2020hindsights's past comments

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  2020hindsightsMay. 01, 2013 - 05:16PM JST

  In your mind, our politicians should support Shariah?! Seriously??

  If that's what people want; why not?

  Posted in: Most Muslims want sharia law, but divided on interpretation

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  2020hindsightsMay. 01, 2013 - 04:56PM JST

  Admittedly, our ignorant politicians, who for inexplicable reasons support the islamists (remember the much-touted "Arab Spring" aka Shariah takeover...

  As a democratic move, I guess they should support it.

  Posted in: Most Muslims want sharia law, but divided on interpretation

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  2020hindsightsMay. 01, 2013 - 04:32PM JST

  Unless Apple gets off their proprietary high horse sooner or later they will regret it.

  And what, in particular, is proprietary?

  Posted in: Android reigns, Windows gains in smartphones: survey

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  2020hindsightsApr. 27, 2013 - 12:39PM JST

  “But is it the best phone? No. You’re still much better off with the iPhone 5, or the HTC One if you like Android,” the technology news website said.

  Agree!

  Posted in: Samsung releases new Galaxy S4 smartphone

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  2020hindsightsApr. 26, 2013 - 02:37PM JST

  Lots of those "gimmicks", usable or not, are going to be implemented in future phones in an improved state wih an "i" in front of it or not, so instead of moaning about it, it should be applauded.

  I don't think it's the number gimmicks per se, but the implementation of them. I have no problem with having many features, but they have to be implemented in a non-intrusive, intuitive way.

  Samsung fanboys are the new Apple fanboys.

  Well there have always been fAndroids. I guess this is a sub group of that.

  Posted in: Review: Galaxy S4 decent, but filled with gimmicks

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  2020hindsightsMar. 18, 2013 - 03:12PM JST

  I've always asked, if the speed limit is 100 kph, why does anyone need a car that will go three times the speed limit? All cars should be speed limited to the speed limit of the country or state of registration.

  Why? A lot of supercar owners drive on race tracks. No limit.

  Posted in: 10 drivers to be charged over 2011 pileup involving 8 Ferraris and a Lamborghini

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  2020hindsightsMar. 18, 2013 - 03:09PM JST

  Yamaguchi police dubbed “a gathering of narcissists.”

  I think what he really said was "a gathering of car enthusiasts." Easy to make the mistake.

  Posted in: 10 drivers to be charged over 2011 pileup involving 8 Ferraris and a Lamborghini

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  2020hindsightsMar. 18, 2013 - 09:45AM JST

  The guy isn't the smartest. And he's massive (or was). Can't think why he feels the need to defend himself in Japan unless he pissed off some Yaks.

  Posted in: Former All Black Collins arrested for knife possession in department store

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  2020hindsightsMar. 17, 2013 - 10:35AM JST

  but it will come at the expense of Japan’s fastest-growing demographic group: its so-called “silver savers,” elderly Japanese like the Kinugasas who helped build Japan into an export-driven industrial powerhouse in the 1970s and 1980s, and who are preparing to live off their savings and pensions.

  The problem is these silly savers put their money in 'safe' post office accounts that don't earn enough return. They should have had the courage to manage their money better and achieve a higher return. If they had done this they would already be ahead of the curve. But Japanese tend to be overly risk averse.

  Posted in: Japan's silver savers will bear the brunt of 'Abenomics'

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  2020hindsightsMar. 16, 2013 - 12:12PM JST

  EastAsiaForeigner

  HTC products are trash. Xperia actually functions. If you've seen previous htc products, you would know their build quality is inferior. HTC was bragging about burst shot on a phone and how everybody started copying them.

  You obviously haven't seen the new HTC One. The reviews are raving about the build quality:

  http://gizmodo.com/5990716/htc-one-review-the-beauty-is-a-beast

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 04:17PM JST

  Aluminum is the cheapest but possibly most widely used metal around, and there's a thousand types of plastics from cheap chinese toy quality to run it over with a fully loaded 18 wheeler and watch it be fine lego type enpla. Saying one is better than the other without discussing the pros and cons to each, in the method they would be used, is a clear showing of irrational hatred brought about by ignorance.

