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  1. Re: Applying tort to patents on Family Sues Apple For Not Making Thing It Patented (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Waze's method is pretty simple, it just says "Typing is disabled while driving. Please try again when stopped." and has the option to choose Passenger and type away.

  2. Re:Online Advertising Response on Firefox Will Soon Block Third-Party Cookies · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ah, well, it seems they're doing that in the mobile market, anyway.

    They're actually doing something about this because some smartphone games for children do location tracking, and nobody knows why.

    According to the FTC, among its more troubling findings is that many children's apps "shared certain information with third parties -- such as device ID, geolocation, or phone number -- without disclosing that fact to parents. Further, a number of apps contained interactive features -- such as advertising, the ability to make in-app purchases, and links to social media -- without disclosing these features to parents prior to download."

  3. New ant traps based on emitting emergency sounds? on Ants Use Sound To Communicate · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Would be nice if this could be used to trick ants into thinking they need to rush to help an ant in distress, only to die in the trap.

  4. Re:Cringely making money of Jobs death? on Cringely's Lost Jobs Interview: Coming To a Theater Near You · · Score: 2

    If you read the posts about it, apparently he wants money to put his kids through college. Maybe he missed the part about how Steve Jobs didn't finish college?

  5. Re:Why not add sponsored results as an option? on Google Maps To Charge For API Usage · · Score: 1

    I already see sponsored results show up on my iPhone's Maps app, so I'm pretty sure you're gonna get those regardless of if you pay or not.

  6. Re:Does anyone else not care? on Feds Take USAjobs.gov Back From Monster, Performance Tanks · · Score: 1

    reddit / hacker news exist.

  7. It's also not the kind of place to raise your kids on Why Mars Is Not the Best Place To Look For Life · · Score: 2

    In fact, it's cold as hell.

  8. Re:You can already do this... on Facebook Timeline Shows Who Has Unfriended You · · Score: 1

    I think the issue with that is, it is only unfriends going forward, not historical like the timeline (did) show.

  9. Re:doesn't work any more. on Facebook Timeline Shows Who Has Unfriended You · · Score: 1

    You're correct, I looked the first day it was there and saw "added 50 something friends", looked and several had "add to friends" boxes, so I knew they'd unfriended me or whatever. They are no longer there.

  10. Re:Before the flames begin... on Updated: Mozilla Community Contributor Departs Over Bug Handling · · Score: 1

    Apparently some in the blind community have issues with rapid release, but accessibility is for the weak, right?

  11. Re:Before the flames begin... on Updated: Mozilla Community Contributor Departs Over Bug Handling · · Score: 1

    Apparently some in the blind community have serious issues with Rapid Release. But accessibility is for the weak, right?

  12. Re:Copying Google+ already on Facebook Kills Places, Deals Products · · Score: 2

    Eh? Google+ features checkin on the mobile G+ app (it's the checkmark in a circle in the top, see the screenshot for "stream") and their latitude platform.

  13. Re:Sigh on Why UK Banks Don't Tweet · · Score: 1

    Some people post stupid questions out loud on Twitter. They expect one of their friends to help them use google, so companies are more and more joining twitter to do that. Plus, some people honestly believe that the only way to get support is via Twitter because they read an article in their newspaper (the paper one, they don't understand the internet) about Frank Elison from Comcast. Example tweets from the link prakslash posted show people asking what time their local BofA branch is open, and someone from BofA responding telling them how to use the bank locator which happens to also tell people hours (something revolutionary that companies like Burger King and McDonalds have yet to grasp, hours on a website, amazing).

  14. Re:What about the domain parking, tasting, sniping on IPv4 Will Not Die In 2010 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thanks to Apache and the miracle of Virtual Servers, one can use one IPv4 address to host thousands of domains! This depends on HTTP1.1, though, and old browsers can't handle it, but nobody cares about them.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name#Use_in_web_site_hosting

    In conclusion, your argument is invalid.

  15. Re:Great on AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Not really, there's no mention of AT&T anywhere in the businessweek article, nor the word wireless nor mobile. There's no information about when the contract changed. There's a reason this has the noarticle tag.

  16. Re:Or maybe... on A Hypothesis On Segway Hate · · Score: 1

    I was reading the Wall Street Journal (free subscription, not paying for that crap) and apparently the CEO of JC Penney has to use a Segway because his walking ability is limited. I hope people don't shout at him when he uses it, but unfortunately people are cruel and I bet they do.

  17. The April Fool on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    I'm posting to get The April Fool

  18. It was mostly worthless facebook stock. on Facebook Nearly Added Twitter To Friends List · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/why-twitter-turned-down-facebook/

    Who would want facebook stock? It's like being bought with sub-prime mortgages as the payment. "They're worth it, I swear!"

  19. Investors Business Daily cares to disagree on Technologies To Watch Fail In 2009 · · Score: 1

    Just yesterday I was reading (it's behind a paywall I think, I get the newspaper) that online video views and more notably video ad views are going to be higher this year, and continue growth for the next few years. I don't know if everything listed will succeed, and I mentioned to a friend that I had doubts on Twitter making it through the year (I'd say they could start charging, but people just flock to the next startup like FriendFeed, then when that dies, something else), and he had mentioned he had the same thoughts.

    I think that these things ARE monetize-able, you just have to start charging businesses who are using the stuff to 'connect' with customers for a higher API limit or something.

  20. Re:Microblogs? on Technologies To Watch Fail In 2009 · · Score: 1

    Especially with the open source laconica powering http://identi.ca/ and Google's Jaiku going Open Source. I think they'll exist, but yeah, I guess it costs money to run servers! People paid for LJ accounts though, didn't they?

  21. Re:FiOS on Time Warner Recommends Internet For Some Shows · · Score: 1

    you should probably have replied to jeffTWC so it shows up in his inbox.

  22. Re:What is it with people and nursing babies? on Facebook Nudity Policy Draws Nursing Moms' Ire · · Score: 1

    You reminded me of this woman who breastfed her kids for a long, long time after it was necessary because she got off on it. Wish I had a link for you, man.

  23. Re:FiOS on Time Warner Recommends Internet For Some Shows · · Score: 1

    I have FiOS, it rocks. There is no reason not to switch.

  24. Re:Her email address on FCC Commissioner Lauds DRM, ISP Filtering · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Her reply:

    "Wikipedia? Didn't they blacklist that site in the UK for having a naked girl on it? We need to blacklist that filthy perverted site here in America too, thanks for reminding me!"

  25. Re:I wish the US Supreme Court was that smart. on UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about when there's no key to hand over?