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  1. Define horrible on GNU Grep and Sed Maintainer Quits: RMS and FSF Harming GNU Project · · Score: 1

    For the people who don't program, can you define why its "horrible"?

  2. Re:Yes, it's happened. on Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your New Hard Drives? · · Score: 2

    Sounds like a really old troll.

  3. Guy is no dummy on The Mark Cuban Chair To Eliminate Stupid Patents · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Mark Cuban is a self made billionaire.

  4. Re:POS Termials on Analysis of Dexter Malware Uncovers Mystery Man, and Links To Zeus · · Score: 1

    I remember the days when POS terminals were a glorified calculator. Making them out of cheap PCs did not make anything better.

  5. Re:Connecticut tragedy on Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama · · Score: 2

    School teachers don't hunt, collect guns, or target shoot?

  6. Re:The U.S. has other "legal" things to worry abou on Marijuana Prosecution Not a High Priority, Says Obama · · Score: 3

    The latest news story is the weapons were not bought by the killer. They belonged to his mother.

  7. No on Denial-of-Service Attack Found In Btrfs File-System · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Instead of picking a filesystem and moving forward people will moan and cry and eventually split into a few different groups with beta level implementations. Sound on Linux is a great example. Two completely different sound drivers that both work half assed. What's the word with XFS these days?

  8. Re:Was the gun legally obtained? on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    I'll bet you this guy probably spent a few hours in the crazy house but they discharged him. Like the guy who shot up the mental hospital in Pittsburgh. They were called to the shooters apartment sometime earlier but never admitted him. The hospital was too lazy to do the paperwork.

  9. Re:Where? on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 5, Informative
  10. Re:Myth TV plugin? on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Myth TV plugin? on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    I don't have any type of surround setup. IMHO it doesn't add much to my movie experience and seems like a toy for the sound editors.

  12. Re:Myth TV plugin? on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    My old Apex player had a setting for dynamic range but it never seemed to do much. These days anything not on live tv is played by my computer.

  13. Re:Myth TV plugin? on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 2

    Because the dynamic range is too great. When the dialog is at an acceptable level the other noises (gunshots or explosions) cause physical discomfort to my ears. Movies on VHS were never like this, as soon as DVDs came out this nonsense started. Look I know car crashes and explosions are loud but come on I'm watching 2D images while sitting on my couch here. You are right about music having no more dynamic range. I do take issue with that. I just like the idea of a hard limit. The volume is set to a level and nothing should be able to go over that level.

  14. Re:Myth TV plugin? on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    All I know is VLC added a real compressor plugin and its made my movie watching so much better. I actually looked into finding an HDMI audio decoder chip to run the analog audio through a hardware compressor and then re-encode it.

  15. Re:Mixed feelings. on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I look at it this way. People have complained and the market did not fix itself so now government has to step in. I'm no fan of big government either.

  16. Re:The films being monitored on Hurt Locker Studio Begins Requesting Canadian ISP's Subscriber Info · · Score: 1

    Tucker & Dale was awesome and very entertaining. A good twist on the old slasher films of the 80s.

  17. Re:Sounds like a great "plan" on How Yucca Mountain Was Killed · · Score: 1

    Or simply shoot it into the sun.

  18. beomaster 2400 on Ask Slashdot: Old Technology Coexisting With New? · · Score: 1

    Always wondered who made that stereo in Christmas Vacation!

  19. Easier to install? Hardly. Its nearly identical. Don't tell me complicated windows gave you problems. This is just like the V chip inside every tv manufactured for the last 20 years. Must it be enabled for your tv to operate? No.

  20. Re:Too little too late? on Raspberry Pi's $25 Model A Hits Production Line · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It also lacks HDMI.... Nobody really cares about how open this board is except for the few loudmouths on this site. The fact that the boards sell out so quick is proof.

  21. So far on Firefox 18 Beta Out With IonMonkey JavaScript Engine · · Score: 2

    None of these improvements feel any faster. Pages still load as quickly as they did a decade ago (provided your connection was fast). Why can't they make anything render faster?

  22. Its worth it on Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled By Crapware · · Score: 2

    I rooted my Optimus V for that very reason. The internal storage was full from just a handful of apps installed by me. It got to the point where apps could no longer update. Someone was nice enough to include all the rooting tools in a zipfile with a batch file to walk you through. After that get Titanium Backup and uninstall what you want. Just be careful because some apps are needed by the OS.

  23. Re:If they want to stop the copper thieves... on High-Voltage Fences For Zapping Would-Be Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    So how is the scrap yard going to match a pile of crumpled up copper pipes back to what was inside your house?

  24. yo dawg on Just In Time for the Holidays, Nintendo Wii U Gets Its US Release · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I heard you like to wii so we put a wii in your wii controller so you can wii while you wii

  25. A good bit today on The New Series of Doctor Who: Fleeing From Format? · · Score: 1

    The "classic" episodes are so dry, long and drawn out, and so dialog heavy. I've tried watching episodes from every Doctor and they all bore me to death. I know they had limited budgets back then but come on. Bubble wrap with green spray paint is supposed to be a giant insect arm? High school plays have better effects than that.