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  1. Re:With the judge on Jury Rules Google Violated Java Copyright, Google Moves For Mistrial · · Score: 1

    This is the same judge that basically told the jury Google was guilty before they started to deliberate. Thus Googles call for a mistrial.

    Can you please return your geek credentials? The judge didn't tell the jury Google was guilty, that's about the worst bullshit I've ever heard. The judge told the jury to assume that Oracles stuff was protected by copyright, and _then_ to decide whether the evidence said that Google actually copied or not. The jury has decided, on the evidence, that Google copied Oracle's APIs. NOW the judge will decide whether this API is protected by copyright or not. To explain this with a car analogy: There may be a legal argument whether you own a car or not. When you drive away in the car, you are accused of theft. The jury will decide whether there is evidence to prove that you took the car. The judge will decide whether the car was yours (and you were allowed to take it) or not (in which case taking it was theft).

    Can you please return your gearhead credentials? That was a terrible car analogy :)

  2. Re:Now how does this change the hardware? on Kinect For Windows Releasing On February 1 · · Score: 1

    PC Gaming Zealots only surface when console fan boys can't admit technological inferiority. Who cares we buy nice graphics cards on launch. These help with frames and gameplay. No effort to show us how a $250 kinect will improve our desktop gameplay has been made. Atleast I can get benchmarks on my new GeForce 4977hundred ex ct overclocked new edition. :)

  3. Re:So, when did subscriptions become traditional? on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I agree %100. I was in the last beta weekend and logged 10 hours playing to level 15. WoW with lightsabers and blasters and speeders instead of flying horses. Want to know why this game is an epic fail? There is no free space flight. It's all scripted combat on rails. DUMB. The name of the game is called STAR WARS... yet your ability to have a war amidst the stars on your own terms does not exist. I canceled my pre-order shortly after the beta weekend. Will wait for the first expansion that adds free space flight.

  4. Re:What an appalling title on Apple Loses Tablet Battle In Australia · · Score: 1

    With the thousands of law suits apple is responsible for at this ver moment. How would you deduce the titles regards anything but a legal battle. \\iSuit

  5. Interview? on How Does a Self-Taught Computer Geek Get Hired? · · Score: 1

    Thats all I had to do.

  6. Re:Doesn't Matter on CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" · · Score: 1

    You're right, it doesn't matter. My rom developer strips carrierIQ from his roms as part of his cooking process. I'm freeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  7. 2.4Ghz in the 90's on AMD Breaks Overclocking Record With Bulldozer · · Score: 1

    Big deal, I had a cordless phone that was 2.4GHZ in the 90's. :)

  8. The lawyers work for verizon? on AT&T Sued For Systematic iPhone Overbilling · · Score: 1

    And the switching from AT&T to Verizon begins...

  9. Re:Why? on HP Snaps Up 3PAR For $2 Billion · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Perhaps there is a patent-folio that we are un-aware of that can crush all the little san mfg's. Just a thought...

  10. Rejected CPU Cycle on A Close Look At Apple's A4 Chip · · Score: 1

    There was a data packet that started to have un pure thoughts, so the Apple A4 processor rejected the packet and sent it packing.

  11. Re:I agree on Hooked On Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, the phone answers you!

  12. There... done. on Yahoo Treading Carefully Before Exposing More Private Data · · Score: 1

    I deleted my yahoo account after 12 years. That's just shady and dumb. I want to opt-in not forced to opt-out.

  13. Re:hmm... on Google's Chrome OS To Launch In Fall · · Score: 1

    It rains out sometimes, I can't run my R-Compound tires in the rain.. I'd rather play Tiger Woods 2010 on those days.

  14. Re:Apple versus Microsoft on iPad Bait and Switch — No More Unlimited Data Plan · · Score: 1

    You sir are naive. So you're telling me AT&T so intertwined in business with Apple you could call them bedmates, didn't even bother to send a phone call over to about a new iPimp tethering plan? LOL. Atleast I can get a good laugh on a Wednesday!

  15. Re:Free market, right? on Supreme Court To Consider First Sale of Imports · · Score: 1

    and since i was 15 i've been paying the same prices...

  16. Re:Sprint? on Analyst Estimates AT&T Needs To Spend $5B To Catch Up · · Score: 1

    Your last time was not short enough ago to count anymore. Please read this article as to quote its subscriber rate will be flat for the first time since mid 2007 :) http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125998006760077993.html I love my sprint plan and phone.

  17. Re:People aren't robots on Office Work Ethic In the IT Industry? · · Score: 1

    And this mentality is why most other leading nations kick our ass in productivity and still get more vacation days...

  18. Smart Money says... on Best Buy $39.95 "Optimization" At Best a Waste of Money · · Score: 1

    Everyone who has read this article already knew that it was scammy.

  19. Re:First... define worse... on Bad Driving May Have Genetic Basis · · Score: 1

    Please tell me how I could have avoided being rear ended while waiting to make a left hand turn with traffic turning in front of me and coming at me in the lanes i'm trying to cross. Your theory of rules helping me the common driver avoid accidents by obeying laws is full of flaws.

  20. Re:Doing searches on Doing Internet Searches Boosts Older Brains · · Score: 1

    Yeah I used to get the same thing until I learned about lmgtfy.com (letmegooglethatforyou.com). You type in the search phrase and and hit the "Google Search" button. It gives you a link that has animation of someone typing in the search term and moving the mouse to click search. It then displays normal google results. Its pretty effective in making the person feel like they could have done it for themselves. (example link: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=slashdot ) Enjoy!

  21. Got my HTC HERO w/Android yesterday on Game Development On Android · · Score: 1

    I am in love with my new phone. The Android Marketplace from what I can tell is almost %80 free. I plan to personally download the SDK and Eclipse stuff and make my own apps/games in java. The Hero is a solidly built phone with every feature you could ask for including exchange sync. Love it!

  22. Exactly where does this stop? on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    Would you like to put a gps on my bicycle so you can tax me for sidewalk repair? How about something in my shoes so the mall can tax me and pay for the floor to be re-surfaced. I'm going to create a new tech startup the produces a devices you can wear that blocks all RFID signals in a 30 yard radius. I will be the coolest man alive! This idea, isn't only dumb. Its so full of holes it stinks like cheese.

  23. Re:Something doesn't sound right, here. on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that what a rootkit is made to do? Hide from you so you have no idea its there. Otherwise they might call it an ObviousKit? /meh

  24. Car Tycoon FTW! on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    I had gotten ahold of "Car Tycoon" some time ago and it had some play limiting bugs in it. I would love to see someone make that over with updated graphics and solid code. I would enjoy hours of running a major car company. Maybe then I could go save GM's ass.

  25. Re:Slow crap on Microsoft Backs Down On Making IE8 Default At Upgrade · · Score: 1

    I use chrome almost exclusively. I like a simple browsing experience.