I don't think I'd know how to use my phone without the menu and back buttons. Home is obviously important. Search is useless - the Google search widget searches my phone. I'm assuming it will just use a portion of the screen to show the buttons.

While I generally despise the iOS vs Android debate as pointlessly antagonistic, it's worth pointing out that Android's access to APIs allows for some pretty interesting stuff. Fighter mentioned Google Voice, which is a good example. On iOS you can use Google Voice to make and receive calls from your GV number, but if…

Somewhat unrelated, I went into Jack In the Box for the second time in my life and ordered a "medium" soda and I got this gargantuan cup that barely fit in my cup holder. I was like, "Damn." The kid helping me said, "Yeah, that's actually a large, but the size below it is a small and the one above it is a 'quencher,'…

If I hadn't already heart-clicked you, I would have just now. Maybe I'll un-click and re-click you.

Also happens with LVADs... as mentioned in reference to Dick Cheney.

There are differences. HK is a special administrative region of China, which means it functions under considerably more autonomy than a US state. Further, it was a colony of the British Empire from ~1945 until 1997, when Britain returned it to China (who had always claimed it as their own, but obviously never did much…

They can't operate on the same frequency because the two networks would interfere with each other, making data transmission slow or stop. It's like how old 2.4GHz home phones used to make wifi networks slow when you got a call, or how radio stations are spaced 0.2MHz apart. If you operate two radio stations on the…

You know "best" is a matter of perspective, right? I mean... you can make a giant list of why you don't like the iPod, but if none of those things matter to anyone but you then it just means the iPod isn't the best music player... for you. I have literally no interest in arguing whether Apple stuff is good or not - as…

You get the Mig Mac for free, but you spend the rest of the night in jail... so really it's a toss up.

I'm not sure, but it sounds like you think the helmet is only cardboard coated in acrylic. The picture above are both "the helmet" - the one on the right is just the insides, the one on the left is all put together. The plastic cover both protects against the sharp rocks and distribute impact across the surface of the…

So, if he's done crash tests that say you're wrong... what data do you have to support your opinion? 'Cause I'm gonna believe whoever has the best data, not the snappiest zinger.

Studies have shown that as people age they generally come to see the world as a worse place than how they remember it being when they were kids. Part of this has to do with how we're shielded from information as kids. Worried about terrorism? Some 52 poor bastards spent 444 days being held captive by terrorists in the…

That's the definition of a patent farm: a bunch of assholes who buy patents from people who actually make things, so they can license them to other people who actually make things, without ever actually making anything.

I think that's the usual response. I'd never even heard of the show until a week or so back, when I found out several of my friends are (apparently) bronies. My first exposure was also filled with confusion and intrigue.

Have you heard of bronies?

It's human nature to attempt to simplify communication, especially for common concepts. These portmanteau words happen all the time... like it or not, it's the fluid nature of the language.

Sure, the latrine survives the bomb... but the poor bastard sitting on it becomes wall paint.

I always wonder things like, "Why are there plates on that table? Wasn't this an organized decommissioning? Were people really in mid-meal when they were told the shit was being moth balled?" Why are there even plates on a decommissioned ship? Are they paper plates brought onboard by vagrants, and if so, why is there…

Zion Eyez? Already banned in Iran.

Enh. It's okay. Not as cool as the 1988 Games in Seoul or the '98 Games in Nagano (which was really awesome; see previous link), or even the 2010 Olympic Toke from Vancouver's Winter Games. But it's not the ugliest Torch in history, that's for damn sure.