I'm still running an NAD 7140 from the 1980s as my stereo amplifier.
Listen, I can get you a really good deal on some ceramic dialectric directional cable elevators that will increase your signal/noise ratio by 60%. YOU CAN HEAR THE DIFFERENCE.
I vehemently disagree about the praise for the 3.5mm headphone jack. The same problems it had in the '80s are still with us today.
The problem has always been, like every connector ever devised by humankind, "Good ones are good and cheap ones suck". I've got a Sangean portable radio that I've had at least 20 years, and I've never had sound cut out or had to mess with moving the plug around to get it to work. My Gen One iPod still works fine. My old brown Zune 30gig with the mechanical drive inside has never had any problem with the headphone jack, and I've plugged and unplugged my phones tens of times a day.
I've thrown away a bunch of clever little low-cost devices where the headphone jack is just shit.
You really think that USB-C isn't going to have the exact same problems? I've got an ASUS tablet over here that I use to read out on the back porch and I've got to do all sorts of jiggery-pokery to get the thing to charge because the USB-mini (or micro, I can't remember which is which) jack has gotten looser than the Octomom's hoohah. All jacks go bum. I don't care if it's Thunderbolt or USB or firewire or eSATA or whatever.
If you want me to care about "content creators", you're going to have to call them something other than "content creators". I find that appellation irritating in the extreme. It says absolutely nothing about what they've done to deserve my money.
I mean, I work very hard on adding value to Slashdot with my shitty comments, so I am also a "content creator". So pay me my money, motherfucker. GIVE ME MY GODDAMN MONEY.
Is that the current excuse, not enough money to fire the bad ones? Pray tell, how does that hold water when a) the TSA has never readily fired any of their employees, including borderline rapists
Fifty percent seems about right for law enforcement across the board.
Do you know what happens to police officers that shoot unarmed, innocent citizens? Or ones that get complaints from the public (which is how most TSA agents get cited)?They're put on a desk for a few days and then back to normal. Shoot someone in the back? The Blue Brotherhood protects you. Stomp some skell (or someone who looks like they might be a skell? The first round is on the house.
I don't see why we should expect TSA to stand out.
but they like it, they love it, they want some more of it.
Look at the number. A minority of drivers, "like it, they love it and want more of it".
I'm surprised anyone thinks "cybersecurity" when it comes to cars means anything beyond, "No, you cannot fix it yourself, you can't see what it's doing, and you definitely can't turn off data collection". Automobile manufacturers will be the Google/Facebook of the next ten years. You're nothing but the consumables.
Question authority. And the more authoritarian they act, the harder you should question. If someone tells you, "I'm the only one who can fix this problem", run away as fast as you can.
I call bullshit. While standing in line to reserve a model 3 in Denver, I was surrounded by Model S owners or extended family of an S owner, and a few Leaf owners. I saw a Roadster drive by, presumably looking for a parking space. From that experience, my wag is 10%, maybe 15%, were repeat customers.
This is likely the first of many good press stories released by Elon Musk
You will notice, if you click the link, that the entire basis for this story is an email from someone named "Larry". Show of hands: who thinks Elon Musk is above having a staffer make up this email or making it up himself? Tesla stock has been bouncing up and down in a mostly flat range for a year now, since his cars have become a regular sight on the roads. He needs this to take off, and the poor fit and finish and cheap interiors of Teslas is turning off a lot of potential customers.
Tesla does not have a good record of repeat customers, either. People who buy a new car every year are not buying a second Tesla.
And it actually turned out a little worse than expected. Don't be surprised if you see some Apple selling in the market ahead of the quarterly statement next week.
This is Apple trying to deflect attention from their apparent slowdown in growth. People are selling ahead of the quarterly earnings report next week, which is not predicted to be good.
"Would you marry an orange Oompa Loompa who had a billion dollars?" "Of course, dahlink" "Would you marry an orange Oompa Loompa who was broke?" "Vat do you take me for?" "We've already established that, now we're just negotiating."
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I don't know if someone changed the wiki entry since last night, but there are links to reviews at the bottom of the article and above the notes.
Listen, I can get you a really good deal on some ceramic dialectric directional cable elevators that will increase your signal/noise ratio by 60%. YOU CAN HEAR THE DIFFERENCE.
http://www.reddragonaudio.com/...
Oh man, I would definitely carry a tube smartphone.
