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Comment Re:Just a reminder: Samsung isn't innocent here (Score 1) 412

I don't particularly agree with Apple's stance, but your argument actually points out some reasons why it may be valid.

"To make money, you must design, market, and sell a product that the consumer..."

"In fact, every company in existence should just quit conducting market research, stop paying for focus groups..."

What Apple is saying, right or wrong, is that Samsung in fact failed to design and market a product that would be successful, they failed in their market research, failed in using focus groups and instead saw that Apple was successful and copied their design. Especially telling that they changed their design to match the iPads before their product release as Apple's success was more important to their design decisions then their own research and design.

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The Internet's Age of Rage 315

RackNine sends this excerpt from an editorial at the Guardian: "The worldwide web has made critics of us all. But with commenters able to hide behind a cloak of anonymity, the blog and chatroom have become forums for hatred and bile. ... The psychologists call it 'deindividuation.' It's what happens when social norms are withdrawn because identities are concealed. The classic deindividuation experiment concerned American children at Halloween. Trick-or-treaters were invited to take sweets left in the hall of a house on a table on which there was also a sum of money. When children arrived singly, and not wearing masks, only 8% of them stole any of the money. When they were in larger groups, with their identities concealed by fancy dress, that number rose to 80%. The combination of a faceless crowd and personal anonymity provoked individuals into breaking rules that under 'normal' circumstances they would not have considered. ... One simple antidote to this seems to rest in the very old-fashioned idea of standing by your good name. Adopt a pseudonym and you are not putting much of yourself on the line. Put your name to something and your words are freighted with responsibility."

Comment Computers - Taking Away Jobs (Score 2, Insightful) 518

I remember back when granddad had a computer. He'd add up all the coins and do the math required for the accounting for the business. Then silly technology came along and now we have "calculators" and "computers". What happened to the real faces behind these jobs?! How many people are out of work that have the skills to do long division -JUST LIKE A COMPUTER-! It's a terrible thing and we should at once do away with progress. It's far too damaging to the economy.

Comment Re:Organic vs processed (toxic) sugar. (Score 1) 1017

Wasn't there some studies that showed that the type of carbon from Corn could be traced through the food chain? Wouldn't that make HFCS different in the isotope of Carbon provided to "natural" sources of sugar?

Swear to god, not trolling. Actually curious if this is the case.

Comment Re:is there any value in JB'ing your iphone? (Score 3, Informative) 165

There is value but if you don't use the items that have value, then for you, no.

I just use a few things in jailbreak... If these sound interesting, then there is value for you.

1) Replacement SMS app - Let's you do things like reply from the SMS notification instead of having to unlock your phone, open the messaging app, and then send on.
2) Tethering and Hot Spotting - Let me and others use my phone as a mobile access point.
3) Auto3g - Disables 3g when the phone is locked so it uses far less battery power. Doubles battery life for me.
4) Lockscreen replacement - Makes my lock screen have calendar information. It also does stuff like remind me if I haven't acknowledged an event and sets quiet hours for SMS and stuff like that.
5) Application Backups - If you have to restore your phone, all your saved games and information on the phone is gone.
6) SMS export - Let's me archive and delete my SMS messages.
7) Unlock - Useful when traveling abroad.
8) Notification Replacement - Gives me Growl (the program) like notifications.
9) SBSettings - Which is free, is just nice to be able to turn certain things off and on with a quick swipe. Also, fixes the status bar to have things like the date.

If there is no value in these things for you, then no, don't jailbreak your phone.

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