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  1. Re:minivan on Asteroid the 'Size of a Minivan' Exploded Over California · · Score: 1

    People carrier to the British.

  2. Too bad on Asteroid the 'Size of a Minivan' Exploded Over California · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'I am not saying there was a 3.8 kiloton explosion on the ground in California,' Cooke told Spaceweather.com.

    Love that he has to pre-empt the sound bite stupidity of the press. Too bad t won't work and they'll publish the stupid headline anyway.

  3. Re:Malnutrition on Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce · · Score: 1

    Daylight savings time really messes with them. I remember walking out to the barn an hour earlier than normal because of the time change and the cows just stared at me as I walked to the barn, seemingly confused over my presence. I'd open the door and they would not walk in. It took quite the convincing to get them inside. When the clock was set back the cows would, I assume since I was asleep, have been standing and waiting by the door as they let their milk down allowing it to run on the ground. In this case what would normally be a rather sedate filing in would be a mad dash. I can only assume that they were either hungry (as we fed them while they were milked) or their udders were hurting from the extra hour wait.

    Out of curiosity, why would you shift milking time to match the clock then? Were you milking before having to go to school or something that din't allow you to ignore the time change?

  4. Re:doesn't sound like idle. on Most Game Console Power Draw Comes From Time Spent Idling · · Score: 1

    Yeah, given the very high number of failures (early on) for Xboxes, and (later on) for 1st gen PS3s, I really doubt most of the original systems are still operating.

  5. Re:What break? on Woz Fears Stifling of Startups Due to Patent Wars · · Score: 1

    Indeed, they are far from being pure good guys. I would say those who believe that are more deluded than those with unfettered hatred for Apple.

    It seems like Cook does not have the desire to continue all of Jobs' vendettas though. So we should see over the next couple of years how far they will be from good in the current incarnation.

  6. Re:What break? on Woz Fears Stifling of Startups Due to Patent Wars · · Score: 1

    Then why doesn't every techie, geek or otherwise technically savvy type who buys a laptop in that class not have an Asus instead? That type of person should not be swayed by Apple's sales and marketing, even if the general public is.

    Oh, that's right. It's because you're full of shit.

  7. Re:This is bizzare on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 1

    Firstly, where did they find their sample of people who have never had bitewings taken? If you've EVER received a dental exam, . . .

    Almost anywhere in England?

  8. Re:not sure on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 1

    Nah, it's because the weight holds the patient still.

  9. Re:They don't serve and protect on Toronto Police Use Facebook Picture in Online Lineup · · Score: 1

    Good people in general have their society create rules and systems to punish bad people, diversion of that authority by rich and powerful not withstanding.

    Show me where police do that.

  10. Re:Enough deployed Bluetooth gamepads? on Dysfunctional Console Industry Struggles For New Profit Centers · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Hmm on NYC Bans Mention of Dinosaurs, Dancing, Birthdays On Student Tests · · Score: 1

    No child is left behind because they place barriers in front of the capable ones to prevent them getting ahead.

  12. Re:UVerse? on Comcast Not Counting Their Video Service Against Bandwidth Cap · · Score: 1

    Without addressing whether it is equivalent, the way it is different is the U-verse service comes into your house through their gateway box and is fed to your U-verse DVR/tuner. The overall connection is roughly capable of 18Mbps (at my house anyway), and you then pay extra for some portion of that as your internet service (we opted for 6), with the remainder going towards their iptv and VOIP services.

    This Comcast deal is not specific to their equipment, it is streaming through the third party Xbox, and therefore competing more directly with the other services on the Xbox like Netflix, Hulu etc. which arrive at your TV the same way. So Comcast is using the threat of increased cost to preferentially make their service more attractive.

  13. Re:Bundy on Japanese Court Orders Google To Turn Off Auto-Complete Function · · Score: 1

    The resort wasn't really trying to censor history, they were just trying to make it so a simple search on the resort name didn't turn up primarily references to links to the event rather than (or at least with higher ranking than) links to info on vacationing there. They were fine with more explicit searches for info on the explosion working as usual.

  14. Re:Just waiting for this to all end... on What's Not To Like About New iPad? · · Score: 1

    That's why they left Safari off it too.

  15. Re:well fuck you! on Microsoft Patent Monetizes Your TV Remote · · Score: 1

    Indeed. The well publicized examples where we see individuals as opposed to corps benefitting from copyright are few, and tend to be for people like Rowling, who engender little sympathy due to their wealth.

    If more individual small scale copyright holders were on display, the public might care more.

  16. Re:too late on Microsoft Patent Monetizes Your TV Remote · · Score: 1

    Future? Have you watched TV lately? This is very pervasive already.

  17. Re:gas can on UK Plan Would Use CCTV To Stop Uninsured Drivers From Refueling · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's from England to France, dummy. It just has exits in Texas and Hawaii.

  18. Re:Paying Microsoft and Apple for Android ? on Google, Motorola Ordered To Provide Android Info To Apple · · Score: 1

    They are already paying Microsoft. Deals have been struck, contracts inked. MS is making mor money from Android than WP7, by most reports.

    They have rejected Apple's offers so far.

  19. Re:glossy or matte on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    Some people get stuff on it without touching it.

  20. Re:Well... on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    iPad 2 base model continues to be available at $100 lower price point for wifi only and 3G models. Not as a closeout, as a lower spec model.

  21. Re:yawn on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    Foxconn starting salary is $1.73 an hour. Cook's bonus was $384 million (at the stock price at the time it was awarded).

  22. Re:interesting price on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    What are you basing that on? Their margin on the 2 has been steadily increasing for a year. Witness its new price. They may merely have reset it.

  23. Re:The one downside... on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    They are all just "ipad". Everything else is just descriptions on websites, etc.

    Look at the "2" -

    http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/03/ipadrev610.jpg

  24. Re:Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs... on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    Not new. If you have looked at the box an iPad 2 came in, it said nothing but "iPad" anywhere on it. Only the website referred to "2".

  25. Re:Hipsters ASSEMBLE on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    If you'd spent the $29 to upgrade to 10.6 you could.