aoeu - Slashdot User

Comment I would be more impressed (Score 1) 290

by aoeu on Monday December 09, 2013 @07:44PM (#45645391) Attached to: New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button

if it pulls the front wheels off the ground and continues to maintain lane.

Comment At this time NSIDC is down. (Score 1) 85

by aoeu on Friday September 13, 2013 @04:03PM (#44843493) Attached to: Boulder's Tech Workers Cope With Historic Flood

Water

Submission + - Intel Cherry Picking And Sensationalising Benchmarks; ARM still leads

Submitted by Reynolds953 on Friday July 12, 2013 @10:33AM

Reynolds953 writes: In an EE Times blog http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1318857, the author laments "Unfortunately, we live in a world where sensationalism rules and headlines seldom tell the entire story or even the truth. In any case, the results of one [pro Intel] benchmark, especially one that seems to contradict other benchmarks, seem more suspicious than conclusive." He concludes that "the leading ARM-based processors still have a performance lead over the latest Intel processor (a recent review of the Samsung Galaxy 3 10.1 by GSMArena http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_tab_3_101-review-948.php came to the same conclusion); all benchmarks should be questioned and none used exclusively; and recent headlines were more sensational than truthful.

Comment Two unrelated problems. (Score 1) 257

by aoeu on Friday June 14, 2013 @02:49PM (#44009823) Attached to: Prosecutors Push For Anti-Phone-Theft Kill Switches

In the course of a strong arm robbery it is important to get away. That means taking the victim's phone whether or not it is smart.

Comment The killer app: (Score 1) 74

by aoeu on Friday May 24, 2013 @07:16PM (#43817737) Attached to: Google Releases Glass Factory System Image, Rooted Bootloader

nekkid pics previously posted. For extra credit: action pics.

Comment In the mean time. JIS screws and screwdrivers (Score 1) 1145

by aoeu on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:20PM (#43817219) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care

are unknown in the US.

Comment One more thing. (Score 1) 447

by aoeu on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @09:36PM (#42062511) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Geekiest Way To Cook a Turkey?

Pull it out of the cold brine early and let rise toward room temperature. Then place the bird's breast in ice water until it has dropped twenty degrees in comparison to the thighs. Dry, stuff, and roast. It all gets done at the same time that way.

Comment Me, obviously (Score 0) 385

by aoeu on Friday October 19, 2012 @07:22PM (#41711145) Attached to: How Do You Spot a Genius?

Look no further. Send money . . .

Comment Human Right. Think Libraries. (Score 1) 332

by aoeu on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @04:27PM (#41612065) Attached to: Is Mobile Broadband a Luxury Or a Human Right?

And cheaper to deploy.

Comment Stainless Steel Rat (Score 1) 91

by aoeu on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @08:23PM (#41004049) Attached to: Sci-fi Author Harry Harrison Dies at 87

Is still working to save humanity. R.I.P. and good luck?

Comment Beyond the most basic Calculus, none. (Score 1) 1086

by aoeu on Thursday August 09, 2012 @02:02PM (#40934677) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math?

There was that one time I was able to do a Group Transform. It was mostly lucky and it made no difference.

Comment I key Dvorak as my handle indicates. (Score 1) 557

by aoeu on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @01:36PM (#40617059) Attached to: Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard?

The change I most want to see adopted is getting rid of the slant and getting the columns aligned vertically. This is a legacy of manual typewriters and should have been corrected when offices went to electrics.

Comment They may not be yet (Score 1) 575

by aoeu on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @05:09PM (#40458257) Attached to: Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help In Education

but it is not unlikely that they may be soon. As a replacement for TI graphing calculators at the same price?

Comment Wiss 20R Carpet Shears (Score 1) 398

by aoeu on Friday June 01, 2012 @02:21PM (#40182879) Attached to: Worst Design Ever? Plastic Clamshell Packaging

4 1/2 inch blades and very heavy (nearly a pound) duty. Makes short safe work out of this kind of package.

Comment I'm entirely OK with this. (Score 1) 274

by aoeu on Friday April 27, 2012 @05:49PM (#39826995) Attached to: Amazon To Pay Texas Sales Tax

Why not let bricks compete against the cloud on an even footing? Amazon et al do not need this advantage anymore and ebay has no reason to market itself as a tax avoidance scheme.

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