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Comment: Re:BULLSHIT! (Score 2) 104

by zioncat (#46481527) Attached to: How Steve Jobs Got the iPhone Into Japan




Comment: Re:A natural reaction to Faux News i think (Score 1) 181

by zioncat (#45835993) Attached to: The Rise of Hoax News

It's not an accident that the average Fox News fan is less informed than people that don't watch any news at all, it is on purpose.

According to that linked "study", Fox News viewers are stupid because "91 percent believe the stimulus legislation lost jobs" and "72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit" and so forth. Such a high percentage of Fox News viewers believe in these obvious falsehood is a proof that Fox News makes you stupid! or so that article claims.

91 percent believe the stimulus legislation lost jobs.
Study: stimulus created 450,000 government sector jobs and destroyed 1,000,000 private sector jobs.

72 percent believe the health reform law will increase the deficit.
GAO report: In rosy scenario, where everything goes perfect, it could decrease deficit by $13.25 trillion!!! or it could increase the deficit by $6.2 trillion.

Apparently not buying into White House's propaganda and disagreeing with liberal's worldview make Fox News viewers stupid. At least they weren't accused of being racist.

Comment: Invisible D's (Score 1) 601

by zioncat (#36394998) Attached to: Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps
As far as I can tell, only thing Apple did was to change the guideline to disallow "Apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies" but no actual app has been banned. Considering all checkpoints has to be published publicly, this seem more like a rebuke of senators idiotic demand. So why are slashdot crowds directing their anger toward Apple and not to those stupid senators?


Oh, of course.

Comment: Re:Apple has won (Score 1) 224

by zioncat (#35637112) Attached to: Samsung Galaxy Ad Misleads With Fake Interviews

Given the data, it doesn't appear that Apple is even close to the "most wanted" brand of smartphone, let alone phones in general.

Apples status = Told.

Instead of inferring customer's desire from current market share numbers, wouldn't it be more accurate to survey them directly about which smartphone they would want to buy? And somebody helpfully did:

Apple Inc.'s iPhone is the most desired device among users shopping for smartphones, beating the BlackBerry and Google Inc.'s Android as consumers prepare for the holiday season, according to Nielsen Co.

In a survey of U.S. shoppers looking for a smartphone, 30 percent said they wanted to buy an iPhone, according to a Nielsen survey from August through October. Phones running Google's Android software placed second with 28 percent.

Apples status = Real.

Comment: Re:USA #1 (Score 1) 513

by zioncat (#35540162) Attached to: AT&amp;T Cracking Down On Unofficial iPhone Tethering

Do Americans know that no one else in the world does this? Not in Europe, not in Asia. They sell you the service and you use it how you want.

I'm surprised sophisticated cosmopolitan such as yourself are not aware of Japan not even allowing tethering on iPhone (or iPad) and throttling uplink at 64kbps while promoting 1.4Mbps uplink.

Comment: Re:That's stupid (Score 1) 356

by zioncat (#35378296) Attached to: If App Store's Trademark Is Generic, So Is Windows'

Even then, "Windows" is more of a creative name than "Window System." If they had called it "Window System" and tried to trademark that, they'd have a smaller chance of getting it.

Even then, "App Store" is more of a creative name than "Application Store." If they had called it "Application Store" and tried to trademark that, they'd have a smaller chance of getting it.

Comment: The study is frighteningly nerdy. (Score 1) 199

by zioncat (#35108966) Attached to: Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study
While seeing word like 'fujoshi' in government study was kind of funny, I had to stop reading it after the author introduced something he calls 'voice actor/actress points variable". It's supposedly calculated from number of threads dedicated to voice actor/actress at 2chan. Seriously, he got to be joking.

Comment: Re:Shooter leftist anarchist, so now who's to blam (Score 1) 2166

by zioncat (#34833476) Attached to: Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down
Um, I was countering DMiax and other liberals' "OMG! Palin caused the shooting!!" hysteria. 'Inciting the mobs' and 'applaud violence' were the terms used by DMiax and I used in mine to mock him. I was pointing out the hypocrisy in freaking out about politicians using a war terminology when it is a common practice on both sides. Since DMiax mistakenly believed only Republicans use such language, I helpfully pointed out example of Democrats using the same language in a hope to subdue his moral outrage.

And, finally, how many are dead now due to violence from the left?

Hopefully Giffords and others wounded will all make a successful recovery and it won't grow anymore than six.
