Comment Re: Compound Found In Beer Impairs Brain Function (Score 5, Funny) 119
A glass or two of wine/day : good
3250 beers/day : makes Amy Winehouse look sober.
3250 beers/day : makes Amy Winehouse look sober.
People who prefer inexpensive but fast vehicles get a lot of tickets. I have no idea what kind of demographic this might be (young males).
Have you priced a WRX lately? Not exactly cheap, even used.
I wouldn't buy a WRX used anyway unless I knew the owner personally. Cars like the WRX get ridden hard and put away wet FAR more often than something more sedate.
True for any 'performance' car. The only reason I know about WRX pricing is that they showed up often when searching for a used Impreza and I remember thinking how ridiculous the prices were even for high mileage ones.
People who prefer inexpensive but fast vehicles get a lot of tickets. I have no idea what kind of demographic this might be (young males).
Have you priced a WRX lately? Not exactly cheap, even used.
It's because the one guy who still drives one has got a lot of tickets, and had to get 50 online quotes for auto insurance to find a company that would insure him.
FIFY.
First Battleship, now this.
Hey, what ever happened to that Asteroids movie that they were supposed to be making?
who's to say the supposed built-in would perform any better?
It's comparing numbers, not exactly rocket science.
Perhaps some custom code might run faster but how many times does a program need to compare version numbers during execution?
Well, how many times have you seen "let's make our own date/time/number/argument/xml parser"?
Weeks of programming can save you from the arduous task of 5 minutes of searching Google.
Not just driver compatibility.
Windows 7 fixed a bunch of Vista compatibility issues with programs built for XP simply by having the version be set to 6.1.
Turns out that companies doing braindead Windows version detection of
if (majorVersion >= 5 && minorVersion >= 1)
had it fail spectacularly for version 6.0.
Particularly bad since Windows does have built-in functions to compare version numbers (eg. major.minor.patch.build format)
How long before I can reinstall Windows 95 and be up to date?
About 7 years and a few months. It appears that Microsoft is adopting the Chrome/Firefox versioning system. Version number will be increased by 1 on every patch Tuesday.
Everyone knows the even number versions suck.
I was hoping for a Spinal Tap reference...
They're not skipping a version number. Windows 9 is basically going to be a Service Pack for Windows 8.
Confirmed: Windows 9 to be a free upgrade for Windows 8 users
Releasing Win10 so quickly supports the idea that Win9 is just an update. Win10 is really what they want all the Win7 users to move to.
Of course in typical Microsoft fashion they will probably not allow direct upgrades from Win7-Win10 (probably not even Win8-Win10)
You're not the only one, obviously, and that's intentional. By calling it Windows 10, they're trying to put as much distance as possible between it and Windows 8. And make 7 look even more "old".
And the OS version will probably report something linke 'Version 6.5.xxxx'
You ignore the fact that there have been many many in-depth criticisms of GIMP over the years, from people who have taken the time to ensure they understand that its the tool that is lacking rather than their understanding.
Photoshop, although not as bad as GIMP, isn't exactly a pinnacle of user friendliness either.
This.
The LG G3 I got is preloaded with AT&T bloatware, LG bloatware, and the Google apps. 3 maps programs. One is useful. I see this more as a whipping tool to all the manufacturer and carrier garbage hard baked in the latest ROMS.
It wouldn't be so bad if they would at least make the crapware removable without having to root your phone first!
And it should be the law: If you use the word `paradigm' without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions. -- David Jones
