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  1. Re:Thank the gods. on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 1

    No, but being shorted on time is.

    My opinion is that Samsung's failure to make a "timely" objection is due entirely to the acceleration of burden that the judge's restrictive schedule placed on them, and not due to lack of diligence.

    Hogan also made it difficult by deliberately hiding information during voir dire.

    Let's pretend Samsung didn't have months to present that evidence - then they still had time enough to present that specific piece of evidence in time. Because it was the only device they made themselves.

    Looks like a mod can't handle facts.

  2. Re:Samsung No. 1 phone maker on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 1

    What does that have to do with my post? And why doesn't PC Mag tell what is setting apart Samsung from other Android manufacturers that make it sell more than all others combined? Hint: the verdict gives the answer.

  3. Re:AAPL HAS CRASHED !! on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 1

    The stock price has dipped according to Google's report when searching "AAPL" however I don't think it's an amount worthy of panic just yet. However the dip would seem to coincide with the news.

    Apple's stock has been in free fall for the last couple of months.
    They're down to $532 from a September peak of $705.

    That's a 25% drop in stock valuation and has nothing to do with the trial.

    Yeah, but it's also a 35% rise over a year.

  4. Re:Thank the gods. on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 1

    See how that starts? "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." That's the purpose, promoting progress.

    Ahh, so it should be allowing copying, because as we all know nothing says "progress" more clearly than everybody doing the exact same thing over and over again.

  5. Re:Thank the gods. on Judge Refuses Apple Request For Samsung Ban, But Denies New Trial, Too · · Score: 0

    No, but being shorted on time is.

    My opinion is that Samsung's failure to make a "timely" objection is due entirely to the acceleration of burden that the judge's restrictive schedule placed on them, and not due to lack of diligence.

    Hogan also made it difficult by deliberately hiding information during voir dire.

    Let's pretend Samsung didn't have months to present that evidence - then they still had time enough to present that specific piece of evidence in time. Because it was the only device they made themselves.

  6. Re:Unauthorized export resale? on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    Wow so clueless.

    Yes, you are.

  7. Re:Hahaha - check out this funny review on iTunes on Revamped Google Maps Finally Available On iOS · · Score: 1

    Care to read TFA I linked to?

  8. Re:Unauthorized export resale? on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    Couldn't POSSIBLY be that the iPhone hasn't passed all the Chinese government regulations & imports yet, could it?

    Nahhhh.

    Considering that the iPhone is exported from China - fucking unlikely. Oh, and sale in China starts in a few hours.

  9. Re:Unauthorized export resale? on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    And the reality is that the law is obsolete - cryptography isn't best just because it's built in the US.

    What this proves is that Apple is jacking up the price and availability more on some markets than other.

    What it does prove is that Apple is still selling more than Foxconn can produce.

  10. Re:Unauthorized export resale? on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    1) She wanted to purchase multiple iPhones. There is a limit of two iPhones per person.

    Actually, Apple lifted the restriction last week (Tue, 4th).http://www.macrumors.com/2012/12/04/apple-lifts-two-per-customer-order-limit-on-iphone-5/

  11. Re:Hahaha - check out this funny review on iTunes on Revamped Google Maps Finally Available On iOS · · Score: 3, Informative

    "I almost died in Australia, thank god this is out." - 5 stars from Reed Morse

    Australian Police warn of safety concerns from Google Maps

  12. Re:Apple bashing on Australian Police Warn That Apple Maps Could Get Someone Killed · · Score: 1

    How could Apple Maps get this wrong?

    Maybe because the Australian government's official gazetteer, which includes a location called "Mildura Rural City" at the place where Mildura was previously marked on iPhone maps.

  13. Re:Apple bashing on Australian Police Warn That Apple Maps Could Get Someone Killed · · Score: 1

    Which is why the Mildura police are saying "don't use iPhone maps." Which is why they're not issuing warnings an\bout GPSs in general, just the Apple product.

    "Inspector Clemence says he is concerned people are relying too much on their GPS devices.

    "I'm sure they were getting a bit suspicious and wary by the time they realised that perhaps something was wrong, but a lot of people put too much faith in sat navs," he said.

  14. Apple Maps not fully at fault ... on Australian Police Warn That Apple Maps Could Get Someone Killed · · Score: 1

    Apple Maps not fully at fault over Australian Mildura confusion

    Australian government's official gazeteer includes area called 'Mildura Rural City' at location previously shown on iPhones

  15. Re:Not just PR on Apple CEO Tim Cook On Apple's US Manufacturing Move · · Score: 1

    It's a move to help keep their products from being restricted from import if/when they ever lose an IP lawsuit.

