get many counter-arguments on Slashdot. Most people here also think the same way, we hate Twitter and Facebook.
Of course not. They all died in combat. I did make 2500 quatloos though.
Virtual +1 Funny.
Seriously, I used to get mod points every few weeks and now I haven't gotten any in over six months.
"We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better... stronger... faster."
What do you mean? African or European coal?
Rap "artists" are a big part of the problem and I don't care about the colour of their skin either.
Hey, we're not bored, we're just freezing!
Here's a picture of a white man who is a nigger.
I plan to invest 1 million litoshi in Uber.
We are systemd. Lower your MBR protection and surrender your init system. We will add your daemons, libraries, and utilities to our own. Your code will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
I need to watch it again, it's been too long.