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  1. Re:What's going to replace Blu-Ray? on Lessons From the HD Format War · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference is so subtle as to be meaningless. What good is the best invention in the world if only two people know about it?

  2. Re:because they've been conditioned on Why Is Less Than 99.9% Uptime Acceptable? · · Score: 1

    You have a 100% arithmetic fail.

  3. Re:Nope, SWAT teams do this all the time. on Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI · · Score: 1

    I don't think using the word 'scum' is ever worthy of positive reinforcement. It displays too much bias for my taste.

  4. Re:thank you for the honesty, and now mine: on More Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies · · Score: 1

    Since you guys seem to be able to manipulate time, can you give me back the 2 minutes I just spent reading this conversation?

  5. Re:David Hyatt response on Mac OS X Secretly Cripples Non-Apple Software · · Score: 0, Troll

    His answer appears to be "sure, we're using secret APIs, but it's cool cause once you catch us we'll fess up."

    My interpretation may be considered unfavorable, depending on how religiously you love Apple.

  6. Re:Why would I even want to be in the Boardroom on Gaffes That Keep IT Geeks From the Boardroom · · Score: 1

    Sure, but when you're the monkey with all the knowledge, you get asked very politely.

  7. Re:Valuating for Property Tax Purposes on If IP Is Property, Where Is the Property Tax? · · Score: 1

    So it should be a tax on success?

  8. Re:Isn't it as easy as on Taliban Demands Downtime on Afghanistan Cellphone Networks · · Score: 1

    Additionally, the phone can be used to grab images of it's surrounding area even if it doesn't have a built-in camera. We're not talking about 5 megapixel vivid color images here, but they are good enough to get a picture of what's around them. I think you've watched too many Star Trek movies.

    But feel free to point me at anything that would corroborate this. I couldn't find anything.
  9. Re:I feel like I'm being obsoleted out the door on Details of New Intel Dunnington and Nehalem Architectures Leaked · · Score: 1

    In case the other reply is too long and you don't read it, your usage pattern is not the only one out there.

  10. Re:6 cores times 3MB = 16MB? on Details of New Intel Dunnington and Nehalem Architectures Leaked · · Score: 5, Informative

    The L3 cache is 16MB. Each pair of cores shares 3MB of L2 cache. They aren't the same thing at all.

    Note: if you're tempted to mod this up, don't. I rehashed the summary.

  11. Re:CBG on Pakistan YouTube Block Breaks the World · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if you're joking or just really full of yourself.

  12. Re:Easy Answer on An Epidemic of Snooping · · Score: 1

    Certainly, you could eventually construct an argument with enough absurdities to convince anyone, but does that really answer the original question?

  13. Re:so this is a good thing? on Geek Wins Copyright Lawsuit Against Corporation · · Score: 1

    I wish you to be instantly transported to such a society so that you can see the result first hand If you believe you have a right to anything I've put work into developing simply because you want it, I'd like to transport you to such a society so you can see the result first hand.

    Now that we've had clashing meaningless sentences, can I ask you to calm down a bit? You're really going on a rampage in this story.
  14. Re:The old saying must be true. on IBM Wants To Patent Restaurant Waits · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But if you're a good Slashdotter and just read the completely inaccurate headline, you can work up a righteous froth and get a nice +5 Insightful.

  15. Re:What the hell? on Electronic Arts Offers $2B For Take Two · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it's referring to the fact that closing the deal, merging the operations, and getting everything running smoothly isn't an instantaneous process, and if they're going to do it, they'd like to get it done before it interferes with this years Christmas season.

    I'm guessing, though.

  16. Re:anybody else notice on Microsoft To Drop HD DVD · · Score: 1

    Okay, I'll address what you said - it's a bug that could have been caused by literally millions of things that I am not in a position to enumerate because I don't know the codebase.

    Your reaction demonstrates a serious imbalance in your social understanding of other people, by the way. You aren't nearly as important as you seem to believe you are. You certainly aren't important enough to garner the sort of reaction from me that you seem to believe took place. All I was saying is: who knows? Slashdot is buggy, always has been, and the code is available to peruse. I don't care about you or your message.

  17. Re:anybody else notice on Microsoft To Drop HD DVD · · Score: 1

    To me, it looks like someone else's site, and you're getting a mite bit uppity over it.

    But if it's that important to you, go browse the source.

  18. If I were your boss I'd be scared on Linux At the Point of Sale · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you're going to 'break out the programming books' to work on something as vital to a retail business as a POS system, my only answer for you is to walk away slowly and forget such grandiose dreams. You aren't yet equipped for it.

  19. Re:Lets bring these people up to speed on Pakistan Blocks YouTube · · Score: 1

    Making money isn't the only thing that matters, but it facilitates nice things like food, shelter, clothing, and medical care that all do matter very much.

  20. Re:HTC TYTNII on Best Technology For Long-Distance Travel? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    To preface, I'm just curious and mean no disrespect at all.

    Why bother doing '3.14ssed' here? There are tons of other words that convey the same feeling without being a cuss, and of course pissed is fine to say. It seems... useless.

  21. Re:DON'T BLAME OTHERS for your own acts on Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit · · Score: 1

    Clearly, the answer is to outlaw emotion. When you can't feel anything, you can't feel bad.

  22. Re:So What Metrics Do You Suggest? on Ohloh Tracks Open Source Developers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What about some slightly deeper tracking into the repository? Figure out how much code a developer committed that had to be changed later.

  23. Re:Why not tethered? on Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons · · Score: 1

    Well, they're talking about remote areas so you'll have things like cropdusters, potentially, amongst other possibilities.

    Truthfully, I dunno. I live in the city.

  24. Re:Why? on Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons · · Score: 1

    The connection is obvious - people can't see Google's ads if they can't get to Google. Whether this is all worth it is something we will all shortly see.

  25. Re:Eliminate it? on Airport Security Prize Announced · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hell, hand out box cutters to every passenger. Sure, some people are gonna get hurt but no planes will be hijacked ever again.