And than apple waltzed in with the same "there is no option 1, trust us" model with iOS, and while it hasn't been perfect*, it is certainly a million times more secure out of the box than anything Microsoft has accomplished.

*apple is a bit too draconian in what they do and do not allow in the app store (porn and bitcoin right off the top of my head) and there are still enough security holes that advanced users can still force option 1 by jailbreaking/rooting through exploits.

There were a versions of IE4 for Mac, Solaris and HP-UX.

Face it: the Sci-Fi channel has been a rotting corpse ever since they mutiliated the name.

of course when converting from natural date to offset from epoch, you use a database that keeps track of the details as to what offset from UTC is used when. That said, date math is a fucking PITA even when you have all the tools at hand.

To elaborate, I would recommend storing dates as seconds (or milliseconds if you need that resolution) since a well defined epoch in UTC (Unix uses 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, before macs switched to unix, they used January 1, 1904 and January 1, 1601 for Windows). You can go from there and convert to whatever timezone you like.

arrrrrrr

Have you ever seen a play with real actors in real 3D space called a theatre? Sometimes this happens, especially with unusual audience configurations such as Theatre in the Round. It is up to the director to account for the format when they are producing a show (pre-recorded or otherwise).

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HFR in the Hobbit is a poor example because warner took away your choice to see it in 2D/48p. The only choices to see the Hobbit are 2D/24p, 3D/24p or 3D/48p. The only way I actually want to see the movie is in 2D/48p. I saw it in 3D/48p because I really wanted to see the HFR, and the 3D added nothing to the film. Worse, it is filled with classic audience abusing 3D gags that actually detract from the movie itself. I guess I just need to get one of these

I'm not sure if Burton's Alice in Wonderland is an appropriate example of 3D done well. It was shot in 2D and then converted in a computer.

For only $550M, why didn't Google buy the patents? That's pocket change for them (even for Sergey personally), and I'm sure Android infringes on one or more of the patents. Google could indemnify all Android manufacturers and software developers.

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For only $550M, why didn't Apple buy the patents? That's pocket change for them (even for Cook personally), and I'm sure iOS infringes on one or more of the patents. Apple could indemnify all iOS manufacturers and software developers.

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For only $550M, why didn't Microsoft buy the patents? That's pocket change for them (even for Balmer personally), and I'm sure Windows infringes on one or more of the patents. Microsoft could indemnify all Windows manufacturers and software developers.

Do you see the problem yet? you'd have yourself a bidding war for a patent portfolio valued at $2 billion.

Yes.

Or this? (scroll down to "Fusion Drive")

Not to mention that 2.5" 1TB drives now actually fit in most laptops due to using only 2 platters instead of the 3 they had last year. 3 platter 2.5" drives are just too tall for those tiny spaces!

I was thinking more along the lines of Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome