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You're a Republican, aren't you? Toyotas are some of the most fucking reliable vehicles on the road. I have a '95 Corolla with 240k miles on it, been hit a few times, did a 540 spin into a snowy ditch doing 60mph, and lord knows what other abuse it's taken, and guess what. Still runs great. The problem has pretty cle...
It won't be up to me. I am not willing to stake anything on that. I think you are confused... What I was meaning to say was that if the government started trying to have a technological war with it's people it wouldn't end well for the government. Sure, the government can censor a hackers internet. The hacker can in ...
You make great points and I agree with you. But it's important to look at why the Average Joe thinks that way. In my opinion, it's a big picture that involves the institutions of government, corporations (media/other), and religion, who are all hungry to consolidate power as a natural function of their existence. It se...
Perhaps we should spell it out for you. You have no power. You have no ability to stop us. The lengths we go to circumvent your controls, possibilities you cannot dream of, are extensive. out of all the bullshit and
Even the US spin machine couldn't pull that off.
I don't think I ever heard net neutrality rules suggested that prohibited packet privatization by type. Even in the current rules, Comcast will be able to prioritize VoIP traffic, but they can't prioritize their own VoIP traffic more than Vonage's VoIP traffic. They can prioritize Video On Demand (to the best they can ...
I'm not going to try and attempt to explain exergy here, so I'll explain as best I can without it. If you take an electric heater, you approximately get the amount of heat out as electrical work you put in. Let's say this is equal to a first law Coefficient of Performance of 1 (COP = Q_out / W_in). The second law eff...
Thoughts of what users want and what might be cool don't pop into my head. Fair enough, but then you have to realize that what pops in your head might not be what pops into the average consumer's head either. >They got complacent or other manufacturers caught up. I can't say which. Neither (more on that in a sec)...
I feel the same way when politicians get blasted for 'flip-flopping' after they change their minds on an issue. I mean, do people realize what they are criticizing? They're criticizing the ability to form a better opinion as more information becomes available. And as a result, we get government officials who view all c...
i don't think anyone really has a problem with getting it removed. What i do have a problem with, however is their method. Sure starting local can get a lot of things in motion, but most of the people who hear it second hand won't stop to think, "oh, those parts of that site need to be removed and never be seen again...
Listen, this is not a free speech issue. If there is CP on reddit or any website it needs to be eliminated immediately. These are children, ones that deserve to have a childhood. That being said, this isn't about legality. Reddit gain credibility and was a force during the SOPA blackout. Reddit was shown to have infl...
There's a difference between a picture of a 17-year old naked girl and a 8-year old naked girl. One is clearly not mature, one clearly--sexually--is. I think our problem is that the 18+ porn law is so hard-defined that all of a sudden--in one day--a naked picture on the Internet becomes "legal". This, despite the fac...
So, if a few people that use SomethingAwful forums were trading these kinds of pictures, would it be reasonable to contact churches, schools and reporters to get SomethingAwful labelled as a pornography hub? Free speech and the legality of this aside, most people on reddit know that most people on reddit don't like ...
The bottom of the issue? The bottom of the issue is that people don't raise their children. Nor do they trust their children. The problem is that we(I am an american) baby the ever loving shit out of our ENTIRE SOCIETY. Look CP which is child porn is wrong. I have no problem with child porn being illegal and banned. Ch...
Once upon a time, there were three monkeys. Don't ask me where the other monkeys were, wiseguy. Maybe they didn't exist. As far as these three monkeys were concerned, they were the only ones in the vicinity. Oh and speaking of vicinity, they were in a forest. Because that's where monkeys are in general. Otherwise we ...
There sure are a lot of SA goons in here crying for Reddit to be shut down. The majority of Reddit does not support CP, the Redditors know this. This reeks of sensationalism >Unfortunately, the reddit community as a whole also harbors pedophiles and distributors of child pornography, including a man who goes by the...
I support the elimination of cp but calling all Redditors pedophiles, as some of the folks on SA have, is ridiculous and ignorant. I think calling all of Reddit pedophiles because certain subreddits contained cp is like condemning every single German person a Nazi or calling every American some dirty redneck warmonger....
