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  1. Re:Hey, Apple did alright with Jobs on Lenovo Want Ashton Kutcher As More Than Just a Pretty Face · · Score: 2

    But being heavily involved in hardware product design? I think that's above his pay grade,

    Not as a brand, and surely that's what this is about. Lenovo is trying to nexus Kutcher's appeal outside China to help smooth the path into hearts and minds that may never be tempted to give their (Chinese) brand a second look otherwise. It worked for Nikon, as just one example. They are already enjoying headlines over it.

    That, and they may have been forced to classify him as a unique technical asset (true or not), in order to get him on the payroll with Beijing's approval....

    I worked inside Lenovo a few years back and I wish them the best today.

  2. Other shoe drops on Facebook Lets Beheading Clips Return To Its Site · · Score: 1

    FB just did a U-turn on this...

  3. Anything on Facebook Lets Beheading Clips Return To Its Site · · Score: 1

    . . . for a buck. Can't wait to see (or not see) what's next.

  4. Tight Ship on Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? · · Score: 1

    You say you are comparing on the same hardware, but there is no hardware in common for all the OSes you state.

    Doesn't matter. There is no comparison between disjointed hardware and software on one side, and Apple's start-to-end products on the other. That's what this is about, not how everything out there compares directly. It's also why Apple is able to deliver such stellar battery life across the board.

  5. My ten on NSA App Ideas To Popularize Spying and Big Data · · Score: 2

    Here are ten ideas on how to spend the money that should be taken away from the NSA. . .
    1.) Buy as much bacon as possible before the Chinese decide they need it all for themselves.
    2.) I lied about ten, well, because bacon.

  6. Re: Who paid Forrester Research? on Forrester Research Shows Steep Decline in Free Office Suite Stats · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has been a Forrester client for some time now.

  7. Sure, no problem on Are We Socially Ready For Wearable Computing? · · Score: 0

    Because we all know how lovable those two are when one says "I'm near the tools" belarpp and the other says "I'm near the linens" deeeep. Who doesn't love to be part of someone else's game of big box marco polo. . .

  8. Anyone noticed. . . on No Zombie Uprising, But Problems Persist With Emergency Alert System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's no longer just an uphill battle trying to make things secure - we've lost the war.

  9. Of course on OCZ May Be On Its Last Legs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All niche market products suffer the same fate when expectations for broad market type growth are assumed.

  10. Just wait on Samsung Offers Patent Cease-Fire in EU · · Score: 1

    The Korean govt. will likely put some debilitating tariffs and import restrictions in place that pertain to EU goods in order to force the same ends that the patent wars were meant to accomplish.

  11. This is why. . . on Advances In Cinema Tech Overcoming a Strange Racial Divide · · Score: 2

    . . .Lilies of the Field was done in B & W.

    That, and there was less competition for cinematography Oscar bestieness.

  12. Re:That article was fucking awful. on Crossing the Divide From Software Dev To Hardware Dev · · Score: 0

    Reading between the lines, it may be that the point of the (IT/Tech) article was that a woman was the principal, rather than a man.

    Yay for that, but otherwise it seems to be celebrating mediocrity. . .

  13. Re:Because Apple on Irish Government May Close Apple's Biggest Tax Loophole · · Score: 1

    Samsung does . . .

  14. It's never been about spending or how much - it's always about value, plain and simple ROI. NASA has always appeared needy, these days more than ever, and when someone gets noisy about needing funding, people get suspicious.

    Why is it NASA always wants just a bit more and their promised discovery is right around the corner? They get used to being funded and hate updating resumes for the private sector. No surprise there and no surprise tax payers mistrust funding them without end.

  15. Re:Do you know what folks do. on Xerox "Routine Backup Test" Leave 17 States Without Food Stamps · · Score: 1

    Again with the DUD smelling 'dog food' we're-all-gonna-starve poverty chant - really? Odds are you should worry more about becoming dog food if things are as bad as you pretend.

  16. Re:Natural or accident-related? on Elevated Radiation Claimed At Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues · · Score: 1

    'anyone'?

    Maybe not if your history shows low exposure in general. Maybe if you exceeded safe levels/limits years ago (that would be me). Now, if you can be more specific, and avoid general 'anyone', you might get an answer you can use. In the mean time, and just to be safe, all low-information questioners are advised to get back on the other side of the Police tape and we'll let you know if anything changes.

  17. Re:Indoctrinate on A Patent Tree Grows In Seattle · · Score: 1

    As if. . .

    This is just what happens from lazy editors/contributors on the weekends when they phone it in based on a one from column A, one from column B summary.

    Might as well be another 'President Lincoln's Doctor's Dog' episode.

  18. Agreed... on Hillary Clinton: "We Need To Talk Sensibly About Spying" · · Score: 1

    . . . but given how hard it is for empires to break old habits, I doubt it is not realistic to expect the USA and/or GBR to stop now. It's just such a cornerstone of doing business at that level.

    After all, when you drive down your street and a neighbor leaves their garage door open, you can't help but take a look, right?

  19. Re:DICE on Battlefield Director: Linux Only Needs One 'Killer' Game To Explode · · Score: 1

    Good info, thanks.

    Did you note poor Lars' new job title ? :)

  20. DICE on Battlefield Director: Linux Only Needs One 'Killer' Game To Explode · · Score: 1, Funny

    /. promotes itself and can't even get the blurb right.

    Poor Lars. . .

  21. Re:i always thought interleaf was cool on Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die · · Score: 1

    Me 2 :) Interleaf became FrameMaker. I started with the former in 1996 and wound up in the later as late as 2003. To me they both live on in today's XML and Epub editors. I haven't touched WORD in over 5 years now. Pages does all I need these days.

    If you like outlines/thumbnails etc. on the left and you're doing (interactive) books, try iBooks Author, just be prepared for a messy experience if you need to insert any WORD chapters.

  22. Don't be surprised if on Irony: iPhone 5S Users Reporting Blue Screen of Death · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . .these turn out to be forced/silent restarts by Apple on the backend, due to a laundry list of reasons best left to others - don't ask how I know.

  23. It's a dirty job... on Anti-Chemical Weapon Group Awarded Nobel Peace Prize · · Score: 1

    . . . but someone has to get credit for it. I say good on them.

  24. Maybe not on Oil Traders Misread Tweet, Oil Prices Spike · · Score: 1

    " the traders missed a few things "

    Maybe it was intentional - I'm sure someone profited, after all.

  25. The deeper the gold and diamonds. . . on Extreme Complexity of Scientific Data Driving New Math Techniques · · Score: 1

    The harder you have to dig.