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  1. Re:But... on Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search · · Score: 1

    WHat innovation is this discouraging? Samsung copied a feature someone else created and patented 8 years ago. How is doing that innovation. Do you own a dictionary? Now they get to be real innovative and come up with their own way of doing it.

  2. Re:But... on Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search · · Score: 1

    Web OS did not exist before this patent so..umm..yeah.

  3. Re:But... on Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search · · Score: 1

    Huh?

  4. Re:But... on Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search · · Score: 0

    Or they are simply blocking products from the market that used their patented technology. Nah, must be the other thing you made up.

  5. Re:pre-emptive stripping on Samsung Galaxy S3 Stripped of Local Search · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah because Samsung would never sure anyone, right?

  6. Re:well duh on The Web Is Not the Internet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I did a poll of my 3 year old son, my wife, and my 85 year old grandmother, none of them thought this was news. How does this crap get on the front page. This site is turning into a vanity press for people who can game the firehose.

  7. Re:Recommended Reading on FBI To Review Use of Forensic Evidence In Thousands of Cases · · Score: 1

    Misguided prosecutors maybe. The rate of wrongful convictions has nothing to do with that. You have some messed up "lawyer" friends.

  8. Re:Recommended Reading on FBI To Review Use of Forensic Evidence In Thousands of Cases · · Score: 1

    Certainty of guilt is not the same thing. Reasonable doubt is a fine standard. The burden of proof being on the states helps as well. Prosecutor that are slave to justice and not conviction is the ultimate gatekeeper.

    If they do find any wrongful convictions, misguided police and prosecutors will be at the heart of each one. Will they always be malicious? Absolutely not, but they will still be negligent.

  9. Re:Recommended Reading on FBI To Review Use of Forensic Evidence In Thousands of Cases · · Score: 1

    I would prefer all of the guilty people go free over convicting one innocent. The state denying life or liberty is the most heinous crime of all. This goes well beyond silly political ideologies. It is a fundamental principle of freedom.

    Anarchy is preferable to tyranny. It is not as complicated as you make it out to be.

  10. Re:six hundred dollars? on Apple Forces Google To Degrade Android Features · · Score: 1

    I don't recall Aple offering a license.

  11. Re:Watch out Google! on Apple Wins Patent For Head-Mounted Display Tech · · Score: 1

    Of course they are. They are not related to this patent however.

  12. Re:7.85? on Credible Reports of a 7.85 Inch iPad Mini Emerge · · Score: 2

    They can recut the 3GS screen to roughly 7.85" and com out at 1024x768.

  13. Re:WTF? on A Critical Examination of Bill Gates' Philanthropic Record · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It was a hatchet job.maybe it just appears that way to those of us who read the summary here first. We were told to expect investigative journalism. We read a heavily biased opinion piece. Very little facts. I read the whole thing. There is no substance. I am not sure if you are being deliberately obtuse or have a similar axe to grind.

    Where is the investigation? Where is the journalism? The author read some news articles and a couple of opinion pieces on-line and wrote an extremely slanted summary. Who did she talk to? What was uncovered?

    The EdWeek readers want Bill to take a hit for supporting teacher testing. Why don't they stick to a topic that fits into their magazines core competency.

  14. Axe to grind? on A Critical Examination of Bill Gates' Philanthropic Record · · Score: 1

    The edweek series is merely a response to Gates advocating teacher testing in public schools, They should at least mention it in their articles. The summary here sure should have figured it out. While I understand the author's feelings don't necessarily invalidate her argument, not disclosing them adds to the picture. The way the piece takes the worst possible spin on every thing the foundation has done is another clue.

    Note to slashdot: This is not investigative journalism....

  15. Re:Here's hoping on 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm,' Says Google Glass Team · · Score: 1

    Still sticking to the black-rounded-corner argument? I guess you don't get out much.

  16. Re:Here's hoping on 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm,' Says Google Glass Team · · Score: 1

    It is cute how naive you are. They are not going to share it with their Android partners,

  17. Re:Virtually nobody *does* make anything in tech n on Apple Transitions Hardware Leadership · · Score: 1

    This is one of the reasons Apple has diversified assembly outside of China. They have a long way to go before it is balanced.

  18. Re:TSA as role model? on Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen · · Score: 1

    Start with the man in the mirror.

  19. Re:TSA as role model? on Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen · · Score: 1

    You do realize Apple is a fairly significant force in retail...it is by far the most efficient retail operation in the world. They can afford some extra training.

  20. Re:Figured this out in 2003 on Are Open-Source Desktops Losing Competitiveness? · · Score: 1

    Sorry I meant menus on every screen not windows.

  21. Re:Figured this out in 2003 on Are Open-Source Desktops Losing Competitiveness? · · Score: 1

    Turn the dock off? Make it auto-hide? Install a mod?

    I would like windows on every screen. I however don't want focus to follow the mouse. The way it is I can type in the window with focus and scroll in another.

  22. Re:License and registration please? on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1

    That has been my experience too. I have never been asked for my papers in China, Singapore, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, India, UK, France, Germany, Jamaica, or Nevis.

  23. Re:License and registration please? on Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times · · Score: 1

    How do you look up a citizen? There is no citizens data bank. What about minors? This is the most wrong-headed law ever created. Anyone who claims to be a conservative and supports this law needs medication. In fact, anyone who supports this law needs medication.

    If this really is constitutional, we need an amendment. The federal government needs to take over a strip of land to offer the rest of the country clear passage into the Grand Canyon.

  24. Re:That pay is just for the first few months on Apple Store Employees Soak Up the Atmosphere, But Not Much Cash · · Score: 1

    Who has had a laptop with > 2880x1800 for years? One link. Stop just making shit up because you think it sounds good.

  25. Re:That pay is just for the first few months on Apple Store Employees Soak Up the Atmosphere, But Not Much Cash · · Score: 1

    So like 10 a week? He checked out 10 people buying computers a week for a year (assuming the 750k was not over some longer time period). How much selling did he do? I am sure a lot of those "sales" we're him acting as a cashier. 30% GM - operating expenses (those stores aren't cheap), how much does he think he should make for pushing the last button?