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  1. Re:Metro look on First Look: Microsoft Office 2013 · · Score: 1

    So the ribbon in Office 2013 is a zombie ribbon?

  2. Re:PDF import: Yes. "The Metro Look": No on First Look: Microsoft Office 2013 · · Score: 1

    too many things you can't do in Win7 or have been buried (like repairing the connection when you're not connected

    Right-click network icon in systray > Troubleshoot problems. I can see why you need a degree in particle physics to understand that.

    Inb4 pedant: I know it's actually the Notification Area.

  3. Re:A third side on Valve Software Launches Linux Blog, Confirms Work On Steam Client for Linux · · Score: 1

    Where was the complaining? If anything, the GP was praising devs who specifically test against Wine.

  4. Re:Two sides to this coin on Valve Software Launches Linux Blog, Confirms Work On Steam Client for Linux · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the father got a great deal there :)

  5. Re:Linux Virus Launch Disguised as DRM via Steam! on Valve Software Launches Linux Blog, Confirms Work On Steam Client for Linux · · Score: 1

    Even simply games like VVVVVV - you try running the .exe directly, see how far that gets you.

    Quite far if you got it in a Humble Bundle.

  6. Re:One more thing! on It Costs $450 In Marketing To Make Someone Buy a $49 Nokia Lumia · · Score: 2

    What about the upcoming 7.8 update? WinPhone7 isn't abandoned. At worst, it'll be deprecated once WinPhone8 hits the market. Kind of like how XP and Vista are deprecated in favour of Win7.

  7. Re:Platform? More like MS's core business on Valve Continues Recruiting Top Linux Talent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Let's face it, there are three things keeping Microsoft's OS in business: the Office ecosystem, games and 'IT' qualifications that teach people how to use Office and nothing else.

    FTFY

  8. Re:IAU? Haste? No way. on Is Pluto a Binary Planet? · · Score: 1

    You're either a troll or a moron.

    Or joking.

    *waves to waiter* Can I get a 'whoosh' over here?

  9. Re:Safety... on Google Maps Adds UK Cycling Directions · · Score: 0

    My kingdom for mod points...

  10. Re:I'm incredibly jealous on Hubble Discovers 5th Moon of Pluto · · Score: 1

    See my reply to GP

  11. Re:I'm incredibly jealous on Hubble Discovers 5th Moon of Pluto · · Score: 1

    Depending on how you define 'moon', there's at least four or five orbiting Earth.

  12. Re:Whats the difference... on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    That only works if the merger is indicating his/her intentions. Unfortunately, a lot of drivers don't know what the orange lights are for, let alone how to use them properly.

    Note: I'm speaking from experiences in the UK.

  13. Re:!moon on The Swirling Vortex of Titan · · Score: 1

    A moon is a satellite of a planet. Note that this is different to the Moon (note the capital). So Titan is a moon, but not the Moon.

  14. Re:Only thing bad about Win8 is Metro on Microsoft: Windows 8 To RTM In August · · Score: 1

    Nothing beats the old BBC Micro or C64 - cold to usable in under three seconds :)

  15. Re:So, in China is it cheaper to do this manually? on Chinese Company Sues Apple Over Siri · · Score: 4, Funny

    Baked or green?

  16. Re:Grammar, on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Maybe they secretly want to be German... :)

  17. Re:Grammar, on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 3, Informative

    In English, capital letters have a grammatical function. They identify proper nouns, which cannot be confused with verbs. No matter how you spin it, capitalising 'Jack' makes it 100% certain that Jack is a person, not an action.

  18. Re:Grammar, on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 2

    The commas aren't strictly necessary - capitalisation is sufficient to convey meaning in that example.

  19. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Similarly, I make an effort to write clearly and use decent grammer.

    Oh, the irony...

    You must go to the Alanis Morrisette School of Irony.

  20. Re:No, not really on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1

    No, as inertia is resistance to changes in movement. With no inertia, there's no resistance, so movement changes can be achieved with minimal force.

  21. Re:Found at 125 GeV on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1

    Then you must get in contact with NIST as soon as possible, so they can correct their mistake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units#Units_and_prefixes.

  22. Re:Found at 125 GeV on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 2

    10^-25kg. 28 orders of magnitude less massive than the average human.

  23. Re:No, not really on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1

    Except that's not cancelling gravity - it's still acting on those objects.

  24. Re:Found at 125 GeV on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 2

    In the sense that luminiferous aether failed to adequately describe physical phenomena, then yes it was a failure of science. However, it can also be viewed that that failure helped spur scientists on to discover quantum electrodynamics. Which means it wasn't a failure.

    That's the beauty of science - if a theory is proved wrong, it's no big deal - a new theory is created to pick up the pieces.

  25. Re:Found at 125 GeV on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 1

    Isn't red-shift the result of relative velocities, not energy loss? (Which removes the mystery of where it goes)