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Comment Re:Another example (Score 1) 126

Maybe it's due to higher quality cameras being used more than the resolution.

So true. The source matters so much more than the end resolution. I've seem some really good 144p videos and some really atrocious 1080p videos on YT. If the source sucks the higher resolution isn't going to help and at the same time a low resolution can still look great if the source is pristine and clean, just don't stretch the video out too much.

Comment Re:IoT (Score 2) 98

"Because Windows has a bad habit of hiding file extensions, whenever the device owner accesses their NAS, they see this file as a folder, fooled by the fake icon." - http://news.softpedia.com/news...

So part of the problem is windows too. Hiding file extensions and allowing scripts to be run without confirmation. That's the same rubbish which made macro viruses so rampant in msoffice formats.

Comment Re: Sounds ok (Score 1) 84

The program starts in 2017 and it is to refurbish highend phones returned by users who signed up for a one year upgrade program. So it's fair to say these will mostly be recent phones like the S6, S7, note 5 (there was no note 6) and note 7 phones. None of these have user replaceable batteries and they are sealed and glued down inside the case. Your knowledge of Samsungs flagship phones is out of date.

Comment Sounds ok (Score 2) 84

Sounds ok if the price is right and they replace the batteries since the battery is both sealed and glued down tight inside the chassis. There is no hard case around the battery so if you try to wedge it up, it is very easy to snap it apart releasing the gel inside. They also have to disinfect the phone with UV light or something since people hold the phone close to their face coughing and spitting into the handset and taking it to the toilet with them.

Comment if your bitlocker drive is unlocked.... (Score 1) 29

If your bitlocker drive is unlocked, wouldn't anything be able to read the drive anyway?

If it can still read your bitlocker drive when you haven't unlocked it yet then can it still read pre-win8 bitlocker drives before microsoft dumbed it down? https://encrypted.google.com/s...

Comment Re:Theyre not trying very hard to make people pay (Score 1) 91

Of those the only hardware company there is apple and I doubt IOS and OSX are paid off by the hardware. It would be the app stores that come with the OS that generate them more money. microsoft is the odd one out here where they should be pushing the app store out to as many windows users as possible but they still put up that barrier with a OS that officially still costs money.

Comment Theyre not trying very hard to make people pay for (Score 2) 91

They're not trying very hard to make people pay for windows 10. From the free versions for OEMs making tablets to the insider program open to the public to the arrrrr me matey win 7 keys flipping into valid installs to this. When you think about it windows is still the only mainstream OS that costs money. OSX, *nix, Android, IOS are all free to the owners of the hardware. It's almost like microsoft wants to make windows free but the shareholders or someone higher up (bill gates maybe?) is against it happening across the board.

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