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  1. Re:vs Material Design on Xiaomi's Next OS Looks Strikingly Similar To iOS · · Score: 1

    Actually, material design looks a heck of lot more like iOS 7/8 than Holo theme ever did. It's (material) also a recommended design pattern for iOS apps by Google. They want material design to span across Android, iOS, and html websites.

  2. Thumbs Up on How Today's Tech Alienates the Elderly · · Score: 1

    How many people here would take one look at that UI and assume that the + meant 'mod this up'?

    But seriously, why a plus sign inside a square? Why not an oblong marked ALARM?

    The "+" has an association with numbers and your mod points affect a post's score. A thumbs up/down may have conveyed this more clearly , but then you run into issues with cultural interruptions of hand gestures(go ahead, thumbs up a middle eastern).

  3. Finder Blues on Apple's WWDC Unveils iPhone 3.0, OpenCL, Laptop Updates, and More · · Score: 1

    No major updates to Finder's functionality. Ugh!

    Compared to Vista/Win 7's explorer, Finder is one of the areas I really find lacking, that and horrid mouse acceleration. In Windows 7 the folder tree navigator with a detail view is exactly what I need. I don't want to have to toggle between tree and details view just to get a decent look at my documents. I have reservations about Windows address bar's IE styling, but its functionality is spot on. Navigating back out of directories is a breeze and I always know where my folders are located on my drives. In contrast, breadcrumbs in osX are buried in text menus and the "Path" drop down menu is hidden by default.

    Thankfully the $30 upgrade fee is very reasonable and I'm looking forward to having my bootcamp partition recognize my mac partition.

  4. Re:Fuel leaking SR-71's on F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It may have been a hardpoint carried over from the Lockheed D-21/M-21 (modified A-12s that had a recon drone ridding piggyback).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-21_Tagboard
    http://www.habus.org/revealed/pics/gallery/a12drone.jpg
    http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/771/504805.JPG

  5. Re:Input Devices on Eastern Ink Painting on a Computer · · Score: 1

    A nice cheap solution, but I'd imaging it would be time consuming. Not to mention you would lose the benifit of realtime manipulation and have a reliance on traditional materials.

  6. Input Devices on Eastern Ink Painting on a Computer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm very excited to see the simulation of pigment on paper. I just hope that headway can be made on input devices. Wacom tablets are a nice start. Though the slickness of Wacom tablets can be a challenge to get used to. You can lay a sheet of paper over the tablet to add some resistance, but then the nib of the pen wear outs quickly.

    Something in a the form of a force feedback pen would be amazing. One that you could set the resistance and the smooth/roughness of the surface you wish to emulate. If one already exists I would love to get some info.

  7. Re:illegal-art.org DL link on Backlash as EMI Hunts Down the Grey Album · · Score: 1

    Still working for me.

  8. illegal-art.org DL link on Backlash as EMI Hunts Down the Grey Album · · Score: 2

    Get it while its hot.

    http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/grey.html

  9. Re:I can see it now... on 'Smart' Clothing: A Fashion Show · · Score: 1

    Could be... but if you gloves had some sort of a low electric current or even a magnet to trigger the buttons you would have nothing to worry about.

  10. Re:For the lbf impaired on Successful First Launch of Aerospike Engine · · Score: 1

    can you put this in perspective though what is the size of the SS engines compared to the areospike?

  11. defaceing? on Digital Ink On Billboards · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have a question. I haven't read into digital ink to any great extent,but I was wondering how easly these things coud be defaced? Do magnetic fields have any effect on these babies? If some sort of a electrical charge was dragged over the board how would this effect the image?

  12. Re:Why oh why... on Digital Ink On Billboards · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry to burst your bubble but its been like this for sometime now.

  13. Re:Yeah, that would be great. on RIAA PR Efforts Examined · · Score: 1

    The bottom line is the artists need to live too.

    Now the main problem isn't the artists its the recording industry and RIAA in general. Considering, on average, the artist(for which the cd is made in the first place) only recieves a measly buck and that may be even less if it is placed in a large band setting(more than 3 ppl).

    Artists should never be undersold and it seems like society has a serious problem understanding/respecting their creative members.

  14. Re:Headless iMacs on New iMacs (and iPods) · · Score: 1

    Quite? May I recommend the Antec Sonata case(about $100). Its specificly designed for quite opperation, one of the quitest on the market. It is a mid tower case so space wise it might not fit your needs but is quite and doesn't say bling bling I have a retarded neon light in my case(black gloss finish, no windows). Then just purchase a silent oriented fansfor your cpu

  15. gettyone.com on The Most Famous Geek in IT · · Score: 1

    oh no stock photos run! :(

  16. Re:Empty rivers... on Amphibious Car Beats Urban Congestion · · Score: 1

    not to mention the lack of boat ramp accesses that would even make this feasable

  17. Re:needs a 'tried to be funny' tag on Gameboy Advance SP vs Canon Powershot G3 · · Score: 1

    Guess I should have clarified the statment. I was hoping the joke was a joke in and of itself. That was mind numbing.

  18. please let this in some way be a joke on Gameboy Advance SP vs Canon Powershot G3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would try to post some humours reply to this article, but in its wake of its stupidity all I can do is blankly stare at the mouse infront of me

    "if it wasn't for my horse, i would've never made it through that year in college" -LB

  19. Re:I'm just not sure which way I want to fund terr on MPAA, Microsoft Testify Piracy Funds Terrorism · · Score: 1

    ...or you can just support terrorist by supporting the government.

  20. Re:Just out of curiosity... on Company Christmas Gifts / Bonuses? · · Score: 1

    "you will be MUCH more successful when you look at employment as an agreement among equals "

    ok I'm having some problems doing that math.

    muti-million dollar CEO = working class man that gets multi-thousands and a bobble head doll(of the other man he is supposed to be equals with)?

    Doesn't quite add up but then again maybe I should have contiued on to calculus.

    oh and the CEO mostlikely gave himself some retarded end of the year bonus worth more then this mans pay check(which before the sales slump was the bare minimum of a million dollars).

    now if your saying this guy should move on to a company that treats their workers as equals, then let me ride your train

  21. Conjugate on Classic Computer Magazine Archive · · Score: 1

    "the Classic Computer Magazine Archive serves up the full text from old "

    well make that served

  22. bantam 1000 on Another iPod Competitor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    not sure about the looks of this player.. I like the one Bantam is in the works with right now.

    Bantam BA 1000 Preview:
    http://gear.ign.com/articles/372/372006p 1.html

    of course its just emulating the Ipod design, but I still dig it.

  23. Re:MP not everything on 13.8MP Kodak Tops Previously Leaked Canon · · Score: 1, Informative

    yep heres more info
    http://www.dpreview.com/news/0209/02092404canone os 1ds.asp

  24. say what? on New Jersey Officially Limits G-Forces on Coasters · · Score: 0

    my first thought was..
    'Who in the hell you bring video card on to a roller coaster let alone so many as to the point it needed to be limited'

    think I need to go check the side effect of these antibiotics.

  25. again :) on Finding the Viscosity of Pitch · · Score: 0

    ah yes.. pretty soon there will be as many reposted /. stories on this babby as there are drops