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  1. Re:"you don't need to be a computer scientist" on Ballmer Slams Android As Cheap and Overcomplicated · · Score: 1

    He's a competitor's CEO. He *needs* to criticise competitor in front of the public.

    I find Android itself to be intuitive, but your example is an interesting one. How intuitive does your mother find moving files among directories on Android?

  2. Re:For those of us who prefer a video on GNOME 3.2 Released · · Score: 0

    Yeah. If your left hand is free, you can also use alt+tab.

  3. Will work on Theoretical Shoe Inserts Could Power Your Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Just put these inserts between fault lines

  4. Re:I hope Apple knows that China doesn't fuck arou on China Cracks Down On Fake Apple Stores · · Score: 2

    China doesn't execute people for these relatively tiny sins. 50k yuan in the judge's pocket will get these people out in a week.

  5. I just got myself a new FB account on Researcher Predicts Your Next Facebook Friend · · Score: 1

    Who's my next friend?

  6. Re:He's not the only one on Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME 3 For Xfce · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem here might have been that they actually *are* listening to the user base, but the user base doesn't know that it wants. "I want it easier to use", oh "let's make something something more prominent" and here's what you get.

    Instead of just listening, I think developers need some sort of intelligence of their own, too.

  7. Re:Yesterday on Microsoft Says Reinstall Overkill In Removing Rootkit · · Score: 1

    Viruses mutate. Get over it.

  8. Of course it "can" on Can Ubuntu Linux Consume Less Power Than Windows? · · Score: 1

    It just hardly ever "did", at least for me. For example, the Asus 1001p was advertised with an 11-hour battery because it shipped with Windows. If shipped with Ubuntu, it can only be advertised as having a 6-hour battery.

  9. Re:Shit gets shittier on Another Windows 8 Pre-Beta Surfaces · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see why you hate the ribbon so much. It is collapsible (double click any tab), has all items visible in appropriately sized icons (bigger icons are more commonly used) to the user on a single click, and the user may customise locations of icons as well as the availability of shortcut keys, quick access bars and graphical tooltips, just in case you still don't know what clicking on a giant "paste" button does.

    Yes, we know some like menus, but as screen resolutions grow, ribbons are the definite way to go. If you don't have a large screen, you will notice collapsing your ribbon will save you about 10 vertical pixels, while the number of clicks to get somewhere remains the same (1~2).

  10. Re:Ronald Reagan on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    Switch your system locale. OpenOffice.org is smart enough to start using centimetres when I did that.

  11. one-five-hundredth (0.2%), one-twentieth (5%) on A 9V Battery To Your Brain Can Improve Your Gaming · · Score: 1

    Is that the preferred way of saying percentages in the US?

  12. Re:COME ON ICE CREAM!!! on New Chili Is World's Hottest · · Score: 1

    College, everyone's drunk, you add some of this to their chasers, ???, profit

  13. Re:Yeah, but.. on Sony CEO Lets Slip That iPhone 5 Will Have 8MP Camera · · Score: 1

    Underwear manufacturers?

    In other news, April 3rd was declared national Nocturnal Emission Day for some reason.

  14. Re:QQ on MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month · · Score: 1

    "Tencent was founded in Shenzhen, China"

  15. Re:Sounds like someone i know... on 12-Year-Old Rewrites Einstein's Theory of Relativity · · Score: 1

    No, Cooper was 14...

  16. Re:History on A Game Played In the URL Bar · · Score: 1

    You, as a slashdot user, keep browser history?

    That changes everything.

  17. Re:News for nerds? on Python 3.2 Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    print requires brackets now.

  18. Re:This is why I don't use facebook on Employer Demands Facebook Login From Job Applicants · · Score: 1

    The last guy I know who was hired by facebook, did not have a facebook account. It was crazy, but now I know why.

  19. Re:Stay in School on 19-Year-Old Makes Homemade Solar Death Ray · · Score: 1

    This is what the US education system let's you watch safely over a projector. Get out of school kids!

  20. Re:God bless America on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    It's America's policy, and Obama gave us incentives for this. See http://vodpod.com/watch/2213097-ted-barry-schwartz-our-loss-of-wisdom.

  21. Re:I'm afraid to look on KDE Software Compilation 4.6.0 Released · · Score: 0

    You just made this link on-topic. Why not eat insects?

  22. Re:Fake on How Facebook Ships Code · · Score: 1

    As a co-op student, I confirm this mostly true.

    At facebook, you learn nothing but bad practices.

  23. Re:It will be purchased with life energy on Apple iPhone 5 To Flaunt New A8 Processor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I expect to see this post modded +5 informative once the iPhone 5 is out.

  24. Re:This is... on Research Suggests E-Readers Are "Too Easy" To Read · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and +5 replies are now in Comic Sans.

  25. (collected while she watched a sad movie) on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 1

    And if it were collected while she watched a comedy?
    And if it were collected while he watched a sad movie?