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Submission + - This is Why the Internet Can't Have Nice Things (bsharitt.com)

bsharitt writes: "Trying to set the work record for a secret santa swap may be and admirable goal, but the addition of a user moderated web site where the "bad santa's" are called out is a recipe for disaster. That's what happened here when reddit tried to do a large secret santa."

Comment Re:iirc (Score 1) 339

I don't have a strong opinion, but I have seen people use calculators as a brain crutch. The point of the homework and test questions is to encourage thought, not to encourage mad calculator skills.

Well you can't use this software on a test, and in the calc class I just finished the homework in merely for practice so you learn how to do it. And WolframAlpha has been quite useful there is a helpful in that there is an option to show steps. So if I'm stuck on a problem, I can put it in and see how it's done. Kind of how you might learn.

Comment Re:Did anyone go to a store... (Score 4, Informative) 283

I don't know if they would automatically get the iPhone versions of pages(perhaps the web developers should target mobile webkit instead), but for sites where you can to the iPhone version via a special URL instead of just the UA(such as Facebook), other WebKit browsers such as Android and Nokia S60(especially the 5800) can usually display the iPhone sites quite well, so the Pre should be no exception.

Comment Re:Sorry... (Score 2, Informative) 119

Android is where I'm planning to focus my efforts. The process for getting a j2me app distributed through the carriers is jsut a hair shy of futile for an independent developer. Sure there are other options to distribute J2ME apps through, but most of the market just goes throgh their carrier. Things like the Android and iPhone stores are a perfect match for independent developers.

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