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  1. Who cares? on Samsung Announces Galaxy Alpha Featuring Metal Frame and Rounded Corners · · Score: 1

    Let me know when it is available to buy with stock android from Google. I don't care about the glittery bits.

  2. Re:No.. but (sorry missing link included) on Can the Atrix 4G Really Become Your Next PC? · · Score: 1
  3. Re:No.. but on Can the Atrix 4G Really Become Your Next PC? · · Score: 1

    "A brand new 900 dollar phone (600 + dock) is roughly on par with a 700 dollar laptop. That's pretty appealing."

    Appealing if it were true, but sadly it is not. $700 laptop is a fantastic machine these days, but apparently they haven't yet hit the level of $300 netbooks.

    See the critical review by Engadget:

    "In all, the software story in the Webtop environment is not all that pleasant. It's a sluggish, somewhat sloppy experience that's difficult to enjoy, even though the basic premise driving this technology is really exciting."

  4. Re:Fingerprint items on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    The fingerprint reader is intended to make logging in a simple step of swiping your finger across the sensor. It's not designed to grab a thief's fingerprint.

  5. Yes, my preferences are stable on Password Resets Worse Than Reusing Old password · · Score: 2, Informative

    And they're set to disable scripting.

  6. Re:totally impractical on Eco-Marathon Team Hits 2,843 mpg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm confused. Could you make an analogy to computing?

  7. Re:Moot on How-Not-to-Hire-U.S.-Workers Law Firm Fires Back · · Score: 1

    Why should I have to learn another language to communicate with people who are here illegally and stealing jobs from me?

    With that kind of attitude I recommend learning "Spare any change?" in Spanish. You might want to also learn a few lines of a sob story, while you're at it.



    The reason you have to learn another language is that it's useful.

  8. Re:If you don't like the Chinese Government... on China Censoring Flickr · · Score: 1

    There's no way the entire world will agree to boycott China. Such a boycott by western countries will just set the structure for alienation and hostility.

  9. Consumer Hell on iPhone Release Date Is June 29 · · Score: 1

    AppleInsider is reporting that the supplies at Cingular/AT&T stores may be relatively tight.

    I suppose we should be clambering over each other trying to secure one. We can queue up for the chance to spend our money! These jerks have us by the gonads if we constantly fear we might not get one.

    For most of us, this is an expensive toy. Can it really be $500 worth of fun?

  10. Re:Why convert? on Biology Could Be Used To Turn Sugar Into Diesel · · Score: 1

    Don't forget about all the water you'd have to carry!

  11. Re:Pimp my blog on iTunes, One Billion Suckers Served? · · Score: 1
    Is iTunes perfect? No. But I have purchased 20x more music than what I would have otherwise.

    Holy fucking shit! I had no idea the damage was at this scale! iTunes must be stopped!

  12. Irrelevent Photo on Israeli Company Creates Nano-Armor · · Score: 1
    Illustration photo - medieval armor.

    The discovery of the extraordinary wave-shock absorption quality of the IF materials, position it as one of the best candidates for future protective gear and armor.

    Attached photo was really neat. Where's the real product?

  13. Re:Painting Your Way to Safety on Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Will Miss Earth, This Time · · Score: 1

    I think, in this case, you should be dividing the volume by 1000. Then you can calculate the new size of the mini-asteroids. Obviously, an asteroid isn't going to start or break up into a normal geometric shape, but if you assume a spherical cow...

  14. Re:Though I respect Linus on The Psychology of Virus Writers · · Score: 1

    Your analogy is flawed. Unlike the security system on a home, the security of your network-connected computer has a much more significant impact on your network "neighbors."

  15. Re:Five minutes later on Nullsoft's Waste: Encrypted, Distributed, Mesh Net · · Score: 1

    Must be a MUD :)

  16. Re:So on Wavy Lenses Extend Depth of Field in Digital Imaging · · Score: 1

    You may pay me $3/shot. I am happy to help you with this problem. :)

  17. Triumph on Altavista Renewed · · Score: 0, Troll

    What a wonderful search engine!

    FOR ME TO POOP ON!

  18. Grunge? on Embedding Data Signals In White Noise · · Score: 1

    Haven't music bands already been doing this?

  19. Re:battery life on Apple Gives Laptops Speed Bumps · · Score: 1

    Yep. Your processor is designed get slower, too.

  20. Re:to paraphrase on Microsoft Tries a "Switch" Campaign · · Score: 1
    It was much better than Cats.

    I would watch it again and again...

  21. The simple thought process on Generation Wrecked · · Score: 1
    I hate people who got into tech stuff just because they wanted to become rich.

    1. Learn a programming language
    2. ???
    3. Profit!!

    :-D

  22. Re:Hungarian Notation on Charles Simonyi leaves Microsoft · · Score: 1

    My IDE shows me the type of my variable when I wave my magic cursor over it... It's important to have a meaningful name, but these prefixes are a pain in the ass and add very little value if all they are doing is indicating the type...

  23. Re:Compare and contrast on Gaim For Windows · · Score: 1

    Don't forget TiK, a Tcl/Tk client. That should run on quite a few OSes...

  24. Even the comparison is not convincing on Scientists Create Lullabies From Brain Waves · · Score: 1
    "The participants showed dramatic improvement over placebo participants who listened to someone else's brain music instead of their own."

    This would be more convincing if they would compare this against sleeping in a quiet room, or maybe sleeping in a room with some white noise (maybe a fan?)

  25. Re:No, no, no... on Is Red Hat the Microsoft of Linux? · · Score: 2, Funny
    "...I've got a few years of debian experience under my belt, and installing woody on a new box was, to say the very least, significantly less painful than any prior install of it I've ever done."

    Installing woody on a new box? Is that a euphemism for something?