We raise some we get as newborns from an uncles commercial herd. Very very good. The first wagyu steak I ate, I ate with a spoon. I used the spoon to cut my steak, no fork or knife needed.
Windows might not be doomed, but I stopped using it years ago.
Every chance I get, I move somebody to a new platform. My daughter has a Mac, my father-in-law runs Ubuntu, my Mom has a Mac, our best friend is mobile device only with a WiFi printer, another friend is on Linux Mint, etc... (many more)
We are all happier now. I can say that I know zero people running Windows 8.
Actually we do. My wife and I left a big carrier and went with a smaller one. 1500 minutes and a small data plan (I normally use WiFi) for $50 mo and no contract.
I bought used phones and now our bill is a fraction of what it was...
Is $50 better = yes. Could and should it be cheaper = yes.
If almost 69,000 were from Google Play, and they have around 700,000 apps total, that would mean that approx 9.8% of the apps in the Google store are infected.
F-Secure reports that in the fourth quarter of last year, 96% of all mobile malware was directed to Android.
They also report that 0.7% targeted iOS.
Most users do not have an updated version of Android to update to that is made available from their carriers.
Trend Micro’s mobile app reputation service has analyzed over 2 million mobile app samples collected from around the world and 293,091 of them have been classified as outright malicious. Almost 69,000 of those were sourced directly from Google Play, which offers around 700,000 apps in total. “It’s not just Chinese and Russian app stores.”
Disclaimer: I do not own an iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone or any smartphone. I have a "feature phone" with a cheap phone plan.
16 of the largest super container ships emit as much sulphur as all of the worlds cars.
They typically run 24 hours a day, up to 16 cylinder 107,000 horsepower engines.
International Maritime Organization rules allow ships to burn fuel containing up to 4.5 per cent sulphur. That is up to 4,500 times more than is allowed in automobile fuel. Both international shipping and aviation are exempt from the Kyoto Protocol rules on cutting carbon emissions.
I think the manufacturers have a racket here. What we need is for a small startup to use some DSP technology and create a brand new low latency hearing aid system. They could customize the audio output for frequencies and percentages based on your hearing test.
The downside? It would probably be another patent mess. I am sure the existing manufacturers hold many patents on this and would hate for a competitor to come out with individually customized audio output, for each customer, for a couple hundred bucks (or a least less than a grand).
Was should have done, place ads on the facing page, showing/displaying:
Show the iPad and the Samsung table before and after iPad. See how they changed it to be like an iPad.
Show the iPhone and the Samsung phones before and after. See how they changed them to be like an iPhone.
Show the product packaging for the tables and phones. See how they changed them to be just like the Apple packaging.
Show how the Samsung Chromebox looks like a Mac Mini with a black top.
Show how the Samsung Ultrabooks look like a Apple Mac Book Air.
I don't own a Mac, an iPhone, S3 or Galaxy, etc.. Even I can tell that whatever design Apple had success with, Samsung copied.
-----
Just do an image search asking if Samsung copied Apple and see the results.
I searched for an image of the X505. It has the same form factor, but... the keyboard is at the bottom of the base, there isn't a trackpad, it isn't silver with a black keyboard, etc. It looks different. It might be in the same form factor, but it will not be confused with a Macbook Air.
X505 comparison pic
Most Ultrabooks look like a Macbook Air. The X505 does not. Most have the same silver color, the same (typically black) chicklet keyboard, the same wedge shape, the same oversized trackpad, the same....
Macbook Air/Ultrabook comparison pic
"With their latest findings, associate chief scientist Kosuke Morita and his team at the RNC are set follow in these footsteps and make Japan the first country in Asia to name an atomic element."
Really??? Last time I looked at a map the Soviet Union and Russia were both in Asia. Maybe not SE Asia and they are also in Europe, but they are in Asia.
77% is in Asia and 23% is in Europe
Quoted:
"Surprisingly for such an advanced exploit, it was unable to infect modern Macs unless they were modified to run software known as Rosetta. The software allows Macs using Intel processors to run applications written for Macs using PowerPC processors, which were phased out about five years ago. Rosetta is no longer even supported on Lion, the most recent version of OS X."
Rosetta not supported on Lion and not installed by default in Snow Leopard.
So no current Macs and only older Macs that use Rosetta risk infection. That number has to be pretty low...
I don't any *nix user has much to worry about either...
This new fangled internthingy is just to complicated...
I want to have my encyclopedia on my bookshelf, my music on my bookshelf, my books on my bookshelf, my games in my closet, etc...
Wkikipedia/Encarta, Kindle, Netflix, iTunes, XBN/PSN be dammed.
Jean-Louis Gassée had it right at the Microsoft anti-trust trials over embedding IE in the OS.
