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  1. Capable of Playing - worthless statement on AMD's Kaveri APU Debuts With GCN-based Radeon Graphics · · Score: 1

    Saying something is "capable of playing" a game at X settings is a completely pointless statement for almost all hardware because the ability to play is based almost solely on having enough memory to load all of the assets. They need to state the average frame rate it gets at whatever settings they are playing it on.
    You could play BF4 on a 300 MHz processor as long as you have enough memory, it would just look like a slide show.

  2. Re:heh, all oursourced at the stores on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: -1, Troll

    This one too. http://www.meatspin.com/

  3. Re:Vista/7 on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    It took you two hours to find the windows key on the keyboard?

  4. Re:Smart phones make poor remote controls on CES 2014: A Powered, Remote Control Paper Airplane (Video) · · Score: 1

    Well it runs on bluetooth so you could potentially pair it with a PC or other devices and use any input device you want.
    I have a Sphero (remote control ball) that uses bluetooth and is meant to be controlled with a smartphone, but I paired it with my PC and use a program that allows me to control it with a wireless Xbox 360 controller. It is much easier to control with a 360 controller and a lot more fun to use.

  5. Somebody stop them! on New Class of "Hypervelocity Stars" Discovered Escaping the Galaxy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somebody stop them!

  6. Re:The Wild West on Federal Judge Rules Chicago's Ban On Licensed Gun Dealers Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    It wasn't like that in every town....

  7. Re:Outsourcing is much, much worse on The Internet's Network Efficiencies Are Destroying the Middle Class · · Score: 1

    Who would want to employ anyone in New England when the taxes there are so much higher and the wages have to be so much higher to accommodate for the much higher cost of living?
    Anything that can be done somewhere else cheaper will.

  8. Re:Bogus from the beginning on US Requirement For Software Dev Certification Raises Questions · · Score: 2

    uh yeah, but it is good to at least make sure it compiles before you send it off for review.

  9. Re:Dear Nvidia... on Intel Releases 5,000 Pages of Open-Source Haswell Documentation · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for the cliffnotes or the movie. I don't have time to read 5000 pages.

  10. Re:Headline sucks on Wisconsin Begins Using Cheese To De-Ice Roads · · Score: 1

    -10C is nothing, it often gets -10F there.

  11. Re:You just answered your own question on Why Don't Open Source Databases Use GPUs? · · Score: 1

    Why would the database be GPU based? It could easily use both CPU for all the normal stuff and GPU where CPU just doesn't cut it.

  12. Re:You just answered your own question on Why Don't Open Source Databases Use GPUs? · · Score: 1

    Select * from orders order by amount For huge sorting queries gpu destroys cpu.

  13. Re:Some where. on Big Buck Bunny In 4K, 60 Fps and 3D-stereo · · Score: 1

    Current film and television frame rates are extremely slow compared to what humans can perceive. Just try watching the hobbit in 48 fps compared to standard 24 fps. The motion blur is reduced so much some people don't like it. They feel sick because it is so much more clear. Other people don't like it because the it makes it easier to tell all the special effects are fake. In my opinion it is awesome and I want even higher frame rates, but special effects need to catch up.

  14. LOOOOL on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 1

    LOOOOOOOOOOOOL ROFLOLOLOLMALOLOL then sadness sets in because people actually believe this

  15. Re:Before increasing capacity, what about encrypti on Intel SSD Roadmap Points To 2TB Drives Arriving In 2014 · · Score: 1

    My work laptop uses encryption and was upgraded from an HDD to an SSD about a year ago. The performance upgrade was definitely worth it, and everyone else that got the upgrade agrees. I'm not sure which type of encryption it uses, but it is the kind where you have to type in the password before it boots or lets you do anything.

    I also upgraded from an HDD to a non-encrypted SSD in one of my home computers and I would say the performance increase was about the same.

  16. Re:Next time.. on Obama Praises NSA But Promises To Rein It In · · Score: 1

    My point kind of whooshed over your head. I never said common conception is fact based. I said he is going against the common conception so the burden of proof is on him.
    All the things you're talking about aren't even related...

  17. Re:Next time.. on Obama Praises NSA But Promises To Rein It In · · Score: 3, Informative

    What you said is against the common conception. You'll need to provide some facts if you want to convince anyone. Otherwise you're just going to be considered a troll.
    Telling someone to google it does not count. You need specific primary source examples. You should read up on logical fallacies, or perhaps just think a little bit about how what you're saying could be wrong. Because it is really easy to see you are wrong.

  18. Re:This app never seemed necessary on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 2

    Doesn't your phone have a camera flash that can be used as a flashlight and works just as well? I think this has been standard for the past 5 years, and most phones have a flashlight app that comes on the phone.

  19. not sparsely populated on Australia's $44B Broadband Network May Settle For Fiber Near the Home · · Score: 2

    "not least of all because Australia is one of the most sparsely populated countries on Earth"
    This statement is extremely misleading. Australia's population lives almost entirely in urban areas and has vast amounts of land that are not populated at all. This makes it a much, much easier task, not a much much harder task.

  20. Re:Finally! on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 2

    Actually the Mirasol displays I'm referring to have even faster refresh rates than LCDs and can play videos just fine. The backlighting can be solved just like the backlit eink Nook and Kindles.
    After doing some googling it looks like they stopped production and development last year because they were too expensive. :(

  21. Re:Finally! on Yota Phone Launches With Secondary E-Ink Display · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Same, but I want one where the main screen is color e-ink. Mirasol color e-ink displays have been in Korea and China for years now on tablets. What is taking so long?

  22. Re:Improving the lives of ordinary citizens on How Microwave Transmission Is Linking Financial Centers At Near-Light Speed · · Score: 1

    Less delay in communication devices improves the lives of ordinary citizens.

  23. Re:Good advertising? on Jury Finds Newegg Infringed Patent, Owes $2.3 Million · · Score: 1

    Microcenter is the best place to buy processors if you are near one of their locations. They are usually at least $50 cheaper and have even better deals if you bundle it with a motherboard. It is basically what Newegg would be like if it had a physical store.
    I built a machine a couple months ago and bought a few parts from NewEgg, a few from Microcenter, and a few from Amazon. The only reason I got some things on Amazon is because I'm a prime member.

  24. Re:Law of Unintended Consequences on NY Police Get Tall SUVs To Combat Texting While Driving · · Score: 1

    I have heard New Yorkers drive differently, but I think it would be girls in low cut shirts,

  25. Re:It makes sense on Only 25% of Yahoo Staff "Eat Their Own Dog Food" · · Score: 1

    I use Opera 12 and it briefly flashes the your browser is not supported before continuing. It also used to repeatedly ask me to choose a theme until I chose a theme using the yahoo mail app on my phone.
    Yahoo mail used to be good and I actually preferred it over gmail until about 2 years ago. Every update it seems to get worse. There are tons of bugs that should have been found with any decent QA process.