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by gnaffle 15y ago
For what it's worth, I don't have a problem with the trackpad (which I think works better than on any PC, or with Linux), but i notice it with external mice.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
This is part of the problem, I think. If enough people noticed it, it would have been fixed a long time ago. It's probably similar to how some people don't notice the rainbow effect on DLP projectors, and others do.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I've always had this problem, and as a result I really can't use an external mouse with OSX. I've never had a problem with using the trackpads. Like one of the commenters mentioned, using synergy from a Linux PC solves the problem for me. F
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I agree. The point I was trying to make was that his question is not unanswerable, although he makes it out to be. "Who knows, maybe what I'm doing is alright after all?" Studies don't have to be conclusive in order to make him more informe
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I think there is a middle way in everything. For instance, you can run a game company without targeting serious addicts. You won't make as much money, but maybe you'll feel better. You don't have to go insane, though.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
That's a good question. I would think there are more people with serious gaming addictions out there than there are people rich enough to spend more than $10K on a game without it affecting their economy in some negative way. If you really
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I've never had a problem with XFS, but I had several silent data corruption issues with ReiserFS after power losses, where I would find the contents of one open file intermixed in another open file. I think such problems have been fixed now
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Where I live electrical outlets are quite common because many people use enging heaters during the winter. Also, the government has sponsored many free parking spots with charging (although the free part will probably disappear as soon as e
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by gnaffle 15y ago
It might be possible to have some of the battery packs replaceable and some fixed, so that you can get to 40% charge or so instantly if you need it. I'm a bit more pessimistic on getting the car makers to standardize on a battery size, espe
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by gnaffle 15y ago
The current Tesla will succeed if there are enough people that want to, and have enough money to buy a high performance electric car. It's not so relevant what most people think about electric cars if you don't target the mass market. Most
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by gnaffle 15y ago
With quick chargers you can charge an electric car in about 30 minutes. Charging that takes hours is not a problem if you can charge the car at work or at home. It's pretty clear that a large scale switch to electric would require us to upg
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Tesla is hardly a mass market car. I think the price is too high for a BMW 5-series as well, but if they manage to sell the cars at that price, that's my problem and not theirs. I think Tesla made a good choice to expand downwards in the ma
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by gnaffle 15y ago
"I still think computers will not succeed. They have been built since the 50s, and the price tag, the space they take, the heat and energy consumption have always been a problem." I think you fail to realize where electric cars are on its t
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I don't think they get success only because of good looks, but because they do something useful or fun. Between a dozen similarly useful apps, the ones that look good are the ones that will get coverage and be popular. If your idea is truly
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I never liked these. I know some that do, but the keys cannot be compared to the older Apple Extended Keyboard, they have a completely different feel. Also, as mentioned, the resistance seems to increase with age.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
It was an interesting read, but the writer seems a bit uninformed when he forgets to mention the other CPU platforms which are dominant in their markets, such as PowerPC (PS2, XBOX 360 and Wii). Also, no mention whatsoever that Intel actual
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by gnaffle 15y ago
How are the manufacturers distributing security updates, if not by updating the firmware? AFAIK they don't, correct me if I'm wrong.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Apple was the first company that was able to make a phone without bending over backwards to the operators demands. They could do this because they 1) had a great product 2) had no existing mobile revenue stream to lose 3) was able to shop t
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by gnaffle 15y ago
They should care about security updates, for one.
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I think the biggest problem is simply that it was a software bug that occured infrequently enough. To change a working piece of software that has thousands if not millions of problem free flying hours behind it is not something you do "just
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I don't think accidents happen because pilots don't realize crashing is a bad thing, they happen because pilots do the wrong thing. You probably want pilots that have trained on dealing with lots of different failures and can do the right t
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by gnaffle 15y ago
By easier, do you mean that you have to exert more back pressure to have it stall, or that it quickly gets out of the stall? I think it can vary a bit depending on weight and the exact model you're flying. In some models it's difficult to m
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I agree it's difficult to understand. I think a combination of confusion, distrust in the instruments and and a belief that the airplane would not stall must have contributed. The PNF acknowledges "alternate law", if he had only made the PF
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by gnaffle 15y ago
At least you can find some comfort in that AF447 was the first fatal accident with the type, and that there's been continuous improvement throughout the years (including replaced pitot probes). But bigger design problems might have gone una
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by gnaffle 15y ago
At least one of them realized it, but not the one flying. From http://www.bea.aero/en/enquetes/flight.af.447/transcript29ju... : "At 2h10.16 seconds, the pilot in the left seat, the pilot not flying, says “we have lost the speeds” then “a
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Yes, maybe a combination of shock, confusion or distrust in the instruments was a factor. It will be interesting to see what the human factors group of the investigation comes up with. I'm sure that the flight training will also be investig
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Maybe, but keep in mind that they are in operation on thousands of planes operating night and day, and they very seldom fail. So it's not what you would call a fragile solution. After all, the pitots involved in this flight were already due
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by gnaffle 15y ago
From what I read from the preliminary report, it's established that the stall warning sounded. If it had not been audible on the CVR, they would probably have noted it. One problem was that the stall warning stopped due to high angle of att
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by gnaffle 15y ago
I'm not so sure that the iOS creators predicted anything. They started off with OS X, which already had a smooth, responsive, GPU backed UI (Cocoa/Quartz Extreme). I don't think that they had to compromise on performance, but they did have
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by gnaffle 15y ago
Medical care is free, but it too has a limit. There is a finite amount of money available for treatment, and there is an almost infinite amount of new, unproven treatments that might just work. Lots of people put themselves into debt trying

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