He has something like (I do not remember the exact quote); It's the application barrier to entry. If there aren't enough users of the operating system, developers will not write applications for it. If there aren't enough applications for it, the users will not chose it.
That being said, as a user of Linux, Windows and OS X over the years, I see what is limiting Linux adoption as three things. In no special order: Microsoft Office Gaming Photoshop
I know there are solutions to all three factors here, but those are the reasons.
If you cancel the OnStar service and later sell your car, they are tracking a vehicle you no longer own or drive and are gathering data that is not applicable to you.
$50 for a mobile game? On a console I get big screen 1080 HD graphics, surround sound, a real controller, etc. A mobile game offers less - and the games are normally much shorter.
Yes it is nice to take the game with me, but it is not worth that much.
My mobile game budget tops out at $4.99. If there is something I was that costs more, I wait for a sale. There are too many that I download with good intentions, only to be let down by a piece of crap. For 99 cents I can delete the game. If I spent $50 I would be pissed off and would try to play a game I hated because I spent $50 on it. Then I would never buy another from them.
This is a list of the games I have paid the full $50-$60 retail for.
Super Mario Bros 3, Halo, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4, Halo 2, GTA IV, Uncharted 2, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire.
All of these games outshine every mobile game I have seen/played. I will add that $20-30 is my console sweet spot.
Keep the price down and I will buy mobile games, move the price up and I will not.
The tablets failed when the manufacturers starting putting features on them and raising prices to make them little notebooks. People bought $250 netbooks, they did not buy $500 netbooks. They also failed when Windows XP started appearing on them.
Tablets are different. I know my iPad 2 is not a 'real computer', that is what Ubuntu is for. But, aside from a few missing features, it is a well designed highly functional piece of equipment. I can take it places and do things with it that I cannot do with a 'real' computer. The touch interface is great and much better than a standard mouse. A netbook/laptop also has a hard time matching the battery life an iPad gets. Once AirPrint setup on Mac/Linux/Windows, printing is a breeze. I can remote into my other systems when needed. etc.
FYI: There is a cool single case iPad keyboard device here , but I have not used one. Probably others out there too...
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We raise some we get as newborns from an uncles commercial herd. Very very good. The first wagyu steak I ate, I ate with a spoon. I used the spoon to cut my steak, no fork or knife needed.
Windows might not be doomed, but I stopped using it years ago.
Every chance I get, I move somebody to a new platform. My daughter has a Mac, my father-in-law runs Ubuntu, my Mom has a Mac, our best friend is mobile device only with a WiFi printer, another friend is on Linux Mint, etc... (many more)
We are all happier now. I can say that I know zero people running Windows 8.
I now speak to users and IT on the phone and via remote connection software. Only 60K per year, but I telecommute 100% of the time now.
Well worth the change
I bought used phones and now our bill is a fraction of what it was...
Is $50 better = yes. Could and should it be cheaper = yes.
If almost 69,000 were from Google Play, and they have around 700,000 apps total, that would mean that approx 9.8% of the apps in the Google store are infected.
Most users do not have an updated version of Android to update to that is made available from their carriers.
Trend Micro’s mobile app reputation service has analyzed over 2 million mobile app samples collected from around the world and 293,091 of them have been classified as outright malicious. Almost 69,000 of those were sourced directly from Google Play, which offers around 700,000 apps in total. “It’s not just Chinese and Russian app stores.”
Disclaimer: I do not own an iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone or any smartphone. I have a "feature phone" with a cheap phone plan.
Baseball. Can you think of another sport where the defense is the team with the ball?
16 of the largest super container ships emit as much sulphur as all of the worlds cars.
They typically run 24 hours a day, up to 16 cylinder 107,000 horsepower engines.
International Maritime Organization rules allow ships to burn fuel containing up to 4.5 per cent sulphur. That is up to 4,500 times more than is allowed in automobile fuel. Both international shipping and aviation are exempt from the Kyoto Protocol rules on cutting carbon emissions.
Look it up, Google/Bing/whatever and be shocked.
After typing this, I found this info here: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/11/23/1618229/one-giant-cargo-ship-pollutes-as-much-as-50m-cars
I have been saying this for a while.
I think the manufacturers have a racket here. What we need is for a small startup to use some DSP technology and create a brand new low latency hearing aid system. They could customize the audio output for frequencies and percentages based on your hearing test.
The downside? It would probably be another patent mess. I am sure the existing manufacturers hold many patents on this and would hate for a competitor to come out with individually customized audio output, for each customer, for a couple hundred bucks (or a least less than a grand).
Was should have done, place ads on the facing page, showing/displaying:
Show the iPad and the Samsung table before and after iPad. See how they changed it to be like an iPad. Show the iPhone and the Samsung phones before and after. See how they changed them to be like an iPhone. Show the product packaging for the tables and phones. See how they changed them to be just like the Apple packaging. Show how the Samsung Chromebox looks like a Mac Mini with a black top. Show how the Samsung Ultrabooks look like a Apple Mac Book Air.
