Search results

I tend to attribute value to something based not on comparative prices (like comparing the price of an SSD $/GB to a HDD), but almost exclusively on my own personal requirements. Why not an SSD, then? My need for disk IO performance is still not that much of requirement that I feel justifies...

The process of Globalization reared its ugly head around the late 20th century when the world become more competitive and the market became increasingly more global. In certain sectors of our economy, companies can display profits that rival the national budgets of many small countries. This...

Instead of focusing on trying to justify our own piracy habits by dismissing upfront piracy is responsible by loss of sales (in a kind of mind game that can only result in us lying to ourselves), we should instead try to support the notion that piracy does exist, it does affect sales, not just...

It doesn't surprise me. When a technological presentation is dependent on 3rd-party software -- and especially games, since we are all well aware that's exactly the industry that produces the least quality software on the planet -- a company like Intel won't take unwanted risks. For all...

Ah! Didn't know that. Thanks. It all makes sense now that I know source code will not become available.

Not many, no. Well, the ZX Spectrum doubled as both a gaming console and a personal computer archetype. Before that I played mostly two systems: Those small handheld game consoles of the 80s and the Atari 5200 console. Other than that I did play extensively on the Playstation, but dropped the...

Seems aimed mostly at the very companies that make up the consortium. Only these know the algorithms they use on their applications, without anyone being required to disassemble their code (e.g. Microsoft knows the algorithm they use for pivot tables or What-If Analysis in Excel). If they are...

Unfortunately both the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo aren't a part of my history. So the appeal of this device isn't so great. However I'm a huge fan of emulators. I can safely say they are my greatest computer passion. So much, they have been responsible for me having learned how to...

Indeed, I was never found of the Gregorian calendar. But the real problem is the determination of a day length and the fact that earth itself, gravity and the universe, all laugh at our mundane attempts to make the passing of time seem clockwork precise. We require a type of order that simply...

My point was exactly how ridiculous that can be. Thunderbolt has its uses. What I don't want to see is technology fads outside the common sense. Like companies trying to capitalize on the increased speeds to sell thunderbolt devices to gullible consumers. In a world where gamers discuss gold...

I honestly can't see what kind of USB devices we plug in to our computers can benefit from the extra speed over USB 3.0 or even 2.0. I certainly am not looking forward to yet another useless variable when choosing the device I want to buy. A thunderbolt mouse is not better than a USB mouse. But...

>> but of all the people I know, I seem to be alone. I don't know a single person who uses Bing ... that's because you never asked me :) >> and all who know about it simply couldn't imagine moving away from Google. When I did the move I was surprised as to how simple it actually was. I did it...

Best burger I ate in my life was on a deli in Port Pirie, Australia. No franchises or that crap. The thing probably had a whole cow inside. It also definitely removed 1 or 2 years from my life expectancy. But I'll die a happy man. EDIT: Also did awesome kebabs.

But don't stop visiting its hotels, beaches and other tourist attractions. Human rights violation locations make for great tourism spots. We won't even notice.

Dunno... Excellent offering, no doubt. Possibly the best in quite a while. But... when the Humble Indie Bundle kicked in sometime in mid 2010, it was magic. It was the talk in the tubes and everyone was excited at a brilliant idea and execution. The second and the Frozenbyte Humble bundle...

Here you have a valid argument. But what you are see isn't the norm. IT departments do follow upgrades closely. They test, and choose or not to deploy. IT Departments that don't follow normal upgrade releases aren't the ones you see complaining a little everywhere. Furthermore, Firefox...

I had Firefox crashes on a few occasions. Certainly not something to complain much about. But it happened. And while some users may feel fine with it, you have to realize that these aren't just the whims of someone nitpicking. Software development should in fact conform to principles that have...

Not sure what you are trying to say here. It's hard to compare values when you make no effort to at least produce comparable results. A note, in any case: - It's quite possible that things have improved greatly in recently releases. I distinctly remember reading about recent changes being done...

Can't see Firefox changing the tide either. It just seems its going that downward spiral of past great applications once they meet their match and stop becoming the cool option everyone wants. To me, the decison to move to Chrome was a no brainer. I didn't care about browsing speed (as if that...

We just don't know, unfortunately. Both Apple and Nuance have been very tight-lipped about their partnership. As is the unfortunate case of almost all Apple partnerships. Personally I think there's a fat chance Nuance will ever lend technology to any other device or OS maker. The nature of...