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  1. Re:Infrastructure on Tesla Working On Autonomous Cars: Musk Wants Teslas With Auto-Pilot · · Score: 1

    Until it meets a situation it's not programmed to handle, and fails to adapt. This is one area humans still command a massive advantage.

  2. Re:Handhelds? on Visionary Nintendo President Yamauchi Dies · · Score: 1

    The NES predates it by about 4 or 5 years, and was largely responsible for the recovery after the '83 crash. In fact, without the success of the NES, there may have never been a Game Boy.

  3. Re:It deserves every sale it gets on GTA V Makes $800 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 1

    GTAV is not your typical AAA game. Plus, there's the online add-on coming in a couple of weeks (for free!).

  4. Re:Sure on GTA V Makes $800 Million In 24 Hours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most people are stupid and like shallow entertainment.

    Even emeritus professors occasionally laugh at fart jokes.

  5. Re:Would probably be found on Linus Torvalds Admits He's Been Asked To Insert Backdoor Into Linux · · Score: 1

    I think the fact that people (myself) actually don't care is that most of us (99.99%) wouldn't have a problem, since we're not doing anything illegal.

    I'd wager that everyone breaks at least one law every day. True, you may never be punished for it (as usually it's such a trivial thing it doesn't matter), but such activities may be used against you in the future (though the chances are pretty remote).

  6. Re:Infrastructure on Tesla Working On Autonomous Cars: Musk Wants Teslas With Auto-Pilot · · Score: 1

    Even the stupidest human is orders of magnitude smarter than the smartest computer, in terms of the raw computing power available.

  7. Re:12.04 is almost obsolete, even for a LTS versio on With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs · · Score: 2

    I believe the idea is to get people off XP before EOL, and that means 12.04. Once 14.04 drops, they'll as likely as not start handing that out instead.

  8. Re: I have mixed feelings about this. on Doubleclick Cofounder Responds to Patent Troll by Filing Extortion Lawsuit · · Score: 0

    That's not APK; his post is only five lines long.

  9. Re:Sigh on Tumblr Follows Instagram - Reveals Plan For More Ads · · Score: 1

    I can't remember the name of the 6 second video clip platform that's popular right now

    Vine

  10. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    No... you do it in java now? are you masochist?

    My point is about 50ft to your left.

  11. Re:Will there be an "ig-Nobel Peace" prize ? on The Ig Nobels Are Tonight · · Score: 1
    There is a Peace Prize, but not for Obama:

    PEACE PRIZE: Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, for making it illegal to applaud in public, AND to the Belarus State Police, for arresting a one-armed man for applauding. - See more at: http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#sthash.YXMyvdvW.dpuf

  12. Re:Yup on Apple Has a Lot In Common With The Rolling Stones (Video) · · Score: 1

    "Old, played out, desperate to remain relevant."

    And looking like old lesbians.

    Not to mention being cited as the inspiration for many bands/artists old and new (outside the X Factor-dominated chart 'music' that is).

  13. Re:Yup on Apple Has a Lot In Common With The Rolling Stones (Video) · · Score: 1

    Stop listening to mainstream radio then. Stations like Planet Rock will break out some of the more obscure music from those decades from time to time.

  14. Re:Yup on Apple Has a Lot In Common With The Rolling Stones (Video) · · Score: 1

    Kia sell significantly more vehicles and spares than Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, Porsche and Morgan combined. I know which I'd rather not have.

    I've driven a Cee'd - it's a pretty good car, about 95% as good as a Focus, and for less money. For those that don't have squintillions to spend on a car, a (new) Kia makes a surprisingly sensible choice.

  15. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    Then the developer should have spent more than 3 seconds developing it.

  16. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    You were doing H.264 encoding in 1998?

  17. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    Like I said, 1990's :P

  18. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    They hung up before I got the chance :(

  19. Re:Too late on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 1

    However, the versions of C# that implement those are (realistically) Windows-only. With the slow but steady increase of alternative OSes, and the fact that Windows is far from dominant in server-space, Java still has plenty of room to swing.

  20. Re:A Joke on Java 8 Developer Preview Released · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The 1990's called - they want their joke back. #tiredmeme

    Modern JVMs are fast enough, most people can't tell the difference between them and pure native code.

  21. Re:Confusing summary on PS Vita TV's Killer App: Remote Play · · Score: 1

    Strip out the screen, halve the cost.

  22. Re:Live or die on Bomb Defuse Simulator 2013: a Head-Tracking Tech Demo · · Score: 1

    What if they're all blue wires?

  23. Re:who cares? on A Tale of Two MySQL Bugs · · Score: 1

    ODBC can also load text files and Excel workbooks, neither of which are RDBMSs. A true standalone RDBMS runs as a service or daemon.

  24. Re:who cares? on A Tale of Two MySQL Bugs · · Score: 1

    I can understand you missing the word 'standalone' - it's not like it's a long word at all.

  25. Re:But of course on German Federal Police Helicopter Circles US Consulate · · Score: 1

    Surely, those elected to the highest offices in the land will represent the will of the people.

    My sarcasm meter just exploded.