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  1. Re:Remarkable, though... on Next iPhone — Front-Facing Camera, A4 Processor · · Score: 1

    But they *do* have classical ads. My in-laws won't stop talking about them. (Yes, I have one, but please. I don't want to talk about commercials.)

  2. Re:Also.. on Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone · · Score: 1

    If you would RTFA, you'd know.

  3. Re:Apple isn't an open platform. Deal with it. on Opera Mini For iPhone Submitted To App Store Today · · Score: 1

    Sorry, typed that in a rush. Here's a response that actually makes sense (maybe).

    In mobile, Opera is already a Big Thing. There is somewhere to go *other* than up. Would they really want their hypothetical future competition advertised alongside them? Firefox, various and sundry WebKit browsers, etc.? Opera isn't on there by default, no, but it's not exactly unheard of either.

    I guess it's a tough choice - stay a decent size with little real competition or gamble that in an attempt to get big...

  4. Re:Apple isn't an open platform. Deal with it. on Opera Mini For iPhone Submitted To App Store Today · · Score: 1

    If you read the parent, it suggests that Opera might want to do that. Did you just pick a post at random and read it with no context?

  5. Also.. on Sprint Unveils HTC Evo 4G Super Phone · · Score: 4, Funny

    The expected battery life is 20 minutes of standby or 5 minutes of talk. A replacement high-capacity battery adds 104g to the weight of the unit, 20mm to the depth, and extends standby time to 68 minutes and talk time to over 10 minutes.

  6. Re:Apple isn't an open platform. Deal with it. on Opera Mini For iPhone Submitted To App Store Today · · Score: 1

    I doubt they'd want to introduce browser ballots in a market that they are doing well in...

  7. Re:Forget Linux on Here Come the Linux iPad Clones · · Score: 0

    Wish I had mod points.

  8. Re:Anecdote on Design and Evaluation of Central Control Room Operations · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, the brand was doing pretty well at offing itself. It was just too big to fail, though.

  9. Re:Anecdote on Design and Evaluation of Central Control Room Operations · · Score: 1

    I almost had a crash due to ABS too.

    A sensor failed spectacularly. The car rolled into an intersection because there was no pressure being applied to the brakes. It sure kept straight, though!

    Manual transmission and no ABS for me now, thankyouverymuch.

  10. Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1

    If you read what I wrote, you'd realize I said they were taking nothing, not receiving nothing.

    Fucking hair-splitting trolls.

  11. Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1

    No shit. But it's not the pill that's doing anything, it's the implication that the people are being treated.

  12. Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1

    So it's the sugar that makes them feel better?

  13. Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo on NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee · · Score: 1

    But the placebos have no effect. That's what they're there for - to compare someone taking medicine against someone taking nothing.

    They're not "effective". Sometimes people actually recover from illness without a pill!

  14. Re:Doubly unreliable on iPhone's Liquid Sensors Can Be Triggered By Wintertime Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't really think that's a "privacy-free" culture you're describing. Also, I have no desire to exist in your "warranty-free" culture.

  15. Re:Kindle on It's 2010; What's the Best E-Reader? · · Score: 1

    You know, you need to spend more time getting laid and less time trying to get a better PDF reader on your portable devices.

  16. Re:Not really on MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative · · Score: 1

    Honestly, reading under those conditions isn't really all that tough and I have no problem using my phone on the road, other than the small screen size. The point I was trying to make is that although netbooks are nice, they definitely aren't the be all and end all of portable computing. It's nice to see more options appearing.

  17. Re:Not really on MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative · · Score: 1

    That was part of the problem too, but it was more about the angle I had to sit at to get rid of the glare.

  18. Re:Not really on MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's what I ended up doing, but reading longer articles becomes irritating.

  19. Re:Not really on MSI Will Launch iPad Alternative · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Y'know, I love my netbook, but there are some times that it really just doesn't do it for me. Like in a yaris, at night, while someone else is driving down a gravel road. The position you're in is uncomfortable. The keyboard is awkward. The trackpad is tiny and useless when you're bouncing around.

    It's not always how much something does, it's how easy it is to use. I'm going to be watching this very closely.

  20. Re:What is the point? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's exactly what I did, too, but I'm willing to put up with the warts.

    I wouldn't say that it'll be "easier" to get it going, though. The linux "community" is way to ADD-addled to focus on polishing something for any length of time.

    The warts must be removed if something is going to be even vaguely viable. People won't adapt to something new without a damn good reason, and even though us geeks think so, viruses are NOT enough of a concern to Joe Public.

  21. Re:What is the point? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    The better option tends to be "Anything that isn't commercial suicide". I would love it if UNR was a better option, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

  22. Re:What is the point? on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Pixel Qi is cool, but if you think UNR is a good solution, you're out of your mind. Don't get me wrong, I use it and don't mind it at all, but it's SO rough around the edges that I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else if there is a better option.

  23. Re:Alternate Definition Of Freedom 0 on The Apple Paradox, Closed Culture & Free-Thinking Fans · · Score: 1

    RMS apparently applies that same thinking to his body.

  24. Re:It makes sense really on Wii Hardware Upgrade Won't Happen Soon · · Score: 1

    Someone has never seen the No More Heroes intro movie.

  25. Re:It makes sense really on Wii Hardware Upgrade Won't Happen Soon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nah, No More Heroes 2 is going to be way more interesting. Fuckhead!