Comment NYT was right (Score 1) 194
Comment It's all about the money (Score 1) 50
Comment Here's the article link (Score 3, Informative) 64
Comment One needle won't work (Score 1) 36
Comment No, not Omicron (Score 1) 248
Comment Re:I thoguht the carriers got (Score 4, Informative) 63
Comment Re:Miffed (Score 1) 63
Imagine if back in the day, the hold music was ads instead of lo-fi renditions of long-dead music?
Comment Re:Torrent = Piracy (Score 1) 130
If you use BitTorrent, when it says the transfer is done, you know it's not only done but bit-perfect.
There's nothing special about BitTorrent in this regard. If you use any protocol based on TCP/IP, such as HTTP, then you get the same checksum calculations. Packets with bad checksums are discarded and retransmitted. When done, you have a bit-perfect file.
Comment Plan canceled (Score 1) 174
Comment Re:Back in Time (Score 1) 283
Comment Re:why bother (Score 1) 246
The RAM is soldered in so I can't expand it, for no good reason that I can think of.
Because a RAM DIMM socket is a common point of failure. I once saw an old Macbook Pro with such a socket dropped onto a concrete floor. Afterward, it would not boot. It turned out that the RAM DIMM was slightly dislodged from its socket.
DIMM sockets are acceptable for desktop machines that don't move and are not subject to shocks. Laptops require more robustness.