Comment Re:Glad to hear it will be on fox (Score 1) 206
Thank you for sharing your biases, Matt.
Comment Re:Don't tell the car companies (Score 1) 342
They already do that. It's called "Leasing". Where do you think all those GM EV-1's went....
Comment It's not a bug... (Score 1, Informative) 218
Sounds like normal run of the mill american capitalism. Except I would call it a "Service Bomb".
Comment Re:Wasn't on purpose (Score 2) 299
Chromechu, I choose you!
Comment Re:Like other internet Upgrades (Score 1) 92
What about the "There, fixed it for ya. You're welcome." Phase?
Submission + - Steve Jobs's Claims Put To The Test (youtube.com)
Righey writes: Steve Jobs put some big claims out there saying that the iPhone 4 wasn't the only mobile device that suffered from the "grip of death" at their press conference on Friday. He mentioned a few devices (The iPhone 3GS, Samsung Omnia II, BlackBerry Bold 9700 and HTC Droid Eris) which are all vulnerable to a signal drop when gripped in the right (or wrong) place. You may notice that these are all last generation devices. YouTube user jon4lakers tried out the "grip of death" on some current generation devices (iPhone 3GS, Evo 4G, Samsung Captivate, Droid X, iPhone 4 and the Nexus One) and found that the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and the Samsung Captivate all fell in signal when held in a certain way. Seems like the latest generation iPhone isn't the only phone with the issue.
Comment Re:Isn't it obvious (Score 1) 433
<quote><p><i>Does the U.S. really want to be like China or Iran</i></p><p>"Right now China, the government, can disconnect parts of its Internet in case of war and we need to have that here too," Lieberman</p></quote>
What we really need, is the ability to shut off <i>China's</i> access to the internet.
What we really need, is the ability to shut off <i>China's</i> access to the internet.
Comment Re:Eh... (Score 1) 135
<quote><p>Man are you gonna look stupid when Valve releases the cure for cancer at E3 this year.</p></quote>
Unfortunately it's the cure for Thumb Cancer, brought about by playing too many video games...
Unfortunately it's the cure for Thumb Cancer, brought about by playing too many video games...
Comment Re:Redundancy (Score 0, Redundant) 263
<quote><p>Mention Slashdot in an article. Get your article published on Slashdot. Success.</p></quote>
Recursion!
Recursion!
20 Years of Photoshop 289
benwiggy writes "Photoshop turned 20 on 10th February 2010. Here's an excellent history, including how the Knoll family created one of the biggest apps of all time. The article also has screenshots of the workspace through the versions."
Comment Re:Summary wrong (Score 1) 191
How exactly does one "introduce more quantum uncertainty"?
Comment Re:Perspective (Score 2, Insightful) 675
Cable companies pay big chunks of money to cable networks (USA, MTV, FX) to carry their programming. Comcast and its ilk are none too happy when these networks then turn around and put said content on the Internet for free.
Maybe That is the part that needs to change.. the cable channels are already making a fortune with advertisments, why should Comcast have to pay for the channels at all. When cable TV first appeared in 1976 in Westfield,MA there were no advertisements on many of the channels. Your monthly subscription paid for the content. That was the argument made to my Dad when told he would have to start paying for TV. No commercials! Sure.
AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits 412
techmuse writes "AT&T has changed its terms of service (including for existing contracts) to prevent class action suits. Note that you are already required to submit your case to arbitration, a forum in which consumers are often at a substantial disadvantage. Now you must go up against AT&T alone." This post on David Farber's mailing list provides a bit of context as well.
Comment Kollidge (Score 1) 386
Let them study their own Broads.
