Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 304
I was whooshed...
Comment Re:and how many people just cramed the test (Score 3, Informative) 304
It definitely does not represent standardization to a score of 100. It's not an even distribution of peaks. It is pushed up above the failing mark, and there is no gap from 94-100. Furthermore, all the different tests in different subjects show the same gaps. This is not reasonable at all.
Comment Re:Well... (Score 1) 304
It's being done by the tester, not the students, possibly to keep some people (in specific regions) out of the school they want.
Comment Re:Reddit threw the findings into doubt (Score 2) 304
I thought so too, but the problem is when you overlay the various tests for different subjects, they all show the same missing points. Standardizing different tests (in different subjects) would not produce identical gaps when overlaid unless all 150,000 students performed exactly the same for each subject – which is just not believable.
Comment Re:and how many people just cramed the test (Score 4, Informative) 304
The test results were manipulated. There are missing scores (from 1-100) on a test taken by 150,000 students. That is not possible. They have been bumped up to passing. The graphs show jagged peaks separated by gaps rather than a curve. Unless his data is incomplete or has been manipulate, there is no reasonable explanation for the jagged charts.
Comment Re:I wonder if there is a connection... (Score 1) 206
It became available on YouTube in 2006. People are paying attention to it now because of the Euro Hawk's issues. Nothing terribly coincidental.
Comment Re:must be a joke (Score 1) 316
Apologies for replying to myself... This may be a sign the newspaper is going to a digital-only format in the not-too-distant future.
Comment Re:must be a joke (Score 5, Informative) 316
They replaced their pool of photographers with freelancers (sports, feature stories, breaking news, etc...). In addition, reporters will now carry iPhones in part to capture low resolution video for their website. It's not really the DSLR v iPhone the headline claims.
Comment Re:im confused here (Score 1) 171
"Maybe the sensor will survive being powered for far longer than it was designed to, or maybe it will overheat and be irreparably damaged."
One of the few intelligent points in this entire conversation.
One of the few intelligent points in this entire conversation.
Comment Re:News at elleven (Score 1) 290
I think you mean Apple waited for LTE components to become less power-hungry and for the carriers to deploy LTE. Also, your remark is non sequitur, since the point is that Apple was the first to sidestep AT&T with an LTE phone. PERIOD.
Comment Re:LTE Nexus 4 Coming in May (Score 2) 290
Apple has already been selling an LTE phone that sidesteps AT&T since last year, so this article is making a big deal about nothing.
Comment Re:News at elleven (Score 1) 290
True. Besides, Apple has already been selling an LTE phone (iPhone 5) that sidesteps AT&T since last year.
Comment Re:News at elleven (Score 1) 290
Apple has already been selling an LTE phone that sidesteps AT&T since last year:
http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5
http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5
Submission + - Is Apple Doubling Down on Secrecy - Again? (ibtimes.co.uk)
DavidGilbert99 writes: Tim Cook quite clearly during Apple's latest earnings call this week that it would not launch new hardware, software or services until "the fall" meaning there would be at least a ten month gap between the launch of the iPad mini and whatever is next from Apple. Is this just a change of tactic from the Cupertino company, or is Tim Cook trying to re-instill a sense of mystery and secrecy around the company, having lost that over the last 18 months?
HTC Does What Google Wouldn't: Sell an LTE Phone That Sidesteps AT&T 290
schwit1 writes "You won't see it advertised on billboards or television, you won't hear it mentioned in a carrier store, and your less technologically-savvy friends most certainly won't know about it — but quietly, HTC's done something extraordinarily important this month: it's broken AT&T's stranglehold on its nationwide LTE network. It's a move that even Google, for all its money, power, and influence, didn't make with the Nexus 4. HTC is shipping both 32GB and 64GB versions of the One — an early contender for the best phone of 2013 — in a carrier- and bootloader-unlocked version that supports both T-Mobile and AT&T LTE. No strings attached."
