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  1. Re:so why would i buy a blackberry? on RIM Attracts 15,000 Apps For BlackBerry 10 In 2 Days · · Score: 1

    you can do this with add on products for ios and android. and you can do it to some extent on iOS as well with some little known apple tools to manage iphones in the enterprise

    but why would anyone want to? the itunes app store already weeds out malware. this whole management thing sounds like power hungry IT nazis wanting some sense of control.

    i can understand in situations like HIPAA or some other special cases, but most organizations BES is overkill

  2. so why would i buy a blackberry? on RIM Attracts 15,000 Apps For BlackBerry 10 In 2 Days · · Score: 3, Insightful

    instead of an iphone or one of the Galaxy phones?

    do they do anything that iOS or Android does not?

  3. Re:i would sue on Bug Sends Lost-Phone Seekers To Same Wrong Address · · Score: 3, Interesting

    close

    i read this somewhere else yesterday and its actually the fault of Clark County. Seems they made a mistake and gave the cell phone tower his address in their records.

    still sprint's fault for not putting a some kind of fix in

  4. i would sue on Bug Sends Lost-Phone Seekers To Same Wrong Address · · Score: 5, Interesting

    it has been over a year and sprint can't fix the problem

    a nice letter to their legal department may move things along

  5. Re:Doomsday clock on The World Remains Five Minutes From Midnight · · Score: 0

    These scientists are also evangelical Christians

  6. Re:Maybe they'll sell of Alienware... on Dell Said To Be In Buyout Talks With Private-Equity Firms · · Score: 1, Troll

    Alienware was always an overpriced joke

  7. Re:this is like trying to make people good drivers on Microsoft Patents Tech That Would Silence Your Phone For You · · Score: 1

    and they can call the theater security and have them call the cops for stealing and destroying your property

  8. this is like trying to make people good drivers on Microsoft Patents Tech That Would Silence Your Phone For You · · Score: 3, Insightful

    people drive like asswipes because they think the world revolves around them

    same here, the people disrupting the movie won't care about this. and probably won't enable it even if their phone had it.

    the only solution is to wait two weeks or more until after a movie comes out to see it in an almost empty theater

  9. Re:Just because it's on YouTube doesn't make it re on How the Internet Makes the Improbable Into the New Normal · · Score: 1

    you just described porn

    half the crazy shite you see in porn movies is edited from different takes with lots of breaks

  10. Re:so? apple is still selling less product on The Strange Math of Apple's Alleged Massive iPhone 5 Order Cuts · · Score: 3, Informative

    $199 on contract in the US
    Galaxy S3 is also $199 and $149 at some stores depending on where the sale it
    wal mart has the iphone 5 at $119

    for single people its $90 a month for the carrier bill. for most of us on family plans we pay a lot less. i went to the new mobile share plan with AT&T. 4 smart phones will run me in the $200 range for unlimited minutes and texts and 10GB of data. and that's before my in laws kick in their part of the bill

    everyone has a cell phone these days. i don't know a single person doing the wifi for free calls thing

  11. Re:Market manipulation? on The Strange Math of Apple's Alleged Massive iPhone 5 Order Cuts · · Score: 1

    most likely yes, but don't expect trumpets when apple announces earnings.

    they had a nice run,
    i still like the iphone 5 better than the S3

    but at this point hardware is a commodity. the software runs on both iOS and android

  12. so? apple is still selling less product on The Strange Math of Apple's Alleged Massive iPhone 5 Order Cuts · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    i rarely see ipod touches these days in NYC because iphones are so cheap. still means apple is not going to grow sales enough to keep the stock going up.

    stocks go up on growth. apple needs at least 20% revenue/profit growth to move the stock.
    in the US more than 50% of people have smartphones. the only people who don't have them are privacy nuts and old people. even my mom knows an ipad 5 is coming soon.
    apple's profits are in the $50 billion range.
    law of large numbers

    who else is left to buy an iphone 5? not the people in developing markets who can't afford them
    same with Mac's. Nice computers, but anyone willing to spend $2000 on a laptop already has one. and the ipad is making a traditional computer something you rarely use at home

    this is the genius of Google's latest nexus phone. why compete with apple where they will lose when they can grab market share where apple can't go?

  13. Re:1st amendment is for the government on CNET Parent CBS Blocks Review and Award To Dish Over Legal Dispute · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Freedom of the press is when the media reports something bad about the government. It's not about reviewing products

  14. 1st amendment is for the government on CNET Parent CBS Blocks Review and Award To Dish Over Legal Dispute · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's to protect your rights from the government

    CBS is a private business and has no obligation to review a product of another business

  15. secret apple factory? on What Did Google Earth Spot In the Chinese Desert? · · Score: 1

    railway and airfield close by

  16. now i can mine my own diamonds and platinum on Thousands of SCADA Devices Discovered On the Open Internet · · Score: 1

    just in time for my 10th anniversary

  17. Re:Visigoths on Plasma Active, Sailfish, and Ubuntu Phone Developers Discussing Common APIs · · Score: 2

    The original Muslims were conquered by the Mongols and the Turks who later converted to Islam and took on their customs. A lot of the Turkish people were Jewish at the time they conquered the arabs

    Their empire did not last longer than Rome

  18. Re:OpenAFS on College CIO Predicts Tablets Will Kill Smart Boards · · Score: 1

    i bet a college can easily cut a deal with dropbox or google for massive amounts of storage and add it to your tuition. file system problem solved

  19. why pay when you can make your students pay? on College CIO Predicts Tablets Will Kill Smart Boards · · Score: 1

    why pay for expensive hardware and software and support when you can just make your students buy the required hardware?

    by now most android tablets and the ipad are at pretty much feature parity with almost all the popular software available on both platforms

    you don't need widgets or live wallpaper or the ability to enable/disable your radios easily to do school work

  20. Re:Hey, whatever happened on Tablet Shipments Will Finally Overtake Notebooks In 2013 · · Score: 1

    These things alternate
    First we have a geek friendly product that bombs then something geeks hate that takes off among real people
    After tablets the next thing is wearable computers and google glass. Geeks seem to love it even though there is no practical use for them

  21. but if google did it, then it would be awesome on Disney Wants To Track You With RFID · · Score: 1

    imagine the awesomeness if they gave you a loaner nexus phone with google now to track you in the park, let you pay with google wallet, make some limited free calls, plan your vacation and track your movements to organize the park better

    that would be a geek wet dream come true

    i mean how awesome would it be if you put in your plan for the day and disney google now told you when to leave your hotel and where to have breakfast to make the most of your time

  22. Re:Why is this creepy? on Disney Wants To Track You With RFID · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is slashdot, people are morons

    using google phone with NFC and google wallet with google now in your phone tracking all your movements so they can use it to market and advertise to you is awesome

    disney doing the same thing so they can improve the park layout and organization, evil

  23. Re:The really disturbing part on Anonymous Helps Find Evidence In Gang Rape Case · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but these were jocks, football players

    they are more equal than others

  24. Re:Tainted evidence on Anonymous Helps Find Evidence In Gang Rape Case · · Score: 1

    not like the cops did any better

    may not be enough for a criminal conviction, but the victim will probably get some justice now from civil suits

  25. Re:Why? Why why why? on Rejection of Reality: Apple Denies Endgame:Syria · · Score: 1

    $7 billion paid out to developers? maybe that's why?

    how much has the Play store paid out in royalties?