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Comment Re:Overpriced phone companies do not help[ (Score 1) 216

No, I think it is a phone software feature.
Sounds like a useful one too

TMob is not bad, esp compared with AT&T or Verison.
I am in Canada, so you have no idea what bad phone providers look like, trust me.
Can you imagine to get a "discounted" phone you have to sign on to a 3 year contract?

Fortunately up here we have Wind Mobile, who are smaller, but excellent value.

Comment Re:Overpriced phone companies do not help[ (Score 1) 216

On my Galaxy Nexus, running current Android 4.2.2, I do not see anything like that.

On my call log, if I press and hold, I can choose:
Remove from call log
Add to Contacts
Edit number before call.
Call #

So what you describe sounds to me like a Samsung specific feature in the Galaxy S2

Thanks, though, I appreciate your taking the time.

The Military

United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea 567

skade88 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the United States has started flying B-2 stealth bomber runs over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. The bombers flew 6,500 miles to bomb a South Korean island with mock explosives. Earlier this month the U.S. Military ran mock B-52 bombing runs over the same South Korean island. The U.S. military says it shows that it can execute precision bombing runs at will with little notice needed. The U.S. also reaffirmed their commitment to protecting its allies in the region. The North Koreans have been making threats to turn South Korea into a sea of fire. North Korea has also made threats claiming they will nuke the United States' mainland."
Technology

Festo's Drone Dragonfly Takes To the Air 45

yyzmcleod writes "Building on the work of last year's bionic creation, the Smart Bird, Festo announced that it will literally launch its latest creation, the BionicOpter, at Hannover Messe in April. With a wingspan of 63 cm and weighing in at 175 grams, the robotic dragonfly mimics all forms of flight as its natural counterpart, including hover, glide and maneuvering in all directions. This is made possible, the company says, by the BionicOpter's ability to move each of its four wings independently, as well as control their amplitude, frequency and angle of attack. Including its actuated head and body, the robot exhibits 13 degrees of freedom, which allows it to rapidly accelerate, decelerate, turn and fly backwards."

Comment Re:As long as it is not on cable (Score 1) 268

Simply put, I am tired of cable subscribers being "mined" by cable cos.
Their monopolies stink
Forced bundling.
Ridiculous prices for the few cable networks worth watching
It just never ends.

So, now that we are subscribers to alternatives such as Netflix, and our money is being used for those services,
I simply do not want the fruits of that money to go to the cable cos that took such callous advantage of us in the first place.

Netflix ( and Hulu, I hear, I am Canadian) demonstrate that it actually is possible to deliver good content,
  with easy to use and unobtrusive user interfaces, at a fraction of the cost that the cable cos gouge us.

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