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  1. Re:Ice Cream Sandwich? Really? on Android Ice Cream Sandwich SDK Released · · Score: 1

    Why would they do that? They are used for every release, not just the ones with major version number changes.

  2. Re:Why?! on Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Levitation · · Score: 2

    "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." - Richard Feynman

    There lies the difference. No reputable scientist would have said that about aircraft anytime in the last 75 years.

  3. Re:Good with the Bad... on Google Switching to SSL By Default For Logged-In Users · · Score: 1

    One and a half years old, not 4 months old. They said the encrypted search was introduced 4 months after encrypted Gmail was standardized, back in January last year.

  4. Re:Don't know why this is something "new" on Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri · · Score: 1

    Setting an alarm works, as well as several other commands. Can't read email though, only sends email.

  5. Re:Siri doesTranslation? on Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri · · Score: 1

    Ok, but it still has nothing to do with Siri. This is a feature that Google introduced something like 6 months ago, they just updated it to support more languages.

  6. Re:Excellent article on what's wrong on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry but this is sane behavior on the part of the voters. Voting based on how you would like the situation to be instead of based on the reality of the situation is not rational.

  7. Re:The COLBERT array. on Renaming the Very Large Array · · Score: 1

    You're right, I have submitted it to the Colbert Nation show suggestions forum. Hopefully someone from the show will see it and pick up the campaign!

    http://forums.colbertnation.com/?page=ThreadView&thread_id=29223

  8. Re:Excellent article on what's wrong on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 1

    That's not the voters fault though, it's entirely due to the aforementioned brokenness of our voting system. It's sad but true, voting for a third party is more likely to help the candidate you like the least by taking a vote away from the lesser of the two evils which stands a chance to win.

  9. Re:The COLBERT array. on Renaming the Very Large Array · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about "Configurable Observatory of Large Baseline Enhanced Radio Telescopes"

  10. Re:Ah. Ok. on OpenOffice Is Dying (And IBM Won't Help) · · Score: 1

    Why would it be assumed they are pushing an agenda? If the name was unrelated to the actual software I could see that (e.g. "FreeHealthcareForAllOffice", "NoHigherTaxesOnAmericansWithAnnualIncomesGreaterThanOneMillionDollarsOffice") but LibreOffice is a reasonably accurate description of what the software is.

  11. Re:The protesters need to refocus their anger. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    The banker *is* the asshole who though Joe Schmoe could afford a $300k loan, or at least he didn't care enough to check if he could afford it. The bankers are the financial professionals, if some naive yokel wants to take out a loan there's no way they could pay back, the bank should be the responsible one and deny the request. But the banks weren't being responsible, they were giving away loans to just about anyone who asked and pawning the dubious loans off as securities expecting the bad loans would never catch up to them.

  12. Re:Lack of Good Text Chat Integration on Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users · · Score: 1

    What am I missing? The chat box on my G+ page shows who is online currently, it's the exact same chat box available on Gmail.

  13. Re:Hindsight on UN Bigwig: The Web Should Have Been Patented and Licensed · · Score: 1

    No, someone just bought existing patents regarding WI-FI. The patents aren't new.

  14. Re:Is this "open source" OS also going to be close on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 2

    No, the reason is because the source for 3.0 is broken. Yes, it will work on tablets, but for the majority of Android devices out there it simply will not work. So instead of releasing a broken product, they are putting off releasing the code until it is in a state where it is usable.

  15. Re:falling ahead? on Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour · · Score: 2

    Also, citing objective-C as a reason for better and faster apps also shows ignorance. Ignoring the fact the Objective-C is a nightmare to program to (and that it has a stupidly steep learning curve)

    Look, I'm an Android/Linux fanboy and haven't bought an Apple product in over a decade, but how can you say Obj-C is difficult with a straight face? It is c with a minimal set of extra features added on. When I used to regularly program in c, I was able to pick up Obj-C in an afternoon.

  16. Re:which patents? on Samsung Seeking Ban of iPhone 4S in Europe · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying it's not supported in the OS, I'm saying it's purely optional, unlike the four buttons on the front. None of the Nexus phones have a camera button, although the first reference phone, the G1, did.

  17. Re:which patents? on Samsung Seeking Ban of iPhone 4S in Europe · · Score: 1

    Which Android phone are you talking about? A Camera button is not a standard part of the Android interface. Most I've seen don't have a separate button for it.

  18. Re:Best advice on Airline Offering Plane Crash Survival Course to Frequent Flyers · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you didn't get that backwards? Your numbers don't pass the smell test, how would being closer to the point of initial impact increase your odds of survival?

  19. Re:Common issue on Security Flaw Bypasses AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Screen Lock · · Score: 1

    But the lock screen they are using looks standard. And even if it's modified, it's the one that shipped with the device so it would still not have the problems 3rd party lockscreens have.

  20. Re:Offline Access? on Amazon's New Silk Redefines Browser Tech · · Score: 1

    And why couldn't Silk have it as well? It would be able to fall back to it's local rendering and work like any other browser.

  21. Re:Offline Access? on Amazon's New Silk Redefines Browser Tech · · Score: 1

    So what's that have to do with Amazon Silk? No other web browsers have that functionality built in either.

  22. Re:Liquid Water on A Third of Sun-Like Stars May Have Warm Earth Analogs · · Score: 1

    Did they originate in ice? I find it hard to believe. Just because there is not liquid water now, I'm sure there had to have been at some point in their existence.

  23. Re:Liquid Water on A Third of Sun-Like Stars May Have Warm Earth Analogs · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking small. The smallest know organisms live in a mine in Northern California. I don't think they can survive without water any more then any other life on earth.

  24. Re:Thanks for proving it. on Science and Religion Can and Do Mix, Mostly · · Score: 1

    No, I think he's saying that he doesn't know he's right any more then you do. It really is when people claim to know they are right that problems arise. Jesus was a pretty humble guy, but despite that most Christians exhibit and disturbing lack of humility.

  25. Re:This just makes sense on Science and Religion Can and Do Mix, Mostly · · Score: 1

    The teachings of Paul in the NT also have a number of examples of outdated morality. If you just stick to the teachings of Jesus from the Gospel's you'll probably be alright, but probably the majority of modern Christianity comes from Paul's teachings.