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  1. Re:Where's the led notification? on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 1

    The iPhone has as many hard buttons as the Galaxy S#. Having used both phones, the Galaxy (moreso the newer models, not so much the S1) adds "stuff" that does not enhance functionality.

  2. Re:Where's the led notification? on Apple Unveils iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S · · Score: 0

    Seriously, though. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and it looks like it was made for the ADD crowd with a million "oh so clever widgets" competing for attention. She is an ordinary user...she'll never bother with that stuff. Apple isn't going to waste its money on distractions like that.

  3. Re:Why is Apple the one being sued? on Apple Sued For Dividing Final Season of Breaking Bad Into Two On iTunes · · Score: 1

    Completely irrelevant to this discussion. You are free to buy it from them, another provider, or do without.

  4. Re:Useful app... For poachers on Using Raspberry Pi and iOS App To Catch Rhino Poachers · · Score: 1

    You do realize that game wardens in Africa have been killing poachers on the spot for years now? There are over 6 billion people in the world. There aren't that many rhinos or elephants. Yes, human life is worth less.

  5. Re:What is the real demand? on Xbox One Set To Launch On November 22 · · Score: 1

    It's a Halo game by 343 Studies, not Bungie. So, it's not a real Halo game. That's what I tell myself.

  6. Makes lending easier. on Amazon Finally Bundles Ebooks With Printed Books · · Score: 1

    I really wanted to get one of my friends into the "Planetary" series of comic books. I made the decision to buy them all for the Kindle. I'm not about to lend out my Kindle. Now I can lend out the hardcopy for someone to check out.

  7. Re:So basically... on How Gen Y Should Talk To Old People At Work · · Score: 1

    Bull. Shit. The standard is "are you able to effectively communicate". That is a language-neutral standard.

  8. Re:No wonder... on NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash · · Score: 1

    Only in the sense that bigots get relief from making fun of minorities. Otherwise, as someone from NJ, this is some high-level bullshit that should be mocked.

  9. Re:Colombus discovering America is a myth. on Ostrich-Egg Globe Believed Oldest To Show New World · · Score: 1

    "Discovery credit often goes to the first person to successfully exploit the thing discovered."

    Only if you subscribe to a dominator culture value system. Otherwise, you can say the New World was discovered about 50,000 years ago, according to the latest findings.

  10. Re:How much does it cost? on Aiming For a Commercially Available Submersible · · Score: 1

    Like most other things, the backs of the working class and the destruction of the environment.

  11. Re:Safety on Concern Mounts Over Self-Driving Cars Taking Away Freedom · · Score: 1

    Current, modern cars are hackable by the government. An official from the Clinton and Bush I administration came out and said so. It is already suspected that Rolling Stone reporter, Michael Hasting, was killed out of revenge by someone taking over his car.

  12. Re:First on The Cryonics Institute Offers a Chance at Immortality (Video #2) · · Score: 2

    The fact the freezing process destroys the cells is all you need to know that cryonics is bullshit.

    There are a few ways to extend your life or consciousness, but the technology isn't there yet: a) cellular repair via nanobots gives you the same body for years to come; or b) high resolution brain scans to effectively digitize your brain.

    I think if someone was desperate enough to preserve themselves today, I would go for the brain plasticization route. Then, hope one day that you can be scanned in and have your consciousness revived. Although here's something to ponder: would you really have a continuity of consciousness with that method...would it be like waking up from sleeping?

  13. Re:Same as any other potential fraud. on Germany: Bitcoin Is "Private Money" · · Score: 1

    Either you've created the greatest compression algorithm ever, or you just condensed the entirety of Reddit into a single paragraph!

  14. Yes this is what we need... on Is New York City Ready For Digital Voting? · · Score: 2

    A union thug or employer looking over your shoulder to make sure you vote the right guys in. Or a husband that will force his wife to vote for his candidate under threat of violence.

  15. Re:Another one! on Talking On the Phone While Driving Not So Dangerous After All · · Score: 1

    Since we cannot tell one from another, this is why we have the saying "this is why can't have nice things".

  16. Re:It could have been anyone's cells on HeLa Cell Line Genome Data To Be Published · · Score: 1

    You assume you have "ownership" of genetic material that's been around for millions and billions of years. You do not.

  17. It could have been anyone's cells on HeLa Cell Line Genome Data To Be Published · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They just happened to be Henrietta's. The real stars here are the people who conducted the research and actually did the work.

    I mean, if someone used my cells to do something incredible for science, I don't feel like I am particularly deserving of any credit. Those cells have nothing to do with me as a person or my actions.

  18. Banks are incredibly dirty when it comes to appraisals. For the two houses I've bought, the appraisal magically came in at exactly my offering price, since the bank wants to close the deal and start collecting interest. On the topic of upgrades, it depends upon the neighborhood and how much they matter for a given market.

  19. Maybe Zillow should shut its mouth and not be in business then? If a real estate appraiser made uninformed decisions like that, he/she would have their credentials taken away and would be sanctioned under ERISA. I'm not sure that what Zillow does isn't a form of libel.

  20. Re:All fine and good. on Government Study Finds TSA Misconduct Up 26% In 3 Years · · Score: 2

    That's a question that should not be asked of anyone in the first place.

  21. Re:What's the price of a Fair Trade iPhone? on Apple Faces New China Worker Abuse Claims · · Score: 1

    For $150 more, you would get a shit-ton of goodwill by building them here in the US. Since most people get these phones financed by their cell phone companies, you wouldn't even notice the difference.

  22. What's the price of a Fair Trade iPhone? on Apple Faces New China Worker Abuse Claims · · Score: 1

    I think a lot of this hand-wringing is just masturbation unless we can see what something like an iPhone completely made in the USA or under Fair Trade conditions would cost. It's easy to for a Westerner to feel righteous indignation about these working conditions in China. However, I want to see how many people will put their money where their mouth is when they are required to pay based upon first world manufacturing costs.

  23. Re:MIT Researchers have created a Starbucks counte on MIT's "Hot Or Not" Site For Neighborhoods Could Help Shape Cities · · Score: 2

    My black neighbor drives a Mercedes, has a swimming pool, and a nicer lawn than I do.

  24. Re:depressingly common in industry also on US Government Data Center Count Rises To 7,000 · · Score: 2

    Chances are they are now drywalled in somewhere and inaccessible without a rooster bar.

  25. Re:Too bad .... on Edward Snowden Still Stuck At Airport, May Be Permitted Entry Into Russia Soon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The government astroturfers are out in full force today.