Comment Re:Real Ratina Display (Score 1) 476
If they say 12, it is. Analogy to your argument: "2+2 = 3, except that everyone writes 4, so we're not lying".
Amazon Surrenders To Macmillan On eBook Pricing 437
CuteSteveJobs writes with a followup to news we discussed on Saturday of a disagreement between Amazon and Macmillan Publishers over ebook pricing: "Amazon has thrown in the towel and announced it will now sell books at Macmillan's increased prices; up to $14.99 from $9.99. Said Amazon in a statement: 'We will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to you even at prices we believe are needlessly high for e-books.' Macmillan has sensed Apple's iBooks opens the way for higher prices. Perhaps the question should be: do we even need publishers like Macmillian? Publishers have long managed to keep their old business model chugging along nicely despite the Internet; Academics are still forced to give up copyright (PDF) of their work in exchange for publication. Textbook publishers have a history of unethical practices like frequent edition changes, unjustifiable price increases and bribing teachers. For that matter, why do the RIAA's members still control the music business? Why do these dinosaur publishing businesses still manage to thrive despite the Internet?"
Comment Re:Dang! Things were just getting fun (Score 1) 756
G(T,p) = U + pV â' TS
A(T,V) = U â' TS
What else is there to figure out?
What the â' sign is.
Comment Re:Dang! Things were just getting fun (Score 1) 756
Turn off the lights please.
Comment HDDVD in laptops? (Score 1) 685
My girlfriend has an HP laptop and bought it at around 800$ a year and a half ago. It has an HD-DVD. She never used it (except for reading standard DVD). Does she still count toward this idiot statistic? Likewise, how many have HD-DVD discs around? Just for myself, I have way more blu-ray than all my friends have HD-DVD (even if you remove my PS3 games). Crazy, uh?
Comment Re:The Best Thing To Do (Score 1) 287
Don't get me started on F12 and Scroll Lock...
Comment Re:Finally (Score 1) 307
Slashdot isn't PHP? Damn...
Comment Re:Delicious (Score 2, Funny) 565
Does he have 6 fingers on his left hand?
Comment Re:Guesstimates? (Score 4, Funny) 409
Now, every time I hear the word estimate, I assume that the number started from some actual data, rather than from someone's rectum.
Except for estimates of colonoscopy, I guess.
Comment Re:How much is your time worth (Score 1) 837
How much time did you spend reading/posting on slashdot instead of making those cables I asked for in the first place?
Comment Re:AC? That's cool, actually more than cool... (Score 2, Funny) 323
How many vietnam veteran does it take to change a lightbulb? you weren't there man, you wouldn't know...
Comment Re:The real question is.... (Score 2, Informative) 323
You can do whatever you want. You don't have an EULA with the enterprise program. Apple told us so when we were looking to reverse some API to obtain cell towers informations. We wanted to be legit and know Apple's opinion; they told us we could do it with their enterprise program, but we'd be limited to iPhones which have the correct certificate (registered with the iPhone enterprise manager).
Comment Re:Wow, way to abbreviate there (Score 1) 231
If you mean character as in "personality", then yes, yes it is ;-)
Comment Re:They can either do it openly or covertly (Score 3, Informative) 353
But what about my god-given right to massive unmetered bandwidth without having to pay for it?
That right exists in many country, European and Asian. You just have to move there.
Comment Re:Obesity & Bacteria (Score 2, Funny) 397
I know a guy who just stop eating. After a year, he doesn't weight anything, and he doesn't have to move anymore! Quite impressive.
