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  1. Re:Where's the one on Apple? on Windows RT Browser Restrictions Draw Antitrust Attention · · Score: 0

    That's no correct. It doesn't have to be Safari reskinned. It has to just use Webkit. So in theory Google can put Chrome on iOS. I would hope that Apple wouldn't allow it on the market though given that it's a bit of software from an advertising company only interested in spying on me.

  2. Re:Where's the one on Apple? on Windows RT Browser Restrictions Draw Antitrust Attention · · Score: 1

    Apple doesn't have 100% of the tablet market. They don't even have 70%. I believe in fact they only have around 50%. You can have other browsers on iOS devices and they exist. The caveat is it has to use webkit which would be ok for chrome but obviously not Firefox.

  3. Re:He thinks very little of younger people on Icons That Don't Make Sense Anymore · · Score: 1

    I presume it's meant to imply the things in that section are part of the inner workings of the system and more integral to how the system works which is correct to be fair.

  4. Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    You mean people that can have one success that allows them to never have to think about working ever again? Well you are right about that.

  5. Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    He managed to start a computer company without him that did well enough for Apple to buy it up and allow him to save Apple. But you're right he didn't come up with everything and only an idiot would think that. He's obviously good at running a business and selecting the right people for the right roles. Given how many useless managers and CEOs there are out there, it's obvious that's not something just anyone can do.

  6. Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    But Steve Jobs also went on to found Pixar and save Apple from bankruptcy. What's the woz done?

  7. Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore on Wozniak Calls For Open Apple · · Score: 1

    How was he screwed over? The guy got rich off the stock and still collects a pay check from Apple. Apple needed both Steves but, no offence, The Woz doesn't exactly have a great history of success so why should he be listened to?

    He certainly didn't take Apple anywhere after Jobs left. In fact what has he really done since leaving Apple? At least Steve Jobs can say he's gone off and created Pixar and did well enough with Next to lure Apple into use, buying Next and then bring Jobs back who helped bring stop Apple from nearly going bust.

    Don't get me Woz did something great in his life which is far more than most people can say but Apple haters try too hard to discredit Steve Jobs and act as if Woz is some poor guy who was thrown out and forgotten and that's far from the case. He was a proper employee of Apple after jobs and like I said is still taking in a pay check and has been made stinking rich from Apple. So he's hardly been wronged and quite frankly he doesn't have a long history of success that says me that yes people should be listening to everything he says as if it's business gospel.

    After all this is a guy that likes WP7.

  8. He thinks very little of younger people on Icons That Don't Make Sense Anymore · · Score: 2

    Seriously, 20 somethings haven't used a screw driver or or wrench? Instragram was made by young people largely for young people. Hipsters certainly know what a polaroid is. It's the thing that gives them wet dreams.

    It's very easy to sit there, assume every young person is an idiot and moan about icons using "out dated" imagery to describe their purpose but why no try and propose something better and more modern? I suspect it's not easy at all which is why it's easy to find people that moan about these icons but no one who can propose something better.

    We have centuries of information to reference. Assuming no one has seen these things and everyone just works with computers and electronic devices but that's not true. We still sell piles of calendars. We still use folders, pencils and cameras with lenses and we still use phones with handsets. Perhaps not every single person does but they've no gone away.

  9. Re:technology isn't that good for your health on Richard Stallman Falls Ill At Conference · · Score: 1

    I agree. I do walk or cycle both ways to work and try to manage to do further exercise outside of that hour of movement but a lot of people don't. The western nations are fat (or getting fat in some cases) because we like exercise.

  10. Re:technology isn't that good for your health on Richard Stallman Falls Ill At Conference · · Score: 1

    No offence to him but he's not exactly thin. He either eats poorly or sits a lot.

  11. Re:"Run by Republicans"? on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about Republicans as a whole obviously but do feel free to point out where republican (or democrat) has genuinely cut costs without completely screwing us over in the process. Neither side wants a smaller government.

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

    I usually keep them myself because I make a stupid assumption my outdated hardware will come in handy at some point.

