He forgot a transmission too.

That word doesn't mean what I thought it meant. *facepalm*

I wouldn't say Nexus One was a flop - it accomplished exactly what it was supposed to; just look at all the SnapDragon-based phones it spawned.

It is a travesty that the Great Library was burned down; who knows what kinds of Egyptian treasures were to be found there...

Got that one too, love it.

You jest, but how well did it really work out? Is there a gain in our society's collective efficiency due to use of such tools?

I was just reading over this page the other day and thinking to myself how bloated Java is getting.

Speak for yourself there buddy, I love lady Gaga to death! And how the heck do you propose to judge her music dispassionately? Counting the number of chords per second or something?

Pure CGI is not completely resolution-independent; a lot of the quality depends on how detailed the textures are.

1. Spread the rumor that repeated power cycling prolongs the lightbulb life
2. ???
3. Profit!

He's got a point. Why can't voice mail run over some data connection authenticated by the phone's unique ID or something similar? They certainly do billing that way. It is 2010, and voice mail still works by having the phone call out to a magic number- how antiquated!

Another important difference between journals and conferences is that conferences usually require that you physically travel there and present your paper. This means you have to pay out of pocket for the trip and conference registration, which can be a hefty $500-$1k for a non-student. So pay attention where it's held :)

I like to think of Twitter as IRC with a fancy message distribution graph. The intellectual level of the content is roughly similar to IRC.

And if you have a jailbroken phone, make sure you are ready today to NOT get the update as soon as possible :D

Knowing how German works there is clearly lots of room for creativity in word construction (or is that Wortbildungkreativität?) :D