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  1. FUD on Beware the Garden of Steven · · Score: 1

    This article is just blind; there's zero vision. Apple is just making apps easier to get without locking down the system.

  2. Re:So they are dropping another tech on Apple Deprecates Their JVM · · Score: 1

    Java and JavaScript both have so many curly-brackets, they must be the same language.

  3. Re:I predict more are going to jump ship from Micr on Microsoft Admits OpenOffice.org Is a Contender · · Score: 1

    To me, the ribbon is a bad interface; menus are much clearer. However, the right-click format menu makes life a lot easier. I find myself more productive b/c of that, not the ribbon.

    Also, if these companies want support, can't they go with StarOffice?

  4. Stylus? on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    A gaming device comes with a stylus? For real? Glad I bought an iPhone...

  5. Re:No on HDCP Master Key Revealed · · Score: 1

    Well, I still won't pirate; I'll just quit watching.

  6. No on HDCP Master Key Revealed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is not a good day for content freedom. If true, this is a good day for the entertainment industry to try and lock-down media even more, or simply make it unavailable in a way consumers want. Piracy goes up, and they attempt to figure-out what's wrong while honest consumers suffer.

  7. HDMI/DisplayPort on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 1

    DisplayPort seems better. You have regular DP and mini-DP. Why is Ethernet going over a video connection anyway? People with money to buy an awesome TV and awesome sound system won't take advantage of the combined audio / video anyway. No matter what, the industry needs to focus on one tech: DVI, DisplyPort, HDMI.

  8. Re:How about... on School District Drops 'D' Grades · · Score: 1

    Good call. Why were kids that were "unacceptably below average" getting D's? They should've been failing.

    If they're close, it may be easier to just pass the kid, rather than have to deal with the parents and paperwork of a failing kid. Maybe; I have no idea how it really is...

  9. Re:Fussy Reader on Avoiding GM Foods? Monsanto Says You're Overly Fussy · · Score: 1

    Thank you! I had no idea what GM meant.

  10. Windows / IE on Microsoft Busting Its Own Browser+OS Myth · · Score: 1

    Well, if you completely stripped IE from Windows, things that depend on an HTML renderer would break, such as help (.chm), HTML apps (.hta), and .Net (web browser control), to name a few.

    Side note: Mac OS X uses Webkit to render help and a number of other OS parts / pieces.

  11. Re:Steve commented on this on Developers Expect iOS and MacOS To Merge · · Score: 1

    Yay common sense! Thank you Anonymous Coward...

  12. Re:12 year old product compares to iPad, and couri on The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices · · Score: 1

    But, these are all the reasons that these devices did terribly...

    I used WinCE / PocketPC / WinMo / whatever they're calling it this week to separate it from the previous generation for years, from 2001 until 2007 because I had to. It was terrible! (especially their idea of "muti-tasking") The proof is in the numbers; Apple probably sold more iPhones in the time it took me to reply to this post than all Jupiter devices put together...

    Windows Phone 7: Because 1-6 were just practice.

  13. Re:Largest Nuclear Disaster? on What Chernobyl Looks Like In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Yes, Hirohito. As I understand it, Tojo was against the war. As a side note, I've also heard that Cornwallis fought against the British treatment of America before the Revolution.

  14. Re:Only Apple on iPad Jailbroken · · Score: 2, Informative
  15. Full Moon on Magnetism Can Sway Man's Moral Compass · · Score: 1

    Now we need to find-out why more crime, etc happens during a full moon.

  16. Two words... on A Public Funded "Microsoft Shop?" · · Score: 1

    Run. :-)

  17. Re:Sorry Netbook wins still on iPad Will Beat Netbooks With "Magic" · · Score: 0

    ipad > NetBook

    Why
    1. netbook is a actual pc Ie it runs windows

  18. Re:Pocket PC on Bill Gates Responds To Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    The iPhone didn't do much (or anything) that WinMo, etc didn't; it just did it well.

    To fix WinMo / Pocket PC / WinCE, MS needs to:
    1. Get rid of the stylus.
    2. I have no idea...

  19. Yet on Craig Mundie Wants "Internet Driver's Licenses" · · Score: 1

    I like how he says, "internet use cannot yet cause death or dismemberment."

    USB missile launchers exist; what's next?

  20. Re:Who Cares on Malware Could Grab Data From Stock iPhones · · Score: 1

    Ok, then maybe like the "Some app wants to access your location; is that ok?" dialog, they could have a comprehensive dialog that tells you, "This app wants to access your location, contacts, and web history; is that ok?"

    At the same time, that moves a lot closer to Vista / Win7 UAC.

  21. Later on Hand Written Clock · · Score: 1

    Later he found-out he only needed to record a 12-hour video. :-)

  22. Who Cares on Malware Could Grab Data From Stock iPhones · · Score: 1

    You have to install the malicious app for it to do anything anyway. The "Send My Data to Hackers" app would not pass approval. Case closed; no big deal.

  23. lasermonks.com on What Do You Do When Printers Cost Less Than Ink? · · Score: 1

    http://lasermonks.com/

    I haven't paid full price since 2003.

  24. They surveyed the wrong hospitals... on Harvard Says Computers Don't Save Hospitals Money · · Score: 1

    I took a tour of our local hospital's IT facilities. The main thing they've saved money on is not having to reorder blood tests; computers mean less errors reading doctor's handwriting. That, alone, helps save lives by having fast, accurate results. There are several other efficiencies, such as storage and backup of patient data, CT and MRI modeling, etc. Those may not save money (maybe they do), but they make saving lives drastically more efficient.

    They shouldn't make sweeping generalizations that no one is saving money or becoming more efficient.

  25. There are no viruses for OS X, none. on Security Firms Can't Protect iPhone From Threats · · Score: 1

    There are no viruses for OS X, none. Maybe, in the future, there will be, but there are none now. The only reason there are any 'viruses' for the iPhone is b/c jail-broken ones all have the same ssh password. Change it, and the 'virus' can't hurt you.

    The best way to get viruses on a Mac is to install Windows on it.