Pooter

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by Pooter 16y ago
Exactly. It should be easier AND cheaper to roll out the better wireless where there are more, wealthier people and where there is greater density. The fact that wireless sucks in the big cities of the US is indicative of crappy service, no
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by Pooter 16y ago
That's a bullshit excuse. I live in one of the largest cities in the USA. AT&T's 3G sucks here. If I go 15 miles west of here, it's suddenly way faster. This is entirely because AT&T doesn't invest in backhaul infrastructue. It's go
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by Pooter 16y ago
Doing stupid things is a basic part of the human condition. You may do more of them if you're stupid, but you still do plenty of them when you're smart, too.
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by Pooter 16y ago
Im fine with the dumb phone OSes they've produced - they're actually nice to use and probably the best of such systems that I've used. My experiences with their symbian devices, though (all s60, devices) was terrible. Crashy, with ugly and
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by Pooter 16y ago
I don't think the comparison between 1997 Apple and 2011 Nokia is particularly close, or instructive for understanding the deal. But I do agree that this probably is a good deal Nokia; and for Microsoft. Nokia was never all tha great with s
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by Pooter 16y ago
Doesn't really help dispel the notion that Perl is a dead language, does it?
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by Pooter 16y ago
It's worth pointing out that the default word order of English is SVO, and not VOS/VSO like the "word" order of LISP. Perhaps, John McCarthy is a native speaker of Malagasy?
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by Pooter 16y ago
Meh.
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by Pooter 16y ago
I saw speculation about Nokia switching to WP7 about as soon as Elop went to Nokia. It's hardly a surprise that they've been working on this stuff for a while. Or it's some Photoshop renders. Either way.
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by Pooter 16y ago
Given that this is a press release from MPEG-LA hosted on its own website stating that MPEG-LA is asking for information about possible WebM infringements, I assume it's being driven by MPEG-LA.
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by Pooter 16y ago
Just because you want WebM to not infringe and to succeed, that doesn't make any possible facts or remarks that potentially conflict with that wish FUD.
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by Pooter 16y ago
> I know, "apple doesn't license their OS dummy!". But think about this: > 1. Android is selling more phones right now. > 2. Apple is unable to manufacture enough phones, and has admitted in conference calls that they have lost