    Yeah, because bring restricted from manufacturing them would be so much better. Or do you actually believe that breaking IP laws locally gets you a better standing in a lawsuit?

  16. Re:Samsung is doing this on Apple CEO Tim Cook On Apple's US Manufacturing Move · · Score: 1

    If Samsung gave a shit about workers, they'd stop poisoning the workers at their own plants. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/toxics_in_the_clean_rooms_are_samsung_workers_at_risk/2414/

  17. Re:Ugh on RMS Speaks Out Against Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Only a retard would draw the conclusion you just made.

    Errm, I didn't draw that conclusion, you did. Hey, that makes you right for a change.

  18. Re:Ugh on RMS Speaks Out Against Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I would bet you money that only a fraction of the people who use Linux have the ability to modify the code. So no it isn't a side issue.

    Wait, what? Because most Linux users can't code, you conclude that they instead use it because they think its "software that respects your privacy"?

  19. Soon more on Some Apple iMacs "Assembled In America" · · Score: 1

    Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that one of the existing Mac lines will be manufactured exclusively in the United States next year, making the comments during an exclusive interview with Brian Williams airing tonight at 10pm/9c on NBC’s “Rock Center.” http://rockcenter.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/06/15708290-apple-ceo-tim-cook-announces-plans-to-manufacture-mac-computers-in-usa

  20. Re:Worlds Gone Mad on Apple Patents Wireless Charging · · Score: 1

    Anything you, or I can come up with that improves on their method is also not in violation of the patent.

    Well, that's wrong. If I patent removing expired timestamped hash table keys while traversing them during a lookup operation, and you patent the same thing but also after removing the keys you add them to a "free list" then that's the very definition of "infringing" my patent.

    No, it doesn't. Look up what "infringing a patent" means. Patenting an improvement to an existing patent is perfectly legal and non-infringing.

  21. Re:To much selling me shit. on Apple Declutters, Speeds Up iTunes With Major Upgrade · · Score: 1

    The interface spends too much time trying to sell me shit. I just want to play my music and podcasts.

    I use Winamp

    Then you know a lot about an "interface spends too much time trying to sell me shit".

  22. Re:Denier on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes I do. The French are the cause of all the world's problems.

    WW1 and WW2 were both indirectly caused by problems between the Goths and the Franks.

    Both Vietnam and Korean conflicts were partly to blame because of the French (Yeah, I'm taking a lot of liberty with these two.)

    Plus, the French treat all Americans like assholes, so they must be the cause of all the world's problems.

    But the biggest problem they caused was helping the US gain independence.

  23. Re:Denier on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1

    No, he is suggesting that some births that would count as life birth and then subsequent death days or hours later wouldn't count as a live birth in European countries. He is quite right about this. What is uncertain is if the life expectancy tables account for this. A link I provided show that adults in European countries generally have a longer lifespan than those in the US, so I think his point is moot.

    Strange that despite this way of counting, infant mortality rate in the US is still much higher than in Europe (or in Cuba for that matter). But I'm sure you'll find a source that claims the exact opposite way of counting there.

  24. Re:Not reinvention, freedom. on Apple Axes Head of Mapping Team · · Score: 1

    Android had built-in turn by turn for years; not only could Apple not provide it in iOS, but developers could not write apps that provided turn-by-turn directions on top of the built in iOS mapping framework (it was against Google's TOS). So the whole platform was limited for years by Google restrictions on not just what Apple could do, but what any developer could do.

    do you think a company should get paid for the software they develop and the services they offer? apple didn't have turn-by-turn navigation because google refused to offer it, it's because apple wouldn't meet the licensing requirements. as far as any of us know and has been reported, the main sticking point was apple refused to have (more prominent) google branding on the app.

    The licensing requirements were "NO WY IN HELL" until Apple began working on their own solution. The fact that Google doesn't have to do any additional work for anyone to get turn-by-turn out of what Google already provides is all the evidence you need.

  25. Re:Not reinvention, freedom. on Apple Axes Head of Mapping Team · · Score: 1

    You think in a year, Apple is going to be caught up to Google who has been constantly working on their mapping data all this time? You vastly underestimate the effort required in this type of job.

    By "has been constantly working on" you mean "have either bought, licensed or had their unpaid users add". I don't see how Apple can't do the same.