Back in the late 1700s, there was this infamous gang of subversives calling themselves the Founding Fathers. Oh, the things they did. It ended with bloody revolution.
Anyone that profits from anything they did back then should have all their assets seized, it is only right. Let's start with all the politicians.
I wish that was an option in Denmark. Both of the major OTA TV channels are playing the Olympics non-stop, this after a summer of being full of Vuelta-something-España and Tour de France.
Movies? Oh, every Friday night one of the channels has a 'vote' for a movie from the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
It doesn't matter if their tests are accurate down to a single byte if everyone with connections below, say, 2 mbps never even bother testing their speed because it is always 'Too slow'.
I'm just asking WHY they should discontinue stuff that is faster (which in many cases is what's important to the average user) than the stuff they were making last year. There comes a point when stuff is just 'good enough', the same way many people never upgraded from XP to Vista because XP was simply Good Enough for everything they were doing.
Because everyone with crappy low-end DSL and dialup have long since given up on speedtests. Who cares if you're getting 500 or 600 kbps downstream, the net is built for 10 mbps or more now.
Last time I tried doing a speedtest the download needle didn't even budge, and the upload timed out.
Nothing makes me feel safer than knowing some invisible party on the other side of the Atlantic has access to nuking any and all files on my computer whenever he wants.
I'm sure companies will love to know that their trade secrets can be deleted without notice by a low-level grunt taking a bribe from a competitor.
When the fucking hell did my computer stop being MY computer?
The last sentence in the summary reads like outright propaganda. What China is doing is saying "China first, the rest of the world second" and honestly I can't fault them for that.
If there is so much noise around you that you need noise cancelling headphones, how are they going to accurately detect these sound patterns?
As an example, my GPS has voice controls. Very handy, except if the radio is playing at even the faintest volume levels the GPS simply can't recognize the activating words 'voice control'. Hell, even with the radio off I sit there like a fool repeating 'Voice control. Voice. Control. Voicecontrol. VOICE CONTROL DAMMIT!' to get it to work.
This seems more like a gimmick than a truly useful piece of hardware.
Legal CYA. When someone gets angry they can shrug and point out the policy was on full display in the basement, beyond the broken stairs, in the locked room with a cupboard reading "Beware of leopard!"
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Y'know what else was treason?
Back in the late 1700s, there was this infamous gang of subversives calling themselves the Founding Fathers. Oh, the things they did. It ended with bloody revolution.
Anyone that profits from anything they did back then should have all their assets seized, it is only right. Let's start with all the politicians.
Ambulance needs to leave the hospital, get to him (on a freeway, so have to go the long way around, probably) then get him back to the hospital.
OR, he could tell his already moving car to keep moving until it reaches the hospital.
If you were fearing for your life which one would YOU pick?
It will always be September.
Well, there's a simple way of proving it all.
Link to a single edited post where it is obvious there was a link which has been removed.
We'll be waiting. :-)
I wish that was an option in Denmark. Both of the major OTA TV channels are playing the Olympics non-stop, this after a summer of being full of Vuelta-something-España and Tour de France.
Movies? Oh, every Friday night one of the channels has a 'vote' for a movie from the 70s, 80s, or 90s.
Me thinks they're out of money.
I get this odd feeling that these posts are from a bot responding to the presence of words like
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Yet another reason to never, NEVER turn off AdBlock, NoScript, Ghostery etc.
Advertisers and site operators, I don't CARE about your precious earnings if they come at a threat to my property.
It doesn't matter if their tests are accurate down to a single byte if everyone with connections below, say, 2 mbps never even bother testing their speed because it is always 'Too slow'.
I'm not an Apple user.
I'm just asking WHY they should discontinue stuff that is faster (which in many cases is what's important to the average user) than the stuff they were making last year. There comes a point when stuff is just 'good enough', the same way many people never upgraded from XP to Vista because XP was simply Good Enough for everything they were doing.
The 2012 laptop is faster than the 2015 laptop but Apple should stop selling it ... why, exactly?
*looks out window*
So this is what Seattle looks like? Weird, can't see the Space Needle from here.
Because everyone with crappy low-end DSL and dialup have long since given up on speedtests. Who cares if you're getting 500 or 600 kbps downstream, the net is built for 10 mbps or more now.
Last time I tried doing a speedtest the download needle didn't even budge, and the upload timed out.
Wait, which one is Trial By Combat?
Is it getting shot to death by cops, or is it cops going away and taking you away a few hours later when you stop by McDonald's for a snack?
Nothing makes me feel safer than knowing some invisible party on the other side of the Atlantic has access to nuking any and all files on my computer whenever he wants.
I'm sure companies will love to know that their trade secrets can be deleted without notice by a low-level grunt taking a bribe from a competitor.
When the fucking hell did my computer stop being MY computer?
Came here to say this.
The last sentence in the summary reads like outright propaganda. What China is doing is saying "China first, the rest of the world second" and honestly I can't fault them for that.
Worldwide in the past, oh, 20 years or so? It may not be that far off.
Not necessarily bad for the box, but a reminder that if you don't have a 4K TV the box gives nothing new in that department.
What I find crazy is that you get better resolution watching someone else play a game than playing one yourself.
That's a really nice [graphics|printer|pointer|raid] driver you've got there.
Would be a shame if something ... happened to it.
If there is so much noise around you that you need noise cancelling headphones, how are they going to accurately detect these sound patterns?
As an example, my GPS has voice controls. Very handy, except if the radio is playing at even the faintest volume levels the GPS simply can't recognize the activating words 'voice control'. Hell, even with the radio off I sit there like a fool repeating 'Voice control. Voice. Control. Voicecontrol. VOICE CONTROL DAMMIT!' to get it to work.
This seems more like a gimmick than a truly useful piece of hardware.
I'm a siamese twin you insensitive clod!
(It really is impossible to win.)
He said he did that the first time and leveled himself into an unplayable corner. How is that any more fun?
Your write-up lacks synergy.
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Those are the billions of TAX PAYER dollars they were given to build out the infrastructure, but they leave out that little detail.
Legal CYA. When someone gets angry they can shrug and point out the policy was on full display in the basement, beyond the broken stairs, in the locked room with a cupboard reading "Beware of leopard!"