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  1. Re:Google needs to stop this on HTC One X Phone Held by Customs Due to ITC Ruling · · Score: 3, Informative

    What's Motorola got to do with this? This whole issue is because Apple is trying to screw HTC into the ground over patents.

  2. Re:Just another reason... on Police Charge News of the World Editor Over Voicemail Hacking · · Score: 1

    You do not see comparable levels of bias with MSNBC. You just don't.

    MS owns MSNBC. How can that not be biased? Hint: how much Linux coverage do you read on MSNBC as compared to the BBC, which recently had a feature on the latest Ubuntu release.

    Wow, that's one hell of a crowbar you have there. Where do I get one?

  3. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    Oh, indeed, take it away good sir: give us the long list (not the short one!) of these mythological Peaceful Countries.

    FTFY. Not to be a dick, but to try and illustrate how centering this debate on religion hides the real issue, which is that powerful peope are (often) total dicks.

    Properly corrected this time - couldn't get strikeout to work.

  4. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    Oh, indeed, take it away good sir: give us the long list (not the short one!) of these mythological Peaceful Muslim Countries.

    FTFY. Not to be a dick, but to try and illustrate how centering this debate on religion hides the real issue, which is that powerful peope are (often) total dicks.

  5. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 2

    If I'm understanding correctly, that means the UK could have used the IRA attacks to invade Ireland? I do hope that's not what you meant; I'd hate to think how quickly such logic would lead to a truly total world war.

  6. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that, because of a few sociopaths, we need to fear an entire religion?

    I mean, it's not like people use excuses other than religion.

  7. Re:Reminds me about LA's nuclear reactor on Kodak Basement Lab Housed Small Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Ah yes, the infamous Pot-Kettle Wars of the 19th century...

    *notes the joke's wearing thin now*

  8. Re:Reminds me about LA's nuclear reactor on Kodak Basement Lab Housed Small Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Won't somebody think of the kettles?!

  9. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Correction: we have a small number of sociopaths who think the best way to solve the world's problems is by blowing up innocents. And by small, I mean a dozen or so. Labelling them Muslims is about as relevant as labelling them cheese.

  10. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    If it wasn't perpetrated by a government or government-appointed agency or operative, then it's not an act of war.

  11. Re:Oh really? on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Web Development on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1

    No more so than for phone-based browsers.

  13. Re:Only now? on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1

    Although it didn't have a web browser, the SNES was network-capable with the correct peripherals. Not sure if it could access anything outside gaming networks though.

  14. Re:Just now? on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1

    Largely bad. They're just there so you can check a few sites quickly. For a serious Web session, stick to a PC.

  15. Re:Oh really? on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1

    I'm not trying to be rude, but do people actually buy an Xbox and not have a Gold membership? It equates to something like $5 per month for access to demos

    Wrong

    weekly arcade games

    Wrong

    an indie game market

    Wrong

    promo videos

    Wrong

    media streaming

    From PC to XBox - Wrong
    From Netflix et al - Right

    a stable staging environment for multiplayer gaming across games

    Right

    Not trying to be an arse, just want to clarify a few things ;)

  16. Re:Go Figure! on Archaeologists Find Oldest Known Mayan Calendar · · Score: 1

    Were they chocolate chip cookies? They're much better than those fruit ones any day of the week :)

  17. Re:Wrong superhero on Gamma-Ray Bending Opens New Door For Optics · · Score: 1

    We just haven't found the right dose yet ;)

  18. Re:Sun's too close, but not the moon? on Hubble To Use the Moon To View Transit of Venus · · Score: 1

    The intensity of light reflected from the Moon compared to the Sun is like a match compared to the largest nuke ever made. So the proximity isn't a question of focal lengths, but more a question of not melting Hubble's sensors.

  19. Re:Not possible, Ace. on America's Next Bomber: Unmanned, Unlimited Range, Aimed At China · · Score: 1

    Never hurts to be polite ;)

  20. Re:Google has lowered itself to patent proxy wars on German Court Grants Motorola Xbox and Windows 7 Sales Ban · · Score: 1

    Reading the code and then rewriting it to do the exact same thing

    Is not what Google did - they only read the API, which I believe is a defined standard. Think WINE - implements the Win32 API without the devs ever seeing a single line of Win32 source.

  21. Re:Are users app-blind? on Apple Blocks iOS Apps Using Dropbox SDK · · Score: 1

    "Apple wouldn't dare do it to Amazon or eBay"

    http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218629/Amazon_caves_to_Apple_drops_Kindle_s_in_app_button

    I stand corrected. I'm also concerned that Apple has that much influence.

  22. Re:Google has lowered itself to patent proxy wars on German Court Grants Motorola Xbox and Windows 7 Sales Ban · · Score: 1

    Clean-room in this case means without using any code from Oracle's Java implementation.

    It's a bit like how Mono relates to .NET - the surface looks the same, but that's where the similarity/sharing ends.

  23. Re:Are users app-blind? on Apple Blocks iOS Apps Using Dropbox SDK · · Score: 0

    Apple wouldn't dare do it to Amazon or eBay - those two are big enough to beat Apple back to the Stone Age.

    *wants Apple to try doing this to Amazon and eBay...*

  24. I'd guess 'silly seen'

  25. Re:Local impact = climate change? on New Study Suggests Wind Farms Can Cause Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Isn't that essentially what TFA is saying though? With enough wind farms, climate change will happen, where enough ~= really big number.