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  1. Re:Is the metrorail public property? on Police Stop Journalists From Photographing Metrorail System · · Score: 1

    They don't sue Google for this because they blur out people's faces. Actually, this is one of the reasons Google blurs people's faces in the first place.

    It's also possible to get a permit which does allow you to film and take pictures of public transportation in the Netherlands. This is useful for film crews etc. So maybe Google has a permit, I don't know.

  2. Is the metrorail public property? on Police Stop Journalists From Photographing Metrorail System · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here in the Netherlands, public transport isn't public at all. Trains, busses, subways etc. are run by private companies. Its up to them to decide what they allow on their terrain and I know for a fact that making photographes isn't something they allow. Not because of terrorist threats by the way, but to protect the privacy of travellers using their service.

  3. Re:Still unfair.. on Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just convince your employer that your girl is actually a dude. Photoshop could help out, but maybe it's not even needed.

  4. Typical wrong conclusion on Chase Bank May Drop Support of Chrome, Opera · · Score: 4, Insightful

    '...not all offer the minimum levels of security that we require while others may not perform well with our site.'

    Yeah, if you've made a site and it doesn't look in both Chrome and Opera, there must be a problem with those browsers. I'm sure they paid a lot of money to get their site developed, so there can't be anything wrong with that.

  5. Re:If it affects "every wireless phone"... on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because it's bullshit. No other phone has a conductive casing with the antennas attached to it. Now we know why.

  6. Re:form over function on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of too. But then again, haven't they tested this at all without the case? Anyone with at least a little knowledge of antenna technology should understand that this design would lead to trouble.

  7. Re:The cure is in the case on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 1

    I fully agree, selling the phone like this is terrible and telling customers to "hold the phone differently" is just borderline insane.

  8. Re:form over function on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 4, Informative

    The reason the case is part of the antenna system is actually to improve reception, because it makes the surface operating as an antenna larger.

    When isolated it works pretty well I suppose. But it fails when a user touches all antennas at once, effectively short circuiting the entire system.

  9. Re:The cure is in the case on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 1

    That's exactly the point I'm trying to make: was the rubber band perhaps part of the original iPhone 4 design, but made an option so it could be sold for 30 dollars a pop?

    If so, that would be a pretty terrible way to rake in a few extra dollars, because the phone is effectively crippled in its current, naked, form.

  10. The cure is in the case on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 1

    All of a sudden Apple offers a case for the iPhone themselves, in the form a rubber band that runs around the phone, which not only protects the phone when dropped, but also isolates the user from the antennas. This case is exactly the cure you need for the antenna-problem.

    Could it be possible that the rubber band was actually a part of the original design of this phone, but later made optional in order to rake in more cash? If so, I really think Apple should hand out free cases to people experiencing these problems.

  11. Re:Cases on Experts Explain iPhone 4 Antenna Problem · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because the case is made out of rubber and runs around the phone, effectively isolating you from the antennas, avoiding the antennas to connect to each other through you.

  12. Re:Game Speed on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I like the illusion that the AI is actually doing something. I wouldn't surprise me if there is a built-in delay, just to let the player feel like a bit like stuff is happening between turns.

  13. Re:Prior Art on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 1

    I'm sure lots of companies have created conversion tools to get older data to work with newer software before Paradox Interactive did.

  14. Re:Square to hexagon conversion on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hexagons? What are they doing to Civ? :D

    Heh, a true fan I see, learning of new features through a comment on Slashdot, months after the developer released this info to the world.

  15. Re:in absolute terms, yes on At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 · · Score: 1

    I've just thought of it like this: speed of approach (png image).

  16. Re:Maybe Google are right on At Google, You're Old and Gray At 40 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm rapidly approaching 40

    Not more rapidly than others.

  17. Re:Not sure if this is right... on A Close Look At Apple's A4 Chip · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is overly pedantic

    No it's not, it's just being correct and calling things by its right name. It's not a bad thing to be precise.

  18. Re:More processing power? Think again. on Updated Mac Mini Aims For the Living Room · · Score: 1

    The new Mac Mini features a 2.4 GHz C2D with 3 MB L2 cache. The old Mac Mini featured a 2.53 GHz C2D, also with 3 MB L2 cache.

  19. Re:Mac Mini now an Internet Dongle for my TV on Updated Mac Mini Aims For the Living Room · · Score: 1

    Who here has a monster TV and doesn't have the Blu-Ray already? Hands... Anyone?

    Exactly. People who don't have BluRay by now probably don't want it anyway.

  20. More processing power? Think again. on Updated Mac Mini Aims For the Living Room · · Score: 4, Informative

    At only 1.4-inches tall the unibody aluminium enclosure includes an HDMI port, an SD card reader, and more graphics and processing power.

    The new Mac Mini doesn't pack more processing power, it's actually slower than one of the previous models. The old line up included two models, one with an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.26 GHz and one at 2.53 GHz, both with the option to upgrade to 2.66 GHz. Now the new line up includes only one model, clocked at 2.4 GHz, also with the option to upgrade to 2.66 GHz.

    So all in all, the new model is faster than the entry model of the previous version, but the old line up also included a model faster than what's available now.

  21. Re:Laptops turning into leaf blowers going bye bye on Adobe Goes To Flash 10.1, Forgoes Security Fix For 10 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is just all the more reason to stop putting video on web pages inside a Flash player.

  22. Re:100 Petabytes on New Google Search Index 50% Fresher With Caffeine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I heard it's over 9000.

  23. Re:That's a hundred petabytes of storage on New Google Search Index 50% Fresher With Caffeine · · Score: 5, Informative

    They've developed their own.

  24. It's called the metric system. Use it. on New Google Search Index 50% Fresher With Caffeine · · Score: 5, Informative

    Caffeine takes up nearly 100 million gigabytes of storage in one database

    A million gigabytes is what we call a petabyte.

  25. Re:Windows 7! on Olympus Digital Camera Ships With a Worm · · Score: 1

    The box popping up and asking you what to do with the inserted medium is not the autorun screen.