how does not optimising it for Kaby Lake and Zen ram win 10 down their throats? win 7 etc will still work just fine on it, they just won't get tweaked performance. anyone that wants to stay on older OS's will be able to do so.
for Netflix bandwidth is a MASSIVE cost. given the relatively tiny cost of licensing H.265 it is a no brainer and the end user gets the benefit of saving a few bucks on bandwidth too (though as you say that part is relatively insignificant).
Given Netflix is a business the option is clearly h.265 as a 20% reduction in streaming bandwidth for the fastest growing content medium is pretty freakin massive.
Smells like complete bullshit. don't get me wrong I would not put this past Russia (or the US) to engage in such practises but the US election is a world wide laughing stock at this point, If Russia had been manipulating it all along they could not have created a better 2 candidates themselves. I think more likely they are sitting back having a good old chuckle knowing that no matter who wins this election the US loses.
there is a vast chasm between protecting it and actively eradicating parts of it without understanding the consequences. I hate mosquitos as much as the next person but nature is one area that our knowledge is sadly lacking, we haven't even come close to identifying all the species and interdependencies to an extent to which we can conclusively know of what affect such an irreversible action can have. Anyone that claims we know conclusively they know the effects is a liar or sadly ignorant of how much we don't know.
But what we're talking about here is eliminating two species out of many thousands of similar mosquitoes. There is no conceivable way the sky could fall if we do this.
It was that sort of ignorance that led to the idiotic decisions to introduce pests. over 10,000 new species are discovered each year, these species are undocumented and yet you can conclusively say you know that the eradication of another species won't affect the millions of species you know nothing about.
how do you fuck a name that was already fucked. well before Intel bought it Mcafee was synonymous with shitty security software that survived through OEM deals bundling it to clueless users.
it means exactly as it was meant to mean. They made an illegal deal with the Irish government to act as a tax haven to shelter their earnings from other countries. You can call it profit shifting, tax minimisation or whatever the hell you want, but it has been declared illegal finally and I call it theft.
It really depends, if the scammers were smart and had well scouted the target perhaps this was a regular transaction size. People that do something on a regular basis can easily be tricked if you make your scam look just like a regular amount. 40 million may have raised less eyebrows than a much smaller amount. quite a few similar stories like this popping up in Australia at the moment of both government agencies and businesses falling for this. find a regular transaction and then fool the person that does the transaction into using a different bank account number.
yep, very true, it still does help a little though, 5000 unskilled jobs is still 5000 more jobs for a segment of the market that previously didn't exist. The problem is they are really Stealing billions in tax revenue from other countries in order to get those 5000 unskilled jobs.
I think you completely missed the point. It isn't that cops are murdering arseholes (though he may believe that), it is that Terrorists in the scheme of things inflict very very low amounts of damage compared to what happens in everyday life yet no where near the same resources are committed to reducing those issues. You could throw in Car crashes as well which is something like 30,000+ killed each year and another 2 million plus injured yet infinitely more resources are spent combatting the scary terrorist threats.
WTF? You think Dying from old age is more usual than dying from a fall? you obviously have no idea about the world outside of cities. old age would be an incredibly rare thing to die from in a world full of predators, injuries from falls that lead to death would be many times more common for any animal that climbs, even today monkey's will regularly suffer such fates.
drones actually have some practical applications. I am sure many will just jump on the bandwagon because it is cool but I expect over the coming years they will become a staple site in the skies like it or not (personally not).
nobody is shocked... well except for the part where they may actually be forced to pay some of what they legitimately owe, but I am sure Ireland and Apple will appeal as the last thing Ireland wants is to upset the money trees they have imported.
yes they drop like flies, but as we don't have any reliable data on how fast or what percentage are really dropping like flies you can't make any definitive conclusion like the OP made that it is a statistical impossibility.
no it tells us that record keeping over a century ago is simply awful, especially in countries like Indonesia and near impossible to verify with any certainty and the further back you go the worse it gets making any real statistical analysis on people over 100 years a practical impossibility at this point in time and hence any conclusions based on statistical evidence extremely flawed.
there have been others that have lived similar or longer lives both now and throughout history, however they all suffer the same problem of almost impossible to verify as record keeping even 100 years ago was primitive and easily manipulated if they desired. regardless he is not an impossibility.
So what miracle invention are you expecting in the next couple of years to make this viable? currently absolutely nothing is close to making what you're suggesting a reality, especially in such a short time frame to permit current old age individuals to suddenly double their lifespan from being at the tail end of their lives. I am 42, I doubt their will be anything by the time I reach old age, though I hold some very slim hope it would have to happen in the next few years to give today's young a chance.
Carriers regularly act as gateways to updates that only permit approved updates (i.e. ones that don't cause their network issues). It is a pain in the arse but it is reality.
"is the only developed nation on Earth which allows pharmaceutical companies to set their own prices."
this statement is simply not true. Even in Australia they set their own prices and drugs not listed as being subsidised by government can truly have insane prices. The only thing we have is the government rejects drugs for the program subsidies if the pharma companies aren't reasonable in price. Being a government subsidised drug is far more beneficial than a limited market at high prices in most circumstances.
well legal matters aside places like Eurogamer are dependent for their survival on the good will of gaming companies. Try staying relevant when your reviewers no longer have early access to games or receive devices for testing and reviewing before release.
