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    Image of Munch the BanNail Munch the BanNail
    04:23 PM

    In reply to Withings Wi-Fi Scale Review (A Scale For the Year 2010)
    I hope they don't develop a toilet.

    ... Jason Chen needs to eat more fiber!
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    04:26 PM

    @Munch the BanNail: There are toilets that do that already! I should actually try it out.
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    Image of whiteflea whiteflea
    12:21 PM

    In reply to My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads
    Amazing article. I read it from start to finish, including footnotes.
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    10:35 AM

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    Speaking from a neutral standpoint, I totally get it when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone in 2007. He was doing that 'business chart' that showed how complicated dumbphones were and how even more asinine some smartphone developers, ending up with even more inconsistent and convoluted interfaces.

    Some manufacturers really (and I mean REALLY) need to go back to the paper napkins to draw and map out user interfaces that are simple, effective, contagious, and universal.
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    12:02 AM

    In reply to My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads
    Here's my theory:
    It's a database and logic problem in the accounting code. The completely missing album royalties are because there is not a unique identifier in the domain table for that album. So no income. The rest of the problems are because of hardcoded logic in the different accounting systems.

    Quote:
    "Why did 29 plays of a track on the late, lamented MusicMatch earn a total of 63 cents when 1,016 plays of the exact same track on MySpace earned only 23 cents?)"

    Because the code that controls the input from the music sellers is totally assed up. The logic for each income stream is differently hardcoded as it comes in and it sucks.

    I read the entire article and it sounds like they're ripping you off, but it is also likely that they have bad IT guys running the show or shows. Hard to prove it.
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    Edited by PotteryBarnClearanceSale at 12/03/09 12:17 AM PotteryBarnClearanceSale was starred PotteryBarnClearanceSale was unstarred
    Image of Sandeep Murali Sandeep Murali
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    Can't say I disagree with anything in this review. Samsung needs to take a good look at their phones and realize that nobody with a functional cerebral cortex considers their UIs as intuitive.

    It's a shame because their hardware is top notch. The other day, I bought a Sammy F400 B&O edition as a backup phone. Brilliant sound output, but I can't for the love of god; figure out how their menu system worked.

    ...and It's a dumbphone.

    Sufficed to say, I sold it within a day.
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    Image of diesel828 diesel828
    12/02/09

    In reply to Top 5 Assclowns Laughing at the iPhone Back in 2007
    I'm glad this post was done because I'm sure most of them thought they were in the clear. We remember you, assclowns!
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    Image of OMG_changed_my_name! OMG_changed_my_name!
    12/02/09

    @diesel828: Next year, when Windows 7 has 5-10x the marketshare of Mac OS X, let's come back and do a post on this:

    [www.engadget.com]

    Is Phil an assclown too?
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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    Main Problem:

    Windows Mobile is shit. I worked with it for 3 years. Over at XDA chefs do all they can to make it better but at the end of the day, it's shit.

    Most of the disguises that phone makers use to cover this shit known as WM with turn out just as bad.

    I seriously don't understand how people still stick to WM. Freaking symbian functions/looks better, crashes/freezes less.
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    12/02/09

    In reply to Top 5 Assclowns Laughing at the iPhone Back in 2007
    I like how Rubenstein, who worked on the iPod, was poopoo'ing the device while cooking his own competitor up at Palm. That's not so much assclownery as much as sleight of hand on his part.

    I suppose Anssi Vanjoki could still be correct, if, say, 5-10 years from now the iPhone is as esoteric as Macintosh computers in 1997. I love the iPhone now, but will it be relevant in 5 years time (the future iPhone, not this current one, which will be junk in a landfill or melted for scrap by then)?
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    "It gives you a headache to use, like reading tiny text in the dark, or reciting the alphabet backwards when drunk"

    Whenever I see Cops where they make drunk people recite the alphabet backwards, it scares me. I don't think I could do that sober without having to think a lot.

    With respect to the review, for some reason I couldn't stop laughing as I was reading it. The tone of your writing just seems like you are genuinely frustrated and it's quite funny. The first two lines summarized how the review was going to go and everything after that was just a bonus.
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    Edited by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: at 12/02/09 6:55 PM PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of Jamez Jamez
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    You guys can tell that a phone is going to suck. Why do you review phones that look like crap? I mean, you couldn't smell the sweet scent of [insert disgusting smell] from a mile away? I know I could.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    It's sort of sad when the hardware is begging to have the standard issue Windows Mobile setup.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 12/02/09 6:41 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    Wonder if their new OS is going to be worth a shit. Isn't it supposed to preview soon?
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    Image of Keni: Keni:
    12/02/09

    @tande04: I wouldn't be putting any money on it, I know that much.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/02/09

    @Keni:Would people stop doing this now!!!:: Eh we'll see.

    I agree I'm probably not going to hold of any phone purchase because of it but they could surprise us.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    lmao. Fail.
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    Image of Jamez Jamez
    12/02/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia II Review
    Aww, and I was so ready to spend my hard earned money on this. /sarcasm.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/02/09

    In reply to My $62.47 Royalty Statement: How Major Labels Cook the Books with Digital Downloads
    The title's a bit misleading. Isn't cooking the books illegal, due to the fact it involves deceiving people into believing that there are earnings that don't actually exist?
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