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  1. BULLSHIT on Ford Predicts Self-Driving, Traffic-Reducing Cars By 2017 · · Score: 1

    All the NASCAR drivers come out and say they hate ABS blah blah its for amateurs.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABS_brakes#Effectiveness

  2. Re:Haha on The Leap Second Is Here! Are Your Systems Ready? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah it had the wrong time but did not freeze up. What's your excuse?

  3. Haha on The Leap Second Is Here! Are Your Systems Ready? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Enjoy your free operating system that was stopped by an extra second.

  4. The real question is on Bill Gates Says Tablets Aren't Much Help In Education · · Score: 1

    Do they enhance the learning ability of children?

  5. Re:I hate shareholders on Google CEO Larry Page Says "Nothing Seriously Wrong" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly I'm convinced you could replace a typical CEO with either a monkey or magic 8 ball and get similar results.

  6. Must be your cpu on AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition: Taking Back the Crown · · Score: 1

    I have an ancient x1650 card with a Q6600 cpu running windows 7 and 1080p video uses minimal cpu. Your card is not the bottleneck. I'd like a newer card but when you look at the numbers the lowest end Fermi card is still slower than the old 9800GT series.

  7. Not quite on US-CERT Discloses Security Flaw In 64-Bit Intel Chips · · Score: 1
  8. Reliability on Hybrid Drives Struggling In Face of SSDs · · Score: 1

    So far the failure numbers for SSDs are pretty scary. I've been able to recovery data from plenty of drives before they totally failed but when an SSD decides to fail you're basically fucked.

  9. They already have it on How Chemistry Stymies Attempts To Regulate Synthetic Drugs · · Score: 1

    Its called Salvia. Still legal in most places although nobody ever describes it as pleasant.

  10. Re:Islam strikes again! on Another Afghan School Poisoned — 160 Girls Hospitalized · · Score: 2

    They don't follow it. I don't hear about any Christians stoning people to death or poisoning entire schools.

  11. Gunshots are a symptom on Audio Surveillance, Intended to Detect Gunshots, Can Pick Up Much More · · Score: 1

    How about the police figure out why so many people are getting shot? Police show up after the fact and if drugs are involved the case goes to the bottom of the pile. Maybe someone could figure out why society has these issues in the first place? And don't tell me guns are the cause either because I seem to recall the UK having problems with gangs of knife wielding youths.

  12. Missing the bigger picture on Backdoor Found In China-Made US Military Chip? · · Score: 1

    If they can backdoor this FPGA then they can backdoor the JTAG programmer and the BIOS chip inside the computer running it. The PC receives a command through its compromised ethernet controller which then sends appended code to the JTAG programmer.

  13. Re:Complaining about proprietary software prices.. on Australian IT Price Hike Inquiry Kicks Off: Submissions Wanted · · Score: 1

    Well its a bit unfair when the same game that cost $10 USD is somehow marked up to $70 AUD.

  14. Agreed on The Price of Military Tech Assistance In Movies · · Score: 1

    Not even sure exactly what the summary was about. Something about a shitty movie and a shitty war still going on.

  15. Re:They fix the sound bullshit yet? on Linux 3.4 Released · · Score: 0

    Start Pulseaudio? Never even heard of that. On windows I just chose the recording source Stereo Mix. Why does linux make it difficult?

  16. Re:btrfs needed the work on Linux 3.4 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let me know when its out of beta status ok? Nothing like trusting data to beta linux fundie code.

  17. Re:They fix the sound bullshit yet? on Linux 3.4 Released · · Score: 0

    Was looking for a "stereo mix" option to record some audio being played. Doesn't seem to be an option in linux. Works great in windows though.

  18. They fix the sound bullshit yet? on Linux 3.4 Released · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did anyone finally agree on a standard for sound cards or is someone else going to have a hissy fit and write yet another audio subsystem? Fucking agree on something already.

  19. How can a company offer a FREE product? on Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO · · Score: 0

    How can Facebook even be on a list of worst companies? They offer a product you pay nothing for.

  20. Re:It's worth the expense on Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds of Millions In Taxpayer Dollars · · Score: 2

    1/10 on the troll scale there buddy. The TSA have caught exactly ZERO terrorists since their creation. They refuse to provide any statistics under the guise of "security".

  21. Re:Free Headache Included! on Philips Releases 100W-Equivalent LED Bulb, Runs On Just 23 Watts · · Score: 1

    Have a better way of dimming LEDs other than using PWM?

  22. Re:Warranty? on Philips Releases 100W-Equivalent LED Bulb, Runs On Just 23 Watts · · Score: 1

    For something as simple and ubiquitous as a light bulb I should not have to consult internet reviews and keep receipt records in case one dies an early death.

  23. Re:what did they expect? on Low-Cost Indian Tablet Project Falls To Corruption · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looks like they forgot to factor in the cost of bribes. India is pretty much a 3rd world country by most standards. Money goes a long way towards having things go "right".

  24. Re:Why should you have a say? on Running Apps From Your Car's Dashboard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You must not drive apparently. The majority of people are barely capable of driving without any distractions. I'm all for the Libertarian idealism but too many slack jawed mouth breathers ruined it. Sorry.

  25. Re:User friendliness? on Raspberry Pi Reviewed, With an Initial Setup Guide · · Score: 2

    Its designed by linux fundies. Of course its going to be hard to use and non intuitive.