Indeed. There's nothing wrong with the OS, in fact it's a joy to use, the UI being superior to both IOS and Android. But yes, the lack of apps is the killer. And, as usual, it's Microsoft's half-assed dedication to the platform throughout its lifetime that is the cause. They had a chance to save it by adding Android app support, but.. no.
The final straw for me was my new car. The infotainment system supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Development of the Windows Phone equivalent apparently ceased over two years ago.
The problem for many gamers is that they will have a vast library of games that are not optimized for Ryzen, and never will be.
It's the same story as the old 3DNow! instructions which vastly improved the gaming performance of the K6-2, a small number of developers released patches to support them. The majority did not.
It has been done at least once before with some success, PC and Dreamcast players could play Quake III together. Of course users of the Dreamcast controller were at a serious disadvantage but there was a mouse and keyboard available for the console and its use was encouraged.
The main disadvantage of playing Q3 on the Dreamcast (and most other consoles) was the lack of support for mods, it was DM or CTF and that was it. Mods are what turned the great FPS games into classics.
Roundup isn't bad, it's been with us for over 40 years, rapidly breaks down in the environment and has long been out of patent. It may well be a suspected carcinogen but that's nothing that sensible handling procedures can't mitigate.
We are also in the 'ship the game, patch it later' age, in the days of ROM cartridges developers had no choice but to ensure that their games shipped virtually bug free. Now we have multi-gigabyte day zero patches. Granted game development is a lot more complex than it was in the 1990s but there's no excuse for some of the unplayable trash that's released to market nowadays.
Stop using the 'quick wash' program, they are bad for both your clothes and machine and the low temperature encourages mold. Always use the correct detergent dose for your level of soiling, load size and water hardness. RTFP. Run a high-temperature (95c) maintenance wash once a month with laundry powder but no clothes, as recommended by most manufacturers. As others have pointed out, leave the door open after a wash to let it dry out. Top loaders are not the solution, they have horrendous power and water consumption and their cleaning and spinning performance is mediocre.
From what I've heard it's a ransomware variant. The NHS is virtually all-Microsoft.
I currently work in IT for an NHS trust. We've had several incidents involving ransomware encrypting files on shares but they've been contained and easily dealt with because 1) we have a highly granular file structure, users only have write access to shares and folders that is absolutely necessary and access is regularly audited. 2) a snapshotting file system which makes it a lot easier to recover files than restoring from tape. 3) by identifying the ownership of the encrypted files we can nail the culprit quickly and remove their access immediately to prevent further damage.
Anti Virus has proven to be useless, the people who write this stuff are always one step ahead of the AV vendors.
My own observation is that obese people tend to skip or have a very light breakfast. They then make up for it by having a big lunch, dinner and then snacks right up until bedtime. I've always felt that you should be a little hungry when you go to bed, then have a good size breakfast in the morning. Improves sleep, and sets you up for the day, with only a light lunch and dinner required. I also find that it prevents you from feeling tired in the afternoon.
Lack of government funding should be a matter for parliament and the electorate. We can use our vote and lobby MPs and civil servants. If the EU dropped funding for a project would you have the same influence? Would you even know who to write to?
In an ideal world, yes; but someone has to collect the taxes and decide where the money goes. My problem is having that money go through two governments, one of which is the grossly inefficient, if not borderline corrupt EU.
There's lots of comments on Reddit and elsewhere decrying the potential loss of EU funding for science and a multitude of other projects in the event of Brexit.
What people seem oblivious to is where this money comes from. Governments collect money from taxpayers, which hands it over to Brussels who then take a huge cut to fund the European Commission, the EU Parliament and all of its trappings. Estimates I've seen is a 50% cut just to fund the body that does the funding.
Surely Science would benefit more if they cut out the (extremely bloated) middleman and was funded directly by government?
The idea that an attacker would somehow get hold of your phone, take it to pieces, change the sensor and replace it where you left it without you noticing is fanciful to say the least. It would be much easier to get hold of your real fingerprint, of which you leave a copy in thousands of different places every day, and use that to access your device.
Agreed. The UI is superior to both IOS and Android and really is a joy to use. My employer recently gave me a new Lumia to replace the iPhone 5 they gave me previously. After some initial protests I was really taken by how slick the interface is.
Apps are the problem. My bank doesn't provide one for WP and a number of others I have used regularly are either unavailable or inferior to their IOS and Android counterparts. It also has an image problem and I think it was a mistake to drop the Nokia branding. Microsoft may have good brand recognition but it is far from a trusted brand.
My wife and I just ordered new iPhone 6s' yesterday because of this exact issue.
So your restaurant just served you a shit sandwich and now you're going to reward them by returning to dine on their full three-course set menu of shit.
You and others like you are the precise cause of this problem.
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Indeed. There's nothing wrong with the OS, in fact it's a joy to use, the UI being superior to both IOS and Android. But yes, the lack of apps is the killer. And, as usual, it's Microsoft's half-assed dedication to the platform throughout its lifetime that is the cause. They had a chance to save it by adding Android app support, but.. no.
The final straw for me was my new car. The infotainment system supports Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. Development of the Windows Phone equivalent apparently ceased over two years ago.
The problem for many gamers is that they will have a vast library of games that are not optimized for Ryzen, and never will be.
