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Well, the Touch ID fingerprint scanner in the home button is kinda cool -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 10:58 8
- (as long as it works) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 11:01 2
  - I just mentioned to P that I want multiple thumbs. like, other people use my phone. - amanda hk Sep 10, 11:03 1
    - this. It's linked to AppleID so I have the reverse. I need multiple fingerprints to one AppleID -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 11:03
- i thought fingerprint scanning isn't secure, hence it being removed from laptops and other devices by this point. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 11:01 4
  - It's not recommended as the sole point of entry for really important;/sensitive stuff. A regular person's phone is probably the best use of it. - mara Sep 10, 11:05
  - You use the wrong finger, and it blows up! -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 11:03
  - I'm sure it's no worse than the kinds of passwords people choose or a 4 digit passcode -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 11:01 1
    - 1111 -- nm - colin Sep 10, 11:02
Do I want gta5? -- nm - Truman Sep 10, 10:55 6
- I've never finished a GTA game , but do find them enjoyable in the beginning (I pre-ordered this) -- nm - decline Sep 10, 11:00
- There are a fair amount of trailers and gameplay video on YouTube. You should be able to predict your level of enjoyment from those... also, $265M - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 10:59 2
  - So cool effects and predictable, pretentious, and preachy story? -- nm - Truman Sep 10, 11:04 1
    - Bigger budget, but different writers! :) - Dr.Vermin Sep 10, 11:07
- I haven't played one in a while, but i'm tempted. Is it just a PS3 (and XBox 360) only, or will it be available for the next gen consoles? -- nm - Stephen Sep 10, 10:56 1
  - Current only. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:56
Dear ST: We're shopping for a new TV. Currently considering 46 - 47 inches. What do you like/recommend? -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:54 10
- A bigger TV. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 11:01
- ...what. that wall can easily accommodate a 70 or 80 inch. - colin Sep 10, 10:57 1
  - also, make sure you budget for some kind of sound. built in sound on HDTVs is garbage. I like soundbars with wireless subwoofers. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 11:03
- Pick a price range first. Then pick a brand. Buy the one that suits those options. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:55
- budget wise...Vizio makes a nice tv. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:54 5
  - Yeah, I just went with Vizio. -- nm - Ender Sep 10, 11:03
  - I agree with the tall comic book man. were I looking now on a budget, I would go vizio. also, I have weirdly found that - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:56 3
    - hmm...interesting... -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:57 2
      - my associate is currently looking and really wants 46, but has found that the best deals are on 50s. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:58 1
        
        there's only one or two companies making all the world's TV panels, the rest is just packaging... so it's demand based. - colin Sep 10, 10:59
I don't know which I like better. Hearing Apple news or watching the haters turn themselves inside out. -- nm - spamlet Sep 10, 10:51 16
- As with most of the Apple announcements since retina displays, it is really a matter of incremental hardware improvements. It really is disappointing - oblique Sep 10, 10:54 2
  - why haven't they invented time travel yet?? -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:56 1
    - When one of your highlights is the ability to multi-task, which androids have been doing for a while, the criticism is somewhat valid. - Stephen Sep 10, 10:57
- I'm not an Apple hater, but those new phone colors are horrific (to me). - Stephen Sep 10, 10:52
- right? it's so "would you rather cake or a donut?" -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:52 11
  - Cake, obvie. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:54 3
    - oh my god. now I want cake. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 11:00 2
      - too late, just changed my answer -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 11:01 1
        
        to steamed broccoli. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 11:02
  - oh my god (sp) - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:53 5
    - hey, I did too! -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:54 2
      - this was supposed to go under Colin. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:55 1
        
        So was I :( - loosi si Sep 10, 10:56
    - had this in Maine.. holy crap. -- (link) - colin Sep 10, 10:54 1
      - *changes his answer* -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 11:01
  - YOU MEAN KIT-KAT! WE'RE NOT SEVEN VERSIONS BEHIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - spamlet Sep 10, 10:53
There's a new IOC President. (sitwap) -- (link) - Diva Sep 10, 10:51 2
- huh. I totally missed that Tokyo got the 2020 games. -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:52
- just gotta make out the checks to a new name. - colin Sep 10, 10:52
the iPhone 5S camera has a bigger pixel that your phone -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 10:49 1
- ...that my phone what!??! DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING! -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:49
Dis anyone watch the Million Second Quiz? -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 Sep 10, 10:48 1
- tried to, but it was too long... -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:49
Jen, Bolognese recipe info. most recipes call for a mix of 2 or 3 meats. I hate clove and never use it. fennel is not in the recipe I used - peglegpete Sep 10, 10:48
Sweet! The JARVIS app went live for iOS today. - Stephen Sep 10, 10:46
September 10th, 2013. The day Apple became gaudy. - colin Sep 10, 10:44 40
- color and plastickyness will be huge sells with tweens, in asia. it's a business move. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:47 32
  - a $99 iPHone is one I'd consider buying for my kids. Not a $200 one. -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 10:55 6
    - see? and think like this: once your kid has an iphone, they're in the ecosystem. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:57 5
      - They already are with the iPod Touch, but really, it puts it in the price range of most texting phones of any quality. It's going to sell like cake - oblique Sep 10, 10:58 4
        
