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Short Attention Span Theatre! Do you just want a movie of fight scenes where the segues are just used for them to refill on ammo or super juice or whatever?

1 day ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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Sounds like you just want to play a video game. I found the Rock ‘Em, Sock ’Em Robot fights between the Kryptonians tiresome. How many destroyed asphalt streets, and toppled buildings did they go through? They could have cut the film by 30 minutes if they cut down on the fight scenes. I enjoyed the interaction between Clark Kent and his family. Since the filmmakers chose to incorporate his childhood experiences, there were certain bullet points that needed to be covered. The discovery of his powers and how to deal with them, the conflict of when/where to use them, the relationship between his Earth parents, the revelation of his origins. I thought they did a pretty good job of intermixing the various points in time. Now for Superman 2, they don’t have to go over the same material and can concentrate on bringing in a bad-ass villain.

1 day ago on 'Man of Steel' review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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What? I thought Steve Jobs declared Flash a dead technology? ;)

1 day ago on iOS 7 for iPad screenshots show Control Center, full-screen Notification Center 7 recommends

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Just as in other products, more convenient doesn’t equate to better quality. Tomatoes are now engineered to be more bruise resistant and have longer shelf life, but they forgot to keep flavor in the mix.

2 days ago on Secrets of ancient Roman concrete could make modern structures more durable, cut emissions 2 replies 8 recommends

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And longer lasting!

2 days ago on Secrets of ancient Roman concrete could make modern structures more durable, cut emissions 1 recommend

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Chinese Kung Fu better than Thai Boxing!!!

4 days ago on New trailers: ‘300: Rise of an Empire,’ ‘White House Down,’ ‘The Wolverine,’ and ‘Salinger’

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Ross Miller, why are you not in a Judd Apatow movie as the wise-cracking but sensitive buddy?

6 days ago on ESPN 3D, Michael Bay's 'Ghost Recon,' and NSA: 90 Seconds on The Verge 3 recommends

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There are not that many people that can make the call of the NightJar or make a caller accurate enough to fool the real bird. With an app, anyone can download it and drive the birds nuts. Plus this is an endangered species, so the rules are stricter.

If you want to use the app to call pigeons so that they perch over your annoying neighbor’s car, go for it!

6 days ago on Nature reserves say birdsong apps could disrupt wildlife in a major way 4 recommends

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Best. Ending. Evaaar!

7 days ago on PlayStation 4, Waze, Google, and surveillance: 90 Seconds on The Verge 1 reply 1 recommend

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The attempt to confuse the consumer was Apple’s interpretation of the similarities to bolster their case against Samsung. Samsung retorted that the green phone icon was a common symbol for the Answer Phone Call function on other devices. Samsung was lazy in not trying to differentiate enough. Hell, even I have been guilty of coming up with an icon that looked similar to an existing one and just changed the color or the angle or flipped the symbol. The end result is the same: both OS’s have similar looking controls for the same function, but the ones who cried foul against Samsung will now say that it’s okay because how many ways can you implement a slide control? You need a line and some sort of button to push along.

7 days ago on Tracing iOS 7's influences: Apple remixes almost everyone in the industry 1 reply 1 recommend

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I think it still applies to the wall of your cardboard box as well. ;)

7 days ago on The design of iOS 7: simply confusing 20 recommends

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While I feel Apple products (hardware and software) are top-notch, when they sue others because they believe others “should not copy – come up with something on their own”, then Apple needs to be held to a higher standard. One of Apple’s points in the trial was the green phone answer button that Samsung changed a little bit to “be different”, but Apple said it was an attempt to confuse customers into believing they were using an iPhone. Well, when you pull up the new iOS7 Control Center with the flat slider controls that look just like Android’s except a different color, should they get away with that?

Ultimately, it is a rhetorical question, because they will get away with it and then the Apple-ites will claim it as their own and then complain that the next iteration of some other OS is copying Apple.

7 days ago on Tracing iOS 7's influences: Apple remixes almost everyone in the industry 2 replies 5 recommends

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Not necessarily. Gradients can be caused by light source as well. Take a look at a wall in your house. Is it all one consistent color?

8 days ago on The design of iOS 7: simply confusing 3 replies 6 recommends

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Adrienne, your best yet. You’re definitely more comfortable in front of the camera. Loved the margarine substitute. Gonna have to try it soon!

8 days ago on 90 Seconds on The Verge: iOS 7, Apple updates, Xbox One, and an NSA whistleblower 2 recommends

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Better check for any Khan’s shipmates in suspended animation before powering this thing up!

8 days ago on New Mac Pro first look: Apple's diminutive take on the desktop computer 1 reply 1 recommend

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The obvious competitor revealed: Nooner. Or Noonr.

13 days ago on New startup Breather rents rooms on demand with a Zipcar-like model 2 recommends

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“Banger”? I barely knew her.

13 days ago on New startup Breather rents rooms on demand with a Zipcar-like model 1 recommend

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Inconceivable!

15 days ago on Asus' $4,000 4K monitor goes on sale this month, pushes Retina MacBook to its breaking point

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At this rate, HTC is going to have to drop the ‘C’ from its name with all the CxO level people abandoning ship.

15 days ago on HTC COO becomes the latest high-ranking exec to depart the company

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My kids will be devastated by this news. Too bad they will find out about it so his departure will not be a surprise when they watch that final episode. Damn you, Internet!!!

17 days ago on Matt Smith will leave 'Doctor Who' by the end of the year 2 replies 4 recommends

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Next the reporters are going to have to deliver the papers too!

17 days ago on Chicago Sun-Times trains reporters to shoot with iPhones after laying off all its photographers 1 reply 21 recommends

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I’ve got a bad feeling about this!

18 days ago on Tiny moon discovered around asteroid that's due to fly by Earth on May 31st 1 reply

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Next YouTube viral video: Exploding Cows!!!

19 days ago on Can we breed the burps out of cows? 1 recommend

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Ahhh…Thank You, redbullcat! The great mystery of life has been solved!!!

20 days ago on What is the Gold Triangle in the upper right hand corner of comments? 1 recommend

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$229 is a bit more palatable than $299, but the reason I would buy an iPod would be for my kids at this point and a camera would be one of the must haves.

20 days ago on Apple announces new $229 16GB iPod touch: 4-inch Retina display, no rear-facing camera 1 reply 1 recommend

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You must have missed the memo. Animated GIFs are cool again! I believe Ross Miller even had a How-To on it.

20 days ago on Apple announces new $229 16GB iPod touch: 4-inch Retina display, no rear-facing camera

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Lonely lumberjack camps? I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay…

21 days ago on Tim Cook says Jony Ive is 'really key' to iOS redesign coming at WWDC 1 reply 2 recommends