Comment Re:New Poll! (Score 1) 1521
> We all are individuals.
I'm not!
Comment Re:You can opt out, and you do agree to it (Score 1) 344
I'll admit it: I didn't read the terms as closely as I should have. (Not to mention that they've changed since I signed up.)
The more I learn, the less I like it.
I'm especially bothered by this:
For content that is covered by intellectual property rights...you specifically give us...[a] license... This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.
So if I've somehow shared a video with one of my friends on Facebook and subsequently delete my account, Facebook still has a transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to my video?
Comment Re:This explains the political process (Score 1) 824
Wouldn't it be interesting if everyone did this? Then, without warning, someone who didn't even show up in the polls would win.
Like Jesse Ventura.
Real Reason Why the White iPhone 4 Is Delayed 182
tekgoblin writes "There have been numerous reasons why the White iPhone 4 may be delayed with one reason being the color mismatch between the home button and the body. Well this time there is another reason. A source has told CultofMac that the reason for the delay is a light leakage issue caused by the case being clear. Light from the case leaks into pictures taken by the back and front camera on the white iPhone 4, causing distorted pictures. This problem is non-existent on the black iPhone 4, because of its already black case, so Apple has been looking for a solution to this problem, thus the delay of the White iPhone 4 till spring of next year."
Comment Re:Figures don't lie (Score 1) 547
You'd hope sales would be up since 1020.
Actually, the Geats were big fans of Angelina Jolie's performance as Grendel's mother and snapped up Beowulf by the case.
Old People Enjoy Reading Negative Stories About Young 122
A study by Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and co-author Matthias Hastall suggests that your grandma's self-esteem gets a boost when she hears about the stupid things young people do. "Living in a youth centered culture, they may appreciate a boost in self-esteem. That's why they prefer the negative stories about younger people, who are seen as having a higher status in our society," said Dr. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick. From the article: "All the adults in the study were shown what they were led to believe was a test version of a new online news magazine. They were also given a limited time to look over either a negative and positive version of 10 pre-selected articles. Each story was also paired with a photograph depicting someone of either the younger or the older age group. The researchers found that older people were more likely to choose to read negative articles about those younger than themselves. They also tended to show less interest in articles about older people, whether negative or positive."
Comment Re:What are all these strange symbols about? (Score 1) 599
As soon as I finished engineering school, this ceased to be useful.
When I designed ICs at IBM, I could make any resistor value I wanted. Now that I'm involved with PCB design, all surface mount resistors are black (except 0 Ohm, which tend to be blue). Figuring out their value may require a microscope and a datasheet.
Comment Re:Oblig. (Score 1) 265
"The Bible--that's the real good news!"
Comment Re:Trade-offs of a 9/80 work week (Score 1) 1055
6. Getting to work while it's dark & leaving when it's dark is depressing.
In the upper Midwest, this seems to be par for the course during the winter.
Comment Source? (Score 3, Informative) 1055
the countries that have higher productivity per worker than the US.
According to a U.N. report released in 2007, only Norway had higher productivity per hour worked than the U.S.
Comment Re:I worked 9/80 for 4 summers (Score 1) 1055
It's when portions of the employees are working regular weeks and some are on 9/80 that things tend to fall apart.
This is the problem I see at my employer. My site is on a regular 5-day schedule, but another site, with which we interact daily, is on 9/80. Add to that a time-zone difference, and it can be tough to get time with them.
