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by jsz0 15y ago
If you have a fairly reliable Internet connection it's worth looking into something like Subsonic instead. You run it but you get tons more features, storage, more privacy, clients for basically every device -- even ones without Flash suppo
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by jsz0 15y ago
At minimum it would kill Google's ability to compete. Every tiny move they made would be under a microscope.
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by jsz0 15y ago
The details are a bit murky at the moment but if Google is going to launch a music service that does not offer any method of purchasing or subscribing to music it will probably alienate a lot of users. Music sales may be down but they're no
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by jsz0 15y ago
This is Microsoft's ICQ moment. Overpaying for a company at the moment when its core competency is becoming a commodity. Does anyone have the slightest bit of loyalty to Skype? Of course not. They're going to use whichever video chat comes
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by jsz0 15y ago
Sounds about right to me. I would think for things like games targeted to kids resume-state would actually not be a desirable feature.
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by jsz0 16y ago
Some companies do offer 100Mbit packages today however it's mostly a gimmick. They would face a much bigger challenge/cost to offer every single customer 100Mbit. There's a surprising lack of demand for customers who are willing to pay more
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by jsz0 16y ago
Luckily DOCSIS3 scales pretty well. You can just keep adding bonded channels. 4 or 8 channel D3 modems are common these days but we have 16 and 32 channel models waiting in the wings. Since cable systems aren't exactly symmetrical from a sp
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by jsz0 16y ago
I seriously doubt it. Perhaps 50-100Mbit/sec which is obtainable using the cable/telco infrastructure already in place. I don't see any killer apps on the horizon that will actually require a gigabit of bandwidth into the home. Even today y
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by jsz0 16y ago
I've benefited before from eBay flukes so I always set a reasonable reserve price. I wouldn't suggest setting it too high but I think people understand there is a minimum price you're willing to sell at. I also usually set a buy it now pr
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by jsz0 16y ago
Self policing is working fairly well so far. Any developer who uses AirPush is taking a huge gamble. Personally I will uninstall the app, report it as malicious malware, and write a scathing review of any app that uses AirPush. I hope other
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by jsz0 16y ago
If someone forces me to write anything more than my name and/or address on paper I use cursive. I make it completely illegible and unreadable on purpose. It's total gibberish. This way they will never ask me to do it again. Almost always wo
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by jsz0 16y ago
Probably a good strategy. I would like to have a pretty good OSX clone for PCs. There's no good reason to clone Windows -- if you have a PC you can just use the real thing. You cannot (easily) run OSX on a PC.
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by jsz0 16y ago
Is it possible the cell tower you're locally connected to is aware of its adjacent towers and communicates this information back to the iPhone? If you're traveling at highway speeds, or perhaps on rail, a 100 mile radius won't cover a huge
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by jsz0 16y ago
I don't think the difference will be quite as dramatic though. Apple has been outgrowing PC sales with their premium products for many quarters now I believe. They even managed this during a deep recession in most of the world. That suggest
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by jsz0 16y ago
Some of the IP video solutions coming out from the bigger cable companies are actually pretty good though facing some limited content at the moment. I don't think they can compete against Netflix for movies but as basically cable TV on your
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by jsz0 16y ago
It sure seems that way. Sitting isn't a new fad. People have been doing it for many years. Even if you want to look at the last few decades as increasing our sit time dramatically it still doesn't jive with reality. Death from heart disease
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by jsz0 16y ago
It amazes me Paul Allen ever managed to become filthy rich in the first place. He just doesn't seem like a savvy person. Why even bother criticizing Gates at this point? True or not it just doesn't make much sense to attack someone who is n
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by jsz0 16y ago
Seems very unlikely to me. Why would Apple want to get involved in that mess? Anyone who buys a big cable TV company at this point is buying a ticking -- very obsolete, time bomb. Apple would have no trouble finding partners especially with
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by jsz0 16y ago
I'm not sure we're at that point yet but it will happen eventually. Once the iPhone gets a multi-core processor, much faster GPU, and 4G what else is really left for a yearly update? I doubt we'll see an octo-core iPhone 6 with 4 cameras, 2
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by jsz0 16y ago
I can't say it's among my top concerns in the world right now. The quest for political influence isn't automatically a crime. Facebook obviously has a big interest in FCC policy for example. If they choose to opt out of the political games
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by jsz0 16y ago
It's a fairly complex problem. They probably wanted to model a bunch of different systems to 'prove' they were making the right choice. Ultimately that will determine who to congratulate or blame in 6 months so you can imagine everyone invo
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by jsz0 16y ago
Apparently Microsoft wants to target WM7 at consumers. They've done very little to integrate WM7 with Windows Server -- in fact WM7 is a big step backwards in this respect compared to WM6. I think you're right that going after the enterpris
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by jsz0 16y ago
I'm really confused about what you mean. OSX's Finder hasn't changed much in years. This is actually a big complaint of the OSX user community. They want it to change more. Finder in 10.6, even 10.7, is really not much different than Finder
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by jsz0 16y ago
If you want to hack away at Honeycomb for tablets, you just have to contact them and they'll provide you the full source code Are they going to provide the source to the ROM modding community? They're supporting the Nook and several other
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by jsz0 16y ago
Some privileged companies are not only getting access to the code but actually shipping Honeycomb based products today. Most of the reviews of the Xoom noted some lack of polish but I don't recall any massive problems that would suggest Hon
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by jsz0 16y ago
IIRC Google's Market app is closed source and Google offers no official API or other method for third parties to fully access the Market.
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by jsz0 16y ago
I can see the appeal of BluRay for home theater enthusiasts but on a computer it has limited uses. Not sure there's even a good case to be made that BR is useful for removable storage given the size/prices/speed of USB/magnetic storage. Doe
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by jsz0 16y ago
I can't stand the middle-ground of things 'sorta working' I would rather have it be either fully functional or non-existant.
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by jsz0 16y ago
It's worth considering that the people who watch cable news may very well want huge coverage of a royal wedding. Why not? It's a made-for-TV event. Very entertaining to some folks. Increasingly the people who want better/faster coverage are
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by jsz0 16y ago
No one knows for sure either way yet. So wouldn't most people's opinion on the subject be inherently lacking in the 'reliable source of information' department? He usually provides links to the other side of any given argument. Isn't it rea

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