It's kind of amusing, Sony could be seen as "Team Blu" while Microsoft is clearly Team Green. And then think back to a time when Intel (who mostly use blue colour schemes) and AMD (Green-Green-Green...At least in the CPU world) had an almost identical conflict - Team blue were the big lugs who couldn't be stopped, at least until they shot themselves in the foot (Prescott - hot, expensive and limited scope for improvement), meanwhile Team Green brought out some great tech that was just solid - cheaper, faster and cooler, than the competition. Then suddenly Intel pulled the finger out and today AMD is nowhere near the giant it once was. Sure, they still compete and they aren't going anywhere, but it just goes to show that when two companies switch places, they can easily switch back.
Of course, I'm not expecting Sony to not shoot themselves in the foot a few more times.
The 360 didn't "overheat", its internal peak temperature was never an issue. The problem was the motherboard warping through the process of heating and cooling. Adding extra cooling wouldn't fix the issue, merely delay it.
Only if the hack involves something deep within the Kernel - which in terms of hacks, is generally pretty rare. Most hacks come from privilege escalation, usually because of some shoddily written plugin (i.e. just about anything Adobe makes). I very much doubt that Microsoft will offer WP8 users the same level of...freedom that Windows users get. Hell, you'll be lucky to even sideload apps.
Right the ship, drain the fuel and leave it there. You only have to stop it from sinking, you don't need to make it seaworthy. There you have it, a top-notch hotel in a prime location with every facility you could possibly need.
Just try not to think of the people that died there. People die in hotels all the time, right?
I don't think this rumour of samsung buying out RIM is true, but it's worth noting that RIM's share price took a dive when Samsung denied it, theoretically that could have been a clever move by the big S to make the purchase cheaper.
Frankly, though, I don't think RIM has anything of value to offer Samsung.
I don't really want to get into this debate, but Virgin probably manages more devices than you give them credit for. Every single CPE has a 10.x.x.x address, as does every CMTS as well as a bunch of other stuff. 16million devices? Probably not, they only have about 4million customers, but they do manage a lot of devices.
Anyway, the reason I comment is because they are looking to roll out IPv6 by the end of the year, at least on the business side, which is where it'll matter most first.
Just like how people outside the US rely on the internet as a whole? We live in an international society, when the US plans to do something that affects the world at large, the world at large should be made aware of it and given the choice to pressure the US into sanity. If you don't live in the US and get pissed off at the blackout, feel free to mention it to your government representative so that they can go to their bosses and tell them to tell their US counterparts to stop being idiots.
Hopefully it won't end up a bit chinese-whispery and go from "Stop SOPA and PIPA from destroying the internet" to "Some girl on the internet called Pippa wants to ban Soap".
My name is neoKushan, but today I'll be standing in for reading comprehension. Words come in all shapes and sizes, but what's magical about them is that their meaning can change depending on the context.
What is this magical "context" thing? Well, to put it simply, context is the other words that are near and around the words and phrases we're looking at. You can't read a sentence by just picking out a few choice words, you need to read all of the surrounding words to really understand what it means. For example, in the above instance you managed to pick out the phrase "Get Android, it's da Bomb!" and rolled off in a tirade of idiocy, however you failed to notice that the preceding 3 words were "I'll", "never" and "say". This is both a great example of context and an even better example of failing at reading comprehension.
Luckily, all is not lost! Many local authorities provide night schools and classes for those who have trouble with reading comprehension. Please, contact your local educational establishment and ask them about their night schools on basic reading and writing skills. In a matter of weeks, you too could be adept at reading simple words and phrases that are surrounded by other simple words and phrases. People will respect you more and you'll be able to interact properly on the internet, a wonderful place full of words, phrases and lots and lots of contexts. Don't delay, sign up for education today!
To be fair, have you seen how big the first Magnetic HDD's were? Granted, different technology and they still stored a hell of a lot more than 5 bytes, but miniaturisation is only a matter of time.
That's a problem with Android - there are a LOT of sub-par devices out there and people that start off at the low-end are often left with a bitter taste. At least with iOS, the devices are reasonably capable, even the older models. I dare say that the experience your friend with the crappy device had would have been much improved just by moving to a higher-specced android phone, but the important thing is that they're happy.
I'm going to be honest - I'm a big Android fan, but I am a geek through and through. I rooted my phone within a week of getting it and installed a custom ROM the next day - that alone was tonnes of fun for me and a plus to the Android experience. However, when family and friends ask which phone they should get, I'll never say "Get Android, it's da bomb!" partly because I know the reasons I like Android are reasons they'll hate it and also because I don't want yet another device to support. However, I will recommend devices that meet their needs and there's almost always an Android that fits in there, but I'll always say "Go into a store and play with it, ONLY get it if you like it". If anyone buys a phone just because its cheap or because people rave about it, yet end up not liking it, it's really their own fault for not trying before buying.
