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by betterth 14y ago
I've personally seen MANY shattered SGS2's and already 1 shattered SGS3. If you buy a glass front Android device because it's "more durable", you're going to have a bad time. They use the same or similar glass suppliers, and it will break v
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by betterth 14y ago
Or, it could be indicative of a trend away from the myraid of Android devices as Android customers gravitate towards a smaller number of models.
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by betterth 14y ago
They're making it available in Australia one week after the release date in the UK and America. This is because of time zones and a desire to ensure the show launches on a Saturday. Thus, Australians have to endure an entire week of UK/US d
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by betterth 14y ago
I just realized that they covered that Macbook's Apple symbol with a Reddit alien. Chances of this being a staffers computer...rising. But then again, AllThingsD has an email from Alexis (admin) that says that this has apparently been float
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by betterth 14y ago
I disagree. This isn't just a tv show, it's a culture. For the fans who are willing to pirate, a week is ETERNITY. A week means avoiding Facebook and social media, avoiding forums and fan sites and blogs who will all be happily discussing t
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by betterth 14y ago
This seems ridiculous... BBC America is airing this seasons opener on the same day as BBC1 in the UK! ( http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/doctor-who-to-retu... ) So why do we have convoluted workarounds in Australia if another ex-co
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by betterth 14y ago
Because 10 million times $15 is $150 million, or tiny chump change in the grand scheme of their industry. If you could ensure that only Usenet converts could use it, or pirate converts, that might be one thing. But chances are, their averag
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by betterth 14y ago
Comparing theft of a product with the intent of resale to theft of a product with the intent of personal consumption is disingenuous. Stealing something to resell it for a profit is rightly a much worse transgression than stealing it for pe
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by betterth 14y ago
"It's not like banks get a choice" Right you might want to go watch Jamie Dimon's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee two months ago. It's fair to say that the senators in control of that Committee absolutely ingratiated themselves to
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by betterth 14y ago
The front page of Reddit that is seen by the 90% of lurkers is content from the top 20 subreddits by activity. They come to see the content that 20 individual communities curate. All content on Reddit -- all of it, comes from these individu
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by betterth 14y ago
Manual binning is more than the "hack", it's the reason Reddit is successful and the reason why Digg will not be (unless they emulate). Manual binning does something magical: each bin is a separate community run by moderators. Each one has
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by betterth 14y ago
Honestly, it's like releasing a car without wheels. Comments are the bread and butter of social news sites. I'm shocked and horrified that they omitted comments. It's a glorified Pinterest at the moment. I'm really disappointed - I really h
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by betterth 14y ago
Oh I agree, I'm just amused by people utilizing restrictive licenses to promote "freedom". Can I do whatever I want? Then it ain't freedom.
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by betterth 14y ago
That's a bad analogy: America never promises freedom in her founding documents and constitution. She promises us Liberty, which is a very different concept than freedom. In software, however, they are not arguing for liberty and the rule of
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by betterth 14y ago
I don't understand how someone can advocate freedom and also advocate any license at all. The act of licensing at all seems absolutely contrary to the idea of freedom. As soon as someone stands up and tells me how I can or cannot use someth
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by betterth 14y ago
"so they can't be sold and will stop working at some point, most likely within 5-10 years." This is incorrect, it would be more correct to say that they could stop working at some point. It's entirely possible (and has been done before) f
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by betterth 14y ago
Arkham City requires GFWL, almost made me quit the game I bought and go pirate it. Still considering it, honestly. Not only did it fail to log me in the first time and totally dropped my first hour of gameplay, but I ended up having to rese
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by betterth 14y ago
Yes, I messed that up, sorry. But it's still an impressive feat and I'm still very excited about getting 1Gbit internet!
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by betterth 14y ago
Oh yeah! Think: a harddrive writes at what an average of 75MB/s [1], and 1Gbit internet is 125MB/s [2]. (Note, Google currently advertises 'up to 1Gbit up and down'). This means that dropbox no longer "syncs". It's just another harddrive in
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by betterth 14y ago
That's not fair, both wheels and engines are hardware ;) In all seriousness Apple isn't either. They make better software than any hardware company I know of, and better hardware than any software company I know.
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by betterth 14y ago
How about any user not using Google email?
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by betterth 14y ago
You're ignoring the fact that it dramatically raises the risk in the venture. When you only have a limited time to profit the risk that you won't profit skyrockets. It'd likely affect funding at every level as investors realize quickly the
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by betterth 14y ago
That and a 2 year window would mean that companies would have to file in such a way that their patent is granted right before they go to market. If the patent gets filed a year before they go to market, their market time is halved.
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by betterth 14y ago
So you're implying that Ruritarian law includes explicitly laws against bombing foreign lands? How else do they try and lock him up? For the act of abusing the mail or the act of creating the bomb? I don't see how they can try him for the b
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by betterth 14y ago
But it IS fair to say that the demographics of the set of users who have toolbars installed into their browser is different than those who do not. Specifically, those that have them installed are more likely to be non-tech users than those
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by betterth 14y ago
"You're probably correct but then, why judge the Android OS as a whole based on the fact that there are a few rubbish devices out that run it?" Because this is how Brands work. You don't get to say Android-Google and Android-Samsung unless
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by betterth 14y ago
I disagree entirely. How can you revolutionize touch without touching anything? I watched the demo -- it polled extremely quickly but the idea that it will improve drawing or gaming seems hilarious and wrong. (In the demo, Fruit Ninja, his
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by betterth 14y ago
Android is inferior to iOS. Google Android could be on par with iOS, that's exciting and I can't wait to try the Nexus 7. But it takes only one glance at what is released under the "Android" name for me to definitively state: Android is inf
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by betterth 14y ago
While I'm unsure of the capacity of competition batteries, Apple claims 1000 or more recharge cycles on their batteries. This is a critical factor -- if the Apple battery is $200 (installed professionally) vs $170 (parts only), and lasts si
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by betterth 14y ago
Especially considering most web dev's will just implement jquery-ui or somesuch draggable library that will handle the proper 3px drag fix for them.

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