Google+ is popular?

Clearly you don't live in Britain, otherwise you'd understand how polite and accommodating we are.

If there are no seats, ask a fellow passenger if you can sit on their lap. They'll usually oblige, unless they have a very good reason.

Try it the next time you visit.

I'm genuinely curious here, do any Slashdotters use Siri on a regular (let's say daily) basis? What do you use it for?

I've always thought this kind of tech to be more of a gimmick, something to show your mates every now and again.

"You're sitting wrong."

No.

I was an iPhone fan when they first came out. I remember standing in the phone shops, looking at the Android phones running the laggy Gingerbread and wondering why anyone would want to buy a POS like that.

Then I ran into antenna-gate while I was trying to get a job. Eventually I told callers that I had an iPhone so if the call ended suddenly it was because of that, and not because I'd just hung up on them. As soon as my contract was up I moved to Android.

I'm sure it's fast and simple to use, but ultimately it's a phone. And if I can't make calls on it, then it's going in the bin.

Some of your generics are American based, and I ended up having to stop my Hoovering to Google what they are.

I was in Cuba earlier this year. They seem to be doing OK for themselves.

Sure, there are towns outside of Havana and Trinidad where there isn't a lot to do, but I didn't see any real evidence of extreme poverty.

As far as I could see, the only thing the embargo is doing is preventing (most) Americans from visiting the place.

Religion has no place in schools. How many times have you seen scientists starting wars over theories and results?

"1 + 1 equals 3!"
"Only for larger values of 1, you heathen!"

The summary links to an article which has a link in it to the map which doesn't load.

It's probably been censored by your ISP :)

What's the obsession with metal frames? Message boards are filled with hipsters ranting about how cheap a plastic frame looks.

Whenever I get a new phone, the first thing I do is wrap it in a plastic protector to protect the body.

Cows have best friends.

http://www.kde.org/announcemen...

I see Apple's flat style is continuing to be copied^H^H^H used as inspiration for UI developers.

I only just installed Kubuntu 14.04 over the weekend. Can't be arsed to go through all that again.

I still don't think teleporting would leave the soul intact. To the observer, the result may act and behave in the same way before the teleportation took place, but I wonder if it would be the same person?