Comment Re:stopped using it? (Score 0) 857
Since my desktop is completely-clean of any icons
Why do people do this? What's the purpose of a blank desktop? That's usable space to put stuff that's frequently used.
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Comment Re:i don't really like bill gates that much but... (Score 1) 575
If tablets are made as toys for rich kids they aren't going to have value in the classroom.
Well, someone needs to work on these rich kids/later adults devices right?
Comment Re:Ugh, this makes me mad. (Score 1) 581
Actually, they don't even sell video cards. They make GPU's that go on video cards...
Comment Re:Crappy AMD drivers?! (Score 1) 261
Back in the day, alt.sysadmin.recovery always said this (they probably still do) all OS's suck.
Comment Facebook is Meh (Score 2) 183
Recently the wife and I tried an experiment, we put an ad on Facebook for a few days about her eBook. I targeted it to 18+ females with an interest in reading/romance/kindle and so on... In theory it's pretty cool how you can target an audience based on their profiles. Facebook will tell you dynamically exactly how many people meet the criteria as you add and remove options.
We saw no effect in book sales. Before, during and after the advertising, sales remained on average the same.
Journal Journal: Huh. 9 years later.
So, does anyone read these?
Comment Re:Hey dumb ass (Score 3, Insightful) 848
There are lots of sysadmins and programmers without work that have much better attitude. People who would actually care about the company and their work.
While admirable, the problem with this line of thought is that the company does not care about you. Not a bit. If it benefited the company to let you go, you would be gone in a heartbeat without a thought to your loyalty.
Comment Re:Great (Score 1) 77
I'll pay you minimum wage to level up my character for me while I'm at work...
Comment Opera Mobile (Score 1) 143
Isn't this basically the same thing? Albeit on a much larger scale and capability given Amazons (presumably) more numerous data centers and backbone capacity.
Comment Re:So... (Score 5, Informative) 521
No, it's a full blown android tablet. Without a camera or mike, which I myself never use anyway on a tablet.
Comment Why? (Score 1) 143
Why not deliver this rover the same way the other rovers were delivered?
Comment This kinda sucks (Score 1) 236
I'm totally not a programmer (dipped my toes in Basica in my youth) and I used this to make a little dialer app specific to my companies PBX setup. It's working great! Unfortunately now I'll never be able to update it if need be.
Comment Byte vs other magazines (Score 1) 185
I was unhappy when Byte died. I was left with only PC World and PC Magazine both of which suck. I have a new love in CPU magazine though.
Comment Re:Oh come on (Score 1) 239
Whatever happened to John Katz?
Comment Re:Rubber Band (Score 1) 208
I was doing this (actually with the window defroster repair kit trick) and that was when I realized my eyesight was beginning to go farsighted. I couldn't see the traces when I held them closer to my eyes! Weird!
