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Comment Re:Feels like Im repeating myself... (Score 1) 504

nothing in TFA about these ipads being used to write code. the idea here behind the ipads was definitely laptop replacement, so yes, the ipad should be dismissed on those merits. since you can't be bothered:

The school, somewhat bizarrely, also supplied teachers with Apple TVs to allow them to project their iPad display in the classroom, which seems more than a little extravagant. A simple £25 Apple VGA connector would surely have been a far cheaper and more efficient means of achieving that goal. Especially as the staff are struggling to get the Apple TV to output a full-size image.

“I tried to use mine for assembly on Friday, but the picture on the Apple TV is smaller than it should be,” our teacher claims. “To add insult to injury, it didn’t recognise my ‘non-standard’ font and so I ended up borrowing an old laptop to deliver the assembly.”

say it ain't so, ghost-of-steve-jobs! poor wankers, how's the kool-aid taste now?

Comment Re:But the moon is full of cheese (Score 1) 315

the head deity of the hindu trinity is brahma, represented by a bull. pretty sure it wasn't related to pasture availability.

it's all astrology. zodiac signs are equated with deities of a given age. jesus was pisces. brahma was taurus. at the end of each age, there are wars between the believers of the old deity and the new. moses was striking down the brahma-taurus-golden calf god in favor of aries -- the god of war in the age of empire building. jesus was striking down the age of aries with his whole turn-the-other-cheek mantra. religions make a lot more sense when you think of them as astrological metaphors for sun worship. each of the 12 zodiac signs that revolve around the sun in the center are various "personalities" of that sun. that's why the calf was golden, aries was god of fire, jesus was called "son (sun) of god" and so forth.

Comment Re:Controversy in this article (Score 1) 75

let's try this:

would it strike an emotional chord with husbands if their wives preferred to have sex with their vibrators instead of them?

don't answer that, it's a stupid setup. it's obvious exactly which emotional chord you're assuming is being struck, but it seemed clear to me that sentence only meant that people in japan would be very opinionated about something that permeates their lives. as opposed to america, where getting a C on any exam is great. a robot that can pass the SAT in america? meh, who cares? tosh point oh is on...

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