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  1. Re:Everyone wins. on Android vs. iPhone — Who Wins In 2011? · · Score: 1

    Are all app preferences, SMS conversations, non-Google Calendar alarms, browsing history, wifi network passwords, wallpaper, brightness, etc, etc transferred as well? He said clone, and he really means it. I was surprised when I first did it, too. Now, if Android does that too for different devices from different handset makers using different OS versions, then I'll be happily surprised.

  2. Re:And when they go to realize those ideas ... on Drop Out and Innovate, Urges VC Peter Thiel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Doesn't really happen that often, from what I've seen. More often, mature students returning to school are returning because they realize the value of an education on account of having a hard time without it. Additionally, university gives students something that is hard to come by in the working world: an appreciation of how many diverse perspectives there are in the world. Don't get me wrong - success stories happen. But for every Steve Jobs and Peter Thiel, I bet you there are a hundred or more drop-outs (stop-outs?) with nothing to show for their sacrifice. I think it's irresponsible of him to take the highest achieving students and encourage them to leave university.

  3. And when they go to realize those ideas ... on Drop Out and Innovate, Urges VC Peter Thiel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    they'll understand why university comes in handy.

  4. Re:WELCOME TO AMERICA THESE ARE YOUR BALLS IN MY H on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It'd be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

  5. Re:Surprised the percentage is that LOW on Of 1.2 Billion Twitter Posts, 71% Are Ignored · · Score: 1

    If we're defining "ignored" to mean "no replied to in the medium of the original message", then 99% of newspaper articles are "ignored" as well.

  6. Fallacious Title on Of 1.2 Billion Twitter Posts, 71% Are Ignored · · Score: 0, Redundant
    They're not "ignored" - they just aren't replied to online.

    Only a small number of users actually have the ability to engage on Twitter in a significant way

    Define "significant", please. You don't get RT'd or @replied to on three quarters of tweets? Not surprising. Your friends read your tweets and know what you wrote, that's still significant (as happens to me all the time). I love being able to keep up to date on the goings on of my friends across the country. It helps me feel connected to them. I don't necessarily @reply or RT each of the ones I read.

  7. Re:Android on Should I Learn To Program iOS Or Android Devices? · · Score: 1

    END USERS DON'T GIVE A DAMN

    they'll end up having to chose the platform the developers adopt.

    I think it's adorable how self-important you are.

  8. Re:They collected $75,000... on Officials Use Google Earth To Find Unlicensed Pools · · Score: 1

    They were already employing those gov't employees anyways, I bet, so the cost was already there. At least now they're starting to get some revenue. I bet this started out as one employee bored on Google Earth one afternoon ...

  9. Re:Good, sensible decision on US Senate Passes 'Libel Tourism' Bill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or Marc Emery, for that matter. It seems a little stupid to send a man to jail for 20+ years for doing something in his own country that would cost him a $250 fine.

  10. Re:lawl on The Android Gets Its HyperCard · · Score: 1

    Apple only got where it's at by copycating.

    Hmm ... it appears that only step 1 is actually copycating. The rest of those steps are SOP for businesses.

  11. Re:Who cares about the power brick on Working Toward a Universal Power Brick For Laptops · · Score: 1

    But that's my point - no one upgrades laptops. Or shouldn't, imo.

  12. Re:Who cares about the power brick on Working Toward a Universal Power Brick For Laptops · · Score: 1

    Aren't laptops lifespans something like only 2-3 years? I think the idea of standardizing an external interface to a laptop, in this case it's power, has merit and should be looked into. However, different laptop manufacturers have different specs for products they want to create. If we standardize them, I feel that the laptop industry would homogenize and nothing would be unique. which means no one could innovate.

  13. Re:I doubt their stats-gathering methods on The State of iPad Satisfaction · · Score: 1

    Exactly

  14. Re:I doubt their stats-gathering methods on The State of iPad Satisfaction · · Score: 1

    I really doubt that anyone would run an iPad emulator to get to iPad apps. They don't translate well to the desktop paradigm (or vice-versa, which is why tablets haven't been successful until recently). People may be aware of the approval process, blocking out adult apps, but they do actually exist. So I don't see anyone being dissatisfied by this unless they're involved with the industry. Also, notice how a significant proportion of the respondents have had their iPad since launch day. Yeah, right. Like an average use was lined up to get an iPad.

  15. I doubt their stats-gathering methods on The State of iPad Satisfaction · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How many users even know about the App Store *approval process*. Hmm? I'm an iPhone developer, and it bugs me to no end. But how the hell would an end user know? They have no way of interacting with the App Store's approval process, just the "storefront", so to speak. If a large enough number of respondents were dissatisfied with that, then I question who they solicited.

  16. Re:haha on Musician Lobby Terms Balanced Copyright "Disgusting" · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure he was implying any causation, but the GP used the same tactic, and you didn't seem to have any problem with those stats.

  17. Re:Where do I begin on Working Off the Clock, How Much Is Too Much? · · Score: 1

    I wish the traditional/typically employee felt more like you (and I). In a true open market economy - that's exactly what we're doing. The Household sector sells it's factors of production to the Business Sector. It's a transaction just like any other. If you're not getting your dues, then you aren't participating correctly. It falls apart when 1) you're expendable and 2) all workers seem to be in the current mindset that the employer is all-powerful. I agree with a previous poster that the wealthy have tricked the middle-class that they're on the same side. We're not; I work for you, so you pay me. If one of these conditions isn't met, then the other fails as well.

  18. Mod Parent Up on Earth's Period of Habitability Is Nearly Over · · Score: 1

    That's fucking hilarious!

  19. Re:er...uh...okay on Teen Killed At Chinese Internet Addiction Camp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A larger tragedy doesn't make this one any less important. It is more relatable, too: ./ers probably feel more in common with this kid that 3 year olds dying in Somalia, so it's news here. I think the shocking thing is *why* he died - someone killed him. He didn't just starve or get malaria or something - he was murdered.

  20. Re:Conservative government on In Canada, No Expectation of Privacy On the Net · · Score: 1

    Mmm - I agree completely. Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him (whiny rat)

  21. Re:maybe on Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    I don't see the problem.

    That is your issue - I do see a problem, as does the parent. Therefore, we choose to purchase Macs instead. When I ran linux, it was for the same reasons.

  22. Re:maybe on Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    This has been my stance on it; I find them worth the money for the time and hassle I don't have to deal with maintaining them. I recommend them to people who ask for these reasons, but I don't campaign for Apple or anything.

  23. Re:This again? on Windows 7 Users Warned Over Filename Security Risk · · Score: 1

    Sure. But then, all of that "out of the box" capability for the Mac is just a few free downloads away for the Windows PC.

    You think that people know to download software?

    For users who don't have the time or desire to learn how to fix their own software problems, the Mac system is definitely the way to go.

    My time is valuable. I pay a small premium on my computers and in return, some Apple engineer spends more time working so I don't have to. It's a fair trade, so I'll pay it. If you disagree, then don't. No one is forcing you too.

  24. Re:that's odd on Java Performance On Ubuntu Vs. Windows Vista · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If MS put it in a VM, then it's an MS issue ...

  25. Re:Fairness on Java Performance On Ubuntu Vs. Windows Vista · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When "Vista is known for being slow at this sort of thing", that's a cause of the OS itself, which is different than something that the OS relies on. You can't say that Vista lost at some benchmark because it's a shitty OS, therefore, it's not fair to call it a shitty OS.