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  1. Re:Welcome to the real world, hippies on Why IP Laws Are Blocking Innovation · · Score: 1

    Sorry for the missed punctuation and the tone of my comment. It was not intended. You sounded like a hipster. I don't judge in my kitchen. I am a chef. Their are standards. I don't tolerate anything "less than great" unless the person wants to learn more.

  2. Re:Welcome to the real world, hippies on Why IP Laws Are Blocking Innovation · · Score: 1

    Yes, and when you longer have a job. I will create one just for you. There is nothing more rewarding than creating good paying jobs.

  3. Grandfathered In on Loophole Means Unlimited Data For AT&T iPhone · · Score: 1

    Yes, My plan with AT&T has be "grandfathered" in. I barely use their bare bones "less than 3G" where I live, I have wifi most everywhere I go so I don't impact their network much unless I am out of town. Still, if you became an AT&T customer at the right time and don't change your contract, you have unlimited 3G, 4G and previous access in an unlimited contract. AT&T has not earned my loyalty, but I will ride it out and see if they catch up or just remain a follower. They just sent me info on a GPS navigational app that costs ten dollars per month. ooh. Really?

  4. Re:How much? on Encrypt Your Smartphone — Or Else · · Score: 1

    In the wrong hands, very little except time. It is called social engineering. I am not concerned with law enforcement looking at my phone. Still, in the wrong hands, it is much like losing my wallet. There is no smartphone equivalent to canceling my credit or debit card.

  5. You Have a computer in your pocket on Encrypt Your Smartphone — Or Else · · Score: 1

    The computer in your pocket deserves the same respect as any other. A simple password to access it will block the the same person that you invite into your house and use your bathroom with permission while you expect them to to not look in your medicine cabinet. Even worse, you can loose that phone. If you do not safeguard the location of your phone, consider having a second phone on occasion and use call forwarding, Do not save anything you do not wish to share on your person. Security in layers must be applied to smartphone usage behavior and if you don't know a little about that, consider asking a technical person that does. If a person has access to your smartphone and you have unprotected access to your email, it will take seconds for them to browse your email accounts that are not even associated with your phone. I am not paranoid, but you must consider that loss of your phone may grant access to any email or accounts that that you access regularly with your phone.

    This is not news, but the limits related to abusing this ability have not been fully tested in the courts and I don't want to be the test case.

  6. Disney Mr. Potato Head comes to mind... on Interactive, Emotion-Detecting Robot Developed · · Score: 1

    Disney has a lead on this and their work looks good to me. They have Mr. Potato-head that recognizes people and their interactions then reacts accordingly. It is leading edge stuff but it has been going on for quite some time.

  7. Re:Quoting Homer on Once-Darling Ethanol Losing Friends In High Places · · Score: 1

    I live in Wisconsin where 10% ethanol blends and and non-ethanol gasoline are both available. I try to make informed decisions and use some of each depending on the application and, frankly, the cost. I think the jury is out for using corn-based ethanol in fuel for engines. The energy used to produce it is far to high and I doubt it is locally blended to reduce the transportation costs, but I remain a bit open-minded. Technology and time can create new solutions, but if the unknowing force it upon us before it makes sense, it seems to be good dollars thrown at a dream. We can grow corn in the US. We know that. It should not need subsidies. It is food. People can eat it without high fructose corn sugar being the reason. The cellular waste is rarely waste, but perhaps not utilized as well as possible. It makes wonderful worm food and worms create great soil once they have eaten enough of it. The process of making ethanol seems like it is missing the point all too often.

  8. WPM or concise code... on Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Programming is a craft. WPM or characters per minute mean very little. Is this even worth discussing?

  9. DDoS is Now Irrelevant on Study Finds DDoS Attacks Threaten Human Rights · · Score: 1

    With the FCC passing a law (no wait, they can't) but they wrote it and congress may reprint it, DDoS is no longer important. The government will do it for us.