I don't own a Mac, an iPhone, S3 or Galaxy, etc.. Even I can tell that whatever design Apple had success with, Samsung copied. ----- Just do an image search asking if Samsung copied Apple and see the results.
I searched for an image of the X505. It has the same form factor, but... the keyboard is at the bottom of the base, there isn't a trackpad, it isn't silver with a black keyboard, etc. It looks different. It might be in the same form factor, but it will not be confused with a Macbook Air.
X505 comparison pic
Most Ultrabooks look like a Macbook Air. The X505 does not. Most have the same silver color, the same (typically black) chicklet keyboard, the same wedge shape, the same oversized trackpad, the same....
Macbook Air/Ultrabook comparison pic
Do an image search for "macbook air" and look at the pics. Then do one for "ultrabook" and compare the images.
They look the same.
An Ultrabook is nothing new, just another PC copy of a Mac.
An Intel Ultrabook circa 2012 is basically a Mac Book Air 2008+
If you were to show ~most~ people a Mac Book Air and then a typical Ultrabook, they could not tell the difference (in the hardware).
Bingo! You are correct.
"With their latest findings, associate chief scientist Kosuke Morita and his team at the RNC are set follow in these footsteps and make Japan the first country in Asia to name an atomic element." Really??? Last time I looked at a map the Soviet Union and Russia were both in Asia. Maybe not SE Asia and they are also in Europe, but they are in Asia. 77% is in Asia and 23% is in Europe
SUSE -> Corel -> Red Hat ->Mandrake -> SUSE -> Slackware -> Ubuntu (while using it, I tried Debian and Mint) -> OSX (with Ubuntu in a VM)
I think I got tired of working on my computer and just wanted it to work. (Which is why Windows is not listed here)
"Oh yeah, my Dad can go an octave lower than that..."
Quoted: "Surprisingly for such an advanced exploit, it was unable to infect modern Macs unless they were modified to run software known as Rosetta. The software allows Macs using Intel processors to run applications written for Macs using PowerPC processors, which were phased out about five years ago. Rosetta is no longer even supported on Lion, the most recent version of OS X."
Rosetta not supported on Lion and not installed by default in Snow Leopard.
So no current Macs and only older Macs that use Rosetta risk infection. That number has to be pretty low...
I don't any *nix user has much to worry about either...
IE is the number one browser... for downloading a better browser.
This new fangled internthingy is just to complicated... I want to have my encyclopedia on my bookshelf, my music on my bookshelf, my books on my bookshelf, my games in my closet, etc... Wkikipedia/Encarta, Kindle, Netflix, iTunes, XBN/PSN be dammed.
Jean-Louis Gassée had it right at the Microsoft anti-trust trials over embedding IE in the OS.
He has something like (I do not remember the exact quote); It's the application barrier to entry. If there aren't enough users of the operating system, developers will not write applications for it. If there aren't enough applications for it, the users will not chose it.
That being said, as a user of Linux, Windows and OS X over the years, I see what is limiting Linux adoption as three things. In no special order:
Microsoft Office
Gaming
Photoshop
I know there are solutions to all three factors here, but those are the reasons.
Nice.
Now that is useless data.
Yes it is nice to take the game with me, but it is not worth that much.
My mobile game budget tops out at $4.99. If there is something I was that costs more, I wait for a sale. There are too many that I download with good intentions, only to be let down by a piece of crap. For 99 cents I can delete the game. If I spent $50 I would be pissed off and would try to play a game I hated because I spent $50 on it. Then I would never buy another from them.
This is a list of the games I have paid the full $50-$60 retail for.
Super Mario Bros 3, Halo, Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4, Halo 2, GTA IV, Uncharted 2, Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire.
All of these games outshine every mobile game I have seen/played. I will add that $20-30 is my console sweet spot.
Keep the price down and I will buy mobile games, move the price up and I will not.
The tablets failed when the manufacturers starting putting features on them and raising prices to make them little notebooks. People bought $250 netbooks, they did not buy $500 netbooks. They also failed when Windows XP started appearing on them.
Tablets are different. I know my iPad 2 is not a 'real computer', that is what Ubuntu is for. But, aside from a few missing features, it is a well designed highly functional piece of equipment. I can take it places and do things with it that I cannot do with a 'real' computer. The touch interface is great and much better than a standard mouse. A netbook/laptop also has a hard time matching the battery life an iPad gets. Once AirPrint setup on Mac/Linux/Windows, printing is a breeze. I can remote into my other systems when needed. etc.
FYI: There is a cool single case iPad keyboard device here , but I have not used one. Probably others out there too...
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