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Comment Re:Used "a program" ? (Score 1) 198

Well, I am not a fanboy but the methodology of this test is flawed: using your own finger is not precise enough; using only a one-sized sample of each phone is not really scientific; so is not using the exact same algorithms for turning the touch screen events into on-screen pixels. The list goes on. I wouldn't be surprised that the iPhone's screen is better but the video does not convince me.

Comment Not sure why this is supposed to be a problem (Score 5, Informative) 198

I have a Droid and I just tried drawing diagonals in a paint program on the phone. Yes, I did get the waviness. All that means, though, is that the Droid is not a good choice for a phone if you want to draw on it. I am still able to use the on-screen keyboard just fine and even in a web browser I never have problems tapping a link no matter how far I am zoomed out. This is definitely not a deal-breaker for me. That said, the only reason why I have a Droid is because of the physical keyboard and a pretty decent free ssh client. The kids draw on it but they couldn't care less how straight the lines are or not.

Comment How does the web camera work w/o working OS? (Score 1) 665

I am a little confused about the first part of the story. It says: Yet the spy software later revealed something extraordinary. The webcam shows that almost immediately the technician discovers our loose memory chip and clicks it back into position [based on recorded boot and shut down times]." How did the webcam record how the technician opened the laptop and snapped the memory module back in place? I assume it was not the webcam but the log files that told the story?

Comment I see parallels to Apple (Score 5, Interesting) 194

Apple, during those times before Jobs came back, that is. Look at the server line-up. Too many CPU options (AMD, Intel, UltraSPARC T line, UltraSPARC IV, SPARC64), too many OS options (Solaris, Linux, Windows), f'ed up renaming and branding attempts of Sun's software stack, very confusing model numbers/names for their servers, getting rid of the highly popular US-IIIi entry-level server line, etc. etc. I've been using Sun servers for a very long time and have been a proponent but the last couple years have been very frustrating with them. They never fixed the performance issue the online support site has, for example. I think Schwartz was not a good choice to lead Sun after McNealy left. There is one good thing that came out of Sun in the last couple years, though: open-sourcing of Solaris.

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