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  1. Re:Were people really upset about the size? on The Wii Mini Is Real, Arrives December 7 — In Canada · · Score: 1

    The Wii U is not entirely different. The Wii U plays Wii games and can use the Wii controlers. You could say that the Wii is a subset of Wii U.

  2. Re:Also, The Piano Guys' remix. on Chords To 1300 Songs Analyzed Statistically For Patterns · · Score: 1

    Although the boring baseline is still there, just with slightly different timing.

  3. Re:Upstream versus downstream on Are We Seeing the End of Big Oil? · · Score: 1

    Good comment.

    I think contagion risk could also be a factor. Take BP for example. If upstream and downstream were separate companies then the Texas City accident wouldn't have affected the share price of the E&P business, and the GoM accident wouldn't have affected the value of refining.

  4. Re:enough lies please on How and Why Wall Street Programmers Earn Top Salaries · · Score: 1

    CDS had no financial backing other than the name and reputation of the company issuing them.

    No, a CDS contract usually requires collateral to be deposited equal to the change in the value of the contract. This way the reputation of the issuer is irrelevant. This was the downfall of AIG as they didn't account for all the collateral they had to post when lehman & other banks went south. P.s. In the case of CDO's the problem was working out the current value of the contract, nothing to do with collateral.

  5. Make things less valuble on Sony Introduces 'PSN Pass' To Fight Used Game Sales · · Score: 1

    This lowers the resale value, making consumers less likely to buy that game. If it is employed on all future PS3 games then this will make the console less attractive. Sony obviously think that they generate more money by encouraging 2nd hand buyers to buy first hand than they get by charging a premium to early adopters.

  6. No Macros/VBA on Microsoft Launches Office 365 Cloud Suite · · Score: 1

    Most businesses have one or two custom functions or code. Pretty useless for the enterprise.

  7. Re:Best GUI library for C++ on Nokia Announces Qt 5 Plans · · Score: 1

    For small use FLTK
    Or more options here

  8. Re:Not even close on Amazon To Offer Ad-Supported Kindle · · Score: 1

    pdf if you are masochistic

    What is bad about PDFs? Does it not display them well? I have lots of documents in PDF that I would like to read on a Kindle.

  9. Re:re Maybe on Could You Pass Harvard's Entrance Exam From 1869? · · Score: 1

    Without a calculator?

  10. Re:Fruit flies like a banana! on Fruit Flies Hold the Key To Faster Computing · · Score: 1

    Time flies like an arrow.

  11. Re:That's great, but... on Experimental Batteries Charge In Minutes · · Score: 1

    and the power/weight ratio?

  12. Are contents pages of books copywriteable? on Does Android Have a Linux Copyright Problem? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like a good analogy.

  13. Re:Appeal on Julian Assange To Be Extradited To Sweden · · Score: 1

    Only 10 days allowed for appeal.

  14. Re:Camel on DARPA Open-Sources Military Vehicle Design · · Score: 1

    ctrl+f "camel"
    Seconded

  15. Re:Open source it! on R-Rating Sunk BioShock Movie Plans · · Score: 1

    The difference is that I am willing to do the work for the idea. For free. If I am willing then others will be also.

  16. Re:US patents are stupid on LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I don't see how quoting from a dictionary shows how the US patent system is superior to the rest of the world.

  17. Re:Open source it! on R-Rating Sunk BioShock Movie Plans · · Score: 1

    Excellent. Let me know where I can upload my midi file.

  18. Open source it! on R-Rating Sunk BioShock Movie Plans · · Score: 1

    Put the screenplay online. Build up the storyboard as a wiki. Get some volunteers to build the CGI underwater world. Unknown actors in the parts. Donations of movie equipment. etc.

    If people need paying then offer them a share of any distribution deals that come out at the end.

    Oh, if this does happen then let me know as I would happily have a bash at the score.

  19. Re:Nokisoft or Mickria - whats better? on Nokia and Microsoft Make Smartphone Alliance · · Score: 1

    Mockia

    and a skinny late to go please.

  20. Re:US patents are stupid on LG Wants PlayStation 3 Banned From US Market · · Score: 1

    Define worse

  21. Re:Try this on Earth first, noobie. on Physicists Call For Alien Messaging Protocol · · Score: 1

    Try this
    Esperanto
    ghi estas tre facila al kompreni

  22. Re:Ban human trading on Official — Economic Crash Not Computers' Fault · · Score: 1

    I was going to write about flash trading and how the machines are dishonest and do cheat the system.
    But it seems most exchanges have voluntarily removed this feature in their exchanges.

  23. Re:Stole from the company? on Hackers Respond To Help Wanted Ads With Malware · · Score: 1

    There's a Mitchell and Webb sketch about this very thing.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9ptA3Ya9E

    Good link
    Here it is in clicky format for the lazy. Mod up.

  24. Re:And in other news... on Microsoft Slams Google Over HTML5 Video Decision · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Kettle, meet pot, pot, meet kettle on Microsoft Slams Google Over HTML5 Video Decision · · Score: 1

    Actually, a pot could also be 1