  10. Pure Research is Not Dead on 8-Year-Olds Publish Scientific Bee Study · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Brilliant work and pure science for the sake of science. It is not earth shattering news, but is exactly what science is meant to bring to the human experience. The life of the children involved is forever changed. Now some of them will go on to discover more things that are right under our nose and write about it intelligently. Few will care but, in the end, we all benefit.

  11. Re:A subset of PDF files? on Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down · · Score: 1

    Yes! I don't always want the slow rendering of a pdf. I want content. One format of convenience for the publisher should work for those of us that want the content. I avoid pdf files on a regular basis because a simple html file will work for many things. The overhead and long pause for a less-than-usable pdf is silly much of the time.

  12. Re:Can't Wait on Google Maps Adds Drone Imagery · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I sometimes go get the mail in boxer shorts. Crap. I better stop doing that. My neighbors don't mind or even notice, but it's really not for the world to see.

  13. Devices should not be linked to carriers on Consumerist Says AT&T Site Won't Sell iPhone In NYC, Citing Network · · Score: 1

    When our choices are less important than their marketing plan, one has to wonder who thought of that idea. I love my iPhone and am happy with AT&T where I live and travel. That could change. I might move. I wonder what they were thinking.

  14. Re:Nonsense. on ARM — Heretic In the Church of Intel, Moore's Law · · Score: 1

    Lighter structure yes, when it applies of course. I do light surfing and then I also run algorithms that take some time. I sometimes want iPodish connectivity and sometimes a real laptop. It is all a matter of using the right knife to make dinner, lunch, breakfast or just the right snack. I love the variety of devices and their relative functionality. I hope that my favorite content providers and the device providers know I use more than one device to access all of my favorite content.

  15. Re:Solution #2 on Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Great point - MightyYar

    Oh, and they don't let us eat beef here either. *grin*

  16. Solutions are tough when egos are involved on Methane-Eating Bacteria Could Combat Global Warming · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Methylokorus infernorum. What consumes it when it gets out of control. I am being corny and soy-ey. (sorry)

    Still, the globe on which we currently reside is going through changes. I am sure we play a part, but let us not get an ego. This planet has known this for some time longer than us.

    Reducing our negative impacts and increasing our positive cannot be wrong by definition in my book. We can only do positive together.

  17. Re:42 on The 64% Violent Pacman · · Score: 1

    Our toothpaste is 37% more effective. (big toothy grin)

  18. Re:Errr on Possible Hole in Black Holes · · Score: 0

    There was a time where earth, air, fire and water were the elements, as we knew them. Perhaps they are now time, space, matter and energy. No wait, complicated too.

  19. Re:You must be new here... on Possible Hole in Black Holes · · Score: -1, Redundant

    c'mon you coward (er anonymous coward) you make a point but do not back it up. Bring it!

    I read at -1 so I don't even miss the little humor.

    No disrespect intended at all.

  20. Re:On the subject of lUSians on The End of Native Code? · · Score: 1

    I think they might have meant USians as apposed the the THEMians.

    Just my thoughts as i wing it through this world. Don't give them too much credit.

  21. One Word on Where Do All of the Old Programmers Go? · · Score: 1

    abend

  22. Re:Sink plunger? on Daleks Return to Dr Who · · Score: 1

    RHPS - Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service ?

  23. Re:Sounds good to me. on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh, and don't forget those that mention God, free speech or civil rights. Ban them all. MUAHAhahahaha.

  24. OT: I still have no Gmail account on Bhopal Disaster Revisited [updated] · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry to post here, but no email is shown. Eric Johnson aka eric@thejoynt.com.

    If available, I would surely appreciate an invitation. Thanks.

  25. Re:Awesome on Centaur - a Four-wheeled Segway · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about a three wheeled model that seven people can ride on. Unfortunately, at least one of the riders must pedal. http://www.conferencebike.com/