User: marcobi

Required for Samsung account

On: Samsung's Android Browser Hits 1 Billion Downloads, More Than Firefox and Opera Combined (androidpolice.com)

Even if not installed, Samsung apps require it for Samsung account access, no way to make it work with chrome

Re:So what exactly is the market here.

On: Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments

maybe I didn't hear the swoosh... but they are referring to this nomad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
http://beta.slashdot.org/story...

italian

On: Microsoft's Bold Patent Move

in Italian, one hundred is "cento." Two hundred is "Ventucento."

hemm.. last time I checked 200 in italian is 'duecento'

Re:Wrong Direction?

On: Reinventing the Wheel

Next they will be inventing the square wheel, better then the round one because it will not roll away when left unattended. Next evolution will be the triangular wheel (so one of the four bumps is avoided)

Why not a C64/(home computer) emu?

On: Introducing Children to Computers?

I think that early home computers, I started on a VIC20, encouraged interest in programming more than todays PCs. The reasons are in my opinion the following: 1) you could not break anything (a power cycle was enough) so experimenting was fun and harmless 2) things were easy, eg. writing a moving bird using ASCII was trivial 3) lack of software, with respect to today's numbers. After playing games you had time to get bored and start writing you own, today you can go on forever... so the conclusion is, why not start with an emulator and write some simple BASIC game/program? maybe MSX was better WRT basic but I love C64 :)

Re:I'm SO happy to see Gish winning the award...

On: 2004 Indie Games of the Year

I agree, the game is a very good platform, reminds me of, IIRC, Cauldron II (the one where you were a bouncing pumpkin)

Re:I smell a conspiracy...

On: BBC Magazine's Search-Engine Shootout

... dont't forget AskJesus! http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dcf21/test/jesus.cgi