Here's the thing: Reddit is a private entity. Yes, they are generally treated as a common carrier. That doesn't mean that the admins don't have the right to enforce community standards when they choose to do so. There is no 'constitution' of reddit, nor is there any requirement that it has to be exactly as permissive a...
aaaaaanndd I'm creeped out this shit has to go. Terruso or whatever, you are sick; that's you DAUGHTER you taking extremely suggestive picture of such as "cutie shows some ass" that was Wong in so many fucking ways, but I'll only point out two 1. THAT'S YOUR FUCKING CHILID seriously who the fuck does that? You are a te...
Reddit already fulfills every legal obligation to keep CP off the website. That they would bend to pressure from these scaremongering, pro censorship groups is very disappointing. I guess that's just the times we live in though. Where you can pretty much accuse anyone or any group of "EXPLOITING CHILDREN!!111" And th...
When a local BBS restarted their tradewars map I set up a nice little pocket and slowly worked my way out. After a few weeks I'd built up a sizable force and was happily trouncing other players until I reached this one sector with an astonishing defense setup. Not willing to let that stand I brought my entire Armada...
I imagine Microsoft pays them a shitload of money to sty WP-Exclusive, another explanation comes not to mind. Nokia having the choice between Android, WP and MeeGo might even have considered using WP, but completely abandoning the Android market which shows the by far biggest growth of these system is just plain stup...
People didn't want them to go with android. What everyone seems to forget is that Nokia spent a lot of money developing their own OS, an open source platform called Meego, to be their next smartphone OS after Maemo. Then, Microsoft did a takeover when Steven Elop, an ex Microsoft Office exec became head of Nokia, and...
The risk is always there. This is just plain silly. Using civilian nuclear power to make weapons materials is more expensive, difficult, and obvious than making a clandestine graphite pile (or a bunch of clandestine centrifuges), which will safely and (relatively) cheaply produce the necessary materials for which the...
I'm completely unfamiliar really with this style of responding to a legal threat — I've never really seen it before." Proper response, try to deny over $100,000 to charities. This. Fucker. Must. Burn. Edit: People seem to be missing out on how exceptionally ignorant this comment makes Mr. Carreon seem. Not because ...
Before I begin, let me just say this post is not meant to attack you, AmbientTech, someone I do not know or wish to offend. It is meant to address widespread misinformation about what 4chan is. 4chan is a place for people to post pictures of shit and troll each other. What it is not, is an elite group of skilled hacker...
As one who used to frequent Funnyjunk almost daily, this just makes me happier that I left. Funnyjunk for those who do not know has a 'thumb' system, and it works much like reddit's upvote/downvote system. After a while, everyone on the site became obsessed with getting higher thumbs, and I was understanding of that. I...
This is a great example of bad research. First of all, large parts of the work have been done, but not at that cost. Second, fundamentals: Flash LiDAR exists. low cost scanning LiDAR exists. The issue is not the LiDAR device, really. The problem with these systems is not the LiDAR. It is getting pose on the...
We went through this in Wilson, NC. Town: We need high-speed Internet. Hey Time-Warner! Can you move a node out here? TW: Nahh. Too expensive, not enough people. Town: Okay, how about Embarq (now CenturyLink), can you come out here? Embarq: Nahh. Too expensive, not enough people. Town: ANYONE?!?!? ...
Am I the only one around here who does not give a fuck about this modern hightech-crap? Dammit, I still am trying to get over my hatred for the mobile phone! I wonder whether this will turn our like the smartphone and create a hype, or will recede into a niche like the e-ink reader. Propably the bloody things will end ...
First reddit complained that this case shouldn't have been decided by people who knew nothing about patents or tech. Then reddit went ballistic when it turned out that one of the jurors actually knew something about tech patents because he had one.
I bought my first Logitech G5 when they shipped this orange-ish colored edition. Fast forward three years or so, the cord came off the mouse (literally). Contacted support, they sent me a new G5v2 for free. Fast forward another year, thats when my G5v2 breaks down. That's when they sent me a G500, again, for free. ...
