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Not a very useful statistic considering they must process thousands of transfers a day due to regular business activity. A better stat might be % increase or at least the number of transfers above the average. Admittedly, that would make fo
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it's just another form of marketing. spending resources on marketing is a valid approach when you need to stand out from your competitors. with this new campaign, they're likely to get an infusion of customers and cash, which will in turn b
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yummies
15y ago
i can think of a few trolls who would love to snatch up that patent and sue everyone who ever had anything to do with a smartphone.
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yummies
15y ago
So to sum this article up: 'unity is awesome and will finally let non geeks use linux, but any current linux users should move on to other distros.' despite how illogical that sounds, that may very well be cannonical's game plan.
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yummies
15y ago
Somewhat misleading title - the article said Acer sold 5k Chromebooks in the first month and a half. Still not stellar, but not as bad as the title makes it out to be.
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15y ago
I think this train of thought would be considered a violation of the author's "No hand-wringing" rule. The last half of this article is dedicated towards debunking the "pipeline problem" which you are describing. Now whether or not he effec
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iPhone 5 Prototype Lost at Bar, Possibly Sold on Craigslist
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Droid Bionic latest rumor: $300 on 9/8
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Would you say that airlines are violating your right to free speech because they make you turn off your cell phones in flight? What about all the subway tunnels that don't have cell service - is their lack of cell service unconstitutional,
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Simply put, the primary purpose of bart is to run a train service and maximize availability of that service. Cell service is a non essential (and until a few years ago, nonexistant) enhancement of that service. The theory here is that if th
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15y ago
You can simply walk upstairs where there's normal cellphone reception, and you're good to go. Now if you're stuck on a train in a tunnel because protesters are causing the system to shut down, that's a different situation, but still not dec
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Read what happened last time there was a protest by this group: http://sfist.com/2011/07/12/bart_protesters_chant_vandalize_... This is not your typical peaceful protest - BART was probably more concerned about preventing trains from bein