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Just glanced over there financial statements to get an idea how well theyre actually doing, and holy shit i was surprised. They made 77 billion dollars in gross profit with almost a quarter less revenue than walmart, have 277 billion in assets and "only" 186 billion in liabilities. Most of their assets, around 110 bill...
AT&T Mobility is Cell Phones, which means it is going through the Cell Phone Towers that AT&T paid for. To get extra capacity to support the bandwidth needed for people to sit at their desk watching a movie on their cellphone would mean putting in more Cell Phone Towers. To do this they would need to generate funds, ...
This is such a cowardly measure by these struggling companies. I would liken it to a hose you buy at the hardware store: you buy pretty plants from another store that everyone loves and are easy to take care of and smell nice and bloom for the longest amount of time. So you buy the seeds early and plant them, but th...
You're wrong, plain wrong. You don't understand how data functions. Read my edit and respond back. AT&T only offers 2GB per cell phone. Whether I use that 2GB to browse the internet, watch porn, watch netflix or streaming music it doesn't cost AT&T any extra. So why should Netflix have to front the bill? AT&T has billi...
Well it's just unfeasible. The amount of money you would have to come up with up front to build all your infrastructure is astounding. Let's pretend you had enough to start in one town. You build everything and start charging less. You're going to see what I call the "walmart approach". Since you only exist in this...
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Unless you actually have a panic button you'd be lucky to see police within a few hours around here. We'd call you a couple times, call your backup phone. Then call your secondary contacts if you had any, then call the police and wait on hold for a while before we get through on the alarm line. Then it would sit at t...
Unless the software she uses for work is super old, it should still work in 7. Trust me, I totally understand the pain of completely reinstalling software, but she needs to understand that this is going to keep happening, and likely get worse, until she upgrades. The sooner the better, but maybe an option to propose to...
it's about growing ones personal wealth through powerful connections and influence How else would you fucking propose we run things ape boy? This is how primates run shit. No. Just no. Stop. >growing ones personal wealth You have to be wealthy already to play the game. Doing all the sleazy, immoral shit is...
Not that I'm trying to defend AT&T or talk shit about unlimited plans, but every service has some sort of fair use policy and more companies are making it more obvious (ie: asterisk next to unlimited or Skype and Verizon limiting calls to 2 hours each) generally, you're allowed by ToS to use a service up to the point...
They specifically told us that they were not changing the plan-it was still technically unlimited and therefore you would not receive any additional charges for it, and they didn't guarantee you would have unlimited at any specific speed, just that you would have unlimited. That was still true. Reps at at&t honestly ...
I agree that consumers should be able to download any content through any means online. However, besides the cost of using the internet to download said content, the consumer, through research and review, isn't directly paying the distributor or artist. See, this is where I find convenience overstepping and avoiding s...
Some people say that is because of the business in the area but I am almost 100 percent sure that that isn't why. It is because of the way different levels of Texas courts have jurisdiction over civil matters. Essentially it is a legal strategy so you can find a jury of people who benefit you the most. Clearly th...
BTW a return on a motherboards do have a cost and if I was the seller I would charge a restocking fee. You have to have a system to generate the RMA. You have to track it through a nonstandard receiving system, it's not coming from your regular suppliers. If is been opened you now have to test and certify it then sell...
As someone who uses both Uber and Lyft, I prefer the app based car services for a few reasons: First and foremost, they are cheaper. In my experience, in Honolulu, an Uber/Lyft ride from my house to Waikiki will be $10-$12. That same fare, in a cab will be $17-$20. Not a huge difference, but hey, why not save a few d...
Okay let's start at the beginning: There are two types of taxis in NYC; Yellow/Green cabs that are strictly for street halls (although you do have the option to get them using Uber in NYC- UberT) and black car service (Black limo, car service from a base)- TLC calls them FHV; For Hire Vehicle. You must make an arraig...
Their fault? No, any leverage to change it? Maybe. People cutting the cord with their cable providers is becoming more common, a la carte services, once thought of as a pipe dream, [are being tested by content providers like HBO]( These kind of changes show that the market is changing, and with open internet (plug ...
