Comment Re:jailbait... (Score 1) 339
It seems you got more chance to get a minimal sentence when you shoot your procecutor than copy a few disks.
10,500 disks is more than a few.
It seems you got more chance to get a minimal sentence when you shoot your procecutor than copy a few disks.
10,500 disks is more than a few.
“The Smart and the Fiat 500 have high sticker prices, and people buy them because they are small cars,”
Fiat, maybe, but people aren't buying Smart cars because they want a tiny car. Smart cars are small because that's what the technology required for electric cars at the time.
Facebook allows other people to add you to groups - in other words, your 'friends' can basically edit an aspect of your profile. It's bizarrely stupid, and has been a common complaint for a long time, and this wouldn't have happened if Facebook didn't do this, but Facebook defends this practice.
To be honest, the same effect would result if one of her friends posted "Hey, what's it like being a lesbian?" on her wall. I don't see anyone advocating a way to prevent that from happening.
The easier lesson from all this is that if you're going to try to keep secrets, but be active on social media, eventually you're going to get burned.
If SkyNET developed a conscience, it would cancel third world debt and cut spending from pork-barrel programs, and would also be vegetarian.
Or at least it may feel bad about it. Simply having a conscience doesn't mean you listen to it.
There was no purple flare camera issue on the iPhone 4 / 4S
Not true. There was just no hysterical news vomit about it.
http://5.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/iphone-5-haze-on-the-4s.jpg http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/09/26/the-iphone-5s-camera-suffering-purple-haze-flaw-not-fast/
People tried to call in to report it, but their calls kept dropping.
Here's the problem with your example: You could injure yourself crossing the street, too. You could trip and fall. You could get hit by a car. Your story could have just as easily been about when you tripped and fell down the stairs and hit your head on a radiator.
Does that mean we should wear protective gear everywhere at all times? Or could we maybe accept that life isn't a completely safe activity?
Here's the problem with your response: It's about the risk level. Riding a bike is riskier than walking down the stairs, even if there is a radiator at the bottom. Yes I'm aware that there is a significant number of elderly people who fall down stairs and are injured. It's simply rational to take precautions when certain levels of risk are met. Given that people have differing opinions on when that is met, it's natural to expect that people have different opinions on when helmets are needed. Now, as to whether or not government has to mandate it is a completely different story.
OK, so why wouldn't any home user choose a free LibreOffice download over a $100/year msoffice subscription tax?
Because when they go to the store, they don't see LibreOffice. Yes, many people still go to stores.
The question is simple, why should I buy a Windows phone? What does it give me that I cannot get from Android or Apple? After all, if there is no big reason to choose Windows phone, then I would lean towards one with a broader base of apps. Once they're able to get a compelling mainstream reason why to move to Windows phone, they need to market it. Right now they think having a unified experience between desktop and phone is that killer feature. We'll see if they're right.
As with most (all?) engineered wood products - what about when it gets wet?
So it's not really bulletproof against a watergun?
...since when did everyone's purchasing habits depend on you?
When people want to buy something (short of an impulse buy), they research it. During their research they will ask the opinions of people they respect and feel are knowledgeable on the subject. I'm sorry if your friends and family don't consider you an expert (or consider you too much of a jerk to approach) but there's a rather significant number of people on Slashdot who routinely get asked for computer/electronics purchase advise.
And 7 inch tablets at that! Because it's so similar to the 7" iPad
Of course! How can Apple get a design patent on a 7" iPad if they let other 7" tablets get on the market first?
Apple isn't a monopoly and it has not abused a monopoly position
Design patent lawsuits, anyone?
(That's how you really get modded Troll)
Let me say this again, they just made $2 million in DONATIONS with 0 requirements to actually bring this device to market.
But the summary says the wisdom of crowds is never wrong!
Seriously though, people need to stop and think: if a random person came up to you in the street, pitched this, and asked you for money, would you still do it? That's basically what's happened. Kickstarter is like Vegas. You put money in, and hope you get something back out. (though one difference is that if the Kickstarter project really does hit it big and earns billions, you don't get anything more, so you don't have a jackpot)
The lights in Vegas aren't paid for by winners, and there's a lot of lights in Vegas.
Memory fault - where am I?