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  1. Re: Yeah but... on A New AMD Licensing Deal Could Create More x86 Rivals For Intel (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1
  2. Re: Yeah but... on A New AMD Licensing Deal Could Create More x86 Rivals For Intel (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you ever heard of Intel NUCs? My current HTPC is an Haswell (14nm) Intel NUC running OpenElec/Kodi off a SD card ($5). It cost $129+$20 for RAM. No hard drive but it has room for one if needed. It streams from my NAS and uses about 6-10 watts under normal viewing. Its integrated into an all-aluminum housing with a nice finish and includes the power supply.

    I did build a AMD AM1 platform system in the Antec ISK 110 case, but it definitely cost significantly more than the NUC. Also the NUC has a built in IR receiver.

    You really have no idea what you are talking about...

  3. Re: Yeah but... on A New AMD Licensing Deal Could Create More x86 Rivals For Intel (pcworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "AMD has a lot of new surprises to come.."

    I have been hearing this since Bulldozer. AMD consistently over-promises and under-delivers. Until AMD actually ships this stuff, its vapor and not much more. I would like to see AMD succeed, but they actually have to get a compelling product out the door first.

    "Intel is just a cpu company'
    ,br> And SSDs, NICs, wireless solutions, chipsets. They also make barebone PCs called NUCs.

  4. Re:Laudable, but not without potential consequence on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I grew up in Detroit. You know the place with the largest Arab population outside of the Middle East.....I grew up with Arabs of all kinds, both Christian and Muslim. Detroit has a significant cultural communities including Black, Greek (Greektown), Polish (Hamtramack), German, Slavs, Arabs (Royal Oak, Dearborn) and Italian. I hung out with everyone.

  5. Re:They still make game consoles? on Slashdot Asks: Is the Golden Era of Video-Game Console Sales Over? · · Score: 1

    If there is no functional difference, why does it matter? I have been doing business with Valve for almost 20 years.

  6. Re:Make them toys again. Watch them sell. on Slashdot Asks: Is the Golden Era of Video-Game Console Sales Over? · · Score: 1

    Xbox 360 certainly did TV in the form of Windows Media Center extension. It was the cheapest 'soft-sled' ever made.

  7. Re:They still make game consoles? on Slashdot Asks: Is the Golden Era of Video-Game Console Sales Over? · · Score: 2

    Steam does have completely DRM free games like Kerbal Space Program and Witcher 3. You can run them without steam being on or even installed.

  8. Re:Laudable, but not without potential consequence on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless they are goddamn Doublemint twins, there will be a differentiator besides race.

  9. Re:Laudable, but not without potential consequence on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    His last name? The funny one? The one whose feet smells? bad breath, scars, hairy/not hairy, bald, glasses, cowboy boots........

  10. Re:Laudable, but not without potential consequence on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I consider all people humans. Nothing more, nothing less. If you want to have specific conversations about race, you can provide context, but outside of that everyone should just simply be human. People use these terms as full-on identities, instead of the context sensitive terms they are. We talk way too much about race and not enough about simply being better humans.

  11. Re:Laudable, but not without potential consequence on US Treasury To Feature Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill (reuters.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    'People of Color ' is a racist term. It defines people SOLELY by their skin tone.

  12. I want ZFS, i dont care about the license as long as Canoniacal isnt doing Tivo-ization or Android-ization.

  13. Re:Dear FBI and US Gov on FBI Tells Congress It Needs Hackers To Keep Up With Tech Company Encryption (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    "You're ability to type in spite of sub-Human levels of sentience makes me sick."

    well played........

  14. Re:Napster was a visionary leader on Music Industry Sees First Big Gains in 20 Years Thanks to Streaming Services · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Napster broke the monopoly on music. Up until then you had to buy a whole album for one song. Napster was the market correcting itself. The industry brought it upon themselves. If a kid in a dorm can obsolete your business model in a 3-day coding spree, your business is not viable.

  15. Re:Oh Crud, on James Cameron Announces Four Sequels to 'Avatar' (egyptindependent.com) · · Score: 1

    James Cameron has broken this rule more than once. He is especially noted for it.

  16. Re:basically... on Two-Year Delay for SpaceX's Private Spaceport (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    They pay their taxes on fuel like anyone else....Those roads are paid for at the pump.

  17. Re:No. on Slashdot Asks: What's Your View On Speed Reading? · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Another technical journal Scotty?"

    "Aye"

    "Dont you ever relax?"

    "I am relaxing!"

  18. Re:Reasonable solution on FBI May Be Hoarding a Firefox Zero-Day (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    NO, there is no compromise. I am within my rights to make an unbreakable lock. The government has to learn to accept that. Warrants can be abused like any other power, the idea that everyone has to roll over at the sight of any warrant is flat out wrong. I get what you are saying, due process, i get it, but there are limits to what the government can ask. we are now at the stopping point.

  19. As an individual citizen, yes, as an employee, no. Facebook employees are looking to magnify their political power by leveraging their corporation. That is absolutely wrong.

  20. Re:Three words on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Just no. CPAs are certified because of how OLD the profession is and the mountain of actual malfeasance they have caused. Its a very different thing. CPAs have incredibly detailed rules about how to do their work. They have a standard model they must follow. That would kill good IT. You would hamstring us all so idiots dont have to think.

  21. Look im just telling you human nature. Lights go off, its quiet time, its how we are programmed. I agree with you, but you are fighting Nature.

  22. Re: Three words on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Get the fuck out of here.

  23. Re:Three words on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Can anyone explain why the verbose arguments require 2 dashes?

  24. Re:Three words on Man Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There is no logical way around "Trust, but verify". If you are a business that uses computers, you NEED an IT person like you need an accountant. They dont have to be in-house, but you better have one at the ready.

  25. Re:Dear Adam. on Phone-Friendly Movie Theaters For Millennials Could Be Reality Soon (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lights on, talk all you want. Lights off, shut the fuck up.