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by detst 14y ago
BT charges for Wi-Fi service at Olympic sites and paid for exclusivity.
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by detst 14y ago
I'm not trying to win a legal case here, just sayin'... 1. "The broadcast industry does not want American's to know..." Opinion. Why would they want this widely known? 2. "...legally obligated..." OK, that might be a little str
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by detst 14y ago
Where in there does he, or the link he references, substantiate the following claim? The broadcast industry does not want American's to know this, but they are legally obligated to provide the free "over the air" stations on cable (
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by detst 14y ago
I can't cite a source but I'm quite certain that there is no requirement to provide these channels to non-customers. The requirement is that they broadcast those channels in the clear to customers. That means without a physical filter, non-
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by detst 14y ago
If it was auto-killed, it's for something you did in the past. It will only be visible to users that are logged in with "showdead" enabled and you (presumably to make spammers and trolls think their comments are visible). But I can see this
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by detst 14y ago
> I just so fucking sick of the flamebait threads. If you've got a problem with a flamebaiting editorialized title, say that; don't start the flame. Android and iPhone are both doing well. This is one metric where Android is ahead. Whet
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by detst 14y ago
Really? Those are completely irrelevant to me and I have no idea why anyone would care as long as the site functions. It's not ideal and I wouldn't encourage it but does it really matter?
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by detst 14y ago
And there are starving people in Africa, too. All that you suggest is already being done in Detroit. Personally, I think I would be bored after about an hour like you say but it would be really cool if they could pull this off. The Detroit
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by detst 14y ago
> so I also wonder when it will be "stable" It should be out of technology preview later this year. > JavaScript sucks if you don't know how it works It's possible to understand JS and want better. I think the people behind V8 and D
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by detst 14y ago
>> 2. The university endowment system combined with some of the greatest research institutions on the planet created the tech VC system that fuelled the growth of Silicon Valley. > 2. True but a bit irrelevant. > [...] US is
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by detst 14y ago
IANAL either but I'd say you've basically got it right that the USPTO is happy to give out patents that a court will invalidate when someone with the money to shoot them down is involved. But I wouldn't go as far as to say "you can file any
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by detst 14y ago
They're looking at the long term. What they announced today isn't going to make or break the business. They can always lower prices but undercutting and realizing later that they need to raise them to maintain the business model is not some
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by detst 14y ago
Why would they undercut by a factor of 2? They seem to be going for better and more predictable performance at a slightly lower cost without going into the low end. I'd like to see more but I didn't really expect any major undercutting cons
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by detst 14y ago
No, home teams bat second and are always listed on the bottom. This is simply misaligned. They're in the top of the 9th so that dash under the 8th inning for the Clovers should be shifted to the right.
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by detst 14y ago
> My argument is against the idea that 18-25 year olds would be buying this for $750 I agree but it's only $300. As I said before, I think it should be $200. > Windows Media Center, MythTV [...] using your bluetooth/IR remote contro
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by detst 14y ago
It seems like your argument is against the existence of the device. I disagree. I think it's a much nicer experience than anything that involves plugging in a desktop computer. Although, I do think it should be priced <= $200. I was sim
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by detst 14y ago
> Optical and HDMI make so much more sense for a processor like this. It has those, too. > if you own a huge TV/speakers Lots of 18-25 year olds don't have huge TVs and these will be great for their parties. Move this and a set of s
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by detst 14y ago
You may not interact with them usually but that doesn't mean they can't stop you. They do it before you pass them. I've had it happen in both the US and Canada.
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by detst 14y ago
The top complaint was typical hyperbolic contrarianism. The first page provided the basics well enough for you to get feedback on where to improve. It wasn't that bad. Links to more explanations (i.e. horizontal vs. vertical scaling, detail
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by detst 14y ago
This is really unfortunate and takes away from HN. I'm fully in favor of defaulting to maintaining the original title but often it's so vague to be completely meaningless. Most people don't have time to click on every link so we simply pass
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by detst 14y ago
Fair enough but I don't see these "Microsoft sucks lols" comments you speak of. I hope they are delaying Win 8 for at least a year. Is that it? Based on early Windows 8 feedback, Microsoft announce the upcoming release of Windo
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by detst 14y ago
HN certainly doesn't lean pro-MS but I don't get your point. It seems to be "I'll keep in mind these terrible comments when I see terrible comments in the future." This isn't a small community and there are plenty of relatively unbiased peo
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by detst 14y ago
Look, I think what you do is legal and should be legal. But I think you're letting your emotions from people criticizing you get in the way of your logic. >> If the squatter would not have taken it then it would've been available fo
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by detst 14y ago
Of course you're right about basic/smartphone difference. I'm not sure how I overlooked that. It'd be nice to see a lower base rate but they've convinced the average consumer to be happy to get a "free" phone every two years. It's actually
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by detst 14y ago
Why is there a $10 difference between "Jetpack/Netbooks/Notebooks/USBs" and tablets? You're paying for the data separately; there shouldn't be another fee, let alone a $10 difference between device types. And why is a smartphone $10 more th
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by detst 14y ago
> he has a problem with the concept of frameworks I'd say it's more of a problem with frameworks as they exist today. I'd like to see a movement to REST API service frameworks with some level of cooperation to get compatibility for stan
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by detst 14y ago
You couldn't be bothered to read two more sentences that demonstrate that he gets the difference, yet you could take the time to write a response? Some of us simply take issue with the revisionist history where we went from the stone age to
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by detst 14y ago
You should take a look at an exchange between that guy and a guy with the bio: "Software development, web design ; interested in movies, animation and humor." [1] Should they both just shut up and let the big boys handle it? Or should he ta
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by detst 14y ago
Yeah, this is like using Wikipedia as a starting point in researching an unfamiliar topic. It might be poorly written and do more harm than good but likely you'll get enough from it to pursue further. "Don't trust stuff you read on forums",
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by detst 14y ago
The equivalent in Dart is: main() { print("hello world!"); } and you know the "17259 lines" thing is FUD. EDIT: The above Dart code currently generates 445 lines of JS with comments and readable formatting. Obviously it's not q

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