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  1. Re:Could'a had an Android on Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview · · Score: 1

    Ahead of where it is now, of course, if it has chosen to pursue Android instead of Windows.

  2. Could'a had an Android on Nokia Lumia 1020 Video and Photo Shoot Preview · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How much further ahead would Nokia be if the 1020 had been an Android phone?

  3. Re:I'm amazed... on George Zimmerman Acquitted In Death of Trayvon Martin · · Score: 2

    It seems like since he couldn't have known, it didn't affect the situation at hand

    While Zimmerman wouldn't have know about it, it can inform our calculus of who started the fight. Martin was a drug-abusing hothead in a downward spiral with a penchant for starting fights. The courts have rules about evidence like this as being 'prejudicial', but I disagree with them. The jury never heard exactly what kind of person Martin was to help them assess what happened.

    What I'm wondering is why that law didn't give Martin the right to stand his ground when Zimmerman pursued him?

    Stand Your Ground applies after some attacks you. All the evidence indicates that Martin started the fight by sucker-punching Zimmerman in the nose. (Martin had no injuries other than to his fist and the gunshot wound.) Thus, Martin wouldn't have the benefit of Stand Your Ground; Zimmerman would. However, the defence never asserted it.

  4. Re:But ... But ... But ... on Energy Production Causes Big US Earthquakes · · Score: 1

    Where have I heard that? "The earth isn't warming" to "Ok it's warming but that's a good thing"

    The equivalent claim here would be that earthquakes don't happen. Are you asserting this?

  5. Re:Unless you have a 1st gen iPad ... on iOS 7 Beta 3 Now Available For iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch · · Score: 1

    If OS support is important to you, then go with Google's Nexus Android devices. They always get quick updates.

  6. Let us all shed a tear... on The Price of Amazon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... for the buggywhip makers.

  7. Re:Lyft's rating system is bonkers on Can Ride-Sharing Startup Lyft Survive the SoCal Heat? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When do we get to start rating individual taxi drivers? There are a few of them I'd like to never be matched with again!

  8. Re:Poor premise on Opinion: Apple Should Have Gone With Intel Instead of TSMC · · Score: 1

    Why would Intel want to go back into ARM fabrication when they are trying to beat ARM chips with Atom?

    The same reason they gave up Itanium for the AMD64 architecture?

  9. Re:So much for... on Teenage League of Legends Player Jailed For Months For Facebook Joke · · Score: 1

    just shooting off his mouth.

    Not only that, but it's very clearly a joke. This guy needs to be compensated $1M by the state for malicious prosecution.

  10. Mathematical! on Android Fragmentation Isn't Hurting Its Adoption · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let's see. With Apple, you can target 100% of 17% = 17% of phone buyers, whereas with Android you can target 75% of 75% = 56% of phone buyers.

  11. Re:"rights" on The Plight of Star Wars Droids · · Score: 1

    A robot or computer does not feel anything unless you've programmed him to simulate such a thing.

    And what exactly do you think a human being is? It's a robot with a computer brain that has been programmed to simulate 'feeling' things.

  12. Re:It's the SCO effect on Professors Say Massive Open Online Courses Threaten Academic Freedom · · Score: 1

    I read the headline as "Threaten [to cause] Academic Freedom".

  13. MSOOXML on GIS Community Blocks Esri's Geospatial 'Open Standard' REST API · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ESRI would have gotten away with it if they had just taken the Microsoft path of stuffing the committees with Yes-men. I'm sure the OGC procedures would have been completely defenseless against this and the OGC management would have been overjoyed to collect $10k per temporary yes-man.

  14. Re:Yeah... on 97% of Climate Science Papers Agree Global Warming Is Man-made · · Score: 1

    FACTS: Worldwide 15% of CO2 emissions are from personal vehicles

    FACT: 97% of CO2 emissions are natural. Therefore, 15% cannot be coming from cars; it's 15% of 3% or 0.45%. You might want to be more careful about your phrasing.

