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901.
by borism 16y ago
No
902.
by borism 16y ago
I wouldn't trust anything coming out of Vegas.
903.
by borism 16y ago
Rotors are tiny compared to conventional wind turbines. Even with six of them, just no comparison. Sure they harvest the wind much higher and it flys in circles quite fast, but I'm not quite sure how they'll be able to generate 1MW with on
904.
by borism 16y ago
Absolutely! They're even helping to memorize their failure by giving it a name (Antennagate).
905.
by borism 16y ago
that's because HTC Hero is not some incredibly magical life changing device!
906.
by borism 16y ago
anodization of steel will cover it with a fine layer of rust :)
907.
by borism 16y ago
it's called Reality Distortion Field for a reason!
908.
by borism 16y ago
wait, Apple themselves called the whole thing Antennagate? WTF were they thinking? There are indeed amateurs working at their PR department. Good luck with getting rid of that instant meme!
909.
by borism 16y ago
who was apple competitors in 2000s anyway? I don't recall anyone noticeable
910.
by borism 16y ago
Coders guide to good coffee? Nah, Russian Tea HOWTO: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1519624
911.
Russian Tea How-to(home.fazekas.hu)
14 points by borism 16y ago|4 comments
912.
by borism 16y ago
I think you're a bit confused about inflation vs. deflation. There's either one or the other, not both at the same time.
913.
by borism 16y ago
but will they fire Jobs?
914.
Senior Apple engineer told Jobs antenna could fail(bloomberg.com)
69 points by borism 16y ago|53 comments
915.
by borism 16y ago
we can continue to debate if you insist, but judging by your other comments it may not be exactly pleasant experience. also let me caution you that probably unlike you I have actual experience living in Soviet Union (not under Stalin, fortu
916.
by borism 16y ago
What about a tablet formfactor suddenly makes backlit LCD screens completely unbearable? we're talking iPad here. I haven't used one in direct sunlight, only in a bar one evening, but I do have an iPod touch and new Macbook Pro with glass
917.
by borism 16y ago
that's exactly how I've read the headline on WSJ newswire too. IIRC they also explicitly said to choose 3GS over 4G.
918.
by borism 16y ago
then you have oversimplified view of the world and I don't. let's agree to disagree.
919.
by borism 16y ago
Of course leaders have enormous powers. But it was never like comrade Stalin waves and everything stops.
920.
by borism 16y ago
App Store with 200k titles is a plus? Are you serious? How will your dad be able to find anything useful there?
921.
by borism 16y ago
yes it is. most users will end up not adjusting brightness thus hurting their eyes
922.
by borism 16y ago
Not really
923.
by borism 16y ago
what would you propose? Hasselblad?
924.
by borism 16y ago
If it wasn't for HTC's horrendously slow release cycle (not as bad as Sony Ericsson's though) I wouldn't care if it's nonSense or not.
925.
by borism 16y ago
that makes me wonder whether your comment is made to look you smarter or dumber than you are, and what that means in Dunning-Kruger effect's context.
926.
by borism 16y ago
+1 for vuvuzela. Frankly that's the only output port it needs.
927.
by borism 16y ago
First, not very easy to put a lot of usable solar panels onto airship, but it requires WAY more energy than a glider to maneuver due to ENORMOUS size. Sure, solar airship may have it's applications too. Second, it's not very exciting to fly
928.
by borism 16y ago
not only navies use oceans - there are magnitude more commercial vessels that are currently forced to either use very unreliable low bandwidth or very expensive satellite communications.
929.
by borism 16y ago
except balloon/zeppelin won't stay stationary or it will need magnitude more energy to maneuver!
930.
by borism 16y ago
Nope. That is incredibly expensive way to advertise.

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