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  1. Sounds like an epidemic on Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But is it really that bad? Maybe it just hasn't caught on in little Brisbane, Australia and I'm missing the point as to why it's front page worthy on /.

  2. Re:Promising example on Conservative Textbook Curriculum Passes Final Vote In Texas · · Score: 1

    Sure it's great to let people interpret one way or another statements written by men so long ago that it doesn't make a lot of sense these days (right to bear arms? Really?) but this being Texas I don't see a great leap between 'analyse and give your opponion' to 'your analysis is wrong and there should be no seperation.' After all the kids will learn what is taught (or what they are told) and the way it is taught so introducing religious, political agenda into the curriculum will have those views taught.
    To me this comes across as the slippery slope with soap applied.

  3. Re:Hating facebook on Facebook CEO Accused of Securities Fraud · · Score: 1

    "Facebook's like the hot but crazy GF that never knows what it wants and expects you to just deal with the madness because, well, you're together" Best . Quote . Ever

  4. Re:Are they really trying to plug it up? on Obama Sends Nuclear Experts To Tackle BP Oil Spill · · Score: 2, Informative

    Concrete of that size would take a hell of a long time to cure so isn't feasible. I remember watching the documentary about the Hoover damn and if they poured it all at once it'd take centuries and as it was the blocks they were pouring was taking days to cure with coolent running through the slabs. Plus concrete is brittle and pourous and there's no gaurantee it'll survive the 5000 feet descent.
    I think I'll leave the guessing to those that are smarter then I am and are employed to do it to fix the problem then throw out my own crazy ideas.

  5. Re:No third party APIs! on Apple May Face Antitrust Inquiry · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up!
    It's not just about using C/C++/Obj-C, it's also about using only Apples APIs to the device. No other IDE allows you to build apps that integrate with apples API better (or not that I can find).

  6. Re:Ok, honestly on Facebook's "Evil Interfaces" · · Score: 1

    That's something I've never understood. Why even be 'friends' with someone if you've no interest in what they're doing/liking/etc? If you're friends for networking reasons then try linked in and get them off your fb.

  7. Re:iWarrant on Police Seize Computers From Gizmodo Editor · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because it's a felony and someone can serve hard time over this? Maybe they need the information from Chen's computer before he gets the chance to delete all the emails saying "Yes I will buy your stolen property at a significant fee"? So judging by your logic, if someone stole, say, a ferrari and were selling it for next to nothing I should buy it and just be fined? Probably less then the actual cost of a ferrari?

  8. Mod parent informative on Final Fight Brings Restrictive DRM To the PS3 · · Score: 1

    Because, you know, it is.

  9. Re:More British terminology on An Early Look At Next-Gen Shooter Bodycount · · Score: 1

    Woah grampa. Did you think that up yourself?

  10. Re:Next step: Apple bans HTML Canvas on Adobe Flash CS5 Exports Animations To HTML5 Canvas · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My bet would be, like most engineer posts I have seen, is flash sucks on the mac. It is apparently by far the most reported issue by the mac crash report, it is slow and very resource intensive so not likely to give a very good experience on the iphone. I don't have a link but that's what the engineers inside apple say. With the stamping out the flash compiler though perhaps it's grown to be something more ...

  11. Re:Hasn't worked in the UK on "Phone In One Hand, Ticket In the Other" · · Score: 1

    Well next time you should invest in one of these

  12. Re:RAM, ipad on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 1

    The big difference with PC's is they have virtual memory, the iPhone OS so far doesn't. I don't know about the Nokia tablets but after playing with one years ago I would assume (possibly incorrectly in this case) that it uses virtual memory to bridge the gap, it's based on linux after all. I'd rather a responsive app that has my attention and swap between apps quickly then use multiple that all run slowly.

  13. Re:Big F U to Adobe (and others) on iPhone OS 4.0 Brings Multitasking, Ad Framework For Apps · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You're exactly right, if the engine isn't written in C/C++/Objective-C. Wait a minute, I think they typically are! Fancy that, I think they'll be fine.

  14. Re:occam's razor on How Did Wikileaks Do It? · · Score: 1

    I would have thought that's a fuck-up due to allowing opposing forces to withdraw their injured. Or is that an exclusive right for the red-cross? These guys sounded trigger happy and completely detached anyways. Laughing at a guy driving over a dead body? Sure you need a certain mindset to be a troop but ...

  15. Re:Warming is not bad on House of Commons Finds No Evidence of Tampering In Climate E-mails · · Score: 1

    So your solution then is people should starve for the sake of some trees? I don't think that'll settle with the other billions in the world but I'm glad you're willing to sacrifice yourself for some trees.

  16. Re:It's the Polyphony Digital model! on EA To Charge For Game Demos · · Score: 1

    Is that you John Romero?

  17. Re:Australia? on Auto-Scanning the Names People Choose For Their Wireless APs · · Score: 1

    Well you may have a point. You have to love a country that calls one of it's main national highways "Bruce"

  18. Re:Really Simple Syndication on Facebook Patents the News Feed · · Score: 1

    Rss feeds related to your friends activities? Maybe they've patented an rss feed reader which I guess you can say each feed is your friend but not rss feeds themselves

  19. Re:What asses on Perth Game Company CEO Takes IP By Night · · Score: 1

    But the staff weren't being paid so as the gp said "who the hell would want to work for them now?"

  20. For the masses ears on Warner To End Free Streaming of Its Content · · Score: 1

    Getting your song out for the masses to hear and possibly buy is clearly bad for business.

    I wonder what the radio stations pay to play if Internet radio just isn't paying enough?

  21. Re:Not worth it for them on Why Apple Doesn't Market Squarely To Businesses · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't necessarily say they've gone that cheap. I could imagine a small shop getting the cheapest of the cheap from the local walmart but I though most big business only buy computers from HP or IBM. The number of IBM notebooks I see around is still staggering and they are far from cheap. Definitely comparable to a mac in terms of price.

  22. Re:Macs are great for small business though on Why Apple Doesn't Market Squarely To Businesses · · Score: 1

    And if the organisation are a mac shop they would have support across all of it ...

  23. Re:10 year old compute had 1.5% of the power. on How Infighting Hampers Innovation At Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they would have been able to use the resources better? Knowing the limitations allows people to find better ways to complete their tasks. Plus if the RnD was the best and brightest they would have easily gotten over that barrier
    As for power, the iPad has 1ghz arm chip which is apparently enough for the most demanding of tasks they envisage in this devices generation. In 2001 there was a 1.2ghz laptop available (http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/dell-latitude-c400-mobile/1707-3121_7-8135430.html?tag=mncol;lst). Sure computers today are a lot more powerful then 10 years ago but you don't need the best of the best in a hand held device. If people needed the best of the best then we wouldn't even have laptops and everyone would still be tethered to their desks.

  24. Re:They'd be stupid not to on Sony May Charge For PlayStation Network · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've heard that with the slim ps3 sony are no longer loss leading. Can I see a reference for the statement that they still are?

  25. Re:IE (on Windows) is safer than Firefox on UK Gov't Says "No Evidence" IE Is Less Secure · · Score: 1

    And most common firefox users wouldn't have it either. What's your point?