andreasg - Slashdot User

Comment Re:What are the range of failures? (Score 1) 357

by andreasg on Saturday November 05, 2011 @06:40AM (#37956610) Attached to: Hardware Running Android Fails More Than iPhone, BlackBerry Hardware

But the thing is you don't need those extra things that require root or installation of another ROM. The phone will work fine without the OS upgrade.

Also, the only people who "need" those extra things are going to be the ones who know how to do them, or have the incentive/will to learn how to do such things.

"Work fine". Yeah. Until you get rooted because of unpatched security flaws.

Comment Re:Yes, because debt IS money (Score 0) 633

by andreasg on Saturday October 29, 2011 @09:42AM (#37878260) Attached to: When Having the US Debt Paid Off Was a Problem

If you pay off debt, the money is still in circulation? Now it's just the original creditors of the debt that holds the money.

Comment Re:Still no proof of ANTHROPOGENIC global warming (Score 1) 967

by andreasg on Saturday October 22, 2011 @06:01AM (#37802696) Attached to: Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study

How do you know people move their "goalpost"? Sounds like a strawman to me. MULTIPLE points are of concern, like if caused by humans, insignificance, too expensive etc.

Comment Re:MIght as well be (Score 1) 692

by andreasg on Friday October 14, 2011 @03:41AM (#37711102) Attached to: Apple's Siri As Revolutionary As the Mac?

Windows Mobile smartphones didn't have "cool factor" because they were shit to use. Sucked. Don't make this about fashion and coolness. Usability is what drove the cool factor up.

Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 585

by andreasg on Thursday September 29, 2011 @06:01PM (#37560292) Attached to: Chrome Set To Take No. 2 Spot From Firefox

Because I feel that Webkit is technically superior to Gecko. Ever since using KDE years ago I always wanted a khtml/webkit based Windows browser, as Konqueror seemed really fast. Safari eventually got ported to Windows before Chrome came, but Chrome seems better than Safari (on Win) because it doesn't use Apple's port toolkit for Windows.

Comment Re:Giant Mistake (Score 1) 200

by andreasg on Friday August 26, 2011 @04:48PM (#37222764) Attached to: Razer Announces Dedicated Gaming Laptop

Who games with a touchpad?

Comment Re:Quite popular outside the U.S. (Score 1) 191

by andreasg on Saturday July 09, 2011 @09:05PM (#36708482) Attached to: Sony Announces End For MiniDisc Walkman

Well, they never really had a large selection of playback-only discs in stores here in europe, so incredibly popular might be a bit overstated.

Comment Lomborg (Score 1) 474

by andreasg on Thursday July 07, 2011 @10:15AM (#36682548) Attached to: Bill Gates On Energy

Isn't this what Bjørn Lomborg has been saying for years?

Comment Re:I'll be brave and fess up.... (Score 1) 609

by andreasg on Thursday November 11, 2010 @01:15PM (#34197978) Attached to: Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US?

One word - ZUNE. Unlike iTunes it was easy to setup, let me import anything I want, and I love the subscription service. I had Zune on my PC before I had any kind of mobile Zune player. Unlike iTunes, I get my music through Zune in MP3 format, and I'm free to use it how I want.

Uh, you do realise that the AAC format used by Apple is an open standard, totally free of DRM? Newer, and technically superior? Yes, you're free to use it however you want.

Comment Re:I think he is mostly right (Score 1) 763

by andreasg on Sunday November 07, 2010 @06:20PM (#34157220) Attached to: Obama Says Offshoring Fears Are Unwarranted

Dey took errr jooowbs! No serously, trade makes both sides better off.

Comment Re:Why do Americans think (Score 2, Insightful) 763

by andreasg on Sunday November 07, 2010 @06:18PM (#34157210) Attached to: Obama Says Offshoring Fears Are Unwarranted

America is hardly the place where prices are the highest. In Norway or Denmark it's around 50% higher.

Comment Re:externality (Score 1) 875

by andreasg on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @09:10PM (#32273022) Attached to: National Academy of Science Urges Carbon Tax

Because carbon hurts your health how? Wait, doesn't carbon make plants grow faster?

Comment Re:XP + 3 TB?? (Score 1) 467

by andreasg on Monday May 17, 2010 @01:39PM (#32240520) Attached to: Seagate Confirms 3TB Hard Drive

Funny, I have win7 and Macs with Samba, and shares work just fine.

Comment Re:Just bought a netbook (Score 1) 911

by andreasg on Thursday May 06, 2010 @03:07PM (#32115524) Attached to: iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales

Good for you! But how does that make it any less useful for someone else with other needs than you?

Comment Re:After a month of daily use... (Score 1) 911

by andreasg on Thursday May 06, 2010 @02:48PM (#32115206) Attached to: iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales

Oh no! But the TV got no keyboard! The TV doesn't do flash! It must be useless!?

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