User: irae

Re:Tons of Gems from Steve!

On: Inside Steve's Brain

But you can't be hung by the iPhone.

Linux friendlyness

On: Bill Gates Chews Out Microsoft

Next, people complain about Linux usability? apt-get install mplayer k3b, etc? It is not harder, just different. Tell it my sister... She can download and install stuff, but going to a console is too much for an average user.

Coral cache

On: Fermilab Calls For Code Crackers

Here's coral cache version, works for me fine. Link provided by slashdotter, firefox plugin.

slashdotter

On: Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Found In Omega Centauri

Maybe this will help: http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/slashdotter/

Re:Memories

On: Obituary For the Sony Trinitron

I read a good book before going to bed, unless my wife has other ideas.... Funny it was modded funny...

Re:Inverse Moore's Law

On: Intel Researchers Consider Ray-Tracing for Mobile Devices

What games did you play on a mobile? I find all them pretty boring...

Re:None of them are worth a damn.

On: Best Presidential Candidate, Democrats

Not a bad idea. The electorate should just choose some random person to be president every 4 years, and surprise them with the news at work one day. Like 'Solar Lottery' by Phillip K. Dick?

Re:Nothing wrong

On: Time for a Vista Do-Over?

The box looks nice too. Let's be honest and give Microsoft credit where credit is due. But plastic isn't environment friendly, so no, they screwed it up as well.

Re:It keeps being said

On: Is Copy Protection Needed or Futile?

By quality, do you mean bitrate or a more subjective quality of the material? If the latter, the studios most certainly want variable pricing. It's Jobs that's forcing the uniform $0.99 pricing. I don't think the studios want different prices... read Joel's article for an explanation http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.html/

Re:Historical Precedent

On: UK Moves to Outlaw 'Hacker Tools'

What about penises? Are we rapist by default?

Re:Historical Precedent

On: UK Moves to Outlaw 'Hacker Tools'

We have penises, so we're also rapists... What they are going to do about that?