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  1. Re:Max RAM? on An SSD for Your Current Computer May Save the Cost of a New One (Video) · · Score: 1

    Already do a Ramdisk on my mac (minecraft server, can't grief a server that only exists in Ramdisk!) and have a few VMs. I still have 8-10 GB sitting idle and have for years. My money would have better served going with 8 GB and upgrading if absolutely necessary.

    P.S. I carefully phrased my response just to avoid the 640k troll. The 640k statement was an absolute, for all time. I put a specific limit on mine, not to mention im speaking from direct experience. Also, your quote is probably apocryphal.

    http://www.computerworld.com/s...

    You would do well to just forget the phrase entirely.

  2. I disagree on 'maxing' it out. I have 16 GB in my mac mini and i dont see a future of me using it all. 8 GB will be fine for the next 4-6 years at least.

  3. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 4, Insightful

    NO one is silencing him, Mozilla is simply removing their branded podium he was standing on. He is free to give as much money to hate groups as he wants.

  4. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 1

    I dont see how his Freedom of Speech was impinged in anyway. There are consequences to speech, only OUR GOVERNMENT is prohibited from acting on it, not the citizenry.

  5. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please explain how the government is limiting this man's speech. Oh they arent? Then its not a Free Speech issue, which only concerns itself with communication between you and your government.

  6. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How does this tripe get insightful? NO ONE IS PROSECUTING this man. He stated an opinion and backed it up with money, lots of people found his position reprehensible and pointed out their displeasure. This displeasure was large enough to have him removed from Mozilla. Its not a witch hunt.

  7. Re:I think this is bullshit on Brendan Eich Steps Down As Mozilla CEO · · Score: 1

    The court of public opinion has found that he is more of a detriment to Mozilla than a boon. I see nothing wrong with this. He stated his opinion, we stated ours. Free Speech has consequences, that does not mean that criticism is the enemy of Free Speech

  8. Re:The Internet will meet its match on How Airports Became Ground Zero In the Battle For Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals · · Score: 1

    It cant last forever in the Information Age.

  9. Re:another great example... on How Airports Became Ground Zero In the Battle For Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals · · Score: 1

    Why do licenses cost so much? Seems to me that would be the first place to start.

  10. Re:Another Cloud Dispersal on Canonical Shutting Down Ubuntu One File Services · · Score: 1

    Roll your own.

  11. Re:I'm all for religious freedom... on OKCupid Warns Off Mozilla Firefox Users Over Gay Rights · · Score: 1

    Standing is a bullshit legal tactic to deny citizens the right to redress their government. EVERY CITIZEN has standing against any law that applies to them

  12. Re:I'm all for religious freedom... on OKCupid Warns Off Mozilla Firefox Users Over Gay Rights · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Christians that hold that view need a STRONG lesson in civics then. Its fine they hold that view, but we are going to constantly remind them it is immoral to force their morality on the rest of us. This is exactly where the religious need to be reminded of what the limits of tolerance are.

  13. Re:The best the SCOTUS could do is wipe software p on Supreme Court Skeptical of Computer-Based Patents · · Score: 1

    Obtuse is the only word i can think of regarding your position. Your absolutism severely diminishes your argument's credibility.

  14. Re:Obligatory Fight Club on An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a GM Flaw · · Score: 0

    Hobby Lobby should have no MORAL say in reproductive health issues. It is no thier place to decide health issues for their employees based on their religion.

  15. Re:Two solutions (Encrypt or leave) on Dropbox's New Policy of Scanning Files For DMCA Issues · · Score: 1

    ORRRR you could copy the link and paste it. Convenience v. Security.

  16. Re:That's it on Dropbox's New Policy of Scanning Files For DMCA Issues · · Score: 1

    They are actively comparing files against hash database automatically when you go to share.

  17. Re:Later Dropbox! on Dropbox's New Policy of Scanning Files For DMCA Issues · · Score: 1

    There are no other services, they are all going to do this. Roll your own.

  18. Re:Free market on If Ridesharing Is Banned, What About Ride-Trading? · · Score: 1

    All government issued property like that should not be able to be sold to private parties. It should be illegal for him to sell his hack license, liquor license or whatever.

  19. The only absolute power in governance rests with The People.

  20. Re:The government does give on Classified X-37B Space Plane Breaks Space Longevity Record · · Score: 1

    Its important to point out that anarchy is not inherently bad. It is actually a utopian ideal, 'human nature' is what fucks it up.

  21. Re:Shocked and saddened on One Person Successfully Removed From US No-Fly List · · Score: 1

    What you are describing is a courtesy your government extends to a certain class of indigenous humans with specific ancestry. It does not diminish the fact that I am a native American and am as much part of the land as any anscetral indigenous

  22. Re:Because Oculus HR didn't get the memo yet on Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is no one under 30 that can do what Abrash does.

  23. Re:Irrelevent on Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle' · · Score: 1

    As much as I love and respect Notch, his knee-jerk reaction does not help VR at all. Its fine if he wants to pull out, but the FB deal is done, lets move on and get VR going.

  24. Re:Legendary... on Michael Abrash Joins Oculus, Calls Facebook 'Final Piece of the Puzzle' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Abrash worked at Intel for years on Larrabee, hes not just a video game engineer. Gabe Newell courted him for YEARS to get him away from Intel. How many billionaire CEOs have courted you personally?

  25. Re:Walmart employees, rejoice! on Wal-Mart Sues Visa For $5 Billion For Rigging Card Swipe Fees · · Score: 1

    Part of getting useful work out of employees is making sure they can take time off when they are sick. If your business can't afford this then your business model isnt viable. Humans get sick, if you want employees to stick around, you have to allow for that.