Comment Re:We are not all members of your religion. (Score 2) 477
Enough Guinness and who cares? One probably won't be able to tell the difference.
Comment Re:This isn't news... (Score 1) 1367
Knock your self out twit: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=research+asbestos+mesothelioma&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
Comment Re:History ryhmes (Score 3, Informative) 385
Apparently this ABC news report agrees with the poster you're replying to. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/with-reservations-obama-signs-act-to-allow-detention-of-citizens/
Comment Re:Their Country, Their Laws: Mind Your Own Busine (Score 4, Insightful) 146
Sure, let Indians have their say, but don't expect us to shut up and mind our own business. The world is far too small for that now. I'm pretty sure many Indians don't agree with you.
Comment Re:Listen to the users before bashing (Score 1) 633
Have you owned this car for the entire 10 years? You should have over 200K miles on it, if not, you bought the wrong car. If you do, then you saved enough on gas vs. a non-hybrid to pay for the battery pack and the hybrid premium with some nice change left over.
Comment Listen to the users before bashing (Score 3, Insightful) 633
Hybrids have been out for a long time. It appears to me that they are increasing in popularity in spite of the naysayers. Every single person that I know who has a hybrid (maybe a dozen) is pretty happy with the fuel economy. None have complained about having to fork over money for a new battery system yet. One could argue concerning the high manufacturing cost, but I think that that has come down enough relative to selling price to achieve parity with non-hybrid vehicles. The technology continues to evolve and any battery breakthroughs will make them even more attractive.
Comment Re:It still works. (Score 1) 879
I tend to agree with the sediments
In other words you ARE a bottom feeder.
Comment Re:Way to Go Universal! (Score 1) 220
It doesn't matter whether they've heard about it or not. The effect is still real, without the name.
Comment Re:No more "Fair Use" law? (Score 1) 287
You file the counterclaim that is provided for in the DMCA, indicating that to the best of your knowledge you are not infringing copyright. The ISP must then put the content back up If the copyright holder still wants to pursue the matter, it is up to them to take it to court.
Nevertheless, at THAT moment the legal exposure and costs become quite real. What we need is a private consortium of fair use defenders to fund these counterclaims, or something like it, to even the scales of power.
Comment Re:Why did everyone else pay? (Score 1) 332
Because the license fees don't really amount to anything given what MS is offering in return. This has not been disclosed and an NDA probably applies. It could include sweetheart deals on WP7, various Windows OSs, and maybe some free Azure hosting. Who knows?
Comment Re:Well now (Score 1) 386
Here's a good conspiracy theory: Are they really paying money, or did MS say "Hey, if you "pay" this licensing fee for Android, we'll return it to you as credits on Windows Mobile licensing fees".
So Microsoft gets to spread FUD and tell everyone "Hey, these other guys paid up, so should you", while the companies may not be paying anything.
Since MS tried to require an NDA and confidentiality just to disclose the patents (which are already in the public domain), I wouldn't be surprised to find that they had some backroom deal to reward companies for paying for Anrdroid.
This is what I've been thinking from very early on.
Comment Re:Not the Droid you're looking for. (Score 1) 231
"The major manufacturers would have only come to terms with Microsoft if they came to the conclusion that in a drawn out court battle, Microsoft would win."
I disagree. The terms of these agreements are never disclosed. I think instead of confining your analysis to just the results of a potential court battle, you need to consider what else might be thrown into the mix. It could just as well be that Microsoft is offering more than just indemnity for the licensing money. It could be a sweet offer we know nothing of, which allows Microsoft to continue to get press about the "cost" of using the Android OS.
Submission + - Google Enlarges Warchest With 1023 IBM Patents (bloomberg.com) 1
ElBeano writes: Google has continued to beef up its patent portfolio in the face of the onslaught from Apple and Microsoft. The best defense is a good offense. "Google is building an arsenal of patents that the company has said is largely designed to counter a “hostile, organized campaign” by companies including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. against the Android operating system for mobile devices. Google had already acquired 1,030 patents from IBM in a transaction recorded in July, and will obtain more than 17,000 with its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc."
Comment Re:Age of universe 13.75 billion years... (Score 1) 69
They confirmed the same redshift data collected and approximated the event to have taken place 13 billion years ago.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRB_090423
Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 1) 442
And the performance is not only good, but you can scale up and down on the fly. I've moved all my sites to Rackspace cloud servers. They've proven quite reliable, speedy and cost effective.
