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  1. Just a few on What Features Should Be Included With iPhone 3.0? · · Score: 1

    - wireless sync
    - easy tethering
    - horiz keyboard everywhere
    - background apps
    - SMS/Calls blacklist
    - Send Contact by SMS
    - Copy + Paste
    - Flash
    ..... gee there are way too many and people above have covered it all.... and those features should have made it to 2.0

  2. SIM Cards on Cell Phone SIM Cards Lead To Terrorists' Trail · · Score: 1

    ...don't kill people. Unless of course they trigger a bomb :P
    It only let them gloat to their overlords on cell phones - come on - they easily could have grabbed that at gun point from any hostage. The situation would not have changed significantly at all if they did not have those SIM cards
    *Any* regulation in India is just another source of corruption. India is plagued by a tolerant (or maybe its a care-a-damn) society and a political system which preys on that.
    This news is just the same political machinery striving to create an illusion that they are on top of the investigation while their reputation is in tatters.

  3. The Trolls on Chandrayaan Enters Lunar Orbit · · Score: 1

    on this page do not know what pride is.
    I dont get the frequent reference to India's poverty in this context. This mission did not dent India's poverty statistics for better or worse. So get over it really!

  4. No Boot Camp - yet no boot on Apple 10.4.11 Update Can Brick Macs With Boot Camp · · Score: 1

    I dont have boot camp (did install it quite some time back in the past though). It still broke in the middle. If it does not boot like it happened for me, this link got me back on track: http://net3x.blogspot.com/2007/03/macos-x-1049-update-killed-my-mac... What happened with me: - Incremental (not Combi) update with Software update failed in the end - Rebooted and saw the spinning wheel of eternity - Booting in Verbose mode showed "Load of /sbin/launchd, errno 88" - Booted from Installation CD and ran Disk Repair and saw that permission issues were all fixed - Downloaded the combi update and followed the instructions on link above - just had to change the version number. Well now I am back on with 10.4.11 and everything seems fine.

  5. ...and thats why he always wears a t-shirt on Steve Jobs Hates Buttons · · Score: 1
  6. Re:The new authority will only be used ... on Executive Order Overturns US Fifth Amendment · · Score: 1

    yes - sure.... you can be a terrorist if you share your sim card. Check this out http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197 ,22072582-1702,00.html Absolute power corrupts

  7. Does this make it 8? on Did We Really Need Seven New Wonders? · · Score: 1

    ....now that we are wondering that why we have a new set of 7 wonders? Uggh...this is so unnecessary. Indians did get into a frenzy promoting Taj. The true wonders will stand the test of time - there wont be 7 either.

  8. Re:Looks like they took down "Driver Downloads" on Microsoft Was Distributing Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    I agree. And someone removed all mention of the word linux to make sure it would get past the content filtering rules!!

  9. Avoids Linux on Microsoft Was Distributing Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    The post avoids the word "linux" like the plague!!

  10. how valuable is it? on Sunken Treasure Worth $500 Million Found Off England · · Score: 1

    "wide variety of coins that probably were never circulated" = $500 Million A ship wreck full of them = $ ??

  11. Re:Shouldn't be a lottery. on Annual H-1B Visa Cap Met In One Day · · Score: 1

    Marital Status? Bachelor Hmm, he says he has a masters - but is still a bachelor. No Visa for you liars.

  12. Re:Shouldn't be a lottery. on Annual H-1B Visa Cap Met In One Day · · Score: 1

    That reminded me of Gladiator where slaves were bought and peddled as glorified warriors. H1B employee finds a new job in the US "Boss I quit" H1B employer "Do you know how much I paid for you"?

  13. Re:Don't play dumb... but this is not a computer on AppleTV Becomes OSX Workstation · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "The license agreement specifies that Mac OS X can only be run on an Apple-labeled computer. " What if Apple says its not a Computer?

  14. Re:And Ballmer's response? on Scoble Bites The Hand That Fed Him · · Score: 0

    It appears you are angry and agitated. Here, take this chair! .... and that will open up new vistas..
  15. track .... line it up and ....fire on NASA Outlines Asteroid Deflection Program · · Score: 1

    Ooops - wrong direction.....

  16. Re:Jumping the Shark on Stephen Hawking Says Universe Created from Nothing · · Score: 1

    Heh - somehow I cant shake this image of that Virgin Atlantic guy carrying Stephen in his arms, with Stephen's arms around his neck.

  17. do not touch etc on Define - /etc? · · Score: 1

    Except To Configure

  18. Do kids know zero? on Old Islamic Tile Patterns Show Modern Math Insight · · Score: 1

    They cry when their stomach is empty! Does that mean they know 0? Or (shudder...) maybe they know 0- !! ... and for the math fan boys - that they cry when they start feeling hungry is greater knowledge than 0!! We tend to see history in all the perspective that time in between gives us. We wont know unless we get into their shoes (or sheep skins). But the point is we dont need to - it does not matter. As this comment does not matter - nothing really does.

  19. Re:Disappointed on Raymond Knocks Fedora, Switches to Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Yes - and I reinstalled Archlinux last week. With Beryl!!! The backdoor is to post your comment with links. I dont know about others, but I rarely read the content of the story. Just the read the title, links on the post and then go to the comments.

  20. But we did it first! on Chimps Found Making Own Weapons to Hunt for Food · · Score: 1

    .... and chimps always ape humans. Chimps aping humans is not new .. We got to worry if some chimps get access to nuclear weapons. Uh Oh.

  21. Shameless repost of Jobs joke.... on How Jobs Played Hardball In iPhone Birth · · Score: 1

    Why he does not wear a shirt... ...... the man hates buttons!!!! :-)

  22. Good marketing ploy on Possible 25 Million Year Old Frog Found · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can just see the ad line "Collectors item - pristine 25 Million year old frog, certified by the @@@@ Lab". From the looks of it, the collector got a bunch of scientists to do the marketing for him. Now that the interest will get built up, the value will go up. Also, he makes sure that there is enough value for the next buyer as well by ensuring they don't drill it up now.

  23. India is a very sensitive country on Google to Blur Sensitive India Sites · · Score: 1

    Now that Google has opened the doors, the Govt babu machinery in India will start identifying "sensitive" areas - which will eventually cover most parts of India. As google clones images to blur them, someone is going to "discover" that New Delhi suddenly became an Island :-) Our Babus can wipe out the Himalayas if they had their way.

  24. Re:what about patenting? on Microsoft Copies Idea, Admits It, Then Patents It · · Score: 1

    aaah - but you are an anonymous coward - you dont have legal existence.. :-)

  25. what about patenting? on Microsoft Copies Idea, Admits It, Then Patents It · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If no one has patented it yet, I want to patent patenting - everyone who wants to patent something, come to me first... :-)