All things Razer break down so fucking quick. All three of my Diamondback mice, both the regular and 3G (I kept on using them since I was already so accustomed to it I couldn't bear switching) cords broke which were an easy fix, fortunately, but my Razer Onza has been dismantling itself as well over the past couple of ...
I have a few Razer devices, and the software exists but is not required. I don't install any of the Razer software - and it works fine. The only reason for getting this software is if you want to change things that the operating system doesn't have the ability to change. Razer devices have a programmable chip inside ...
EVERYONE is missing the point of this software. Synapse 2.0 uploads your drivers, macros, and preferences to the cloud. THAT'S IT. This way your mouse and keyboard will work on ANY computer you put Synapse on. This allows razor to use less on board memory on the devices and keep prices stable while offering more cap...
I disagree with the frustration over the initial setup. I understand the frustration if the transition from online to offline mode causes functionality problems. Once it is set up, it should be able to function offline perfectly, if not, it needs to be fixed ASAP. Similar story when I set up my new Logitech Harmony...
Please let me tell you all about how bad Razer is as a company and why I do not buy their products: In 2005 I was lucky enough to get to go to E3 in LA. I worked for a small company called Good Work Systems, this company made an interesting alternative style mouse called the R2 which sported the ONLY on board memory ...
Their more expensive mice are a waste in my opinion, but I have used standard microsoft mice and I have a hard time going back to them after using my death adder for years (only $45ish, so not too bad). It's not just the extra buttons I like. It also tracks better, fits my hand better, and clicks more easily. Normal mi...
I actually use a Razer mouse and keyboard for gaming and do game offline at times. Really, I just deactivated it and woosh it's gone. Not a big deal. I don't know why people are up in arms about this. I don't have to be online for my mouse and keyboard to work. You're right though.
I bought an Onza right when they got popular. I loved it so much, it made me play better. Then, after about 2 months, the analog sticks started messing up. I started looking up (in game) when my thumbs were off the sticks, or I walked backwards (again, in game) when my thumbs were off the sticks. It wasn't subtle eithe...
There is a lot of confusion, yes. The problem mainly is your software. The cloud backup service should have been made optional and unobtrusive. There should be no need to register yet another account just be able to change the DPI or mouse keys. You took a step backwards in terms of usability. For instance for th...
I recently got a laptop and thought it would be cool to get a nice wired mouse to go with it. (With my desktop I use a Sidewinder X8) So I plug in my new Deathadder black, install Synapse and it all works okay, it's only when I get somewhere and plug in my mouse does it make me rage. By default the mouse runs at 3500...
In my case, the left analog stick rubber started coming off since I jammed my left thumb's nail in it when I had to point it down quickly. After that, RT would randomly stop working properly, when I checked the calibration screen, it would jump back and forth and only went all the way down when I held it as hard as p...
Considering this only happens on the .com site, it seems to be a local bug, rather than anything intentional. The US (aka .com) is Google's test ground.
This could just be a bug in their user agent or feature detection. Why don't we all calm down for a bit to see if Google responds or rectifies this. I seriously doubt they would do this against WP users. The more people that use their core services, the better for them. Android doesn't make much money for them. It is...
Microsoft may not be good competition in the consumer space but for thousands of organizations, they're invaluable. And I'm not talking about just windows. A lot of Microsoft technologies power the backbone of the internet a majority of the web services on the internet. Major companies that are data driven rely on Mi...
I don't think you're looking at either company by the right standard. What you seem to be saying is "If you're not perfect, you're terrible". But there's something to be said for a gaming company that clearly offers better customer service than any of their competitors by a large margin and there's something to be sa...
um.. because you are going to two different places. you are going to a mobile version of google maps is actually a totally different system than the normal google apps webpage. the mobile google maps webpage detects if you are on a webkit brower and if not redirects to the mobile google search which is also differe...
Yes, and Windows isn't considered a Monopoly because Mac is considered a viable alternative. Just because Google Maps works well and is popular, doesn't make it a Monopoly. If it were to disappear tomorrow there would already be a ton of alternatives that work just as well for most people. Would you consider Facebook...
