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Upcoming graphical powerhouses

This all makes me think that Kinect is a great tragedy. As an Xbox One owner I find it neat and useful, but not $100 useful. IIRC the tear downs said the BoM was likely in the $75 range. For an extra $75 in silicon they could have built a much more powerful machine. Possibly even enough to...
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- Post #75
- Aug 19, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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"Using TrueCrypt is not secure..."

Sure it is. The pen trap order was for a specific account. Lavabit refused to provide it, and then provided only encrypted information. So they got a warrant for the SSL key. Just because the key opens a bunch of other stuff too doesn't mean they are not allowed to use it to open stuff...
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- Post #43
- May 31, 2014
- Forum: Security
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"Using TrueCrypt is not secure..."

Right, but what I mean is Lavabit actually had the information they wanted. Assuming Truecrypt works, they want them to introduce a flaw so that when a target uses it they can break the encryption right? Truecrypt doesn't have anything to hand over that lets anyone open a volume without the...
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- Post #24
- May 29, 2014
- Forum: Security
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"Using TrueCrypt is not secure..."

If this is in any way a result of NSA pressure, it would actually be dramatically different from the Lavabit situation. In that case Lavabit was served with a search warrant requiring them to hand over certain information. They were required to keep it secret and hand over encryption keys...
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- Post #22
- May 29, 2014
- Forum: Security
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Do you think you will buy a smart watch in the next year?

Not unless something new blows me away. I just don't see any features that are useful to me.
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- Post #33
- May 2, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Why is Google Wallet such a failure?

That's the thing, it works fine. But it's not a big enough improvement to drive widespread adoption based on being better. IMO unless something happens to either make it way better for the average user than credit cards, or some major players (which as I think about it probably means the big...
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- Post #25
- Apr 9, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Intel CEO refuses to answer questions if NSA can access it's CPUs

Toxic is about the dose, not the substance. Sodium fluoride is not fluoride any more than salt is chlorine gas. The NSA is coming to get you though. They have these cool black helicopters that don't even make any noise. They could come for you any time. Now that you're on to them you may...
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- Post #12
- Feb 20, 2014
- Forum: Politics and News
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Physical or Digital Games?

Me too. I don't have a lot of space (already tossed the cases for my current library) so digital is just easier.
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- Post #17
- Feb 3, 2014
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Ways that Halo Was Great

Yeah, IIRC the last line of Halo 3 was Master Chief "Wake me, when you need me." And the last line of Halo 4 should have been "You woke me up for this?" :colbert: Halo 4 is actually a great way to view what made most of the series great, IMO. The music, the plot, the levels and the pacing...
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- Post #60
- Feb 3, 2014
- Forum: Console Gaming
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Google selling Motorola to Lenovo for $3 billion!?

The wildcard is whether Lenovo is getting any cash with Motorola. I'd assume they get at least enough working capital to run the business, maybe $100-200m. Beyond that though we don't know, it could be a big chunk of change or nothing. edit: Here's how dealbook runs the numbers...
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- Post #30
- Jan 29, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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GF son found an iphone 5s. What to do?

Here's the Taxi & Limousine Commission lost property page: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/passenger/sub_lost_prop_inquiry.shtml They basically say to contact the company or the police. I'm guessing that you have no real way to contact the cab (medallion # or driver license #) in which case...
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- Post #23
- Jan 27, 2014
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Is Win 8 the new Vista??? HP brings Win 7 back!

Ha. More like Windows 7 is the new XP. Every large enterprise that migrated to Windows 7 found migration to be such a PITA that they're going to stick with it as long as they can. They're skipping Windows 8 and probably Windows 9 too without giving any consideration whatsoever to the OS...
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- Post #25
- Jan 26, 2014
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Sim City 5
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- Post #1,342
- Jan 20, 2014
- Forum: PC Games
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Interesting article on gamers harassing developers

Anonymity is a bit of a red herring. Didn't South Korea try to mandate real names online, with minimal impact on behavior? It seems that getting behind a keyboard or controller makes people feel like they can say things they'd never say person. That's a problem all over the internet for...
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- Post #50
- Dec 5, 2013
- Forum: PC Games
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Okay, so how did Samsung end up ruling android phones?

Samsung had three big things going for it. First, Samsung parent was a large and prosperous company that could pour billions into growing the business. None of the stand alone manufacturers could do that. Second, Samsung had a wealth of experience from making components for Apple that no one...
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- Post #81
- Nov 23, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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