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There is no way Siri “doubles” iPhone4S data volume. Try “heavy users upgrade first”.
What a ridiculous headline on Bloomberg and other sites… “Apple’s Siri Feature Doubles IPhone Data Usage”. Video streaming uses lots of data, not talking to your phone. Did they ever think heavy users might upgrade first? Selection bias? Sometimes I think journalism courses should be offered through the statistics department…
(Source: bloomberg.com)
Women to the back of the bus?
I am glad to live in a country with religious freedom. It’s hard to believe that just 50 years ago we started overcoming our own problems with segregation. There are too many things dividing us. Let’s not invent more.
"Why bother going to a meeting if you’re not prepared to change your mind?"
Al Pittampalli
(Source: amazon.com)
Another Bad Apple
“For example, the case decided Monday involves the technology that lets you tap your finger once on the touch screen to call a phone number that is written inside an e-mail or text message. It also involves the technology that allows you to schedule a calendar appointment, again with a single tap of the finger, for a date mentioned in an e-mail.”
There is no way Apple should sue on this patent. I could do it on my treo in 2005, so it never should have been issued, but they still shouldn’t use it.
(Source: The New York Times)
"we no longer have permission to redistribute new Java packages as Oracle has retired the “Operating System Distributor License for Java"
"Between forest and field, a threshold
like stepping from a cathedral into the street—
the quality of air alters, an eclipse lifts…."
Ravi Shankar, Crossings
(Source: pbs.org)
"Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win."
Nicholas Nassim Taleb, Antifragility
(Source: docs.google.com)
Volta Bureau ”Hope”
(Source: vacayvitamins.com)