Can you run firefox instead of chrome on google chrome os Chrome OS doesn't have apps in the same way that Android/Windows Phone/IOS has apps. Apps in Chrome OS are just run by the browser. You could, theoretically, port Firefox to run as a web app, but that seems a bit nutty :) The reason you can't install a nat...
If you paid full price for it, sure, its not fair. If you didn't, which I'm assuming is the case, then Verizon paid for a fair bit of the cost of the phone, with the expectation that they will be able to get that money back by having more customers on their network. The ban on unlocking phones exists to prevent the pra...
You truly are an idiot aren't you? I'm not going to dignify your ignorance by taking the time to find the sources again, however top iranian officials have spoken about how they would like to wipe Israel off the map. The implication of that statement would be that they are looking for a way to do so. But I know you c...
He should be investing in nanotech BCIs mostly, bodies are largely useless once you can separate your mind from your body. Why have a body when you can exist in a virtual/artificial world or worlds? And people always get hung up on the whole "you're just copying yourself" argument in the context of mind uploading, wh...
I apologize if this sounds obnoxious but, most software companies aren't looking for "the average high school student". They are looking for disciplined and motivated people who can solve hard problems. I'm not saying self taught is everything. Plenty of self taught guys aren't all that great. But, it is a strong ind...
There have been fake reviews on EVERY website since the people started purchasing things online. Can't say I'm not proud of it cause I made a good amount of money in college using black hat techniques to game a system that wasn't yet fleshed out right after the bubble burst in the late 90's. I also had a very loose m...
Yea, you'd be surprised at the number of folks with advanced degrees taking blue collar type jobs out there. Before I got out of the miltary, I was talking with a guy who ran the base's new airman arrival training. He had a group of a dozen and a half junior enlisted come through and of the 18, all but 4 had finished a...
Technology is a double edged sword. Labor in the U.S. was once in so much demand that a uneducated worker could buy land, a house, a car, and still have some leftover. Certainly technology has raised our standard of living but denying its negative effect on the value of human labor os foolish. As a civilization w...
So please don't spread wrong information when you don't have enough expertise in one area. Can I ask your background, because to be blunt, you sound like you don't know what you're talking about. You seem to have decided I'm wrong based on things which I've already said don't apply to our concrete. Just because somet...
Keeping track of your donations, like in Folding@home or World Community Grid, is probably more enticing though: > Learn more at charitywater.org > > Charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. One Today charity Android and iOS app by Google Re...
It's pretty straight-forward what happened. Samsung saw how successful and profitable Apple had become thanks to the iPhone. Samsung decided to rip off Apple's designs to try to emulate this success. Apple didn't take kindly to being so blatantly copied, and so it initiated lawsuits to protect its intellect...
Privacy in any meaningful way is not "Thriving". Your browser, for the average user - well, the majority really has a unique fingerprint. The moment you log into an account with an email address, that email is tied to an IP and as an extension an address through your ISP and log files. Your facebook page that you may...
Here are some other well known companies, for comparison: [Apple Profit Margin (Quarterly):22% for March 31, 2014 ]( [Microsoft Profit Margin (Quarterly):28% for March 31, 2014 ]( [Google Profit Margin (Quarterly):22% for March 31, 2014 ]( [Samsung Profit Margin (Quarterly):14% for March 31, 2014 ]( [Honda Mo...
There simply aren't amy altermatives. If you don't like service from one company, there is maybe, MAYBE 1 other option, and that option sucks. A lot. In my area, we used to have three internet providers. Earthlink, Time Warner and ATT. Well, TW bought up Earthlink and now we have two. Time Warner has speeds up to 30 Me...
Not acting in the best interest of the shareholders could be considered a breach of fiduciary duty. How to act in the best interests of the shareholders is up to the board, which is generally protected in those decisions by the business judgment rule. So long as there is no self interest and the judgment is vaguely ra...
This seems like the place to post it, so here's my most recent Comcast story: I'm a Comcast customer now. Before, I had Charter service; I paid $70/month for 100Mbps, and I loved it. Customer service was top notch, and yhe service rarely had problems. Then I moved back home. Comcast was my only option, and to get the...