    But I do recall trying to buy G4s from ebay and thinking fuck it because it's not worth what they're asking. My old style ipod I did sell though for I believe just over 50% of what I paid for it. Maybe because it was black they were stupid enough to think it was an ipod touch. I don't really care what the reasoning was and there are a lot of people that have traded up ipads because they can get the new one at a more reasonable price after selling the old one.

    Their stuff can be expensive so I think as long as you keep it in reasonable condition there are plenty of people that will look for anyway to have an Apple device and save money. Even if actually it doesn't make much sense.

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

    That's a tough one because anything that has a rock bottom entry requirement is going to filled with crap. I believe I still have an issue of Edge magazine that discusses how rare it is to actually make money from XBL indie games. Android isn't much better (I'd guess it's worse actually) and even the iphone is a tough one.

    In my mind if I were going to do it I'd do it on the PC. I could target 3 operating systems if I really wanted to. Two of those operating system don't have a saturated gaming market unlike the xbox, windows and iphone. I still think it has the best way to find multiple sales points (your own website, Steam, humble indie bundle, etc) and you in far better control over whether you have to pay anyone else a cut for each sale.

    That and while you can promote any game on the web for any platform the PC allows you to promote and hopefully push them directly into a sale. Where as especially on the xbox you have to promote and hope they can be bothered to remember it when they go and turn on their xbox or hope they can be bothered to buy more points if they need to where as it can be a straight simple sale on the PC.

  14. Re:Makes no sense on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    Keeping in mind the top of the list still got the majority of the questions wrong. No one *really* had a lot of room to be bragging.

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

    Sony does allow indie games in the sense of much smaller companies. They don't allow some 14 year old to publish a turd on the PS3 though. Sure MS is more open but they've also had numerous complaints about making it difficult to even find the indie games with each of their redesigns and they'll no doubt become more strict on future systems because XBL's indie section is full of rubbish.

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

    You mean the collection of indie games that are largely shit and that MS try to pretend aren't there? The Wii does indeed get indie games like World of Goo and the only reason it didn't get Super Meat boy was due to size constraints. Whether it's a good thing or not Nintendo does try to keep the level of quality up. Obviously it doesn't always succeed but XBL's indie section is a shit heap.

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

    Apple hardware holds it's value far better than anything else so even if you want to moan about it being pricey, you'll likely get more than the difference back assuming you're not one of those people that think some $300 laptop is the equivalent of a macbook.

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

    Why should I pay for content that is free everywhere else? Also regarding the Xbox specific content and online play. I don't play games online games enough on one system to warrant paying a monthly fee. Why should I pay for something when I'm not using it? It's not like it's going towards ensuring I get bug free games or any sort of added benefit. In fact MS doesn't like publishers to give away free content which is why, if you were to play a Valve game on a console, the PS3 is the best choice.

    It's the publisher's game, let them decide how they provide content to it rather than bleeding customers dry.

  19. Re:How to hook a laptop up to a TV on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 1

    I just use VGA for my laptop. It looks just fine on a 40" hdtv.

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

    They appeared to have a shit fit over the idea of non-gold members getting BBC iplayer even though they couldn't charge for it which is why it took at least a year after everyone else had it for the xbox to get it.

    You can pretty much guarantee IE will require a gold membership.

  21. Re:Educate the public? on DVDs, Blu-Rays To Show 20-Second Unskippable Govt. Warnings · · Score: 1

    I just use VLC on Linux and it skips all the shit and goes straight to the menu. I was appalled by how many previews / ads some of my DVDs had when watching them on friend's DVD players because I just don't see them normally.

  22. Re:"Run by Republicans"? on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    What republican is a government cutter? Cutting education to grow the military to retarded proportions is not being a cutter.

  23. Re:Makes no sense on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah wtf are they doing testing their science skills with science questions. That's well out of order.

  24. Re:Dumbest fucking meme ever - you moron. on Apple To Help Foxconn Improve Factories · · Score: 1

    Haters gonna hate.

  25. Re:Good news for everyone but the haters on Apple To Help Foxconn Improve Factories · · Score: 1

    Apple didn't improve conditions at the xbox factory that foxconn runs. They're fucking evil I tell you!