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  1. Re:Turning into? Have we NOT been paying attention on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 0

    They might have wished so in the beginning but Apple has been so much more popular than Microsoft in the past 5 years I think they're quite content with their place in the market. The iPod rules that market. The iPhone is the hippest. The iPad owns the tablet market. And these devices have bolstered their Mac business. Apple is a microbrew full of flavor and an all around better experience than the PC, which is more like Bud Light.

  2. But.... on Full Bladder Improves Decision Making · · Score: 1

    Holding your bladder can also be bad for you. Women, for instance, can have serious issues holding they're bladder too long. OTOH, one life decision will be made for you: going to the hospital and picking up some antibiotics.

  3. So on Contents of Leaked HBGary Emails Reveal Wrongdoing · · Score: 1

    So why is Anonymous the good guys for hacking banks and the government is the bad guys for hacking...well the bad guys!?

  4. Re:Not really an accurate summary on Scientists Cleared of Misusing Global Warming Data · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's a matter of discrediting an entire field. Climate change research is needed whether you believe man is the causation or not. We have to be prepared either way. It does bring into question credibility, objectivity, and ethics. The question is more knowing the kind of people involved and is the report trustworthy. I'm far more concerned that each and every country represented in the study seems to have conveniently cleared their researchers but each also seemed to bring up serious issues with ethics. It's like saying, "Sure this guy lies about a lot of things but I see no evidence he lied about this." Of course, my contention is getting the U.N. involved in any study is a waste of time anyway. They are by nature corrupt and I would always wonder, and do, how much it had to do with money.

  5. Re:Meh on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was, just that it could be. It could be that Russian elitists tend to view the world in an almost opposite view of the Western world. Or it could just be an alternate story.

    Everything doesn't have to be an allegory but it could.

  6. Meh on LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective · · Score: 1

    It's not much different that current attempts to re-write history. But I digress. I find a Russian re-write interesting. As if to say, "You've all misunderstood the former Soviet Republic!?" Could be something subliminal.

  7. Re:Scientology is a cult on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    One thing he used to tell in class is, "Ask them why the world didn't end in 1942." Give that a try. Get well versed in their history and just ask them questions about it. Eventually you'll likely be marked and ignored. You could also try the Mad TV approach. Tell them to come in, you were just about to start an Amway meeting.

  8. but.. on US Gov't Mistakenly Shuts Down 84,000 Sites · · Score: 0

    Hey, I'm just glad Obama's president and all this stuff has come to an end. No wait...

  9. Re:That's War on Attacked By Anonymous, HBGary Pulls Out of RSA · · Score: 1

    Oh please. Wikileaks stepped off the high-horse of nobility when they started wielding their information as a weapon regardless of it's relevance. So yeah, it's war. But when you start talking about going after them, suddenly it's not war. It's conspiracy. You can't have it both ways. Anonymous exist due to vast numbers of minions and the anonymity of it's core. But in the grand scheme of things are they any better than terrorists with masks over their faces? I realize the ends-justify-the-means is popular among youth and geekdom, in some cases but there are costs. That said, while I may applaud some of what they do (Wikileaks and Anon) I'm not going to lower myself to the blind, juvenile stupidity of thinking everything they do is good. Neither are without serious flaws and Assange is no messiah. There seems to be no one willing to point out bad that may very well exist in the so-called good. For the acts that are illegal and clearly a violation of other's rights, both Wikileaks and Anonymous should be tried. For what good they may do, I have no problem giving a hats off.

  10. Re:Scientology is a cult on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    JW's anyone? One of my college professors was an expert on cults. He particularly spent time exposing Jehovah's Witnesses.He once said, "They haven't been to my door in over 20 years."

  11. Re:Actually, the New Yorker article was quite tame on Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology · · Score: 1

    "Of course, anyone who believes such attempts to discredit Haggis and Wright probably also believes that Julian Assange is a rapist."

    Yeah, because the two cases are soooo similar.

