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  1. Re:Help me, I'm apparently retarded on Ouya Teams Up With XBMC · · Score: 1

    Also, it no longer supports XBOX.

  2. Re:Hansen again? on NASA Scientist: Heat Waves Really Are From Global Warming · · Score: 1

    There are 7 billion people.
    Even if every one of us is sacred, it's reasonable to assume that there is a good deal of sacred stuff left even if even a whole bunch of us dies.

    And, people not being born is even less of an issue.

  3. Re:Hansen again? on NASA Scientist: Heat Waves Really Are From Global Warming · · Score: 1

    If the general temperature is X, and the current temperature is X-20, then the current temperature is noticeably cooler than the general temperature.

    Cold and warm are relative factors.

  4. Re:Hansen again? on NASA Scientist: Heat Waves Really Are From Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Go stand in front of a moving train and wait.
    Not doing so is predicting the future.

    Either every weather model ever devised by millions of people working full time on the problem (and now I mean every single one) is wrong or something the last 150 years or so have created an effect far beyond anything in the last 60 million years or so.

    The last 150 years have greatly increased humanities effect on the planet in general, no other real differences have happened.

    Also, according to what has been happening, barring human activity would indicate that we should currently be cooling down.

    So, go stand in front of a train.
    Since you are incapable of extrapolating the future you should have no issue with this.

  5. Re:Betteridge's Law (OH SNAP!) on Should Developers Support Windows Phone 8? · · Score: 1

    It would be more interesting seeing statistics of sold games.
    I know plenty of people who've bought one or more consoles.

    The wii buyers seem to be the least likely to buy games since most are shallow crap.

  6. Re:It's ugly on The Rise of the Junkweb and Why It's So Awesome · · Score: 1

    Porn=Anything made with the intent of arousal.

    And, yeah, Playboy is DEFINITELY porn, just quite innocent porn by our current standards.

  7. Re:I think not on The Nuclear Approach To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Thorium doesn't produce plutonium or anything similar.

    So, yeah, give the tech away to everyone.

  8. Re:Just stop and think about it. on The Nuclear Approach To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Evolution is description of how we came to be.
    Not a way to describe how we should act.

  9. Re:Sucks to be a used PC reseller... on Richard Stallman Speaks About UEFI · · Score: 2

    That they will not allow you to turn it off.
    Which, as I've understood it, is exactly what they require of all arm-based computers designed to run win8.

  10. Re:The elephant in the discussion on Richard Stallman Speaks About UEFI · · Score: 1

    Nah.
    The thing is, we all know apple is locked upp real tight, that's the entire point.
    We also know that they are one single manufacturer.

    Microsoft otoh has stated that every product which should be able run it's de facto standard operating system (even if that is slowly changing) can ONLY run that.

    The thing is, we are used to paying microsoft even when we are not using them at all, but now, we aren't even allowed to take that hit to our economy to run what we want, instead, we are just locked out of a market.

    If Microsoft had done this before and apple had been the open one, we would be pissed as well.

    In all simplicity, I've wanted a decent ARM laptop for 5+ years, now, they will arrive and I won't be able to get one.
    Which pisses me off.

  11. Re:France has a problem on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 0

    Not necessarily.
    Racism is unjustified prejudice.

    If, for instance, every known case of rape had been attributed to small white guys, assuming when you hear of a rape that it would've been done by a small white guy is just recognizing a very obvious pattern.

    I've got no idea if the 95% is true or not, I'm guessing not though, in which case it would be a racist comment.
    If it's factual though, it's not.

  12. Re:Probably not as irritating as you may think on Will Speed Limits Inhibit Autonomous Car Adoption? · · Score: 1

    Wrong.
    Speeders increase congestion terribly, in fact, they are the largest contributor to traffic moving slowly.

  13. Re:Are these people insane? on A Million-Year Hard Disk · · Score: 1

    There are archeologists studying things a couple of decades in the past.
    Information gets lost, information is written with bias.

    Revising history and not trusting records fully is necessary when trying to glimpse the truth.

  14. Re:Amateur protestors vs professional lobbyists on Bye ACTA, Hello CETA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As long as they are on the offense, we are on the defence.

    Meaning, even if they don't win, we don't either.

    That's why the actual goal is to attack them.

  15. Re:Post PC on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 1

    Since a kindle is good for over a week, I don't think they'd be very bothered.

  16. Re:More data needed. on Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah, excellent, backup if global warming gets out of hand!

  17. Re:Jesus, stop being pathetic! on Linux Users Banned From Diablo III Servers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Generally, the 3d performance is TOTAL BULLCRAP in VMs.

    So, no, it doesn't.

  18. Re:Scare quotes? on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    Nope, he's not accused of rape.

  19. Re:Hopefully... on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not called rape, even in sweden.

    And we call fingering someone against their will (if there is penetration involved) rape.

    However, having sex without a condom when you told someone that they only want to have sex with you with a condom is definitely breaking the terms of engagement since it puts a risk of pregnancy and stds into the picture.
    Which fundamentally changes the act.

    Of course it's blown WAY out of proportion.

    And, no, most real victims of rape (not violent attack rape that is but the domestic kind which is BY FAR the most common type) I've actually talked to are very, very sensitive to all types of sexual abuse and won't condone any of it since they know how vulnerable you are.
    Just like people who have been physically abused are way more sensitive about even "friendly" physical fights.

  20. Re:Wait, what? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    Tyrion and Daenarys are the two characters I think are the most unkillable I think, their functions are irreplaceable to the story.

  21. Re:Wait, what? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Watch TV In 2012? · · Score: 1

    The amount of death is seriously exaggerated.

    Out of a roster of about maybe 30 characters you follow, I think only, hmm, 3 have died or something along those lines.
    The tendency is also that characters seemingly die BUT WAIT, THEY DIDN'T!

    Spoiler alert:

    Ned Stark dies.
    Theon Greyjoy seems to die but doesn't, he just gets tortured and broken down into Reek.
    Robb Stark dies.
    Catelyn Stark dies but returns as a semi-undead monster.
    You believe Arya gets killed when she is knocked out and not heard of again for a long time, but that is false.
    You hear Davos is dead but you later learn that this was just a rumour (in part upheld by him).
    Maybe Brienne dies, can't remember, so bloody uninteresting.
    You are uncertain about a load of characters, however, they always show up again since she doesn't kill people off-scene, every death has to be dramatic.

    So, yup 3 dead, one risen again.
    WHAT A DEATH TOLL!

  22. Re:13 yr old... on Chatbot Eugene Wins Biggest Turing Test Ever · · Score: 1

    Could've fooled me.

  23. Re:I thought water evaporated on Why Groundwater Use May Not Explain Half of Sea-Level Rise · · Score: 1

    Actually, there are theories akin to that.
    The Gaia hypothesis for instance came forth with the idea that as the temperature rises, more of the water will be in clouds, meaning that less heat comes in from above meaning global cooling will follow.

    However, it's a pretty big gamble to make.

  24. Re:Nice! on Windows RT Will Cost OEMs Over Twice As Much as Windows 7 · · Score: 2

    It's linux.
    It's not GNU though,

  25. Every career has drawbacks on A Day In the Life of a "Booth Babe" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This career is dead-end, 100% shallow (they don't even have to know what the fuck it is they are holding) and based on their looks.
    It's also an obviously annoying work-place.

    However, your reviews are based on your abilitiy to smile and how you look, meaning it only requires you to do exactly ONE thing.

    And they complain?

    Work in mcdonalds or any other no-skill job and see how funny it is.

    Fucking whiners.