brianmat - Slashdot User

Comment Re:App stores (Score 1) 266

by brianmat on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @10:08AM (#39856735) Attached to: Is GPL Licensing In Decline?

Not true. You can run an Android app through the SDK emulator all at no cost. Also, to follow your argument you would pay $99 to Apple plus $$$$$^2 for an iOS device plus $$$ for a Mac platform to build the app.

State Senator Caught Looking At Porn On Senate Floor 574

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @12:02PM from the let's-vote-on-this-instead dept.

Everyone knows how boring a debate on a controversial abortion bill can get on the Senate floor. So it's no wonder that Florida State Sen. Mike Bennett took the time to look at a little porn and a video of a dog running out of the water and shaking itself off. From the article: "Ironically, as Bennett is viewing the material, you can hear a Senator Dan Gelber's voice in the background debating a controversial abortion bill. 'I'm against this bill,' said Gelber, 'because it disrespects too many women in the state of Florida.' Bennett defended his actions, telling Sunshine State News it was an email sent to him by a woman 'who happens to be a former court administrator.'"

Comment Re:Sad news (Score 1) 920

by brianmat on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @06:10PM (#30925880) Attached to: Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon

You assume that if we double taxes Congress will use the money to pay down the debt. As it stands, Congress sees every dollar as part of its personal piggy bank for other projects. Congress has no desire or incentive to decrease the debt.

Comment Yay? (Score 1) 1713

by brianmat on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @03:09PM (#30921754) Attached to: Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open

Unless this comes in around the cost of a regular netbook (~$320 USD) then I don't really see the point.

Netbook:
Flash: Yes
Replaceable battery: Yes
Touchscreen: No (for the most part)
Real keyboard: Yes
Bluetooth: Yes
Tether: Yes

Unless you have a dying need for a 10" touchscreen and the ability to blow up an iPhone application to super pixel size then I really don't see the market. You could argue it as an ebook reader, but the price points they have set in place make the Nook, Kindle, and others look a bit more appealing from the $9.99 and under book list. Overall, I give it a 9.5/10 on the "solution looking for a problem" scale.

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