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

    um. You can also use a mouse..or hot keys..or touch.

    DOS 4 was far worse the MS Bob.

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

    Because there will be no way to set it to do that automatically~

  3. Re:Lovely and Intuitive? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You aren't really a professional if you bitch about throwing a switch in the OS. You're just a slacker taking up space. You can't be good at your job.

    And of course, if you ar a professional, then wouldn't you need metro to TEST with? Since some of your user will be using it.

    Raising TCO? you are clueless.

  4. Re:Lovely and Intuitive? on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 0

    uh, no. It was bad. Better .... but not good. Windows 7 is far better. I find it far easier as a user and as a developer.

    Of course, the search still isn't trust worthy.

  5. Re:Oblig. Bad Car Analogy on Evidence For Antimatter Anomaly Mounts · · Score: 1

    Provable wrong.

    There are for more 15 year old Lincoln Navigators on the road the Toyota Priuses~

  6. Re:feeding the troll on Evidence For Antimatter Anomaly Mounts · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    " to stop the systematic looting of the treasury"
    Pro Tip: anyone whose says that doesn't actual understand large economic, nor to they understand the underpinning math of SS.

  7. WTH? on The Math of Leap Days · · Score: 1

    Whats with all the leap stuff?
    Yes, I know it's a leap year, but the only other time I remember seeing so much stuff about it being circulated was in 2000.
    Still, why are adults explaining it to other adults? Is this one different? Is the world getting so mellow that a leap year is no an excuse for a lengthy discussion on a reletivly trivial event? Trivial in that the rules are pretty simple. Not trivial as in little impact.

  8. Re:Slow news day? on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    bu the point is, you shouldn't have to. Think about wider distribution, say.. 500 machines.

  9. Re:I feel you man, on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    You have PhD in "Brain Science"

    what does that mean? I know what you mean by Brain Science, but isn't that normally call Neurology?

    By the way, if you had a Ph.D in C.S., you don't need to list the B.S. in C.S.

  10. Re:Disgusting in context with Chris Dodd on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 2

    If Chris Dodd had been involved in bribery, you might have had a point, but he wasn't. I'm sure Fox told you he was, and I should expect you to thin for yourself. Still, I have hope you people can rub your two remaining brain cells together.

    He was a victim of the same machine that tried to scandalize Clinton. Make a huge issue and of normal stuff, but when nothing comes out just stop reporting, let the rumor mill work around, and don't mention you were wrong in the first place. If you are lucky, you might find something people don't like and blow it out of proportion.

  11. Re:Nothing new on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 2, Informative

    AS someone who has met with politician, and not made any kind of donation, I call you a liar.

  12. Re:That link is dead. on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 2

    Wikipedia talks about it:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared

    IT does look like they were working through the issues; which mostly involved GPS.

    Now, maybe they couldn't completely do it, so he tried to bribe people.

  13. Re:That link is dead. on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 0

    So you make a statement, but refuse to back it up with any facts? Yeah, well done, asshole.

  14. Re:Wow on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 1

    How much politics have you been involved with? How many government agencies?
    I have never seen this happen. Most investigation into these matter find nothing, and when they do people are punished.

    But you keep living in your bubble of ignorance... just keep it to yourself.

  15. Re:Important to note on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 0

    You're argument is about as sound as arguments claiming Bigfoot is real.

  16. Re:Important to note on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 0

    A) Holder was running not F&F, nor did he lie 'up and down'.
    I don't think you understand how organizations work.

    I can not believe you would bring up bush in any conversation regarding Attorney Generals. I know Fox down played all the issues, but you do get news from other sources, right?

  17. Re:Important to note on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 1

    No true Scotsman fallacy.

    Why let evidences and data have an actual impact on any conclusion you come to, right?

  18. Re:Ah, the cloud... on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 2

    Just so you know, the data is still accessible in Azure, it's the management console that's
      down. That's still bad, but lets deal with the actual facts.

    A) the cloud doesn't need to mean offsite. It often is, but the philosophy can be brought in house.
    B) redundancy.

    Companies should completely adopt the cloud philosophy, but keep onsite system redundancy; which is still cheaper and easier then current non cloud solutions.

    The desktops should just be cloud machines. Note, I don't say dumb terminals bacause three is some use for local data, just not application data. Dumb terminal rely ion centralized storage, and processing. Cloud computers do the majority of the processing.

    I got to say, getting a new computer, and not needing to do a recovery, or build a system instance is pretty damn good.

  19. Re:Thunk on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 2

    Yes, just like flat tires are putting nails in the auto industry coffin.

  20. Re:But Remember - on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 2

    Yes, they can. It's service management that's down, not data.
    Users can still access data.

  21. Re:Cloud services not ready on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 0

    That's not true at all. Who else had major downtime?

  22. Re:But Remember - on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 0

    Nope.
    But you keep you overly simplistic view of the world,..to yourself.

  23. Important to note on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 4, Interesting

    He attempt to do what many /.ers say happen all the time, and got busted.

  24. Re:Winter/mud/etc. on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    are you a dip shit?
    If not, then why the hell do you think there is just ONE issue and ONE approach? This is a pretty easy way to save some lives.

  25. Re:Winter/mud/etc. on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well, 200 kids a year are killde becasue they can not be seen.

    "The Darwinists would be pretty happy:"
    A) There isn't any such thing as a Darwinists . It's a term used to set up ad hom attacks against Darwin tin a vain and omronic attempt to deride evolution
    B) No one is happy about it.
    C) You lack of understanding evolution is appalling.

    "Maybe it's cheaper and just as effective to have these people and their victims appear in an ad telling parents and drivers to be more careful? e.g. "You don't want to be like me - someone who squished his own daughter"."
    In what way does that magically gift the driver the ability to see through a car? Because people whoa re talking all the safety precaution they can also back up over children.

    "The USA isn't as rich as it used to be, so it should seriously consider spending the money in more bang for buck stuff For instance fixing its education system - that would save more lives than these cameras."

    While true, we need to makes some changes to the educational system, the government doesn't pay for this, the consumer will.

    PLEASE TRY to think through the problem.