Comment Re:Better question (Score 2) 749
Shitty black earbuds okay then?
Comment open/usability (Score 1) 237
Openness is all fine and dandy, but ultimately consumer friendliness and usability are what will make a successful platform. Whether geeks want to admit it or not, that's why Apple's offerings are so successful.
Comment Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score 1) 805
The iMac may strike you as a bit pricey, but it compares well to Dell's similar offering.
Journal Journal: Comparing Computer Productivity Through The Ages 364
In the Age of Computer Bloat someone has decided to do a performance comparison between a 1986 Mac Plus and a 2007 AMD Dual core, each running appropriate software.
Submission + - MySpace Gets False Positive In Sex Offender Search
gbulmash writes: "In its eagerness to clear sex offenders off its site and publish their identities, MySpace identified an innocent woman as a sex offender. She shares a name and birth month with a sex offender who lives in a neighboring state and that was apparently enough to get MySpace to wrongly brand her and completely ignore her protests."
Feed Moths Mimic Sounds To Survive (sciencedaily.com)
In a night sky filled with hungry bats, good-tasting moths increase their chances of survival by mimicking the sounds of their bad-tasting cousins, according to a new study. This is the first research to definitively show how an animal species uses acoustic mimicry as a defensive strategy.
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