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  1. Re:Software Patents... on What If Android Lost the Patent War? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be a zero sum effect overall?

    Even if it were simple enough to be zero sum many companies could end up being destroyed while others grow and the "sum" would still be zero.

  2. Re:Finally, a cluestick on HP Drops Price Again For Its WebOS-Based iPad Challenger · · Score: 1

    5) Price, except when they can finance it over 2 years through a cellphone carrier.

    the funny thing is that, while I've heard rumors of android devices w/o cellphone radios built in, Android seems to be nearly completely ignoring the iPod Touch/ iPad w/o 3G segment of the market that iOS is completely dominating.

  3. Re:In this thread...... on OS X Lion Ships With Faulty NVidia Drivers · · Score: 1

    when the problem is described in absolute terms such as "anyone with a mid 2010 Macbook Pro", one machine *is* relevant.

  4. Rumored cost of goods on Galaxy Tab 10.1 Vs. iPad 2 Review · · Score: 1

    articles are bunk

  5. Re:No worries here on Apple Laptops Vulnerable To Battery Firmware Hack · · Score: 1

    yeah I loved that single screw when people would come to me wondering why their computer was flaking out and I discovered that screw wasn't holding the HD in position reliably so it would start up and then freak out when the drive got unplugged.

    good times

  6. Re:Am I the only one? on Android Catching Up In the Tablet Market · · Score: 1

    you could care a little less with at least two levels of granularity:

    1) You could have cared just enough to click on the article and not post (i.e. slightly less)
    2) and you could have cared so little as to not click on the article at all.

  7. Re:Make something unbreakable... on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 1

    you missed the sarcasm :D

  8. Re:False logic on Apple Adopts Bluetooth 4.0. Could It Reject NFC? · · Score: 1

    we all know 'literally' now means 'figuratively' so

    nah, that doesn't make sense either.

  9. Re:Make something unbreakable... on iOS 4.3.4 Prevents Hacking and Jailbreaking · · Score: 2

    I'm with you, why does Apple care about protecting users from malicious access!?

  10. Re:Don't see "art" here on Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service · · Score: 1

    "McDonald protested that he had gotten the permission of a security guard to take photos in the stores, that he had asked several customers for permission to take their photos (though certainly not all of them), and that taking photos of people in a public place is mostly allowed anyway."

    That sounds dodgy if you ask me. He asked some random security guard if he could take photos in the stores. If he had explained the software would the guard have said yes? If he had explained the software wouldn't he have mentioned that here instead of saying "take photos".

  11. Re:Is XCode included in the download? on Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push · · Score: 1

    or you will install snow leopard from disk and then update to lion

  12. Re:Pet peeve on Google's Six-Front War · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Patents on Google's Six-Front War · · Score: 1

    the government should be allowed to determine a reasonable price.

    barf

  14. Re:Is XCode included in the download? on Apple Ships OS X 10.7 Lion 'Gold Master' For July Push · · Score: 1

    I'm not concerned about size. It says Lion will *only* be for digital downloads. Say your HD died and you replaced it and you don't have a working OS X disc, how do you access the internet to download this?

    what is this "it" you refer to?

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/how-to-buy/

    talks about how to "get your hands on Lion the minute it’s available."

    They will most likely have disks available later. They will most likely let you burn a disk image (or make a usbkey) for first aid. Speculating that they won't is the same as speculating they will without further evidence.

  15. Re:Hard to find the wheat among all the chaff on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 1

    It was used yesterday to make True Grit.

    Were the editors sitting there thinking "I hate this, but I love Apple!"

    ???

  16. Re:Hard to find the wheat among all the chaff on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 1

    when I read someone generally whining about Apple "giving up on professionals" and then they follow up with a statement like "That's it, I'm switching to Adobe/Microsoft"... it's quite apparent their statement is a waste of space since they aren't in that line of work.

    Yeah, Shouldn't they be saying: "I'm going to use the old FCP until all of these specific issues are resolved to my satisfaction.If that never happens I will have to look at other options."

  17. Re:a little understanding? on 18 Months In Prison For Making iPad 2 Cases · · Score: 1

    You cannot get them to voluntarily give up what they perceive as "theirs"

    Soviet Communism didn't do that. It banished private property, not personal property. You could own a car in Soviet Union - it was legally yours, and taking it away would be prosecuted as theft. You couldn't own land, or a shop, or a factory.

    Right. No one in the history of time has ever perceived land, shops, or factories as "theirs."

  18. Re:Deja Vue on Apple Patents Tech to Stop iPhones Filming in Venues · · Score: 1

    Yeah I misread the headline because I assumed it was different. I thought it said "blah blah blah iPhone filming blah Venus" and thought the "send an iphone to space on a balloon" thing got way out of hand.

  19. Re:I don't follow on Facebook Taking On Apple? · · Score: 1

    If it's got access to your phone book and other things you haven't given to Facebook

    why would you assume that?

  20. Re:I don't follow on Facebook Taking On Apple? · · Score: 1

    HTML5 via safari isn't "allowing them to install software on your device"

  21. I don't follow on Facebook Taking On Apple? · · Score: 1

    what does a rumored product have to do with being secure "today"?

  22. Re:Useful for audiophile pirates, though on Music Pirates Won't Rush To iCloud For Forgiveness · · Score: 1

    just remember that iTunes doesn't have all music. If you have any tracks that you cant get iTunes Genius to start on, those tracks won't be included.

  23. Re:Reminds Me of Something the Sony CEO Said ... on Has iTunes Been Hacked? · · Score: 1

    Oxford American Dictionary says differently.

  24. Re:Give us the betas! on Apple WWDC: iOS 5, Lion, iCloud · · Score: 1

    you would assume wrong

  25. Re:Ok? on Apple Nixes iPad Giveaways · · Score: 1

    this