Comment Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 95
I LOVE your similitude! I'm using it everywhere, from now on.
"Cheerios? Man, that is the "Thomas Kincade" of breakfast cereals."
Comment HEADLINE: IKEA MAKES ELECTRIC CHAIR (Score 2, Funny) 95
Alabama and Oklahoma have orgasm.
Comment Re:Let's Get Real You Stupid Humans (Score 2) 71
Just wait til Bill Gates begins twiddling with these mosquitoes at the genetic level - as threatened. What could possibly go wrong, for the Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Comment It Also Works to Describe Examples of Fascist Prop (Score 1) 23
"Dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"
"Beacon of freedom and promoter of democracy"
"Greatest nation on earth"
"Home of Free"
"Highest standard of living in the world"
"Best health care system ever"
"Dedicated to rule of law as determined by the will of the people with regard for the defense of the minority"
"Capital is the best expression of democracy at work"
The hits keep coming for the Homeland.
Comment Re:Comes with DRM (Score 1) 76
"I know! Let's compete with a non-product, technology PoC that has no proven market, PLUS a high-degree of resistance and hostility by prospective customers!"
"That's why you're the boss, J.T. and why you make the big dollars."
Comment Same Old Song (Score 1) 11
With a different meaning since you been gone...
Comment Re:Relevant Python (Score 1) 5
Stuck in Rutland Weekend Television.
Journal Journal: After Several Months Not Bothering 5
I visit a few threads here, on reasonable topics - like Barrett Brown case, etc.
The level of discourse has really troughed. It's like "conversation" between the Dufflepuds..
It's not worth even trolling these people. There isn't enough signal-to-noise for this to even register.
Google Thinks the Insurance Industry May Be Ripe For Disruption 238
HughPickens.com writes: The insurance industry is a fat target — there's were about $481 billion in premiums in 2013, and agents' commissions of about $50 billion. Now Conor Dougherty writes in the NYT that the boring but lucrative trade has been attracting big names like Google, which has formed a partnership with Comparenow, an American auto insurance comparison site that will give Google access to insurers in Comparenow's network. "A lot of people are waking up to the fact that it's a massive industry, it's old-fashioned, they still use human agents and the commissions are pretty big," says Jennifer Fitzgerald. It may seem like an odd match for Google, whose projects include driverless cars, delivery drones and a pill to detect cancer, but the key to insurance is having lots of data about people's backgrounds and habits, which is perhaps the company's greatest strength. "They have a ton of data on where people drive, how people drive," says Jon McNeill. "It's the holy grail of being able to price auto insurance correctly."
People in the industry and Silicon Valley say it is only a matter of time before online agencies attack the armies of intermediaries that are the backbone of the trade, and Google could present formidable competition for other insurance sellers. As many as two-thirds of insurance customers say they would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying from online service providers such as Google and Amazon. Google Compare auto insurance site has already been operating in Britain for two years as a search engine for auto insurance prices.
People in the industry and Silicon Valley say it is only a matter of time before online agencies attack the armies of intermediaries that are the backbone of the trade, and Google could present formidable competition for other insurance sellers. As many as two-thirds of insurance customers say they would consider purchasing insurance products from organizations other than insurers, including 23 percent who would consider buying from online service providers such as Google and Amazon. Google Compare auto insurance site has already been operating in Britain for two years as a search engine for auto insurance prices.
Comment WITNESS SUPRESSION (Score 2) 257
They must be killed - judge, jury, executioner - before they can reveal that "Charlie" was a Gladio.
Comment There was (Score 1) 2
A young man from Nantucket...
Comment When I hear Lourde's "Royals" (Score 1) 4
I know "this really isn't the right Cafe, now is it?"
Comment Re: *sips pabst* (Score 1) 351
I suppose it was a disgusted rhetorical...
Comment Re:When you get to it (Score 1) 22
My big problem was "change default audio device".
Very anti-intuitive. I had to go through Metro to Win7 wrapper of XP menu for legacy NT/95 control panel. Ow.
Comment When you get to it (Score 1) 22
The common denominator apps for Web, Twitter, Maps, Angry Birds, MP3 player and whatnot are basically equal across platforms. You can easily adapt to the peculiarities of one, so that the familiarity becomes an actual asset. Differentiation is then minor preferences in form factor, UI idiosyncrasy, etc.
But when you get to serious applications for music recording, editing and processing - or astronomical observation - or organising a rock climbing expedition - or any other rather specialised pursuit?
iOS is really the leader space. Because the tablet really is all about the apps. I can do everything from replace a 4-track studio to manage XBMC/Kodi, before a jailbreak. Nobody bothers with this stuff for Win or Droid. They seem destined for Spotify not Garage Band.
