Funny.

Obviously the rumor is LG isn't making it. That wasn't my issue. My last sentence summed it up

If Google wants to promote their Nexus line as THE official TEMPLATE for their phones... and misses such a HUGE design flaw that impacts the core aspect of the device (being a phone) then I'm not going to trust future Nexus versions for a while either. Because either they didn't care enough to notice it, or didn't care enough to do something drastic to delay the release or AT THE LEAST put out a press release. I'll go with something else instead (HTC, Samsung Galaxy, etc.)

Apple was kind of in the same boat with the whole "You're holding it wrong" situation. That was a big bug that impacts day-to-day use of the core aspect of the phone. They missed it, presumably because they tried to test the phones with camoflauged cases.

Though I find the Nexus 5 MICROPHONE issue worse than hand-gate (and bend-gate) because the mic issue completely prevents me from using the phone as a phone. While Hand-Gate was just a signal reduction issue resolved with a bumper, and bend-gate doesn't affect me. And I still skipped iPhone for a generation.

I decided to give the Nexus 5 Google Play Edition a chance. It was a (relatively) decent price, decent kit, and a nice screen. It didn't have as many features as the latest Galaxy but it was still quite good. And I was digging the latest Android screenshots so I got it shortly after release.

It had a major Microphone bug.

It didn't matter where I held it, but the mic would sometimes die out and nobody could hear me. At all. I eventually left myself a voicemail at work and could BARELY hear myself.

I wasn't the only one with the issue.

So... was NOT a fan LG after that. And I don't know how much faith I'm willing to put in a Nexus phone if it released with that big of a bug.

I understand that.

But I don't know how they setup this "fix"

Did they just put local mirrors of NetFlix content in their server farm? And have stream2775.netflix.com point to a local node instead of the "real" stream2775.netflix.com out on the Internet?

In which case, Google DNS would point to the real one on the Internet while the FIOS one points to the local node inside their server-room.

I should clarify... by "acting up" I mean regular webpage browsing... not Netflix.

It was acting funny -- slow speeds, page not found's, etc.

So I switched it. As mentioned it was probably a short-term issue for a few hours or a day or something and I just happened to catch it at the beginning. But I didn't bother switching back.

Obviously the answer is: switch back. But my concern is if it becomes an ongoing issue... will I have to choose between Netflix and the rest of the web.

Long-time FIOS user.

Would using Google's DNS or Open DNS negate any benefits from however they set things up now post-deal?

I toggle Google DNS because a couple months back, for whatever reason, my FIOS was acting up and I tracked it down to that. Used FIOS DNS and it was cruddy, switched to Google DNS and it was fine, back to FIOS it was cruddy... so I left it as Google DNS. It might have been a short-term problem for a day or so but I haven't bothered switching back.

The thing is, someone was saying that now... FIOS's DNS might redirect me to the good/fast route or internal server setup for Netflix while Google DNS (or Open DNS) might take the "unoptimized route"

Anyone know for sure?

I either NEVER had a sense of smell, or at least not since I was 5 years old. So I should have died over 25 years ago.

It is a minor inconvenience... I have to be careful about gas leaks and such.

As for food, I have a good enough sense of taste to distinguish most foods so it's not like I feel like I'm eating sawdust like some people assume.

A for the rest, just minor stuff:
Visually check to make sure I didn't step in dog poo
Don't use any fragrance or cologne... I'll never get it right
Make sure I'm always clean, and have deoderant on
etc

This is probably the closest to a real answer I've seen so far.

Don't get me wrong, I laughed at the announcement and immediately thought of the XBox -> XBox 360 -> XBox One scenario.

But Windows Nine might be too synonymous with Windows Ninety-X

Shape DOES help. The top and bottom of the soda can turn what would be a very very weak bag-of-liquid into something a bit more rigid.

