semiquaver

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1. 1141.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   First off, comparing iPhone users to the overall mobile phone market is misleading at best. And while I don't doubt that 75% of iPhone users use apps, "For free applications, only about 20 percent of users return to use the app the first da
2. 1142.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   >Summer Holidays at the North Pole Wait about 20 more years for this one.
3. 1143.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   Submitter: It's a bad idea to link to a 4chan thread for this story, which are by their nature extremely transitory. Your link is already 404'd.
4. 1144.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   he forgot "fucking expensive" in his list. An iPhone is supported by a massive carrier subsidy. an iTablet would likely cost upwards of $700, seriously limiting its mass-market appeal. Also, I'm rooting for nokia's next generation n900 ta
5. 1145.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   Now all they have to do is monetize before they become "the next myspace."
6. 1146.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   I bet you're a blast at parties.
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   by semiquaver 17y ago

   http://help.msn.com/%28cHJvamVjdD1ob3RtYWlscGltX2ZhcSZtYXJrZ... A free Hotmail account becomes inactive if you do not sign in for 30 days, or within the first 10 days after signing up for an account. Once an account becomes inactive, all
8. 1148.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   Yep. I tried to log into an old hotmail account last month and found that it had expired. I had no problem re-registering it. This is an inexcusable security flaw that should be obvious.
9. 1149.▲
   by semiquaver 17y ago

   I'm almost positive that around the time of 64MB storage, Sony was still very against MP3 and refused to support anything but ATRAC3.
10. 1150.▲
    by semiquaver 17y ago

    At least the last time I set up a computer for an elderly relative, it required an extension, I think it's called Default Pagezoom.
11. 1151.▲
    by semiquaver 17y ago

    seconded.
12. 1152.▲
    by semiquaver 17y ago

    Crazy. My instance has been running for days, with dozens of tabs open at once and I am currently at 89Mb with 4 tabs open at the moment i.e. it scales back the memory like it should. I've found that memory usage has improved significantl
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    by semiquaver 17y ago

    This assertion is made almost entirely without support. A good counterexample to his argument is Firefox itself. (edit: although I do see HTML5 as being a potential threat to firefox and open source browsers in general if h.264 becomes the
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    by semiquaver 17y ago

    In several years of using it, Adblock Plus with EasyList has never once blocked something I wanted to see, and has let through very nearly zero ads. The web is just painful to use without it. Of course I whitelist most sites I visit reg
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    by semiquaver 17y ago

    At least no renter is upside down on their mortgage right now.
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    by semiquaver 18y ago

    If a user comes across a site because of a google search, it's more likely than not that he's there for a specific purpose and does not plan on returning. If the webmaster is able to glean useful information from his behavior and use that
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    by semiquaver 18y ago

    http://www.google.com/#q=test sends me to a blank google search with no results.
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    by semiquaver 18y ago

    It's beneficial to the webmaster, not the user. If most people were presented with a choice of whether or not to provide this information, they'd decline.