  12. Well on Is Algeria Deleting Facebook Accounts? · · Score: 2

    Anyone who would setup that hideous new photo viewer is capable of most any evil.

  13. Re:Uh on AOL To Buy Huffington Post · · Score: 1

    Commentary is also subjective, though. And can be fraught with mistakes or omissions purposefully to express a point of view. Then again, even pure journalism can't tell the whole story, only give different perspectives. In the end, I'd rather have several perspectives from say witnesses than commentary from an author if I want the news. That's not to say that I wouldn't find the commentary valuable but I would want the story first.

  14. Uh on AOL To Buy Huffington Post · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The purchase will increase AOL's news portfolio"

    The Huffington Post is news? I always thought of it as a mega-blog of commentary. Perhaps there belays a shift in our cultural thinking as traditional journalism dies and commentary from biases become the norm and thus the only thing we can call "news."

  15. Even worse on Bing Is Cheating, Copying Google Search Results · · Score: 1

    Someone has written malware that will "Bingify" both of your browsers even if you're only in one. It put a Bing search bar in both Firefox and IE despite only being in Firefox on my roomie's computer. After some searching, I found out to just uninstall "Search Toolbar" from Add/Remove. (Very generic name). It uninstalled but the Bingification remained AND it stripped the file menu from Firefox. I eventually just backed up his bookmarks and re-installed Firefox from scratch. Not saying Microsoft is doing this but I wonder who stands to gain from it?

  16. Huh? on Sony Wants To Put Your Game Saves In the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Which one. There are lots of clouds and which type? Cumulus? Status? Cirrus? Cumulonimbus? I would assume the latter if they're putting everyone's there. I mean, it's the largest type.

  17. Re:Hmmm on Who Unfriended You, and Why · · Score: 1

    I wish! No, she's all too real.

  18. Huh? on Open-source Challenge To Exchange Gains Steam · · Score: 2

    That's one way to get it gaining steam. Call it "cloud based." Because the "Internet" isn't cool anymore. It's got to be "the cloud!" Marketing...

  19. Hmmm on Who Unfriended You, and Why · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if my wife has used this. 'Cuz I never really told her why.

  20. Re:Umm on Study Sez Txt Msgs Make Kidz Gr8 Spellrz · · Score: 1

    People writing mistake-ridden text are already more literate, and are more likely to improve in the future, than those who don't write at all.

    This isn't logical. It's like saying that people that build un-square and un-level furniture are still better carpenters than those who build nothing. First, there may be plenty of people who don't build who have more knowledge and have built before. Or that people who write poorly worded novels are still better writers than those who don't write at all. You don't know the reason for those who aren't writing, building, or whatever. You know nothing about them.

    I would come closer to saying the opposite, in fact, in regards to Facebook.

  21. Re:Schmidt to replace Steve Jobs on Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? · · Score: 1

    Steve will mold whoever replaces him. So it's likely his replacement is already at Apple. He will want his legacy to continue. The last time he left Apple went into the tank. He won't let that happen again if he can help it!

  22. Re:Schmidt to replace Steve Jobs on Why Eric Schmidt Left As CEO of Google? · · Score: 1

    Yeah that's all Apple needs. I guess if you're not an Apple fan this would be a good move.

  23. Umm on Study Sez Txt Msgs Make Kidz Gr8 Spellrz · · Score: 1

    'There is no evidence that children's language play when using mobile phones is damaging literacy development.'"

    I give you...Facebook. A veritable cornucopia of evidence.

  24. Re:An Open Letter to CHINA on Ballmer Says 90% of Chinese Users Pirate Software · · Score: 0

    I never understood why Linux enthusiasts looked to Communist nations' adoption as good examples. China sucks. Like shite on a finger.

  25. Re:A Few Logical Problems on The Fall of Wintel and the Rise of Armdroid · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I wonder sometimes who these people are that predict these things. You can't write the apps for an iPad ON an iPad.