Comment BFD (Score 0) 334
Congratulations; the Amiga and the Mac were already doing that in 1987 (or earlier).
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Comment Re:So Colbert Nation greater than the Browncoats (Score 4, Insightful) 471
Why do these "marriage is so harsh" sort of jokes always get moderated as "insightful" rather than "funny" (or "overrated")? Sad.
Verizon Wants To Share Your Personal Information 236
hyades1 writes "Gizmodo reports that Verizon is sending out notification letters infested with virtually-indecipherable legalese. In their sneaky, underhanded way, they're informing you that you have 45 days to opt out of their plan to share your personal data with 'affiliates, agents and parent companies.' That data can include, but isn't limited to, 'services purchased (including specific calls you make and receive), billing info, technical info and location info.' If you view your statement on-line, you won't even get the letter. You'll have to access your account and view your messages. However, Read Write Web says the link provided there, called the 'Customer Proprietary Network Information Notice,' was listed as 'not available.' No doubt Verizon would like to reassure you that everyone they're going to hand your personal data over to will have your best interests at heart."
Comment Re:TWO video ports? (Score 1) 200
Why did they add a mini dvi AND a mini display port? Can you attach two monitors to it at the same time now?
Yup.
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Comment Re:You'd think by now... (Score 1) 125
By definition, a company can't censor a person.
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Comment Re:Really? (Score 4, Informative) 328
Actually, my understanding is that he suffers from Parkinson's syndrome, which is not the same as the disease proper.
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Comment Re:Something to credit Microsoft for (Score 1) 319
Can I loathe them for shipping Windows 7 with a beta version of their own browser?
How do you know that they will?
Comment Re:Audio CAPTCHA in ENGLISH (Score 1) 197
get even more complicated and have the user identify an adverb or something
The vast majority of Internet noobs are barely able to cobble together a correct English sentence. How well do you expect that to work?
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Comment Re:COLORblind? How about BLIND blind? (Score 1) 197
That oughtn't rule out painless amputation, lobotomy, or castration.
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Comment Re:Macs boot quickly (Score 1) 296
Same in Safari. Is this a Mac-only problem?
Comment Re:Now unveiling... (Score 1) 431
Argh. Please don't say "virii", even ironically. It encourages idiots.
While I agree that saying "virii" makes the OP look like a drooling stupid high-school nerd, mis-using "ironically" (when you probably mean "sarcastically") doesn't make you look so hot either.
Comment Re:Hormonal Imbalance? (Score 1) 320
Sorry, tend to "spell out" acronyms in my head, not "read them out", "FYI=F.Y.I., like F.B.I". Since F is phonetically starts with a vowel, it should have "an" before it, not "a". If I had written out "For Your Information" then you would certainly be correct.
Yes, if you had started your sentence with "For your information" (or even just "FYI"), it would have made sense. To say "as a for your information" is incoherent.
(My bone was not so much with the "'a' vs. 'an'" thing)
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Comment Re:Hormonal Imbalance? (Score 0, Flamebait) 320
As an FYI on
"As a for your information on"?
It was a fairly clever sketch, but the first gag for me was the perhaps unintentional joke that Americans don't know how to properly pronounce "Iraq".
Comment Re:Now What... (Score 1) 139
That kind of parenting made information a heroine addicted stripper
It made Miss Information into a hero, and also an addicted stripper?
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Comment Re:Meet the new version, same as the old version. (Score 1) 605
Most of my friends who use macs (none of whom are technical, they're all in the design space) just gave up on trying to get their old software to work with the new version and bought all new software. Compare that with Microsoft where althought they're not officially supported, almost all DOS applications will still run. So if you bought some piece of software in 1988 for DOS 3.0 chances are pretty good that it will run on Vista.
That's great, but nobody in the design space is using 1988-era software on the Mac. In fact, nobody in any space, really.
