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  1. Re:fast frame more "real" than theater 3D on The Hobbit's Higher Frame Rate To Cost Theater Operators · · Score: 1

    From what little I've seen, it's not so much "vivid" and it's more like "shot-for-TV".

    In other words, more vivid.

  2. Re:Same as any other premium format on The Hobbit's Higher Frame Rate To Cost Theater Operators · · Score: 1

    Well Dustin Pedroia is already hobbit sized

  3. Re:Awesome on The Hobbit's Higher Frame Rate To Cost Theater Operators · · Score: 1

    The 21+ movie theater near me had decent food and actually a pretty high quality selection of alcohol. Overpriced certainly but the quality was certainly quite reasonable, high end pub level at least.

    I wish it was closer, its just too far away for me to bother going regularly. It would be pleasant for those rare movies I do choose to see in the theater.

  4. Re:Who has the most to gain by competing? on Russian Programmers Dominate At Google Code Jam · · Score: 1

    Except that if you have a job, you might be less motivated to spend your limited free time on competitions.

  5. Re:How about installing water fountains? on Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple · · Score: 1

    Overweight people who drink diet soda probably had quite a soda habit before they became overweight (or decided to change it) or they would just not drink soda rather than replacing the regular with the diet.

  6. Re:Blackberry? on Ask Slashdot: Equipping a Company With Secure Android Phones? · · Score: 1

    I would be more concerned about having to replace the entire setup if RIM goes under. BB doesn't seem like the platform to build your business on right now.

  7. Re:Yet another reason.... on Soda Ban May Hit the Big Apple · · Score: 1

    With what money? Chance are the man is indigent because he hasn't been out of the house in god knows how long to work. Plus any money he does have is going to end up paying for his medical care trying to save his 600 lb ass.

  8. Re:Salaries on IT Positions Some of the Toughest Jobs To Fill In US · · Score: 2

    If you can't pay enough money to the people who maintain your computers and network then maybe you will just have to adjust their business to make due without those networks and computers. I'm sure they will make just as much money as their competitors who a is willing to pay to fill those positions.

  9. Re:I'm confused on Supreme Court Rules Julian Assange May Be Extradited · · Score: 1

    Extradition or not, its kind of hard to discuss the charges when there aren't any isn't it?

  10. Re:Well let me be the first to say... on Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50% · · Score: 1

    They seem to be selling quite well here in the northeast.

  11. Re:What's wrong with GCC? on FreeBSD 10 To Use Clang Compiler, Deprecate GCC · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And yet, as so many people here love to point out when it favors them, you still get to have the pig. Apple has taken nothing, the pig still exists as ever and apple has provided you with a sausage as well.

    Maybe you don't like sausage and thats fine, but don't act like someone took away your (or anyone else's) pig.

  12. Re:There won't be an end to insurance on How Would Driver-less Cars Change Motoring? · · Score: 2

    Lets just hope it knows the difference between a deer and a moose.

    You don't want to run into a moose, you really don't.

  13. Re:Probably lost the sale, too! on Russian Superjet 100 Crashes During Demo Flight, Killing All Aboard · · Score: 1

    It's important to discuss all sorts of scenarios with your partner, especially if you are getting married. I discuss unlikely hypotheticals with my partner on a near daily basis... plenty of them, though perhaps not most, are less likely than getting the opportunity to go into space.

  14. Re:Is it possible to just leave? on TSA's mm-Wave Body Scanner Breaks Diabetic Teen's $10K Insulin Pump · · Score: 1

    Of course they aren't supposed to refuse a manual search if you request one and you are supposed to be free to leave, but clearly, policy or not, sometimes things don't go that way. Heck if you make a big deal about not going through the scanner (rightly) and then go to leave the could hold you for acting suspicious.

    Seems like the way to go would be to remove the pump for security and put it in your cary on (which is only subjected to the traditional X-ray scanner).

    Certainly a pain in the ass and it shouldn't be necessary but its probably not worth the risk. Of course if it was a piece of equipment that you can't go without long enough to go through security that would be more of a problem.

  15. Re:forced? on TSA's mm-Wave Body Scanner Breaks Diabetic Teen's $10K Insulin Pump · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anything to get a mm wave look at some underage breasts.

  16. Re:Pirated and still paid for tickets on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record · · Score: 2

    I really don't understand downloading the cam rip, especially if you knew you were going to go see it. What is the appeal?

  17. Re:How can you quantify the loss? on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually there is a halo effect with movies, a friend of mine did his PHD thesis in economics partially on this effect. When a big movie comes out the previous movies (if its a series) see a bump in DVD sales. Movies by the same director or with the same lead actors get a bump. In this case, certainly the previous "Avenger" movies in the "series" probably saw a bump in DVD sales and movies with Robert Downey Jr probably saw a bump.

    The reason for this is likely pretty simple, people are talking about the Avengers and that stirs up interest in the previous movies, wanting to see them again or see them for the first time before the big movie or even a friend saying "Hey if you liked Robert Downey Jr in Iron man you should see Sherlock."

    If there is a place where piracy is effecting the bottom line for studios it is probably seen in this effect where people might have been inspired to buy a copy of the Hulk to check it out but instead downloaded it to save a few bucks. It would be interesting to look at the spike in downloads for movies that your would expect to see a spike in DVD sales for.

    Of course that doesn't mean every download of those movies is a lost sale, many of these movies are available for rental or VOD.

  18. Re:Virgin charges no ETF on Why You Don't Want a $99 Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    Why is an 18 month contract such a big deal for people? Maybe its a bigger deal in Europe because you are afraid you will move out of the coverage area within 18 months.

    For me, I know that I'm going to be paying for cell phone service no matter what (I don't have home phone) so there is little reason for me not to sign a contract if it benefits me in anyway. You are spending €10 for something you are not likely to use... well maybe you are likely to change plans but I bet most people don't change providers that frequently.

    Also, your spending more per month for your service than I am for the voice and data on my iPhone and that is with the subsidy and I have a 2gb data plan which I can change at any time down or up.

  19. Re:Virgin charges no ETF on Why You Don't Want a $99 Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    What kind of data/minutes plan are you getting for $30 a month? My understanding is that T-mobile only credits you $10 bucks a month for bringing your own phone and a $40 a month smart phone plan sounds pretty good to me.

    How much would you have saved on the phone if you bought it through T-mobile? Would your monthly only be $40 if you did?

  20. Re:Advertising is wrong on Steve Jobs' Idea For an Ad-Supported OS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I suppose you would rather pay cash for every web page you visit?

  21. Re:Er, Your Statement and His Don't Quite Mix on 'Gaia' Scientist Admits Mispredicting Rate of Climate Change · · Score: 2

    We didn't dismantle civilization to get rid of CFCs... we just got rid of the McDLT.

  22. Re:Mod parent up! on Software Engineering Is a Dead-End Career, Says Bloomberg · · Score: 1

    I was specifically commenting on errors from burnout rather than errors from lack of experience. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

  23. Re:As if there were no touchscreens before Apple's on Patent Suit Targets Every Touch-based Apple Product · · Score: 1

    throwing things across the screen with your mouse... or even off your screen is something I have seen quite a bit of. Why is a touch screen different? Particularly for a single touch gesture?

  24. Re:Even More Curiously on Patent Suit Targets Every Touch-based Apple Product · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How can you imply that they are doing something underhanded when they are suing apple?

  25. Re:Why we can't have nice things. on Software Engineering Is a Dead-End Career, Says Bloomberg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    remember, 2 entry level employees cost more than 1 employee at twice the salary. Benefits and overhead cost quite a lot and they are generally on a per headcount basis.