* Posts by ArmanX

430 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Mar 2010

Page:

Benefits of boozing outweigh harms, says survey

ArmanX
Meh

Good job! I'll give you a 7/10

That's a good effort, but you seem to have missed three things:

1) I ended a sentence with a preposition ("...to care with").

2) I used the word "affect" (which, when used as a noun, means a 'feeling or emotion') instead of the word "effect."

3) The post was dripping in sarcasm.

While the average troll may actually write like that (thus losing the implied sarcasm), few trolls actually call themselves such; the troll icon should have given it away, as should the direct reference to grammar Nazis.

Also, while it may have been poor form to refer to the writer as male, the name "Andy McAndy" [capitalization assumed] is usually male, and thus my assumption was a safe one. Good catch on the semicolon, however.

ArmanX
Trollface

What? You think they don't care at all?

That would be a more unique situation than normal... seriously, man, think about things before you post! If they couldn't care less, then obviously anything said, irregardless of content, would have a neutral to positive affect. The students could of cared less, because there was a small amount to care with.

(There; that should hold the grammar Nazis for a while.)

ArmanX

Actually... I think this is a good study.

There are countless ads warning of the dangers of drinking - and I don't mean "swear off alcohol forever," either. I'm talking about the 'scary' ads with people driving drunk, dying of alcohol poisoning, etc. According to this study, the students they surveyed could care less. They care more about being able to tell funnier jokes and stay up late than they do about death-by-alcohol-poisoning. The "rose-tinted beer goggles" stay on even after the beer itself is gone. Now, obviously, most people already knew this, but now we have proof - ads targeted at drinkers won't work, so save your money.

ANONYMOUS: Behind the mask, inside the Hivemind

ArmanX
Stop

@Danny 5

If I see a YouTube video of a kid on a skateboard fall down some stairs trying to do a stupid trick, then yes, I'll probably laugh, sure. If I see someone terrified while riding on a roller coaster, I'd probably laugh then too. It's funny; the skateboarder was doing something stupid and injured himself, and the roller coaster rider is overreacting. No one is truly hurt.

Then again, if a random person pushed someone down stairs, or broke into someone's house just to scare them, that wouldn't be funny either. It would be cruel - and if you think cruelty is funny, you need some serious help. Someone else's misery might be funny, but causing misery never should be.

Chinese coal blamed for global warming er... cooling

ArmanX

And how do you actually stop them?

Limiting the release of those gases isn't free...

You can't use offsets; it's like only breathing in when I breathe out. It doesn't save anything.

Dumping the gases underground or into the ocean may end up damaging the planet worse than releasing into the air; we don't know. And regardless, it'll all bubble back out eventually, and we're back where we started.

Limiting the amount of gas produced simply means cutting back on production, which is a great way to kill the economy. And don't give me that "more efficient" nonsense; trends show that has no long-term impact. It's CFL *or* turn off the lights, not 'and'.

So no, I'm not saying that it's not a good idea. I'm saying that releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere vs. using the current tactics to 'reduce its impact' is a "it might be bad" vs "it's definitely bad" situation. Quit panicking and killing the future. If it's really as bad as all that, well, we're already dead; if it's bad but not that bad, well, we have time to actually figure out what to do, don't we?

ArmanX
Facepalm

I've always wondered if the actions we take help or harm...

I read a story some time ago about a well-meaning group of marine biologists. They had discovered what they thought was a new species, and were in the process of documenting it. However, in that process, they found that several of the creatures had been swarmed by some sort of parasite, and were growing noticeably weaker. Unsure of how to proceed, they eventually decided that in the interest of preserving this new species, they would carefully clean off the parasites. This worked beautifully; the creatures lived, they were able to continue studying them, and all was wonderful... until the creatures all died of old age. Turns out, those "parasites" were actually the creatures' young. In trying to help, they ended up destroying the next generation.

Right now, we know that the Earth warms and cools. We know that the sun plays a major role in this. We know that certain weather patterns and natural events (such as volcanoes) affect the temperature of the Earth. However, beyond that, we're pretty much clueless, and like those hapless marine biologists, are in some danger of harming more than helping...

Mystery of David Attenborough's garden skull cracked

ArmanX

Bury it? Never!

I've got the perfect candlestick for it right here! That'll go nicely on my desk at work, methinks...

