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  1. Re:5K display (and computer) for $2500 on Apple Announces iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, OS X Yosemite and More · · Score: 1

    All iMacs can act as an external display for another machine. I'm using two of them for that at the moment. A quick keyboard shortcut switches it from displaying it's own video to displaying the external video. It's called Target Display Mode if you want to google it.

  2. Re:Maybe a Mini on Apple Announces iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, OS X Yosemite and More · · Score: 1

    It has Thunderbolt. Attach as many drives as you like.

  3. Re:Inequality isn't harmful on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 1

    Nothing you said explains how the Waltons having money is harmful. All you said is you don't think they deserve it.

  4. Re:Inequality isn't harmful on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 1

    If you voluntarily paid it then he didn't overcharge you. The price of a good or service is based on what people are willing to pay....period.

  5. Re:What's so hard about using the time-honored on At CIA Starbucks, Even the Baristas Are Covert · · Score: 1

    I can see you haven't been to Starbuck in MX. The cost is the same as the U.S. It's way expensive.

  6. Re:"Small" amount of data on PostgreSQL Outperforms MongoDB In New Round of Tests · · Score: 1

    Interestingly, you can get close to "asynchronous multi-master replication while maintaining relational integrity" using using NetIQ eDirectory. I know a number of huge applications that use it in this way. It's not truly ACID but the multi-master replication is unmatched.

  7. Re:Free Willy! on Scotland Votes No To Independence · · Score: 1

    That is actually the way it originally worked. It was changed by the 17th amendment. Senators were selected by whatever means each state wanted to use. Typically, they were appointed. There are a number of people who think the change has had a negative effect in that the Senate no longer functions as an effective moderating influence.

  8. Re:Biggest concern is the data usage on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 1

    Data roaming is off by default. You have to explicitly enable it.

  9. Re:Apple as a model on Linus Torvalds: 'I Still Want the Desktop' · · Score: 0

    A small minority of the market thats still an order of magnitude bigger than that of desktop Linux. Your argument makes no sense. While no guarantee of success, being able to hand a "normal" a laptop with your OS loaded and not have their head explode is an important first step. Windows and OS X do a reasonable job of this. Far from perfect but the experience is not too bad for most people. Linux, regardless of distribution, is not there yet. It can be frustrating for highly technical users...much less normals.

  10. Re:This must be confusing to y'all on Microsoft FY2014 Q4 Earnings: Revenues Up, Profits Down Slightly · · Score: 1

    Apples gross margin for Q3 2014 was 39.4%. thats a bit better than 20%

  11. Re:let me correct that for you. on Experiment Shows People Exposed To East German Socialism Cheat More · · Score: 1

    You should really read "1919 Versailles: The End of the War to End All Wars". It's an incredibly well researched history of what went on at the end of WWI. One of the key takeaways is that that Wilson wanted to avoid being punitive with Germany. He very much wanted to create a situation that would be the opposite of the conditions that lead to WWII. However, he was outmaneuvered and somewhat incompetent. The real villains were Clemenceau and Lloyd George.

    http://www.amazon.com/1919-Ver...

  12. Re:Bandwith on How One School District Handled Rolling Out 20,000 iPads · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Apple has a server that caches updates. It's part of OS X server. It's very likely they have this deployed since the same server also provides device management.

  13. Re:Who couldn't see this coming? on Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees · · Score: 2

    Exchange has some good points but scalability is not one of them. If scalability was the deciding factor Groupwise and Notes would still be dominant. Both of them scale better in terms of hardware and staff. Scalability is not why people bought Exchange.

  14. Re:Lockout chip is a big part of the problem on Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software · · Score: 1

    BS! I can't speak for all the others but code signing is not a significant barrier to anyone who wants to do iOS programming. You can run your own apps on your own devices easily and $99 is all that's required to get a cert to distribute your app. Thats not a more serious barrier than any other field of endeavor. Right....no one has ever had to buy tools, musical instruments, or sports equipment.

  15. Re:Similar bug in iOS on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    If it is really an issue, Apple offers an update caching server. it's part of OS X server. I have it at home not because of any limits but because it makes updates much faster. Does movies and apps too.

  16. Re:Big Difference on Fox Moves To Use Aereo Ruling Against Dish Streaming Service · · Score: 1

    It's not "Slingbox style",it IS Slingbox. Dish owns sling and has built it into their DVRs.

  17. Re:Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Federal Records Act, 44 U.S.C et seq.

    http://www.archives.gov/about/...

    email meets the statutory definition of a record. Failure to keep them is a violation of the law.

  18. Re:Network transparency of X has always impressed on X Window System Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Here is an example. An aerospace customer of mine wants to use their CAD and engineering apps from terminals on the shop floor. They do not want to put a high dollar workstation in that environment but they do want the full graphics. The current methods for doing this don't really work acceptably with todays video resolutions, much less with retina/4K resolutions.

    How about remote access for contract developers over VDI? IDEs work better with more screen real estate today. How do you think they are going to work once 4K screens become commonplace.

    Once upon a time, anything more than 16 colors and VGA was "eye candy".

  19. Re:Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Not sure where you are getting your numbers but representatives of the IRS said you are wrong in testimony before committee:

    http://dailycaller.com/2014/04...

  20. Re:How deep is the rot in Washington? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 2

    Equal focus? Over 190 conservative groups were being stonewalled. By the most favorable reports, 7 liberal groups were somehow involved. How is that equal?

  21. Re:Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Keep repeating the talking points...and missing the point entirely. 190 > 7. Outright denial is better that perpetual bureaucracy.

  22. Re: Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Being denied would be an improvement ver the situation those 190 were in.

  23. Re:Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately for your position, there is a law that mandates that the emails are retained. They are official communications.

  24. Re:Fox News? on IRS Recycled Lerner Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    There are actual laws, not just regulations, relating to data retention for the IRS and other government agencies.

  25. Re:Network transparency of X has always impressed on X Window System Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    Great..it works for you and the type of applications you use. It absolutely does not and will not work for whats coming. Do you really want to try to move 4K bitmaps over the network? Some of the things that are "eye candy" for you are going to be needed for the applications and interfaces that are coming. X11 needs to be replaced and unfortunately Wayland is not going to cut it either.