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If nothing else, they should kill the idea that taking something that already exists and having part of it be done over the internet is patentable.

I think just doing that would be of huge benefit to society.

Well, if the new iPad can just be… the new iPad, I don’t see why HTC couldn’t revive the Nexus One name.

By then, One will have a lot more weight and it’s not like a ton of people remember/knew about the Nexus One to begin with.

The Nexus One came out in January 2010. The One line had not yet been established in HTC, although fucking kudos to them if they’ve been planning out the names of their phones two years in advance and also being so sneaky as to name something with their brand before their brand even existed.

I… thought this was known.

I know it’s terribly cliche, but… I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.

I actually do follow a fair amount of tech stuff on Twitter (The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, etc.). As far as reviews and things like that go, I tend to ignore them until I actually need/want to buy some new kit. Otherwise, I just… end up buying a lot of kit (shout out to the seven year old sound card that’s still shrink-wrapped).

I don’t really look into opinions about tech until it’s time to buy because I’m a crazy person, basically.

Is this an HDTV with extra features, or AppleTV taken to the next level?

Either way, I’m not too sure why I would want this over a Roku or GoogleTV or any of the other competitors? Can someone let me know?

Merely stating my opinion. Like I said at the end of it, I know I’m an outlier. I’m alright with that.

It was the first thing I did when I found out they were doing it.

If I wanted to ask a friend, I would ask a friend. If I’m on a search engine, it’s because friends aren’t available or aren’t useful for my particular query.

I don’t want social media results in my search. I go to Twitter when I want to see about Twitter. I go to Facebook to see about Facebook. I go to G+ to see about G+. I go to search engines to search for things.

I’m not asking social media about video cards; the experts that reside there are just as accessible via a search as they are by digging into social media and then checking as to whether they’ve posted a review about the latest GPU or whatever.

I think this makes me an outlier or something. I’m alright with that.

What do you mean? We gave retroactive immunity to telecoms for giving away our information wholesale to the government.

We already know what the American judiciary is all about.

Every clip that The Daily Show puts on of any other TV show. Strictly speaking, if they didn’t go get a license to use it, it would be infringement. However, because they’re using it for satirical purposes, it’s fair use.

This isn’t a 100% perfect parallel, since I’m using media instead of technology, but fair use basically says, “Yeah, I used it, but there’s a valid reason.”

That’s a terrible oversimplification and someone will come along to correct me, I’m sure. But that’s not a bad place to start in terms of understanding.

I. Don’t. Know. I just saw math, and then felt compelled to do math, and here we are. Doing a bunch of math that was done, correctly, the first time.

Best part? I checked it on my own, because I thought it looked funny. But this is The Verge. I should’ve known better.

Wait, what?

XBox 4GB + Kinect + Two Years of XBL
Straight Purchase: $400

XBox 4GB + Kinect + Two Years of XBL
Subsidized Price: $459

The current carrier situation:

- Pay less up front, with the understanding that you’ll pay a monthly fee; or
- Purchase outright.

As of right now, purchase outright is the only option. What would be so terrible about this monthly thing? Are you assuming that the purchase price is going to go up accordingly?

That would be stupid, and Microsoft knows it. Look how long it took Sony to get it going with the PS3 when they priced that thing up.

I wonder how much people would be willing to pay if they offered the 250GB version. That 4GB goes pretty fast as soon as you get remotely interested in downloading any games.

A better picture would be trying to cut the head off of a hydra.

This looks pretty convenient for all parties involved. It makes one wonder if the litigation wasn’t a stick to the carrot that was a co-owned company backed with wads of Microsoft money.