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  1. I wondered the same thing about my 5c. I documented in another Slashdot article the battery degradation which occurred over several months after updating from 8.3.4 to 10.x. In a nutshell, from 90+% down to 60+%.

    Others on Apple's Support Forum mentioned the same thing. And over the entire history of the 10.x OS updates.

  2. Re:Why would you do that? on Google Maps No Longer Lets You Post Negative Reviews About Your Crappy Job (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's also rude to mistreat your employees. Or require them to look the other way where the law is concerned. That's why it's good to have websites like Glassdoor.

    And isn't it funny how when an employee has a complaint upon leaving a company its called 'burning their bridges.'

    Yet when upper level employees have a complaint upon leaving a company it's called 'managerial differences.'

  3. People got smart on In a Declining Comics Market, DC Beats Marvel (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Why buy the individual issues when they're just going to come out with a trade paperback?

  4. Oh, please... on Cash Might Be King, but They Don't Care (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...they're doing it because they think they'll have less chance of being robbed.

  5. Re:Does Dolby Atmos reproduce a tiny violin well? on Movie Theaters Were Already in Trouble. With Disney's Fox Deal, It's Double (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know you're being sarcasm, I can tell by the font you're using...except there is an issue I haven't seen addressed yet.

    When Iron Giant came out my local multiplex showed it only one day a week at about 10-11am on Saturday. That's it. All the employees including management said the same thing, "If we don't do this then Disney won't give us their next big animated release."

    This is EXACTLY the reason why the studios were told to sell of the theaters back in the 70's. Because independent movie studios weren't being allowed to show their movies in better theaters. And it'll only get worse if the deal goes through.

    Oh, and to answer your topic question...Sorry, I don't know. But it did reproduce The Red Violin very well. :D

  6. Re:Not just bugs on Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Example: The iOS Podcast App. There always seems to be an issue with it running on older phones. And it generally happens when Apple is shouting, "You need to update your OS...or better yet get a new phone!"

    And lets not forget playing Podcasts on your computer. On your iPhone you can adjust the speed. On your computer you can't!!?!?!?

    Oh...unless you buy a special upgrade for $4. (Alternatively, tell iTunes to 'Show in Finder'. Then load the file in VLC and you can adjust the speed there...for FREE since it's built in.

  7. Apple's Software Updates Are Like Halloween Candy on Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linus: "I got my Wi-Fi back!"
    Lucy: "I got an iTunes update!"
    Charlie Brown: "I got a brick."

  8. Misfit Vapor on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Good Smartwatches Or Fitness Trackers? · · Score: 1

    This was just released and I wonder what people think of it. It doesn't have dedicated GPS but for me that's not a big deal. I also don't want phone features. It's $200 and initial reviews have been pretty good.

    I like the fact it'll run Android Wear 2.0. Their sports app has a nicely reviewed weightlifting feature. (In a nutshell, it'll count your reps, auto time your rest periods, etc.. and it can learn lifts it doesn't know.)

    Has anyone had hands-on experience with this watch yet?

  9. I think those are called... on Your Brain 'Blinks' When Your Attention Shifts, Researchers Discover (vanderbilt.edu) · · Score: 1

    ...Blipverts. Excuse me, I need a Pepsi...

  10. Interesting side story... on Big Tobacco Loses 11-Year Fight, Forced To Broadcast 'Dangers of Smoking' Ads (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    When the TV show 'Mad Men' was all the rage they interviewed real ad men from that era. He stated, yes there was a lot of smoking back the. But the cigarette company's parties were particularly interesting.

    The CEO husbands would have have cigars. The wives were the ones with the cigarettes...and they were never lit.

  11. Re:Big Tobacco is a favorite whipping post of soph on Big Tobacco Loses 11-Year Fight, Forced To Broadcast 'Dangers of Smoking' Ads (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Those ads are actually paid for with tobacco settlement money. And they have always had final say about what goes in them. That's why they're lame.

  12. "I hear your vacation to Belmont went poorly." on Bill Gates Just Bought 25,000 Acres in the Arizona Desert (kgw.com) · · Score: 1

    "Well...there was a girl...and a lighthouse..."

  13. Just watched the video on Apple Fires Engineer After His Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    Damn, she's hot! It's great that she grew out of her adolescent blueberry phase.

  14. Unsubstantiated Theory on Tim Cook Confirms the Mac Mini Isn't Dead (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple is waiting to release the new Mini at the same time as OS 11. And then say, "Sorry older Mini users. You'll just need to upgrade."

  15. Based on old saying? on Why Is 'Blade Runner' the Title of 'Blade Runner'? (vulture.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I always thought it was an updated term for 'walking on a razor's edge.' - Someone who is precariously balanced between safety and danger. And between being human or a replicant.

  16. "The coalition also states that sending millions of takedown notices "is not a viable long-term solution, given the current and future scale of infringement Sending large numbers of takedown notices on an ongoing basis will prove highly disruptive to the research community."

    But as an individual if my research is stolen it's okay if I have to do it?

    You're in a lab...grow a pair.

  17. I always found it interesting how 2 out of 3 times I updated my OS was for one reason...the Podcast App suddenly decided to either not work properly or was drawing a LOT more battery power than it previously had. Others noticed the same issue and how it miraculously was fixed after updating to the latest OS.

  18. "...a fix for a future software release." on Apple Admits To Apple Watch LTE Problems Just Before It Ships (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    And if it turns out to be a hardware issue?

  19. Re:Who is 'Developer Marco Arment'? on Developer Marco Arment Shares Thoughts On iPhone X's Notch (marco.org) · · Score: 1

    Will iTunes be the only place we can buy Ninotchka?

  20. Re:Cassini on Cassini's Saturn Mission Goes Out In A Blaze Of Glory (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    And yet phones aren't expected to last past their year warranty. ;)

  21. Re:And in about two or three years... on Cassini's Best Discoveries of Saturn and Its Moons (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Apocalypse, of course, means: Thick crust, double cheese, triple topping pizza with Trump Steak on top.

  22. And then the President... on Trump Blocks China-Backed Takeover of US Chip Maker 'Lattice Semi' (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ...called his buddy, "Yeah, it's done. Go ahead and buy it for fifty cents on the dollar. Use the money you made by shorting Boeing."

  23. I was going to say lobbyists. But that's good too.

  24. Dear Store Manager: on Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    "...a former store manager wrote that "the iPod hardware they used as on the floor scanners for employees died quickly and there was no way of swapping in new batteries"

    And how many employees were reprimanded for not plugging them in to recharge? A similar situation happened at a store close to me. A friend said the morning/afternoon shifts would screw around and not recharge devices. Leaving the night crew having to wait their turn for the only remaining device working. Why was this happening?....

    1) No one plugged it in to recharge.
    2) The recharge cord wasn't plugged in because the employee removed it so they could recharge their own phone. (Hey, Pokemon Go takes up a lot of juice during an eight hour shift. And no, I'm not kidding. This was actually being done by the same employees who were also [see #1 & #3].
    3) When they were fully charged the powerstrip would be turned off. And then forgotten to be turned on again. In order to save energy. "Also turn the lights off when you leave the room." Even though people are in and out all day. And it take more power to turn it on/off 30x then it would use if you just left it on.

    Also you notice managers won't lose their iPhones.You know, the ones they probably use for Pokemon Go. ;)

  25. Re:I originally read that as Sunnyvale... on $782,000 Over Asking For a House in Sunnyvale (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn autocorrect! :PPPP (Sunnydale)