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Comment Re:A Monumentally Stupid Idea (Score 1) 489

People will always disagree with each other. Learning how to work with those whom you disagree is a fundamental skill often lacking in American's today. Larger states would be able to better balance power vis-a-vie the federal government. Witness that Canada's federalism started off weak and grew stronger, while in the US federalism started off strong and grew weaker.

Submission + - US ITC Orders Import Ban on Older iPads and iPhones

buddhaunderthetree writes: United States International Trade Commission has ordered a ban on the importation of older iPhones and older cellular capable iPads which were found to infringe upon Samsung's patents for "apparatus and method for encoding/decoding transport format combination indicator in CDMA mobile communication system."

Since this is getting much coverage I wonder how many people will get busted trying to buy cheap ipads from overseas?
More at FOSS Patents.

Comment Drones Only Useful Against NonAdvanced Enemies (Score 1) 622

Here's the thing: Drones are fine until the EM spectrum goes to hell in a hand basket which will happen almost instantly when you're fighting an sophisticated enemy. An designed in the 60s EA-6 could probably bring down a whole squadron of drones or at least render them useless. But drones are the flavor of the month so lets waste a few billion on them.

Comment Online Charts Beat the Heck Out of Paper Ones (Score 3, Informative) 372

If you've ever used any of the online chart apps, you understand what this is all about. They are simply phenomenal and beat the heck out of paper charts that may or may not be up to date. But to be honest they're probably of more use to private pilots who may not be in touch with ATC during every part of their flight.

Comment Re:Rockmelt (Score 4, Insightful) 226

You like Opera? I love Opera. I've been using Opera since way back at version 2.0. Remember the browser that would fit on a floppy? I even paid for it. Sure, it's not perfect but it's pretty darn good. Now it's endanger of being taken over by a company I personally don't use and can't stand. I would have rather seen it die back in the 90s than to me such an ignominious fate.

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