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  1. Is this a suprise? I felt like this is a pretty obvious one. I mean, a newsworthy article would be that Apple would then use this data to induce mass climate change and natural disasters where there is a low density of Apple users to increase their market share.

  2. Unintended Consquences on How Lobby Groups Rejected the Canadian Government's Plan To Combat Patent Trolls · · Score: 3, Informative

    What a cute way of saying loss of campaign financing...

  3. M$ keeping it cutting edge on Microsoft's JavaScript Engine Gets Two-Tiered Compilation · · Score: -1, Troll

    Glad to know those guys are staying on the fringe of tech.

  4. ... things just become more competative on The Subtle Developer Exodus From the Mac App Store · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This seems to make the implication that the android market isn't full of crap too. I feel like a lot of this is due to people who could make a lot more money for a lot less effort. The mobile market has become saturated. Just as in the software market for normal applications, it'll only continue to be harder to make money.

    What it comes down to, as long as there are people in using the marketplace, there will be people trying to make money off of those people. If iOS continues to dwindle and doesn't stabilize then it'll continue to lose developers. If it manages to maintain a reasoanble percentage of the market, people will stay to harvest the money available.

  5. In hindsight on Prosthetic Hand Capable of Delivering Texture Sensations · · Score: 2

    This is one of those obvious things that makes more sense afterward. Clearly the nerves have had years of constant input and you just take that away... it make sense that system would create false/phantom input as an assumption that it should be receiving some sort of signal. By increasing the amount of input, it creates a more normal state for the body... the more you knooooow.

  6. Just grep around on Ask Slashdot: Capture the Flag Training · · Score: 1

    $ grep -v flag ctf.txt

  7. Re:Article barely mentions me... on Reverse Engineering the Oculus Rift DK2's Positional Tracking Tech · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Welcome to the internet where the facts are made up and citations don't matter...

  8. You've got to draw the line somewhere... on Is It Time To Throw Out the College Application System? · · Score: 1

    At some point you somehow have to say yes or no. There is no perfect grading system, and that's why many schools look at SAT - GPA combination scores so that you can have a weaker SAT (or ACT) score as long as you have a stonger GPA and vice versa. I guess I just feel like the more complex the system, the easier it is to play the subtleties of the system. When it's cut and dry - it just makes things more straight forward.

  9. Block by block on Tetris To Be Made Into a Live Action Film · · Score: 1

    Sounds like it'll just be a very pixelated ender's game.

  10. Re:More worrying implication of devaluation on Building Apps In Swift With Storyboards · · Score: 1

    As App development and programming becomes simpler and more dumbed down it has the effect of increasing the number of people who are capable of producing a non-complex App. That drives down the value of an App developer.

    While I agree this is true on the surface, it'll only really effect the short term. It's basically the same as the dotcom bubble when anyone that could spell java could get a job... but all bubbles burst and the people with the depth of knowledge will last in positions.

  11. Not suprrising really on Google To Require As Many As 20 of Its Apps Preinstalled On Android Devices · · Score: 2

    Of course there are the usual complaints of "This is my device and I only what I want." However, I feel like it's naturally in their best interest to provide a standard user experience across multiple platforms. Since much of the mobile debate is with regard to OS instead of actual device, it's just a standard PR move.

  12. Simple fix. on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 2

    Yeah, this seems like a pretty easy fix. Just a little message on the radio or clear sticker on the instrument panel. Done.

  13. The real truth about photorealistic games. on Euclideon Teases Photorealistic Voxel-Based Game Engine · · Score: 1

    So as well all know... the better it looks, the worse the gameplay will be - and the storyline will be even worse.

  14. Notebook + Teacher = success on Ask Slashdot: How To Keep Students' Passwords Secure? · · Score: 1

    I'd say keeping the list in the last page of a notebook or binder should be sufficient... and I feel like it's pretty reasonable for the teacher to have a copy of the students passwords in case they lose/forget the notebook.

  15. Re:Next step - beer! on Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Not just beer.... lots of beer!

  16. From bent to broken? on Apple Yanks iOS 8 Update · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Apple sure is mucking up this one... from bendable phones to buggy software. You know it's rough when you're creating issues with both hardware and software (but who is ultimately to blame?!? - the usual chicken and the egg argument).

  17. Re:Money is fungible on Stanford Promises Not To Use Google Money For Privacy Research · · Score: 1

    Ha! We should all know that the way academic funding occurs is more like this: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1431

  18. Dangerous on Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash · · Score: 2

    I'm not suprised; Bash has always felt a bit dangerous...

  19. Lacking developers. on BlackBerry Launches Square-Screened Passport Phone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What it comes down to is that it just lacks the development community. People will only spend the time developing apps if it is going to make them money... and with the majority of the user base in android and iOS devices, it's just more reasonable to develop for those platforms. Not to mention, the square screen means you'll have to pretty much rethink the whole layout of you apps. But I guess it'll be useful if you're just going to check your email or make changes in a calendar (I guess it is true that blackberry users are probably only going to do that anyway).

  20. Re:The fact checkers on Russia Pledges To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    What a twist!

  21. The fact checkers on Russia Pledges To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    At least we know that the latest nVidia graphics cards will be verifiying all of the video and images

  22. And? on Rosetta Code Study Weighs In On the Programming Language Debate · · Score: 2

    So it's telling us just what we already knew? Interesting.

  23. Hipsters... on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    Damn you hipsters in skinny jeans!

  24. Superhero Netflix. on Netflix Rejects Canadian Regulator Jurisdiction Over Online Video · · Score: 1
    I feel like it would be more reaonsable if they gave a compelling need for the information - though I'm not sure what that is.

    Also, I feel like netflix is like our tech super hero, fighting the ISPs and government and whatnot... for only 8.99/month!

  25. Just what apple does... on Phablet Reviews: Before and After the iPhone 6 · · Score: 1
    I feel like no one should be suprised. Apple just is always trying to time thing optimally. Just like with most of their products, they aren't the edge cutters. They wait for products to be accepted (larger phones, mp3 players, tablets) then produce their own stream lined model. It keeps from dealing with backlash and PR of having a device that has to be accepted by the general public. It's a pretty obvious ploy that has turned out quite good for them.

    It just makes sense for many reviewers to be turned off by initial massize screen of the samsung... but then it becomes part of the accepted norm so it's not such a big deal later on. It almost becomes an expectation.