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Comment Re:Misleading Summary (Score 1) 179

All consumer GPS can do is get the date, and current position. They use other sensors and/or multiple readings to get your heading and speed. This information is then fed into mapping software that is already on the device that may or may not rely on more data off the internet. I'm unsure of what military features they may have aside from getting better fixes on your location, but clinton removed some/all consumer restrictions on fix resolution in the 1990s.

Comment Re:So.... (Score 4, Informative) 531

This will continue to get worse no matter which party is in charge

You sound like someone who doesn't realize that there are other parties to choose from then the republicrats.

http://www.lp.org/

http://www.gp.org/

http://www.aipca.org/

Just 3 off the top of my head that are actively working against the interests of the republicrats. Only *YOU* can stop voting for the same old crap, and choose something different.

Comment Re:This shouldn't even be a contest (Score 1) 618

Voyager, soap operatic as it was, at least had some of the Star Trek spirit. In my view, which obviously differs from yours, DS9 was more of a politically correct copycat version of Babylon 5.

I don't think you know what a soap opera is. DS9 fits that description a million times better than voyager. Why? Because there was an overall story ark from episode to episode. VGR had particle of the week syndrome.

Comment Re:Farewell XP (Score 3, Insightful) 727

In what sense isn't Mac App Store a walled garden? It's moderated, and they force a sandbox on apps now.

In the sense that the walled garden has a gate (keeper) that allows you to download any app from any other source and still run that. You can't do that on the interface formerly known as metro, though you can still run classic windows apps sourced from anywhere on the Windows 8 desktop (but not on the Windows RT classic desktop).

Comment Re:It's too bad (Score 1) 933

Look, I love my Macbook, but I choose to run VirtualBox with Windows 7 and Ubuntu because I feel that while it does a great job of some things, it's poor at best at other things in comparison to other OSs.

You ser are a true computer enthusiast. You use the tools that get the job done rather than bickering that your vice grip doesn't work as a socket wrench. If I had mod points, I would spend them all on you just for this quote right here. (My other space has VMWare with CentOS and Windows 7 running so that I have the tools that let me get my job done, regardless of what OS those tools were meant for in the first place.)

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