However in the case of the HTC One (M8) it's fairly thicker than the iPhone as well. The middle of the back bulges out quite a fair bit, and the edges dont' come close to the iPhone6. That probably means a lot more material in general: thicker metal, more "stuff" inside the case, etc.

I'm not standing up for Apple... this was a stupid mistake. Didn't any of their beta-testers wear skinny jeans and keep it in the pocket? They should have realized the potential issue.

However... your comparisons are silly. Keys are solid bricks of metal, and usually hard metal so they don't deform and become useless. They must be very strong and very rigid; it's their entire purpose.

Phones are hollow metal shells with mostly air inside, with some silicone wafers and bits of copper wires.

If you make a hollow shell out of metal and thin enough... OR COURSE it's going to bend. Even if it's flippin steel. In this case they chose aluminum, presumably because it was easier to shape into that wedge design.

Now... MOST companies when making thin metal shells purposely don't make them too thin just for reasons like this. And this is where Apple's form-over-function failed.

I managed to bend a company iPhone 5 very slightly last year; I don't know when or how. So I'm not surprised something even thinner and completely aluminum can bend.

I have the regular iPhone 6 right now and I tend to be careful with it. I have it in a soft-case for now but I'll probably put it in a more rigid case once a nice one comes out. Supposedly people are still bending the regular 6, but nowhere near as easily as the 6 Plus.

Because it doesn't just kill you in a day. It takes a while. Symptoms don't appear from 2-21 days; once the symptoms appear you're contagious. Granted that's a wide margin of error.

In the meantime, you have people that try to "get away" because they either don't realize they're already infected or are simply in denial. Said person just has to cross a certain threshold and now it's in a whole other region. You can get pretty far in 21 days, and depending on our knowledge of the area and motivation, it's "possible" to get somewhere else. After all, you might have weeks until you start to show.

That's not counting the doctors / nurses / guards / etc. that can accidentally get exposed and unknowingly pass it on.

Star Citizen and Elite Dangerous did fine on KickStarter back when they were still using it. Eventually both stopped using KickStarter and started using their own methods.

Back in the early kickstarter days Star Citizen had, at most, some in game footage of a dogfight and some 3D renderings of a couple of ships. I don't know what Elite Dangerous had.

They did not have 50% of their game done... heck SC STILL doesn't have 50% done.

Then again, both heads were fairly well-known in the gaming circles for their past works.

As an American, I do not see my car as a status symbol or phallic symbol.

It's a means to an end because the public transportation in my part of the state is inadequate and I couldn't find a place I liked close enough to work for walking or biking. I got something practical without too many fancy options.

Sure my state has public transportation to a degree... hop between specific cities using the commuter rail. But then none of those cities have buses internally and the nearest station to work is far enough that it becomes pointless.

It's cyclical... we need cars because most of our (suburban) areas don't have great public transportation. But those areas won't build up the public transportation because people use cars.

When I travel for work to my one our other locations, I like using the public transportation system there. Less hassle, less headaches. The only annoying thing is waiting in the cold or rain.

Don't get me wrong, playing with your friends while in the same room is INSANELY FUN. Seriously they are a lot more fun than Internet+VOP can ever be.

But LAN parties aren't my thing anymore unless we all have gaming-worthy laptops

Carry in your tower + monitor + box of stuff (keyboard, mouse, cables, etc.). Which can be a real pain depending on where you friend lives: in an apartment, where you have to park 100 meters away and then take the stairs. Sometimes make multiple trips.

By the time you bring in YOUR stuff and wire it up... a fair amount of time has gone past. Then you have to factor in doing all of that in reverse when you want to leave.

And if you're HOSTING then it's still a hassle: clean out an area large enough, setup a router nearby, find enough tables and chairs, clean up afterwards, etc.

Again: all laptops is easier. Just a backpack, power brick, and mouse. But I don't spend that much on my laptops.

Ah sorry.

I actually hear people say stuff like that often though... and MEAN it.

Like 720p isn't HD. Or 1080i is the REAL HD.

So when I hear it, I just cringe.