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Comment ASUS Transformer (Score 2) 417

by CeePhour on Saturday January 05, 2013 @05:22PM (#42490093) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Using a Tablet As a Sole Computing Device?

My girlfriend was in roughly the same boat a month ago. Her 8+ year old P4 desktop hasn't been turned on in many months. She planned to replace it soon.

I bought myself a Nexus 7 to take with me for my computing needs (video games, video watching, IRC, eBook reading, remote access to my home network, etc.) while at her place. She saw how much I could get done with it and quickly changed her mind about buying a new desktop/laptop.

She picked up an ASUS Transformer TF300T at a recent sale from Best Buy and has since used it more than she ever would have used a full blown PC. She previously used her iPhone to get her basic tasks done (tons of email, casual games, web surfing, YouTube, Pandora) but since having the tablet she only uses her iPhone as a phone (and no longer suffers with that tiny screen).

Posted laying in bed from my Nexus 7 with her playing Zen Pinball on her Transformer. :)

"Limited Edition" SSD Has Fastest Storage Speed 122

Posted by timothy on Friday February 19, 2010 @09:20PM from the genuine-leather-bits dept.

Vigile writes "The idea of having a 'Limited Edition' solid state drive might seem counter-intuitive, but regardless of the naming, the new OCZ Vertex LE is based on the new Sandforce SSD controller that promises significant increases in performance, along with improved ability to detect and correct errors in the data stored in flash. While the initial Sandforce drive was called the 'Vertex 2 Pro' and included a super-capacitor for data integrity, the Vertex LE drops that feature to improve cost efficiency. In PC Perspectives's performance tests, the drive was able to best the Intel X25-M line in file creation and copying duties, had minimal fragmentation or slow-down effects, and was very competitive in IOs per second as well. It seems that current SSD manufacturers are all targeting Intel and the new Sandforce controller is likely the first to be up to the challenge."

Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion Mark; Dedicated Servers What? 258

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @02:18AM from the our-bark-is-worse-than-our-boycott dept.

The Opposable Thumbs blog is running an interesting article contrasting everything Activision did "wrong" in creating and marketing Modern Warfare 2 with the game's unqualified success. Despite price hikes, somewhat shady review practices, exploit frustrations, and the dedicated server fiasco, the game has raked in over a billion dollars in sales. "There was only one way to review Modern Warfare 2: on the Xbox 360, in Santa Barbara, under the watchful eye of Activision. Accepting the paid trip, along with room and board, was the only way you were going to get a review before launch. Joystiq noted that this broke their ethics policy, but they went anyway. Who can say no to a review destined to bring in traffic? Shacknews refused to call their coverage a 'review' because of the ethical issues inherent in the situation, but that stance was unique. The vast majority of news outlets didn't disclose how the review was conducted, or added a disclaimer after the nature of the review was made public. This proved to Activision that if you're big enough, you can dictate the exact terms of any review, and no ethics policy will make news outlets turn you down."

Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:48PM from the hot-bits dept.

supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3. Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."

Proton Beams Sent Around the LHC 115

Posted by kdawson on Friday November 20, 2009 @05:40PM from the going-in-circles dept.

feldhaus writes "The BBC reports that the first beams for over one year have been successfully sent around the complete circumference of the Large Hadron Collider. Engineers do not yet have a stable circulating beam but they hope to by 0600 GMT on Saturday."

Comment AT&T screwed us in Nov. Now Charter... (Score 1) 369

by CeePhour on Thursday February 05, 2009 @07:52PM (#26746099) Attached to: Charter Cable Capping Usage Nationwide This Month

Two months ago I left AT&T because them implemented bandwidth caps. They capped their highest tier ("6.0Mb/s", never goes over 4.8Mb/s) at 80GB a month. They have a website up at http://broadband-usage.att.com/ that kindly shows you what APPEARS to be a 150GB/month limit (that is the limit for their "6.0Mbps" U-verse service) no matter what service you have. Delve deeper into the FAQ, and you will see the real caps. Very deceptive. The rate they charge per-GB for overages is $1.

I switched to Charter for my phone and internet, hoping to be counted by their bean-counters as a lost customer, thanks to their greed. However, it appears I have just traded one evil for another.

I called Charter three times today so far. I've spoken to two "account retention" employees and one "technical support" guy (thinking he may know his ass from a hole in the ground. I was wrong.), in addition to two supervisors.

They currently have no way for their customers to monitor their bandwidth. Even the tech support guy said he has no way to view my bandwidth.

And not one of them had heard today's news.

Not one of them could offer anything other than, "Uh, well, I dunno...".

However, I present to you the comic relief provided by Charter representatives :

When told about the story on Slashdot (Charter tech support guy): "What? On Slashnet you say?"

When told about the story on DSLReports.com (Charter account retention employee): "Sir, we're cable, not DSL."

*sigh*

Way to hold the country back. Corporate greed will always win over progress.

Comment Re:Had a glass of water at Lake Tahoe CA? (Score 1) 404

by CeePhour on Monday November 17, 2008 @10:09PM (#25796255) Attached to: Urine Passes NASA Taste Test

I'm from there, and you are correct. I can not handle the water anywhere else. Everywhere I've had the water since living there is undrinkable compared to the crystal clear water available there. It has cost me a fortune in additional filters and such to get me by.

Journal Journal: The $150 laptop down the tubes :(

Journal by tf23 on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @10:16AM

The $150 laptop was apparently too good to be true. 2Checkout has suspended all sales of it, refunded all orders that were marked shipped, and allowed all authorizations not charged to expire. An email from 2CO said there may be a time in the future when saleswill resume but its mentioned as a "when and if" situation.

Feed The Register: Zombies flood broadband networks (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @10:12AM

Resident Evil

Zombie compromised PCs are as fond of eating bandwidth as their counterparts are of munching through brains, according to a new study.

Submission + - Meteorite Causes Illness in Peru (physorg.com)

Submitted by

eldavojohn

on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @09:53AM

eldavojohn writes: "A meteorite struck in Peru on Saturday leaving cinders, rock & water boiling out of the ground. Villagers nearby reported headaches & vomiting and attributed it to the event. From the article, "Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being hospitalized, Lopez said. Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene, where the meteorite left a 100-foot-wide (30-meter-wide) and 20-foot-deep (six-meter-deep) crater, said local official Marco Limache." It's not yet clear whether this is from the meteorite, gas trapped underground that was released or a chemical reaction between the two."

Oklahoma Game Law Permanently Enjoined 60

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @09:36AM from the that's-what-you-get dept.

The poorly-written game law passed in Oklahoma - and subsequently found unconstitutional by the courts - has now been permanently enjoined from existing. This has been a pet project of Governor Brad Henry, and this enjoinment will stop the law from rearing its head again. "The law sought to ban the dissemination to minors of any computer or video game that contains any depiction of "inappropriate violence," which was defined by depictions that fall into any one of nine broad categories. Violators would also have been subject to fines of up to $1,000 ...It also seems in some way that the law singled out the game industry, since according to the court decision, the law was found to be underinclusive - meaning that a minor might be prevented from buying a video game with 'inappropriate violence' but may still legally buy or rent the book or movie on which the game was based." GamePolitics has reaction to this decision.

University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally 1819

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @09:27AM from the slow-to-revise-taser-policy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During a political rally at the University of Florida, an annoying student was tasered while attempting to ask Senator Kerry (D-MA) some questions regarding the 2004 election. Police are looking into whether excessive force was used to prevent the student from going over his alloted question period." There are also several YouTube videos available of the incident.

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