I know plenty of the "general public" who aren't geeky but love Android phones. I know even more that love phones which happen to be Android phones, all former iPhone owners.
It appears you are right and I stand very much corrected. I had to do some digging, but this report from nearly 2 years ago breaks it down properly: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8561286.stm
He said the first 120 miles between London and the West Midlands would cost between £15.8bn and £17.4bn.
The cost per mile beyond Birmingham is then estimated to halve, taking the overall cost of the 335 mile Y-shaped network to about £30bn.
It appears that the estimation has risen slightly in the last couple of years to about £33billion, but yes, Phase 1 is about half of that. Still, the difference compared to the broadband investment is still quite staggering.
Essentially, the estimate for 100% FTTH coverage of the UK was about £29billion - a lot of money for sure. This project is going to cost £33Billion just for phase one (Birmingham -> London). This project will get funded about £2.2billion per year, while broadband rollout is only getting 162million per year.
The argument is simple - if everyone has access to fast internet, then the need to travel to london is greatly reduced. Sure, people will still need to travel, but all those meetings and such could easily be done via teleconferencing.
Most publishers don't care about the iPad or eBooks very much
There's your problem right there. It's not the programmer's fault if he hasn't been given an artist or designer to work with. If you give an unqualified person a job to do and they do a shitty job, it's your fault, not theirs. Either get someone qualified in, or give them the necessary training.
That doesn't really make sense. Maybe I'm just confused at how Americans view it because in the UK, we've got pretty decent on demand facilities that don't cost any extra.
Why is it that streaming and TV are two mutually exclusive things? Why isn't streaming just the next evolution of TV? Is it not TV if you record a program to watch it later? Is it not TV if it's broadcast on a time-shifted channel? Is it not TV if it's a PPV showing with multiple start times?
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It's kind of amusing, Sony could be seen as "Team Blu" while Microsoft is clearly Team Green. And then think back to a time when Intel (who mostly use blue colour schemes) and AMD (Green-Green-Green...At least in the CPU world) had an almost identical conflict - Team blue were the big lugs who couldn't be stopped, at least until they shot themselves in the foot (Prescott - hot, expensive and limited scope for improvement), meanwhile Team Green brought out some great tech that was just solid - cheaper, faster and cooler, than the competition. Then suddenly Intel pulled the finger out and today AMD is nowhere near the giant it once was. Sure, they still compete and they aren't going anywhere, but it just goes to show that when two companies switch places, they can easily switch back.
Of course, I'm not expecting Sony to not shoot themselves in the foot a few more times.
The 360 didn't "overheat", its internal peak temperature was never an issue. The problem was the motherboard warping through the process of heating and cooling. Adding extra cooling wouldn't fix the issue, merely delay it.
Only if the hack involves something deep within the Kernel - which in terms of hacks, is generally pretty rare. Most hacks come from privilege escalation, usually because of some shoddily written plugin (i.e. just about anything Adobe makes). I very much doubt that Microsoft will offer WP8 users the same level of...freedom that Windows users get. Hell, you'll be lucky to even sideload apps.
I thought it was key-lime pie?
Right the ship, drain the fuel and leave it there. You only have to stop it from sinking, you don't need to make it seaworthy. There you have it, a top-notch hotel in a prime location with every facility you could possibly need.
Just try not to think of the people that died there. People die in hotels all the time, right?
Oh and http://thedailywtf.com/ although it's not technically a BLACK out, but it's amusing as long as you get sarcasm.
www.palemoon.org
http://www.humblebundle.com/
http://ps3history.consolehistories.net/
http://psvitahistory.consolehistories.net/
Plus, Samsung has their own mobile OS (BADA), as well as what's left of Nokia's Meego (Tizen). They certainly don't need BlackberryOS on top of that.
I don't think this rumour of samsung buying out RIM is true, but it's worth noting that RIM's share price took a dive when Samsung denied it, theoretically that could have been a clever move by the big S to make the purchase cheaper.
Frankly, though, I don't think RIM has anything of value to offer Samsung.
I don't really want to get into this debate, but Virgin probably manages more devices than you give them credit for. Every single CPE has a 10.x.x.x address, as does every CMTS as well as a bunch of other stuff. 16million devices? Probably not, they only have about 4million customers, but they do manage a lot of devices.
Anyway, the reason I comment is because they are looking to roll out IPv6 by the end of the year, at least on the business side, which is where it'll matter most first.
Just like how people outside the US rely on the internet as a whole?