Amazon throws tax hissy-fit, dumps California affiliates

ArmanX
FAIL

It's not as easy as "per state"

Every city/county/tax division can have their own tax rates and rules, as well as different rules for different zip codes (or other tax divisions). Rules include no taxes on certain days of the year, non-taxed items (ie, food), items that are only taxed when bought in bulk, items that are taxed at a different rate than others (alcohol, tobacco), even items that are taxed differently *depending on time of day*.

And these rules change depending on the individual tax division's dates, not as per a standard.

Oh, and if you overtax someone? BIG trouble. Shut-down-the-company trouble.

And how do you look all these up? Online? Good luck with that.

ArmanX
FAIL

It's an honest concern, actually

Actually, keeping track of prices is easy - any time a price changes, it's because someone changed it on Amazon's site. It's a "push" operation. Meanwhile, if the tax law changes for one of the thousand-odd tax divisions in the US, no one has to inform Amazon of it. Never mind the various rules - tax free days, non-taxable items, the list goes on.

But here's an interesting twist - you're responsible for sales tax, regardless of state. Not all companies are required to collect that sales tax, but every time you buy something (assuming you're in a US state), you are required by law to save your receipt and pay any sales tax you owe at the end of the year. Do you do that? If not, why do you expect Amazon to do so?

IATA: this iPad could BRING DOWN A PLANE

ArmanX
FAIL

@MikeSM

But that's my point - of course all electronic devices emit RF energy. Even non-electronic devices emit EMF; nylon jackets or wool sweaters, for instance. But no one asks me to take off my sweater when I board a plane, just like they don't ask me to take the battery out of my (hypothetical) watch, or my (again hypothetical) clock radio in my carry-on. I could even use a battery-driven fluorescent reading light without getting in trouble. As Danny 14 mentioned, some electronics that few people think to check can be the worse offenders...

Perhaps I wasn't clear, but I'm suggesting that if the watch and reading light is allowed, most other consumer electronics should be allowed, as well; on the other hand, if the danger is so great that a basic wide-band, high-power transistor radio transmitter circuit has the possibility of bringing down a plane, then there should be a complete ban on any and all electronics - watches, reading lights, cell phones, everything.

Or, they could install some better-than-nothing EMF filters on their equipment.

ArmanX
Joke

Just the once.

Or, wait, you didn't mean per flight, did you...

ArmanX
Stop

The problem isn't the phone...

Until I can get a free connection, I'm not going to worry about surfing the 'net on a flight. I would, however, like to listen to music on my cheap no-name MP3 player, or read a book on my Kindle, or even use my GPS during the flight just for fun. I'd even like to watch movies on my laptop.

But flight crews don't realize that the electronic interference of my Kindle is about that of an analog watch, or that the GPS is a listen-only device. If I were to point out that there is more electronic interference from their credit card reader than my MP3 player, I'd just get kicked off the plane.

I can't wait for the day that electronics can be used on aircraft with impunity, but it's going to be a long time coming...

Farting death camels must die to save the world!

ArmanX
Boffin

Hmm... more calculation...

Now, if the helicopter uses avgas, which is roughly 6 lb/gal, at the rate of 50 gal/hr, and given that burning avgas produces 3 lb of CO2 per lb of fuel, you'll see about 900 lb/hr of carbon released into the air for every hour airborne.

Given that the camels were estimated to save roughly 1 ton of CO2 each upon death, that means he'll need to kill an average of one camel every 2.22 hours to break even. Carbon-wise, anyway.

On the other hand, if it were a Jeep at say, 5 MPG, with standard gasoline, again 6 lb/gal, but at 6 lb CO2 per lb of fuel, that's roughly 7.2 pounds CO2 per mile, so you'd need to travel less than 278 miles (447 km) to break even.

ArmanX
Go

This is actually what I was thinking...

1) Find a pest you want to get rid of (camels)

2) Spin it so your animal-slaughtering ways actually sound environmentally conscious (camel farts will kill the planet)

3) Get someone to pay you to kill the pests (angry farmers, distressed towns), someone else to pay you for making the pests not do the environmentally harmful thing (dead camels don't pass gas, nor do they reproduce to make more gas-passers), and yet another person to pay you for the remains (dog food)

4) Make out like a mercenary and get paid three times (profit!)

Sounds like sound business sense if he can pull it off... easy money, the farmers/towns are happy, the government gets to pretend they're doing something for the environment, and dogs get a new flavor; everyone wins!

Netizens mobilise to recover precious stolen guitar

ArmanX

He's modded it...

Replaced a few bits, including those you mentioned. It's museum-grade, but not collector-grade...

