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Comment Re:Pssshhh... (Score 1) 176

by u235meltdown on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @10:02PM (#33742840) Attached to: Study Finds the Perfect Ratio of Attractiveness

The gal also gets another ass... the bloke she married.

Comment Re:What is wrong with SIP (Score 1) 114

by u235meltdown on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @03:24PM (#33372632) Attached to: Google Testing Voice Calling In Gmail

Well, to think from their perspective... if they allow a service that costs them plenty and is already free to go out of their control, how are they ever going to monetize it?
Don't get me wrong I would love to have a GUI client on my computer to let me call internationally at Google's rates, but then the free calling to US may disappear since they can't pair it with AdSense.

Comment Common Carrier Defense? (Score 1) 114

by u235meltdown on Wednesday August 25, 2010 @02:57PM (#33372296) Attached to: Google Testing Voice Calling In Gmail

So what happens now that two of the 3 points they used to defend themselves against ATT are gone?

Comment Android 1.7? (Score 1) 1

by u235meltdown on Friday August 06, 2010 @05:40PM (#33168844) Attached to: IPad knockoffs on sale for $50 to $125

Did I miss a release? 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0/2.0.1/2.1, 2.2 Has anyone here actually used one of these?

Comment Re:Best SSID (Score 1) 422

by u235meltdown on Sunday March 21, 2010 @03:47AM (#31555796) Attached to: Auto-Scanning the Names People Choose For Their Wireless APs

Didn't see any fon SSIDs on the list :-(
Foneros unite!

Comment Re:Clarification of facts (Score 1) 93

by u235meltdown on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @04:37PM (#29029429) Attached to: Yemenis Should Be Incensed At Websense

docs.google.com shows up currently in the category "Personal Network Storage and Backup." Seems quite accurate to me.
Requires a valid subscription to see, but https://www.websense.com/sitelookup does allow administrators to test categories and report categorised URLs to the human review team. It is also available in the installed product, so admins don't even have to go out of their way.

Comment Stops Working (Score 1) 93

by u235meltdown on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @04:21PM (#29029157) Attached to: Yemenis Should Be Incensed At Websense

After failing to download a database update for two weeks, the software will cease to function. Now that the subscription has been pulled, Yemen ISPs will have two weeks to find a different "solution" to their problem.

Comment Re:Try this: Don't get suckered in my the marketin (Score 1) 122

by u235meltdown on Thursday July 23, 2009 @02:04AM (#28792107) Attached to: Registrars Still Ignoring ICANN Rules

Is that 0.0003 U.S. cents or 0.000003 Verizon cents?

Comment Re:I'd take Jennings (Score 1) 213

by u235meltdown on Monday April 27, 2009 @05:10PM (#27736883) Attached to: IBM Computer Program To Take On 'Jeopardy!'

The problem is you are applying the sense of "knowing" to a program. The algorithm will most likely answer any and all questions, but with varying accuracy. Of course, a threshold for the expected accuracy before initiating a button press could be set, but it is still a very different concept. Programs are a way off from AI, but I would love to see how this project fairs.
If we knew more about the workings of a brain and could electronically replicate it, there would be less of a distinction in my mind.

Now cue the arguments that humans don't "know" anything either...

Comment Am I the only one that found this funny? (Score 1) 120

by u235meltdown on Monday October 27, 2008 @07:38AM (#25525109) Attached to: Russian Regulators Block Google Online Advertising Acquisition

Under related stories:
"Firehose:Google online advertising acquisition blocked by Anonymous Coward"
Wow, either Google has suffered in the economic crash or we have super cowards!

Submission + - Doctorow: Your Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook (informationweek.com) 1

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Random BedHead Ed

on Thursday November 29, 2007 @12:42PM

Random BedHead Ed writes: "Cory Doctorow has an interesting new article in Information Week about the downside of social networking, with a focus on Facebook. While it starts with some minor but insightful quibbles (like "the steady stream of emails you get from Facebook: 'So-and-so has sent you a message.' Yeah, what is it? Facebook isn't telling — you have to visit Facebook to find out"). But then it gets into a more social critique of social networking: 'Imagine how creepy it would be to wander into a co-worker's cubicle and discover the wall covered with tiny photos of everyone in the office, ranked by "friend" and "foe," with the top eight friends elevated to a small shrine decorated with Post-It roses and hearts.' Do you really want to add your boss and coworkers to your friends list? (And more to the point, do you really have a choice?)"

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