Comment Only at Walmart? (Score 3, Informative) 99
I'd look forward to buying one sold anywhere else.
Comment Re:This will come as good news... (Score 4, Informative) 530
I am a MENSA member but I hardly consider myself very smart. I mean, I'm kinda smart but I see lots of people that blow me away when it comes to various mental abilities. And none of them are MENSA members.
As a Mensan, you should know that it's not an acronym and should not by typed in all caps.
Comment Re:Just what we need, two monopolists acting as on (Score 1) 97
I thought the patent system was supposed to provide a company with a legally protected monopoly for a period of time in exchange with the invention being published so others could benefit from it and advance the state of the art.
Submission + - Google Play TOS and Italian Law (googleusercontent.com)
CrkHead writes: Last week I was again prompted to agree to terms of service to update apps through Google Play. I read the terms, and noticed in the last paragraph a disclaimer that they are were governed under Italian law.
I opened a support ticket for clarification. When they responded asking for more information, I looked at the current TOS and they had removed this section. A quick compare of the current and cached documents show many changes.
Is there any hope now of knowing current agreements with software vendors? This must make them even less enforceable, but no one wants to risk having to defend themselves against any attempt to enforce.
I opened a support ticket for clarification. When they responded asking for more information, I looked at the current TOS and they had removed this section. A quick compare of the current and cached documents show many changes.
Is there any hope now of knowing current agreements with software vendors? This must make them even less enforceable, but no one wants to risk having to defend themselves against any attempt to enforce.
Submission + - Confidential Police Confetti at Macy's Parade (upi.com)
cstacy writes: The Nassau County (New York) Police Department is "very concerned" about reports that shreds of police documents (with social security numbers, phone numbers, addresses, license plate numbers, incident reports, and more) rained down as confetti in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The documents also unveiled the identities of undercover officers, including their SSNs and bank information, according to WPIX-TV. Macy's has no idea how this happened, as they use commercial, colored confetti, not shredded paper.
Submission + - The White Noise of Smell (livescience.com)
Frosty Piss writes: Scientists have discovered a new smell, but you may have to go to a laboratory to experience it yourself. The smell is dubbed "olfactory white," because it is the nasal equivalent of white noise, researchers report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Just as white noise is a mixture of many different sound frequencies and white light is a mixture of many different wavelengths, olfactory white is a mixture of many different smells. In a series of experiments, they exposed participants to hundreds of equally mixed smells, and what they discovered is that our brains treat smells as a single unit, not as a mixture of compounds to break down, analyze and put back together again.. The web site LiveScience talks about it here.
Submission + - Nexus 4 includes support for LTE (anandtech.com)
slashchuck writes: One of the drawbacks of Google's Nexus $ was its lack of support for 4G LTE. Now comes a report from Anand Tech that is supported on on the Nexus 4.
It seems that a simple software update can allow the Nexus 4 smartphone to run on LTE Band 4. All users have to do is dial *#*#4636#*#* (INFO) or launch the Phone Info app. After that, choosing to connect to AWS networks should allow the Nexus 4 to run on LTE networks on Band 4.
The AnandTech report states explicitly that the LG Nexus 4 only works on LTE Band 4, on 1700/2100MHz frequencies, and supports bandwidths of 5,10, and 20MHz.
It seems that a simple software update can allow the Nexus 4 smartphone to run on LTE Band 4. All users have to do is dial *#*#4636#*#* (INFO) or launch the Phone Info app. After that, choosing to connect to AWS networks should allow the Nexus 4 to run on LTE networks on Band 4.
The AnandTech report states explicitly that the LG Nexus 4 only works on LTE Band 4, on 1700/2100MHz frequencies, and supports bandwidths of 5,10, and 20MHz.
Comment Re:So what? (Score 1) 948
GHW Bush moved there for political reasons. GW Bush was a product of that move.
GW may have spent as much time growing up in Maine and DC as Texas, but he's a Texan. That is not a compliment.
GW may have spent as much time growing up in Maine and DC as Texas, but he's a Texan. That is not a compliment.
Comment Re:Odd story (Score 1) 333
Yes, I'm one of those that can't read too well and would never RTFA before posting.
Comment Odd story (Score 1) 333
This comment is being composed on a Nexus S purchased last year. A couple days ago an official release was of 4.0 was installed.
I can't believe no one else got it. Was this what prompted the announcement?
I can't believe no one else got it. Was this what prompted the announcement?
Comment Re:It depends on the objective. (Score 1) 232
"...our allies and friends. It's only natural that we should ask for certain things in return for these benefits."
You realize a "Friend with benefits" is someone you're fucking, right?
You realize a "Friend with benefits" is someone you're fucking, right?
Comment Re:Ha (Score 1) 272
Gateway had the same vendor. I was working in one of their shops and anything with an AMD processor was likely to show up a couple times.
That's one advantage Dell had over GW. GW had built up a reputation that if there's a problem come in and we'll fix it under warranty, then these motherboards hit and there was no way to keep up with volume.
Comment Re:Ubuntu this and Ubuntu that (Score 4, Interesting) 225
I think you summed it up fairly well.
As a project, Debian is most interested in Freedom and stability. Although someone coming from a *nix back ground shouldn't have much trouble, someone new to computers or coming over from one of the dark sides is likely to.
Enter Ubuntu. Their primary interest is getting Linux on the desktop. Debian is an ideal base because it has everything, so you just need to keep current on the unstable version and put some chrome on it.
Grey beards keep their Debian and the whipper snappers stay off the lawn.
As a project, Debian is most interested in Freedom and stability. Although someone coming from a *nix back ground shouldn't have much trouble, someone new to computers or coming over from one of the dark sides is likely to.
Enter Ubuntu. Their primary interest is getting Linux on the desktop. Debian is an ideal base because it has everything, so you just need to keep current on the unstable version and put some chrome on it.
Grey beards keep their Debian and the whipper snappers stay off the lawn.
Kids Who Watch Popeye Cartoons Eat More Vegetables 119
markmark57 writes "Popeye cartoons, tasting parties and junior cooking classes can help increase vegetable intake in kindergarten children, according to new research published in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics. Researchers at Mahidol University in Bangkok found the type and amount of vegetables children ate improved after they took part in a program using multimedia and role models to promote healthy food. Twenty six kindergarten children aged four to five participated in the eight-week study. The researchers recorded the kinds and amounts of fruit and vegetables eaten by the children before and after the program."
Comment Re:Who are you refering to exactly? (Score 1) 323
Most of us haven't the time nor resources to go through all the data on global warming. Kudos to you for making the effort.
To your question:
To your question:
Why is it, when this topic comes up, so many people that are on the side that says human centric global warming is a fact; tend to use the argument that anyone who does not agree with them is a right-wing gun toting SUV driving mentally crippled slack jawed idiot?
Experience.
Since very few people can become experts in ever field, we rely on other experts. Just as I do not expect my users to know much about how a Unix server works and they don't expect me to know much about how account management works, they do their job and I do mine. When the only climate scientists that argue against AGW are nut jobs and those that highlight them are gun toting right wing nuts, we extrapolate.
Of course there are exceptions. Some right wing nuts don't own any weapons and some drive sedans.