Not any more, they don't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The problem has always been, like every connector ever devised by humankind, "Good ones are good and cheap ones suck". I've got a Sangean portable radio that I've had at least 20 years, and I've never had sound cut out or had to mess with moving the plug around to get it to work. My Gen One iPod still works fine. My old brown Zune 30gig with the mechanical drive inside has never had any problem with the headphone jack, and I've plugged and unplugged my phones tens of times a day.
I've thrown away a bunch of clever little low-cost devices where the headphone jack is just shit.
You really think that USB-C isn't going to have the exact same problems? I've got an ASUS tablet over here that I use to read out on the back porch and I've got to do all sorts of jiggery-pokery to get the thing to charge because the USB-mini (or micro, I can't remember which is which) jack has gotten looser than the Octomom's hoohah. All jacks go bum. I don't care if it's Thunderbolt or USB or firewire or eSATA or whatever.
If you want me to care about "content creators", you're going to have to call them something other than "content creators". I find that appellation irritating in the extreme. It says absolutely nothing about what they've done to deserve my money.
I mean, I work very hard on adding value to Slashdot with my shitty comments, so I am also a "content creator". So pay me my money, motherfucker. GIVE ME MY GODDAMN MONEY.
https://youtu.be/0N4b2dmLZII
Fifty percent seems about right for law enforcement across the board.
Do you know what happens to police officers that shoot unarmed, innocent citizens? Or ones that get complaints from the public (which is how most TSA agents get cited)?They're put on a desk for a few days and then back to normal. Shoot someone in the back? The Blue Brotherhood protects you. Stomp some skell (or someone who looks like they might be a skell? The first round is on the house.
I don't see why we should expect TSA to stand out.
You should pay more attention to science. Eating fat doesn't clog arteries.
I think you are a little mixed up.
You mean she'd be red and fun to ride?
Look at the number. A minority of drivers, "like it, they love it and want more of it".
I'm surprised anyone thinks "cybersecurity" when it comes to cars means anything beyond, "No, you cannot fix it yourself, you can't see what it's doing, and you definitely can't turn off data collection". Automobile manufacturers will be the Google/Facebook of the next ten years. You're nothing but the consumables.
I'm glad so many people seem to agree with this sentiment.
Here is a quote from Trump's speech last night:
http://www.theatlantic.com/pol...
Question authority. And the more authoritarian they act, the harder you should question. If someone tells you, "I'm the only one who can fix this problem", run away as fast as you can.
Nuke it from space.
Yes. Of the top five makers of smart watches, Apple was the only one to see sales shrinking.
Those are interesting things for you to group together.
Why not, "child pornography or going 7 mph over the speed limit"? Or, "child pornography or carrying an ice cream cone in your back pocket"?
You might want to figure out the whole moral equivalency thing. You're doing it wrong.
Your anecdote is not borne out by data.
You will notice, if you click the link, that the entire basis for this story is an email from someone named "Larry". Show of hands: who thinks Elon Musk is above having a staffer make up this email or making it up himself? Tesla stock has been bouncing up and down in a mostly flat range for a year now, since his cars have become a regular sight on the roads. He needs this to take off, and the poor fit and finish and cheap interiors of Teslas is turning off a lot of potential customers.
Tesla does not have a good record of repeat customers, either. People who buy a new car every year are not buying a second Tesla.
It's not about the numbers, it's about the news cycle. This was the story at the beginning of the quarter:
http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-a...
And it actually turned out a little worse than expected. Don't be surprised if you see some Apple selling in the market ahead of the quarterly statement next week.
Nobody says Apple's going to go broke. But nobody said IBM would go broke, either. They just faded into the B2B sunset.
Apple investors are a skittish, faddish lot. Bad news about the iWatch is enough to make it a good short play heading into next week.
This is Apple trying to deflect attention from their apparent slowdown in growth. People are selling ahead of the quarterly earnings report next week, which is not predicted to be good.
No, you actually have to make some money for "having a 401k" to work.
401k plans were designed to fail. They were designed to siphon wealth from the middle and working classes and give it to the rich.
Why would you think I was referring to Donald Trump?
One thing I've learned in life is that guys who call it "smash some puss", very rarely get to smash any puss.
"Would you marry an orange Oompa Loompa who had a billion dollars?"
"Of course, dahlink"
"Would you marry an orange Oompa Loompa who was broke?"
"Vat do you take me for?"
"We've already established that, now we're just negotiating."
[The Art of the Deal]