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  1. And iTunes was bought too... on Startups a Safer Bet Than Behemoths · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundJam_MP iTunes was not an apple innovation either...

  2. Is it possible on Senate Approves the ______Act Of____ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That this isn't one bill with a conspiracy theory behind it, but perhaps that that code is used more like a placeholder and constantly overwritten when a new unnamed bill comes along?

  3. Funny... on Darth Vader Robs Long Island Bank · · Score: 1

    I don't remember Vader wearing camouflaged cargo pants...

  4. Re:Statistics, statistics on Half of Windows 7 Machines Running 64-Bit Version · · Score: 1

    I never said I was the one who made said VB garbage...

  5. Re:Hopefully on Apple To Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I suspect the introduction of the iGlove for iPhone. Molded into the correct Apple sanctioned gripping position to prevent signal degradation, the iGlove truely enables users to "Think Different". That is, as long as "Thinking Different" means thinking and doing things the way Sir Steve approves of, naturally.

  6. Re:Statistics, statistics on Half of Windows 7 Machines Running 64-Bit Version · · Score: 1

    Hi, random developer here. It isn't always us. Shifting ANYTHING like that also takes quality assurance's blessing. Also, customer support always likes to be in the loop about subtle changes like that which can for no reason turn a quiet day into living hell (then feeds its way back to us...). Trust me, most of us would prefer to get rid of that crap if we had the opportunity and sign off. Debugging crusty old VB6 COM libraries isn't our idea of a party.

  7. Re:HTML 5 on Zynga Investment May Herald Google Games · · Score: 1

    If it is an app, then it likely runs on one of the Flash -> objective C conversion frameworks. Otherwise, they would just run it off of the Facebook site as usual.

  8. HTML 5 on Zynga Investment May Herald Google Games · · Score: 1

    Perhaps their intent is to help them port their games to HTML 5 and showcase it. I am not personally one who plays these types of games (ever), but they certainly have huge followings. Getting these to HTML 5, then saying "Gee, I suppose you need an HTML 5 browser. Oh, IE doesn't work? You don't say!" seems to be what I'd say is Google's motivation. With their rabid followers who need to keep their farms healthy and mad cow free (or whatever it is they do), they could really push a LOT of people to HTML 5 browsers like Chrome.

  9. Re:One drive are two? on Seagate Releases 3TB External Drive for $250 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If only there were something linked to this slashvertisement that could provide your answer....

    Hmmm.... or even the summary, which implies it is a single drive.

  10. Re:No Wonder Why Apple Got Dumped Into 3rd Place on Google Outlines Feature Set For Android 2.2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When Apple bought the mobile advertising network it was the last straw.

    wait, so apple got an ad firm and that's your excuse to go to GOOGLE of all companies? I don't think you thought that one through...

  11. No wonder Futurama is so awesome on The Futurama of Physics · · Score: 1

    Whether a doomsday scenario is possible in the Universe of Futurama is of great interest to David X. Cohen, the show's Executive Producer and head writer, and a former writer and producer for The Simpsons. Cohen has a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard and a master's degree in computer science from UC Berkeley, and is not afraid to use them.

    The bolded part is the proof!

  12. Signed int? on Man Spends 2,200 Hours Defeating Bejeweled 2 · · Score: 1

    Could they just put out a fix that uses an unsigned int and double his playtime? :)

  13. Re:Petabytes on Vatican Chooses Open FITS Image Format · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where to Catholic priests store their data? In Pedophiles, of course.

    Happy now?

  14. Re:PS3 not tier one? on Valve Confirms Mac Versions of Steam, Valve Games · · Score: 1

    I'd say the 360 has more in common with the PS3 than it does the (Intel) Mac or PC. Pretty sure the 360 and PS3 run variants of PowerPC, not Intel.

  15. Re:Will have to wait and see on Does Microsoft Finally Have a Phone Worth Buying? · · Score: 1

    Does it support multitasking?

    I see this question asked a lot these days, but all phones, even the iPhone, support multitasking. If it didn't, you could not get a phone call while you were surfing, sending SMS, etc... at all. The proper question should be "does it support multiple user applications running at the same time?". Apple reportedly does this to prevent a runaway application from being able to suck down the battery and provide a poor experience. There is some logic to this, and it is their platform to enforce how they wish. But to say they don't support multitasking at all is misleading.

  16. Re:I've said it before and I'll say it again on iPad Is a "Huge Step Backward" · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please never reference Ann Coulter and vagina in the same sentence unless it takes the form of "Ann Coulter is a big, cavernous vagina full of hot air". Thanks.

  17. Re:image format bugs on Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X · · Score: 1

    Speculate much? How do you know it is the same issue, especially considering you can't even seem to remember what the Windows bug actually was?

  18. Or perhaps it is you, media people... on Half of Google News Users Browse But Don't Click · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe if you actually wrote your own content and didn't rely on the AP wire to write your headlines & stories for you, people would see your UNIQUE headline and article and click in to read your news instead of the 700 other versions of the exact same content? All Google has really done to hurt your business model is expose how much of your precious content is just AP regurgitated schlock. People have realized that there is no reason to go to one site or the other, since they're all the same. With that being the case, you might as well just click on the one that looks like it would have the least offensive presentation, and frankly, all of your flash ad laden pages and pop-ups just don't have that appeal.

  19. "Unrealistic Optimism" on US Youth Have Serious Mental Health Issues · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, what do they expect when they remove all competition from a kid's life? I've seen parents that refuse to let their kids participate in anything competitive, for fear that if they should lose their child's dreams will be permanently shattered. All this leads to is the kid thinking they really can do anything, when the actual fact is that everyone has limitations in some form, and in a competitive world, sometimes you lose. I assume this is what generates the majority of this "unrealistic optimism". Coddling children and not allowing them to experience real situations will not prepare them for the real world.

  20. Chicago on Doom-Like Video Surveillance For Ports In Development · · Score: 1

    I heard rumors that Chicago actually has software that ties all of the city's thousands of cameras (some privately owned) into one big grid that can be accessed much the same way. I don't know if they have taken it so far to 3-D model everything or not, but this sort of thing I'd expect to see almost everywhere eventually. Monitoring these giant networks of cameras is hard, and monitoring them all simultaneously is impossible. However, if you can have "virtual cops", per se, that can respond to calls instantly to provide eyes on any situation, these big camera grids become much more useful to law enforcement. I will not touch on the civil liberty aspects that seem to drive debate on any surveillance technology on this site, as I'm sure there will be other threads to cover that.

  21. Re:Yet another cloud? on Intel Shows 48-Core x86 Processor · · Score: 1

    You're all nimbus-iles.

  22. Neither do game consoles! on Security Firms Can't Protect iPhone From Threats · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh my God! My PS3, 360 and Wii are on the internet and they don't have anti-virus, too! What are we going to do!

    Seriously, this is news for nerds? Some morons jailbreak their phones, leaving SSH with a default password, they get hacked, and suddenly A/V firms think they have an "in"? You could install every A/V program on the planet on a windows PC, but if you install SSH with a default password, it will still get hacked.

  23. Re:The folly of natural resource-based energy on CERN Physicist Warns About Uranium Shortage · · Score: 1

    Solar, for as long as we really need to care about, is going to be around forever.

    Speak for yourself, meatbag!

  24. Re:30 inch LCD, run at half resolution on Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that actually be a 1:4 ratio?

  25. Isn't this making what Akamai does free (and likely pissing them off royally)?