Am I the only one that doesn't hate Comcast? All I see is hatred in their direction. While I'm a totally content customer. Their customer service has done great with me, they go out of their way to fix problems, I had a wonderful experience with them sigh my parents and have now had a wonderful experience in my own pla...
Why don't we have a Kickstarter for an Internet-owned public ISP? If the gov't and the companies aren't going to do it, maybe we should do it ourselves.
I just wanted to say that, as someone who has worked in customer service for some giant shitty company, we all know how badly the company's customers are getting fucked. We're not allowed to tell you that the company fucked up except in very rare circumstances, and we're not allowed to agree with you that something is ...
This doesn't make any sense actually. Are they implying they look at the content that's being streamed and thus charge people more for it? Also, if I have a subscription to Netflix, or Amazon or some other movie streaming site, what damn business is it of theirs to be charging me extra for content I already paid for.
Plain and simple... everyone needs to place requests that google fiber gets installed in their area. I hate comcast. A couple of weeks ago I had an "upgrade" so it would lower my bill.. btw that is the only way to lower the bill without slowing down internet or losing channels. I was told there would be a $99 upgra...
In Ontario, the two primarily providers are Rogers (cable) and Bell (DSL). However there are non-competition agreements where in some areas, another company will manage cable, such as Shaw or Cogeco. When I got Cogeco, I got internet only. I'd gladly pay for cable, but to get HD, and even have two TVs, it was basically...
I use a VPN like 8 of 9 hours at work, if not more. And some at home for the same reason. ...I'm configuring grocery stores' refrigeration controls. Torrents are actually blocked by our network admin. Meanwhile, if I do torrent anything, I do it at home without a VPN.
So much this. Conflating a democracy which places elective power in the hands of the people has no relationship to a perceived level of internet freedom. The populace can either not want internet freedom (e.g. prioritise national security more highly, not necessarily actively dislike 'freedom'), or frankly just don't c...
Of course the more reviews the more accurate a source will be, but to create that source we need anecdotal evidence. No, you don't. You browse on the internet for technical analysis, an expert review or statistics. User reviews are only useful if they indicate a systemic problem. E.g. if lots of people found a cert...
I don't know why you're being downvoted, but you're right; the RFID is only a ID number which gives officials access to your database files, it's useless without a direct access to it. In order for this "technique to be successfull", one should also be able to modify the database profile information. And I guess these ...
Maybe, maybe not. The reason for this is because it would infringe on the rights of radio and electronics enthusiasts/hobbits which has a long standing tradition in America, all the way back to the early days of radio. The carriers would have one hell of a fight on their hands if they try to extend the laws into th...
I think it's going to be interesting to go from hub architecture, like USB, to peer-to-peer architecture. Sure its only one connector on your PC, but every single peripheral is going to have to have two connectors and enough advanced circuitry to actually keep the link at max speed throughout the daisy-chain. Say yo...
The difference is that Google+ is a free web service with low barriers to entry and exit. If I don't like it, I can simply stop using it. Or, I can use it alongside Twitter or Facebook or whatever. When I'm deciding on a smartphone platform, I'm only going to choose one and I'm only going to choose once. WP7 has issu...
This is a good point, but it involves two different entities: the destination website and online advertisers. If you go to www.xyz.com and create an account there using your real name, then XYZ has lots of potential to sell and cross-reference your info. From my experience, online advertisers never see this informat...
It's amazing how US legislators keep trying to control the Internet at the direct expense of civil liberties, human rights, and democratic ideals. Until steps are taken to reduce the influence of $$$, this sort of legislation will keep being pushed by both parties. If you value free speech (and democracy), channel y...
hello reddit, Some close friends of mine have decided to buy out a company called [moneyclamp]( they are trying to find creative ways to promote the product and places to sell it. they also offered to setup one of the following discounts if i can make it popular enough: 15% off entire purchase free engraving with p...
Well, let's go through their list .... Air: They will never have any range that would make them praticable. Biofuel: No way we can produce enough bio fuel for our gasoline needs. Hydrogen: As mentioned before: Hydrogen actually uses even more energy than EVs, also has a lot higher risk due to havi...
