Recent content by willwayne

I would be very surprised if Apple didn't eventually try to pull the plug on Google Maps on iOS because of "redundant functionality"

I'm sorry, but what the fuck does MacMillan care who has or doesn't have a "monopoly" on eBook sales, if they're selling the books and making you money?

So, that means I can't steal MP3s either, right??

Kind of like AT&T's Motorola Atrix "4G", right?

That's fucking stupid

How much more insulated from these radio waves are human fetuses as compared to mouse fetuses? Do fat women protect their developing offspring from this radiation better than skinny women?

If I bought a license to listen to a song, I don't own the song - right? Why can't I sell my license to another person? Surely, I must own SOMETHING if I "purchased" it. Last I checked, my right to listen to an mp3 I 'purchased' does not expire, but my interest in the song will. Again, this...

As an act of protest, people should strap themselves with metal cutouts in the shape of handguns.

I figure that the only reason there's so much CRAP on TV is because all the stations are being paid a baseline rate by all Cable/Satellite companies (The variable is the advertising revenue, based on a show's ratings). If consumers were given an 'a la carte' deal, stations would have to put out...

Our future is the backstory for most great Sci-Fi novels

Maybe we will see a resurgence in finely-crafted leatherbound collector books? Low-volume, high profit is the last refuge of the physical book.

An actual patent instead of "Slide to Unlock"?? This I could back. Too bad Apple wouldn't allow licensing of the technology to anyone.

mrmike_49especially at the obscene prices for ebooks (more expensive than a paperback!?!?!?!? wtf) You can thank the collusion of book publishers and Apple for this

Umm...were their data servers NOT on a computer in a DMZ, or was the hacking done from inside their own network?

I can't focus on anything that less than 6" from my eyeballs. I don't see how HUD glasses (and especially contacts) could possibly convey any meaningful information besides simple notification alerts.