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Comment Re:Well, good (Score 3, Informative) 637

uh, there are names in the wikileaks postings. Several news outlets, including the Washington Post, have searched the released docs and found names that weren't redacted:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/29/AR2010072904900.html

wikileaks didn't scrub the docs thoroughly, even the founder of wikileaks is basically saying "hey, not our problem!" He's not denying it, I find it interesting you are.

Comment Re:Well, good (Score 2, Informative) 637

Did you actually read them?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/publication-of-afghan-informant-details-worth-the-risk-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/story-e6frg6so-1225898273552

The sanitized version in papers had names blacked out, but the actual leaked docs were basically unedited. The Taliban has already announced they're using it to compile a list of people to kill.

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/30/taliban-says-it-will-target-names-exposed-by-wikileaks.html

Comment Re:Mother... (Score 0) 417

not really trying to defend the mom, but the guy's criminal record doesn't seem to contain any sexual crimes. just because someone has a DUI doesn't mean they can't be trusted with kids.

For all we know his convictions are from a long time ago and he's been clean since the mom has known him.

Comment Re:Do The Right Thing - A Steve Jobs Joint (Score 1) 534

the Evo is the first Android phone I seriously considered over the iPhone, due to the fact that it's the first to really minimize the horrible lag in the UI. However the 2 points that made me get the iPhone 4 are

1) Battery life. The Evo has a battery larger than the iPhone, yet battery life is terrible compared to the iPhone.
2) Screen. Yes it's bigger on the Evo, but the color representation isn't as good. I put an Evo and an iPhone side by side and loaded up the same image, the Evo's looked flat and dull, the iPhone had rich colors and just looked flat out better.

I love the customizability of Evo, several coworkers have tricked theirs out and I am truly jealous. But what good is a device I can customize if when I reach for it to actually use it the battery is dead?

Comment Re:Do The Right Thing - A Steve Jobs Joint (Score 1) 534

"No, I haven't become what I hate. You don't see me supporting an abusive, shitty company so I can have a trendy, overpriced device."

you don't see how self-righteous that is? you're better because you followed your own reasons for buying the device you did, but you hate those who don't follow your reasons?

the fact that I was modded as a troll while you got +5 just backs up my opinion that Android fanboys are turning viciously rabid.

Comment Re:Do The Right Thing - A Steve Jobs Joint (Score 1, Interesting) 534

no, he's totally correct. I've been noticing this over the past year, Android fanboys are far more annoying and "emotionally attached to their overrated device" than any iphone user I've meet. It's only getting worse with the Droid and Evo. My rational reasons for choosing the iphone over the Evo are roundly ignored and I'm labelled a mindless apple fanboy.

I don't slap Google stickers on my car and blindly claim my device is superior to all others.

no, you just publicly proclaim yourself to be better than all others. my iphone isn't superior, it's just a better fit for my uses. if android is a better fit for you that's great.

Comment Re:Good to be thinking of feelings, but (Score 2, Insightful) 94

even if you pull all the money spent on stuff like this across the entire world it probably amounts to less than 0.01% of all the money spent on researching disease cures. It'd be a drop in the bucket. Or we can spend that drop making a dying kid's wish come true.

what's the point of living a long life if you can't bring happiness to someone else?

Comment Re:But I'm lazy..... (Score 2, Insightful) 240

I wish I could mod you up. The feedback on the wii controllers really makes the system useful. I sort of thought it was a gimic but it really does make it feel like you're more in control. natal/kinect just feels like you're flailing about wildly.

I expect Sony's system will outperform Kinect for precisely this reason.

Comment Re:Nintendo Still Rules (Score 3, Insightful) 240

I don't think nostalgia has much to do with it as this point. I loved the NES/SNES and still own both, but I look at nintendo's newest stuff I don't see much in common other than it's great for casual game play. There will always be more casual gamers than hardcore gamers, so nintendo will always come out ahead. There's a reason MS and Sony are trying so hard to compete with the Wii, because they have the hardcore gamers and there's no where for them to go now.

the playstation was released in 1994, and I don't see nostalgia helping the PS3 any.

Comment Re:Price point creeping up (Score 1) 638

the default service plan is 1 year, not 1 month. The apple service plan you can buy extends that to 3 years. Note that you can buy the extended plan at any point in the first year. also note that this is basically the exact same plan Best Buy offers on the machines they sell.

as another poster mentions, the ram is user upgradeable by design.

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