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  1. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Your ultimate conclusion is that it's better for nobody to get what they want than to have the government step in. It's just not practical or realistic.

    What is the government but the collective will of the people?

  2. Re:Brittish Medical Journal, HA! on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    And I'm suggesting you're wrong in their lack of substitution, as evidenced by the babies that were created.

  3. Re:This brought to you by the same people who stud on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    Can't you at least check snopes before you start spouting off?
    http://www.snopes.com/media/no...

  4. Re:Selling binaries, free source code? on Elementary OS: Why We Make You Type "$0" · · Score: 1

    Red Hat Enterprise? I think that's been done.

  5. Re:Brittish Medical Journal, HA! on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 0

    Who says they aren't substituting sex? Utah has the nation's largest average household size.

  6. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 2

    All TOS say that. You would be effectively banned from buying anything because ALL manufacturers do this. And since the "free market" is dumber than you are, they will sit idly by and allow it.

    You are not a big enough customer base to ever effect change. Businesses do not do "the right thing" and there is no financial incentive to do so.

    You can go ahead and keep trolling, but you're very clearly too idealistic to see the real world for what it is.

  7. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 2

    This happened post-purchase - including changes in the Terms & Conditions. You show me how you can read the future.

  8. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 2

    And if you can't afford to buy a new TV every time something like this happens, you as a consumer really are powerless.

  9. Re:Nice toys, but not much more on The Uncanny Valley of Voice Recognition · · Score: 1

    For task-based purposes, it's useful. Scheduling calendar events is much easier with voice control than by tapping (at least for me on Google Now). For sending a text while driving, your only choice is really voice control.

  10. Re:Siri's Answer... on The Uncanny Valley of Voice Recognition · · Score: 1

    And its parsing probably stopped at "Do you think" and hit the canned response.

  11. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Grain or blocking would have everything to do with the source input. Digital panels have neither inherently.

  12. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Sharp does have the Quattron panels with yellow subpixels. Can't say it makes a difference for all content, but I've definitely seen some impressive color in stores.

  13. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    They've already bought it. You can't un-buy it once the maker reaches into your living room and changes your device. And no, you can't always know this in advance.

  14. Re:"Not intentional". Right. on Samsung Smart TVs Injected Ads Into Streamed Video · · Score: 1

    Sorry, PS3 already set the standard for removing features with no penalty. Remember "Other OS"?

  15. Re:Plural of LEGO is NOT LEGOs! on LEGO Contraption Allows Scientists To Safely Handle Insects · · Score: 1

    Says the marketing department, thanks to legal's insistence not to allow their trademark to be genericized. That's nothing to do with the fluidity of language and convenient shorthand.

  16. Re:They are called LEGO not LEGOs. on LEGO Contraption Allows Scientists To Safely Handle Insects · · Score: 1

    Technically, it's probably "LEGO® building blocks", where blocks is the plural. I like the shorthand better.

  17. Re:Cool, but... on LEGO Contraption Allows Scientists To Safely Handle Insects · · Score: 1

    Rapid prototyping, faster than 3D printing.

  18. Re:How about the exact opposite? on WA Bill Takes Aim at Boys' Dominance In Computer Classes · · Score: 1

    First off, I was talking about marketing the class before you're enrolled. You don't really market a class much while people are in it.

    Secondly, your scenario describes a cold meaningless request. If there were at least a social framing for why the date check is needed, that would be a start. I'm not sure how much is nature vs. nurture, but girls tend to relate better when they understand why the problem exists and needs solved and feel like it has some level of relevance. That's not to say this doesn't appeal to boys either. Those kind of changes would increase the appeal for both sexes.

  19. Re:How about the exact opposite? on WA Bill Takes Aim at Boys' Dominance In Computer Classes · · Score: 1

    boys don't like dolls

    As long as you call them action figures, they do.

    The real problem is that computer science classes tend to be set up to appeal to boys. What these classes really need is better marketing.

  20. Re:Cue the GOP response... on Obama Proposes One-Time Tax On $2 Trillion US Companies Hold Overseas · · Score: 1

    That would effectively raise the taxes primarily on low income citizens, who spend nearly 100% of their income.

  21. Re:If it ain't broke... on VirtualBox Development At a Standstill · · Score: 1

    But that's literally only to avoid having to try to support it. It's not like it doesn't work.

  22. Re:Still ARM11, still a crappy CPU on New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches · · Score: 1

    They just said that for custom codecs, SIMD is useful. There is nothing untrue about that.

  23. Re:ABP for the LOSE... apk on Telomere-Lengthening Procedure Turns Clock Back Years In Human Cells · · Score: 1

    HOSTS does not protect against DNS amplification attacks. It doesn't really matter what the victim is using for name resolution - they will still be the victim of the DDoS attack. That is, unless you're somehow downloading the entire Internet's DNS records and turning off DNS entirely. Which doesn't really factor into the bandwidth savings you mentioned.

  24. Because taking a picture and posting it to a web site is actually a lot more technically complicated for a lot of people compared to using the FB app on their phones.

    Then again, I would script their site to make their web site pull that data back onto their own web site. There's no reason a business should put more important information on FB than on their own web site.

  25. Then the site developer can use Facebook's Graph API to pull the recent post back into the site's content, while the restaurant owner gets to benefit from Facebook's free mobile client to post the photos with.

    Yes, even that is "using FB" but there comes a point that you just have to get over yourself.