Comment Re:This (Score 1) 384
There hasn't been a Senate in the US for 100 years.
Comment Re:Probably Would Have Been Better off in China (Score 1) 936
This is a customer service issue. The police should have only issued a citation for trespassing and been done with it.
Comment Re:This just in... (Score 1) 936
They are not required to remove anyone if nobody is in danger. She should have been written a citation for trespassing and have been done with it. If the trespass continues, cite her again. Anything beyond that is a customer service issue with the establishment she is having a dispute with.
This is an example of the militarization of America's police force. This is our sad future.
Comment Re:Which version is preferred? (Score 1) 298
Motorola even went a step further and locked in updates preventing users from reverting back. The most recent minor update went out of its way to update the boot loader keys preventing all prior versions from being flashed.
My Droid X was its best with Eclair. Each update after introduced more lag, bugs, and stability problems.
Having owned this and the Galaxy Nexus that got borked by Verizon I'm just not excited by mobile phones anymore.
They all suck and will likely suck for quite some time.
Comment Re:The Daily did not understand the web (Score 5, Insightful) 106
The content was interlaced with intrusive adverts that seemed to take over. In a magazine you could easily flip over the ads and even read ads that caught your eye. The Daily put them front and center in your face. People aren't used to paying for apps and being force-fed ads.
This and the mostly homogenized content was enough for me to uninstall it.
Comment Re:good (Score 1) 783
That's absurd. There's no agenda to atheism. By definition, *there's nothing to believe in*.
The moment one professes to be an atheist, they cease being an atheist.
Comment Re:Standardized Remote Touchscreen API (Score 1) 445
Buick tried the touchscreen route in 1988 and it didn't quite work out so good. I owned a 89 Reatta and loved that car. I was fascinated by the digital dash and touch screen controls. But it wasn't very practical. Any interaction required eyes taken off of the road. There is no feeling for the volume knob, AC controls, etc. It sucked for safety.
Tesla for some reason thinks it is a good idea. Perhaps they never actually tried driving with it.
Comment Re:Papa John (Score 2) 418
How is that illegal? Do we need government further micromanaging businesses? How has that ever helped the economy?
It is his view as CEO that people are going to buy less pizza under Obama. Even though we don't see it, he does.
Let his business sink or swim on its own merits.
Personally, I think it is ridiculous that he is making a political statement at the expense of his employees. But from a business point of view (political posturing aside) I does make business sense.
PPACA (Obamacare) is a radical change for many businesses. Although I don't agree with these CEOs, Many of them truly believed that Romney was somehow going to heal the economy and end PPACA. Even if Romney didn't achieve that, businesses in general would have had less perceived uncertainty under Romeny and taken more risks in the form of investment and expansion giving a measurable boost to the economy.
Comment Re:Or... (Score 1) 578
More likely there was nothing to get anyone excited about voting for Romney. If you look at the numbers voting this time around vs 2008 and 2004, it is obvious that many stayed home.
Romney's campaign was a ruthless dictatorship with zero grass roots. I am not surprised when I hear about screw ups like this.
Obama didn't do much better in grass roots either. He failed to sell out stadiums too, but at least could fill them half way whereas Romney was lucky to fill the first few rows on the playing field with the stadium seats completely empty.
http://youtu.be/Kql7rMrRGxo
Comment Re:You can buy an EV today at affordable price (Score 1) 303
A lease typically has an allowance on miles, 24k-36k depending on the car. Good tires can last that long, and I've gone over 50k on brakes.
You get nailed to the wall in fees if you go over so you will not be saving much if you plan on leasing an EV for gas savings on long daily commutes.
Comment Re:Why aren't people more hyped about the Wii U? (Score 1) 188
The controller raises a lot of interesting possibilities (though it's a little bulky for my tastes). And, unlike some, I think that the $300-$350 price tag is fine...
That is the same price as an iPad mini. It is going to be a hard sell IMO. Every single one of my nephews and nieces have ditched their DSes for an iTouch long ago. If given a choice they would take the iPad mini without a second thought.
Third 2012 US Presidential Debate Tonight: Discuss Here 529
Tonight marks the third and final U.S. Presidential debate in the lead-up to the election on November 6th. It starts at 9PM ET (6PM PT, 0100 UTC), and it's taking place at Lynn University in Florida. The topic this time around is foreign policy, including discussions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, America's role in the world, "The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism," and China's rise as a superpower. You can livestream it from the usual suspects: (C-SPAN, ABC, PBS, CNN). Politifact has posted an article fact-checking statements the candidates have made about foreign policy. Both they and Factcheck.org will be using Twitter to verify statements in real time. This presidential debate again excludes the smaller U.S. political parties. If you're interested in hearing other voices, you'll be able to see candidates from the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties in a debate tomorrow with Larry King moderating. As before, we're doing a separate post for the debate in the hopes that political talk won't clutter other stories tonight. Tell us what you think as the debate unfolds. For live conversation, remember: context helps. And, as reader Ryanator2209 keeps pointing out, you can entertain yourself by playing Logical Fallacy Bingo while you watch.
Comment Re:So why even bother with secure boot (Score 3, Interesting) 308
You are assuming that BIOS settings will be user accessible in the future.
Comment Re:Wow let's all do like Microsoft. (Score 1) 141
In all seriousness I'm glad the're doing it. Progress can't happen until someone puts forth the capital and risk. Surely the parties involved can afford it even if it utterly fails and 100% of the investment is lost. At least someone is doing something tangible that could lead to other, perhaps better developments in the future.
Warp Drive Might Be Less Impossible Than Previously Thought 867
runner_one writes "Harold 'Sonny' White of NASA's Johnson Space Center said Friday (Sept. 14) at the 100 Year Starship Symposium that warp drive might be easier to achieve than earlier thought. The first concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre, however subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy, studies estimated the warp drive would require a minimum amount of energy about equal to the mass-energy of the planet Jupiter. But recent calculations showed that if the shape of the ring encircling the spacecraft was adjusted into more of a rounded donut, as opposed to a flat ring the warp drive could be powered by the energy of a mass as small as 500 kg. Furthermore, if the intensity of the space warps can be oscillated over time, the energy required is reduced even more."
