Comment Re:Never accept anything (Score 2) 176
It never said he accepted it. He just said that is what was offered, not that he accepted the offer.
Comment Re:I've never been able to watch using Torrenting (Score 1) 409
If i had mod points you would get them...
(P.S. It's spelled MEMENTO, but i still got the joke)
(P.S. It's spelled MEMENTO, but i still got the joke)
Submission + - Pro gamer fatal1ty says gamers learn "10 times mor (pittco.org)
Rinisari writes: "Nik Parenti from the Pittsburgh LAN Coalition interviewed professional gamer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Johnathan "fatal1ty" Wendel. In it, Wendel talks extensively about his video gaming background, how he got into professional gaming, and how he continues to be active in the e-sports scene. He also shares some advice to aspiring gamers: "The amount of information you'll gain at going to a LAN party compared to what you find out online is drastically different. I always said you'll learn ten times the amount of information by going to a LAN party than you will online, ever. ... Get to LAN parties, you'll learn way more.""
Submission + - Microsoft Sues Motorola over Android patent violat (cnn.com)
AequitasVeritas writes: Microsoft is suing Motorola over alleged patent violations related to the Android operating system.
Comment Re:look another US-American idiot! (Score 1) 267
Sounds like he follows this saying:
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
-Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
-Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Comment Re:Mattress! (Score 1) 345
wow, did I really just type "de-inflation"? my finance professor would have my head if he saw that...
de-inflation should be just deflation
de-inflation should be just deflation
Comment Re:Mattress! (Score 2, Insightful) 345
False again. The value of the money didn't change, the purchasing power of the money changed. The paper is still worth $150,000 regardless of year. The purchasing power of $150,000 will go up or down as inflation and de-inflation change the purchasing power of the paper money.
Going back to when you grandfather was your age, that same $12 (assuming a $10 bill and 2 $1 bills) would still be worth $12 in todays economy. However, the purchasing power of $12 is vastly less today than it was 90 years ago.
Purchasing power is where we derive things like the CPI, so we can track how it changes over time.
Going back to when you grandfather was your age, that same $12 (assuming a $10 bill and 2 $1 bills) would still be worth $12 in todays economy. However, the purchasing power of $12 is vastly less today than it was 90 years ago.
Purchasing power is where we derive things like the CPI, so we can track how it changes over time.
Comment Interesting (Score 1) 258
I find it interesting that they categorize traditional business management roles in with computer science. Perhaps the university I went to was something of a novelty, but there were two distinctly different majors. One was Information Technology, and one was Computer Science. They were not even in the same college within the university. IT was more business (classes like managerial communications, data communications, and ITIL), while CS was programming.
Comment Re:Yes, but is it a . . . (Score 3, Funny) 65
The machines aren't meant to be serviced, they are disposable. Once you fill one up with crap, you wrap it up, toss it away, and get a nice clean one.
Comment Re:ipod? (Score 1) 148
The article mentions specifically the iPod Touch.
Comment Wait... (Score 4, Interesting) 148
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isnt Apple suing HTC over, among other patents, multi-touch? Now Apple is being sued over the same thing?
So who actually owns this patent?
So who actually owns this patent?
Comment The Gnomes will be pleased... (Score 1) 110
OMG THE MISSING STEP!!!
1. Collect Underpants
2. Sue makers of electronic underpants for patent infringement
3. Profit!
How could we all have been so blind... its the Underpants Gnomes Mafiaa
1. Collect Underpants
2. Sue makers of electronic underpants for patent infringement
3. Profit!
How could we all have been so blind... its the Underpants Gnomes Mafiaa
Submission + - Apple Sues HTC but not Google (cnn.com)
AequitasVeritas writes: Apple has sued smartphone maker HTC over 20 iphone patent infringements.
Comment So... (Score 5, Insightful) 1073
... spending more time in class is going to help the kids perform better?
How about we require them to actually pass the classes they do attend before letting them move on...
How about we require them to actually pass the classes they do attend before letting them move on...
Comment Re:Rigged Tests (Score 1) 364
I have watched people drift out of their lane and run lights and so on while holding that phone against their head. I have had to honk at them while slamming on the brakes because they decided to pull into my lane without looking to see if I was already there. I have wished that someone would take that damn phone away from them so they could drive without crashing into me!
I have had to do this to people who weren't holding phones to their head... more times than I care to count... it happens whether people talk on a phone or not.
It's even worse when on my motorcycle.
If a driver isn't paying attention anyway, it doesn't matter if they are talking on the phone or not.