We live in an international society, when the US plans to do something that affects the world at large, the world at large should be made aware of it and given the choice to pressure the US into sanity. If you don't live in the US and get pissed off at the blackout, feel free to mention it to your government representative so that they can go to their bosses and tell them to tell their US counterparts to stop being idiots.
Hopefully it won't end up a bit chinese-whispery and go from "Stop SOPA and PIPA from destroying the internet" to "Some girl on the internet called Pippa wants to ban Soap".
Many of us have better taste in TV.
Hi there,
My name is neoKushan, but today I'll be standing in for reading comprehension.
Words come in all shapes and sizes, but what's magical about them is that their meaning can change depending on the context.
What is this magical "context" thing? Well, to put it simply, context is the other words that are near and around the words and phrases we're looking at. You can't read a sentence by just picking out a few choice words, you need to read all of the surrounding words to really understand what it means. For example, in the above instance you managed to pick out the phrase "Get Android, it's da Bomb!" and rolled off in a tirade of idiocy, however you failed to notice that the preceding 3 words were "I'll", "never" and "say". This is both a great example of context and an even better example of failing at reading comprehension.
Luckily, all is not lost! Many local authorities provide night schools and classes for those who have trouble with reading comprehension. Please, contact your local educational establishment and ask them about their night schools on basic reading and writing skills. In a matter of weeks, you too could be adept at reading simple words and phrases that are surrounded by other simple words and phrases. People will respect you more and you'll be able to interact properly on the internet, a wonderful place full of words, phrases and lots and lots of contexts. Don't delay, sign up for education today!
Thank you for your time.
To be fair, have you seen how big the first Magnetic HDD's were? Granted, different technology and they still stored a hell of a lot more than 5 bytes, but miniaturisation is only a matter of time.
That's a problem with Android - there are a LOT of sub-par devices out there and people that start off at the low-end are often left with a bitter taste. At least with iOS, the devices are reasonably capable, even the older models. I dare say that the experience your friend with the crappy device had would have been much improved just by moving to a higher-specced android phone, but the important thing is that they're happy.
I'm going to be honest - I'm a big Android fan, but I am a geek through and through. I rooted my phone within a week of getting it and installed a custom ROM the next day - that alone was tonnes of fun for me and a plus to the Android experience. However, when family and friends ask which phone they should get, I'll never say "Get Android, it's da bomb!" partly because I know the reasons I like Android are reasons they'll hate it and also because I don't want yet another device to support. However, I will recommend devices that meet their needs and there's almost always an Android that fits in there, but I'll always say "Go into a store and play with it, ONLY get it if you like it". If anyone buys a phone just because its cheap or because people rave about it, yet end up not liking it, it's really their own fault for not trying before buying.
I know plenty of the "general public" who aren't geeky but love Android phones. I know even more that love phones which happen to be Android phones, all former iPhone owners.
Something tells me that neither project, regardless of funding, would be "done right". That's just not how the rail operators or BT work.
It appears you are right and I stand very much corrected. I had to do some digging, but this report from nearly 2 years ago breaks it down properly:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8561286.stm
It appears that the estimation has risen slightly in the last couple of years to about £33billion, but yes, Phase 1 is about half of that. Still, the difference compared to the broadband investment is still quite staggering.
The really interesting thing about this new line is the amount of money they're pumping into it compared to the amount of money they're pumping into getting decent broadband into the country: http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4962-why-the-vision-for-hs2-and-not-for-broadband.html
Essentially, the estimate for 100% FTTH coverage of the UK was about £29billion - a lot of money for sure. This project is going to cost £33Billion just for phase one (Birmingham -> London). This project will get funded about £2.2billion per year, while broadband rollout is only getting 162million per year.
The argument is simple - if everyone has access to fast internet, then the need to travel to london is greatly reduced. Sure, people will still need to travel, but all those meetings and such could easily be done via teleconferencing.
There's your problem right there. It's not the programmer's fault if he hasn't been given an artist or designer to work with. If you give an unqualified person a job to do and they do a shitty job, it's your fault, not theirs. Either get someone qualified in, or give them the necessary training.
That doesn't really make sense. Maybe I'm just confused at how Americans view it because in the UK, we've got pretty decent on demand facilities that don't cost any extra.
Why is it that streaming and TV are two mutually exclusive things? Why isn't streaming just the next evolution of TV? Is it not TV if you record a program to watch it later? Is it not TV if it's broadcast on a time-shifted channel? Is it not TV if it's a PPV showing with multiple start times?
Have you noticed that the cat in the picture has a penis on its face?
I don't really want to troll or anything, but with the NDAA and SOPA, I worry that the USA is heading that way as well.
Isn't the first law of Thermodynamics that you don't talk about Thermodynamics?