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Comment Re:Do fighters still matter? (Score 1) 613

There are a lot of advantages to having humans in the sky that are not so easily dismissed. Communications can be jammed, whereas a manned plane at least has some chance of carrying out a mission in such a situation.

You're assuming that future fighter-UAV's are going to be controlled from the ground via some sort of communications link?

I imagine these things are going to be completely autonomous. It's the only way to avoid such "jamming." Set it flying it one direction, and after a certain time period it turns "bad," and starts shooting any other plane out of the sky, or killing anything on the ground in the area its in. Just make sure your friendly planes are in the same area. I imagine they won't be used as support in some sort of A-10 sense, of course.

Comment Re:Boot time? (Score 1) 169

All depends on the apps -- there's buggy apps out there that, even though they work, tend to slow down things over time. We already know that Apple does _not_ vet the code of apps (only how they work upon inspection), so it's not too surprising.

Comment Re:Boot time? (Score 1) 169

That's your own personal experience. I know a few iPhone owners, ones who tinker with their phones (non-jailbraking) as much as I'm guessing an Android owner would, who restart their phones every few days, if not every day.

Comment Re:Boot time? (Score 1) 169

Yes, Android is the same. However, comparing your iPod Touch to an Android phone isn't exactly accurate -- it would be more accurate to compare it to an iPhone, which has restarts that happen far more often than "months apart." It also takes a similiar amount of time to start up.

Comment Re:Use of Caps Lock key (Score 2) 968

"For modern web-based applications, you are correct that there is little or no reason for the Caps Lock key."

Bingo. The Chrome laptop is a specialized piece of hardware for use with web applications -- we won't be using "antiquated legacy systems" on it. If one needs that functionality, don't buy a Chrome laptop.

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