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Comment: I fear (Score 1) 451





> Is it too late for me to think about this?



Go to http://linux.org/ -- click on everything. Download and install Ubuntu (just my choice :) -- then once you "understand" ... go buy a Mac.

Comment: Re:Good luck with all the coming ads (Score 1) 172

by Catiline (#46293547) Attached to: Google Fiber Pondering 9 New Metro Areas

That is because the rich are more dependent on government than the poor.

I guess that's why the wealthy elite exclusively send their kids to government schools, rely on police protection from rabid fans, and live on "government cheese", while the "poor, huddled masses" are scrimping so they can save enough to afford private tutors/ivy league colleges, bodyguard services, and 5-star chefs to cater in every meal?

Here's a hint: the elites have never needed "good" government--they can afford to pay twice (once for the public version, albeit not much with tax evasion, and once for the quality services). They want "good enough" -- as in, just good enough that the proles won't revolt or pursue alternatives.

Comment: The headline is fun to parse. (Score 1) 118

by Standfast (#46288109) Attached to: Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits

Many headlines these days are poorly written, with word forms that can be hard to parse before you read the associated article.

Ok, I'll give it a shot. "Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits"

What is the news here?

Fake studies about pubs are drinking all these habits.
The fake pub is studying how people drink habits.
I order you to fake some pub studies that drink habits.
This is about the drinking habits of fake pub studies.

And so on.

Add your own parsing, and for each one you add, enjoy another habitual fake drink in the studying pub.


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Comment: The mangled version is in the original (Score 1) 52

by Vainglorious Coward (#46051117) Attached to: Snapchat Account Registration CAPTCHA Defeated
Note also that the hypnosec didn't "write" this submission - like the vast majority of submitters s/he simply copy& pasted the first two paragraphs from the fine article. In other words, both submitter and slashdot admin either didn't read it, or have terrible reading comprehension skills. Probably both.

Comment: Re:History of Anglican Takeover of Pagan Patents (Score 1) 70

by mewsenews (#45914329) Attached to: Samsung, Apple Agree To Try Mediation In Patent Disputes

I was under the impression that the Taipei geeks were fiddling with the touchpad and display screen markets, out of their niche in ATM touchscreen displays (which wealthy nations ignored), and that when they were contracted by Apple to make Ipads they said "hey, check this out, we put a screen on it. And you can attach at telephone". And Apple said "heck yah make that" but nothing kept Samsung from doing the same. But that's a general recollection, I don't want to be cited as a source.

I don't remember it happening in that way.

Apple acquired a company called FingerWorks that didn't do touchscreens, but DID do multitouch gesture systems.

Steve Job's vision for the iPhone was a phone that is a piece of glass. I believe capacitive sensors had been done before, but Apple's hardware+software expertise, combined with FingerWorks patents, created the gesture-based interface that now seems routine on smartphones.

To be able to manipulate items on the screen by touch -- incredibly responsive, intuitive gestures, it was a big breakthrough. Even tiny things like the little slider thing to unlock an iPhone was magic, it appeared like a physical latch because it followed your touch.

Swipe to scroll, pinch to zoom, etc etc, those gestures were from FingerWorks, AFAIK.

Loose bits sink chips.