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  1. Will this fix the lag in Splatoon?

  2. Millennium Falcon = Win on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    This will be successful.

  3. Re:I used to love VMware on VMware Back-Pedals On vRAM Scheme, Back To Per-Socket Pricing · · Score: 2

    Can't access guest consoles via free browser plugin anymore on Linux.

  4. Re:Firefox Plugin on Coders Develop Ways To Defeat SOPA Censorship · · Score: 1

    > That "tool" would be called a text editor, or Notepad, for those of you not computer literate.

    I'm interested in this "Notepad" editor.

    $ sudo yum list Notepad*
    Loaded plugins: priorities, refresh-packagekit
    0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
    Error: No matching Packages to list

    Hmm... Do you have a link to the source?

  5. Re:TRON needed more TRON on Creating the Software Art In Tron Legacy · · Score: 2
  6. TRON needed more TRON on Creating the Software Art In Tron Legacy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can't post anything intelligent about the article, (MCP seems to have locked me out), so I'll say something about the movie: I mostly loved it, but it needed more TRON. He should have been a much more important character. Users' sake, his name is half of the movie title!

  7. Re:I think Beck has started to believe his own con on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 1

    I don't know how much of this is still considered cannon to the Mormon faith,

    None.
    Ever.

  8. Re:would be nice... on Dropbox 1.0 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    +1 to this. Maybe I'm a Luddite but I don't trust The Cloud. Let me run my own server. I don't need yet another company sifting through my personal data, and I don't need the **AA or a government shutting me down.

  9. Re:eh on Senate Confirms Elena Kagan's Appointment To SCOTUS · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you agree that Obama has no experience.

  10. IKAROS? on The Sun Unleashes Coronal Mass Ejection At Earth · · Score: 1

    How will this affect IKAROS, the Japanese solar sail?

  11. Re:That's certainly... on Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver · · Score: 1

    Yes

  12. Re:Federal law already requires documentation on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    If she's a resident of AZ and she drives then she should get an AZ DL. It's not hard to do, and not expensive ($25 max).

    If she doesn't want to do that, she can get can get an ID card for only $12 that also satisfies the requirements of SB1070.

    Here's fee info from the AZ DMV site, look at FAQs 4 and 5.

  13. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    The law specifically states that an AZ drivers' license proves legal U.S. residency status.

  14. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    The law specifically states that an AZ drivers' license -is- proof of citizenship, enough to satisfy this law.

  15. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Is there such a thing as a US drivers' license?

    The law specifically states that an AZ drivers' license is sufficient to establish legal status.

  16. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Hmm, yes I'm SURE AZ has the authority to make federal election laws

    There are no 'federal' elections. All elections for federal offices are state elections, run by the states.

    The U.S. Constitution requires that the President be a natural born citizen. The state is within its rights to require a candidate for President to provide proof of 'natural born citizen' status before placing that candidate on the ballot.

  17. Re:What about the presumption of innocence? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    It's not about birth certificates. Read the law. Most forms of government-issued ID are acceptable.

    ICE are feds, not AZ law enforcement.

  18. Re:Japan does this already. on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    I've never seen Japanese police in a sento. Have you?

    What do they tie their guns onto?

  19. Re:Japan does this already. on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    The law itself prevents police from stopping someone simply because they look different. They can only question you about your immigration status if they've stopped you for something else first.

    Here's an excellent analysis of myths surrounding this law, first posted by pilsner.urquell.

  20. Re:Federal law already requires documentation on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Citizens generally don't carry documentation around with them.

    Do you carry a driver's license?

    That's all you need.

    Read the law.

  21. Re:US Citizens too on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Do you carry a driver's license?

    That's all you need.

    Read the law.

  22. Re:Uh... contradictory? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    The world is not flat until the freedoms protected by the US constitution are protected worldwide.

    See all the people marching on the AZ state capitol protesting this law? Try that in downtown Caracas, Venezuela and see how far you get.

  23. Re:Uh... contradictory? on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    Do you have a drivers' license on you?

    That's all you need.

    Read the law.

  24. Re:Wise words on "Calvin and Hobbes" Creator Bill Watterson Looks Back With No Regrets · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have reruns of a classic comic than the absolute drivel that Garfield has been for the last 10 years.

    Amen, bruthah!

    But, only the last ten years? I stopped reading it as soon as it became a strip about a furry person instead of a cat. He should have always walked on all fours. Garfield constantly walking on two feet was the end for me.

  25. Re:But isn't there room for both? on Apple's Trend Away From Tinkering · · Score: 1

    Point 1: -Consuming- media

    Online, I -watch- videos, I -listen- to music, I -read- articles. I never -consume- media, unless I like what I've seen online so much that I go down to the store and buy a CD, DVD, or magazine. If it's online the only things being consumed are power, bandwidth, and time. How lucky the media companies are that I choose to allow their media products to consume my time.

    Point 2: Let me do what I want with -my- stuff

    If I buy a CD, at that point the object is mine. Let me do what I want with it. If it's crap I'll hang it on the balcony to scare the pigeons away. If I like it, I'll listen to it. If I enjoy it so much that I wear it out I'll go out and buy another copy if I care that much.

    If I buy an iPad I'll expect to be able to do with it what I want. If I read books on it, great. If I play games on it, great. If I use it to drive a nail, that's not an optimal use but it's my device, my choice. If I want to program on it I should be able to. Apple should not be obliged to support it if I do something stupid with it, but they should get out of my way and let me enjoy -my- device. I'm sure I'll be able to find something to do with it that they never envisioned. If it's cool enough other people may go out and buy iPads so they can do it, too. If I brick it, all I want is an easy way to reset it to factory defaults.