@chrisofdoom: I wish American devices worked across all carriers, and I wish CDMA used a system like the SIM card. But Europe isn't a rose garden of competition. GSM was designed in Europe, and European countries banned any other type of network, forcing it to become the world standard even though its technology is…

@greydove: Seriously. I laughed aloud when I read "OkCupid data scientists." It carries about the same weight as "Twitter art historian" or "PornHub meteorologist."

@CraigJW: What about the lysine contingency? We could put that into effect!

As if the first time pushpins started falling out of the sky in the city wasn't bad enough...

I'm probably too late for the party, but Gizmodo posted this article a few days ago and I wrote a few tl;dr comments there. To keep it short and sweet, there are so many problems with this—its methodology, sample, hypotheses, and conclusions—to list. I took particular issue with the reading level graphs.

@DreamTheEndless: Death's little brother: Haha, I know exactly what you're talking about. All the bodegas and restaurants in my neighborhood sell Mexican Coke and Jarritos. Jarritos is really good, made with cane sugar, and it comes in huge bottles for mad cheap. It's a lot better than American soda, but over the…

@EvanSei (lord of the gerbils): That is an enormous false dilemma. Your only two choices are not "trust the government" or "leave the country." Government works best (for us, that is) when we distrust it. If we simply go along with anything the government says, we are the bewildered herd, a mass to be fooled into…

@slyman928: I think some companies do want people to pirate, actually. Photoshop costs $700. Most of the people I know own it. None of them have paid for it. It's the best photo-editing software on the market, but it's extremely complex. Tons of people steal the software and learn how to use it. So businesses and…

@WestwoodDenizen: The problem is ALL software is restricted by this. This isn't like a DRM scheme, where some companies buy into it and others don't, and we have the option of voting with our dollars. This ruling didn't change any case law, it overturned a challenge to existing case law. Every single EULA states you…

This has always been the case with software. When you accept a EULA, one of the biggest things in there is that you are not buying the software, but licensing it. Not only does this approach invalidate first-sale, but it removes your right to modify it. Thus no reverse-engineering or modification of the source code.

The first thing I did, before even opening the post, was look at my keyboard to see which key was between the F and H.

No, guys, I'm pretty sure that's a moon.

@Brookespeed: Considering they're the only American carrier that offers separate rate plans for unsubsidized phones, it really is a discount, not a hidden fee. Not to mention $120 on ATT = $80 on T-Mo.

Aaaalways, I wanna beee with you, make beliiiieve with you...

@imapcgirl: Same here. At one point I said aloud, "These guys suck!" Then I remembered it wasn't an actual game and felt silly.

@OMG! meatbag_: Well, one guy from DARPA wasn't a Metal Gear fan...

@FlameCell: It won't be too cold for you if you just put on this hat.

@Almightywhacko: It looks about the same as the Touch Pro 2's, sans number row. And that keyboard was awesome.

@OCEntertainment: The pessimist in me assumes it mean's Voice's voicemail feature. When Voice first launched, you had to forward your calls to it and set your Voice number to send all incoming calls straight to voicemail. But later they added an "activate Google voice for voicemail" feature that set it up for you.

@Joe Stoner: "Well, sir, the Kindle starts at $139 for the wifi model. But if you want to start using it right away, we can preload it with any book written before 1923 for just $5 apiece. Ebooks from Amazon are generally $10, so this is an amazing value."