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Comment Creative Editing Gets Ratings (Score 1) 608

I've heard variations on this story for the last few days and I wish I were surprised it keeps getting reported with all of the relevant portions removed that make it a non story. If you listen to the raw audio or read the text you will see he basically ignores the question that was asked and talks about building a wall to control illegal immigration.

Reporter : "Should there be a database system that tracks the Muslims that are in this country?"

Trump : "There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems, and today you can do it. But right now we have to have a border. We have to have strength, we have to have a wall, and we cannot let what's happening to this country happen again."

REPORTER: But is it something your White House would like to implement?

TRUMP: Oh, I would certainly implement that, absolutely.

REPORTER: What do you think the effect of that would be? How would that work?

TRUMP: It would stop people from coming in illegally. We have to stop people from coming into our country illegally.

If you only react what someone tells you is true and don't check the raw information it's easy to be misled. Trump will say a lot that some people won't agree with or downright hate, but at least let it be his stances you don't like and not a reporter inferring what he meant by interpreting the answers to fit the scenario he prayed would play out or a channel editing it to make the soundbites fit the emotion they want to place in you.
Robotics

The Best Robots of 2009 51

kkleiner writes "Singularity Hub has just unveiled its second annual roundup of the best robots of the year. In 2009 robots continued their advance towards world domination with several impressive breakouts in areas such as walking, automation, and agility, while still lacking in adaptability and reasoning ability. It will be several years until robots can gain the artificial intelligence that will truly make them remarkable, but in the meantime they are still pretty awesome."
Businesses

EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs 161

lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it was closing the studio as part of a recently announced plan to eliminate 1,500 jobs, or 16% of its global workforce. Pandemic has about 220 employees, but an EA spokesman said that a core team, estimated by two people close to the studio to be about 25, will be integrated into the publisher's other Los Angeles studio, in Playa Vista.' An ex-developer for Pandemic attributed the studio's struggles to poor decisions from the management."

Comment OD Sales (Score 1) 417

I worked at Office Depot for a while and yeah a lot of them push this stuff, especially the newer and younger managers. But generally if you get into a store with a tech sales person who's been around for more than a couple of years they'll try and sell you on them but won't pull that "We must've just sold the last one" BS on you. Any honest one will check the availability for you early to avoid running you through the sales pitch and sending you home with nothing. The newer ones will send you to a store who will sell it to you with nothing so they can keep their numbers up.

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