Comment Re:So it's like Google Wallet? (Score 1, Informative) 187
lol? whole europe is using nfc now
lol? whole europe is using nfc now
They won't even talk to a little player, or anyone else who is unlikely to place an order for large numbers of chips.
They need to realize that big players start out as little players. I remember seeing an interview of Steve Jobs, and he was asked why they used the 6502 in the original Apple. He listed several technical advantages of the 6502, and then said that none of those factors had anything to with their decision.
No, his actual words were:
"fuck if I know, my nerd did all the technical bs, I could sell you insurance and I wouldnt care less"
Maybe you were referring to the Woz interview?
They used the 6502 because Motorola had given Woz a free sample.
the one where Woz said they used 6502 because MOS, and NOT motorola (motorola was busy trying to sell $300 chips), MOS sold 6502 at $25 out of a jar at Wescon in single quantities with no NDA/moq
you know, this one :
http://www.textfiles.com/apple...
"WOZNIAK: In 1975 an 8080 microprocessor cost $370 and you could only get it
from a distributor set up to deal with companies, not individual computer
enthusiasts. The 6502 was introduced at Wescon with a unique marketing
approach (thanks, Chuck Peddle) and was sold over the counter (like register
chips at the local surplus stores) for $20. I bought mine from Chuck and his
wife themselves."
No, question is very simple, WHEN did earth started heating up? Was it 100 years ago when we fired up thousands of coal plants? or maybe it was 12K years ago when last Ice age ended?
Unicode?
Thats not what Im asking. When did average global temperatures started to rise? Its simple really, you look at the graph and pick a point transitioning between falling down/steady flat and going up. When did that happen? Was earth at steady temperature/cooling down 10 years ago? 100 years ago? 1000 years ago?
Stop arguing with strawmen. I really hope you got upvoted by shills, because the alternative is that some people have actually bought into the propaganda, which sickens me to consider.
The science that is settled is:
a) The average global temperature is rising
sooo, when did that start? 10 years ago? 100? 1000?
little known fact: Googles self-driving cars also have self destruct mechanism
and except for the fact science channels on Youtube (Vsauce for example) get more views than Game of Thrones/sopranos/lost.
So on one hand you have this myth of what is popular, on the other you have millions of people craving for content similar to Sagans Cosmos.
Can I miss Google spokeswoman Katelin Jabbari?
there's no USSR
for the moment, but Putin is on top of it
who cares what they are targeting when they are delivering inferior product to industry standard (Samsung)
Well, you can put lipstick on a pig, not sure it makes it a princess, though.
as long as it stays in the kitchen
Seems a good bet if you want reliability
good bet if you want reliability limited to 43TB of writes. Or did you miss that small print in the warranty?
Yes, im sure Toshiba knows best how good that drive is
this is why they limit warranty to 43TB of written data
> firmware geared towards write performance and high endurance
because stock firmware was geared towards slowness and losing data
>480GB
>Endurance Rated for 30GB/day host writes for 4 years under typical client workloads
for math challenged: this is 43TB of written data, after that your guarantee is VOID and NULL
43TB on a 480TB drive, this is more than a joke, this is spitting in your face. This comes from Toshiba - manufacturer of both controller and flash memory, party that is best informed about REAL endurance capabilities of that combo.
In case you are wondering - Samsung doesnt impose any write limitations on their 3 year guarantee for 840 EVO drives. Both drives look pretty much the same in tests.
One man's constant is another man's variable. -- A.J. Perlis
