Comment Google, take this is a sign... (Score 2) 148
I think it's rather telling about a product when it's not even out yet and people are already trying to circumvent it's OS because it doesn't do what's desired...
Comment As said to the Best Buy Employee (Score 1) 588
"I don't care. I want an iPhone 4."
Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated In the Lab 103
cremeglace writes "Saturn boasts one of the solar system's most geometrical features: a giant hexagon encircling its north pole. Though not as famous as Jupiter's Great Red Spot, Saturn's Hexagon is equally mysterious. Now researchers have recreated this formation in the lab using little more than water and a spinning table—an important first step, experts say, in finally deciphering this cosmic mystery. More details, including a cool demo video, at ScienceNOW."
Comment I hoped they tracked the IP in real time... (Score 1) 384
...By creating a gui interface in Visual Basic...
Comment Re:Boeing versus Airbus (Score 1) 499
You see? We give the machines a small amount of AI and they rise against us, even in such primitive states. God forbid we ever give one a fully functional AI brain...it'll be Skynet all over again...which never happened, but still could again...err...
Comment Telegraphing the ending in real time (Score 1) 190
I have to say, COD: Modern Warfare had one of the most satisfying endings I've ever played through. Part of it was the fact that you knew you were near the end when you were playing it - it wasn't an abrupt "Mission Accomplished: Game Over!"
Comment Re:Should be (Score 1) 572
No, sorry...TW sucks and I am actually more than happy now that I dropped them and am receiving OTA HD which is not only free but better quality than TW's, as well as what other shows I need off the Internet.
I got a letter from a collection agency a mere two months after the last bill was unpaid -- if I didn't hate them before, I do now even more -- which I didn't think was possible.
The only way I can hate them more now is if I found out the CEO of TW anally raped my grandmother...
Comment Big. Fucking. Deal. (Score 1, Troll) 141
Don't know how this is news. Anyone who concentrates on something hard enough will get it eventually, age doesn't matter. It seems silly to people in America maybe because kids now are too interested in jacking their brains into Xbox Live and their iPhones.
I used to be heavy into that stuff as well... but then I got a social life and found out early on that life is way too short to waste your life completely on it. Do it for fun or for your job, but if you eat, live and breathe it, it will destroy you. Oh and having sex became priority number one...
Comment Self-importance = low self-esteem (Score 3, Insightful) 487
The guy with a Mac sitting at Starbucks blogging about his new car. The dude at the bar with a bluetooth headset in his ear while he's not even on the phone. They guy tooling down the street with a Segway to get to the Apple store for the new iPhone. They all fit into the category of 'look at me, I'm important, please take notice of this so I can feel better about myself.'
The kid with the netbook directly jacking into the school server to change his grades. The Navy Seal with the headset and mic relaying position information. They dude on the skateboard doing an ollie over some trash while trying to get to work on time. They're all doing something functional, and look pretty damn cool doing it.
The kid with the netbook directly jacking into the school server to change his grades. The Navy Seal with the headset and mic relaying position information. They dude on the skateboard doing an ollie over some trash while trying to get to work on time. They're all doing something functional, and look pretty damn cool doing it.
Comment It's Sarah Palin... (Score 2, Funny) 424
...Someone in the Republican party threw water on her, she melted, and that's what's left...
Obama Photog Says "You're Both Wrong" To AP & Fairey 222
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In Fairey v. Associated Press, the Associated Press said artist Shepard Fairey's painting had infringed its copyrights in a photo of then-President Elect Barack Obama. Fairey said no, it was a 'fair use'. Now, the freelance photographer who actually took the AP photo — Manuel Garcia — has sought permission to intervene in the case, saying that both the AP and Fairey are wrong. Garcia's motion (PDF) protests that he, not AP, is the owner of the copyright in the photograph, and that he never relinquished it to AP. And he argues that Fairey is not entitled to a fair use defense. According to an article in TechDirt, this intervention motion by Mr. Garcia represents a changed attitude on his part, and that his initial reaction to Mr. Fairey's painting was admiration, and a desire for an autographed litho. Maybe Mr. Fairey should have given him that autographed litho."
Comment Re:I can see it now... (Score 1) 78
Hmmm...I was thinking more in the way of underwear...
Comment Hackers will find a way around it,plain and simple (Score 1) 891
Just put a new tax on car owners. If you own 1 car, you are taxed very lightly. If you own say 3 cars, the tax starts getting heavier...tax the bastards that have a fleet of cars in a warehouse somewhere (and I'm not talking about dealerships).
Comment Re:They asked for it (Score 1) 630
People will NOT obey an unjust law. When corporations declare that they sold you a license instead of a product and start turning off access to what the customer paid for...well, you reap what you sow. There are not enough lawyers out there to sue everyone who downloads. Ask the RIAA if you don't believe me.
Ask anyone who lived during the Prohibition era as well...
Comment Re:Not anytime soon (Score 1) 393
I completely agree. How many times have you gotten a voice mail from either a bad connection or bad background noise and had to listen to it 20 times as well as call up half the cast of CSI to help you decipher it? Do they really think a computer is going to be able to get that right when it doesn't even understand what a 'Barack Obama' is?
