Comment Re:What this means (Score 1) 845
Welcome to the country that gave you University of Phoenix...
Comment Re:RTFA - really, it's interesting! (Score 3, Informative) 845
You must be a youngster. You forgot about the movie star that was in charge of California for several years...then was in charge of THE COUNTRY.
We all need to see Being There again (or, for the first time)...
Comment Re:This is dangerous... (Score 1) 845
It's just another sign of the demise of our society. Couple this anecdote with the number of people in this country who don't believe in evolution and are pushing for Intelligent Design in our education system. Along with revisionist history. Along with [add your favorite here]...
Comment Re:Daily Mail should call out to ban this evil gam (Score 1) 516
Plus the serious delving into the Dark Arts--players coming back to life?!?
Comment Re:Umm.... (Score 1) 362
What comes after Zucchini bread? Aceymac apple pie?
Comment Re:Why would Apple do this? (Score 1) 366
Maybe Apple simultaneously developed three iPhone 5s: one with WiMAX, one with LTE, and one with HSPA+? Maybe the WiMAX model came out of production first (why, who knows/cares)? Maybe Apple is taking advantage of the situation this way?
Comment Re:Old news (Score 0) 128
No mod points, but the P post had milk coming out of my nose. Okay, TMI...
Comment Re:Fascinating... (Score 1) 225
This story is really fascinating to me as I just finished up the Hunger Games trilogy. I wonder if Collins got the idea for mockingjays here or it's just a coincidence...
Comment Re:Poor Guy (Score 1) 200
Guess you haven't met him^H^Her
Comment Re:Reading is fundamental (Score 1) 346
>The developers were told that they'd get no income from the giveaway.
But is sounds like a bait and switch: why is Amazon even "advertising" the 20% if in fact that is NO WAY that any developer will be able to realize 20% in the free app giveaway program? It's not an issue of what the developer signed up for. It's an issue of Amazon's false advertising: "HERE'S A GREAT DEAL FOLKS!!! (But you can never actually get it since you have to agree to terms that won't let you)."
So I won't cry you a river
Submission + - Sloan Prize-winner "Another Earth" released (sundance.org)
UnanimousCoward writes: "Another Earth" was released to the general public this weekend. While it has been bashed as being scientifically inconsistent, I find the story so compelling and provocative that I can dismiss these inconsistencies (if push comes to shove, I can probably find a way to explain said inconsistencies). The acting and humanity exhibited in this film is just too strong--isn't that what sci-fi is really about?
Comment Re:3000 consumers (Score 1) 566
Wish they also cross-referenced with a question asking who believes in Intelligent Design.
Submission + - Rapid DHCP (Apple's way) (cafbit.com)
UnanimousCoward writes: There's some "lively discussion" on Hacker News about David Simmons' post about why Apple devices connect back up to the network faster than others (RTFA to see who the others are). Let's get /. involved too! (BTW, I wonder who DOESN'T read both...).
Comment Re:Die marketing department die! (Score 2) 162
>I will adjust, but I still think that the decision sucks.
I agree that the decision sucks. I was hoping that in the spirit of GMail, they were going to rename BlogSpot to GSpot...
Comment Re:Google maps / mouse scroll wheel annoyance (Score 2) 294
Using the wheel for zoom (and click-wheel + mouse movement for pan which, BTW, Maps implements) is the standard navigation technique for canvases that enable zoom/pan functionality. So they've done the right thing here...
