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Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

for a botanist he sure knows his way around rover hardware

he's a botanist and mechanical engineer. everyone on the crew has dual specialities.

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Dixie Cretin Seaman: Jan 22, 2008; all hat and one catte; Hot Rope Guy

Endless Mike posted:

he's a botanist and mechanical engineer. everyone on the crew has dual specialities.

uh nice try but in the movie he says "lucky for me im a botanist" and holds up a piece of paper with his job description and it says "BOTANIST" not "BOTANIST AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER"

# ? Oct 21, 2015 14:51

Clockwerk: Apr 6, 2005

read the book, farrrt

# ? Oct 21, 2015 15:21

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 6 days!

THC posted:

i lied, there is actually one part where a surface is on a guy's desk displaying charts. but its still never actually used. unlike the numerous Samsung laptops in the movie which are actually used. i guess samsung outbid microsoft, or maybe microsoft got wind that samsung poo poo was in the movie and was like "us too!"

so then they kind of shoved some surfaces in the NASA sets during last minute reshoots

i thought the film was meant to be realistic

# ? Oct 21, 2015 15:25

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

You Am I posted:

It's a very good movie, but hey sorry you didn't enjoy it

it was a pretty good movie, but it kind of ruined the tension when there was a clear numerical value for the happy ending spoiler alert.

if days of food > the time it takes to get to the dude, bad things can happen
if days of food < the time it takes to get to the dude, good things have to happen

# ? Oct 21, 2015 15:44

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Clockwerk posted:

read the book, farrrt

don't, the book is bad

# ? Oct 21, 2015 16:26

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

yospos waifu joanna stern likes the surface book!

quote:

If you�re a Windows user who�s long been jealous of Apple�s best-in-class laptops, the $1,500-and-up Surface Book is the answer to your prayers

or does she?

quote:

well, it could be. Eventually.

During my testing, I experienced software and hardware issues on multiple units. The worst one is related to a known hardware malfunction that Microsoft says won�t be in the devices shipping to consumers next week. I hope that�s true, because when I wasn�t dealing with these technical glitches, the Surface Book was the best Windows laptop I�ve ever used.

I'm sure a week is plenty of time to iron out some minor issues like

quote:

The design has some real flaws, though. The 3.3-pound, 0.9-inch-thick computer is chunkier than I�d like. And getting into it is like trying to crack a safe. The magnets that keep the system closed require you throw too much back into it. Once you�re in, there�s a slight but unfortunate wobble in the display. This is related to that high-tech hinge that releases the screen when you press an eject key.
...
Two-finger scrolling is very smooth�though not in Google�s Chrome browser�and other gestures work on the first try. But it doesn�t quite reach Apple�s trackpad perfection. Sometimes my cursor would jump, stick or just disappear. Microsoft says this too will soon be fixed.
...
The new pen doesn�t make distracting clacking sounds as you tap the screen, the way its predecessor did. It responds better to pressure and quick strokes. However, in meetings, the slight, unnatural writing delay made me yearn for a dead tree and a cheap Bic. And though the pen magnetically attaches to the screen, it can easily fall off. (Mine is now in JFK airport�s lost and found. It costs $60 to replace.)
...
But then came the times where I wanted to take off my shoe and throw it at the Surface Book. A display driver crash alert repeatedly interrupted my work, and twice the thing rebooted on its own, causing me to lose unsaved notes. (Other reviewers told me they had similar issues.) Worst of all, a Surface Pro 4 and a Surface Book I tested failed to boot up fully because of faulty solid state drives. They simply would not allow me back into Windows.

