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Comment /. Moderators (Score 2) 189

Even a light reading of the article reveals that iCloud is an impressive service but not targeted at business or enterprise users (shocking), a fact which the OP (who clearly does not like iCloud and/or Apple, in general) noticeably neglects to mention. If Slashdot is a news site, and news should objectively divulge facts, then I have to wonder why such a blatantly slanted article summary has once again been allowed to be posted. If you want me to not like iCloud, just draw attention to the shortcomings of the product, don't paraphrase a reasonable review into "is a shambles".

Comment Re:As an American Conservative... (Score 2) 458

Because that is the state putting a restriction on speech which they are specifically denied the power to do.

The state is allowed to restrict free speech when it is rationally related to prohibiting what is in the state's best interests. Hate speech, potentially disruptive student speech, etc. are all totally legal to abridge and regulate. Maybe you should read the Constitution and the hundreds of cases of First Amendment case law that go along with a full understanding of the subject... or not spout pointless, melodramatic rhetoric about a subject which you clearly do not comprehend. Your pick.

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Submission + - Violent Video Games Ban Overturned (cnn.com)

dhermann writes: "Scalia strikes again, writing for the majority that "(the law) is seriously overinclusive because it abridges the First Amendment rights of young people whose parents (and aunts and uncles) think violent video games are a harmless pastime.""

Comment Re:Ripped music (Score 1) 758

It's because the process is physical, not digital. Every compact disc has millions and millions of pits, and there are tiny differences that would result in slightly different rips, even if two users were using the exact same disc reader. The odds of two rips being the exact same set of bytes is astronomical.

Comment Re:Old fans (Score 3, Informative) 292

If you're going to reboot a universe, do it like Doctor Who did it, and not like Star Trek.

Yeah, Star Trek was a huge, unmitigated disaster that made $385 million in gross revenue. I can see how a corporation would find the Doctor Who model much more attractive.

Comment Re:Requires Flash (Score 1) 406

I'm sure an iOS App will be forthcoming to replace any lost Flash functionality.

Nnnnnnnnope.

If not they risk losing the entire block of iOS users when Apple releases its own cloud service.

By releasing the service first, Google hopes to get users set up and entrenched before Apple. This is their only hope of competing against a platform that can and definitely will remove any app submitted that directly competes with their service.

Comment Re:Requires Flash (Score 1) 406

So it's going to be a non-starter for a lot of devices including of course iOS devices

Exactly.

Not a good way to dive into a market that has a lot of big players going into it including Amazon and potentially Apple who are rumored, as they always are, to be working on something similar.

You mean exactly how they entered the market with their search engine? Have you visited Altavista lately?

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