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  1. Beetle analogy on Dell Sets Stage To Take On Apple's iCloud · · Score: 1
    From TFA:

    Ferrand described his business as a "brand war," where Dell is aspiring to become something like an Audi of the PC world, where the quality of its fit and finish is complemented by a faith in its superior engineering.

    Fit and finish are nice on an Audi, but it's still a lot to pay for a VW.

    (Disclaimer: I have a 1988 VW Rabbit and I love that old thing.)

  2. Most are probably both on Firefox Is For "Regular" Users, Not Businesses · · Score: 1

    I'd say most people at work use IE for work, but use something else (usually FF) for whatever is not work even when they are still at work and smartphone notwithstanding.

    So they are in the workplace, just in a different way.

  3. Is it like hypnosis? on Sony Develops Technology To Hack Your Hand · · Score: 1

    Makes me wonder if such a technology could actually make one commit suicide.

    It seems implicit here that the subjects actually want to know how to play music; would it work against one's will or is the "hypnosis limitation" applicable?

  4. Re:Next Killer App on LulzSec Document Dump Shows Cops' Fear of iPhones · · Score: 1

    Whether it's next, or still a few apps down the road, it is clear that whatever "policy" is being advocated in the docs outed by LulzSec is going to be rather meaningless very, very soon, as the technology that you're describing (inevitably) becomes available.

    The police need to come to grips with the fact of this kind of "surveillance" and institute policies that address the misbehavior of officers (or rather calls for proper procedures) rather than wasting time confiscating iphones.

  5. Free, as in "Bier" on OKCon11 Opens In Berlin · · Score: 1
    From TFS:

    . . . open data, open science, open access, etc.

    Open bar too then, yeah?

  6. Re:Mission confidence . . . on Google and Slooh To Broadcast Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 1

    . . . cat, fart, nut kicking and farting cat getting kicked in the nuts videos . . .

    Thank goodness someone has finally subscribed to my channel!

  7. Mission confidence . . . on Google and Slooh To Broadcast Lunar Eclipse · · Score: 1

    . . . of anyone actually getting to view same after it gets touted on /. must be pretty low.

    . . .click . . . reload . . . reload . . . reload . . .

  8. It's just the Backlash to Virtual Community on Dozens of Tech Bigwigs Friend Facebook Spambot · · Score: 1

    Camille Paglia author of Backlash , and Howard Rheingold author of The Virtual Community are both on the first bimbot's list.

    It boggles the mind.

  9. 'Bot or not? on Students Win NASA Moon Robot Competition · · Score: 2
    From the Canada Press story linked above:

    During the competition, the teams remotely controlled excavators — called "Lunabots" — to determine which could collect the most simulated lunar soil over 15 minutes.

    So, were they robots or not?

    TO(-riginal)FA doesn't seem to give any details concerning autonomous behavior either.

    If they were autonomous, what environmental interaction(-s) did they engage in?

  10. Re:Virgin America on CmdrTaco Visits Pixar · · Score: 2

    A /.-er visiting Virgin America?

    Busman's holiday, I'd say.

  11. Like Jerry Seinfeld's man-bag . . . on New Privacy Laws In Asia May Cripple Data-Centric Outsourcing · · Score: 2

    . . . this seems to be European.

    The new rules outlined in TFA appear to basically ensure the level of "informational self-determination" that is supposed to be granted to EU citizens according to their court of human rights.

    In that respect it could simply be what's required to keep that kind of business coming from Europe.

  12. Re:A really interesting quote from Linus on Linus on Linux, 20 Years In · · Score: 1

    And users say "stupid computer", it's easier to blame the tool than the one who wields it.

    Somewhere, there's an irony in that post....

    Meta-irony for the win.

    I met a irony for a drink once; now we have a paradox and love them both dearly.

  13. Re:Bible codeish on What Monty Python Teaches Us About Computing · · Score: 1
    My personal theory goes as follows . . . it's my theory that belongs to me and it begins now––

    As much as I like Monty Python, their body of work is large enough that you can find support for any idea, ideology, hypothesis, etc. buried therein.

    Oops.

  14. Two questions on Bringing Open Source To Biomedicine · · Score: 1

    TFT&TFS are as misleading as others have noted; this is about "open-data", not really "open-source".

    I am skeptical and have two questions:

    (1) In terms of research, isn't this what peer review and publication are supposed to accomplish?

    (2) How is "biomedicine" different from "medicine"?

  15. BrainPort? on Brain-Computer Interface Works With Speech Centers · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Ob. geek on Britain's Oldest Working Television For Sale · · Score: 2

    Didn't I see Dr. Who on that?

    FTFY

  17. GoodHum-o-Ray on StunRay Incapacitates With a Flash of Light · · Score: 1

    Why go after the eyeballs?

    Now a ray that gives a person an ice cream headache for 20 minutes, that would be a real crime-fighter's weapon.

  18. Famous faces on Facebook and Zynga Team Up To Merge Romance and Social Gaming · · Score: 1

    If you follow the link to "TFA" and zoom in on the mockup of the "Relationships" page, the photos of the potential mates on the right are famous faces.

    From the bottom it seems to be Pam Anderson, then Rashida Jones and ???? That David Barker is a real stud.

  19. "BPA" on Plastic Made From Fruit Rivals Kevlar In Strength · · Score: 1

    Of course, I meant BPA, not PHC . . . uh-oh, I'm feeling acro-ny-mic . . .

  20. PHC? on Plastic Made From Fruit Rivals Kevlar In Strength · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this kind of plastic can be used for food storage and thereby avoid the PHC problem?

  21. I'm convinced on Lone Iranian Claims Credit For Comodo Hack · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:

    The individual, who calls himself ComodoHacker

    Well, there you are.

  22. Google: giving new meaning . . . on Google Starts Testing Google Music Internally · · Score: 1

    . . . to the term, "house music".

  23. Read the whole paper . . . on Threats vs. Vulnerabilities · · Score: 2

    . . . and I still don't know what the definition of "security" is.

  24. "Commercial scale" on Man Arrested For Linking To Online Videos · · Score: 1
    From TFA (the second one ref'ed in TFS):

    If you follow me on twitter (@nothingrightcom, just for the record), or if you follow anyone who regularly posts something other than what they had for lunch or that they are out of the shower now and feel good, you will see links to articles that link you to information. Does this mean these people, including myself, are guilty of copyright infringement?

    No, the problem here is that Mr. McCarthy was trying to make a profit with someone else's content and––probably the most important point––he was clearly operating on a commercial scale.

  25. not really that impressive on Unmasking Anonymous Email Senders · · Score: 1

    So, ThEy're VEry good at Judging OBScure punctuation patterns to determine email authorship?

    Baloney! wILL you Give me A . . .hmm, Too hard to finESse that last bit.