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Comment And some more random crap, misleading title, stats (Score 1) 578

Some Americans own 3-D printers, which can make a variety of plastic objects. Do you think Americans should or should not be allowed to use this technology in their own homes?

        Should 62%
        Should not 29%

Soooo 62% of the 1000 americans think you SHOULD be ABLE to print ANY 3D object.. Yeah right. Then it goes with the gun question.
The first one is obviously flawed, thus I place no faith in the second one.
Morever.. the gun question has 44% "SHOULD BE ABLE TO", which means, nope.. its not "most" at all.

Comment Re:Did it make a sound? (Score 1) 111

i had of the kind, at night, where it actually lights the place around up quite a bit. we all looked at ourselves and all thought "ok, so, that's whats the end of the world is like". then it fell in the ocean somewhere, sufficiently far enough away. Biggest i've ever seen.. and hopefully i'll ever see. we were all grown ups, yet all scared :P

Comment Re:"Nascent"? (Score 1) 196

To be honest I like my current watch (which is your average $500 quartz watch - actually a seiko sportura from the early 2000s)

1) It looks pretty. Prettier than any smartwatch can look (as subjective as looks are, I believe a screen is not pretty)

2) its battery lasts forever. i change it every 5-8 years. not every 24h (even every week would probably be annoying. i'd want a month!). In fact I changed the battery once so far, after 7 years.

3) it's waterproof. really waterproof.

4) it's durable. extremely durable. i'll probably still wear it in 25 years, if i'm still around. the glass doesn't scratch. it's really scratch proof. it went through hell - not a single scratch. as good as new.

5) it's accurate. the time is very accurate. it doesn't need ntp. the drift is about a minute every 5 years. no surprises. no software bugs - its mechanical.

Comment Re:Why do they have comments on news sites? (Score 2) 298

Generally they allow comments and often they moderate them (by unilaterally deleting anything THEY disagree with, not just "trolls").
Also, by TFA's logic, sites that have crowd managed comment sections should also have the trollish comments on top. Well that may be true for reddit and many others, but I don't see this happening on slashdot. In all seriousness slashdot comment system has solved this a long time ago. It's probably the best comment system out there.

Heck I feel like it could be sarcastic, as i('s far from perfect, but I actually think this is true:

Comment Re:Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S4... (Score 1) 619

I'd say keep your S2.
It's light, square, and fast enough for all android apps.
I went from S2 to S3 and the S2 was a better phone. Not only that, but the S2 actually *feels* faster. Yes, seriously. The NAND of the S2 is fast, the NAND Of the S3 is pretty damn slow, and in Android, I/O actually does matter.. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same on the S4 - because it's not in the specs, so nobody really notices. Til you start using it.

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