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Comment Re:"doing quite well"? No cash reserves, credit li (Score 1) 59

It only sounds like they operate on a tighter budget than some larger magazines would. Also, "We do intend to survive, even if the actions of TEN: The Enthusiast Network put us massively into debt." It sounds like it's less about being able to get a line of credit, and more about them hoping they don't have to.

Comment Re:This is telling (Score 1) 365

They've pretty much always pushed the whole detachable keyboard and ability to do real work, for the Surface Pro. That right there shows what the goal of the Surface Pro was. That isn't to say they didn't want to see the Surface RT to take off, but the Pro was pretty much always a flexible laptop replacement

Comment Re:K part, 500MHz stock bump DOESNT MATTER (Score 1) 57

One sample doesn't show anything. They even mention that in TFA. Also, it appears Intel reported it achieving 5.5ghz on air cooling during Computex for their OC challenge. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they cherry picked the cores for the challenge, but it shows they're at least capable of higher.

Comment Re:sexism, racism, Rooney Rule, Pittsburg Steelers (Score 1) 593

First, I don't know where you get off calling me racist, ignorant, or a troll. From the same wikipedia article YOU linked: "The Steelers, however, had already interviewed Ron Rivera who is a Hispanic minority to fulfill the requirement before interviewing Tomlin, and Rooney himself contends that Tomlin's hiring did not result from the Rule".

My only point of contention has been about the factual representation. Tomlin was interviewed and hired because they thought he'd be a good coach, and wasn't because of his race. He was also hired by the Steelers, where the rule originated, which implies that as a whole they are more accepting of minorities. I'm not knocking the rule, only that you're falsely propping up Tomlin as an example of it working.

Comment Re:sexism, racism, Rooney Rule, Pittsburg Steelers (Score 1) 593

The Rooney Rule had nothing directly to do with the hiring of Tomlin. They had already met the requirements of the rule and could of hired anyone. Being that the rule started with Rooney and the Steelers, it would only make sense that race is less likely to play into their choices. They chose to interview, and subsequently hire, Tomlin because they wanted to.

Comment Re:How many? (Score 3, Informative) 342

ABC(and others) offer content effectively for free via local broadcast. Their profit comes from commercials. All Aereo is doing is providing the antenna and DVR capabilities over the internet, thus allowing you to view from alternative locations and devices. The users are paying a small premium to have the hardware, storage and upload bandwidth managed offsite. There is nothing about this setup that an individual couldn't do with their own equipment. Aereo isn't taking any more money from the content providers than any other DVR/VCR would.

Comment Re:Ah, the Planet Pluto (Score 1) 138

Just because some people use the newer naming convention doesn't make either one wrong/right(better/worse). They should of codified kilobytes(etc) earlier on, before it actually became an issue. The standards from the IEC didn't come into place until after the non-codified standard was entrenched. There was no reason to change it, aside from sticking their nose in things. It was a well understood naming convention for the number of bytes. To prevent the people(marketing departments) from abusing the situation, they could of used the defacto standard as the official standard.

Comment Re:Ah, the Planet Pluto (Score 2) 138

Because it's a truthful lie to make the drives look bigger, as was pointed out in the link you provided. The sole cause of confusion, was marketing people wanting to pad their products stats. This could all of been solve quickly in the beginning by firmly defining kilobytes(etc) and forcing manufacturers to uphold truth in advertising.

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