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  1. Re:Slashdot just "jumped the shark". on Ann Arbor Schools Want $45M For Tech, Partly For Computers To Run Google Docs · · Score: 1

    "this is my last post to Slashdot."
    If I had a nickle every time I read that....I'd have a buck 65.

    You're not leaving and you know it.

  2. Re:See what your options are on Ann Arbor Schools Want $45M For Tech, Partly For Computers To Run Google Docs · · Score: 1

    45M, over 10 years. Infrastructural improvements, system replacements. So,no. It's not a big deal.

    People are acting like the got a 45M dollar bond are just taking it to the apple store for one giant purchase.

  3. Re:When people say... on Ann Arbor Schools Want $45M For Tech, Partly For Computers To Run Google Docs · · Score: 1

    False, of course its about the children. Is it the best thing for the children? well that's a different question.

  4. Re:school systems are a big cash cow on Ann Arbor Schools Want $45M For Tech, Partly For Computers To Run Google Docs · · Score: 2

    Thanks you letting us known how ignorant you are on these subjects.

  5. Re:Seems a little inflated... on Ann Arbor Schools Want $45M For Tech, Partly For Computers To Run Google Docs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    " They have strong incentives to be wasteful."
    STFU. I word with civil servants, and they are far, FAR more responsible with money then people in the private sector.

    "Just about anyone here could do better with less even with Apple kit."
    No. Just about everyone here thinks that, but have never done a wide scale implementation of a reliable service and equipment.
    The parent to this thread makes the mistake of thinking its only machines. Infrastructure costs a lot of money.

  6. Re:Genetically Modified Food. on China May Restrict Genetically Engineered Rice · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh crap. I wish I read your sig before bothering to post. You clearly can't think rationally and logically.

  7. Re:Genetically Modified Food. on China May Restrict Genetically Engineered Rice · · Score: 2

    You're understanding of crops and this situation doesn't border on idiocy, it plows right on in.

    I'm not an expert, but I can see one from my cube. Hey Paul!

  8. Re:Hillarious Bias on China May Restrict Genetically Engineered Rice · · Score: 1, Troll

    And they are closing their doors on vitamin fortified rice, and closing their doors on a substantial tool to feed their people. All for nothing but alarmist responses and irresponsible reporting by people who have no clue what they are talking about.

    Yes, because it it's one thing China is known for, it's protecting IP~

    You're just making up motivation to fit into your pet ideas.

  9. Re:Greenpeace. on China May Restrict Genetically Engineered Rice · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nope, because the intelligent discussions on the topic, you know by scientists and experts in the field, get shouted down by the ignorant unthinking masses.

  10. Re:I have a great idea on Huge Jurassic Fleas May Have Fed On Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    And it would be.

  11. Re:Huge? on Huge Jurassic Fleas May Have Fed On Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    and Buicks the size of your mom.

  12. Re:Big on Huge Jurassic Fleas May Have Fed On Dinosaurs · · Score: 1

    That is a gross misunderstanding of the square cube law and it's application to these large species.

    Seriously dude, did you take ANY science after 8th grade? or are you from Kansas?

  13. Re:Brilliant idea on Seti Live Website To Crowdsource the Search For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    What they are lookimg for doesn't work well on computers... certainly not as well as humans. While confirmation bias will be an issue, its not like they aren 't double checking.

  14. Re:Better idea on Seti Live Website To Crowdsource the Search For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    haha, I read that in Seth's voice. Maybe I listen to too much 'big picture science.'

  15. Re:Too soon on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Haters got to hate.

  16. Re:It reminds of Yahoo and Portals on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Selleck, not Sellect

    A) People do that RIGHT NOW. a lot od people. The get up, checka ll there information sources, and banter with facebook.

    B) Nonsense.

    C) Yeah, everyone keep talking about that, and it's been getting more for 25 years.

    opensource? you spent several paragraphs being wrong to make a statement about open source?

  17. Re:Suspicious.. on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Or it's the obvious solution to present so much data on a small screen?

  18. Re:Suspicious.. on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 2

    Are you insane? Color differentiation is the recommended way to impart information quickly and intuitively.

    LCARS is actual interesting. It's basically a dynamic menu(like Macs) on the side but with strong indication of whats going on. If you think about it, that make a great deal of sense, because the operators are really just putting information together, all the complex work is done by the computer it'self. SO you want to pull in the deflectors shields, and tie it to the shield within certain parameters.

    Being able to present the pertinent information distinctly is key. With people access more and more information, but have a limited space to work, this style is how you would do it.

  19. Re:Might work as a tablet OS... on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    yeah...but why do you do a traditional desktop to do it?

  20. Re:Might work as a tablet OS... on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    why not? You just put it in a dock.

    No opening it up, less fiddling, easier support, cheaper.

  21. Re:"Consumer" Preview on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    No.

    A consumer is a person who buys stuff, a customer is some who has bought your stuff.

    It's pretty simple and clear. But go ahead and look for reason to complain and whine.

  22. Re:A new kind of copying on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple bought the rights to use it, MS abused a contract with Apple to claim they could use it.

  23. Re:A new kind of copying on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    "2001: A Space Odyssey", you n00b~

  24. Re:Lovely and Intuitive? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    stupid hacksters wanting to hate things before it's mainstream.

  25. Re:Lovely and Intuitive? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    Corporate America in the next 5 years

    I've been hearing that for over 15 years....yep any day now.