Bloke pissing in reservoir prompts 8m gallon flush

ArmanX
WTF?

That's what I was thinking...

Ok, so, we have this open body of water, where all manner of animals can climb in and take a swim, where birds can relieve themselves, and where rain falls. Dirt washes in, people throw stuff in, bugs get stuck in it, various creatures drown in it... And they're worried about urine? Really?

And forget the PR side of things; if they hadn't flushed it, no one would have known about it. "Man pees in pond" is hardly news that travels well.

Miracle Aliens-style indoor comms built for firefighters

ArmanX
Mushroom

It's not hard to do...

The battery-powered devices I help create are "explosion-proof"; that means, should they explode with all the energy in the batteries, it won't set anything else off. It's designed to be used in dangerous areas; even if the battery did explode, you wouldn't be able to tell apart from the display going dark. Batteries might contain a lot of energy, but for a low-power, short-range transmitter, it would be more of a "pop" than a "bang" - unlike, say, a phone or laptop battery.

BOFH: CSI Haxploitation Cube Farm Apocalypse

ArmanX

Oh, you mean this one?

The ninja icon is the one I'm using right now. Obviously, you can't see it, because, well, it's a ninja.

Cellphones as carcinogenic as coffee

ArmanX
Go

I sekond the motion!

That kontemptable letter is konstandly kreating havok for skhool kids. It sertainly doesn't do me any favors. It's a konsonant that sounds like a "K" or an "S"; we kan spell words without it already; just look at Krispy Kreme! Sertainly a better khoise of spelling. Sure, there kould be some resistanse, but a little kaos now will kreate a mukh happier future. We may need to make exseptions to the rule, of kourse - words like "khildren" are a bit unweildy - but we should keep that usage konsise and to the point.

My spellkhekk seem to hate it, though...

FBI affiliates hacked by LulzSec

ArmanX

More to the point however...

While the "good guy" techies are only barely tolerated by military, FBI, et al, those who hack into FBI websites - at least as far as the FBI is concerned - fall squarely into "terrorist." And it only takes one mistake before someone is pointing a gun at you and saying, "Resist, I dare you."

"Hackers" was a fun movie, but it had nothing to do with real life.

Russian computer programmer buries himself alive

ArmanX
FAIL

Ah, but that means that the child would earn the title, rather than this poor fellow.

Unless, of course, the child also replicates. If the gene for "stupidly going and burying yourself alive" only kicks in once you've had children, it means that your genes always stay in the pool.

Simple biology, sir.

BOFH: Ready for the Judgment Day

ArmanX
Boffin

Your standard cattleprod is fairly low voltage...

Around 12 volts, if memory serves. But, they also come with a hefty battery. Given the addition of DC-to-AC at one end, a long line of AC capacitor+diode voltage steppers, and finishing with a few diodes and some really big inductors... you can turn a long, tingly zap into a short, leaves-a-crater zap. Plus, that lovely resonance in the human body causes certain frequencies to be much more devastating than others.

Apple worth more than Microsoft and Intel combined

ArmanX
Boffin

My, my, testy are we?

"Pick your definition of market share to move your choice of OS into the lead."

If I pick "embedded devices", then Linux leads. If I pick "desktops," then Windows leads. if I pick "music players," then Apple leads. This article isn't talking about demographics at all, but number of dollars made.

But as to your point - Windows fanboys tend to scoff at embedded devices as "not really computers," which is probably why Windows has only a tiny sliver of that market. And Apple fanboys don't like to talk about it, because they're not really sure what OS anything has unless it's stamped with a big picture of an apple...

What is UltraViolet™ and why should you care?

ArmanX
Go

Actually... that sounds awesome.

First, sell the movie. Then... Commentary? DLC. Extras? DLC. Widescreen? DLC. Blooper reel? DLC. 10th Anniversary special edition? DLC. Movie-without-previews? DLC. Even a "You bought this online; add a DVD/Bluray/SuperFutureDisc" DLC! (Ok, so DLC stands for downloadable content... still, you know what I mean)

And imagine that, only with a suggestion box: "Like Science Fiction? Here's more you might like!" "Eh, it's only a dollar, sure. And that. And that..."

It's like putting the Wal-Mart bargain bucket-'o-movies online; instead of $2 for a cheap DVD, you can get an even more stripped down streamable version for $0.99.

If the movie companies don't/can't see the money they would make with this... there is no hope for them. Seriously.

