Usually, when someone calls 911, it's because that person is in trouble and needs to be removed from a location or a situation.
Computer incidents are more like someone calling 911 because the building is unstable but has to stay inside it anyway. You can't fix a building within a few minutes. The architect needs to review the blueprints, the construction workers need to make the required modifications, go back to the architect because his solution forgot to take something into account, etc. It's not a quick fix situation.
Don't forget that the Thing-O-Matic can print parts after parts without any user intervention. Let's say only four hours per part... Hey, it'll take less than seven years to print your car!
Another stupid AC who thinks everyone buys a Mac because it's "trendy". Believe me, it has nothing to do with it. If they hadn't switched to a Unix core (or a BeOS core) I wouldn't use it. The classic Mac OS wasn't much better than Windows 98SE.
Plus, I couldn't afford a Prius to begin with, not to mention that most new diesel Volkswagen models have better kilometerage than a Prius. And they cost less.
If you think the Netflix library of movies and TV shows is limited in the USA, check out Netflix Canada. I'm not even talking about the latest blockbusters or the latest TV series. There's no Columbo. No Cheers. No Seinfeld. No Simpsons (even season 1). We have Terminator 2 but strangely enough not the 1st one.
Sure, it's getting better every month. But I'm pretty sure that the Canadian media companies are fighting hard to keep Netflix from getting anything worthwhile. We have companies like Bell, who offer both media distribution and internet connections. Such conflict of interest should not happen, but here we are. All the big ISPs are implementing stupidly low caps, the CRTC is approving those caps and even forcing the 3rd parties to abide by those caps and fees. So any smaller ISP which need to use the bigger ISP lines are getting screwed. There is ZERO alternatives. The CRTC is corrupt, the conservative government is corrupt.
Stop defending those media megacorps. Most of them are in a situation of conflict of interest (they provide both content and carrier) and they all overcharge like hell when you compare to the rest of the planet. Look at prices in Asia or Europe. Hell, even the USA has better rates in some areas.
Instead of wasting/banking the profits for the last decade or so, they should have upgraded their infrastructures.
Seriously, 200$/month for high-speed internet with a cap of only 0.6TB is pretty expensive. Too bad our CRTC is corrupt and the conservative government won't do shit about it.
A book review (which we all think is just free publicity/compensated review) about a competitor to Flash (which most of us don't like) from Microsoft (which most of us hate) in VB (which is a joke to most programmers, which comes from Microsoft).
Just because Microsoft offers Silverlight for Mac doesn't mean people are going to install it. I bought a Mac to get away from Microsoft. I wouldn't install anything from them on my computer even if they paid me. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I predict 90% troll/flamebait and 0.01% insightful comments. The rest, 9.99%, is the usual pointless comments such as this one.
And of course, because of magic, nobody can remember the over-hyped "PS2 emotion engine" and the "PS3 is so powerful it's going to last 10 years" marketing.
If the PSP2 is as powerful as the PS3, why is the PS3 Slim still so big?
Anyone else think we're screwing up by spending so much time on shuffling paper around to earn money, and so little money on the technologies that could define our future?
Everybody who's not working for Wall Street firms, banks or lawyers. Unfortunately, it seems they're the assholes running this planet.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference: the doomsday scenario is real and the people from B ark are in charge.
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Usually, when someone calls 911, it's because that person is in trouble and needs to be removed from a location or a situation.
Computer incidents are more like someone calling 911 because the building is unstable but has to stay inside it anyway. You can't fix a building within a few minutes. The architect needs to review the blueprints, the construction workers need to make the required modifications, go back to the architect because his solution forgot to take something into account, etc. It's not a quick fix situation.
Why is that website asking permission to create a 1MB "html5 test db"? I can understand doing some testing, but on a live website?
All I need is their cold fusion device, hydrogen and a five cents.
Don't forget that the Thing-O-Matic can print parts after parts without any user intervention. Let's say only four hours per part... Hey, it'll take less than seven years to print your car!
Well, you nailed it. You've figured it out.
Apple is trying to restart the economy by having special screwdrivers that need to be made in the USA.
They should have made the screw hole in the shape of the Apple logo.
What if he goes blind?
I heard that Bill Gates himself is going to "buy you out".
World of Portal 4 Dead?
Another stupid AC who thinks everyone buys a Mac because it's "trendy". Believe me, it has nothing to do with it. If they hadn't switched to a Unix core (or a BeOS core) I wouldn't use it. The classic Mac OS wasn't much better than Windows 98SE.
Plus, I couldn't afford a Prius to begin with, not to mention that most new diesel Volkswagen models have better kilometerage than a Prius. And they cost less.
And forget about San Francisco. Earthquakes.
If you think the Netflix library of movies and TV shows is limited in the USA, check out Netflix Canada. I'm not even talking about the latest blockbusters or the latest TV series. There's no Columbo. No Cheers. No Seinfeld. No Simpsons (even season 1). We have Terminator 2 but strangely enough not the 1st one.
Sure, it's getting better every month. But I'm pretty sure that the Canadian media companies are fighting hard to keep Netflix from getting anything worthwhile. We have companies like Bell, who offer both media distribution and internet connections. Such conflict of interest should not happen, but here we are. All the big ISPs are implementing stupidly low caps, the CRTC is approving those caps and even forcing the 3rd parties to abide by those caps and fees. So any smaller ISP which need to use the bigger ISP lines are getting screwed. There is ZERO alternatives. The CRTC is corrupt, the conservative government is corrupt.
Stop defending those media megacorps. Most of them are in a situation of conflict of interest (they provide both content and carrier) and they all overcharge like hell when you compare to the rest of the planet. Look at prices in Asia or Europe. Hell, even the USA has better rates in some areas.
Instead of wasting/banking the profits for the last decade or so, they should have upgraded their infrastructures.
Seriously, 200$/month for high-speed internet with a cap of only 0.6TB is pretty expensive. Too bad our CRTC is corrupt and the conservative government won't do shit about it.
A book review (which we all think is just free publicity/compensated review) about a competitor to Flash (which most of us don't like) from Microsoft (which most of us hate) in VB (which is a joke to most programmers, which comes from Microsoft).
Just because Microsoft offers Silverlight for Mac doesn't mean people are going to install it. I bought a Mac to get away from Microsoft. I wouldn't install anything from them on my computer even if they paid me. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I predict 90% troll/flamebait and 0.01% insightful comments. The rest, 9.99%, is the usual pointless comments such as this one.
Is there some operating systems out there which still aren't compatible with IPv6, or is it a problem at the ISPs level?
The whole of Africa in your way?
Can you tell us where you bought a house for 30 000$?
But how did the algae survive?!?
Never mind his tinfoil hats, buy my tyrannosaurus-repelling rocks!
AltaVista? WebCrawler is much better, it has a mascot!
And of course, because of magic, nobody can remember the over-hyped "PS2 emotion engine" and the "PS3 is so powerful it's going to last 10 years" marketing.
If the PSP2 is as powerful as the PS3, why is the PS3 Slim still so big?
I was expecting to see a Rick Astley video playing on the first iPad.
I'm guessing CDMA antenna at the top, GSM antenna at the bottom and the sides are not antennas.
I said, super collider, I just met her! And then they made a super collider 2. Thank you. - Humor Bot 5.0
I see I'm not the only one who thought the name was similar to Terra-Tron.
Everybody who's not working for Wall Street firms, banks or lawyers. Unfortunately, it seems they're the assholes running this planet.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference: the doomsday scenario is real and the people from B ark are in charge.