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  1. Re:Ummm $6 per person? on Every US Taxpayer Has Effectively Paid Apple At Least $6 in Recent Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all of the population pays federal taxes. Presumably, it's closer to an average closer to 100 million taxpayers for the past 5 years.

  2. An important note missing about that 91% figure... on Apple Captures Record 91 Percent of Global Smartphone Profits: Research (cnbc.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the article: Apple's closest rival Samsung does not feature in the Strategy Analytics report.

  3. The "post-Android Gingerbread era" ... on Latest Update to ES File Explorer Android App Brings Adware To Your Lockscreen (xda-developers.com) · · Score: 1

    ... will be an interesting era in which to find oneself. That's kind of a shame about the app. I have used ES file explorer since ... whenever I got my Motorola Droid. Ah well.

  4. Re:Why does this happen? on HP Spent Over $80M To Get Rid of Its CEOs · · Score: 1

    For some reason, the wording here makes me think of some twisted corporate lottery being played by HP. The right ticket can net you billions an billions in profit. Each ticket costs you 10-40 million. Most tickets are not the right one.

  5. Re:Easy solution on Internet-Caused Mistrials Are On the Rise · · Score: 1

    Funny enough, New Mexico has no requirements for jurors to be able to speak or understand the English language. Having served on a jury with one individual who required an English/Spanish translator, I can say I wished at the time that it had been a requirement. The translator was required to relay testimony (not so bad) as well as translate all the deliberation and discussion amongst the jurors (that sucked). It was very difficult trying to keep the discussion moving when we had to stop and let the translator keep him up-to-date (and with some of the jurors trying to speak over one another).

  6. Re:The library. on Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not always - I don't know about your local library, but here they have a monthly book sale at the main city library. They sell off surplus copies of titles they already have at ridiculously cheap prices - I picked up Asimov's collected Foundation Series for something like $1.50 - hardback, dust jacket and everything.

    Sure, some are in horrible shape, but for $0.75 to $2.00 you can't really complain. I've found some remarkable (to me) treasures - old Time-Life publications like "Great Ages of Man" and such that I'd never be able to find at most traditional book stores.

    I highly recommend checking it out if your local library has a sale like this. There can be some serious crowds there but in general it's a great way to get some good literature, as well as support your library system.

  7. Re:Great idea on Straczynski Offers To Re-Boot Star Trek [updated] · · Score: 1

    I think you're forgetting that whole scouring of the shire thing.

  8. Uh... on Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings · · Score: 1

    So, the MPAA made you waste your time and money, by making a crappy movie that you in turn _had_ to download? You pay for broadband service, or you use bandwidth while at a workplace of some sort, in order to download movies you yourself hate? Is it just me, or does this smack of goofiness?

  9. Re:No on Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water · · Score: 1

    Around the world, huh? Now _that_ is science fiction.

  10. Re:This call may be monitored... on Orwellian Tech Support · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy crap. You get _callers_ fired? Heres hoping I never get routed to your call center...

  11. mwave.com on Home-Built vs. Store-Bought PCs · · Score: 1

    mwave.com tends to have reasonable prices (sure, you can find cheaper deal on pricewatch) and have a good return policy. plus, they will assemble and test motherboard bundles.