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Comment Re:Keyword: Android (Score 4, Insightful) 140

Well considering the vast size of Samsung, they probably do far more work with Linux than Google does as well.

People forget we're talking about a company that not only builds products in pretty much every home electronics category but also ships, CCTV, aircraft (for a while), artillery and automated turrets. None of this counting the bits and pieces they research and build that go into each of those products.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 201

No not bribes in any sort of monetary form, that would probably create too large of an outcry if it happened and was provable.

People may very well create the associated content for those books but unless the frame work for it is in the bill, good luck getting such extra content adopted by professors/universities/community colleges. Having pre-made tests/quizzes/homework available would be great but there is also the extra work of putting it in a format easily incorporated into existing front end systems. How easy would it be to import something like that into say, Blackboard?

Not to mention needing proper outside verification that the material is accurate and helpful.

Where as all of the above is already provided by publishers of existing text books, it's a long steep uphill battle to get these books adopted by professors.

Comment Re:..and... (Score 1) 201

While they may not offer financial incentives, they offer numerous tools that automate/simply the job of a professor. The last business class I took required practically zero effort on the part of the professor. Without a similar system in place for these free editions, professors are going to be far less likely to make the switch.

Comment Re:..and... (Score 2) 201

Only if someone is going to step up to the plate and start doing automated testing software based on these books as well. Last couple classes I took required that you take the tests/quizes on the publishers website (which btw if you bought a used book, you get to spend $40 for access) since it freed up the teacher from having to go over any of the work.

Comment Re:Another idea. (Score 5, Insightful) 163

The problem is that those suffering from depression may do a lot, even subconsciously, to cover some of the obvious signs of depression from those closest to them. Add on to the fact that most people don't know enough about the signs of depression and it can be hard at times to easily recognize them.

Secondly, I'm ready to dismiss you and your idea without further discussion just for the fact that your skills in reading comprehension are severely lacking to the point that the basic premise of the article has completely escaped you. This has nothing to do with WHAT you're browsing, there is no checking a browser history, this was simply about HOW you use the internet could help determine the possibility of being depressed. Even if it isn't practical for parents to use, it's still an interesting idea nonetheless.

Comment Re:Single Point of Failure (Score 1) 194

The OP is wrong.

Bans for cheating only result in you being banned from servers protected by Valves anti cheat system.

Bans for any other odd reason result in your account being locked down, you can still access all of your games (soon to be apps as well) however you can no longer purchase new games/apps, you can't redeem gifts, you can't trade.

Comment Re:Single Point of Failure (Score 1) 194

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5406-WFZC-5519

However reading up on this, a while back Steam changed their policies, banned accounts can still access their games, they are only stopped for purchasing new games/trading/gifting/redeeming gifted games so this entire thread is rather pointless. You don't lose access to anything you bought when banned.

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