�We discovered some of the units had solid state drives that were failing,� Panos Panay, corporate vice president of Microsoft Devices, told me. �This is an issue we�ve already addressed at the factory and something customers will not experience at launch.�

in conclusion

quote:

Yet I can�t recommend you get the new Surfaces, no matter how much I really loved using the Book when it was working correctly. While Microsoft assures me that the issues are being addressed, I�ll need to test the fixed versions myself before I give it a thumbs-up.

so yeah not bad for $1500

# ? Oct 21, 2015 16:40

Fuzzy Mammal: Aug 15, 2001; Lipstick Apathy

joe belfiore to take a sabbatical because he's tired of only being figuratively adrift at sea

# ? Oct 21, 2015 16:57

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Amethyst posted:

everything I hear about that book/movie is incredibly gauche

the book is just insufferable at many points

"see what I did there" is actually uttered by the protagonist many times when he's pointing out a pun

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:16

Space-Pope: Aug 13, 2003; by zen death robot

i liked interstellar more

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:20

Space-Pope: Aug 13, 2003; by zen death robot

better cinematography, better pacing, and i have a mancrush on mcconaughey

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:21

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

qirex posted:

yospos waifu joanna stern likes the surface book!

or does she?

I'm sure a week is plenty of time to iron out some minor issues like

in conclusion
so yeah not bad for $1500

all the problems are related to the stupid hinge that nobody really wants

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:29

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Shaggar posted:

all the problems are related to the stupid hinge that nobody really wants

which in turn is related to the stupid philosophy of the manufacturer of "one platform for everything" when it's been proven over and over again it just creates more problems than it solves

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:32

Sapozhnik: Jan 2, 2005; Nap Ghost

qirex posted:

yospos waifu joanna stern likes the surface book!

or does she?

I'm sure a week is plenty of time to iron out some minor issues like

in conclusion
so yeah not bad for $1500

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:32

Clockwerk: Apr 6, 2005

Space-Pope posted:

better cinematography, better pacing, and i have a mancrush on mcconaughey

I don't know about better pacing, that was probably 2014's space movie's greatest flaw

# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:39

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

Shaggar posted:

all the problems are related to the stupid hinge that nobody really wants

it's made by ms so you want it

ps how is your lumia

# ? Oct 21, 2015 18:27

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

wp architects literally being put out to sea

Joe Belfiore is taking a break from Microsoft for a year

quote:

Joe Belfiore, known within Microsoft as a major figure for driving the Windows Phone brand in recent years, has announced plans to take a year long break from the company, to focus on his family and embark on a boating trip across the world.

# ? Oct 21, 2015 18:27

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

Endless Mike posted:

it's made by ms so you want it

ps how is your lumia

I don't think they're out yet. I wanted a surface laptop but not one that's also a tablet.

# ? Oct 21, 2015 18:28

Baxate: Feb 1, 2011

Shaggar posted:

I don't think they're out yet. I wanted a surface laptop but not one that's also a tablet.

your gonna be waiting a while then

# ? Oct 21, 2015 18:31

Fuzzy Mammal: Aug 15, 2001; Lipstick Apathy

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

wp architects literally being put out to sea

Joe Belfiore is taking a break from Microsoft for a year

get out i made this joke already bub :mad:

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:04

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Fuzzy Mammal posted:

get out i made this joke already bub

drat even my hackery is second fiddle

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:10

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

qirex posted:

yospos waifu joanna stern likes the surface book!

or does she?

I'm sure a week is plenty of time to iron out some minor issues like

in conclusion
so yeah not bad for $1500

so it's pretty good except for the multitude of problems that make it a piece of poo poo.

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:12

wyoak: Feb 14, 2005; a glass case of emotion; Fallen Rib

Space-Pope posted:

better cinematography, better pacing, and i have a mancrush on mcconaughey

cinematography and pacing both sucked in Interstellar, agreed on the 3rd point though
Well the cinematography didn't straight suck but it wasn't great

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:18

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

Endless Mike posted:

ps how is your lumia

lol if you think shagger will ever get a windows phone

even he realizes iphones are perfect

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:29

Happy_Misanthrope: Aug 3, 2007; "I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

wyoak posted:

cinematography and pacing both sucked in Interstellar, agreed on the 3rd point though
Well the cinematography didn't straight suck but it wasn't great

wtf was with the animation of the docking attempts, it was like it was stop motion, looked really weird and took me out of it

# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:42