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You mean the full-screen experience on Mac that isn’t the default and no one uses?

5 days ago on Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 as official name for 'Blue' update, free for Windows 8 users 1 reply 9 recommends

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The original article pointed out some interesting and confusing information.. the fact that his belongings were packed as if he was planning to leave. He expressed happiness over getting to leave, and that his suicide note made little sense in complimenting the company he despised.. if his parents were confused I can easily understand why, and it’s probably not due to denial alone.

6 days ago on Singapore police present evidence of suicide in controversial death of American engineer 8 recommends

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So sad for the Todd family and pointless for such a talented young person to take his own life. If anyone out there is going through tough times please remember that people care about you. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-TALK (8255)

6 days ago on Singapore police present evidence of suicide in controversial death of American engineer 18 recommends

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I think it’s obvious, Newt wants to start calling cellphones “cars.”

7 days ago on Newt Gingrich is 'really puzzled' by cellphones that take pictures and needs your help

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Well, he has one but doesn’t think it should be called a computer. I mean, it doesn’t even compute.. right?

He really thinks of himself as being the smartest person in the room, but he’s wanting to have an in-depth discussion about an asinine point.

7 days ago on Newt Gingrich is 'really puzzled' by cellphones that take pictures and needs your help

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This discussion reminds me of the first time I wrote a visual basic program and realized that the ‘open file dialogue’ was a clever way of getting the user to input the file path string. I always used a computer and thought, you open a file because you have to select it and bring it into the application.. but that’s not it at all. The software developer needs that string to make changes to the file or visualize the data.

This is lost on Gingrich who looks at a smartphone and sees something that doesn’t do computing.. he only sees a gui.

Maybe I didn’t explain the above too well.. but it was a long day, so F it.

7 days ago on Newt Gingrich is 'really puzzled' by cellphones that take pictures and needs your help 1 reply 2 recommends

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I’ve seen GPR used on sites to try to detect buried utility lines.. it is not what you’d expect it to be. Just a bunch of noise on the screen.. the techs are guessing and looking for repeating noise patterns, it doesn’t seem like a science to me and from my experience not good enough to detect a skull or bones.. not even close.

9 days ago on Grave mistake: the controversial, high-tech search for John Wayne Gacy's lost victims 1 reply 2 recommends

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“It’s super powerful, it has dolby audio..” Huh?

If this is the direction second gen windows 8 tablets are going, I might need to reconsider. I was excited.. but this is not inspiring (aspiring perhaps?).

16 days ago on Acer touch event hands-on

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I could kind of see a safety issue, hypothetically.. if an unregistered group is running taxi dispatch service, isn’t there a chance that taxi related theft/kidnapping goes up? I don’t agree with this.. but I’m saying, it’s illegal for an unregistered engineer to perform engineering in a state due to safety and registration concerns.. should taxis fall under the same consideration?

17 days ago on Taxi hailing apps come to NYC, but judge immediately blocks them

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You seem to be putting a very fine point on this… but I don’t understand. What do you mean “how exactly” they were behind the bombings?

How exactly am I typing this right now? I bought a computer, learned to type, and decided to respond. I would imagine they followed similar steps in regards to killing people.

18 days ago on Three men charged with helping Boston Marathon bombing suspect destroy evidence 1 reply 5 recommends

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Care to share what you’re reading? What are all the lies?

I don’t know too many innocent people who hide in boats.

25 days ago on They're watching: why city-wide surveillance failed to stop the Boston bombing 6 recommends

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I don’t think a camera on the head of every american would stop the next terror attack. These two guys walked into a crowded place, full of people who would gladly die protecting their loved ones, and set down a book bag and walked away. A camera can’t stop that type of behavior.. space, time, there are limitations to responsiveness.

25 days ago on They're watching: why city-wide surveillance failed to stop the Boston bombing 1 reply 13 recommends

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So the cameras make us safer but only after the first attack? So couldn’t the terrorist just make sure the first attack is super deadly.. and then what’s the point of the cameras?

25 days ago on They're watching: why city-wide surveillance failed to stop the Boston bombing 3 replies 10 recommends

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Fine, then can we put this thread on hold for 4 years? Let’s just wait to discuss this since we can’t make any reasonable assumptions without you being pedantic.

26 days ago on Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged as civilian, will be tried in federal court (updated)

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I hate anyone with a boat.

27 days ago on Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged as civilian, will be tried in federal court (updated) 2 recommends

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I don’t like the whole brain-washed as an excuse.. this guy killed and ruined the lives of a lot of people. He’s 19 and made his decisions.. he also threw bombs at and killed a cop. Brain-washed, maybe.. but he’s no victim.

27 days ago on Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged as civilian, will be tried in federal court (updated) 1 reply 35 recommends

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It’s strange though that they recorded the information, how does recording the data happen by accident?

We are supposed to believe that google put people in a car to drive around and capture a lot of photo data, and didn’t ask “What other type data could we collect during the expensive road trip?” Am I wrong, or doesn’t it seem like they intentionally used software to record the IP and wireless information, and now say doing so was unintentional?

27 days ago on Google fined just $189,000 for 'one of the biggest' data protection violations in German history 1 reply 1 recommend

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I thought about this.. but the brother did make a trip to their home country and may be aware of upcoming attacks or plans. I think, most likely, they are both small time idiots who could only plan a bombing a few blocks from their apartment.. and even then, were very bad at it (from an avoiding capture perspective).

Believing they may be tied to big time terrorism is a stretch, but the fact that his rights are being ignored is very real.. believe me, the importance of what is going on here in the name of fear does concern me, but I don’t know what the right answer is. Times have changed and technology, I think, would have effected the founder’s opinions… how, I don’t know.

28 days ago on Boston bombing suspect's Miranda warning put on hold for 'public safety exception'

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I think the advances in mass killing technology should be considered when interpreting the laws.. Especially considering that Franklin’s actual quote was “Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” It seems to me that perhaps, if a legitimate threat is expected, this would not be a LITTLE temporary safety?

29 days ago on Boston bombing suspect's Miranda warning put on hold for 'public safety exception' 1 reply 5 recommends

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What were Benjamin Franklin’s thoughts on attempted mass murder through remotely detonated devices?

29 days ago on Boston bombing suspect's Miranda warning put on hold for 'public safety exception' 1 reply 3 recommends

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I think if you look at the first few comments on this article you’ll see that many of us Americans are quite concerned about this.

29 days ago on Boston bombing suspect's Miranda warning put on hold for 'public safety exception' 1 reply 3 recommends

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What type of justice do you have in mind for this sicko?

29 days ago on Second Boston Marathon bombing suspect captured by police 2 replies 3 recommends