You are completely missing the mark of the debate. While, in the same time as apple, Android has been updated more often, Carriers are NOT pushing those updates out to locked phones since they control them, instead of apple. When apple says "the update is ready X day", EVERY I device is going to get that update tha...
On PCs we started with the abstraction of "do it how IBM did" and moved forward mainly with abstractions on top of how the hardware actually works from then on, to keep that level of compatibility. In the mobile world there is no BIOS/UEFI to bring up the hardware for you, abstract away parts of it, and boot your OS fo...
Rumors say it's NVIDIA's fault for not getting their drivers and stiff to Google on time. I don't believe that Google would update even old devices like the N4 so quickly and deliberately screw over N9 users. I know it's frustrating, I waited 6 months to get Lollipop on my OnePlus, a Cyanogen phone but the main reason ...
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority. >Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a horm...
what is with the writing on that article? there is a " ... " every 4 words that is annoying as fuck. someone
Cannot agree with you more. All these people crying about Facebook stealing their "valuable" personal information probably haven't thought twice about their GMail accounts, or Twitpic, or any other connection they have to millions of people. I for one, enjoy Facebook for exactly the way I can post my thoughts and ide...
From 2001-2010 my average download speed has gone DOWN by about 15%. I have only 1 option (besides DSL which is slower) for my home address. During that same time, my cable modem bill has gone UP by over 50% ($29.95/month to $54.99/month). My torrents are throttled, I no longer get free usenet access, and I have r...
Yes, but I believe it's because we aren't really at a point where gesture based anything will work well. We have some good carnival type games, and I can see RTS getting some play, but FPS and platformers still have a long way to go for us to see some really quality games from this type of tech. See all of Nintendo's...
Thank you. I commute on BART every day, and had to sit through the protest last month for several hours during my evening commute. It's very different when the only thing the protestors achieve is inconveniencing bystanders. They're only hurting commuters, and doing nothing to change BART police behavior.
The title is misleading and so is the article. The courts are not going to overturn the first-sale doctrine. The Copyright Act states that a copyrighted product can't be imported into the US without the permission of the copyright holder. At the same time, the act also gives you permission to sell a copyrighted produ...
Left my Galaxy Nexus in a taxi last Saturday. I kept calling the lost and found and nobody had turned it in. On Monday, the phone suddenly gets plugged in and shows up on Google Latitude, at the taxi dispatch office. Before remembering to check latitude, I installed plan B phone locator app remotely from the play m...
That's not the historical effect. The historical effect was monopolies by guilds and trading companies. Ah, see, here's the conflict. You're looking at all of human history for guidance as to software. I'm just looking at software. Might I suggest you adjust your lens a bit? > Without patents vast amounts of new i...
You're looking at all of human history for guidance as to software. I'm just looking at software. Might I suggest you adjust your lens a bit? Ironic, given the failure to address things specifically and with context is yours. > This simply isn't true in software historically. You can't produce software and hide eve...
Actually, it works out pretty well. I won't even bother reading the articles posted here anymore. Because I just know people are rising hell in the comments after just reading the title, and I know someone has been upvoted to the top for correcting all these people and explaining what the article actually contains....
Well the company I'm working for pays that. I'm just an engineer - I come up with the idea, write it up and pass it on to the company-internal patent committee. They assign someone to review it, it goes back and forth a bit until it's accepted, then it goes to the company lawyer. I always try to get someone to be co-in...
Actually this is true. I work with magnets, for example. Rare Earth magnets. Hitachi owns all the patents for neodymium magnets, and only lets 4 plants have the right to make them, all four in China. On top of that, China doesn't care. So there are lots of factories in China that make neo. And they can sell almost anyw...
It's sensationalistic in the current atmosphere of making Apple out to be the primary bad guy. But to the degree that it points out the stupid and counter-productive nature of our current out-of-control so-called "IP" system, there are good reasons to have very excited headlines.
I love how Redditors try to defend their mindless hatred of Apple on the grounds of being against "evil software patents"; then when word gets out about a new hardware patent, they somehow twist that into a new excuse to bash them.