        It's still on a two-year contract. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:59 3
        
        So is any phone I get my kid -- nm - oblique Sep 10, 11:00 2
        
        Are they any non-contract carriers in the US? I do not know. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 11:01 1
        
        T-mobile!! -- nm - colin Sep 10, 11:03
  - No one in Asia gives a shit about Apple. They have too many homegrown brands that they are loyal to. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:48 16
    - i noticed that in malaysia and singapore. maybe 1 in a hundred had an iphone.. TONS of Samsung Notes -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:51 3
      - Why spend more on an inferior phone when you just buy dirt cheap cases and swap that way? -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:53 2
        
        the phones get bulky with cases. many people don't use them at all. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:54 1
        
        Swappable backplates then. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:54
    - if they can't expand to those markets they are in trouble. This is really just an asian play as amanda said -- nm - decline Sep 10, 10:50 11
      - It's like the Xbox 360 in Japan. Epic fail because they are brand loyal to Sony and Nintendo. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:52 5
        
        aside: Sony just annouced they are delaying the PS4 in Japan until Feb '14 to allow more units to be shipped to the US -- nm - decline Sep 10, 10:56 1
        
        That's because they know they already won the console war on home turf. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:58
        
        Apple can't ignore the fastest growing market in the world, regardless of brand loyalty. -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 10:55 2
        
        They can unignore it all they want. They will still struggle to break ground in that market. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:57 1
        
        Maybe, but ignoring it is simply not an option. -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 11:02
      - "in trouble"... no. -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:52 2
        
        yeah, in trouble. Apple may be facing device exhaustion here in the US. Without the billions of potential customers in asian they could face - decline Sep 10, 10:58 1
        
        heh -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:59
      - see? I'm not *always* as dumb as I sound. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:51
      - And it -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:51
  - oh absolutely. but people that valued the company for their sleek look are going to be upset. - colin Sep 10, 10:47 4
    - then they can buy a regular iphone. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:49 3
      - the taint, loosi... the taint. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:50 2
        
        keep your dirty talk to yourself. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:50 1
        
