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  1. Re:iPhone fans need Android, and vice versa. on Apple Sells Nine Million iPhones Over Weekend · · Score: 1

    (but I agree, competition is good)

  2. Re:iPhone fans need Android, and vice versa. on Apple Sells Nine Million iPhones Over Weekend · · Score: 1

    yes, it's an iPhone 5 with
    a) Higher margins
    and
    b) lots of people think it is a new product

  3. Re:Why is constantly Apple vilified for this? on Apple Faces New China Worker Abuse Claims · · Score: 1

    ...yet here is "solid" "evidence" that they are either failing to do so or lying.

    FTFY

  4. Re:Intel vs. AMD MHz race all over again on Are We At the Limit of Screen Resolution Improvements? · · Score: 1

    I once ran a test on my Note 2 with different screen brightness and lighting conditions, with different people. I asked them to guess the screen resolution between (a) 720p and (b) 1080p, playing a movie in 720p (the actual screen resolution).

    The ones who said they could tell the difference actually got it wrong, claiming it was 1080p.

    that sounds solid enough to publish

  5. Re:Hasn't stopped manufacturers on Are We At the Limit of Screen Resolution Improvements? · · Score: 1

    Think of the children!

    ... climbing on those piles of trashed electronics in China.

  6. Re:Why is constantly Apple vilified for this? on Apple Faces New China Worker Abuse Claims · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is the difference in projected traffic volume for an article with the headline
    "Pegatron faces China worker abuse claim"

    vs.

    "Apple faces new China worker abuse claim"

  7. Re:why replace once you have the screwdriver? on iFixit Giving Away 1,776 "iPhone Liberation Kits" · · Score: 3, Informative

    then you don't have to keep the screwdriver with you

  8. mod parent up

    So many people don't understand or ignore this

  9. Re:A win for me on Web of Tax Shelters Saved Apple Billions, Inquiry Finds · · Score: 1

    that's not funny

  10. Consider the Source on Why Your Next Phone Will Include Biometric Security · · Score: 1

    When a Forbes column includes "...it is almost a certainty that" X, I think it is safe to assume that X is almost certain to not happen.

  11. Re:Answer=FreeBSD on Ask Slashdot: Mac To Linux Return Flow? · · Score: 1

    Tea just shot out of my nose, thanks!

  12. Re:Say what? on iPod Engineer Tony Fadell On the Unique Nature of Apple's Design Process · · Score: 1

    sounds high

  13. Milestones on iPod Engineer Tony Fadell On the Unique Nature of Apple's Design Process · · Score: 1

    Plural

  14. Re:Consumers vs Techs on Has CES Lost Its Star Appeal? · · Score: 1

    consumer modifies electronics... they are consumer electronics... it isn't a *consumer* electronics show, it is a *consumer electronics* show

  15. Re:Spot the obvious problem on EFF Spinoff Pools Donor Dollars To Prevent WikiLeaks-Style Payment Blockades · · Score: 1

    Why would it take a hearing?

  16. Re:Office on iOS is really not the same on Microsoft To Apple: Don't Take Your Normal 30% Cut of Office For iOS · · Score: 1

    Are you really going to be writing your thesis paper ... on your iPad?

    I've seen people doing it

  17. Re:Freedom on Richard Stallman: 'Apple Has Tightest Digital Handcuffs In History' · · Score: 1

    Also: Some people value freedom so much they give up all sorts of freedom to keep their options open.

  18. iTunes DJ/ Up Next on Apple Declutters, Speeds Up iTunes With Major Upgrade · · Score: 1

    I miss iTunes DJ, I guess I'll have to learn how to interact with Up Next instead.

    With apple sometimes these transitions are easy and for the better (e.g. almost every radical change I remember in Safari), sometimes they are just annoying and remain so (e.g. removal of whatever the grid multi-desktop ui was called... screens or something)

  19. You can do better on Apple Claims New Infringement After Being Ordered To Tell Samsung HTC Secrets · · Score: 1

    only 3 uses of tantrum? I think you can do better "an anonymous reader"

  20. Re:OK, stick a fork in them, they're done. on Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling · · Score: 1

    Rim used to make more money than god. It didn't take much to turn that around...

    http://ycharts.com/companies/RIMM/net_income
    http://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/net_income

    Looking at the past 10 years of net income quarterlies, I don't see a single quarter Apple should swap with RIM, though I didn't check them all.

    Apple hasn't failed to make a billion dollars in a quarter since 2007. RIM hasn't made a billion dollars in a quarter (in the past 10 years).
    (Although looking at their net income trend going backward I'm guessing *ever* since there wasn't a comparatively huge market for email phones longer than 10 years ago.)

  21. No he isn't... on Bruce Willis Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over iTunes Collection · · Score: 1

    this is a hoax

  22. Re:People want cheaper tablets on Why the Tablet Market is Really the iPad Market · · Score: 1

    screen resolution (i.e. numbers) is etherial... Looking at a screen and noticing it is clearly better (comparing an iPad2 to a new iPad) isn't

  23. no on Apple Plans Hearing Aid Social Networking · · Score: 1

    just no.

    This is the worst slashdot title/article/posting yet.

    I keep posting that, or meaning to post that and losing interest... let's see if this one makes it thorough.

  24. Re:Apple is beside itself on this one. on Apple Yanks Privacy App From the App Store · · Score: 1

    " ...you pretty much have to forgo a smartphone."

    should be

    "...you have to forgo a cellphone."

  25. Re:Oh lord on Apple Releases iOS 6 Beta 3 For Developers · · Score: 1

    where by "they" you mean some random author from some random site called parity news