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Comment Re:12.64 percent in only 17 months (Score 1) 187

Server core still has the GUI, it does not have Windows Explorer and many of the GUI applications, but the kernel level basics are still there. Try typing "notepad" in your powershell window - up it comes. You can have multiple powershell sessions open, in windows, on you console. You can even RDP the console once configured.

Comment Re:Classify net access as a utility? (Score 4, Informative) 343

You assume that in order for the internet to be a 'utility' it has to somehow be made available (instantly) throughout the entire United States. That's not how utilities are rolled out. municipal water is still missing in many, many areas of the country that use wells and septic tanks. The west coast of Florida comes to mind. Most of Montana. Heck, lots of farms w/o indoor plumbing well into the 1950's even if they had a well. Electricity - same way. Telephone same way - I was using party lines in the 1980's which was huge improvement over having to walk to the store on the main road to get make a call.

The OP isn't asking for 10Mbp country wide, tomorrow.. The ask is to start setting standards, start setting prices that include a capital improvement component and start rolling it out. Maybe it will even catch up and pass water!

And BTW Sweden has far less population density than USA, and more inhospitable terrain to cover...

Comment Works for me.... (Score 1) 109

if your are targeting the 'average phone' this is a reasonable spec. Developing for the S5 only is a small market.

This sounds a lot like my samsung galaxy s2x (aka hercules). Bought it xmas 2012 for $150. It has 16G and 8M camera. The screen is 4.5 x 850ishx480ish Super Amoled+ and it looks fantastic. Seriously. It compares well the the wifes N5. Si far no lag.

Seems reasonable for a low cost entry to development to me.

Comment Re:Real-world conditions (Score 1) 238

Your limited knowledge of car suspension is risking your wife's life. At 80 mph your civic will understeer and roll over with any sudden steering input, such as an emergency lane change. You should put the cost savings from your mileage improvement into the funeral fund - those things are expensive you know.

Or it could be be you know more about suspension setups then Honda, who won the Indy 500 yesterday. Yeah, that's it. You should really write them a letter about their 'design flaw'.

Comment Cars needs keys by law...yes, all of them... (Score 0) 584

Was that sarcasm? Or just stupidity?

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) is the relevant US law. You can't produce or sell a car in the USA without following those rules. Section 114 deals with :
S1. Scope. This standard specifies vehicle performance requirements intended to reduce the incidence of crashes resulting from theft and accidental rollaway of motor vehicles.
S2. Purpose. The purpose of this standard is to decrease the likelihood that a vehicle is stolen, or accidentally set in motion ...

S5.1.1Each vehicle must have a starting system which, whenever the key is removed from the starting system prevents:
(a) The normal activation of the vehicle's engine or motor; and
(b) Either steering, or forward self-mobility, of the vehicle, or both.
S5.1.2For each vehicle type manufactured by a manufacturer, the manufacturer must provide at least 1,000 unique key combinations, or a number equal to the total number of the vehicles of that type manufactured by the manufacturer, whichever is less. The same combinations may be used for more than one vehicle type.
S5.1.3Except as specified below, an audible warning to the vehicle operator must be activated whenever the key is in the starting system and the door located closest to the driver's designated seating position is opened. An audible warning to the vehicle operator need not activate:

Now what's your excuse? Did the 'market' decide this was required for cars?

Comment No balance here (Score 1) 199

Your description sounds nice, but if you RTA that is not what happened here. The guy went bankrupt. Lost his house. Newspaper reported the forced sale of said house (online). Google indexed the newspaper article. Judge says newspaper (online) can stay. Link must be remove from google.

What a slippery slope this is. If the newspaper has a search engine, does that link have to be removed? Many newspapers are part of a chain/umbrella organization. Does their search list have to change? What if it is a static index on the media site? What if he wants to keep the links to his daughters wedding, and only drop the links to the foreclosure? Can he pick and choose which articles are indexable and which aren't? How?

There is no balance here, just a hopeless attempt to change the past that isn't feasible to implement technically anyway.

Comment Never. (Score 1) 263

You have it very good. Don't blow it. Use the 'extra' money you now make and the free time you now have to volunteer somewhere (or spend time with your kids, or pursue a hobby, or travel). There are non-profits begging to get work done end-to-end. You can do exactly the same thing, and feel good about it, while keeping your boring job.

If you are serious, have your payroll deposited into two accounts. One is the lower salary of the exciting job. The other is the 'bonus' money of your current job. You'll find the bonus money piles up and allows you freedom to pursue other interests outside of work.

Comment Re:Burning Chrome (Score 1) 125

The UI has been there for a long time. Some diehards found a (somewhat secret, somewhat obscure) developer switch that allowed the 'old way' to hang around a little longer.

I had to go back and forth from the article to a new tab page to try and figure out what they were talking about as I saw no change at all in 33.

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