Recent content by rosstradamus

I was on the fence, but the scale doesn't come through in this video. The robot is not human size, it's really big. And they had mechanics on hand constantly managing malfunctions. If I was successfully punked, so be it, however, it was a convincing ruse if, indeed, it was a ruse. -Ross

Sorry for the dryness above, Nirvalica - I wasn't misrepresenting, that is exactly what their press materials promise. I didn't want to make this drip too heavily in snark, but I probably underfed the joke as a result. -Ross

Their intended customer isn't the average consumer, more the consumer who needs to outfit their fleet of jets with new seats. -Ross

No, I mean they'll be pretending to be a giant using a regular sized tablet. -Ross

2 years, NOT 10 years. I intended to write 2, not 10. I have corrected that rather embarrassing error. -Ross

Tablet-like. I said tablet-like. And it's a touchscreen interface shaped like a tablet that has multiple applications. Hence the comparison. Apologies for any confusion. -Ross

"I used to use an iPad 2, but then I took and Arrows to the knee." I want to hug you for this. - (Ross)

House70, Facebook's 400 million members make a compelling argument for providing more ways for people to use it to share the article. FWIW, I like G+ better, but it's still tiny by comparison.

jlight27I would rather have the meeting and discussion right now. Forget about the payroll tax cut that is not what is important. What is important is the fundamental and universal free right that the World Wide Web represents and along with the Internet Network itself. I WANT A LAW IN THE...

Just to clarify, I am an android user and happy with my phone. I was making a point about how the most popular android app is the one used to purchase apps. Perhaps I buried the punchline a bit but I wasn't asserting the superiority of iPhone, rest assured. - Ross

Derp, I meant AT&T owes DT, not T-mobile. but the rest I meant.

azncracker - Tmobile owes Deustch Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company the 4 Bil; it's a pay or play stipulation in the contract they signed when they agreed to take TM off DT's hands. The idea is to make it painful to pull out of a deal - Even though 4 Bil is cheaper than the 39 Bil AT&T would...

TwoDigital, I like the cut of your jib.

I think it's worth repeating that people reduced to taking the lifeline have to qualify for service based on income. I guarantee that if you qualify for lifeline phone service, you can't afford to drop a couple of hundred bucks for a computer. Maybe when internet capable tabs that also have VOIP...

People who don't like regulation apparently love drinking polluted water and being able to be sexually harassed at work. The rest of us, however, like the idea that we don't live in a scary, mad max world.