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Philipo replied to the Microsoft Corp. board. 9:11 AM

Re: MSFT 5th largest tablet maker

"And who makes the Nexus 7?"

Wiki & Google (if not Bing) are faster than asking in a forum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_7

As for comparison to Amazon – [more]

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Philipo replied to the Microsoft Corp. board. 2:19 PM

Re: The Year of Windows

"The boy who cried Developers?"

Not just cried it - danced it out hippy hoppity style....lol
TGIF
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Philipo replied to the Apple board. 3:51 PM

Re: Apple's posh new campus

Re. ""He wanted everything "polished to a supernatural smoothness."

Suppose to be "jealous" of SJ's OCD? Not this time or this project.

At best it begs the question WTH is Cook & the BOD is doing [more]

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Philipo replied to the Analog Devices, Inc. board. 8:23 AM

Re: RIP Jerry

Sad day for ADI and EE flags at half mast over the loss of Jerry.
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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 7:55 AM

Re: 2015 Mustang

As a past 69 Mach1 & 69 Fastback GT owner I approve of these retro styling cues ;-)
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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 1:03 PM

Re: Mustang to Shed Weight

"Just like other famous tinkerers such as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Edwin Land, et al. One doesn't enter the Pantheon solely on one's own merits."

Im not sure Land's peers had to endure people proposed, with perhaps assumed chance [more]

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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 4:56 PM

Re: Mustang to Shed Weight

Nice!
Having just snowblowed & shoveled wet snow for 2+ hours I too will welcome spring (and so will my back)
;-)
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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 2:08 PM

Re: Mustang to Shed Weight

"Remember this one"

Too well (yikes).
I owned 3 69's and still own a low mileage 89 coup I ordered - considered an 09 but got distracted...it's not too late though for used...too many projects ;-)
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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 1:59 PM

Re: Mustang to Shed Weight

"That's impressive HP from a four-banger, but it's the torque that snaps your head."

Anyone else remember the mid 80's fox chassis SVO tubo 4-cyl Mustang?
It had no low end torque though it got respectable et's when wound up. I [more]

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Philipo replied to the Ford Motor Company board. 1:47 PM

Re: Mustang to Shed Weight

"Imagine what cars would be like if Steve Jobs had worked in this industry instead! Of course, he'd have tried to make gasoline proprietary as well. Most swords have two edges, don't they?"

Yup. Does make you wonder though how [more]

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Philipo replied to the Microsoft Corp. board. 11:42 AM

Re: Used games

"It's entirely possible that the SCOTUS could overturn the first sale docturine, regardless of where the physical item was produced. "

Yeah (agree). Since US corporations are treated as people by our current era SCOTUS this [more]

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Philipo replied to the Help with this STUPID computer! board. 11:17 AM

Re: Best monitor size for portrait mode?

Rita, You want larger (magnifying everything) AND, assuming portrait orientation is your monitor goal, you want as many vertical lines as you can get so that they equate to horizontal resolution when rotated 90 degrees. A 1080 line monitor may suck [more]

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Philipo replied to the Microsoft Corp. board. 9:09 AM

Re: Used games

"How could they limit this?"

Technically or morally/legally?

Technically when the game is used it would be registered to a licensee and then be non transferable in the ULEA the users clicks through. Trading the disc is [more]