sorry whats the point other than gee whiz factor? Its 20(fuckin)12, with a trip to radio shack a child could whip up a fart chair to signal keyboard input to any OS they choose for under 40 bucks.
Why spend $40, when you can just use the general purpose computer with multiple input devices already sitting in your pocket?
You do know that it was the Congress... controlled by mostly non-Southern Democrats... that killed the Supercollider, right? With the full support of then-President Bill Clinton. Most Republicans tried to save it as a matter of national prestige.
Then, when called out, you provided a link that directly contradicted your original statement. Lets have a look what the article says:
On Clinton:
to halt construction of the world's largest atom-smasher against the wishes of President Clinton and a Senate-House conference committee.
On most Republicans trying to save it: From your own figures 115 to kill, 61 to save. Are you maths skills so fucking poor that you think ~35% is most?
Are you sure? Macs are usually able to take larger memory modules than were available at the time of release.
He probably bought a pre-Sandy bridge MPB just over a year ago. Pretty sad for a not-even-18-months-old line to be limited to 8GB, but that's Apple for you.
Google's results were exactly as shitty as everyone else's,
Bullshit. When google appeared on the scene, they were a revelation. Google's algorithm for looking at relationships between pages & links rather than just counting the number of times a search term appeared on a page was orders or magnitude better than lycos, exite, altavista, etc.
It took 10 years for Google's results to become (nearly) as shitty as everyone else's.
Frankly if you think that, you probably discovered google in 2004 when the competition was catching up.
You mean the water cools down by 40 degrees C in the few minutes that the coffee needs to brew?
Of course it does you fuckwit, unless you drink it directly from the kettle, then simply pouring it into a cup will significantly lower the temperature as the warm liquid comes into contact with the room temperature vessel.
So, I maintain, unless the coffee was significantly above boiling point (100C/212F) it was reasonable.
Well, I maintain that the coffee was significantly above average coffee temperatures. And you know what? A court agreed with me. Noone agrees with you.
Wow, you replied three times without bothering to do even some basic reading about the case. Congratulations, you have restored my faith in slashdot humanity.
Over the course of the trial, Liebeck’s team established that McDonald’s had a policy of serving its coffee at temperatures ranging from 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit to enhance flavor and ensure that to-go cups were still warm when they reached their destinations. (The coffee that you brew at home probably comes out at around 140 degrees, so there’s a significant difference.) Moreover, experts testified that skin can burn quickly when contacted by liquids at these temperatures.
More damning, though, was McDonald’s own testimony. The company admitted that in the decade before Liebeck’s incident, upwards of 700 customers had filed complaints about its coffee causing burns.
I guess the question would be... is it's Apple's responsibility to manage the wireless carriers infrastructure?
It is Apple's responsibility to manage their advertising, ensuring that when they advertise a device is 4G compatible, that is is compatible with whatever 4G means in the country they're advertising.
For instance, if a Swedish company was advertising a free slut with each car sold, and it turned out that all you got was the ability for the car to stop (slut means stop in swedish), you'd be.... disappointed wouldn't you? Well, this is the same thing. A company using a local definition in a foreign market to confuse the marketplace.
Apple also claims all iPads have WiFi but if you don't have WiFi at your house, should you sue Apple for false advertising?
This analogy is so fucking stupid that my brain has shrunk slightly upon reading it. How about this? If Apple claims a device has wifi, but it is not compatible with the local regulatory requirements for wifi, then yes, they will get sued.
which operates on a different spectrum than the 4G networks used everywhere else in the world
WTF are you talking about? The LTE ipad uses 700, 2100 MHz bands, and according to Wikipedia's 3GPP LTE page:
The LTE standard can be used with many different frequency bands. In North America, 700/ 800 and 1700/ 1900 MHz are planned to be used; 800, 1800, 2600 MHz in Europe; 1800 and 2600 MHz in Asia; and 1800 MHz in Australia.
The US & Canada are the only countries in the world with LTE networks fully compatable with the ipad.
They have no interest in maintaining the openness of the internet in Australia. They supported the failed internet filtering legislation moreover they would like to censor everything.
As far as I know, the total death toll during the 1400 years of Muslims attacking Hindus from the west is not far from reaching the insane mark of 100,000,000
Cite? That sounds like bullshit to me & can't find a credible source for it anywhere.
The funny thing is that the free-for-all process of article creation at Wikipedia ended up becoming by far and away better quality than the structured academic process that Nupedia set up.
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sorry whats the point other than gee whiz factor? Its 20(fuckin)12, with a trip to radio shack a child could whip up a fart chair to signal keyboard input to any OS they choose for under 40 bucks.
Why spend $40, when you can just use the general purpose computer with multiple input devices already sitting in your pocket?
Are you some sort of dipshit?
Here's what you originally said:
You do know that it was the Congress... controlled by mostly non-Southern Democrats... that killed the Supercollider, right? With the full support of then-President Bill Clinton. Most Republicans tried to save it as a matter of national prestige.
Then, when called out, you provided a link that directly contradicted your original statement. Lets have a look what the article says:
On Clinton:
to halt construction of the world's largest atom-smasher against the wishes of President Clinton and a Senate-House conference committee.
On most Republicans trying to save it: From your own figures 115 to kill, 61 to save. Are you maths skills so fucking poor that you think ~35% is most?
Stupid revisionist bullshit.
The iPad 3 backlight is very bright. I doubt you could make a brighter display without having a negative affect.
Congratulations. You've just admitted you've never been outside.
Can't you read? I specifically said pre-sandy bridge. ie. Any model of macbook sold prior to the 24th of Feburary 2011.
