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Comment Re:Get ready for metered service (Score 2) 631

I don't understand why that's so evil. That's how electric/water/gas works and the world hasn't stopped spinning. You pay a fixed amount for the capacity of your connection and a per-unit charge for what you consume. While I certainly prefer the flat rate unlimited pricing model, I can see why metered service would make more sense.

Comment Re:Media streamer? (Score 1) 60

The rpi-2 is also under $50 delivered with a case. Even more not the same target market. That's my "I'll buy one just to play with it for a few days" threshold. I installed OpenELEC and it seems to do fine with my 1080 material. Tho I still find it quicker to just play content off my laptop. Only real gripe I have so far is the move to MicroSD. Full size SD cards are cheaper and there was plenty of room on the old board. I don't see the advantage of moving to the smaller, more expensive format. Especially when the big selling point is the low cost of the board.

Comment Unnecessarily complicated and inefficient (Score 1) 101

Just put the fabrication equipment in a commercial building and ship the finished products. Next day delivery infrastructure is already in place. Why does it need to be fabricated in my driveway? If there turns out to be a demand for same-day delivery, set up regional production facilities and deliver the product via courier. Amazon, feel free to PayPal me a huge consulting fee.

Comment Re:Turns out agencies don't really work like that (Score 4, Interesting) 145

That's not the only model for agents and managers. I have a friend who works on the production side of TV and movies. For a while, he hit the bricks between every project to line up future work. Then he was making enough to afford to pay someone 10% to do that for him so all he had to do was sign a contract and show up at the next gig. Then he got popular enough that the offers were coming in without the agent's effort so now he lines up his own work again but doesn't have to pound the pavement to get offers. Some day, he may be popular enough that he needs an agent again to "filter out the crap".

Comment This isn't rocket surgery. (Score 1) 239

If it was environmental, ALL of the balls ON BOTH SIDES would have been underinflated. It doesn't take a room full of nerds to figure that out. Unless the Colts kept their balls in a warmer, this is a stupid waste of time. Have some integrity and stop trying to find ways to let the Patriots off the hook. Cheating is so ingrained in their culture they do it when they don't even need to. And they're not good at cheating because they keep getting caught. Tear their house to the ground and rebuild on a fresh foundation.

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