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Comment Re:Okay, but... (Score 1) 144

I don't think you're familiar with European budget airlines. You can choose your seat when booking if you're willing to pay extra. Maybe a dozen people per flight have reserved seats, and the rest work on the basis of first come, first served.

Sure, but they will always check if there's an extra passenger on board, because else they may run out of fuel.

Comment Or not... (Score 1) 144

He said the model used in all EU airports to check the validity of tickets was "malfunctioning" noting they lacked "direct access to the airliner database", but wouldn't be drawn on whether he tested his research by boarding a flight.

Comment Re:Maybe someone else will? (Score 1) 67

If only some fans had done their own B5 VFX...on no budget...a decade ago... ...oh wait, they did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Somebody give Energia Productions a call.

So you present us something that would look blurry on VHS and think it proves they could do HD?

Comment Re:Doesn't matter... (Score 1) 208

One can idiot-proof anything, until along comes a bigger idiot. Cars have had keys that can be inserted either-side-up and I've still seen broken and jammed car door locks and ignition cylinders.

Absolutely, GM shouldn't be forced to recall their ignition switches, idiots would have found a way to die anyway.

Television

Wil Wheaton Announces New TV Show 167

An anonymous reader writes "Wil Wheaton just announced a new TV show he's hosting and producing. It'll air on SyFy this summer, starting May 27th. Here's how he describes it: 'The Wil Wheaton Project is a weekly roundup of the things I love on television and on the Internet, with commentary and jokes, and the occasional visit from interesting people who make those things happen. It's sort of like Talk Soup for geeks, with a heavy focus on those hilariously bad paranormal reality shows (in fact, that's where the whole thing started a year ago, but as we worked on the show more and more, we discovered that there were lots of scripted paranormal shows that provided a ton of comedic material. When we expanded to cover the scripted shows, we discovered that nobody was doing a show like this that was just focused on the genre shows that nerds like us love, and we decided that we'd make that show because of reasons.)' He adds, '... if I read correctly between the lines during our meetings with the Syfy executives, this is just the beginning of the network formerly known as Sci-Fi returning to its science fiction roots, which is awesome.'"

Comment Re:Bayonets? (Score 1) 160

When apple wins a patent for "bayonet attachment mechanisms", why would you assume it would be used for camera lenses?

Uh, more to the point, when Apple wins a patent, why would you assume it was ever something we asked for or needed in a cell phone?

So you complain that Apple does something so nobody but them can put something you would never want on any phone you would ever want? Why?

So, you get all these features in a phone you never asked for,

So don't fucking buy one, you moron.

Comment Re:FFS, please never post a story like this again (Score 1) 160

It's something that has existed for years and that is extremely obvious, yet somehow they were granted a patent on it because "on a smartphone".

Funny how the patent doesn't mention "phone" anywhere - nor "computer" or "internet" for that matter. But hey, you claim shit like that all the time, so what else is new. Frankly, I blame you - Apple gets all these patents because you are so dumb.

Comment Re:Bayonets? (Score 1) 160

When apple wins a patent for "bayonet attachment mechanisms", why would you assume it would be used for camera lenses?

Uh, more to the point, when Apple wins a patent, why would you assume it was ever something we asked for or needed in a cell phone?

So you complain that Apple does something so nobody but them can put something you would never want on any phone you would ever want? Why?

For the very reason we're having this conversation. Or more to the point, so we can avoid having this conversation in the future.

Marketing useless features and wasting millions on pointless patents (round corners anyone?) does nothing but clog up the entire system, and shines a questionable light on any patent and the system that protects it, no matter how valid or worthwhile.

IOW because you are an idiot and hate Apple.

Comment Re:how cool/innovative is that (Score 1) 160

More like the Nikon F...wait...no, looks like it goes on clockwise...like a Canon and every *other* bayonet mount in the history of photography, then.

Seriously, except for the scale, how is this novel and non-obvious?

It's wasn't novel and non-obvious when it was first used for cameras, which is sort of obvious from the "bayonet" part of bayonet mount.

Sadly, with the current patent office, April fools jokes are indistinguishable from reality.

Why didn't you complain at the first patent for a photographic bayonet mount, let alone for all the others? Because they weren't granted to Apple?

BTW, these "bayonet" mounts were used long before bayonets, so cease and desist calling them that.

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