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  1. Re:Oblig on AMD Demos DirectX 11-Capable ATI Graphics Card · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you run it with Vista, I foresee very little utilization and a lot of problems for you.

  2. Will programmers be able to utilize? on AMD Demos DirectX 11-Capable ATI Graphics Card · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is the real question, the PS3 for example has amazing computing speed and a great graphics card, but game programmers have yet been able to utilize the system to its full potential. I'll be curious to see if the same occurs here.

  3. I only have to wait 5 months! on Microsoft Confirms October 22 Release Date For Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I only have to wait 5 months for an amazing new operating system filled with new bugs... I mean FEATURES. I can't wait!

  4. In the Last Year... on Time On Social Networks Almost Doubles In a Year · · Score: 2, Informative

    Facebook has been increasingly gaining users from the ages of 30+ for both social networking with work as well as personal. Just a year ago most of these users did not even think about joining facebook. I mean lets remember, it was just a few years ago that Facebook was reserved for those with an .edu email address.

  5. This was a little obvious on Sotomayor's Position On Copyright Damages · · Score: 1

    I don't recall ever hearing of one politician who wasn't on the side of the RIAA. Many people are calling it corruption, but it is legal because the money that changes hands is "campaign donations". However Legal corruption is still corruption. It has been around longer than any of us posting on here and I don't foresee it changing any time soon. Big business runs the country, this is no different than a year ago when all the telecommunications companies got off the hook because they gave "campaign donations" to most of congress the largest of which were to the three presidential candidates Obama, McCain and Clinton. Hmmmm where's Charlie Wilson when you need him...or maybe Mr. Smith.

  6. Good Start on Sorry For the Detainment, Here's a Laptop · · Score: 1

    The treatment of these prisoner is a good start in the right direction. The poor treatment of prisoners is a contributor to the world's poor view of the United States. The next step is going to be releasing all those prisoners which the United States is holding who aren't even charged with anything.

  7. Happy Birthday on Tetris Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    You can now rent a car tetris.

  8. Re:Nutshell books on SQL in a Nutshell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You hit that one on the head. I purchased PHP in a nutshell a few months ago, if I didn't have previous experience in PHP from an HTML and a database class I took in college, I would not have been able to understand the book very well at all.

  9. Compass? on Rumors Flying About New iPhone Capabilities · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure there is already an app that serves as a compass. What did Apple do steal it and make standard on the phone?

  10. Freedom of Speech is NOT the right to vandalize. on CoS Bigwig Likens Wikipedia Ban to Nazis' Yellow Star Decree · · Score: 1

    The CoS are making themselves out to be the persecuted minority because Wikipedia has banned them from editting pages. It was not because they were making new pages to promote their beliefs, but rather because they were vandalizing pages of other beliefs with their propaganda. What was that saying everyone's mother told them, " If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. They dug their own grave by being disrespectful to other and vandalizing others' pages... now they have to lie in that grave they dug.

  11. Re:Finally on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 1

    IF you watched the documentary I am referring to you would know exactly what it is that I am talking about. Until you actually watch this documentary or at least are knowledgeable enough about what I am talking about to respond don't say anything.

  12. Re:Finally on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 1

    Voting Machines and Paper Ballots can be manipulated just as easily as internet packets. Watch the documentary Hacking America, you will see what I mean. The voting machines were rigged in many states and gave Bush the election.

  13. Re:Finally on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a large part of the population who don't know how to use a computer, but are extremely intelligent and informed. The only person some people don't know how to use a computer is because they were around far before computers and never learned to use them. AKA The elderly.

  14. Elderly don't use computers. on Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election · · Score: 1

    The elderly are the largest voting population and few of them own a computer nevertheless know how to use one. They pretty much didn't allow a majority of voters vote because they didn't know how.

  15. Re:Goodstart I suppose on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Agreed. I mean I think that the Terms of Use on all websites are all complete and utter bull and could no way whatsoever be enforced(EXAMPLE Google's Terms of Use say you must be at least 18 years of age). Netscape Smart Download was not a site, but instead was software. I feel like if you download software than you should read the License and Support Agreements that go with it. Which stated the software had internet monitoring software built in which is why the case came about. However the main problem with these case was a bug where you could download the software before agreeing to the terms, even though the terms say that you can't download it until after the fact.

  16. Re:Goodstart I suppose on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is she really that knowledgeable though? Some of the decisions make sense, but Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp. she ruled in favor of Specht just because the license terms were behind a hyperlink on the webpage. I feel like this is exactly like not reading the fine print on a paper document. Just because someone neglects to read the terms when they are readily available they aren't obligated to follow those terms. I'm just saying the two are very a like, but if she thinks the hyperlink is not readily available then she definitely is not that knowledgeable on technology.

  17. Hoping on OLPC Spinoff Pixel Qi Merges E-ink With LCD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder if you can convert this one into a economically helpful Mean Green Hacking Machine like the OLPC

  18. Re:Garbage collector? on Java Gets New Garbage Collector, But Only If You Buy Support · · Score: 5, Informative

    Garbage collection is the process freeing objects that are no longer referenced by the program.

  19. So What.... on Cancer Patient Held At Airport For Missing Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    the government does realize that alcohol does something of the same thing to your fingerprints. Your fingerprints become less pronounced and thus appear different when you are intoxicated.

  20. You think they would learn on Hackers Breached US Army Servers · · Score: 1

    After the Decepticons hacked in and stole all that info from Captain Witwicky, that they would secure their information better.

  21. Re:iStairs! on The Unexpected Patents of Steve Jobs · · Score: 1

    It is the staircase for the rebels.

  22. Re:Apple Staircase on The Unexpected Patents of Steve Jobs · · Score: 2, Informative

    That would be the iStaircase, not the Apple Staircase.

  23. Re:2x100kW on Green GT's All-Electric Supercar Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know 1hp = 746W, but this is a rough estimate.

  24. Re:2x100kW on Green GT's All-Electric Supercar Unveiled · · Score: 0

    There is no actual conversion from kW to hp. For example the old Chevy Corvair engine 100kW engine had 140hp. Another thing, engines can be tweaked to had horsepower regardless of the kW.

  25. Tag? on Polaroid Lovers Try To Revive Its Instant Film · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can someone please explain why porn is one of the tags on this story? Retro pictures for retro porn?