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Comment sports-free bundles please! (Score 1) 329

Yes, I'd pay for bundles which exclude the sports channels. The only sport I've any interest in watching on television is hockey, and I'd pay for that a la carte if I could, and not get the rest... and it would be even better if I could edit the guide to remove them so I don't have to skip over 50-100 channels to get to the next group. :)

Comment Device's camera (Score 1) 161

If you're Home Depot, no ... while it's important, those few milliseconds of lag and somewhat less native UI isn't a primary business concern.

Low latency integration with the device's camera is a primary business concern when you're trying to let the user visualize how a particular home improvement product will look next to other things in the room.

Comment Why are Disqus scumbags? (Score 1) 276

So any site that uses discus would vanish from my search results.

Did you mean Disqus? So I guess unlike a lot of other users who have complained in comments to this story about Google's, you want a web search engine to correct your spelling.

Those scumbags need to burn in hell

Could you explain why Disqus are more "scumbags" than other comment section hosts? Or could you explain why all comment section hosts are "scumbags"?

Comment Would require a more expensive plan (Score 1) 160

As for your jogging comment, you could just use the phone you currently have to listen to music. Or do you always carry around two overlapping devices?

The phone I already have doesn't support music. If I switched to a smartphone, the carrier would refuse to activate it on my present plan, instead putting me on a plan that costs $300 more per year than what I'm currently paying. Even in the GSM ecosystem, where a SIM is mandatory, carriers can and do automatically add a data plan to a voice-only SIM when it is inserted into a smartphone.

Comment What 4 to 5 inch Android tablet? (Score 1) 160

if you're just looking for a tablet to browse the Internet and run a couple of simple apps, would you really shell out the extra money buy an iPod?

Because an iPod touch is small enough to put in an armband so you can listen while you jog. Android tablets typically don't run smaller than 7 inches without being designed (and priced) for use with a cellular network. Or should people just buy an entry-level Android phone and use it without a SIM?

Comment Re: DNS without DHCP (Score 1) 390

For more usage however the DNS server is probably on the same network you are, and your multicast domain does not propagate outside our organisation.

I figured as much. But how would the DNS server on your home or small office network, such as the one built into a home Internet gateway appliance, find a recursive resolver? Or would it need to be a recursive resolver?

Comment Content Expert (Score 1) 352

I'm not sure being a high school teacher counts as being a 'content expert,' and based on the teachers I've known, I'd guess a low percentage of teachers have particularly deeper knowledge than whatever textbook they are teaching from.

Being a teacher at the high-school and elementary school level is more about classroom management and communicating the ideas, not about being an 'expert.'

Also, good luck finding someone you can pay $15 an hour to fix computers and take care of a classroom full of kids.

Comment iTunes was first (Score 1) 368

Also, very few people were buying movies from iTunes. People were using Netflix, Amazon or still going to video stores.

Netflix streaming launched in the fourth quarter of 2008. Amazon Unbox (now Amazon Instant Video) launched in September 2006. iTunes preceded both, selling a million videos by October 31, 2005. Or did you mean that the use of all lawful Internet video services was still a rounding error compared to DVD?

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