It's the same story as the old 3DNow! instructions which vastly improved the gaming performance of the K6-2, a small number of developers released patches to support them. The majority did not.
It's called Lindt
I imagine it's choc full of features.
It has been done at least once before with some success, PC and Dreamcast players could play Quake III together. Of course users of the Dreamcast controller were at a serious disadvantage but there was a mouse and keyboard available for the console and its use was encouraged.
The main disadvantage of playing Q3 on the Dreamcast (and most other consoles) was the lack of support for mods, it was DM or CTF and that was it. Mods are what turned the great FPS games into classics.
You forgot:
Checkmate, atheists!
Roundup isn't bad, it's been with us for over 40 years, rapidly breaks down in the environment and has long been out of patent. It may well be a suspected carcinogen but that's nothing that sensible handling procedures can't mitigate.
Yada yada, we know it does scientific shit, but how in the actual fuck do you pronouce 'Tideglusib'?
The X370 is for "enthusiasts" who want to use multiple graphics cards.
Altcoin miners.
We are also in the 'ship the game, patch it later' age, in the days of ROM cartridges developers had no choice but to ensure that their games shipped virtually bug free. Now we have multi-gigabyte day zero patches. Granted game development is a lot more complex than it was in the 1990s but there's no excuse for some of the unplayable trash that's released to market nowadays.
Concorde was profitable for BA and Air France. It just wasn't profitable for UK and French taxpayers who never recouped it's development costs.
What killed Concorde was Airbus withdrawing the type certification for it.
Stop using the 'quick wash' program, they are bad for both your clothes and machine and the low temperature encourages mold.
Always use the correct detergent dose for your level of soiling, load size and water hardness. RTFP.
Run a high-temperature (95c) maintenance wash once a month with laundry powder but no clothes, as recommended by most manufacturers.
As others have pointed out, leave the door open after a wash to let it dry out.
Top loaders are not the solution, they have horrendous power and water consumption and their cleaning and spinning performance is mediocre.
From what I've heard it's a ransomware variant. The NHS is virtually all-Microsoft.
I currently work in IT for an NHS trust. We've had several incidents involving ransomware encrypting files on shares but they've been contained and easily dealt with because 1) we have a highly granular file structure, users only have write access to shares and folders that is absolutely necessary and access is regularly audited. 2) a snapshotting file system which makes it a lot easier to recover files than restoring from tape. 3) by identifying the ownership of the encrypted files we can nail the culprit quickly and remove their access immediately to prevent further damage.
Anti Virus has proven to be useless, the people who write this stuff are always one step ahead of the AV vendors.
People are using this script to sign the petition. Still think all those votes are legitimate?
An independent Scotland joining the EU is an absolute non-starter. Spain would veto their application at every attempt.
I'm missing this one - the tobacco industry presumably supplies the nicotine that's vaped by these things
You presume wrongly.
My own observation is that obese people tend to skip or have a very light breakfast. They then make up for it by having a big lunch, dinner and then snacks right up until bedtime. I've always felt that you should be a little hungry when you go to bed, then have a good size breakfast in the morning. Improves sleep, and sets you up for the day, with only a light lunch and dinner required. I also find that it prevents you from feeling tired in the afternoon.
Lack of government funding should be a matter for parliament and the electorate. We can use our vote and lobby MPs and civil servants. If the EU dropped funding for a project would you have the same influence? Would you even know who to write to?
In an ideal world, yes; but someone has to collect the taxes and decide where the money goes. My problem is having that money go through two governments, one of which is the grossly inefficient, if not borderline corrupt EU.
There's lots of comments on Reddit and elsewhere decrying the potential loss of EU funding for science and a multitude of other projects in the event of Brexit.
What people seem oblivious to is where this money comes from. Governments collect money from taxpayers, which hands it over to Brussels who then take a huge cut to fund the European Commission, the EU Parliament and all of its trappings. Estimates I've seen is a 50% cut just to fund the body that does the funding.
Surely Science would benefit more if they cut out the (extremely bloated) middleman and was funded directly by government?
Or a winch.
Imagine an ARM based server farm.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of ARM based server farms!
The idea that an attacker would somehow get hold of your phone, take it to pieces, change the sensor and replace it where you left it without you noticing is fanciful to say the least. It would be much easier to get hold of your real fingerprint, of which you leave a copy in thousands of different places every day, and use that to access your device.
Agreed. The UI is superior to both IOS and Android and really is a joy to use. My employer recently gave me a new Lumia to replace the iPhone 5 they gave me previously. After some initial protests I was really taken by how slick the interface is.
Apps are the problem. My bank doesn't provide one for WP and a number of others I have used regularly are either unavailable or inferior to their IOS and Android counterparts. It also has an image problem and I think it was a mistake to drop the Nokia branding. Microsoft may have good brand recognition but it is far from a trusted brand.
I hoped we would be saying goodbye to 1366x768 displays in laptops, but alas, my employer has just handed me a new one with a WXGA screen.
My wife and I just ordered new iPhone 6s' yesterday because of this exact issue.
So your restaurant just served you a shit sandwich and now you're going to reward them by returning to dine on their full three-course set menu of shit.
You and others like you are the precise cause of this problem.