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  1. Re:A low UID means ... on The Struggles of Developing StarCraft · · Score: 1

    Ditto, but I would have loved to have the epeen factor. I did have an ICQ number in the 1mil range......

  2. Re:Thus demonstrating my assertion on The Struggles of Developing StarCraft · · Score: 1

    Kali.Net.. best $20 EVER!

  3. Re:Ignorance + Ego on The Struggles of Developing StarCraft · · Score: 2

    who don't even know what database indexes are.

    Or people who kind of do and put them all over the place. Nothing says fun like a clustered index on a GUID with a default fill factor.

  4. Re:Gee, How Much Google Paid For This on Apache Patch To Override IE 10's Do Not Track Setting · · Score: 2

    The DAA is MUCH larger than just Google. http://www.aboutads.info/participating

    Including:
    Better Business Bureau
    Association of the United States Army
    AllState Insurance
    Forbes
    Microsoft (ironic)

  5. Re:If I recall..... on Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers · · Score: 1

    I know certain aspects of quantum communication makes it very secure or at least prohibitively expensive(for now) to intercept. Even if you can't communicate faster, security could make it worth while.

    I don't know much, just regurgitating what little I remember.

  6. Re:If I recall..... on Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers · · Score: 1
    I'm not saying you're wrong, but wouldn't the term "communicate" indicate information being transferred?

    The experiment saw the successful teleportation of quantum information

    Is "quantum information" not useful information?

  7. Re:Great on Impending CA Sales Tax Sparks Amazon Buying Frenzy · · Score: 1

    But what will we do with all that money that used to go into the prison system, send it to schools?! Why reduce crime via education when we can make more things considered crimes and prop up a private prison system?

  8. Re:Jerks on Impending CA Sales Tax Sparks Amazon Buying Frenzy · · Score: 1

    And depending on your kid's age, the cost of day-care can be almost one spouse's entire income in a two income family. I know my mom stopped working to homeschool me because it cost more for her to work and send me to day-care than to not work.

  9. Re:Not surprising... on AMD64 Surpasses i386 As Debian's Most Popular Architecture · · Score: 1

    were not as graceful from the 32bit conversion to 64bit like Apple...Both Apple and Sun released 64 bit and 32 bit OS's and got very little of this you cant run this 32bit app in your 64bit

    Apple didn't even start shipping computers that defaulted with the 64bit kernel until 2010 because of compatibility issues. Windows Vista allowed compatible 64bit back in 2006. The OS had quirks that many didn't like, but 32bit compatibility wasn't one of them.

  10. Re:charity on The Gates Foundation Engages Its Critics · · Score: 1

    The issue isn't the rich getting richer because they're good at supply and demand, it's the minority powerful rich that get richer because of manipulation and deception.

    Just like anything in real life, a destructive minority can cause damage faster than the creative majority can fix things.

    I just spent 5 years making this awesome painting... then someone comes by and sets it on fire. The amount of effort to ruin is much less than to build.

  11. Re:No on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1

    The only education I got out of Middle/High school was how to sleep through class and a bit of socializing. BTW, my HS has some of the highest ACTs/SATs in the nation(averages top 10%). I can only assume how bad other schools are.

    I didn't learn to enjoy education until college. There they treated you like a person and you actually learned something. Some how college was easier, but I think that's because teachers there made learning fun an engaging. Over here, un-subsidized 4-year uni is $12k/sem, but only $2k for in-state.

  12. Re:Troll Article? on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    The developer themselves may even be uncomfortable with this designation due to what they perceive as holes in their own knowledge – they don't feel perfect and see their flaws. This drive to continuously improve upon already competent skills is EXACTLY what makes one a "rock star."

    +9000 Insightful

  13. Re:Don't hire union workers on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    Crime is dramatically lower in countries with good welfare.

  14. Re:Don't hire union workers on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    Make alcohol/entertainment too expensive for those on welfare and when they see other people having fun because they work, they may have incentive to not play with dirt for fun.

    Have a separate monetary system for essentials vs luxury. Only pay welfare people with money that can be used for essentials.

  15. Re:Good old days syndrome on Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? · · Score: 1

    Go back 10mil years and explain how you're just a chimpanzee. No big deal.

    Amazing how many many generations evolution can lead to something that seems new and special, but was really just the logical result.

  16. Re:No sympathy on Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million · · Score: 1

    "A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted"

  17. Re:it's an arms race on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 2

    The funny thing is your chance of not dying in a crash with an SUV is more than offset by your increased chance of dying in a rollover in an SUV. Still overall more likely to die in a SUV.

  18. Re:They're stupid on Study Finds Unvaccinated Students Putting Other Students At Risk · · Score: 1

    Person A's child dyes because the kid was too young to get vaccinated. Not everyone is 25 years old and likely to live through every disease.

  19. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? on The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN · · Score: 2

    Hey, stop using English/Math/Logic, as that is all learned/copied/stolen. Someone else created/discovered them, you should be paying royalties!

  20. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? on The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN · · Score: 1

    Not sharing ideas and culture is unethical.

  21. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? on The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I other news, farmers with infinite crops and infinite land are complaining that people are stealing their crops. Farms threaten to stop growing new crops. At least there's an infinite supply of the old crops.

  22. Re:A return to refractive telescopes? on New Flat Lens Focuses Without Distortion · · Score: 2

    I'm sure a telescope-sized 60nm-thick lense will have flexing problems in anything other than a vacuum. The weakest of air currents will cause it to flex all over the place. That is assuming it is flexible and doesn't just break once you get to certain size.

  23. Re:The NYSE shouldn't reverse trades. on Knight Trading Losses Attributed To Old, Dormant Software · · Score: 2

    Assuming his facts are correct and his reasoning is sound, which to the uninformed person I am it looks to be on face-value, is it still considered "astroturfing"?

    I could see his dooms days prediction being a bit tin-foil-hatish, but the rest seems within reason.

    I'm not saying that he is absolutely correct, but if you understand more of what's going on, please point out the problem with his "facts" or his reasoning as you either have more insight or you're just attempting to discredit his claims with no logic to back your own claims.

  24. Re:Wow, what a remarkably BAD idea on Detecting Depression From How (Not What) You Browse · · Score: 1

    I wonder if you can sue your parents for neglect and abuse, which is obviously causing you long term trouble and probably costing money via meds.

  25. IPv6 supports multicast correctly. I remember reading about IP-TV multicast testing that was going on from Europe to Australia over open internet.