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Comment Re:Fact Checking Anyone? (Score 1) 432

"Yesterday's announcement of the ninth-generation iPed showed exactly why there was so much excitment around the device. As the video hands on shows, iPed 8 makes up for all the things lacking in the original iPed. The 1THz eigth-core A9 chip does justice to apps like Video Booth and over all user experience. Moreover, while the screen carries even more resolution, Orange was able to pack it in a noticably thinner iPed 5. Infact its dimensions, 1.34 mm to 0.88mm thick, make it 93% thinner than a sheet of paper. Also while the cameras are 4K, the inclusion itself provides an opportuntiy for Fecetime, which is actually more interactive than what we've seen so far on other Tomato devices."

Looks like it could be wronger.

Comment Re:I love the American way... (Score 3, Interesting) 572

That was not what he meant. The technology is tried and testes. Maybe half of the cars around me use it. It works, it's reliable, and it undeniably saves gas/emissions. The problem here is that it doesn't save so much gas on the EPA test track. As such, it's not worth it - no matter the environmental benefits in the real world.

Comment Re:News For Nerds (Score 1) 194

Wikileaks wasn't born with Cablegate or the Iraq/Afghanistan war logs. And it's not an anti-US site; their first published leak was of an assassination order in Somalia. It's just that the US is fertile in material...

Plus, if you bother read the cables you'll see the obvious pressure, as pointed out by other posters.

Comment Not so sure about Brazil... (Score 1) 402

I'm as trusting of politicians as the next Slashdotter but, given how the Brazilian president recently (and very publicly) voiced his strong support for Assange and Wikileaks (when there weren't that many world leaders doing the same), I'm not sure their intention is the one stated in the article. They may just want to reduce US control of the internet, which is clearly a good idea given both past and current events.

Comment Re:One man's game (Score 4, Insightful) 106

You, as many slashdot users, seem to be a bit confused on the meaning of the word democracy. The concept you seem to be referring to is that of direct democracy. Most democracies today are representative democracies, in which the "rule of the people" is carried out by their elected representatives. It is not at odds with the concept of republic: most western countries are republics (of varied kinds), and they're all (all that I can think of) democratic.

Comment Nice list you got there (Score 1) 43

The iPhone, Blackberry's Storm and Bold lines, and many Symbian and Android handsets

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And many/most Windows Mobile smartphones had it too, before half of these even existed. And it's not like they're at a disadvantage for "GPS games", e.g. Geocaching Live is only available for Java/WinMo. I know this is Slashdot, but come on...

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