Comment: Re:He's Right (Score 1) 880
What? EA didn't purchase Zynga. Zynga did an IPO last year.
As for app downloads - the key number is revenue. On iOS at least games generate by far the most revenue of all apps.
Comment: Re:First dissent (Score 1) 2416
The decision doesn't grant the government power to compel you to buy things, only the power to penalize (tax) you if you don't.
Very different things.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/the-health-care-decision-explained-in-1-paragraph-on-scotusblog/259097/
Very different things.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/the-health-care-decision-explained-in-1-paragraph-on-scotusblog/259097/
Comment: Re:Blame all around (Score 1) 322
I don't think anyone will ever try it, but here's an idea for how to run a store:
You just described the Apple Store
aka the most profitable (per square foot) retail business in the US
Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons 142
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from the anthropomorphic-power dept.
from the anthropomorphic-power dept.
Lanxon writes "An architecture and design firm called Choi+Shine has submitted a design for the Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon International Design Competition which proposes giant human-shaped pylons carrying electricity cables across the country's landscape, reports Wired. The enormous figures would only require slight alterations to existing pylon designs, says the firm, which was awarded an Honorable mention for its design by the competition's judging board. It also won an award from the Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture competition."
+ - Why I'Why I'm worried about Java's future->
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E5Rebel writes "Java is not dead. Java technology is alive and vitally important; we all must be concerned if its future direction isn't clear. We need to thrash out what we want and how to get it.
Useful comment from Forrester analyst."
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Useful comment from Forrester analyst."
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Comment: Re:First rebellion (Score 1) 703
>I'd probably be worried about commodities as a bigger issue.
Agreed. Rare earth elements are especially concerning.
Comment: Battery Lifespan is a Factor (Score 1) 96
Very cool device, but battery life won't be "infinite" or anything close. The article doesn't specify battery chemistry, but it does say that the battery will last "a few years"... and I don't imagine they're replaceable.
This is not to knock - this is a great achievement! Mainstream micro-controller that can power itself in a hassle-free manner? Awesome =]
Comment: Re:Speaking as a chemist (Score 2, Informative) 229
It *is* correct. GP said "less than one electron in the apparatus at any one time on average and you still get the diffraction pattern" which is right. Even if you only ever send one electron through it will be detected in a location consistent with the fringe pattern.
From the link you included in your reply:
"Although electrons were sent one by one, interference fringes could be observed."
You say "Single electrons produce single dots. It's only after you dump many electrons through that you get a pattern" which I think is misleading at best. It suggests that the first electron could be found in a location consistent with classical mechanics. The reality is that from the very first dot you'll be seeing interference effects (this is the heart of the double slit experiment), although it's true it won't *look* like there's a pattern until you've accumulated many dots.
Anyway, my point is that GP had it right.
From the link you included in your reply:
"Although electrons were sent one by one, interference fringes could be observed."
You say "Single electrons produce single dots. It's only after you dump many electrons through that you get a pattern" which I think is misleading at best. It suggests that the first electron could be found in a location consistent with classical mechanics. The reality is that from the very first dot you'll be seeing interference effects (this is the heart of the double slit experiment), although it's true it won't *look* like there's a pattern until you've accumulated many dots.
Anyway, my point is that GP had it right.
Comment: Re:Argh. This time with paragraphing (Score 1) 458
A minor point, but this:
The popularity of a cultural work is largely a result not of any inherent qualities of the work itself, but of of the activities of the audience.
...doesn't work with this:
If I like a piece of music, I am likely to tell my friends. They tell their friends, and so on and so on. (This is preferential attachment in a scale-free network.)
Why do you "like" one piece of music more than another. Why do all your friends pass it along. It's because of something inherent in the "work itself", isn't it?