Comment Nothing really new (Score 2) 187
What's the big deal? Mobile payment exists since the late 1990s.
Comment Re:Microsoft cannot compete in the marketplace... (Score 2) 159
I'd argue that using windows is easier for most people than it is using Linux.
After Windows 8, that's quite debatable.
If Fusion Is the Answer, We Need To Do It Quickly 305
Lasrick writes: Yale's Jason Parisi makes a compelling case for fusion power, and explains why fusion is cleaner, safer, and doesn't provide opportunities for nuclear smuggling and proliferation. The only downside will be the transition period, when there are both fission and fusion plants available and the small amount of "booster" elements (tritium and deuterium) found in fusion power could provide would-be proliferators what they need to boost the yield of fission bombs: "The period during which both fission and fusion plants coexist could be dangerous, however. Just a few grams of deuterium and tritium are needed to increase the yield of a fission bomb, in a process known as 'boosting.'" Details about current research into fusion power and an exploration of relative costs make fusion power seem like the answer to a civilization trying to get away from fossil fuels.
Comment Re:Why is (Score 3, Insightful) 201
Ex-Microsoft people, always causing trouble to their new companies to benefit their old company. See also: Stephen Elop.
Comment Re:Nerd Blackface (Score 1) 442
crappy "Friends" ripof
And "Friends" was a ripoff of the movie "Singles".
Comment Re:Microsoft has a new CEO? (Score 1) 151
Weren't they going to kill GFWL?
Comment Re:Elop (Score 1) 149
Go read all that Tomi Ahonen (former Nokia exec, consultant on mobile market) wrote about this fiasco. When you put all the pieces together, there is a very clear case of breach of fiduciary duty. It's either that, or the most insane case of business incompetence in the history of capitalism.
Comment Re:Elop (Score 1) 149
Are you blind? Everything he did, EVERYTHING, was designed to prop Windows Phone at Nokia's expense.
Comment Re:Elop (Score 1) 149
Could anyone cause that much destruction innocently?
Comment Re:It's a funny world (Score 1) 149
If Samsung really puts their weight behind Tizen, it might have a chance.
Comment Re:Elop (Score 3, Informative) 149
Breach of fiduciary duty.
Comment Re:I think the strategy should be obvious (Score 1) 149
No, it was done because they wanted to keep Windows Phone alive.
Comment Re:It's a funny world (Score 2) 149
It's not killing Symbian that angers me (although the timing was horrible and hurt Nokia immensely as well). It's killing MeeGo. It had a better chance of being a successful "third ecosystem" than Windows Phone.
Comment Why the asterisk? (Score 4, Insightful) 739
If you want to say shit, say shit. We're all grown-ups here.
Submission + - What You Must Know About the Products (2penniesworth.info)
morganjlbv writes: Be as detailed as possible when advertising a product. Studies show that profuse explanations are needed by substantial percentages of the citizenry about the advantages of these products they may be thinking of buying to be able to be convinced. If customers truly consider the marketing, they'll be much more willing to buy the product. Researchers have found that many people will trust a web site with several paragraphs of info about a product over a website that's very succinct.
