Comment Re:It's incredibly frustrating... (Score 2) 535
Maybe the expectation of a "certain level of return" is the problem to begin with. After all, we don't allow corporations to own real bridges to important places.
current smartwatches are a joke
I don't know. The pebble is ugly, but I'm pretty partial to the smartwatch2 from sony. It looks nice, it's the thinnest out there and it doesn't have any "deal-breakers". Everything about it is pretty decent, although there's no killer features. It does only what you would expect a simple smartwatch to do.
Now they are taking others on board to try to displace Google.
But why would they want to? It can't be for the cost..
Putin would take the opportunity to stick us in the eye.
What is it with people assuming Putin is playing this game of wits with Obama? You're really worried about Obama's or the US reputation from engagements with Putin? Obama can sully his reputation all on his own. Putin actually has very little to do with this situation. Quit worrying what other people/countries think.
being entirely advertising based means that it trends towards sensationalism in order to keep viewers watching (and the ad dollars flowing in).
What a cop out. There's plenty of ad revenue to be had with *just* quality reporting. It's not my fault they sell out their integrity for a few more pennies.
Meanwhile, the paper in my wallet doesn't need any conversion.
Try giving the paper in your wallet to Overstock.com
Intel management can see the writing on the wall for themselves. They went from way ahead of the nearest competition straight into scramble mode almost overnight thanks to mobile growth and ARM's perfect positioning for it. If anything, Microsoft's blunders are giving Intel a big headache because they need Windows more than any other platform to sell mobile Intel chips (once they've been developed). Intel is and has been desperately trying to come up with an x86 chip that can compete with ARM.
I may not be able to come up with an overwhelming argument from your prospective, but neither can you prove there is no creator to my satisfaction.
A good science text book wouldn't mention *anything* about a creator, much less try to disprove it. What you're proposing is to inject the option that there might be a creator because some of what the textbook teaches conflicts with your holy book. This is insanity.
Why the FUCK doesn't Nintendo or Sony build a fucking gamer phone
They did.
As I was pointing out to some folks thinking of buying a console there really is NO upsides to the consoles over the PC this gen
When has there ever been? The draw for consoles is, as I'm sure you're aware, the couch aspect and easily connecting with friends. The steambox is meant to solve these problems for PC gamers at the same cost (or less hopefully) as having a gaming PC *and* and a console. Buy once - play anywhere. Keep in mind that you'll still need that gaming rig to stream from as long as developers continue ignoring linux. It's also worth noting that because of this, the steambox is currently useless to people who only play on consoles.
Work expands to fill the time available. -- Cyril Northcote Parkinson, "The Economist", 1955
