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  1. I think Google News on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 4, Interesting

    may hurt some of the big sites but most sites are probably helped out. I visit the CNN homepage less since Google News came out, but there are dozens of other sites that I've visited that would never have heard of if they didn't show up on Google News.

  2. Re:Didn't see that one coming.... on Disney Releases 3D Texture Mapper Source Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You'll note that the iPhone was not given as an example of an Apple open-source project.

  3. Re:revoke ALL their copyrights on CBS Refuses To Preserve Jack Benny Footage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Problem is these aren't their works, they're Jack Benny's works. They only held the copyright. If the Jack Benny estate supports releasing them then they should be released.

  4. Re:FTL Information? on FTL Currents May Power Pulsar Beams · · Score: 1

    Except it's not like that, because with a coin that state of each side was determined before you observed it.

  5. Re:VERY slow response on Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How do you know how fast they responded? It was seven days after he made the post that he was arrested, but we don't know how long it was before the police were aware of the post.

  6. Re:Thank goodness for those drivers on Next Linux Kernel Due Early March · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You'll still need to do that if you want 3D support. nouveau is replacing the old nv driver, but it's not ready to replace the proprietary driver.

  7. Re:In Chicagoland... on Truth Or Dare — What Is the Best US Cell Company? · · Score: 1

    Sprint and T-Mobile only care about getting customers to sign a contract

    Funny you'd say that since T-Mobile is the only carrier that allows you to get a phone without signing a contract.

  8. Re:huh? on Truth Or Dare — What Is the Best US Cell Company? · · Score: 1

    Alright, I'm with you about "Who should I vote for", but what the hell do you eat that you consider your food a form of torture?

  9. Re:No wonder on Wii Balance Board Gives $18,000 Medical Device a Run For Its Money · · Score: 1

    Since when do juries get to determine penalties? I thought they were just charged with determining guilt.

  10. Re:Not the bottleneck on Programming With Proportional Fonts? · · Score: 1

    Apparently it's even more important to have a keycaps where '1' and 'I' don't look the same.

  11. Re:Pencil and Paper on Programming With Proportional Fonts? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Meh, pencils have a nice sharp point and all, but dedicated card punchers are still much faster.

  12. Re:Hunter should watch his back on A Space Cannon That Might Actually Work · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What a ridicules thing to say. Saddam Hussein was the undisputed leader of a country. Were you? Saddam command an army. Did you? Saddam had diplomatic ties to the US at times during his time in power. Have you ever been visited by US diplomats?

    Unless you can answer yes to any of those questions you are speaking absolute nonsense.

  13. Re:Hunter should watch his back on A Space Cannon That Might Actually Work · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He was a dictator, but his official title was still President. A fact is a fact.

  14. Re:Hunter should watch his back on A Space Cannon That Might Actually Work · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Iraq is the nation you're looking for. Saddam Hussein was President of Iraq.

  15. Re:Google doesn't need journaling? on Google Switching To EXT4 Filesystem · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you lost power while the journal was being written and it was incomplete then the journal entry would just be discarded and your filesystem itself would be fine, it would just be missing the changes from the last operation before the crash.

  16. Re:iGoogle support? on Gmail Moves To HTTPS By Default · · Score: 1

    It didn't used to, but it's working for me now. I just checked and my gmail is still set to always use HTTPS.

  17. Re:Don't buy subsidized phones on Google Charges ETF For Nexus One On Top of Carrier's · · Score: 1

    Well buying your own phone has only really made financial sense since T-Mobile introduced it's Even More Plus plan late last year. Before then anyone buying a plan in the US was pretty much forced to pay for a subsidized phone whether or not they used it.

    It's fantastic that T-Mobile is finally give us an option though, and hopefully other carriers will follow suite.

  18. Don't buy subsidized phones on Google Charges ETF For Nexus One On Top of Carrier's · · Score: 1

    Now that a US carrier finally allows it, just don't buy subsidized phones. You won't be charged any ETF and you're overall costs will be a few hundred dollars lower. Problem solved.

  19. Re:What generation of Iphone is being compared her on Droid Touchscreen Less Accurate Than iPhone's · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's meaningless at all. At least in the US people who can't afford expensive phones almost exclusively get subsidized ones. And the subsidized plan it comes with is only about $50 a month which is a relatively affordable plan. Unfortunately it's not available in the US yet.

  20. Re:Maybe, maybe not. on Droid Touchscreen Less Accurate Than iPhone's · · Score: 1

    My experience is still anecdotal of course, but the touch sensitive buttons can be a bit picky. Most of the time they are fine, but sometimes the button doesn't work on the first try.

    I'm not exactly sure why that is, probably the touch area is too small but I'm not sure about too low. I just tried to reproduce the problem and even with a touch low on the button it seems to register fine the vast majority of the time. The only time I got it to skip a press right now is when I missed the button and more than half of my finger was off the touch screen. Makes me wonder if the missed button press could possibly be a periodic software glitch.

  21. Re:No crap! on Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images · · Score: 1

    The TSA doesn't one of these scanners to frame you. They just need to scribble some S'es on your boarding pass to single you out for additional screening. Or they can plant something in your checked luggage after you drop it off.

  22. Re:No crap! on Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images · · Score: 1

    Why would they need the image from the scanner? If they see something suspicious the person will be searched and then whatever they find on them will be admissible as evidence. If they don't find anything then there wouldn't be reason for a trial.

  23. Re:amusing on Airport Scanners Can Store and Transmit Images · · Score: 1

    Have fun locked up in your "castle".

  24. Re:In depth explanation? on Sponge-Like "Swelling Glass" Absorbs Toxins in Water · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the clarification. I figured there was some perfectly reasonable explanation I was missing.

    Fish oil is supposed to be really healthy stuff, this sounds like it could make my sashimi even better for me. Can't wait!

  25. Re:In depth explanation? on Sponge-Like "Swelling Glass" Absorbs Toxins in Water · · Score: 1

    I'm also curious show this stuff can absorb the pollution out of the water instead of just filling up with water.