Really the only arguments are that Japan scared everyone; and new fossil fuel options are keeping energy costs low for a little while. Sustainable power needs to happen. Maybe it's not renewable , but conventional nuclear is a well-researched and mature technology that will last for much longer than we n...
This will not happen for so many reasons. Complete lack of security. You can shoot drones down, hack the software, steal the cargo, etc etc "Drone fishing" would become a very profitable sport. Drones are fairly loud. With thousands of them buzzing about everywhere the noise would be unbearable. They'd congrega...
I doubt personal income tax has anything at all to do with this. Both Kansas and Missouri, where Google Fiber currently exists, have personal income taxes. Google probably cares much more about the ability to get a large enough number of subscribers to cover the cost of installing the necessary infrastructure, which is...
Just like with their cars, where they are throwing out old conventions that don't make sense, they are trying to make the user buying experience good... and by "good" I mean "not shitty". Nobody likes dealing with dealers, from what I can tell. For a single, worthless data point: my old 13 year old car has been about t...
I tried to buy things from alibaba but almost always the shipping killed the savings, when it was free shipping I found I could get the same items off eBay or Amazon for a fraction more without having to order bulk.
We aren't talking about just 'breaking even' - its a long term investment that has a great payoff long-term. There are several factors that people generally don't think of when talking about solar: First, they generally increase your home value by ~15x the annual energy savings. That generally covers about 1/3rd of the...
There are no vehicles that run strictly off of batteries that have 150k miles. The Priuses and hybrids that have 150k miles, I'd say less that 20% of that is actually on batteries. The engine powers it for freeway driving, not the batteries. If you're going to estimate the cost in electricity to get the gas to the ca...
their are quite a few RAV4EV's with over 150,000 miles on the original battery. these are electric only NIMH powered sold at the turn of the century. they have NO ENGINES in them they are not hybrids they are pure electric. do your research. your wrong. NO I don't have to estimate the mining and energy to get the...
There you go again. Anything making the EV look bad, you conveniently say doesn't matter. Show me a link to these Rav4's. There are now Rav4s that are being sold as EV, but I checked every year from 99 to 06, and all of them are 2.0l or 2.4l 4 cylinder engines. I work in the auto industry. Your "glider" for under 5...
I am not doing your work for you I found a few links (that you will likely dismiss) just google these terms rav4ev 150,000 miles dude your talking our your ass. the reinforce the frame already to hold your HEAVIER than 600 pound engine transmission and all its "crap" your REMOVING 600+ pounds of ice crap and re...
It's funny, because all of your information about him comes from Reddit, making your opinion just as useless as you claim his is.
I would love to buy directly from the manufacturer with the same model tesla uses. Have little "galleries" situated around the country, where you can check out and test drive the current model year cars. If you live outside of a reasonable distance, or if you're unable to get to a showroom for whatever reason, you coul...
I get that. What I'm trying to figure out is: Why is there a sudden surge in consumer demand for a product that most of us can't afford? I'm certainly not OPPOSED to letting them open up dealerships. If they wanna open up a Tesla Store in my neighborhood, then they're welcome as far as I'm concerned. I'm just won...
The D-Wave solves one particular optimization problem approximately . It is not a general-purpose optimizer. Now, there are certain optimization problems that do map nicely onto D-Wave's problem, but this is not a universal property of optimization problems. In order to be more specific, you have to understand the...
Seeing that someone else has just addressed your second and third points, I'll shoot at the fourth: There are many tasks for which a quantum computer is significantly faster than a classical computer, but there are many more in which quantum computers have no innate advantage, and the maturity of classical computers ...
Ok, I'll bite and actually take a look at the image provided. Even on the small screen, there are some obvious issues here. First, the search and navigation header doesn't count as "search results", but it's the header, it's usability and navigation to get round your results on Google. This definitely doesn't count as ...
Honestly it's ok, but not where it needs to be. For me the lack of apps is totally overblown since I never used that many anyway. The real problem is that WP8 is a giant beta. The most recent update has definitely improved it a lot in my mind (ie my battery doesn't drain for no reason... as much) but WP8 needs serious ...
