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  1. Re:Ridiculous on GameFly Scores In Longstanding DVD Mailing Complaint · · Score: 1

    I can't believe the post office fought this one. They should have given in immediately considering it was such a plainly apparent claim.

  2. Re:Decent. on Amazon Hiring More Than a 100 Who Can Get Top Secret Clearances · · Score: 1

    Well you can't use them in court anymore, and I'm surprised they're still used at all considering they open you up to lawsuits claiming discrimination. They can discriminate against you for being black, gay, unmarried, fat, whatever and just say it's the polygraph. They might as well hold a seance to see what the dead have to say about you.

  3. Doesn't Android pay MS royalties? on Jury Finds Google Guilty of Standards-Essential Patents Abuse Against MS · · Score: 1

    I thought MS was making a killing off of Android sales because of their licensing deals. It would be pretty simple for MS to just say, "I have altered the deal, pray I don't alter it any further."

  4. You don't know what is blocked until you try to access it. I've seen the strangest websites blocked by corporate filters. I seriously doubt they're trying to access pornhub.com.

  5. Sounds Dangerous on Nuclear Trashmen Profit From Unprecedented US Reactor Shutdowns · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I wouldn't go near an operation that involves transporting a used reactor core. Don't trust private companies out to make a profit doing extremely dangerous work. They just will never have safety anywhere near the top of their priority list. I like to keep my skin non-bubbly.

  6. Water resistance on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear Smartwatch · · Score: 2

    I doubt it's as water resistant as people have come to expect even from jewellery-type watches. Same goes for impact and scratch resistance. Watches get abused a bit more than a phone as they are out in the open all the time. If you spend $300 on a watch you usually get a sapphire crystal so you don't ever get any scratches. All of this will add up to people complaining about quality and durability.

  7. I have a nightmare... on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...that my children will undo everything positive about my life.

  8. Re:FAB is an acronym? on Fire At Hynix FAB May Bump DRAM Prices · · Score: 2

    Abbreviations aren't written in all-caps.

  9. Re:And how many new restrictions? on HDMI 2.0 Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    Tell that to all the people who bought big HDMI compatible televisions before HDCP became the norm.

  10. Re:Attention Cinephiles on HDMI 2.0 Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    The same people that write the labels that go on scotch whiskey bottles. "It starts as a trickling stream, high in the mountains of Glen-Aoeluuarhaotehu...."

  11. FAB is an acronym? on Fire At Hynix FAB May Bump DRAM Prices · · Score: 2

    What does it stand for?

  12. Simpler on Users Revolt Over Yahoo Groups Update · · Score: 1

    New designs always stress how much 'simpler' they are. The only way to simplify things that work well is to simply remove functionality. Gmail is a good example of this philosophy. Apparently users keep getting dumber so user interfaces have to keep up with them.

  13. Re:Get Past The Bucks on Team Oracle Penalized For America's Cup Rules Violations · · Score: 1

    Knots are around 15% faster than mph.

  14. Re:Wow on Team Oracle Penalized For America's Cup Rules Violations · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't bring facts into this discussion.

  15. Re:Wireless sucks on How Africa Will 'Leapfrog' Wired Networks · · Score: 1

    Never use 'always' when making predictions. You just end up sounding like a retard.

  16. But... but... what about guns? on Can Closed Public Schools Become Makerspaces? (Video) · · Score: 2

    There's no way they'll allow these unlawful felons to set up firearms factories in schools.

  17. Re:Nice that customers have some power on Angry Customer Buys Promoted Tweets To Bash British Airways · · Score: 1

    I have never even heard of people picketing a store. Does this happen?

  18. Re:Incoming on Angry Customer Buys Promoted Tweets To Bash British Airways · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So what? They all do it so it's ok? What's your point? They deserve every bit of bad press for losing luggage.

  19. Re:Don't mess with the eyes on Software Brings Eye Contact To Video Chat, With a Little Help From Kinect · · Score: 1

    Whatever. Tilting the face, changing angles and trying to make the eyes look like they're pointed a different direction will just look wrong. It sounds like wonderful technology but everyone's going to try it for five minutes and then turn it off because it looks creepy.

  20. Don't mess with the eyes on Software Brings Eye Contact To Video Chat, With a Little Help From Kinect · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're putting out software that changes what your eyes look like so that it looks like you're not looking up a little bit. This will not work. It will make people's eyes look wrong and creepy. We are perfectly attuned to looking at eyes and anything that's a bit off will get noticed immediately. Start by fixing people's teeth or something but not the eyes.

  21. Re:Federal Reserve creating magnittude inflation? on Software Developer Says Mega Master Keys Are Retrievable · · Score: 1

    I find it extremely annoying too.

  22. Re:Sometimes the easy way is the better way on Software Brings Eye Contact To Video Chat, With a Little Help From Kinect · · Score: 1

    Difficult to do on a phone or laptop but you'd make fortune.

  23. Re:"Nestle was on board 'within an hour' of hearin on Android 4.4 Named 'KitKat' · · Score: 1

    Wait until they find out that KitKat is a steaming pile and it'll be too late. Don't try to associate your product with something that's completely out of your control. Murphy's Law will get you. Same goes for Android, as they can't control what people think of KitKats.

  24. Re:Alphabet on Android 4.4 Named 'KitKat' · · Score: 1

    No. They're using the correct alphabet.

  25. Re:Great summary on Software Developer Says Mega Master Keys Are Retrievable · · Score: 1

    What the hell is mega, other than a prefix?