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  1. Re:Really? on MS Office Tablet Delay Gives Google a Real Chance, and Not Just Google Apps · · Score: 4, Informative

    As an engineer, let me recommend one way of improving your speed at writing out superscripted/subscripted formulas, along with other mathematical symbols; use LibreOffice. It has a built-in equation editor that works quite well. You can just type in and it will automatically reformat. For instance, typing "H_2 O" would subscript the 2. Doing "x^2+x+1" would superscript the 2.

  2. Re:HUD on Lawmakers Seek To Ban Google Glass On the Road · · Score: 2

    You do realize that many states have such "distracted driving" laws, correct? And yes, it is a subjective manner, just like a lot of the enforcement of the law. If you are swerving around the road and the cop notices, it's pretty easy to see that you are driving distracted/recklessly. Who cares what the reason is? It could be because you are eating a cheeseburger, putting on make-up, talking on a phone, or getting road head from your passenger. If you can't drive without being a danger to those around you, then you need to be ticketed for it.

  3. Re:Lazy on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but even the WORST cans of soda are 200 kCal per can. That number at the site is wrong wrong wrong. Still not good to be drinking it though.

  4. Re:Seriously.. on Google Will Cut 1,200 More Jobs At Motorola Mobility · · Score: 1

    They likely ARE developing really awesome phones. You just haven't seem them yet. It takes about 12-18 months before a new phone can come out from when development begins.

  5. Re:Not indentured servitude on Large Corporations Displacing Aging IT Workers With H-1B Visa Workers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is a form of bondage though, as those workers have no freedom to move to a different company on that visa. They are tied to the company. Therefore, they have to accept a lower wage because there is no threat of them leaving for a competitor.

  6. Re:It's called the key on Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph · · Score: 1

    No, the "emergency" brake is not the right term. It has no where near enough power to stop you at speed. It will hold the car when stopped. Every car I've had, from little econobox to family sedan can quite easily overcome the holding power of the parking/handbrake.

  7. Re:What about contacts graph? on Google Pushing Back On Law Enforcement Requests For Access To Gmail Accounts · · Score: 1

    No. It's just a backup in the case where you didn't put enough postage on the mail, or it can't be delivered to the "To" address for a number of reasons.

  8. Re:Just happy to see a Republican supporting scien on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    Neil deGrasse Tyson likely is a role model for African-Americans in areas of science.

  9. Re:I smiled for my NJ license on No Smiles At NJ Motor Vehicle Commission · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just come live in AZ. We don't have to renew our licenses until we are 65. Keep your picture for 40+ years.

  10. Re:They rejected 16% salary increase over 4 years on Chicago Teachers Rip 'Big Money Interest Groups' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Private schools tend to pay quite poorly in comparison to public schools. That's because most of the private schools are church-based. They charge students a tuition, but they don't make back enough in tuition to cover costs 100%. Couple that with the church not being able to kick in a ton extra, and the pay is about 50-80% of the public school rate.

  11. Re:Ironic on Google Pressured Acer/Alibaba Because of Android Compatibility Issues · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's perfectly consistent. He copied/pasted the same exact text twice.

  12. Re:MGM v. Grokster on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    You keep saying this. The fact that your application is not available in the Amazon appstore is not Amazon's fault, or Google's. It's your bank. Your bank has no obligation to create an app at all. What if you bank only made an iOS banking app and not one for android at all? Is that Google's fault? Tell your bank you want their app in the Amazon store, or you will change banks.

  13. Re:Bull Shit. on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    Wow...way to miss his point. He's saying Amazon would love to provide the Amazon App Store to Acer if they lost the play store. Amazon would get the revenue directly.

  14. Re:Bull Shit. on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    You WILL NOT be able to make a commercially succesful tablet / phone once you lose the right to bundle those apps stock!

    I know, all those Amazon Kindle Fire's that have been flying off the shelves for the last 10 months are a sure sign of a lack of commercial success...

  15. Re:Bull Shit. on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    How about Acer go the Amazon way and talk to Amazon about shipping the Amazon Appstore on their Acer devices? If Acer doesn't like any of those options, then they have an easy solution....make their own OS. Of course, they will run into the same problem with regards to app stores, etc. Where does it say Google is required to let everyone and anyone have access to the Play store? Why is Google "EVIL" for not allowing it?

  16. Re:Bull Shit. on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that Amazon app store is under real threat....

  17. Re:Microsoftesque? on Alibaba Says Google Threatened Acer With Banishment From Android · · Score: 1

    And your point is.... CM doesn't come with google apps. Nor do Amazon devices. Nor does anything running MIUI If you want the app store, you play by google's rules. You want to go your own way, feel free. There are other Android app stores that Acer could ship with.

  18. Re:Very helpful, actually on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    Well, the brits do all sorts of weird things. They measure weight in stone, talk about distance in miles, but they talk about height in meters.

  19. Re:Prove Otherwise Please on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 1

    ... picoseconds of Time are beyond what Science can state as Truth....

    To quote Mr. Indiana Jones:

    Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.

  20. Re:Exactly right, specific to manufacturer on Google Distances Android From Samsung Patent Verdict · · Score: 5, Informative

    No. Apple claims that the Galaxy Nexus violated the patent on Unified Search. They don't claim any design patent infringement by Samsung with the Gnex.

  21. Re:Wait a second there hypocritical one.. on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    It's okay to teach evolution even though we have absolutely no samples of evolution of a species, only variations in species, but we can't teach alternative theories? ....Teach them the Scientific method, and you will teach them to try and prove their answers rationally instead of just repeating what people tell them (which often turns out to be untrue).

    Alternative theories is fine. Creationism is not a valid scientific theory. You cannot use the scientific method to disprove creationism. If you want to teach a theory that can be disproved by the scientific method, go ahead and teach it. But it needs to be a proper theory as well, as-in the scientific community takes it as a theory. Not some "idea" that a couple of guys have as a "theory". There is a big difference between a "theory" and a theory

  22. Re:Let the lawsuits begin.. on First Pictures of Apple's New Mini Connector · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've been using tons of micro-usb connections for years. I've been plugging and unplugging every day, multiple times, across multiple devices. I'd wager I have something on the order of 10000 unplug/plugs across my devices. I have never broken or bent a single micro-usb connector. I know my anecdote is not very good, but if there really was an "annoying tendency to break", I'm sure I would've had it happen and/or heard about it previously. Besides, the inside piece is metal....not plastic as i'm looking at my devices.

  23. Re:Pollution? on Could Flying Cars Actually Be On Their Way? · · Score: 1

    Airplanes dont' burn much fuel....at cruise. Take-off is a completely different matter. That's where the most fuel burn occurs.

  24. Re:Damning Evidence in the Ars Article on Samsung's Comparison of Galaxy S To iPhone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not necessarily. It entirely depends on what parts samsung was supplying. If it's memory chips and flash, they would have no idea that a large touchscreen would be in use. It's quite likely that the stuff samsung supplied were COTS components and Apple signed a contract for X thousand pieces at a cost of Y.

  25. Re:Damning Evidence in the Ars Article on Samsung's Comparison of Galaxy S To iPhone · · Score: 5, Informative
    I wouldn't say so. Samsung presented evidence of phones that were in development before the iphone was announced that looked very similar to the iphone. They came out afterwards, but were in development beforehand.

    Also, from an icons standpoint, they said Meizu didn't infringe, but Samsung did. The meizu calendar icon looks WAY more like the iphone icon than the samsung one that Apple highlighted.