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Comment Re:Doesn't get it (Score 1) 306

by dinadan on Friday May 29, 2015 @04:34PM (#49801679) Attached to: Australia's Prime Minister Doesn't Get Why Kids Should Learn To Code

> Why do we make our kids take geometry? Proofs. Critical thinking. Algebra? Same thing.

I happen to be a german programmer (hopefully good :-). Where i live we don't teach geometry or algebra in primary school.

Comment Re: a better question (Score 1) 592

by dinadan on Sunday January 18, 2015 @05:24PM (#48846393) Attached to: Why Run Linux On Macs?

Not so funny at all, my Mac has both an internal blu-ray drive and software to play blu-ray discs.

Comment Re:iPads seem to overcome moore's law (Score 2) 471

by dinadan on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @04:12PM (#45205635) Attached to: Apple Announces iPad Air

Moore's law is about transistor count, not performance.

Comment Re:Just so long as it remains readily playable (Score 1) 194

by dinadan on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @09:11AM (#35651760) Attached to: <em>Ultima IV</em> — EA Takedowns Precede Official Reboot

"They mentioned morality in the parts nobody cared about."
Sorry, but this is bullshit. You could not complete the game without complying to the eight virtues.

Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 700

by dinadan on Thursday April 22, 2010 @06:09PM (#31946688) Attached to: Sony Can Update PS3 Firmware Without Permission

"I'm just glad I decided to stick with PC gaming." ??? Sorry, but the actual ass raping is worse at the PC platform. There are single player games that you can not play without an internet connection. When they decide to shut down their servers (they will do it sooner or later), your purchased game is worthless.

Time To Cut the Ethernet Cable? 496

Posted by kdawson on Friday May 01, 2009 @10:44AM from the restructuring-the-edge dept.

coondoggie writes in with a Network World piece that begins "A range of companies with wireless LANs are discovering that 50% to 90% or more of Ethernet ports now go unused, because Wi-Fi has become so prevalent. They look at racks of unused switches, ports, Ethernet wall jacks, the cabling that connects them all, the yearly maintenance charges for unused switches, electrical charges, and cooling costs. So why not formally drop what many end users have already discarded — the Ethernet cable? 'There's definitely a right-sizing going on,' says Michael King, research director, mobile and wireless, for Gartner. 'By 2011, 70% of all net new ports will be wireless. People are saying, "we don't need to be spending so much on a wired infrastructure if no one is using it."' ... There is debate over whether WLANs, including the high-throughput 802.11n networks, will be able to deliver enough bandwidth." Cisco, which makes both wireless and wired gear, has a spokesman quoted calling this idea of right-sizing a "shortsighted message from a wireless-only provider. It's penny-wise and pound-foolish."

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