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Comment: Re:Few things (Score 4, Interesting) 260

by mike260 (#41894567) Attached to: iPad Mini Costs $24 More To Make Than Kindle Fire HD

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.

Crime

Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony? 607

Posted by Soulskill
from the only-if-it's-not-jailbroken dept.
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:So how do they know if they actually wrote it (Score 2) 148

by mike260 (#38968597) Attached to: New Technique Promises Much Faster Hard Drive Write Speeds

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

by mike260 (#38962445) Attached to: Higgs Signal Gains Strength

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.

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