Comment JIMMYYYYYY! JIMMMYYYYYY! (Score 2, Funny) 144
YOU SONOFABITCH!
Comment Re:Few things (Score 4, Interesting) 260
The point is, apple's profit isn't actual quality - it's just a surcharge for people dumb enough to buy
At this point there are quite a few counterexamples out there - Apple users who are clearly not dumb, nor suckers, nor computer-illiterate.
Seriously dude, it's time to let it go.
Comment Dumb (Score 1) 260
1. The OS and online infrastructure costs $0?
2. Selling a product at a profit equates to "premium" now?
Comment Re:Neat but expected (Score 1) 159
Second. The article makes it sound like the guy discovered the Mandelbrot set hiding in the tube map.
Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony? 607
theodp writes "English comedian Russell Brand could be facing a felony conviction for snatching an iPhone from a would-be paparazzi and tossing it through a window. Singer/parolee Chris Brown also found himself in iPhone hot water after being charged with 'robbery by snatching' in a similar DIY-paparazzi-thwarting incident, which could be a misdemeanor or felony depending on the value placed on an iPhone. But in the world-of-crazy-pricing created by phone makers and wireless providers ($899 Nokia Windows Phone, anyone?), where the quoted price of an iPhone varies by a factor of 376 from the same company, should one really be charged with a felony for snatching an iPhone, especially when an iPad 2 can be had for $399 retail?"
Comment Re:"Money sucking leech"? (Score 1) 438
Nope, not new; I just never felt the need as pressingly as I do right now.
Comment Re:I`m tellin ya...Apple is circling the drain. (Score 1) 438
Make some concrete, testable predictions - say, market share, profit share, stock-price or something of that nature - and I'll see you on 8th Feb 2013.
Comment "Money sucking leech"? (Score 1) 438
"from the greed-begets-greed dept."?
Ugh.
Is there a way to block stories by editor?
Comment Re:So how do they know if they actually wrote it (Score 2) 148
Was the magnetic write head ever the main bottleneck?
Maybe not the 'main' bottleneck, but it depends on the application, no? Seems to me there are at least a few firehose situations where you can never have enough write bandwidth (say, uncompressed video-capture).
Maybe normal workloads on normal filesystems wouldn't see much improvement, but I bet you could find ways to capitalise on the extra bandwidth and space. Log-structured filesystems spring to mind for one.
Comment Re:Stinks of Confirmation Bias (Score 2, Insightful) 189
Reading some of the papers, it is clear that the data is being selectively interpreted to yield a desired conclusion. This is yet another case of continued government funding depending on making progress in proving a particular result, in this case, the existence of the Higgs particle.
Reading your post, it is clear that the article is being selectively interpreted to yield a contentious opinion. This is yet another case of trolling.
Comment Re:As a DBA myself... (Score 2) 129
The first step to a solution is always a robust solutioneering methodology.
Comment Hey, that guy smells funny! Let's get him! (Score 1) 373
The guy wrote emacs and gcc and created GNU against all odds out of pure bloody-minded stubbornness. You really think he deserves to be ridiculed for whatever social weirdness you wankers ascribe to him?
Like, when the f**k did Slashdot become "News for Jocks"?
Comment Re:Slashdot (-1, wrong) (Score 1) 327
Dear Slashdot,
How about taking a little more pride in what you choose to show to the 8 bajillion people who hit your front-page every day?
Comment Re:WiFi card...? (Score 1) 85
TFA repeatedly mentions WiFi.
IIRC, the iPhone only enables wifi at all when you're actively using the phone - when it's sat in your pocket, wifi is off. Which would put a bit of a dent in that 54% figure.
Comment Re:Sounds like a great engine (Score 1) 289
Why can't a helicopter thrust upwards?
