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Comment Re:Maybe it's because... (Score 1) 331

by alphaclean on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:58PM (#55817545) Attached to: People Still Aren't Buying Smartwatches -- and It's Only Going To Get Worse

Nothing wrong with the 80s style G-Shocks. They do a certain function, and do it extremely well. I've seen first-hand things that those watches have gone through and survived.

I have a Casio purchased in '83 - '84 from Wal-Mart for $25 or so. After 10+ years with may 2 - 3 battery replacements, band came undone one day at lake and it fell into about 20 feet of water. I was tired and didn't want to put on mask and swim down to try to find it. Figured I had got my money's worth. Fast forward 9 months to March. After doing minor repair on dock cable was walking onto shore and saw something shining in shallow water. Reached down and it was the Casio covered in fine silt but still had correct time. Been there the whole time but lake level had receded. Cleaned up watch and wore it another 10 - 15 years with a few battery and band replacements till I just bought a newer version for https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

GIMP 2.8 Will Sport a Redesigned UI 401

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 09, 2010 @09:18AM from the rethinking-it dept.

ceswiedler writes "Ars Technica's Ryan Paul previews the upcoming release of the GIMP. It will include a single-window mode where the user can dock toolbar windows and switch between images via tabs. There are other improvements as well, including docking support in multi-window mode and improvements to the text tool." To get this early preview, Paul compiled version 2.7.1 from the active development branch, along with its dependencies.

Mozilla Rolls Out Firefox 3.6 RC, Nears Final 145

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @11:34AM from the onwards-and-upwards dept.

CWmike writes "Mozilla has shipped a release candidate build of Firefox 3.6 that, barring problems, will become the final, finished version of the upgrade. Firefox 3.6 RC1, which followed a run of betas that started in early November, features nearly 100 bug fixes from the fifth beta that Mozilla issued Dec. 17. The fixes resolved numerous crash bugs, including one that brought down the browser when it was steered to Yahoo's front page. Another fix removed a small amount of code owned by Microsoft from Firefox. The code was pointed out by a Mozilla contributor, and after digging, another developer found the original Microsoft license agreement. 'Amusingly enough, it's actually really permissive. Really the only part that's problematic is the agreement to "include the copyright notice ... on your product label and as a part of the sign-on message for your software product,"' wrote Kyle Huey on Mozilla's Bugzilla. Even so, others working on the bug said the code needed to be replaced with Mozilla's own."

Do Retailers Often Screen User Reviews? 454

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday October 04, 2009 @11:14AM from the four-and-a-half-stars dept.

Mechanist.tm writes "I recently purchased a NAS from a well-known online computer component shop. I have purchased several items from the website and have never had much trouble before. That was until I realized what I had bought was a terrible NAS. All the reviews on the site from users seemed very good. After a little research, it became clear that the product in question was indeed terrible. After finding the product pretty much useless for its intended purpose, I proceeded to write a review for it on the website to inform other would-be buyers. After about a week, I noticed that the review never made it up there, so I wrote another one just in case. After several attempts to leave a negative review for the product, I realized that the website was screening reviews and only posting the ones that made the products look good. All the reviews on the website are positive; I've only found one at less than 3 out of 5 stars. Is this legal? Ethically speaking, it's wrong, and it's intentionally misleading to the customer. Is there a good place to report behavior like this? How common is this among online retailers who provide user reviews?"

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