  15. Re:$5k limit on Anti-Infringement Company Caught Infringing On Its Website · · Score: 1

    um if you can't afford a lawyer then you can't afford to retain one.

    And yet you have enough money to pay off the ridiculous extortion demand?

  16. $5k limit on Anti-Infringement Company Caught Infringing On Its Website · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The limitation of liability in Canadian cases is $5k for all infringement in a court case for non-commercial copyright infringement, but the more likely "get" is just $100. When their first "successful" case goes through the court system with a judgement of $100, it will make the news headlines and their business model will be destroyed.

  17. Re:Good Training for embedded systems on Interactive Raycaster For the Commodore 64 Under 256 Bytes · · Score: 2

    No need to create one.

  18. Re:Oh Canada... on Canadian Official Escorted From House For Others' Facebook Comments · · Score: 1

    The reputation of being the best-managed advanced economy on Earth?

  19. Re:Worth it? on Trader Pleads Guilty To Illegal Purchase of Nearly $1B In Apple Stock · · Score: 1

    Is it worth throwing a minimum of 5-8 years of your life away for money?

    If AAPL had gone up, the guy would be a conquering hero raking in $millions in surprise bonuses. It's the same method Dr. House used to avoid punishment. Too bad this guy didn't realize that Apple is out of steam.

  20. Article on Radio Shack TRS-80 Vs. Commodore 64: Battle of the Titans · · Score: 1

    Nerval's Lobster writes "The one and only Jeff Cogswell is back with a new article comparing the two biggest competitors in the home-computing business: the Commodore 64 and the Radio Shack TRS-80. What does he have to say about these absolutely cutting-edge machines? The TRS-80 simply can't stand up to the awe-inspiring Commodore 64, which features the latest processor from MOS Technology, the 6510. Best of all, the C-64s graphics processor can display up to 16 colors simultaneously, and it can create a full screen made up of 320 x 200 'dots.' But the TRS-80 has some good points, as well, including a whopping 512 K of memory (not that you'll ever use that much, anyway). As Cogswell writes: 'Let's cover these two bad boys and provide a totally unbiased review unencumbered by any alleged kickbacks (including a brand new daisy wheel printer and a case of Schiltz Beer) from Commodore, the maker of the awesome machine known as the Commodore 64.'"

  21. Re:So? on Apple Loses the iPad Mini Trademark · · Score: 1

    This is all handled by **AA math, where 1 download=1 lost sale.

    ... that would have netted them $150,000.00.

  22. Re:Global warming on Cold Spring Linked To Dramatic Sea Ice Loss · · Score: -1, Troll

    Climate Science really isn't a science. In real science, a model is developed and then it is confirmed against reality through many experiments run in many independent labs. With Climate Science, there is exactly one experiment which will take hundreds of years to complete. With Climate Science, computer models are substituted for experiments and the computer models miraculously confirm the theoretical models which they encode. Meanwhile, reality continues merrily along without regard for the circular computer-model "experiments", and in the short term anyway, reality is defying the computer models. Also in real sciences, the models become progressively more accurate over time and converge on a good answer. With Climate Science, the models have become more and more divergent from reality over time. Perhaps it should be reclassified as a Political Science.

  23. Re:Don't forget the power cord! on Largest DDoS In History Reaches 300 Billion Bits Per Second · · Score: 1

    The first thing I thought of was GBU-57 MOP. No need to risk any soldiers or police officers.

  24. Subsidization on T-Mobile Ends Contracts and Subsidies · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is ending subsidization really going to appeal to the mass consuming public? How many teenagers have $650 for a new iPhone? You'd think they'd offer some kind of optional secondary loan plan where you pay off a little bit every month, or owe the whole amount if you want to change carriers.

  25. Re:Good. on Man Who Pointed Laser At Aircraft Gets 30-Month Sentence · · Score: 1

    He's lucky he didn't get Gitmo'd for being a terrorist attempting mass murder.