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If you are going to agree, get it right. “Those Who Can’t” was not great, it was only good.. :-)

3 days ago on Amazon kills 'Zombieland' series, picks 'Betas' and 'Alpha House' for original programming

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Sounds like what Google TV was aiming for, until they got blocked by all the main network websites. i.e Search to find both live, future, and on-demand content.

3 days ago on NextGuide Web replaces your DVR interface with your web browser 1 recommend

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They probably used this technology for the new Google+ Photos auto enhance features.

5 days ago on Where Google needs to go from here, after I/O

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Seems like every year they announce something as a preview that they barely talk about the next year. Android at Home, Nexus Q, Google Glass, etc.

7 days ago on Larry Page to tech world: 'Being negative is not how we make progress'

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Trying to develop your own platform is not the same as developing apps for all available platforms.

7 days ago on Larry Page to tech world: 'Being negative is not how we make progress'

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Why does Hulu not have an app on there yet (or last I checked)? Hulu has an app on nearly every second rate app-ified TV and box out there.

7 days ago on Google TV updated to Android 4.2.2, removing Flash and adding Chrome content protection 1 reply

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What about people who had an iPhone and got rid of it in favor of a much more capable (in certain areas) Android phone?

7 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply

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I agree. I actively refuse to acknowledge SMS (especially pictures) from people who I know have a smart phone and have my email address because SMS feels like antiquated technology due to the fact that it is tied to a single device and can’t be accessed from a PC.

7 days ago on Google says SMS integration and outgoing calls 'coming soon' to Hangouts 1 reply 1 recommend

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Wouldn’t (shouldn’t?) every country in the world rule an air strike from a foreign country (whether drone or manned fighter jet) to be against their laws?

11 days ago on US drone strikes condemned as illegal by Pakistan's highest court 2 recommends

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Apparently Disney still cares about it; and J.J. Abrams.

11 days ago on Haunting photographs capture the ruins of Tatooine

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Are these requests accompanied by a warrant? 7 weeks is a pretty hefty back log. Apple should hire extra people and then just start charging for the decryption efforts so they can keep up with demand.

This shouldn’t be any different than the police hiring an expert safe cracker or getting the manufacturer to drive out and open a safe. I assume the police don’t expect that for free do they?

11 days ago on Apple reportedly inundated with police requests to decrypt iPhones

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Obviously this would have to take place before the Avenger’s movie if Agent Coulson is alive.

Hopefully.

13 days ago on 'Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' is coming to ABC, sneak peek airing on Sunday 2 recommends

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True, but something like 50/50 for $50 a month would probably open it up to some families that would otherwise pass it by.

Incidentally, does anyone know if the Google Fiber monthly bill is an even $70/mo or do they tack on irrational fees to jack up the unadvertised price?

20 days ago on Google Fiber also coming to Shawnee, Kansas following Austin and Provo

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According to Star Trek, the invention of free energy and then the replicator lead to the majority of humanities needs being met, which lead to world peace and a shift in mindset from survival and acquisition of wealth to that of general improvement of society. After that it was the basic concept humanity answering the question of the unknown with the goal of learning new things.

I never saw a real link to US foreign policy ambitions.

20 days ago on Is Star Trek an American taste? 2 replies

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I agree. The Star Trek reboot (and the TNG movies) reminds me of the Mission Impossible movies compared to the Mission Impossible TV shows. I enjoyed the TV show story lines (including the TV show reboot) much better than the action movie story lines … for both series.

20 days ago on Is Star Trek an American taste?

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Yay! for the separate App and Website categories. They should have done this at the beginning when they had the huge influx of “bookmark” apps you could install which did nothing but link to a website.

Glad to see this new organization.

22 days ago on Ahead of Google I/O, Chrome starts moving toward web apps that act like real programs

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Of course. It would be the morons in charge of the unions that are against it. Doesn’t surprise me if it’s true.

There is little difference between calling a cab (on a telephone) or using an app to hail a cab. It should not be illegal.

22 days ago on Taxi hailing apps come to NYC, but judge immediately blocks them 1 reply 1 recommend

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The Empire Strikes Back? Except I’m not sure it was his brother.

23 days ago on Hundreds of strange metallic spheres found in ancient Mexican temple

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I hope there is an updated Nexus 4 along with any Nexus 5. I’m really not interested in a 5" screen.

23 days ago on Microsoft targets Android users with Switch to Windows Phone app 1 recommend

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Obviously he needs to be fired for stupidity if he follows through with it. Or for being a liar if he doesn’t.

Can you legally fire someone for being generally stupid or lying?

23 days ago on CBS CEO Moonves says he could take network cable-only in 'a few days' if Aereo prevails 1 reply

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And the paying advertisers if their potential audience is reduced by 31 million viewers.

23 days ago on CBS CEO Moonves says he could take network cable-only in 'a few days' if Aereo prevails 2 recommends

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Was that comment computer generated? Maybe dictated by Siri or Google Now?

23 days ago on Google, Facebook, and others could face fines over government wiretap refusals

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If a company doesn’t “comply with court orders to allow law enforcement to wiretap user communications”, is there any reason why they should comply with a fine?

23 days ago on Google, Facebook, and others could face fines over government wiretap refusals

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That bunny definitely needs to be a lock screen option in 8.1.

23 days ago on Latest Windows 8.1 build includes lock screen app alarms and IE11 developer improvements 5 recommends

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This sounds like a futuristic version of what Duke Nukem Forever should have been. Instead of whatever it was that we got.

23 days ago on 'Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon' is an acid trip on the back of a neon T-Rex 1 reply 3 recommends

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Maybe they are just trying to find something for their in house app programmers to do, rather than get fired. They’ll probably offer more storage space for a fee later.

24 days ago on Verizon Cloud app is the wireless carrier's answer to Dropbox

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Maybe those escalators are running backwards so you have to walk extra fast to make it to the top or bottom. ;-)

26 days ago on A photographer's quest to appreciate (and catalog) the best escalators in the world 3 recommends

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Isn’t this how industry shifts normally happen. Entrenched companies, who are making billions, are afraid to make any changes which might reduce their profits even the slightest. Meanwhile the up-and-coming companies are happy to only make millions by providing a new and usually more convenient technology.

Eventually the up-and-coming company hits a chord with the world and becomes like an over powering avalanche that completely runs over the entrenched companies, leaving them wondering what happened.

29 days ago on Netflix details its vision for the future: a world without traditional TV

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It may be that they have some of the best shows which is giving them high ratings, rather than avoidance of streaming. The Mentalist, CSI, NCIS, Person of Interest, Vegas, are some of my favorites.

Unfortunately I don’t follow The Mentalist anymore after missing half a dozen delayed episodes this season due to sports running over. And not having any “Roku” method of catching up. If they would air the shows on Hulu I would still be watching.

The other networks only have 1-2 shows each that interest me.

about 1 month ago on CBS invests in streaming video company in response to Aereo threat