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  1. Re:Steve and his FUD on Nokia and RIM Respond To Apple's Antenna Claims · · Score: 1

    I have a Nokia e90, dependingon work useage, I can get 8-12days, as aposed to the 5-7 I used to get.

  2. Re:Steve and his FUD on Nokia and RIM Respond To Apple's Antenna Claims · · Score: 1

    Physical size, Screen size,Battery life, Camera lense are items every company trys to reduce/incress where they can, this is not somthing Apple invented.

    Geting a better placmnet for the Antenna helps leads to better battery life, if your phone is low on bars, it will spend energy trying to find a better transmitter.

    I recently moved from an area with 2-3 bars, into a full bar area, and I get an extra 3-4 days out of my phone now.

  3. Re:Steve and his FUD on Nokia and RIM Respond To Apple's Antenna Claims · · Score: 2, Funny

    I certainly believe nokia's claim..

    "antenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict."

  4. Re:Failure rate? on US Deploys 'Heat-Ray' In Afghanistan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because we al know when the cops show up to bust up a crowd of 1,000 protestors, no one gets hurt.

  5. Re:Is a SLR, yes it is. on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wrong, wrong, wrong, and very wrong.

    That is what is called an 'Lens'
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_lens

    And he has attached the 'Lens' to a 'camera phone'
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_phone

    an SLR is a camera that has various mechanical moving parts, that allow you to split the same light that will be hitting the film or sensor, so that you can see this with your own eye, and then the millisecond you hit the shutter button, the Reflex mirror, jumps out of the way, and the shot is taken with almost the exact same light you where seeing that was sent to your eyes.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera

    This is just a phone that might as well be taped to a large magnifying glass, there are no SLR parts in the lens of a SLR camera.

  6. Re:Good for gps tagging on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 · · Score: 1

    The Canon one also has a 35mm sensor, the bigger the sensor in physical size, the better image quality.
    The Canon one has very good processing power behind the sensor.
    The Canon one has over 12mp
    The Canon one has been designed to focus the image from the lens.
    The Canon one has much better ISO range and smarter Automatic settings.
    The Canon one can manipulate the aperture and focus of the lens

    I would not be surprised to find out that you can get a better result with a magnifying glass taped to the phone.

  7. Re:My opinion about this on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    1) Yes it was, at some point there was no computer screen display, and no pixel. And be thankful important inventions like the wheel are that old and have all been invented, otherwise could you imagine the royalties? The debate over who created this idea is of course still open.

    2) This would be an algorithm for enhancing an image, like AA.

    3) Why? I think different shaped pixels in reality may be come common when the resolution of screens gets so small that you can then map different shapes onto those tiny pixels. But see your point number 1, then mine.

    4) see my point 2, its not a compression algorithm, its an enhancing one, big difference.

    5) Yup, totally agree. In fact he admits to stealing the idea from mosaic tiles.

  8. Re:He's sorry? Why? on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    WTF RTF, hes talking about takeing thsoe square pixles and then dividing each into a 6x6 square array. Then he builds new borders between each pixle using the new upsacled image.

  9. Re:Pixels cut into two pieces on Pixel Inventor Goes Back To the Drawing Board · · Score: 1

    he cut each pixal into a 6x6, then the new edge runs though or aroudn the pixle, the sapes are as complecated as 6x6 allows, not just simple stright lines.

  10. Re:Would you employ SSDs in DB intensive tasks? on SSDs vs. Hard Drives In Value Comparison · · Score: 1

    And im sure we can find dozens of ppl who had the MPG3409AT-E fail within months of buying it.

    Bottom line: one example dose not make a SSD (Soild Statical Debate.)

  11. Re:Reliability? on SSDs vs. Hard Drives In Value Comparison · · Score: 2, Funny

    redendent back ups, their not just for HHDs.

  12. Re:So how much of this will the telcos steal? on New US Broadband Projects Get $795 Million In Funding · · Score: 1

    At lest its not a $43billion one..

  13. furth news. on In UK, Computer Science Graduates the Least Employable · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "but even much mocked communications and creative arts graduates are finding work more easily"

    In realted news, mcdonalds hasnt had trouble filling job vacancies

  14. Re:Err what? on New Messenger Has Same Old, Gaping Privacy Holes · · Score: 1

    If your girlfriend tags you in a facebook picture everyone including your wife will see it too. What's the big deal?How is this a huge privacy hole?

    Because we hate Microsoft here, that's why.

    Yes, because no one bitches about facebooks privacy settings..

  15. Re:Charging can't work, so what are the other opti on High Depreciation May Slow Electric Car Acceptance · · Score: 1

    you cant easly re-fill your car at night, whilst sleeping and pay a lower gas rate for the privlage etiher.. easy come easy go.

  16. Re:Game Speed on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 1

    I belive Larry Niven wrote that into one of his Dream Park novles, that the serach program on the computer had been programed with a dealy, as if a human got a responce too quickly they assumed it hadnet worked propperly and hit serch agine..

  17. Re:Square to hexagon conversion on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Try looking at how the game Elemental, War of Magic development is going, that might be more your cup of tea.

    Its been developed with the Mod tools, and they are realeasing them with it, its currntly in a true Beta, you know the kind where one can post feedback, and sugest changes that are more then cosmetic or extreamly minor.

  18. Re:It's about time a stop was put to these combos on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like the same argument you had with the good lord when he was trying to force you to get a neural net.. why get all those millions cells when it seems you could be quite happy with just a few of them

  19. Re:You got to wonder sometimes on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 1

    Yup, that's exactly what we tell the Kiwis, we certainly dint make fun of their exchange rate.

  20. Re:citation needed on Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn · · Score: 1

    or perhaps you dont know shit about cooking meat if you need to rest it.

  21. Re:Perfect temperature on Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn · · Score: 0

    And herein lies the 'myth' of 'resting' a steak. Fuck I hate places that serve an apparently 'rested' stake, which is just a bad cover up for a cold stake.

  22. Re:Perfect temperature on Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn · · Score: 1

    Same hear, I call this the "not killing your mouth and taste buds with scalding hot coffee day in and out efect"

  23. Re:And once again on Food Bloggers Giving Restaurant Owners Heartburn · · Score: 1

    How could it be inappropriate, when we have some of these super fancy restaurants running friggin game shows? I understand not using flash photography, a decent lens will get you around that, and if you are eating at a ''fancier'' place you should be able to afford one.

    As to your second point, all restaurants are worthy of reviewing, the point of reviewing is not to look at places where the foods costs more then some people earn in a week, it is to scale the value, quality, cost and service into a meaningful form that is useful to others who can compare it.

    I have in my life only been to 5 rather expensive places to eat (no super expensive places), only two of those rated a returned visit. I have 4 places in my own list of sheep places that rank higher then 3 of those expensive places.

  24. Dead start. on Inventor Demonstrates Infinitely Variable Transmission · · Score: 1

    Zero is also a number 0 = 0 , both shafts are roating at the same speed.

  25. Re:Fuel economy on Inventor Demonstrates Infinitely Variable Transmission · · Score: 1

    at 12,000 miles per year(seems to be your chosen amount), the differnce between 10mpg and 250mpg is 1152 gallons of gas per year.