Comment Land of the free (Score 1) 449
... as long as you can pay for it.
Comment Growing women (Score 0) 96
I fail to see how a panic button will prevent women from growing. Perhaps it it is only needed for growing women with safety issues. Good luck India.
At 40, There's Never Been a Tech Company Quite Like Apple (qz.com) 106
Mike Murphy, reporting for Quartz: Forty years ago today, two college dropouts decided to start selling cobbled-together computers out of a garage in California because they couldn't afford the ones on the market. They had an intricate wood-cut logo, not much money or manpower, and their first computer only sold about 175 units. But in the years between then and now, Apple has become one of the most valuable companies in the world, spurring revolutions in how we communicate, use computers, listen to music, and to a lesser extent, tell the time. [...] Some critics think that Apple is boring now, setting itself up to iterate on its successes and lock customers into their services with products that are very good, but nothing they haven't really seen before. This is a solid business strategy that will provide strong returns for years to come, but not those eye-popping leaps we've seen before. Here's a video Apple published recently showcasing 40 of its most remarkable products.
Comment Re:To see what happens... (Score 1) 113
... or if it turns out that the "asteroid" is a camouflaged Vogon starship, and by attacking it, we trigger an interstellar war.
Or prevent one.
Comment Developers != Designers (Score 1) 173
Developers aren't user-interface creators. I hope you aren't hoping to treat them as such. In my world, developers are generally too technical to design interfaces, unless those interfaces are mere copies of existing paradigms - their minds are just wired to fix a problem, not to fix it in the most elegant way from a user's standpoint. If you don't have dedicated "human factors" teams or Marketing teams that can do this, you are in a tough position. Developers certainly have some useful insight into what works and doesn't, but I wouldn't ever require them to design the thing from scratch. I'm not saying you can't find some books that will help improve their skills on the subject, but I hope you're going in with the correct goal in mind...
Comment Blu-ray??? (Score 2, Interesting) 638
I would seriously consider purchasing one of these as a media server if it had a blu-ray/dvd combo drive. Without blu-ray this device isn't worthy of space on my HT rack.
Comment I can't believe... (Score 1) 272
that I actually took time to read these comments in-between playing Counter Strike. I must be slipping.
Comment Yeah it's called... (Score 1) 97
Vinegar. EOL
Comment Re:Only posers would scoff... (Score 1) 557
> This isn't designed for someone who wants a "real server."
No. It's designed for someone that would run away screaming into
the night if you told them that a putty knife was in their future
and that they would be using it to pry their precious Mac apart
should they ever need to replace one of those drives.
This is about ease and convenience. It's not about having a "real server".
Comment The answer is obvious... (Score 1) 834
Chance for computer engineer to have a sexual encounter based on location:
porn studio: 18%
university campus: 17%
workplace: 3.3%
Comment Re:Don't panic. (Score 1) 526
Exactly. It is also possible that the OP gave them his mailing info during some previous transaction. This go around, they could have just connected the card number with his stored account info. Not terribly tin foil worthy.
Comment Re:Don't snitch.. (Score 1) 668
but before letting me go, ran me through the system looking for warrants or anything to nail me on! I
As an objective listener of your story, I find it more likely that the copy was looking up your record to see if you have made other such (possible) made-up stories before. From his perspective, you did after all just lead him on a wild goose chase. I would be surprised at all if the tips they get often turn up as unfruitful. In such instances, those resources might have been better served responding to more important calls - the call to that same area for a different reason, as you mention.
Comment I happen to agree (Score 1) 264
These new-fangled computer machines have no place in our Government system. How can we trust a machine to do the work of a man? Sure they may be more efficient, not need coffee breaks, and do math pretty well, but we have BLOOD! Have we all not seen 2001: A Space Odyssy? C'mon people!
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