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It may shock you, but my username has nothing to do with NAND.

about 9 hours ago on In controversial vote, American Medical Association declares obesity 'a disease' 1 reply

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Depends on the drones being used.

about 9 hours ago on FBI admits it uses surveillance drones over US soil

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“I think the greatest threat to the privacy of Americans is the drone, and the use of the drone and the very few regulations that are on it today, and the booming industry of commercial drones,”

What a fucking hypocrite. A drone, which offers no more surveillance capabilities than a typical helicopter is more dangerous to my privacy than an organization that is capable tapping and reading all of my electronic communication and cloud storage? Who the hell keeps voting for this bitch? They’re both infringements on my privacy, but one is far more egregious than the other. I’ll give you a hint Feinstein – it’s not the drones.

about 17 hours ago on FBI admits it uses surveillance drones over US soil 2 replies

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I’ve actually switched up my diet pretty drastically as I’ve started Nutrisystem about 5 months ago. Lost about 40 lbs or so but I don’t have any exercise regiment and I still order some fast food every couple of weeks which hurts my progress – which is entirely down to just having weak will power.

I don’t blame anyone else but myself and I fully realize my current situation is no one’s fault but mine. There might be some legitimate outliers who have genetic or metabolic abnormalities, but in the vast, vast, vast cases of obesity, it’s just simply down to lack of effort and bad diet. For me at least, it’s at least a quarter of one and completely one of the other.

about 20 hours ago on In controversial vote, American Medical Association declares obesity 'a disease' 3 replies 3 recommends

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As an obese individual myself, I know exactly why I’m so fat. I’m lazy and that’s all there’s to it. The last thing we need is people being able to claim that it’s not their fault they have a horrible diet and never exercise, because it’s a disease and they can’t do anything about it!

about 20 hours ago on In controversial vote, American Medical Association declares obesity 'a disease' 2 replies 4 recommends

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I have to wonder if this just typical Microsoft in-fighting between divisions, or if this is a feature that will be added when they finally integrated Skype fully into WP8? Any rumors about it regarding the Blue update?

Otherwise, it’s quite nonsensical.

3 days ago on Skype Video Messaging now free to use, exits beta with no Windows Phone support 1 reply 2 recommends

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No, it needs to not even use a touchscreen for anything but navigation and maybe phone integration. Beyond that, everything should have a physical dial or button for it so you don’t have to take your damn eyes off the road to go under a freaking sub-menu just to change the radio or climate.

3 days ago on Ford to bring back physical radio controls for frustrated touchscreen users 1 recommend

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The entire idea of using a touchscreen for anything but navigation controls is flawed to begin with because it requires you to look away from the road. Physical dials and buttons have a tactile feel and most importantly of all; they build up muscle memory. After a couple of weeks in a vehicle you know where all the buttons are just by touch.

That’s impossible to do on a touchscreen where you have to constantly move back and forth between the radio, climate, navigation and connected device controls. It’s a safety and ergonomic nightmare and it amazes me that so many companies continue to go down that route. It’s incredibly frustrating when looking for a new vehicle to see all of this mandatory “touchscreen for everything!” garbage.

3 days ago on Ford to bring back physical radio controls for frustrated touchscreen users 6 recommends

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It seems like everything they did could have been stopped by using a simple VPN. So…what the hell? Why wasn’t a VPN used?

3 days ago on Fake internet cafes and keyloggers: British intelligence reportedly spied on major world leaders during 2009 G20 summit 2 replies

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Ahh, I had assumed they used the Office 365 subscription in order to avoid giving Apple any cut of the profits.

6 days ago on Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version

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Only because it had literally nothing to do with the movie with the exception of like one or two levels.

6 days ago on Watch this: New 'Elysium' trailer reveals a dark future run by machines 1 recommend

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It’ll fail miserably just like every “android console” that came before it, and I’m just not talking about the Ouya.

6 days ago on Mad Catz hopes simplicity will sell its Android game console (hands-on) 1 reply

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The fact this song is still not public domain is all the proof anyone should need about how broken our copyright system is.

6 days ago on 'Happy Birthday' lawsuit demands Warner Music pay back millions in royalties 1 reply 35 recommends

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No it couldn’t. There’s never been a good videogame tie-in for a movie.

6 days ago on Watch this: New 'Elysium' trailer reveals a dark future run by machines 1 reply 1 recommend

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Looks like they finally found a way around Apple’s app store policy by requiring a 365 subscription instead of just outright paying for the app.

6 days ago on Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version 2 replies 6 recommends

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

6 days ago on Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version

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But then I’d have to move to Chicago.

7 days ago on Microsoft and Best Buy team up to create a 'Windows Store' inside 600 retail locations 1 recommend

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It looks like pastel hell.

7 days ago on IOS 7 looks great, but do you guys think it looks better than Windows phone? 1 recommend

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I’d much rather Microsoft open up an actual Store near me than having to deal with those idiots at Best Buy.

7 days ago on Microsoft and Best Buy team up to create a 'Windows Store' inside 600 retail locations 2 replies 1 recommend

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You’d think Clear would be appreciative of the fact that the only reason they even still exist is from all the funding they get/get from Sprint.

8 days ago on Clearwire's board snubs Sprint, throws weight behind Dish's offer 2 replies 1 recommend