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  1. Re:Apples to Oranges Plus Fear Mongering on For Mac Developers, Armageddon Comes Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    There were speculations about a few Google products.

    Certainly Android was speculated by some. I think Gmail did indeed alter the economics for the industry. Google applications for your domains seriously dropped some industry changing (where I work we paid $5/month/user for an inferior account).

    Wave had a lot of retarded hype too.

  2. Re:Apples to Oranges Plus Fear Mongering on For Mac Developers, Armageddon Comes Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    Alternatives like double click the zip file, or right click and "send to" compressed folder on a PC (since XP), or create archive on a Mac (since 10.3).

    And on the Mac it works better than stuff-it (for creating zips), which kills fonts in the process.

    Yet I still get .sitx files from people that have always been buying stuff-it since the beginning of time. Installing stuff-it kills the functional zip creation and expansion too (replacing it with theres that kills fonts).

    I hate that program.

  3. Re:Wrong choice on Honeycomb To Require Dual-Core Processor · · Score: 1

    Gingerbread is already out.

  4. Re:Price vs Performance on Intel Sandy Bridge Desktop and Mobile CPUs · · Score: 1

    And has a very compelling mobile platform coming.

    9 Watt, better than atom by far, and dx11 incremental embedded improvement. And an 18 Watt part competitive with current generation mid range desktops.

    I know I would love an Ontario pad, netbook, or even laptop. Still more thank I'd be willing to use power wise in a phone.

  5. Re:About Time on Samsung Set To Introduce Android-Based iPod Touch Competitor · · Score: 1

    By the time hdd players were getting into my price range, iPod was the cheapest, if not only player on the market.

    When second generation nanos came out, they were very price competitive (the larger capacity ones anyway)with flash players, and very nice feature sets.

    The touch wheel thingy is pretty cool too.

    Own a 60 gig video with rockbox. It was free from someone I know that got an iPhone.

    Had a 2gb first generation manor, it too was free from somone else. I love the firm factor (most small players don't fit nice in a jeans coin pocket)

    The shuffle and touch never interested me.

  6. Re:Cloud on Apple's $1 Billion Data Center Mystery · · Score: 1

    1) I can build android for my phone (one sold by Google).
    2) I can build android for a phone that never was meant to support it (one sold by Nokia)
    3) I can have a perfectly functional phone based photo gallery, using Google's online one only if I choose, this is after setting it up to sync with Google's online one even.
    4) I can have a perfectly functional e-mail account using non-Google accounts.

    I do not know how well contacts sync with other services, but everything else is pretty effective in my experience.

    I'm not quite sure what you mean by your post I guess is what i'm saying.

    On point one note, it isn't even the hardware manufactures that are the problem, as clearly they allow easy unlocking for Google.

  7. Re:No surprise on Microsoft Ready To Talk Windows On ARM · · Score: 1

    Didn't Ms buy a CPU virtualization company, and use it to decent effect on the Xbox 360?

    U bet they can do this to a level that gets office style apps running decent.

    A level of basic testing and a cert for apps that pass. Use .Net to aid the process, typical GUI apps should work without too much effort. The more complex stuff will hopefully be re-written (something like google earth maybe) or too much for it to run anyway (like Maya).

  8. Re:Homeopathic Medicine on Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception · · Score: 1

    In my classes we always did negative to positive, even in lower grades.

  9. Re:What a suprise on Obama FCC Caves On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    I (as a purchaser) would not mind the privilege to save money by only having port 80 go fast, or to pay extra for others.

    Or pay for super low pings on VoIP.

  10. Re:Why is OSS A Criteria? on Best Open Source Genealogy Software? · · Score: 2

    Maybe the poster wants to be able to freely distribute the software and resulting files to family members?

    It sounds pretty reasonable to me, especially after being boned paying for something.

  11. Re:Really? on Carrier Trick To Save IPv4 Could Help Spammers · · Score: 1

    They wouldn't need to hack the server anymore.

  12. Re:Nvidia on Debian 6.0 To Feature a Completely Free Kernel · · Score: 1

    yeah, you have to run sudo NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.29.run, such a boning.

  13. Re:I didn't know that on Netflix Touts Open Source, Ignores Linux · · Score: 1

    If half of those people got Netflix I am willing to be the cost was worth it.

    that's 35k/month. 2 people could make it work. The honest truth though is I bet those that really want Netflix have it and use a console, wii, or dual boot. The others would likely keep downloading.

    I would say at least 100k would be needed on a petition, as 5% is probably a realistic conversion rate for long-term subscriptions.

    There is something to be said for happy customers though, and with 30% or so of netbooks being Linux, I bet there is a large part of people that would like to be able to use Netflix there.

  14. Re:Confusing naming on AMD's New Flagship HD 6970 Tested · · Score: 1

    Cool.

    I'll trade you my GeForce 4 mx, for your GeForce 2 Ti

    I mean, the 4 is better right?

  15. Re:The lone red dot remaining in the Sick & Po on Watch 200 Years of Global Growth In 4 Minutes · · Score: 1

    Considering the immense famine that happened recently (10-15 years) in North Korea, and the fact I don't see it bounce like China did in the great leap forward (I found that part the most shocking, the reduction, and then rebound, were so fast), I am going to say it is a total fake, but what do I know.

  16. Re:My question about IV... on World's Largest Patent Troll Fires First Salvo · · Score: 1

    Maybe they think they have a strong case, and a winning in DE will make going forward a lot easier.

    It could be true too unfortunately (the strong case part). I'd feel better if it was in Delaware Chancellery Court, as the chancellors don't take BS, and rule smart.

  17. Re:My question about IV... on World's Largest Patent Troll Fires First Salvo · · Score: 1

    Suing in Delaware is a good thing.

    The courts are fairly reasonable (in my personal experience watching things go on in person), and the rulings hold peer pressure weight in business matters in other areas, even when they are non-binding.

  18. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    And if you like streaming, Megavideo is a good source too.

    It's like hulu, but more like hulu when it started and had full seasons, but even more shows.

  19. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1

    Um, owning devices that it won't stream to is hardly ideology.

    Also, G5 Macs are still viable(ish), and not supported too.

    I know I'm disappointed by the situation as it won't stream to my HTPC, but I do have a Wii, so it's not so bad.

  20. Re:Pffft *dismissive hand wave* on Netflix Signs Deal With Disney-ABC · · Score: 1
  21. Re:NASA is becoming sad... on NASA's 'Arsenic Microbe' Science Under Fire · · Score: 1

    Because the asshat cool kids are the ones that get elected (from any party).

  22. Re:Everyone has skeletons. on Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters · · Score: 1

    Dancing at a show? I would say you knew when it was, use a vacation day.

    Fringe movement? The same.

    Out at a competitors event? Please don't play sick to do it.

  23. Re:100%! OMG on Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update · · Score: 1

    I like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgQDjiotG0

    It has that whole library of congress per statue of liberty feel to it.

  24. Re:Did anyone actually use KOffice? on Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE? · · Score: 1

    I really like it (v2), but it is not anywhere approaching complete.

    I like the ribbonish toolbar in Kword a lot though.

    In Kspread there were stupid assinine things it wasn't doing for me in a spreadsheet (it was a while ago), so I switched over to OO.org. It (Kspread) was barely more viable than Google Docs IMO. This is ignoring the stability issues, and the hard press on European sizes.

  25. Re:Oh happy day on PC Era Forecasted To End In 18 Months · · Score: 1

    Yes, with PC sales continuing to clime MS will be very sad.

    Considering PC lifespan is 2-5 years, and smartphone 1-3, it would be about even when taking into account replacement rate i think.