Comment Re:Pathetic (Score 1) 172
But in the USA you can't have socialist government owned fiber. People would revolt!
Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 1) 172
Netflix's max bit rate is 6Mbps which looks pretty decent on a 46" HDTV from 5' away.
Comment Re:I don't see this happening in the US. (Score 1) 705
Of course, the cheapest food is processed wheat, other grains, and sugar. The poorer you are, the more you are reliant on cheap breads and other grain products. Over consumption of these refined carbs definitely contributes to the obesity epidemic.
Comment Re:Apple doesn't give a crap about business anyway (Score 1) 405
More like the IT guy doesn't want to learn anything new so comes up with this BS excuse.
Comment fail (Score 1) 116
Phone app isn't distributed by the App Store
Comment Re:How legit do you want to be? (Score 1) 479
Yep, this is exactly what I set up. I haven't used CouchPotato but SickBeard + sab + WDTV Live Streaming Player works amazingly well. There's not enough on TV to justify spending the ~$100/m that it takes to actually get the shows you want to watch. The problem is, the shows you DO want to watch are usually fairly limited, but it's spread out over so many channels and packages it costs a literal fortune.
Right now I think this is too complicated for the general public which is why the cable and satellite companies can get away with the outrageous charges for TV.
The legit services like iTunes are ok but still too costly in my opinion. Plus I don't care about owning the TV episodes since I rarely would watch them a second time.
Right now I think this is too complicated for the general public which is why the cable and satellite companies can get away with the outrageous charges for TV.
The legit services like iTunes are ok but still too costly in my opinion. Plus I don't care about owning the TV episodes since I rarely would watch them a second time.
Comment Re:Nice hardware. Blackberry OS - not so much. (Score 1) 302
Community support is good and all, but the vast majority of people aren't going to know about or be bothered with something like that. If the manufacturer doesn't provide updates then they'll just stay with what they have, or upgrade their device.
Comment Re:Speak to her in Klingon... (Score 1) 634
bat'leth, sto'vo'kor, p'tak!
Comment Photons be free (Score 1) 634
Didn't like "Photons be free" ? lol
Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 80
My aviation handheld radio has a 5W max output. There's actually a warning in the manual saying don't use it for prolonged periods in close proximity to your head.
Comment Still there if you already have it (Score 4, Informative) 573
An app being yanked from the AppStore doesn't mean it gets removed from your device.
Comment Fiber Nazi (Score 1) 136
No fiber for you!!
Next!!
Comment Re:God's experiment in free will (Score 1) 1226
Cool story bro
Yahoo Includes Private Key In Source File For Axis Chrome Extension 85
Trailrunner7 writes "Yahoo on Wednesday launched a new browser called Axis and researchers immediately discovered that the company had mistakenly included its private signing key in the source file, a serious error that would allow an attacker to create a malicious, signed extension for a browser that the browser will then treat as authentic. The mistake was discovered on Wednesday, soon after Yahoo had launched Axis, which is both a standalone browser for mobile devices as well as an extension for Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer. ... Within hours of the Axis launch, a writer and hacker named Nik Cubrilovic had noticed that the source file for the Axis Chrome extension included the private PGP key that Yahoo used to sign the file. That key is what the Chrome browser would look for in order to ensure that the extension is legitimate and authentic, and so it should never be disclosed publicly."
Forbes Names Microsoft's Steve Ballmer Worst CEO 444
New submitter _0x783czar writes "Microsoft haters gleefully have latched on to the latest scoop that a Forbes columnist has named Steve Ballmer the worst CEO. It seems that the article has leveled some strong accusations of irresponsible and ineffective business practices; claiming that Microsoft has not progressed over the last 12 years of Ballmer's leadership. (Full disclosure: I'm not a Microsoft fan myself and tend to agree with this piece.)"