I've spoken about this topic at length before, primarily concerning Windows 8 and it's bastard child, the Steam Box. This is really the tangible result of the App Store, which I will refer to as MSMP, Microsoft Marketplace. Now I won't talk about Steam much, but it's relevant. A condensed version is basically you...
The fullscreen apps are amazingly bad in a desktop environment. Video player and Picture viewer are almost unusable if you are saving videos somewhere else than \user\documents\videos. Microsoft Store app has no obvious Search function without bringing up the Sidebar while inside the App. That is, if you even wanted ...
I agree, not that im qualified to. I think the real reason light water reactors rather than lftr got devolped is because: >Startup fuel—Unlike mined uranium, mined thorium does not have a fissile isotope. Thorium reactors breed fissile uranium-233 from thorium, but require a considerable amount of U-233 for initial s...
Oh that's right, I'm on /r/technology! Sorry it went over your head. Please understand that in cryptography the weakest link is the link that gets all of your data decoded by the NSA and when the NSA monitors your facebook connection with extreme prejudice, and they don't even need to because facebook will give em th...
Depends on your culture. Here are some other examples: - English (United States): ($12,345,678,901.00) - English (Canada): -$12,345,678,901.00 - French (Canada): (12 345 678 901,00 $) - Chinese (Simplified): $ 12,345,678,901.00 - Mapudungun (Chile): -$ 12.345.678.901,00 - Quechua (Equado...
No, he's right. It's not because it's a newer processor, it's because it's a different architecture entirely. Computers have been using x86(_64) architecture for a very long time, so upgrading your CPU will not break any compatibility, as they all use the same instruction set. PS4 went from ARM (I think? Or was it ...
At this point, numbers really don't tell us anything about this generation's 'console war'. This is a marathon. Sony shot out of the gate with a sprint, Microsoft with a solid stride, and Nintendo fell and skinned their knees. I don't think Nintendo is out of it with the Wii U, but they need to find some killer app...
This is my prediction. PS4 will win out of the gate. It's cheaper and more powerful. Xbox One will win in the long run though. Xbox One will leverage the same thing that made the Wii a success without compromising its appeal to hardcore gamers. That is, being more than a traditional gaming machine. The PS4 does gam...
As someone who works at GameStop, it truly worries me to see people making misinformed buying decisions and I believe its one of the main reasons PS4 is wrecking shit so hard. When I'm selling people their PS4's while trading in their old 360's I ask them what's making them switch. They say they want to be able to use ...
You are just forgetting the many games they released that weren't great. Look at [this]( list. Not to mention that back then only the well selling games made it to NA because localization was far too costly and there was fear that the different cultures would lead to very different results.
You're right about cars never moving to hovercraft, but his prediction might be applied to maglev trains as a kind of rebound. Also, Asimov envisioned a future where nuclear fission was miniaturized and had almost no waste products. From that perspective it's easy to imagine low-output batteries. Perhaps the field was...
Nothing about this makes me excited at all. If they team up with Verizon then we're going to be stuck with the same bullshit we've had for years. There's not a chance Verizon would give any sort of priority of data to Google or sell the use of their towers cheaply. Sprint is already lending out it's towers to Virgin Mo...
That doesn't make sense either. Google will cut into profits they already make through the play store so they can charge less for monthly services (I.e. less profit) than other resellers? Here is what makes sense. Google will make some level of profit as a reseller. Of course they will boom and get 10s of millions of...
They're two equally bad extremes. On one end you have approved apps only with an approval process that rejects apps for complete BS reasons and charges for the devkit. On the other you have an app store that anyone can dump shit into with pretty much no moderation, making it rare to find an app that isn't garbage. Th...
I guess the Play Store is less monitored by Google which in turn allows malware to easily get put on there . Android devices also tend to be more "open" by allowing files to be accessed and modified more easily, also making malware to infect the android device.In contrast, Apple's App Store tends to be more monitored ...
