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  1. Re:Controller on GameStick Kickstarter Consoles Delayed To June · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone knows the best controller is that of the Gamecube. The Dreamcast wasn't bad either, and the Xbox360 is pretty good as well.

  2. Point of this sort of redacting? on Google Cache Makes Murdoch's K-12 Site Look Obscene · · Score: 1

    What is the point of replacing 'fucking' by 'f****ng', 'ass' by 'a**' and 'dick' by 'd**k'? In the context you can still clearly tell what the words being used are.

  3. Re:Inaccurate title! on British Library To Archive One Billion UK Websites · · Score: 1

    Hasn't each person created at least 10 websites in their lives?

  4. Re:Javascript apps and payment on Mozilla Introduces Experimental Open Payment System For Firefox OS · · Score: 2

    Modifying x86 or x86-64 machine code embedded in COFF or ELF is slightly more complicated than modifying Javascript source.

  5. Javascript apps and payment on Mozilla Introduces Experimental Open Payment System For Firefox OS · · Score: 1

    How do you prevent an user from trivially modifying the Javascript in the app to not require payment?

  6. Re:Dell still doesn't get it on Dell Offers Ubuntu Option With Alienware Gaming Desktop · · Score: 1

    If you're interested in Linux, then you probably have better things to do with your computer than gaming.

  7. Re:Dell still doesn't get it on Dell Offers Ubuntu Option With Alienware Gaming Desktop · · Score: 1

    You'll need to run Windows to get any serious gaming done anyway, so it is stupid.
    If you're just doing basic gaming, then you don't need an Alienware, you can just buy an Inspiron or something.

  8. Dell still doesn't get it on Dell Offers Ubuntu Option With Alienware Gaming Desktop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why is Dell making stupid Linux offerings?
    Either they're providing Linux on shit hardware or on gaming hardware. Neither is the right target.

    People want Linux on good hardware, but not for games, they want it for work.
    And they want it to be part of the main offerings, not hidden on some special section of the website.

  9. The point? on Inside Mantis: a 2-Ton Hexapod Robot With a Linux Brain · · Score: 1

    What is the point of this?
    It's slow and probably consumes a lot of fuel.

    I'd rather take a car or a motorcycle.

  10. Re:Alone. on The 'Linux Inside' Stigma · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oops, wrong story.

  11. Alone. on The 'Linux Inside' Stigma · · Score: 4, Funny

    An astronaut falling into a black hole would die alone.

  12. Re:In other news on Getting a Literature Ph.D. Will Make You Into a Horrible Person · · Score: 1

    You do not need to "secure a position" to get a job.
    There are many one-year and two-year contract offers which are relatively easy to get in the academic world.

    Getting such short-term jobs for 2 to five years after a PhD is normal.

  13. Re:Don't go there! on Getting a Literature Ph.D. Will Make You Into a Horrible Person · · Score: 1

    There should be zero. Why would we need researchers in literature?
    We already have writers.

  14. Re:In other news on Getting a Literature Ph.D. Will Make You Into a Horrible Person · · Score: 0

    That's only true if by "unemployment" you mean a post-doctorate position, which actually is a job.

  15. Re:How modern! on R 3.0.0 Released · · Score: 1

    In the same category, MATLAB.
    Otherwise you also have real programming languages, ranging from C to Python.

  16. Re:Good luck with that on WebKit Developers Discuss Removal of Google-Specific Code · · Score: 1

    Especially since none of the answers are useful at all.
    It just says "it's a fork, so right now, it's the same thing". I don't know why they thought they needed to repeat this for 30 minutes.

  17. How modern! on R 3.0.0 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    64-bit support! Trivial inefficient parallelization! Matrices!
    Welcome to 2001.

  18. Re:Who in their right mind is going to buy this on Facebook Launches "Home" For Android · · Score: 1

    The FBI employees.

  19. Re:Oh nice, a new mobile app on Facebook Launches "Home" For Android · · Score: 1

    You mean home.

  20. Re:When do we return to real tech? on Facebook Launches "Home" For Android · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have an old-style keyboard than a new-style touchscreen.

  21. Re:grep -r [wW][tT][fF] jediAcademy | wc -l on Activision, Raven Release 2 Star Wars Games Under GPL · · Score: 1

    What kind of idiot puts a comment on the same line as a left brace?

  22. Re:grep -r [wW][tT][fF] jediAcademy | wc -l on Activision, Raven Release 2 Star Wars Games Under GPL · · Score: 1

    Use grep -rFi.
    Seriously.

  23. Re:LOL! American "priorities"! on Let Them Eat Teslas · · Score: 1

    You're encouraging people to buy an American-made green car instead of a German-made polluting car. That money would have been spent by those people anyway, the government is simply directing where it is going.

    On the other hand, helping poor people get access to higher education is almost a net loss for the economy.

  24. Re:Is there an app bubble? on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For the 'App Bubble' To Pop? · · Score: 1

    While using no/none with countables is usually done with the noun in plural, there is no grammar rule that requires it AFAIK.

  25. Re:Is there an app bubble? on Ask Slashdot: Preparing For the 'App Bubble' To Pop? · · Score: 1

    There is nothing wrong with "no more move".