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  1. Re:Suggestion on Study Shows Programmers Get Better With Age · · Score: 1

    A coffin?

  2. Re:Better than the alternative. . . on Study Shows Programmers Get Better With Age · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points....

  3. Re:Not prior art on Apple Patents Portrait-Landscape Flipping · · Score: 1

    Duh-- If you are holding something in your hand, you would consider it useful for it to rotate when you turned it over, so you arent reading it upside down or sideways. Same with rotating a fixed display.

    Based on your definition, nothing is patentable (unless it would be considered useless)?

  4. Re:Not prior art on Apple Patents Portrait-Landscape Flipping · · Score: 2

    If it was "obvious," why was Apple the first to implement it in a mobile phone user interface? Why is it "not the intention of patents" that Apple should be able to protect (through patent) just one aspect that made the iPhone unique and created a spawn of imitators?

  5. Re:Its your phone on Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API · · Score: 1

    The problem is that contract or not, you still need to pay for voice and data. Verizon, the largest network in the US, does not offer discounted plans if you bring your own phone. Therefore, there is little advantage to paying full price for a phone if you intend to use Verizon for any period of time.

  6. Re:Reasons on Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API · · Score: 1

    There are huge reasons to root Android.
    1. Remove bloatware (Verizon Navigator, My Verizon, Slacker Radio) to prevent unwanted programs from launching at boot and every time the phone is plugged in.
    2. Add functionality back to the phone that was removed by carrier (mobile wifi hotspot)
    3.Add software that requires superuser access, such as Titanium Backup that lets you back up your apps and data (progress in Angry Birds) and reinstall to any phone.
    4. ? 5. Profit

  7. Re:Reasons on Apple Quietly Drops iOS Jailbreak Detection API · · Score: 2

    You can turn the ignition key and pump the accelerator in specific sequences to reveal the diagnostic codes on most modern vehicles (similar to video game controller button combos to unlock hidden easter eggs). The sequence is specific to your vehicle. The codes will be displayed on the dash through a series of blinking lights if there is not a display. All of this is available on Google.

  8. video on NASA Records Solar Blast of Epic Proportions · · Score: 5, Interesting
  9. Re:Dropped call rate of 0.1%?! on Consumer Reports Gives AT&T Lowest US Carrier Rank · · Score: 1

    underground bar

  10. Re:Nothing New on Did an Apple Engineer Invent FB Messages In 2003? · · Score: 1

    Quit is not under "file" on OS X. I guess Microsoft didn't understand the UI they copied any better than you do.

  11. Re:does not compute on Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business · · Score: 1

    I think RIM is the one searching for a clue, my friend...

  12. no more a telephone than a wagon is a sleigh on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 2, Informative

    From your link: "It is now generally known that while a Reis machine, when clogged and out of order, would transmit a word or two in an imperfect way, it was built on the wrong lines. It was no more a telephone than a wagon is a sleigh, even though it is possible to chain the wheels and make them slide for a foot or two."

  13. Re:Not everyone is 20 on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    411

  14. Re:Simple option? on Is the Number Up For the Residential Phone Book? · · Score: 1

    This is about the White Pages -- residential listings without advertisements.

  15. Re:no PR nightmare for wikipedia? on Wikipedia Could Block 67 Million Verizon Customers · · Score: 1

    Since they don't have enough static IPs to assign to each customer, the ISP charges a premium for static IP addresses.

  16. Re:Why is that Japanese robot cacasion? on Robot Actress Makes Stage Debut In Japan · · Score: 0

    No Asians have slanty eyes. That is a Caucasian trait.

  17. Re:The web is public domain? on Cook's Magazine Claims Web Is Public Domain · · Score: 1

    Very well put.

  18. Re:plain leather gloves on Agloves Allow For Touchscreen Use On Cold Days · · Score: 1

    Try it while the phone is plugged in (wall or vehicle) and charging. This may be related to grounding issues with some of HTC's phones.

  19. Re:Revenue Collection on French City To Use CCTV For Parking Fines · · Score: 1

    If pedestrians can cause congestion, so too can bikes.

  20. Re:Where does this sound familiar? on Newspaper Endorses the Candidate It's Suing Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    +1

  21. Re:Whoever did release this on Stuxnet Analysis Backs Iran-Israel Connection · · Score: 1

    It spreads via USB flash drives, not the internet. It erases itself from the flash drive after infecting three machines. These are two controls built in to reduce collateral damage by limiting the virus' geographic region.

  22. Re:Why would they do this? on T-Mobile Facing Lawsuit Over Text Message Censorship · · Score: 1

    Censorship is not illegal. What gave you that idea?

  23. Re:What an Idiotic Blunder on Android Users Aren't As Disloyal As Reported · · Score: 1

    The Yankee Group shouldn't be taking surveys and publishing results if they don't understand the nomenclature.

  24. Re:Statistics on Android Users Aren't As Disloyal As Reported · · Score: 1

    In the US this seems to be true. The HTC Incredible (US version of the Desire) is Google Branded.

  25. Re:iphone is sad but true on Android Users Aren't As Disloyal As Reported · · Score: 1

    "Miles ahead of the competition" by what metric? Processor speed? Multitasking? Growth? Availability on multiple carriers in the US?