I work with MS and Apple products, I have seen the same hardware failures, the same stupid users, and the same software problems (respectively: crashes/driver issues/virus infections). It boils down to the person using it, I've never had any issues I didn't personally create from tinkering with *nix MS or Apple. I re...
Actually the current legal battle over the iPad trademark and the temporarily halted sales of the iPhone 4 over in China are limiting that penetration while Samsung swoops in to snatch up the spoils. Given the cost of living over there and how much the average citizen makes I'd wager to say most Chinese citizens don't ...
Saying solar energy = wind energy is just as poorly thought out as Tomatoes = Ketchup is. From solar energy to wind energy is jsut as far as a step as saying solar energy = fire since all burnable material needed the sun to grow (alternatively: as saying solar energy = life since all life needs the sun to exist).
I disagree, I've actually come to rely on Siri as a makeshift personal assistant. Yes I did ask it how much would a wood chuck could chuck when I first got it, but when the novelty of that wore off I started to see how useful it is. It's great at finding locations for me and quickly, changes songs without having to tou...
not mastered yet. -FTFY An approach to adding this 'feature' would be using a database if human interations and codify(as in the researchers report) the intentions of those involved and allow the machines to figure out what is important using facial recognition, body recognition, object recognition and voice analyzin...
Yes, he uses a Macbook Air, but still thinks the rest of the Macbook line are nothing special: He also doesn't like/use OS X, he's using OpenSUSE but he'd like to switch if only he could find another linux distro that works with the Air hardware:
Can I just say that Samsung should spend less money in court battles and more on fixing the god-awful software that you have to use if you want to connect your Samsung phone to, I dunno, your computer? As a (current) holder of a Samsung phone, I'm qualified to fuss. Hey, maybe they could trade that patent to Apple for ...
Perhaps Samsung desperately want to do what you are suggesting, but can't because they have to keep defending themselves in BS patent lawsuits or face having all their products banned.
Just checking, so Samsung helps brainstorm and actually manufactures the Apple tech, for the money, correct? So Apple is their biggest customer? Damn. So if Samsung pulls something, Apple can just back out, and Samsung loses a huge customer and lots of money in wasted material. So no chance on boycotts, or a refusal to...
from the article: wired broadband in the US has become a duopoly: > The practice of tying one service to another is rightfully frowned upon in antitrust situations. Given that wired broadband service is provided by just two companies (one cable provider and one DSL provider) in almost every area of the country, it...
beautifully put. as someone in the IT field as a non-professional, this is something that affects me personally as well. i think too many people view internet access as something used to screw around on social sites (cough reddit cough) or just to check email, when in reality it's already moved past that into a fu...
and that is the difference between a somewhat-strict society with strict driving tests and great penalties for bad driving and a somewhat trust-based society that just decides who can drive by what kind of person you are and once you are allowed to drive, you are simply trusted for good driving because people of good c...
Not paranoid at all. Even if they don't do anything evil, I still do not want people analyzing my likes and dislikes in order to trick me into buying yet more shit I don't need. They trick you into giving away your information, trick you into thinking they don't collect your information, and trick you into buying their...
He is a traitor to them because of his attempt to expose their abuse of power and also because he is directly challenging their power. If he reaches trial, they risk further exposure of their filth and the failure of their original attempt to silence him.
You want sources? Here you go. Are you really so dense as to believe that I was contesting whether or not the RIAA/MPAA has funded studies before? Your entire post is an irrelevant straw man argument. What I was (and still am) contesting is statements like these: "A large volume of alternative third party researc...
Theft (n) the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use (including potential sale). Here is another definition of theft which shows theft can apply to piracy. You are ...
Defragmentation is not enough (or naïve defragmentation) file placement is crucial, since seek time and reading speed depends on that (closer to the beginning of the disk HD are faster). Having a MFT in stellar condition (best placement + contiguous) is also important (since for reading a file you first read the MFT,...
There are several others I could also list as well. The reason I didn't list something similar to yours and several others is because I do not think they could gain the support of the general public. As someone who has to work with this issue, I can tell you that even when it comes to the uneducated masses, there is...