Apparently no one here actually watched the keynote. He was clearly joking about people buying Androids by mistake.

If that's true then they're actually doing it right.

I think that's the problem we're seeing in this thread - there are people who see the value in creating a new market by integrating and iterating on existing technologies, and those who don't. Some see the iPod, iPhone, iPad, OR etc. as game changers and others merely as inevitable integrations.

Rather than labels I prefer to focus on the outcome. The iPhone DID drastically change the industry, for example, and even though bits of VR tech have been around for decades, I'm pretty sure OR will do the same.

It's just a joke, lighten up :)

In the original-ish article here they go into a bit more detail but the "conventional scheme" they're comparing against appears to be just straight mapping. It would be interesting to see how this stacks up against some of the more advanced schemes employed in today's SSDs.

South Korea, start your photocopiers!

I assure you I am the furthest thing from religious.

In suicide they usually have the perception that life is an insurmountable obstacle, that ending it is much easier than carrying on. Whatever the cause of that perception (mental illness, deep depression etc) it's not a matter of having balls.

There is no worship involved.

From Wikipedia:

Sounds about right. Again I'm leaving aside the suicide part so even if you look at his inevitably being busted as self-sacrifice (and certainly adversity) the shoe fits pretty well.

I'm not condoning what he did you but you have to admire his conviction.

He shot himself in the head. That doesn't hurt.

And neither does this guy. hmmm maybe there's some kind of connection there?

I would have considered him a hero if he hadn't offed himself, which is certainly a cowardly act. That aside, the rampage itself was as American as you get.

That's true. Ideally the sites themselves should take care of that if they're apps that are likely to be long running or offline, but presumably the ones you're using don't do that, pity. It's certainly annoying that /. doesn't!

And just as many, if not more, will go on and on about exactly why it's not and how in some specialized use case where it would never be used it might actually matter.

Just set FF to "Show my windows and tabs from last time" on startup then you don't need to worry about losing your place when you close.

And how much oil is required to cultivate each of those acres?