  I guess build quality comes into it as well. The S4 'feels' cheap. The iPhone 5 and the HTC One 'feel' fantastic.

  When it comes to taking a fall and not destroying the screen, plastic is the way to go.

  True.

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 12:49PM JST

  You can't say crapple uses good parts while Samsung uses low quality ones if both products use a significant number of the same parts, and the remainder is built by the same company.

  He said high quality materials, not parts.

  Samsung: Plastic

  Apple: Aluminum

  Well, unless you don't use the phone as a phone, the entire antenna problem was nowhere near nothing, especially considering the other phones on the market (including galaxy s/sII) had no such issues.

  The iPhone 4 had no such issues in Japan.

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 12:28PM JST

  @issa1 I lol'd at your "high quality materials". I guess you don't realize that most if not all of their components are made in China. Moreover, Apple's retina screens are supplied by both Samsung and LG.

  Yes and the case is cheap plastic.

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 11:53AM JST

  But I am worried the CITES debate may trigger a price collapse for shark fins.

  I would think the opposite would happen.

  I don't agree with shark finning because they dump the body, but it's OK if you use the rest of the shark. They didn't mention what they do with the meat. Shark meat is great for fish and chips.

  Posted in: Tsunami-hit town concerned over shark protection pact

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 11:26AM JST

  I'd get the new HTC One instead of this ugly lump of plastic.

  But the S4 will sell to fans who prefer to read the spec page and buy because 8 cores are more than 4. 13 Megapixels is more than 8 (the HTC One went for quality over MP).

  The HTC One is a subtle crafted smartphone that balances features with style.

  But fAndroids don't do subtle.

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 11:15AM JST

  Right here:

  The S 4 comes with several new technologies intended to help users interact with the phone. For instance, the screen now senses fingers hovering just above the screen, and some applications react. The Mail application shows the first few lines of an email when a finger hovers above it in the list, and the Gallery application shows an expanded thumbnail. Users can control some other applications by making gestures in the air above the phone. In the browser, you can command the screen to scroll up by swiping from top to bottom a few inches from the phone. The Camera application can now use both the front and rear cameras simultaneously, inserting a small picture of the user even as he is capturing the scene in front of him. When several S 4s are in close proximity, they can link up to play the same music, simultaneously - perfect for headphone dance parties

  Yeah, yeah, but where is the innovation?

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 09:54AM JST

  At the event:

  "What if we could record sound while taking pictures? How great an experience would that be?" Shin asked the packed crowd.

  Ummm, yeah, I was just waiting for a phone that can record sound while taking pictures. Wait, it already does. It's called video.

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 15, 2013 - 09:44AM JST

  Yawn. Where's the innovation, Samsung?

  Posted in: Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line

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  2020hindsightsMar. 08, 2013 - 07:37AM JST

  Well, the point is that Hugo Chavez has helped many people to get better education.

  Yes and no. Chavez closed down three television channels and 32 radio stations he didn't like by revoking their licenses. Not exactly free speech.

  During the last election Chavez filled the airwaves with advertisements extolling the government’s purported achievements using dubious statistics. In contrast, election rules confined his opposition, Mr Capriles, to three minutes of broadcast time a day.

  Not exactly fair but these rules were implemented by Chavez to give himself an unfair advantage.

  Behind the propaganda, Venezuela’s ugly reality is that of a corrupt, cynical and incompetent regime.

  Posted in: Venezuelan President Chavez dies of cancer at 58

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  2020hindsightsMar. 07, 2013 - 08:25AM JST

  Nobody is perfect, but I will never forget how he GAVE away free HEATING OIL to the poor in the USA! Look it up! He gave free heating oil to the folk in the poorest areas of Boston etc...when will we hear of EXXON MOBILE etc..helping the poor??

  A cynical publicity stunt. About free oil, I'll bet Cuba are anxious to keep getting free oil from Venezuela now that Castro's buddy is gone.

  Posted in: Venezuelan President Chavez dies of cancer at 58