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Comment Re:Oh why not? (Score 1) 313

My point is that the neocons felt that a small military force could rapidly democratize Iraq â" that the population was yearning for a western democratic system.

A natural, if naive, assumption for anyone brought up in one.

Sadly, the evidence seems to show that when moon cultists depose a dictator the first thing they do is install another one.

Comment Re:Asinine (Score 1) 322

I'm not a police officer and I have the ability to rob you of your constitutional rights any time I feel like it.

There are certainly ways that could be done. However unless you're a member of the blue light triad you don't have the right to incarcerate him for "resisting arrest" or "failing to obey a lawful order" on a whim.

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Sony and Toyota Bring Real-Life Racing Into the Game World 42

cartechboy writes: "Racing games on consoles are fun, but, ultimately, they aren't real. The difference between racing around a track on a TV screen and being behind the wheel of a real car on the asphalt is substantial — there's no reset button in real life. But Sony and Toyota have teamed up to blur that line with a new Sports Drive Logger device. It's a USB data logger that maps your real-world lines around a local racing circuit using the car's data systems and GPS coordinates. Using satellite positioning, pedal depression, steering angle, gear selection, engine revs, and vehicle speed, the Sports Drive Logger replicates this data in Gran Turismo 6. You use this data in the game's telemetry screen, or watch a virtual representation of the laps you've just driven, and even compare that data against your friend's data. If you're brave enough, you can compare your data to that of a professional driver's. Unfortunately this system is only available on the Japanese-spec Toyota GT 86 (a near-twin to the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ in the U.S.) — for now."

Comment Re:Seems pretty different, not a gesture (Score 1) 408

If swipe-to-unlock on a handheld device with a touchscreen really has been so blazingly obvious since half-past forever, why was Apple the first to commercially implement it in 2007 , for heaven's sake?

Probably because that was around the time when touchscreens became feasible on mobile devices and other input methods were abandoned to cut costs?

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