Billionaire Zuckerberg kills to eat

ArmanX

Perhaps I misunderstood...

Zuckerberg is only eating animals he's killed personally, yes? And this is, in part, response to his neighbor, who is a mindful-eating proponent. Which, in turn, boils down to "You should know what had to happen for you to eat that."

Personally, I think people should know what has to happen for a thing like the Internet to work, what has to happen for grown food to end up on your plate, etc. However, Zuckerberg is taking a good idea - know what's happened with/to your food - and turning it into a stunt. Maybe he has his reasons, but my quibble is that "not eating meat I haven't killed myself" is, frankly, creepy. Kill a deer/cow/goat/chicken/whatever once for the experience, sure, I'm good with that. Only eating meat you've killed by hand? Creepy. Going that far out there may lead to my alleged hyperbole.

ArmanX
Thumb Up

@Actually...

Exactly. If you frequently eat "hot house tomatoes," you have no idea what a tomato actually tastes like - for one, they have flavor. I can't stand hothouse tomatoes, they taste like paper. Same goes for zucchini. And cucumbers. And green beans. And peppers.

Great, now I'm hungry, and I've still got another couple weeks before my garden starts producing...

ArmanX
Stop

A quibble

Yes, having the experience is good, but *only* eating things you've killed yourself is not the best path. I believe that finding, catching, killing, and dressing an animal is an experience that everyone should have - as is raising a garden from seeds, harvesting a crop, and canning/freezing/storing that crop.

However, experiences don't equate to permission. If you don't want to eat cows because they're too cute, by all means, don't eat beef. But don't expect anyone else to participate - unless you're also willing to forgo the Internet because you can't build an IPv4 packet from scratch, movies because you haven't directed them yourself, and living indoors because you've never built a house.

I don't think people should only eat meat they killed themselves, or veggies they grew from seeds. If I ate no vegetables or fruit but those that I grew myself, I'd be eating a lot of tomatoes and squash, but no cauliflower or carrots. I may have a garden, but I still eat vegetables out of season, just like I'll still have a nice steak at a restaurant without worrying how the bovine was killed.

Daleks given a well-earned break

ArmanX

There's a treasure trove of old enemies...

I'd really like to see the Celestial Toymaker again... the Family of Blood (or at least more of their species) could be interesting, too. Or any of a number of other baddies...

Opera extends Speed Dial with Swordfish beta

ArmanX

I hope it works nicely...

The most recent change to the SpeedDial ("icons" instead of screenshots) works ok for the most part, but some websites don't have useful icons. That, and I got used to the various images of my various SpeedDial bookmarks... I'll get used to these, too, but I hope the change is less jarring.

Engineering student cracks major riddle of the universe

ArmanX

I think it's more like:

"Dropped it on the way up the drive"

Researchers find irreparable flaw in popular CAPTCHAs

ArmanX
Thumb Up

That method would only have four guesses...

Instead, try: "type the word that was followed by a cat sound." That way, you could have a lot of captchas. Even "What animal was guessed correctly?" and play animal sounds and animal names together ("This is a dog, baaa, this is a cat, meow, this is a bird, growl")

ArmanX
Stop

Actually...

As I understand it, a bot scrapes a website, fills out whatever form it is trying to fill out, and passes the captcha to the human 'solvers.' They solve the captcha, and the bot takes the response and feed it back into the form.

However, if the mechanism related to something on the website itself (eg, "What animal is this website's mascot", "type the name of this website into this box", "What color is the background of the logo", "What font most resembles the website's font", and so on), that approach won't work. Taking the captcha out of the website will make the answer impossible to find.

Of course, chances are that the 'solvers' the crooks are using only speak one language, so using a captcha that uses natural language would defeat them handily enough in every language but their own. If you have a different captcha (or set thereof) for each language you support, and you notice one language group has a lot more bots making it through, you'll get a pretty good idea as to where the 'solvers' are from... dunno what you'd do with that information, but it would interesting data, anyway.

Designer punts ultimate customisable keyboard

ArmanX
FAIL

I have no problem with typing on a touchscreen... except the touchscreen part.

I don't care if my buttons "click" or "thump" or seem to do nothing at all, to be honest. What I do care about are two things:

1) That I know where the keys are. If I'm not looking at the keyboard as I type, I should still be able to find "home row" easily, and when I hit another key, I should be able to feel that I hit a key, rather than a space between two keys, or the wrong key altogether. If I miss a key on a 'regular' keyboard, I can tell, because my finger hits the side of a key... not just more flat bit.

