Comment Re:Bought a 2nd hand one (Score 1) 109
Ah, here's the secret of Apple Watch success - people buy one for their 1st hand, and another one for the 2nd hand.
Comment Re:Remember kids! (Score 1) 406
Submission + - Yahoo Stops Honoring 'Do-Not-Track' Settings (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: When web browsers started implementing 'do-not-track' settings, Yahoo got some respect for being the first of the huge tech companies to honor those settings. Unfortunately, that respect has now gone out the door. As of this week, Yahoo will no longer alter their data collection if a user doesn't want to be tracked. They say there are two reasons for this. First, they want to provide a personalized web-browsing experience, which isn't possible using do-not-track. Second, they don't think do-not-track is viable. They say, '[W]e've been at the heart of conversations surrounding how to develop the most user-friendly standard. However, we have yet to see a single standard emerge that is effective, easy to use and has been adopted by the broader tech industry.' It looks like this is another blow to privacy on the web.
Comment Re:Disposable cell phone (Score 1) 364
Morpheus: A one byte's worth of dollars for every man, woman, and child in Zion. That sounds *exactly* like the thinking of a machine to me.
(beware of annoying ads) http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-matrix-reloaded/the-machines-threat/#!quotes/
Comment Astroturfing (Score 1) 169
Read the title as "Evidence For Comet-Borne *Microsoft*..." That's would be some heavy astroturfing!
Comment Proprietary methodology of counting money? (Score 5, Funny) 562
Pay half the bill and tell them you have a proprietary methodology by which you count money.
Comment Re:GA- not allowed to vote due to id problems (Score 2) 821
Very different in MD - no ID required, they just ask for name, address and date of birth; if this matches registration - you're in. Almost too lax since all this information can be mined online in many cases.
Comment Re:200% more? (Score 1) 935
This reminds me of a joke from early 90s "wild capitalism" era in Russia.
Two former classmates meet, one is a poor engineer, another is a "new russian" type cool businessman.
New Russian: Oh, great to see you, how are you doing?
Poor Engineer: Life sucks, no money etc. etc. But look at you... You were the stupidest student in the class, and look at you now. How do you do it?!
New Russian: Well, running business, you know. Buying beer kegs for $100, selling them for $200. This 2% margin is what I live on.
Two former classmates meet, one is a poor engineer, another is a "new russian" type cool businessman.
New Russian: Oh, great to see you, how are you doing?
Poor Engineer: Life sucks, no money etc. etc. But look at you... You were the stupidest student in the class, and look at you now. How do you do it?!
New Russian: Well, running business, you know. Buying beer kegs for $100, selling them for $200. This 2% margin is what I live on.