        i bare myself to the board at all times. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:53
  - hell yes. and here as well. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:47 2
    - sorry, I meant "tweens everywhere" and "in asia overall." I can see people getting multiples and swapping SIMs to match their shoes. -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:48 1
      - that right there is a great thinking. could totally see that as a sales pitch -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:52
- nanos have had bright colors for years. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:46 3
  - but metallic, right? (I have never seen one.) -- nm - amanda hk Sep 10, 10:47 1
    - I have a metallic green one. I buy all my technology green if I can. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:47
  - not like those. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:47
- I seriously doubt that. (forgetting the late 90s iMacs?) -- nm - Don Homer Sep 10, 10:45 2
  - oh daaang. i forgot about those boat anchors. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:46
  - this. they were the FIRST to make color computers. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:46
uh-oh...Agents of Shield is having script issues... - Remlik Sep 10, 10:44 6
- I have never warmed to any of the trailers I have seen -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 10:55
- Im not too worried I think the show will be good - eag Sep 10, 10:52
- As an FYI, the source on that is Gawker so... -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:46 3
  - ah....they've become like the Daily Sun then? can't trust a word they say? - Remlik Sep 10, 10:48 2
    - Gawker's central purpose is to be needlessly bitchy. - David Sep 10, 10:50 1
      - ah...thanks. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:52
"We can add lens flares that would make JJ Abrams proud.” - David Sep 10, 10:44
Glazer just tweeted that "sources" tell him that the NFL is considering a $100K fine on Suh for his cheap shot this weekend. - Stephen Sep 10, 10:41 6
- it didn't look that bad in the videos i just watched... he can be a jerk, but that honestly looked like an accident - colin Sep 10, 10:55 1
  - We're clearly not looking at the same play. - Stephen Sep 10, 11:01
- I would rather he be suspended, but 100K is a start -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 10:43 3
  - Yeah, i'd rather he be fined and suspended. - Stephen Sep 10, 10:45 2
    - Id rather see the Lions have some balls and cut him -- nm - eag Sep 10, 10:46 1
      - That'll never happen. -- nm - Stephen Sep 10, 10:54
Hey bery, like the sizer slider in the message box. How about that in the Subject as well? That is where it is really needed. -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 10:35 7
- the slider is a function of the browser not Berry's coding. - decline Sep 10, 10:42 2
  - It is something that I would like to add. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 11:03
  - do you even need to ask that? - colin Sep 10, 10:43
- no, one is a textbox, other is a textarea. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:37 3
  - I type a long sentence in the message, I can see it. I type it in the Subject and I can not. One needs to be larger, the other, not so much. -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 10:40 2
    - subject is length limited, but he didn't make the box bigger (for mobile, i guess?). only a textarea will expand like you want it to. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:41 1
      - Okay, maybe it is a FireFox thing but now there are 5 little dots that make an arrow in the lower right corner of the box. You drag to expand. - Spawn Sep 10, 11:02
"it might be the most forward-thinking device ever"... sorry, only Jobs could say stupid stuff like that. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:35 2
- That means it has no memory, right? -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 10:36 1
  - or infinite memory? -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:39
My problem with this Syria suposed solution is - eag Sep 10, 10:34 4
- Russia's involvement? -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:35 2
  - That's a laugh. -- nm - Roger More Sep 10, 10:37
  - That too im not comfy with getting Putty's help with this -- nm - eag Sep 10, 10:37
- Yeah, Iraq and Iran have played that shell game for years. -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Sep 10, 10:35
dang ... I really wish my lunch wasn't up that I could hang on the boards a while yet - this should be fun watching ST post the apple stuff -- nm - JenBro Sep 10, 10:33 1
- There are always the back boards -- boreds -- -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Sep 10, 10:42
"delivery estimate: September 20-26" oh. I thought with pre-ordering, Amazon shipped the game so it hit your doorstep on the day of release. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, >:| Sep 10, 10:32 6
- for areas not requiring sled dog delivery. Do you have Prime? That might be the key. -- nm - Max Sep 10, 10:34 3
  - Your joke is correct. I have Prime, but "Release-date delivery" not available outside the "continental U.S." - Dr.Vermin, >: Sep 10, 10:38 2
    - If you bitch about it, they will comp you in some way. It's how they have trained the support staff to mollify customers. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:42 1
      - OOH! I do enjoy mollification! - Dr.Vermin, :o Sep 10, 10:51
- SUCKER!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 10:32
- They do, assuming there is inventory. If the title is released this week, email them and they will one-day. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:32
foreign policy is not home decorating. - Mel Profit Sep 10, 10:30 3
- heh-heh... -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:32 2
  - and the foreign policy stance is really just... - Mel Profit Sep 10, 10:37 1
    - smh -- nm - Diva Sep 10, 10:44
$99 for an iPhone 5c in your choice of Brady Bunch-esque colors. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:29 19
- "The 5C is beautifully, unapologetically plastic." - David Sep 10, 10:32 3
  - We're Here! We're Plastic! Get Used To It! -- nm - iPhone 5C si Sep 10, 10:41
  - and gaudy as shit. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:32 1
    - ... plastic usually is. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:33
- *smh* - JenBro Sep 10, 10:30 14
  - Phones are black. Period. -- nm - Spawn Sep 10, 10:34 3
    - if you like to lose them. -- nm - loosilu Sep 10, 10:45
    - but you're not a young girl who will get one of these. -- nm - Remlik Sep 10, 10:42 1
      - i see what you did there.. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:43
  - they want hunter green, navy blue, or fire-engine red. not these sort of pastels. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:30 9
    - yep - I get it - I just think of colors as more of a girly thing - JenBro Sep 10, 10:32 8
      - That's the problem. The 5c comes in colors...and TC chat is venting over how girly they are. - David Sep 10, 10:35 6
        
        I'd accept "gurgly". girly and ugly! - Beryllium Sep 10, 10:42
        
        I blame Todd Gurley. -- nm - Qale Sep 10, 10:39 4
        
        +50 Qale points for making a football reference. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:40 3
        
        It might have just been a coincidence - colin Sep 10, 10:41 2
        
        Give the man his victory lap. -- nm - David Sep 10, 10:50 1
        
        he'll get winded halfway through... -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:51
      - black otterbox. rugged. manly. -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:34
I was pretty interested in getting the new iphone until I saw those color options. -- (link) - Max Sep 10, 10:27 [Image] 4
- yuerrk! -- nm - znufrii Sep 10, 10:41
- That's just for the 5C, with is an iPhone 5 made with a cheap plastic shell. -- nm - Shaun Sep 10, 10:39
- LOLLLLLLL - JenBro Sep 10, 10:29
- that's so innovative! incredible! -- nm - colin Sep 10, 10:29
I'm pretty sure I could do a one-man play on The Breakfast Club. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 10, 10:26
myVegas players, I posted another 1,000 chip Bonus in the group -- nm - amoxy Sep 10, 10:22

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