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how does not optimising it for Kaby Lake and Zen ram win 10 down their throats? win 7 etc will still work just fine on it, they just won't get tweaked performance. anyone that wants to stay on older OS's will be able to do so.
for Netflix bandwidth is a MASSIVE cost. given the relatively tiny cost of licensing H.265 it is a no brainer and the end user gets the benefit of saving a few bucks on bandwidth too (though as you say that part is relatively insignificant).
Given Netflix is a business the option is clearly h.265 as a 20% reduction in streaming bandwidth for the fastest growing content medium is pretty freakin massive.
Smells like complete bullshit. don't get me wrong I would not put this past Russia (or the US) to engage in such practises but the US election is a world wide laughing stock at this point, If Russia had been manipulating it all along they could not have created a better 2 candidates themselves. I think more likely they are sitting back having a good old chuckle knowing that no matter who wins this election the US loses.
It has been a rotten, fly-ridden corpse for years. Sadly they just won't bury the bastard and let us rid the world of its sad stench.
there is a vast chasm between protecting it and actively eradicating parts of it without understanding the consequences. I hate mosquitos as much as the next person but nature is one area that our knowledge is sadly lacking, we haven't even come close to identifying all the species and interdependencies to an extent to which we can conclusively know of what affect such an irreversible action can have. Anyone that claims we know conclusively they know the effects is a liar or sadly ignorant of how much we don't know.
But what we're talking about here is eliminating two species out of many thousands of similar mosquitoes. There is no conceivable way the sky could fall if we do this.
It was that sort of ignorance that led to the idiotic decisions to introduce pests. over 10,000 new species are discovered each year, these species are undocumented and yet you can conclusively say you know that the eradication of another species won't affect the millions of species you know nothing about.
Because they paid a shitload of money for the name which he freely sold and received a shitload of money for and which Intel still use on products?
how do you fuck a name that was already fucked. well before Intel bought it Mcafee was synonymous with shitty security software that survived through OEM deals bundling it to clueless users.
it means exactly as it was meant to mean. They made an illegal deal with the Irish government to act as a tax haven to shelter their earnings from other countries. You can call it profit shifting, tax minimisation or whatever the hell you want, but it has been declared illegal finally and I call it theft.
most likely a result of there tax haven (Ireland) no longer being as safe a place as they thought to hide there stolen billions.
It really depends, if the scammers were smart and had well scouted the target perhaps this was a regular transaction size. People that do something on a regular basis can easily be tricked if you make your scam look just like a regular amount. 40 million may have raised less eyebrows than a much smaller amount. quite a few similar stories like this popping up in Australia at the moment of both government agencies and businesses falling for this. find a regular transaction and then fool the person that does the transaction into using a different bank account number.
yep, very true, it still does help a little though, 5000 unskilled jobs is still 5000 more jobs for a segment of the market that previously didn't exist. The problem is they are really Stealing billions in tax revenue from other countries in order to get those 5000 unskilled jobs.
I think you completely missed the point. It isn't that cops are murdering arseholes (though he may believe that), it is that Terrorists in the scheme of things inflict very very low amounts of damage compared to what happens in everyday life yet no where near the same resources are committed to reducing those issues. You could throw in Car crashes as well which is something like 30,000+ killed each year and another 2 million plus injured yet infinitely more resources are spent combatting the scary terrorist threats.
WTF? You think Dying from old age is more usual than dying from a fall? you obviously have no idea about the world outside of cities. old age would be an incredibly rare thing to die from in a world full of predators, injuries from falls that lead to death would be many times more common for any animal that climbs, even today monkey's will regularly suffer such fates.
drones actually have some practical applications. I am sure many will just jump on the bandwagon because it is cool but I expect over the coming years they will become a staple site in the skies like it or not (personally not).
nobody is shocked... well except for the part where they may actually be forced to pay some of what they legitimately owe, but I am sure Ireland and Apple will appeal as the last thing Ireland wants is to upset the money trees they have imported.
yes they drop like flies, but as we don't have any reliable data on how fast or what percentage are really dropping like flies you can't make any definitive conclusion like the OP made that it is a statistical impossibility.
no it tells us that record keeping over a century ago is simply awful, especially in countries like Indonesia and near impossible to verify with any certainty and the further back you go the worse it gets making any real statistical analysis on people over 100 years a practical impossibility at this point in time and hence any conclusions based on statistical evidence extremely flawed.
there have been others that have lived similar or longer lives both now and throughout history, however they all suffer the same problem of almost impossible to verify as record keeping even 100 years ago was primitive and easily manipulated if they desired. regardless he is not an impossibility.
So what miracle invention are you expecting in the next couple of years to make this viable? currently absolutely nothing is close to making what you're suggesting a reality, especially in such a short time frame to permit current old age individuals to suddenly double their lifespan from being at the tail end of their lives. I am 42, I doubt their will be anything by the time I reach old age, though I hold some very slim hope it would have to happen in the next few years to give today's young a chance.
since when has knowing who the person at the other end of the computer is been a requirement for social media?
Carriers regularly act as gateways to updates that only permit approved updates (i.e. ones that don't cause their network issues). It is a pain in the arse but it is reality.
"is the only developed nation on Earth which allows pharmaceutical companies to set their own prices."
this statement is simply not true. Even in Australia they set their own prices and drugs not listed as being subsidised by government can truly have insane prices. The only thing we have is the government rejects drugs for the program subsidies if the pharma companies aren't reasonable in price. Being a government subsidised drug is far more beneficial than a limited market at high prices in most circumstances.
well legal matters aside places like Eurogamer are dependent for their survival on the good will of gaming companies. Try staying relevant when your reviewers no longer have early access to games or receive devices for testing and reviewing before release.