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  1. Re:Wait for dual core by Rayonic · · Score: 1 · on When Should I Buy an Android Tablet?

    Pretty sure Honeycomb being dual-core only was proven untrue.
    http://erictric.com/2011/01/06/android-honeycomb-doesnt-require-a-dual-core-cpu/

    It was probably a mistranslation or misunderstanding about it having added support for dual-core processors.

  2. Re:Make it static. by dch24 · · Score: 3, Interesting · on WikiLeaks Starts Mass Mirroring Effort
    I suppose Wikileaks is already aware of the possibility they may dissapear, and knows exactly how to take advantage of decentralized distribution.
  3. Re:What does Wikileaks get from this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting · on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout

    Wikileaks used to feature leaks from all over the world, big and small. Truth and transparency for their own sake motivated the organization. In this capacity, Wikileaks might have been a force for good.

    But a few years ago, Julian Assange (who is as autocratic as the rumors indicate) and his ilk abandoned the original goals of the organization to wage a political war against the United States. Wikileaks launched a massive fundraising effort, then started to ignore documents from the general public. Most telling is that the operators let the submission system stay broken for months at a time: if your leak doesn't harm the United States, Wikileaks isn't interested.

    Today's Wikileaks uses methods that the old Wikileaks would have found deplorable: these include a strict internal hierarchy, deceptive video editing, spin-heavy public statements, marketing-driven timing, purity tests, and blackmail. Whereas idealism drove the old Wikileaks, every action taken by its present incarnation is informed by malice aforethought. It's no longer about the truth. Now, it's a vendetta.

    Speaking as someone who was formerly involved with the organization, I cannot support today's Wikileaks or its leadership. They've been captured by their vanity and pride[1] and as far as I'm concerned, they can hang, then burn.

    Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.

    [1] That some prominent members of the organization consider this wretched document the "obvious truth" illuminates their mindset.

  4. Dude, get a clue and keep current with reality by jscotta44 · · Score: 4, Informative · on Review of HTC Desire As Alternative To iPhone

    What are you smoking? Judging by the mod of 4 and 'insightful', it must be a group water pipe, filled with some really good shit.

    http://erictric.com/2010/04/23/iphone-market-share-in-japan-surpasses-72/

    The iPhone has 72% of the smart phone market share in Japan. However, even I take that with a grain of salt, because the definition of a 'smart phone' is even more confused than it is here. However, the iPhone has 4.9% of the total market, and growing.

    However you cut it, seems to me that they are doing quite well in what may be the toughest mobile market in the world. A place that has destroyed attempts by others do the same thing.