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  1. Are the computers they use on How American Homeless Stay Wired · · Score: 3, Funny

    in a brown paper-bag?

  2. Re:vs iPhone on Palm Pre Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Yip, became possible in the most recent update. Guess I should read the release notes more.

  3. Re:vs iPhone on Palm Pre Reviewed · · Score: 1

    ... the iPhone's keyboard isn't perfect and even less so when the iPhone assumes you're a moron that can't type and "corrects" what you meant to type with a completely different word...

    Well, maybe your phone is right about you being a moron, because you can go to Settings -> General -> Keyboard and turn off auto-correction.

    Ah, so it is default now? You used to have to jailbreak it and use an app from Cydia to do it. See.

  4. Re:vs iPhone on Palm Pre Reviewed · · Score: 0, Troll

    Autocorrection can be disabled, you know.

    Autocorrection can't be disabled by default.

    iPhone OS is Mac OS X core. I does multitask, right now.

    Yes it multitasks, but not on GUI apps.

    There's this random application crashing sometimes, certainly. I wonder how you get to know it's about lack of memory and not badly written code.

    You can use apps to profile memory usage and whenever an app crashes for me it's because the available memory has dropped too low. Especially when it's Safari that crashed (normally with 2-3 pages open).

    Anyways, if you're going to throw away your iPhone, just let me know where.

    I would but I can't copy and paste the name of the place.

  5. vs iPhone on Palm Pre Reviewed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    After reading the review and watching this video I'm disliking my iPhone even more. Mulitasking alone sets it above the iPhone; it's very frustrating having to close and reopen applications anytime you want to do something, however I frequently have iPhone apps crash due to memory shortage so I have to wonder how stable it is with multiple apps open. The keyboard does look like a deal breaker though, granted the iPhone's keyboard isn't perfect and even less so when the iPhone assumes you're a moron that can't type and "corrects" what you meant to type with a completely different word (if I wanted the word it suggested I should have to press what comes up to select it, not the other way round). I doubt it will be an "iPhone killer" though, not because it's an inferior product but because the iPhone already has a hugely established userbase.

  6. Re:Do not want on Google Adds Scripting Capabilities To Google Docs · · Score: 1

    So because you may not find it useful, no one else will?

  7. Re:Do not want on Google Adds Scripting Capabilities To Google Docs · · Score: 1

    So Google shouldn't add new functionality to their applications because it might be abused?

    Perhaps companies should stop manufactoring computers, I mean, look how they get abused.

  8. You forgot ... on 18 Android Phones, In 3 Flavors, By Year's End · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beta.

  9. I'm worried on Mars Robot May Destroy Life It Was Sent To Find · · Score: 1

    So we might have been inadvertently killing alien life? Like in Ender's Game, only we're killing them.

  10. Re:restrooms ? on Survey Finds Airport Wi-Fi More Important Than Food · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can make do without restrooms but hiding behind large objects doesn't get you wifi access.

  11. So Linux isn't suspicious on Judge Says Boston Student's Laptop Was Seized Illegally · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it's not only used by rebels wanting to dodge the law? Bah, I'm going back to Windows.

  12. Re:Linux... on FBI, US Marshals Hit By Virus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Step 1: Ditch a closed-source product notorious for exploits and viruses
    Step 2: Choose a better open-source alternative notorious for its security and stability
    Step 3: close the source

  13. Re:Reuse minimizes mistakes and costs on Russia To Save Its ISS Modules · · Score: 4, Funny

    How did using code from IE minimize mistakes?

  14. Before someone says it on Russia To Save Its ISS Modules · · Score: 5, Funny

    Construction of the International Space Station began in 1998. The soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Thus, ISS Modules did not exist in Soviet Russia and did not "save you".

  15. Re:What exactly are we supposed to learn? on Learning From EA's Annual Report · · Score: 2, Funny

    EA is a monstrous company with lots of waste and inefficiency?

    Yeah, I mean just look at page 4.

  16. Re:Now it can claim on Microsoft Patents the Crippling of Operating Systems · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You clearly never used 3.1 ...

  17. Re:Now it can claim on Microsoft Patents the Crippling of Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    You mean 1980?

  18. Re:stuck with adobe on Drive-By Download Poisons Google Search Results · · Score: 2

    No, software such as indesign and photoshop. Alternative PDF readers are fine for casually looking at downloaded PDFs but I haven't found one yet with the features Acrobat pro has; the bloat you mention are feautures people in some industries actually use.

  19. Re:stuck with adobe on Drive-By Download Poisons Google Search Results · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Consider an organisation, such as a newspaper or print company, where Adobe's software is the industry standard.

  20. Re:I don't see a problem here on Drive-By Download Poisons Google Search Results · · Score: 1

    With all the better alternatives out there

    Yeah, it's not like Adobe's software is the standard in some industries. /sarcasm

  21. You hate it when PDFs freeze Firefox? on Drive-By Download Poisons Google Search Results · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate it when PDFs freeze Acrobat Reader.

  22. I don't live in the US you insensitive clod on Tiered Data Plans Coming To the iPhone? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Everyone who loves their all-you-can-eat iPhone data: enjoy it while it lasts."

    In New Zealand on our iPhone plans,

    • the most expensive, $130/month, gets us 500MB.
    • The cheapest, $40/month, gets us 250MB.

    All only available on a 24 month contract. My heart bleeds you for America.

  23. Re:only available on Windows and Mac OS X 10.4+ on Google Earth As a Game Engine For Ship Simulation · · Score: 1

    Google Earth browser

    "Google Earth browser plugin"

  24. only available on Windows and Mac OS X 10.4+ on Google Earth As a Game Engine For Ship Simulation · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Google Earth Plugin is currently only available on Windows and Mac OS X 10.4+.

    Well, that's the first browser-based game I've tried to play that isn't cross platform.

  25. Genome? on 13,000 Volunteer To Put Personal Genomes Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a similar project for KayDE?