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  1. Re:of course it is to alleviate customer confusion on Intel Confuses, Rebrands Some Core M Processors As Core I (laptopmag.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is the nVidia GTX 5000 Ti slower or faster than the Radeon R11 2500?
    Is the Intel i9-3400X slower or faster than the AMD Athlon X8-1200Z?

    It's not about being too lazy to do some research, it's that even when you have all the information it's still confusing.

  2. Re:Broad functionality instead of "just the latest on HP Builds One Desktop PC Around a Speaker, Another Modular PC In Slices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Well some companies still make USB floppy drives, there's USB-to-almost-anything adapters available and for the rest I'm sure a hacker friend could build something custom for you. All you need to do after that is install everything into a custom case.

  3. Re:Electrons, or holes? on HP Builds One Desktop PC Around a Speaker, Another Modular PC In Slices (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you want to get modded redundant? Because that's how you get modded redundant. - Archer

  4. the worldâ(TM)s largest smartphone manufacturer

    Is that similar to being the world's largest smartphone manufacturer?

  5. Re:Can't wait! on PlayStation Now Streaming Service Available On Windows PCs (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    (Score: 5, Sarcastic)

  6. Re:How quickly we forget on PlayStation Now Streaming Service Available On Windows PCs (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the topic is installing Sony software on your computer, he's right about being paranoid given what they did in the past.

  7. Re:So what kind of company is it? on Facebook Is Telling the World It's Not a Media Company, But It Might Be Too Late (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean a Google division?

  8. I can't wait! on Apple Announces Event On September 7: iPhone 7, Apple Watch 2 Expected · · Score: 3, Funny

    If Apple continues their trend with the Mac mini, the 2016 model will be a single-core CPU clocked at around 800MHz with 512MB of RAM and a 4200RPM, 250GB hard drive connected via IDE.

  9. Re:Not totally true on Microsoft Lost a City Because They Used Wikipedia Data (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    And we know Ned Ryerson also uses Bing!.

  10. Obligatory Futurama on HAARP Holds Open House To Dispel Rumors Of Mind Control (adn.com) · · Score: 1
  11. Sounds complicated on Floating Solar Device Boils Water Without Mirrors (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    There's a much easier way to get steam. Details are available here.

  12. Re:Yes, Because Optical Media Is Durable on Ask Slashdot: Do You Still Use Optical Media? · · Score: 1

    How does 10 years count as "archiving"? Go back to 1916 and tell me how your backups are faring.

  13. Re:sue linux and MS as they make the os that run o on Cloudflare Faces Lawsuit For Assisting Pirate Sites (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    And don't forget to sue Intel and AMD for running all the software involved, every step of the way from the server to the end user.

  14. Re:Let me show you to your prison cell.... on Steve Wozniak Says Apple Must Fix iPhone 7 Bluetooth Or Revive Its Headphone Jack (afr.com) · · Score: 1

    Change happens when something better replaces something that was working fine before.

  15. Re:Let me show you to your prison cell.... on Steve Wozniak Says Apple Must Fix iPhone 7 Bluetooth Or Revive Its Headphone Jack (afr.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We could even argue about what forward means in the first place. Removing something that has worked fine for decades and is still in use today doesn't seem like progress to me.

  16. Never mind 2 weeks, it was probably too late 12 months ago if not more.

  17. This is the first real evidence I have seen that Apple is really not the same without Jobs.

    The first evidence was soldered RAM in their desktop computers. Doing that for a really thin laptop makes some sense but doing it for a desktop computer is just to piss off users.

  18. It did happen with the iPod shuffle. The 3rd generation model was a failure, that's why the 4th generation looks like the 2nd one.

  19. FreeBSD is a mess, you should consider moving to macOS inst.... d'oh!

  20. But Bluetooth 1000 would have even better graphics and sound.

  21. Re:This is the same guy on Steve Wozniak Says Apple Must Fix iPhone 7 Bluetooth Or Revive Its Headphone Jack (afr.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did you know that MP3 is nearly 25 years old?

    And Apple never sold MP3 music files. They started with 128kbps AAC and they've upgraded to 256kbps AAC a few years ago.

    iTunes also allows you to rip your own CDs in even higher bitrates and in Apple Lossless (Apple's equivalent of FLAC).

    So no, bitching about the quality of Bluetooth audio is not pointless.

  22. Re:Low power display on Interviews: Ask Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton a Question · · Score: 1

    And if you do plan on making an official e-ink display, please choose a 4-bit panel. Multiple sizes with different aspect ratios would be nice too.

  23. Re:Same as always on Interviews: Ask Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton a Question · · Score: 1

    I'm hoping "make the mounting holes 3mm instead of 2.5mm" would be in the top ten.

  24. Future of Raspberry Pi Zero? on Interviews: Ask Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton a Question · · Score: 2

    Will each form factor get updated over time? I'm talking about the A+ and especially the Zero.

  25. Re:When you run out of ideas.... on Mozilla Is Changing Its Look -- and Asking the Internet For Feedback (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The fact that content jumps all around the place is the fault of the websites, not the browser. If the HTML/CSS doesn't tell the browser how much space the non-background images will take, the browser cannot determine the dimensions in advance and has to download the images first.

    And since the dimensions are usually at the beginning of the graphic files, that's why the page rendering keeps jumping all over the place when the images start downloading one after another.