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  1. Cancer on PC Sales Are Flat-Lining · · Score: 1

    Constant growth, in the human body is what they call cancer. Yet strangely modern business is expected to grow grow grow forever - this is clearly not possible, and is a cancer on society.
    What we need is move towards a balanced sustainable society in homeostasis.
    Something that will probably take many decades of debate among the electorate, so have at it.

  2. Re:Flat-Line on PC Sales Are Flat-Lining · · Score: 1

    He used it to describe a line which was not flat, so everybody uses it incorrectly it seems.

  3. So this Higgs Boson walks into a church... on Why Were So Many "Crazy" Higgs Boson Stories Published? · · Score: 1

    So this Higgs Boson into a church, and the priest says "Get out, we don't allow your kind here!" and the Higgs Boson says "But without me, how will you have mass!"

  4. Fix gmail search first on Google Launches International Campaign For Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    Really google, work first, play and have fun later.

  5. Re:Taxing the other party on NY Couple On "Wanted" Poster For Filming Police · · Score: 1

    Raising taxes on the rich make sense - raising taxes on the poor makes no sense.

  6. Not Insightful on NY Couple On "Wanted" Poster For Filming Police · · Score: 0

    The parent post is not insightful, its just the usual excuses from the lazy who can't be bothered to take part in Democracy.

  7. Governments love the cloud on Preparing For Life After the PC · · Score: 1

    Much easier to get at your stuff that way

  8. The inferior chrome junk on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 2

    There is nothing "cool" about - that they by design decision refuse to reflow text on pages (which is a HUGE problem on mobile devices) just means the idiots at google have entered the evil club.
    If they ever come out that will be a happy day indeed.

    Only kids care about "cool"

  9. Re:Helicopters on UAV Cameras an Eye In the Sky For Adventurous Filmmakers · · Score: 1

    Naa, you live in the dark ages. Many of these small gizmos can carry the RED camera

  10. Stuxnet reborn? on After Recent US Storms, Why Are Millions Still Without Power? · · Score: 1

    According to the experts on 60 minutes, the stuxnet code can be modified to strike back at the US, and their experts thought it was likely to happen.

    Did it?

  11. Still can't skip back 10 seconds on VLC 's Beta For Android Is Ready — Unless You're North American · · Score: 1

    Which is vital if you are listening to a podcast and need to hear something again.

  12. Re:Only a little evil on Apple Loses Bid For Emergency Ban On HTC Phone Imports · · Score: 1

    "... I often compile and install software that has never been approved by anyone..."

    For now.

  13. Not as evil as Google on Apple Loses Bid For Emergency Ban On HTC Phone Imports · · Score: 1

    Who makes chrome but refuses to give it the ability to reflow text. Presumably because kids at google have perfect vision.

  14. So what about the stores? on Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice · · Score: 1

    All the stores without exception say you can not get your money back if you have opened the shink wrap.

    I wonder if this ruling affect that.

  15. Re:The real question on Insights Into Google Compute Engine · · Score: 1

    If you rent all the cores for a day that is more than 2$ million - if somebody pays for that, they are going to keep them running ;)

  16. Re:Agree and Disagree on 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm,' Says Google Glass Team · · Score: 1

    It's not "coming to market" - a TINY group of developers (Americans who were present at the IO when the offer was made) were allowed to pay for a prototype (1500$) - and the price was high to try and discourage riff raff.

    Brin hopes to bring it to market in 2014. The final retail price will be much different.

    As for getting people to understand it, they are focusing on just a camera to record precious moments from your life, because people understand cameras and many grouse over not getting a shot of their kid doing something cute.
    Then once people have bought it for the camera they'll start discovering other abilities.

    But I agree 3-5 is Google employees on mushrooms again (instead of fixing some of the damn bugs in gmail and other services)

    Its more likely to be 15-20 years.
    It depends on how much money Google will care to throw at it. The less they spend the longer it will take.

  17. Re:Don't forget about the end purpose of all that on 'Wearable Computing Will Be the Norm,' Says Google Glass Team · · Score: 1

    "Why? Because the mouse is pretty close to perfect. It allows for fine manipulation from the wrist and/or fingertips without fatigue - in fact the arm is almost at rest."

    Yet hundreds of thousands of people get injuries from using the mouse.

    As for you refusing to accept other and future input devices is not insightful, thats just you being old enough to be a Luddite stuck in your ways.

    Lets hope you can live with the future others design for you.

  18. Users can upgrade Android devices on Google Trying New Strategy to Fix Fragmentation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But 99% don't give a crap.

  19. Re:Type 1 vs type 2 diabetes on Human Stem Cell Transplants Successfully Reversed Diabetes In Mice · · Score: 0

    People don't inflect diabetes on themselves. A greedy corrupt society does.

  20. If you can't make superior products on Sale of Galaxy Nexus Banned in the US · · Score: 1

    You sue i guess.

  21. Don't call them proponents on Fundamentalist Schools Using "Nessie" To Disprove Evolution · · Score: 1

    That makes them sound like they just have a opinion.
    Evolution stopped being a theory many many decades ago.

  22. Because only ugly women can become scientists on Sexy Female Scientist Video Draws Fire · · Score: 0

    Thanks for informing us of that Slashdot!

  23. What's wrong on Google CEO Larry Page Says "Nothing Seriously Wrong" · · Score: 0

    is that he is in charge of jumping the shark with google.

  24. Downloading is not stealing on RIAA Goes After CNET For Media-Conversion Software · · Score: 1

    It can however be a violation of copyright - but that is amoral law who's time has come. The politicians and their rich corporate friends can only maintain unwanted and amoral laws for so long.

  25. Simple on How Would You Redesign the TLD Hierarchy? · · Score: 1

    Have .com and .org and one for each country on the planet.

    Having more is not going to help any company, on the contrary, it just confuses people even more.