Sigh. The point is that websites like Facebook, youtube and netflix have you as a product. If they start charging ISP's for their content they have less product to sell to the people paying them for said product (the advertisers). Also unlike ISP's, people have options as to what websites they use, so if those comp...
Similar to karma on here (for the most part); contribute something informative, useful, or amusing people appreciate it. What they are doing is based off of the greed of a failing monopoly and I feel the possible repercussions far outweigh what they stand to gain. I don’t appreciate what they are doing so this is how I...
I still side with the net neutrality side, but I think many times people overlook some facts and reasons why this whole shit is getting out of hand lately. Maddox made some interesting points during one of his recent podcasts when he was talking about the resolution race and how 4K is becoming a mainstream thing. (gr...
Multi step verification is best. Something you have, something you know. Sim card + ID + Passphrase is best. Insert Sim card enter ID Enter passphrase Device initializes and unlocks the card. Should you wish, you can lock the sim card, which would lock the phone AND require the ID / passphrase to decr...
To speak to the Monopoly issue that lots of people seem concerned about: There's a [great post]( on the front page of this sub right now that addresses this concern over cementing the telecom monopolies already in place, but it's very very long so I understand why many would be disinclined to read it. I'll try to su...
Studies? Well, lets see. Boston taxis charge $2.8 per mile, but Uber [only charges $1.2]( I've been told that the rides are fantastic and comfortable on Uber, so i will assume a newish car that devalues at a rate of about $200/month. (3 year old car bought at 15k, sold at 6 years for half that) It's hard to kno...
omg....Australian taxis...HORRORIFIC. Sydney taxi drivers specifically need to all just drive into the ocean. I was visiting and had the unfortunate experience of trying to get a ride with slightly oversized luggage to a not very far away destination. I had 0 experience with any taxi in Australia before this. It took...
Manitoban here. We have MTS, a once-subsidiary of Bell. Now, the COMCAST of Manitoba. They claim that their DSL speeds are unaffected by users, but when school gets out, I leave the computer. We can't even DREAM of 10/1. Holy Crap. We pay $65 for 6/.3, and we usually get 4/.3 We also get throttled randomly and even t...
Oracle's antics with Java never cease to amaze me. Crapware in the installer, more bug- and security holes than you can shake a stick at , it's slow and inefficient. > Whenever I'm in the unfortunate situation to need Java installed for some obscure tool or package, I uninstall it afterwards. It tries to worm it's wa...
I switched from an $88 a month for 1 line and "unlimited" data (slowed at 5gb) from AT&T to $100 a month for 2 lines with truly unlimited data, free rhapsody unlimited, and all streaming music doesn't count against me either (although not sure why that matters if I have unlimited anyways). The hardest part switching ...
I'm glad you've had good experience with Tmobile's customer service. My experience(s) have been the complete opposite and is what ultimately drives me back to Verizon. The first time I signed up for T-Mobile I was doing the $30 prepaid 100 min, unlimited text and 5GB data. The customer service rep signed me up for so...
It says in the text that you get what it is, how long it's free, and how to opt out. Also if someone called in and forgot to cancel I personally (I can only speak for me) would credit back at most 2 months (if you had a major bill increase for more than 2 months and don't see what's going on that's on you.) I realize...
If you're actually meditating, you're doing something physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. It lowers your blood pressure and studies show that people that meditate can concentrate on tasks better. I don't think that's a waste of time at all. If you don't feel rested/any different, chances are you aren't rel...
Technically yes this is possible. It has to do with how the global internet's BGP routing table works. While organizations like ARIN and APNIC are in charge of allocating IP addresses, they do not participate in how the addresses are actually assigned and advertised for the purpose of routing traffic. Not too long ag...
ICANN recently was compliant with US Homeland Security requests for take-down (forcefully, without trial and also outside of US territory) because ICANN is a US business Peter Sunde sees TPB as an potential "next move" take-down request for Homeland Security and ICANN
So what happens in 20-30 years once AES with large keys is easily broken? What happened when it was shown WEP was woefully inadequate? Professionals designed WAP and it was quickly adopted, including a newer version: WAP2. AES goes down? Create a new, modern algorithm. Deploy. Be secure again. >Will businesses ev...
