Comment Re:Funny (Score 1) 82
Although, let's be honest, a lot of patent trolls would be content to wait until the startup is acquired because they'd much rather go after the deep pocketed corporation that buys it.
Comment Re:Too late (Score 1) 480
That statement demonstrates the same sort of bone-headed mindset that's driven companies into the vendor lock-down the city of Freiburg was trying to escape from.
And your statements indicate the kind of tin-foil hat wearing, high horse riding hyperbole that is the primary reason why people outside the community don't take FOSS particularly seriously.
Comment Re:oh, you (Score 2) 192
Sorry, but Apple already owns the patent on asking someone to kiss their ass.
Not only that, but it's probably their most frequently used "innovation".
Comment Re:Either? (Score 1) 707
The result of this was a rule change by the Commission on Presidential Debates to effectively exclude 3rd Party Candidates from all future debates
Wow. That went well then.
Comment Re:Make up your mind.... (Score 1) 128
it's just the author shouldn't have been expecting to make a lot of money with it.
Where did the author claim they were?
Comment Re:I hope this doesn't affect Facebook. (Score 1) 176
AWS's CloudFront is an edge delivery network.
Comment Re:What the fuck (Score 1) 295
Damn right. When Jobs got up on stage and announced that Apple was a mobile device company (and upset a few Mac devotees to boot), at least he did so from the position of having sold a shitload of iPods and phones. They've sold more iOS devices now than all the personal computers sold in the entire company's history. Microsoft, apart from Xbox, which has sold a fraction of the number of iOS devices, has no such right to the claim.
Comment Re:Funny (Score 2) 418
Maybe the hacking and mass slaughter of innocent players in World of Warcraft major cities was actually a PETA terrorist plot in revenge for battle pets' inclusion in the recent Pandaria expansion.
Comment Re:No. (Score 1) 342
They have given away the iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, iPad 2, 3 and will give away the iPhone 5 in Japan when you sign up for 2 years. And the contracts aren't really any more pricey than the US and come with unlimited data.
Comment Re:It's pretty clear.... (Score 1) 244
There isn't a single ad on the page.
There are for me. You sure you don't have an ad blocker running? I got one for Gillette shaving gel, and then went back when I read your message to make sure I wasn't imagining it, and got another one for Speck cases.
Comment Re:I do not know why this appear on Slashdot !! (Score 2) 242
Replying to revert moderation - accidentally slipped with the mouse and modded you flamebait.
Comment Re:Crappy game (Score 2) 107
but you have to admire his class
Why? That would suggest there's something almost altruistic about his decision, when it's pretty fucking obvious that he's doing this to make more money than his mediocre game would have otherwise. I suppose I grudgingly admire his PR savvy.
While these kinds of "gestures" by game developers remain a novelty, they will be treated as such, and garner more publicity (front page on reddit, slashdot and god knows how many other sites already) leading to considerably more sales than they would have achieved otherwise. The right-on crowd who still seem to think this is somehow a generous decision rather than a cunning marketing ploy will support it with their wallets and the developer gets more income for his distinctly "average" project than he could have hoped for if he'd tried to launch it at a fixed price.
Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit 992
Hugh Pickens writes "Most highways in the U.S. top out at 75 mph, while some highways in rural West Texas and Utah have 80 mph speed limits. All that is about to change as Texas opens a stretch of highway with the highest speed limit in the country, giving eager drivers a chance to rip through a trip between two of the state's largest metropolitan areas at 85 mph for a 41-mile toll road between Austin and San Antonio. While some drivers will want to test their horsepower and radar detectors, others are asking if safety is taking a backseat. A 2009 report in the American Journal of Public Health found that more than 12,500 deaths were attributable to increases in speed limits on all kinds of roads and that rural highways showed a 9.1 percent increase in fatalities on roads where speed limits were raised. 'If you're looking at an 85 mph speed limit, we could possibly see drivers going 95 up to 100 miles per hour,' says Sandra Helin, president of the Southwestern Insurance Information Service. 'When you get to those speeds, your accidents are going to be a lot worse. You're going to have a lot more fatalities.'"
Comment Re:But it's not the google experience (Score 1) 307
or Channel 4 -- to us Americans they're the same thing
Speak for yourself, ignoramus.
Comment Re:Colour me a cynic for saying this... (Score 4, Funny) 133
That's the way of things these days. When you have nothing better to say, you whine and bitch about a substantial project, entirely created by volunteers, given away for free, and to which you have contributed nothing... as if they owe you something. I believe it's one of the requirements for the new Boy Scouts "entitlement" badge.