2) That I can rest my hands. When I stop typing, all ten fingers are on the keyboard - not hovering over top, but actually resting on the keys. Even while typing, if I'm not using a hand, it goes back to 'home row' and sits on the keys. If nothing else, my thumb almost never leaves the space bar.

If I can't feel the keys, I have to look at what my fingers are doing, which slows me down. I suppose I could live with that if I had to, but I'd rather not.

However, if this is a true touch interface, then being able to tell the difference between "finger resting on key" and "finger pressing key" is fairly difficult. If they solved that one, then bravo, but somehow I doubt it. Without those two features, this is just another touchscreen.

Mentally ill file-sharer had 'low self-esteem'

ArmanX
Stop

Arguments about mental illnesses aside...

Do you know what they call someone who is OCD and doesn't pay for their hording? A kleptomaniac.

I don't care if you are the sanest person on the planet, or if you have three different mental illnesses named after you. If you steal stuff, you should face the repercussions. While downloading songs may not have the same impact as swiping playing cards, it is nonetheless against the law.

Anyone that uses a mental illness as an excuse has said, flat out, I won't stop, because I can't - and need to go into therapy, possibly for the rest of their life, until they are at the point where they can stop... even if that means never going on the Internet again.

Dropbox 'insecure and misleading' – crypto researcher

ArmanX

But why?

When I store things in my Dropbox account, it's usually just to transfer between my home and work computers. It's things like artwork I use for backgrounds, grocery lists, a short story I wrote, wishlists... basically, things I don't care if anyone sees.

I do store some sensitive stuff there, too... but it's encrypted. think of it like email; anyone between the sender and the receiver can read the email, if they wanted. That's what PGP is for, right? Encrypt your email, and no one else will read it. All you need to do is encrypt your data. Oh, sure, someone might be able to crack it, but if it's something that is that important... don't put it in Dropbox.

I understand the concern - Dropbox should make sure that user files are already encrypted - but for goodness sake, people. If you're concerned about security, shouldn't you already be encrypting any files that aren't chained to your wrist?

Samsung shows screen that folds seamlessly

ArmanX
Happy

Probably not... but it wouldn't be hard to do.

Depending on the tech, of course. Most touch screen tech would be able to sense a finger on the fold, even if there were a gap in the actual sensor(s).

A full touch-screen flip-phone, now that would be fun. Or a 'mini-tablet'. Or for a laptop, a fold-out widescreen display. Or a double-height tablet... complete with touch keyboard, that would be pretty cool, actually. You could read eBooks that look like, well, books! :-D

Google misses Russian trick with Opera snubs

ArmanX
WTF?

No, in an ideal world, nobody would use IE.

Opera may have a few quirks, but as compared to the hellhole that is IE, those quirks are a bed of roses.

ArmanX
FAIL

I can agree with him...

I go to a website that deliberately stops my browser from using it fully.

I (and many others) figure out that reporting my browser as a different browser makes it work.

The company reviews hits to its site, sees that my browser has a very low hit count, and thus continue to not support it.

Opera was the first browser to have user agent switching, and as such, will always be reported low; I don't know how low, it could be a dozen hits or a billion hits. There's really no way to tell. But it does have an impact.

ArmanX

Yes, you do indeed understand correctly.

It's a living nightmare.

IE 9 is fairly close to standards; it has a few problems, but only as many as, say, Safari. IE 8 a bit less so. IE 7 at least supports most of CSS 2, which is more than could be said for IE 6. Oh, and don't forget 'quirks mode' - that adds another one (or two!) rendering styles to each browser. So, supporting IE *all by itself* means you're supporting a minimum of 7 rendering styles (and that's not including IE 6). Because you have no idea if someone is browsing the web with IE 9 in standards mode, in IE 7 mode, in IE 8 mode, or in IE 7 quirks mode; IE 8 in standards mode, in IE 7 mode, or in IE 8 quirks mode; or IE 7 in standards mode or quirks mode. I suppose you could use a complicated JavaScript routine to figure it out, but that's just nasty.

When a browser is unsupported - like Google, not supporting Opera - it's because there are a few bugs here and there. It's to be expected; even a written-to-standards browser will differ from another written-to-standards browser in a few places, simply because the standard itself is ambiguous. Supporting IE, however, takes so much time that almost any other browser falls to the wayside...

WTF is... IPv6?

