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  1. Re:It's a game theory problem on I Like My IT Budget Tight and My Developers Stupid · · Score: 2

    Law of Diminishing Returns perhaps?

  2. Re:Question: on Writing Linux Kernel Functions In CUDA With KGPU · · Score: 2

    The NVIDIA extensions are only available in userland.
    So a call to the kernel level crypto system gets routed back out to user land, and back to kernel land via the GPU module. That's why we're sad.

  3. Re:Cool! on Developers: MS Hopes To Lure iOS Apps With API Mapping Tool · · Score: 1

    Come on, now. Emacs has a shortcut to generate your program for you.

    http://www.xkcd.com/378/

  4. Re:Not going to happen on Ask Slashdot: How To Encourage Better Research Software? · · Score: 2

    Didn't you just describe why agile came about? Because we, as software professionals, realize that specifications are not set in stone and the system should be easy to adapt and modify for future requirements.

  5. Re:Until costs go down... on US Funding Five Game-Changing Energy Projects · · Score: 1

    I think you missed the AC's point. Why is it the EPA's job to regulate such a kit? I could understand the DoT of the state, but the EPA? The only reason they claim regulatory ability is because of emissions (even though California has tougher standards) so any modification to the emission systems of your vehicle is illegal without their approval.

    And have you seen the vehicles offered in CNG? They're just as awful and useless as the early hybrids (or even current hybrids). Not all of us are city dwellers who will never need to get off of a paved road.

  6. Re:Blah blah. on Piracy Is a Market Failure — Not a Legal One · · Score: 1

    http://www.jamendo.com/

    Seriously. It's even free, and if your conscious gets the best of you there is a donate directly to the artist mechanism.

  7. Re:Bad Tech Journalism on Cloud Gaming With Ray Tracing · · Score: 1

    No. Doom was ray casting, a much simpler technique.

  8. Re:Well... on Mobile Spyware Conferences Into Your Calls · · Score: 1

    I would love to see that on Android, but they would have a problem with people denying for full internet access, when the app is ad-supported. So they would need to separate the channel for ad's and other internet access.

  9. Re:Not completely impressed, sorry on Sysbrain Lets Satellites Think For Themselves · · Score: 1

    Never mind the space junk, or that satellites orbit in figure-8 patterns and do get close to each other. Or that we get random rogue birds scooting about, or lose complete control of them sometimes. These are $500 million investments, I think it's safe to want them to be able to not hit other things if they go SkyNet.

  10. Re:Huh? on Pirated App Sold On Mac App Store · · Score: 5, Informative
  11. Re:Business vs Open Source on Ex-Sun CEO Warns Oracle of Death By Open Source · · Score: 2

    Scala, Clojure, JRuby, Groovy, Jython to name a few, and they're becoming quite popular.

  12. Re:APB? on Failed MMO APB To Be Resurrected As Free-To-Play Game · · Score: 1

    All Points Bulletin - a broadcast to other law enforcement agencies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-points_bulletin

  13. It's a laxative! on US Army Develops Tooth Cleaning Gum · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We always had a good rumor that the "gum" in the MRE's was a laxative. I wonder what rumor will pop up about this gum.

  14. Re:Oracle is Evil, C# Java on Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java · · Score: 1

    I love being idiotic! "C# is better than Java anyway" is a blanket statement from an subjective zealot. Both languages have good features and bad features, but simply dismissing one because it isn't in your camp is rather short sighted.

  15. Re:Oracle is Evil, C# Java on Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java · · Score: 1

    Enums in Java allow behavior to be added to the class itself. Even if the state is immutable, the ability to extend an enum to add complex behavior based on the enum type itself, is something lacking in C#'s C-like enum support.

  16. Re:Oracle is Evil, C# Java on Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java · · Score: 1

    C# is better than Java anyway

    Citation needed. For instance, Java has much better enum support (they are proper objects) from my perspective.

  17. Re:Europe on Hulu Plus Now Available To All — But Be Warned · · Score: 1

    Legal movies?

    It's great that Netflix bears the cost of buying the crap from Hollywood, and I don't have to spend more than $10/month to see some of it. I've watched some pretty awful movies, and been able to turn them off or return them at no additional cost for the next movie.

  18. Re:GPS? WTF? This is a browser! on Firefox 4 Beta For Mobile Now Faster and Sleeker · · Score: 0, Troll

    Exactly my point of being able to disable the feature. I disable the GPS and network based location providers in the settings, I'd prefer to keep some of them enabled and just disable the applications access to it.

  19. GPS? WTF? This is a browser! on Firefox 4 Beta For Mobile Now Faster and Sleeker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the heck does FF need the GPS location? *sigh* I really wish Android had a way to turn features off, not that I'm overly paranoid or anything...

  20. Re:No on A Decade of Agile Programming — Has It Delivered? · · Score: 1

    I'd want a sharp axe, so the wound was cleaner and they could reattach the arm later.

  21. Re:Not just useless, but actually toxic. on LSE Breaks World Record In Trade Speed With Linux · · Score: 1

    Companies spend millions getting space physically close to the exchange data center, and low latency connections to it. I think he's pretty sure.

  22. Re:Yay! on iPhone Jailbreak Modified Into CC Sniffing Malware · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's an app for that.

  23. Re:Youtube link on Universal Sends DMCA Takedown On 1980 Report · · Score: 1

    We're no strangers to suites
    We make the rules, they let us lie
    Massive fees are what we wet-dream of
    You wouldn't take this, even from Jobs!
    I just wanna see you in court
    Gotta steal your every dime
    Never gonna let it up
    Always gonna request takedown
    We use the runaround
    To HURT you

  24. Re:2 main problems with iOS on Steve Jobs Lashes Out At Android · · Score: 1

    But one of Apple's advertisements was "you can talk AND look at data at the same time!!!" and switching to Verizon will prevent such glorious behavior.

  25. Re:That's great but... on Ubuntu 10.10 Multitouch Support Demo · · Score: 1

    Finally, someone as smart as I am in file management!