The New York Times has some seriously great journalism and a seriously fucking terrible website. Edit: Pasted the pages here...sue me.
How do you think shifting to the EUR was for Europe? My parents, grandparents, .. are still converting EVERYTHING into Belgian Francs, and the shift happened 10 years ago! I understand that it's what you're used to, but if you don't change someday, your kids will be saying the same, and their kids too, and you'll be ...
IE7 was the first browser with a built in sandbox. ActiveX was locked down years ago and its so horrible that Google copied it & calls it Native Script.
Dude, when I put my 3G in my pocket it was covered in scratches within minutes. That's what you get for having steel wool pockets. I am really not going to argue with you past this point. My original iPhone did get one minor bubble not more than a few pixels big in the screen, but my 3g screen is flawless after two...
Is anyone else getting really tired of Anonymous? I just feel like their threats are very usually empty and they seem to not be able to focus on the right targets ever. somebody needs to aim them in the right direction. Please instead of targeting a portion of a company that is not even actively in support of SOPA use ...
People, this is not Anonymous, this is some Sony and Justin Bieber hating guy making a fake video. Anonymous would not act as childish as abusing some minor kid puppet like Justin Bieber. There are many fake Anonymous videos on youtube. They would also not put that cheesy background music.
I became extremely interested in Anonymous when Operation DarkNet came in to place. Threatening to bring down the hosting service of multiple child pornography sites, FreedomNet (may have name wrong). However, I am frustrated that PSN attacks would receive more attention then helping to aide in the destruction of the ...
Not fake data, fake request for data multiplied by how many zombies you can make. the request doesn't have to necessarily come from a ps3 unit itself as long as a valid looking request reaches PSN then its going to try to send the update. it doesn't even have to successfully complete the transfer if its getting queried...
Anon taking down PSN could solve SOPA once and for all . Do you remember How pissed off everyone was back when PSN was down? More importantly, how much Press the issue got... all over the world!? PSN Users worldwide would be affected -- people of all ages, entire families! Affected users would turn to the internet...
It really doesn't matter what people think of this one particular group in the opposition, since that shouldn't affect people's views on SOPA. Let's say you don't support vigilante justice. For one reason or another, murder in your town sharply increases. Vigilantes start taking action where the police are failing to...
I perceive the legitimacy of a move as gaining the respect of a landslide majority of people regardless of political ideologies. The recent actions of those acting as "Anonymous" hinder this greatly. While I support the ultimate agenda of free speech on the Internet and holding corrupt organizations accountable, I do...
edit: Not so much; read below That above isn't viable, but IPv6 network allocations and the elimination of NAT make this a lot tighter of an argument. In address allocation by zeroconf on IPv6, you'll pick the same IPv6 address throughout time in your netblock as long as your MAC address is unchanged. At that poin...
Microsoft is as vulnerable to security issues based on the users intelligence. If you're using an operating system and it gets compromised, its your own damn fault for being computer illiterate. Source: Someone who owns machines with Linux, Microsoft and Apple operating systems. Hell, I've even been in the I.T. car...
noooooo! After what I just went through trying to do this on my girlfriend's brother's computer, I'm wary of blindly reinstalling the OS on any machine I'm not familiar with. The a couple of the drivers provided on their website didn't work. The power management driver failed causing the machine to never wake up fr...
Wow. Apparently you have a reading comprehension problem. The Mac pro has a processor that retails for $1659.99 on new egg The i7 you quoted is $1029 Ram:You are retarded if you buy a ram upgrade from Apple. A crucial ram kit saves you $575 off that price: The display: Apple doesn't offer shitty 27 inch 1920x1080...
Even still, the extra $99 does not add up to the extra $500 or so dollars a Mac costs for the same spec of a PC. Sorry to immediately go straight to raging at Apple, but as soon as I read "Makes you realize why more and more people are buying Apple hardware." I raged. The reason people are buying Apple wares is becau...
Dude, you sure you're not a lawyer? Your