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  1. Re:PI! on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 2

    This is incomplete.

  2. Re:Holy god the beta on How Edward Snowden's Actions Have Impacted Defense Contractors · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A few more points:

    - The user IDs don't even show.
    - The comment date says things like "Yesterday" or "4 hours ago".
    - Beta sucks.

  3. Re:Stop with the lame April Fool's encryption. on Linus Torvalds To Head Windows 9 Project · · Score: 1

    You are right, but visiting the story page is necessary in order to follow the discussion, which I think is what most people come here for. I hardly think this is a conscious move to receive more money from advertising.

  4. Re:Stop with the lame April Fool's encryption. on Linus Torvalds To Head Windows 9 Project · · Score: 2

    /. doesn't get more page views... The link only toggles the visibility of the decoded version.

  5. Re:It's like Spock on IBM's Watson Gets a Swear Filter After Learning the Urban Dictionary · · Score: 2

    That was actually Kirk.

  6. I had no idea that it had a name on Juggling By the Numbers · · Score: 1

    but I've been using it for years with friends. It's easier to just say "744 with five balls" than to come up with some random name for the move/pattern.

  7. Who cares about 2012? on Sci-Fi Writers of the Past Predict Life In 2012 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In three years we will all have hoverboards!

  8. Re:Does This mean... on Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Router · · Score: 5, Funny

    He will have to make do with the standard model.

  9. Language on A Million-Year Hard Disk · · Score: 2

    Do not use french!

  10. Re:Might as well go all the way on Coca-Cola and Pepsi Change Recipe To Avoid Cancer Warning · · Score: 1

    Hey, there is no way you can prove that!

  11. Re:Everyone should do a LFS install at least once on Linux From Scratch 7.1 Published · · Score: 4, Informative

    I actually built my first LFS system on a netbook with an Intel Atom processor... It took a few days, but it was definitely worth it. You learn a lot.

  12. Sarif Industries was founded in 2007. Learn your history! http://sarifindustries.com/en/#/sarifandyou/sarifindustries/

  13. Re:Arch Linux: what's the differentiating factor? on Package Signing Comes To Pacman and Arch Linux · · Score: 1

    Because of the AUR, Arch is more likely to have a package for some given obscure application that Debian would be missing. Also, these packages are kept up to date to a greater extent than you'll see on Debian. Finally they're all in one place where as you don't have to constantly add repositories to your package manager's repo list.

    What you're mentioning are some of the main reasons why I am running Arch. But there's also the wiki, the community and the feeling of having a system which is very simple and clean. I tried it a few months ago and just loved it.

  14. Aspect ratio? on UCLA Develops Stretchable OLED Display · · Score: 1

    What about aspect ratio? Won't that be a concern?

  15. Re:So who will write ExpressoScript? on Book Review: CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development · · Score: 1

    What is this? Slashbucks?

  16. Re:I don't think so on Juno Looks Back, Photographs Earth-Moon System · · Score: 1, Funny

    They're there. You just can't see them because they're black.

  17. Re:"The Firefox 4 beta seems to work fine." on Browsing the Body · · Score: 2

    To make it work in the Firefox 4 beta, you have to go to about:config and set webgl.enabled_for_all_sites to true.

  18. VPD on The Year In Robot News · · Score: 1

    That Virtual Presence Device looked interesting!

  19. Hmm on Harry Potter Blamed For India's Disappearing Owls · · Score: 1

    They should blame Blade Runner instead.

  20. Re:Information-starved masses won't see the intern on North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet · · Score: 5, Informative

    They have TV, but tuning in to Chinese or South Korean broadcasts is illegal. Their television sets are even modified to avoid such actions.

  21. Re:Ouch! on Visible Light 'X-Ray' Sees Through Solid Objects · · Score: 1

    Did it hurt the second time?

  22. Re:Why only 25 years on 15-Year-Old Boy Fitted With Robotic Heart · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't take for granted that they will find another robot donor!

  23. Maybe on Anti-Piracy Lawyers Caught Pirating Each Other · · Score: 1

    Maybe they are just trying to get into the criminal mind.

  24. Simple on Wikipedia Reveals Secret of 'The Mousetrap' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People should know by now that if you don't want to have the ending spoiled for you, don't read the plot section. It's not a review. It's an encyclopedic article.

  25. Re:Apple Insider? Pah! on Browser-Based Jailbreak For iPhone 4 Released · · Score: 1

    Now, just need a fix for iOS4 being slow and shit on the iPhone 3G....

    It seems like Apple is already looking at the problem.