ArmanX
Boffin

Ah, young grasshopper, there is much you must learn.

Slow is the way of the Internet, like jello on a fridge door. How old is CSS 2, and yet only recently has Microsoft managed to implement it? And that's just a single web browser! Or WPA - there are STILL devices out there being produced that only support WEP. Email has been completely unchanged for decades. FTP, HTTP, HTTPS... those have been around for ages, longer than even the Internet itself (most of it, anyway).

ArmanX
Thumb Up

I'm 2 for 3, how's that?

My computer supports it just fine, of course (well, all my computers). I haven't switched to IPv6 on my internal network out of laziness, but it'll happen sooner or later. My router supports IPv6 just fine, too - a WRT54GL, with Tomato firmware. Very nice, if a bit old.

At this point, I'm just waiting for my ISP to throw the switch. Any news on when AT&T DSL customers will see a changeover?

Student accused of posting bogus coupons to 4chan

ArmanX
FAIL

Oh, come on

Con men do this all the time. Counterfeiting money is about as common as ripping off old ladies - doesn't happen all the time, but often enough. And really, just because someone printed money, he's guilty of counterfeiting?

Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. Doesn't matter if you're printing money or coupons, you are making that paper available for others to use. Even if he never used one of these coupons in his life, he'd still be guilty.

Plague of US preachers falsely claim to be Navy SEALs

ArmanX

I'll broaden that definition...

...to most of humanity. Just about anyone will believe just about anything, as long as it doesn't mess with their preconceived ideas too much. Even the most hardened cynic will believe a lie, as long as it goes along with what he (or she, obviously) already believes.

Judge approves handover of BitTorrent IP addresses

ArmanX
Unhappy

I'm not worried that they'll find I've watched that film.

I am, however, somewhat worried that someone spoofed an IP address, and it happened to be mine. Or that when I download a perfectly legal Ubuntu ISO and get my IP address lumped in with everyone else, someone yanks the logs and I get fingered in a "you were there so you must be guilty" sort of way. We're talking about the scumbags that tried to prosecute a grandma, a little girl, and a dead guy, to name a few; something tells me that they're not going to be all that careful about the whole "burden of proof" bit.

It's not that I'm all for pirating movies. It's that if that law is changed to prevent pirating movies (or impose steep fines, or whatever), it will undoubtedly lead to that law being used to cover all sorts of things - like taking your computer(s), modem, router, etc., all in the name of the law, just because a friend logged on to your network with laptop that was part of a botnet that spammed the President. Your network, your fault, and look, we have the ISP records to prove it.

PC rental store hid secret spy hardware in laptop, suit says

ArmanX
Thumb Up

Free laptops?

I'll sign up for that! It's like any other hardware given away... five minutes in, I'll have that thing stripped of any 'call home' software, and another new toy :-D

So if you see any free laptops, let me know... ;-)

Microsoft's iOS and Android love deepens

ArmanX
Thumb Up

Wow, tough stuff there!

"Hey, if you download patches or upgrades we don't support, you're not going to be able to automatically upgrade them. Meanwhile, if you download patches or updates that are completely supported.... you're still not going to be able to see any updates. Sorry 'bout that."

You tell 'em, Microsoft!

Sony mulls hacker bounty offer

ArmanX

No, more likely to be Apple on this site.

Or Google. Even Microsoft, but the OS division, not the XBox division.

Dear Google and Facebook: You don't want Skype

ArmanX
Go

I would argue that Google could make something of it

eBay + Skype makes no sense at all.

FaceBook + Skype makes a marginal amount of sense, but only if it happened about 15 years before FaceBook was invented.

Google + Skype, however, might work. Google already has Google Voice and Google Talk, both of which would benefit. If Skype and Google Voice were rolled together, that would be a fairly awesome product. Add in a cheap Android phone (sold by Google) that works on WiFi, and you'd have a sure winner; replace your land line for the cost of a phone (and calling for non-Google/Skype numbers). And better yet, if you already have an Android phone, you can get it for free.

I dunno about you, but I'd buy that.

Google Docs app lands on Android

ArmanX
Thumb Up

About time!

This has been far too long in coming... even the ancient Windows CE has Word Mobile; the old Palm phones even had a halfway decent document viewer. Android... didn't. Until now, that is. Here's to hoping it's a decent document viewer/editor...

BOFH: People get annoyed when you try to debug them

ArmanX
Joke

Proud and anonymous, eh...

Let me know how that works out for you!

Page: