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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
y July 11, 2012 @01:30PM
(#40617761)
Attached to: Steve Ballmer: We Won't Be Out-Innovated By Apple Anymore
This is my first Slashdot comment in I don't even know how long. You, sir or madam, have it exactly correct. Even Apple's "failures" (the funky-looking iMac that took a lot of jokes is a prime example) were really sold by the company and never treated as second-rate.
I hope that now that Steve is gone, the company continues to be as decisive as it has been, I think if they put the brakes on, they might lose a lot of what makes them Apple.
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
September 08, 2011 @02:47PM
(#37344216)
Attached to: Heathkit DIY Kits Are Coming Back
I know what the submitter means... I'm holding out for a HERO too.
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timothy
ember 15, 2009 @10:50AM
from the even-superer dept.
drewtheman writes "New studies of the plumbing that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park shows the plume and the magma chamber under the volcano are larger than first thought and contradicts claims that only shallow hot rock exists. University of Utah research professor of geophysics Robert Smith led four separate studies that verify a plume of hot and molten rock at least 410 miles deep that rises at an angle from the northwest."
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by
CmdrTaco
ecember 03, 2009 @10:04AM
from the download-compile-reboot-repeat dept.
diegocg writes "Linus Torvalds has officially released the version 2.6.32 of the Linux kernel. New features include virtualization memory de-duplication, a rewrite of the writeback code faster and more scalable, many important Btrfs improvements and speedups, ATI R600/R700 3D and KMS support and other graphic improvements, a CFQ low latency mode, tracing improvements including a 'perf timechart' tool that tries to be a better bootchart, soft limits in the memory controller, support for the S+Core architecture, support for Intel Moorestown and its new firmware interface, run-time power management support, and many other improvements and new drivers. See the full changelog for more details."
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
y September 23, 2009 @09:59AM
(#29515629)
Attached to: According to Linus, Linux Is "Bloated"
I realize I'm late to the party here, but hey, it could be worse - he could never admit that he was right and keep doing it wrong just because.
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
August 20, 2009 @03:49PM
(#29138835)
Attached to: Neural Networks-Equipped Robots Evolve the Ability To Deceive
Evil Overlord List #15: I will never employ any device with a digital countdown. If I find that such a device is absolutely unavoidable, I will set it to activate when the counter reaches 117 and the hero is just putting his plan into operation.
http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
August 18, 2009 @02:38PM
(#29110181)
Attached to: Comcast Finally Files Suit Against FCC Over Traffic Shaping
I think this summed up that position fairly well: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/5/1/
A perfectly valid position, too, IMNSHO
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
August 18, 2009 @11:00AM
(#29106701)
Attached to: TomTom Releases iPhone Navigation App
Where did you get your info for point 2? I couldn't find any corroboration of that on TomTom's site, and the reviews I read said they hadn't listed any pricing for updates yet? I'd consider getting the app if it were true, that's a pretty good deal compared to the hardware device.
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
ugust 14, 2009 @11:22AM
(#29067001)
Attached to: Facial Expressions Are "Not Global"
mutual incomprehensibility
I'll say. That site is the least comprehensible shade of yellow I think I can imagine.
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byRhadamanthosIsChaos
May 21, 2009 @10:43AM
(#28040575)
Attached to: I'll keep my castle secure primarily with ...
I believe you mean a CIWS machine gun.
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Posted
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Zonk
er 18, 2007 @03:31PM
from the lewis-black-catches-it-for-a-segment-we-call-back-in-black dept.
tburton writes "Viacom has put the entire eight year run of the Daily Show with John Stewart online. The content is available from the official Daily Show site, and features clip rating, tags, and numerous community features. The whole thing is supported by relatively unobtrusive contextual ads. 'Viacom's decision to post its entire archive--while fighting YouTube in the courts--sets the scene for a battle between the established media players and their high profile entertainment brands against the user generated content sites, most notable YouTube. Also watching closely the Viacom experiment will be the telco IPTV industry which has seen the market place change rapidly as the quality of online video continues to improve, with at least one platform/site, Vimeo, already offering 1280X720 HD quality direct from the browser.'"
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Submitted
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Maximum Prophet
Thursday October 04, 2007 @02:18PM
Maximum Prophet writes: He seems to like it.
To quote "And sure enough, the bloggers and the ignorant have already begun to spit on the XO laptop. "Dude, for $400, I can buy a real Windows laptop," they say.
Clearly, the XO's mission has sailed over these people's heads like a 747.
The truth is, the XO laptop, now in final testing, is absolutely amazing, and in my limited tests, a total kid magnet. Both the hardware and the software exhibit breakthrough after breakthrough — some of them not available on any other laptop, for $400 or $4,000."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html?em&ex=1191643200&en=54a7e1d4ece85192&ei=5087%0A
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Submitted
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dottyslashdottydot
on Thursday October 04, 2007 @12:36PM
dottyslashdottydot writes: CBC Marketplace recently ran a sting operation and discovered that most home computer repair technicians failed miserably at diagnosing a simple RAM failure. Many techs tried to sell unneccessary software or upgrades. (or even a new computer!) However, the worst offender was one guy who claimed that the hard drive had failed, and that the only remedy was to pay $2,000 to have a special facility with a clean room recover the data.
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Anonymous Coward
Thursday October 04, 2007 @11:01AM
An anonymous reader writes: The first two Blu-ray releases to hit the market encrypted with BD+ (an extra layer of protection designed to stave off hackers) are wreaking havoc on innocent consumers. As High-Def Digest reports, this week's Blu-ray releases of 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' and 'The Day After Tomorrow' won't play back at all on at least two Blu-ray players, while load times on other players (including the PS3) are delayed by up to two minutes.
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professorguy
@02:33PM
professorguy writes: "I've been on the internet since 1984 (back before email addresses had @'s). But it looks like we're coming to the end of an era. From my home, I have 26.4 kbps dial-up access to the internet (you read that right). Since I am a hospital network administrator, it would be nice to do some stuff remotely when I am on 24/7 call. However, no cable or DSL comes anywhere near my house and because of the particular topography of my property (I'm on a heavily-forested, north-facing hillside), satellite is also not available. Heck, cell phones didn't even work here until January.
So far, the technical people I've asked all have the same advice for reasonable connectivity: MOVE OUT of the house my wife and I built and lived in for 20 years. Has it really come to this? Am I doomed to be an internet refugee? Is this really my only option? What is the best solution here?"
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