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Comment Re:Styli? (Score 1) 68

The system you probably saw is based on a Wacom digitizer added to a normal capacitive touchscreen. So the stylus is not using the touchscreen but a Wacom digitizer while switching of the touchscreen gesture recognition while being in use. No need to ape a human finger and thus more precise and smaller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note#Stylus

Comment Re:Okay seriously, I don't get this (Score 1) 298

There are also bugfixes available in newer versions. Don't forget about that.

Stock Gingerbread 2.3.7 ran flawlessly on my mytouch 4G slide (aka HTC Doubleshot). However, the unsupported Cyanogenmod 9.0/1 based on IceCreamSandwich 4.0 both had huge problems with wifi - WPA Enterprise not remembering credentials and the sleep mode during screen-off disconnecting my phone from my wifi network at home. Very annoying especially with a limited data plan. An alpha from the XDA forums for Cyanogenmod 10 which means Jelly Bean 4.1 fixed these problems completely. Now my phone is stable. On an alpha. Granted, I only encountered problems with an unsupported version but other people might not be so lucky. They could be stuck with a stock ICS that does not work with WPA Enterprise without the possibility to upgrade to Jelly Bean. There are open bug reports about WPA Enterprise not working on ICS.

I have to admit that I'm just back to the previous level of functionality compared to Gingerbread but I also got a better GMail App with Jelly Bean and a smoother UI. Not essential but still nice.

Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 878

Please check out the following pretty convincing study:
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/22/1206820109.abstract

Persistent cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline broadly across domains of functioning, even after controlling for years of education. Informants also reported noticing more cognitive problems for persistent cannabis users. Impairment was concentrated among adolescent-onset cannabis users, with more persistent use associated with greater decline. Further, cessation of cannabis use did not fully restore neuropsychological functioning among adolescent-onset cannabis users. Findings are suggestive of a neurotoxic effect of cannabis on the adolescent brain and highlight the importance of prevention and policy efforts targeting adolescents.

Comment Re:maybe (Score 2) 878

How about the Netherlands? That should make for a nice location for such a study with pot being legal over there. Btw over 1000 participants.

Persistent cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline broadly across domains of functioning, even after controlling for years of education. Informants also reported noticing more cognitive problems for persistent cannabis users. Impairment was concentrated among adolescent-onset cannabis users, with more persistent use associated with greater decline. Further, cessation of cannabis use did not fully restore neuropsychological functioning among adolescent-onset cannabis users. Findings are suggestive of a neurotoxic effect of cannabis on the adolescent brain and highlight the importance of prevention and policy efforts targeting adolescents.

From http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/08/22/1206820109.abstract

Comment Comic Books (Score 1) 278

The French have a great tradition of comic books together with the Belgian school which brought us masterpieces like Tintin. Being a son to a German intellectual, American comics were a no-no and I grew up with the European comics. When I was older and in high school I discovered an interesting series of comic books in the math section of my father's book shelves that I had not seen before which are also from France. The comics are done by the French scientist Jean Pierre Petit. The books are available for free as PDFs and have been translated to various languages. Most of them are more concerned with Physics but the first link will bring you immediately to the one I found and enjoyed. It is about topology and, if I recall correctly, starts out on a weirdly shaped planet which resembles a Moebius strip. http://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com/JPP/telechargeables/English/Topo_the_world_eng.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Higgins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Petit#Popular_science It looks like he has also more traditional book about the universe. I haven't read it though. http://www.savoir-sans-frontieres.com/JPP/telechargeables/English/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Universe.pdf

Comment Re:Still Wrong (Score 1) 926

That is correct, however, the era of cheap energy is ending and along comes the merit order effect. The last quantity of energy that fulfills the worlds need will be more important to the price than the first quantity. If oil prices continue to rise, other sources of energy will follow, since oil is the highest value source of energy. It is highest value because of being ease of storage, ease of trade, and high density. Who in their right mind would sell energy for cheap if the market is willing to pay much more?

Comment Export the email addresses while you can! (Score 1) 178

Since there is no official way to export, why not use your rooted android device to do just that: http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/460827-how-export-your-friends-list-facebook-must-rooted.html#post4444672 Worked great for me, though, I used SQLite Database Browser on Ubuntu which is in the standard repositories.

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