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  1. So?

    If it's some highly parallel benchmark then obviously more cores will look better.

    Will it equate to more performance in real life? I doubt it. Not many phones are used for raytracing or compressing video.

  2. Re:Can ads get any less timely and useful? on Every Major Advertising Group Is Blasting Apple for Blocking Cookies in the Safari Browser (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem is that the advertisers are only tied into the search data.. not the purchase data.

    No, the problem is they're stupid.

    If you searched for helmets and then you stopped searching for helmets they should probably show adverts for bike locks or jackets or something. Not helmets.

  3. Re: OMG on Why Bats Crash Into Windows (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Came here looking for Windows jokes.

    Am leaving satisfied.

  4. it's the "Since it's Apple, it's awesome!" attitude.

    I'm sure all the little Apple pips will be queuing around the block, like always.

  5. I'm at work so I didn't get to see the presentation. Did they address anything wrt someone unlocking your iPhoneX with a photograph of your face? You know, like the one most people have in their phones for a contact icon/image.

    If only Apple could employ people with as much engineering insight as you...

  6. Re:What would Steve Jobs think? on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is major innovation to an Apple pip.

    Android literally doesn't exist after you've drunk some of Apple's juice. It's invisible to you.

  7. They addressed this in the presentation. You have to look at it with your eyeballs. As long as you look away with your eyes, it won't unlock.

    What if I'm wearing sunglasses? I can't use my phone?

    If they've got that technology then why do they even need a "home" gesture. People could just cross their eyes or something to go home, much easier than using a stupid gesture that will probably give you RSI if you try to use the phone one handed.

  8. I've done nothing wrong.

  9. Re:Waitin for it to be unable to unlock for somebo on Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's almost as if you haven't understood a single thing about how it works.

  10. Re:'Alternative energy' on China Joins the Growing Movement To Ban Gasoline, Diesel Cars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    More gas for the USA!

    Trumps's plan is working, America will be back in the 1950's again before we know it!

  11. Re:It's all about autocomplete on Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Not an idiot, just misguided.

    ("Misguided" && "refusing to listen") == "idiot" in my book.

  12. Re:It's all about autocomplete on Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So you basically agree - the URL bar isn't for searching.

  13. Um, the price of graphics cards has nothing to do with Virtual Reality.

  14. Re:Blockchain to the rescue? on A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening To Topple Taxonomy (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Because checking blockchains can be completely automated.

  15. It's all about autocomplete on Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep, the autocomplete for searches should be completely separate from the autocomplete for URLs.

    Anybody who thinks differently is an idiot.

  16. That stupid search bar is archaic and literally the first thing I remove when I install FF.

    Then you're an idiot.

    The autocomplete for searches should be separate from the autocomplete for web sites.

  17. Re:If firefox is just a chrome clone on Firefox 57 Will Hide Search Bar and Use a Uni-Bar Approach, Like Chrome (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's still two reasons: NoScript and the history side panel.

    I'm sure they'll get rid of them soon.

  18. Re:Blockchain to the rescue? on A Few Bad Scientists Are Threatening To Topple Taxonomy (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    ... because having people reviewing your work in order for it to be accepted has been shown to not work.

    Because....?

    Because people can bypass them - as explained in the summary.

    A blockchain system could, ummm, block them from publishing until the peers have done their job.

  19. Re:Can we just get an affordable, usable phone?! on Google Is Apparently Ready To Buy Smartphone Maker HTC (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. "Normal" screen size refers to the physical size - around 4 inches.

    Look at your chart again: Most of those screens have "hdpi" or "xhdpi" pixel density, ie' they're more than 640x480.

    But yeah, I'd love a 4" screen with full HD resolution. Nobody sells them though, because .... oooh, squirrel.

  20. Re:Manned space flight of consequence on SpaceX Rocket Launches X-37B Space Plane On Secret Mission, Aces Landing (space.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe he was referring to sending humans there.

    In that case the difficulty is certainly related to distance.

  21. Re:The history of container ships... on Spinning Metal Sails Could Slash Fuel Consumption, Emissions On Cargo Ships (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Another good read is How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer.

  22. Feel free to correct the Wikipedia article with your superior knowledge.

  23. Re:I don't have a problem with them scanning plate on US Cops Can't Keep License Plate Data Scans Secret Without Reason, Court Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The points of WHY to keep the data need to be determined first.

    a) Terrorism
    b) Children
    c) Because we're the man and we need to show the whiners who's in charge.

    The new law will be passed within weeks, just watch...

  24. Re:could there have been some editing on this titl on Mathematician Who Claimed 'P Is Not Equal To NP' Says His Proof Is Wrong (arxiv.org) · · Score: 4, Funny

    seriously, I expect better.

    You must be new here.

  25. Re: Another tiny "limitation"... on Large-Scale Dietary Study: Fats Good, Carbs Bad (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Italians and French may consume a high percentage of carbohydrates but I doubt they consume the same quantity as Americans.

    And there's the difference.