Are you sure? Macs are usually able to take larger memory modules than were available at the time of release.
He probably bought a pre-Sandy bridge MPB just over a year ago. Pretty sad for a not-even-18-months-old line to be limited to 8GB, but that's Apple for you.
that there is a Gates Foundation that might pay Gladwell, and there isn't a Jobs foundation that might.
True, but that's kind of the point isn't it?
Both men were (or are) assholes. Businessmen intent on screwing their competitors, colleagues, customers, whoever to make a buck.
But in the end, Gates is using some of his money to give a false impression of philanthronpy, whereas Jobs is just another dead tycoon.
Wrong. Samsung makes more money by delivering parts to Apple than by it's own handset group.
A cool 6 Billion by Apple.
6 Billion in revenue in low-margin hardware parts vs 5.2 Billion in profit in a single quarter?
You're a fucking idiot.
I really don't understand why they should battle each other when they are dependandt on each other...
Apple is far more dependant on Samsung than vice versa.
Nope, I didn't forget that. Google's results were indeed polluted during the early 2000s, but their results were still better than anyone else's.
race and iq
Actually scientists rarely study these things, because there's no good scientific way of studying them.
Generally left to psychology and other pseudosciences.
Google's results were exactly as shitty as everyone else's,
Bullshit. When google appeared on the scene, they were a revelation. Google's algorithm for looking at relationships between pages & links rather than just counting the number of times a search term appeared on a page was orders or magnitude better than lycos, exite, altavista, etc.
It took 10 years for Google's results to become (nearly) as shitty as everyone else's.
Frankly if you think that, you probably discovered google in 2004 when the competition was catching up.
but the article didn't make a claim about the absolute number of projects using the GPL. It made a claim about the usage of the GPL
So you didn't make a claim about using - you made one about usage? There is no difference between those words in this context.
tl;dr You're a fucking idiot, so I am most pleased to see that your comments start at 0 (or is it -1 now?)
You mean the water cools down by 40 degrees C in the few minutes that the coffee needs to brew?
Of course it does you fuckwit, unless you drink it directly from the kettle, then simply pouring it into a cup will significantly lower the temperature as the warm liquid comes into contact with the room temperature vessel.
So, I maintain, unless the coffee was significantly above boiling point (100C/212F) it was reasonable.
Well, I maintain that the coffee was significantly above average coffee temperatures. And you know what? A court agreed with me. Noone agrees with you.
Unless that coffee was something like 150C.
Wow, you replied three times without bothering to do even some basic reading about the case. Congratulations, you have restored my faith in slashdot humanity.
Unless McD made that coffee over 100C.
You know, if you could bother to take 10 seconds to do some basic research, you would have found out that they did make their coffee at nearly double the temperature you make your coffee:
I'm afraid that it's you that's missed the point, check out the video. Watching it, it's pretty clear that the tiles are active.
Android has had 'active' widget/launchers for years, so I agree this skinning (like Metro itself) is not particularly exciting
Fair enough, you'd think in this age of in-form-spell-checkers, I wouldn't make a fuck up like that....
That said, if its the only criticism of my post you have, I feel pretty good. I'm sure the meaning was not obscured by a typo.
Thanks for the swedish lesson :-)
I must confess that I just googled "Funny swedish words", knowing that your language would have something I'd be able to use for my analogy.
I guess the question would be... is it's Apple's responsibility to manage the wireless carriers infrastructure?
It is Apple's responsibility to manage their advertising, ensuring that when they advertise a device is 4G compatible, that is is compatible with whatever 4G means in the country they're advertising.
For instance, if a Swedish company was advertising a free slut with each car sold, and it turned out that all you got was the ability for the car to stop (slut means stop in swedish), you'd be.... disappointed wouldn't you? Well, this is the same thing. A company using a local definition in a foreign market to confuse the marketplace.
Apple also claims all iPads have WiFi but if you don't have WiFi at your house, should you sue Apple for false advertising?
This analogy is so fucking stupid that my brain has shrunk slightly upon reading it. How about this? If Apple claims a device has wifi, but it is not compatible with the local regulatory requirements for wifi, then yes, they will get sued.
which operates on a different spectrum than the 4G networks used everywhere else in the world
WTF are you talking about? The LTE ipad uses 700, 2100 MHz bands, and according to Wikipedia's 3GPP LTE page:
The US & Canada are the only countries in the world with LTE networks fully compatable with the ipad.
US !=The rest of the world.
They have no interest in maintaining the openness of the internet in Australia. They supported the failed internet filtering legislation moreover they would like to censor everything.
The Australian Green Party do not support internet censorship, and in fact are opposed to internet censorship. Do you have a reason for your opinion - or are you perhaps you're thinking of the Laboural Party of Australia? They seem to love censorship.
Their policy manifesto would make Kim Jong Ill proud.
Wow! You're a fucking idiot aren't you?
(unexciting) Youtube video of the shootdown can be found on the SHARK youtube channel.
Doesn't look like they were trespassing.
A human has right to live. A pigeon does not have that right -- if one believes otherwise, one has to prevent pigeons from being killed by predators.
Are a human's rights violated when they're harmed by a predator? If they're not, then your entire argument falls over.
As far as I know, the total death toll during the 1400 years of Muslims attacking Hindus from the west is not far from reaching the insane mark of 100,000,000
Cite? That sounds like bullshit to me & can't find a credible source for it anywhere.
The funny thing is that the free-for-all process of article creation at Wikipedia ended up becoming by far and away better quality than the structured academic process that Nupedia set up.
Almost like the Cathedral and the Bazaar
Hopefully, I'll get bonus points for linking to Wikipedia 4 hours before it goes dark!