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  1. Re:Hate to defend M$ in any way, but on Microsoft, Partners Probed Over Bribery Claims · · Score: 1

    The whistleblower was either working for Microsoft or on Microsoft's behalf.

    "a Microsoft official in China directed the whistle-blower to pay bribes to government officials to win business deals"

  2. Not according to the guy at frys on Is It Worth Paying Extra For Fast SD Cards? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once went to frys to pick up some extra cards, and the sales rep told me that if I buy the more expensive cards, it will improve the quality of my pictures because they will be sharper and more colorful. I am still trying to figure out how he justifies that statement.

  3. So MIcrosoft's basic premise is on Why Microsoft Got Into the Console Business · · Score: 2

    "Cooperate with us or we will crush you". Geez I wonder why Sony would ever give such a cold shoulder to such a friendly gesture?

  4. Why this is bad on How Videogames Help Fund the Arms Industry · · Score: 1
    "We want to know explicitly how the rifle is to be used, ensuring that we are shown in a positive light"

    I agree with the above posters that licensing the right to use a the title is a fair practice. What is not fair is the restrictions placed on how the item can be used in the game. You are licensing the right to use the name of a real world weapon, and end up signing away the rights of how a gun can be used and who could use them in a game. How is that a fair depiction of the real world? It's like paying to be an advertiser for the gun company..

  5. Re:6502 assembly ... on 30 Years of the Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe · · Score: 1

    The only reason I learned 6502 assembly was because of the articles in Hardcore Computist, a quasi-legit hacking magazine for the Apple II

  6. if the apple //e is 30 years old on 30 Years of the Apple Lisa and the Apple IIe · · Score: 4, Funny

    that must mean I'm .... really old now.

  7. How many products reach that internal milestone? on iPod Engineer Tony Fadell On the Unique Nature of Apple's Design Process · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like that internal milestone is a special bar. How many projects reach that milestone? Is it more than 1 out of 10?

  8. Cause vs Effect? on Fukushima's Fallout of Fear · · Score: 1
    Experts believe that the many thousands who fled from the Fukushima nuclear disaster received very low doses of radiation

    It seems to me that one explanation that many thousands received a low doses of radiation is BECAUSE they fled, not in spite of it which is what the summary seems to imply. And being told there is nothing to see here while a nuclear plant is actually going through a meltdown, then suddely told you must evacuate, well that seems like a category for stress. It's not like they could see if they are in danger or not, and they have no way of measuring how much danger they face (from possible exposure), so yeah, that's going to screw with your head.

  9. That's why your company trains you for this on Foxconn Accused of Taking Bribes · · Score: 1

    The reason that you have to take all those anti-bribery / anti-corruption classes is not because of a theoretical chance that you might be put in those situations. It's because that certain countries, bribery is the expected way of doing business.

  10. One question on The Problem With Internet Dating's Frictionless Market · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are the divorce rates changing or staying the same? That would lend some credence to his arguement that the old, difficult method produces a more beautiful and unexpected match. The problem with the old method is that it's often a game of attrition, namely you keep dating until you give up on finding someone that you are lifetime compatible with, and settle whoever's around at the time.

  11. I think people are missing part of the story on Scary Toothbrush Prompts Shutdown of World's Busiest Airport · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the toothbrush in question was found in checked luggage. The story didn't say if it was a security person who found the bag, or if it was a baggage handler or some other person who doesn't have the right to inspect the bag. It wasn't a matter of going through the security checkpoint where the passenger is sitting in front of the bag and could get the toothbrush out and explain what it is. Now whether sounds require closing down the airport, that seems like a bit of overreaction.

  12. Maybe google already knows the punchline on Microsoft Says Google Trying To Undermine Windows Phone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Namely they already know what happens when you let Microsoft embrace your APis. They already know what happens next, and would like to avoid that future

  13. Great job modeling the business plan on A Subscription-Based Movie Theater · · Score: 2

    Oakhurst, CA: Population 2829. Good luck getting 3000 paying customers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakhurst,_California

  14. Depends on how you group things on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 2

    I think the products listed are generalized in a way to make the arguement. In the first wave, he lists (energy source, technology), aka (steam, locamotive). The second wave is (electricity and petroleum, and technologies and industries enabled). The third breaks the naming methodology and list just technologies. Of course certain forms of technologies are reaching the end of their economic impact. Another way to have stated the third wave is not in terms of products, but the technology that enabled the products. Have we exhausted the economic impact of the transistor? Even with the existing items. Electricity, petroleum and steam are nowhere near the end of their impact, so I find it hard to even state that phase 1 and phase 2 are over. In fact, when you add the problems of mainstream coal, nuclear and economic viability of solar, you could say that petroleum remains one of the most crucial factors to economic growth, and that's stage 2 according to the article.

  15. What about the week prior? on iOS 6 Adoption Rates Soar Following Google Maps Release · · Score: 1

    For comparisons sake, it would be interesting to know how many people adopted ios6 in the week prior to the release of google maps. Need a baseline to understand the context, but can't do much with it by itself

  16. Is it needed in today's world? on Nintendo Power's Final Cover · · Score: 2

    While I agree that Nintendo Power played a big part of my childhood, in retrospect, it seemed to be really a gigantic set of ads masked as articles. Every article made every game sound like it was good, with no mistaking the bias behind it. Maybe that was fine when Nintendo Power came first came out, both because the average quality was higher (and also perhaps when I was young and the parent were paying, I was less discriminating on quality). Today, we do have to sort through a boatload of bad games. What's needed is to call out the bad games if they're not pulling their weight. With the price of games today, it doesn't take long for bad purchases to add up quick. While I will miss Nintendo Power, I also miss Atari Age as well New Zork Times.

  17. That's exactly how I felt on Sandy Island, the Undiscovered Country · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... The last time I visited Alderaan

  18. Update to the story - picture of the watch on Man Arrested At Oakland Airport For Ornate Watch · · Score: 1
  19. Ducked the most important question on How Data Center Operator IPR Survived Sandy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In his response to the question "So you suffered no downtime at all?", the business development manager provided a non-answer to a yes/no question. The interviewer should have followed that question up to clarify.

  20. This article is from August 2011 on Elon Musk Will Usher In the Era of Electric Cars · · Score: 0

    Is there any reason that we're discussing this now?

  21. Searching for details reveals wikileaks on Expenditure Report Reveals Germany Monitors Skype, Google Mail, Facebook Chat · · Score: 3, Informative

    which seems to have had the details back in 2008. I wasn't aware of something that intercepts skype, but based on the wikileaks article it appears that it works by installing malware on the target's computer.

  22. Do you mean that up till now on Astronomers Search For Dyson Spheres of Alien Civilizations · · Score: 1

    Astronomers weren't lookin for large sources of energy?

  23. Apple memorabilia on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1

    Do you have an extensive collection of Apple memorabilia? An Apple I in museum condition? Documents and photos that are just waiting to be archived and shown to the world?

  24. Why do you wait in line for new Apple devices? on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1

    It's great that you mix & mingle with other Apple fans by waiting in line for the latest Apple devices. At first, it was completely unexpected to see you waiting in line, when it's obvious that you're well connected to Apple, and have the wealth to not have to wait. But now it's become a bit of tradition to see Woz show up waiting overnight to get the latest Apple products.

    Are you getting paid to wait in line?

  25. Re:What goes around comes around... on Motorola Seeks Ban On Macs, iPads, and iPhones · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    So patent issues are only evil if apple does it first?