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Of course with Zagg selling Invisible Shields that cover the entire device that's probably the way to go if you like the way your phone looks naked.
When I had my MotoQ I didn't have a case for it since it was so thin I could carry it in a pocket (not only that my work slacks have a cell pocket.).
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well what do you mean by 'size'? blast radius?
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EMT = Y^2/3 where Y is in megatons.
This relation arises from the fact that the destructive power of a bomb does not vary linearly with the yield. The volume the weapon's energy spreads into varies as the cube of the distance, but the destroyed area varies at the square of the distance.
12/08/09
Man.....I mean, it's not like I could argue that I'd know better how to run a military (spoiler alert: I wouldn't) but.....this is just depressing.
12/08/09
As for tests in the 90's, I'm a bit ambivalent, and can understand why Bill Clinton would approve of the testing at the time.
I think as a younger group we have no clue how terrifying it was in the 50's when we realized that the USSR was further ahead of us in the nuclear arms department. Leaders in the 90's remember this and at the time Russia was still extremely unstable. I'm not saying it was the right choice, but I'm saying that if I was in that position and had the memories that the folks at NORAD and in the White House had of the Cold War, I don't think the decision would be as simple as we are making it out to be here.
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Nonetheless, the fact remains. It's sad. Just universally. It's sad. More people in the future will die, and a whole lot of them don't have to.
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....Your comment is comforting to know. A small comfort in a sea of bad news, but a welcome one.
12/08/09
It's silly to believe that nothing can happen to it as long as you take care of it or to believe you'll never drop it. Screw design, I prefer to protect my investments.
Plus I pointed this out in the last anti-case rant put forth by Jesus. The best thing is to simply buy a GOOD LOOKING case. It doesn't have to be ugly to be protective. Nothing like having a sexy leather bound gadget.
12/07/09
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For other devices, I do it on a per-case basis. The PSP and DS got clear, anti-scratch filters on the screens and nothing more, though the PSP gets a leather carrying case because it has no natural defenses.
Normally for cel phones it's just a hip case or clip though, because my pockets are already full, and I want to be able to answer calls that come in before it stops ringing. Also good to have a radio transmitter with a battery that has the potential to engage in thermal runaway a little farther from my precious genitalia, regardless of how remote the liklihood is of it catching fire.
As I see it, anyone who calls people who use cases clowns must have free review units shipped to their door every day, so it doesn't matter if you break a phone or twelve. Talk about losing touch with any idea of what real world users face... like I'm really going to buy a phone/PDA that costs more than many computers now, and just use it until it takes one fateful blow, then go buy another one.
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I also fan it with palm fronds and feed it grapes.
12/07/09
ipod touch, specifically. it was the first gen which, due to the flat back, was prone to compression related issues. the 2nd gen convex back mitigates that problem.
i dunno, i dropped it a couple of times, and my pockets are always full of other things. right pocket always has a knife, so that was an issue. but the final nail in the coffin was taking it to burning man to provide 24 hour dubstep in our pyradome or domamid (depending on who you ask) it made it all the way through but was encrusted and impregnated with corrosive playa dust.
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Apple, I love your designs, but this is a day-one flaw that should have been fixed ages ago.
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If you drop an iPhone that's totally covered with Zagg's product, it doesn't protect it much from the fall. Not like an (albeit uglier) actual hard case.
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As for fall protection, eh, I probably drop my phone more often and in more unusual situations than most people and the combination of build quality + Zagg has kept my phone like new.
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When getting a new one, you must give them your CC to pay for a small "postage and processing" fee as well as pre-authorizing full-retail amount of a new set "just in case" they don't get the whole kit back.
So, really it's not as simple as their marketing makes it seem. BTW, I've used Zagg since they were InvisibleSHIELD applied on at least 8 of my last phones. It's nice initially and I liked that it was shiny, yet grippy. Eventually gunk gets underneath the edges, and it peels off.
12/07/09
I want an iPhone but I know it will be broken within a week.
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