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Re:The Apple Watch on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @04:10AM (#8295433)
On some you can load AGPS data onto it for the next few days, but the bigger issue is that Garmin no longer uses SiRF chipsets, which are vastly superior when compared gen-for-gen vs. the generic stuff Garmin's using now.

It's a shame, but the most accurate Forerunners are the older ones–same for Foretrex, etc.–which are often the ones with the shortest battery life.

Re:Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class on Sunday September 07, 2014 @03:06AM (#8280503)
That, and calling Time "the news" is yet another variety of thin ice.
Re:Bill Gates Has an Idea for a History Class on Sunday September 07, 2014 @03:06AM (#8280502)
> let's not pretend that Shakespeare can say more about our world than this week's TIME, for instance.

And let's not pretend that reading astute commentaries on the fundamentals of human nature will say any less about our world than would a publication that needs to keep advertising dollars coming in while remaining harmonious with present political echo chambers.