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  1. Re:Good news for stockholders on Ballmer To Retire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which mean Ballmer made about a billion dollars. Joke's on us.

  2. Re:Simple and zero energy cost on Illuminating Window-Less Houses With a Plastic Bottle · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wouldn't work here. I'd have an almighty mess after the first 20 degree night.

  3. Re:I-75....in California?!?!? on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 2

    Na, never makes it to Indiana, but it goes north from Detroit all the way to the Canadian border at Sault Ste Marie in the Upper Peninsula. On the south end, it goes somewhere in Southern Florida (not sure where, never been all the way to that end).

  4. Einstein quote on Dr. Dobb's Calls BS On Obsession With Simple Code · · Score: 2

    The way I heard it was "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." However I have since learned that me be a paraphrase of the actual quote, "It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience."

  5. Re:Brings a new meaning to the term on Transgendered Folks Encountering Document/Database ID Hassles · · Score: 1

    Boolean should still work fine, as long as it's not read only. The issue is that they are changing it.

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  7. Re:It is all software, really on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    If it comes to that, you should sell it. At least that way you get a few bucks out of it, and you would cost them the sale of a brand new unit to someone.

  8. Re:Not the right tool for the job... on Pi to Go: Hot Raspberry Pi DIY Mini Desktop PC Project · · Score: 3, Interesting
  9. Contests are the best way... on Are Contests the Best Way To Find Programmers? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    to find programmers who like contests.

  10. Re:Only Warp 2.7? on LLNL/RPI Supercomputer Smashes Simulation Speed Record · · Score: 2

    At present, we are now at {Warp Speed 2.7}. It will be nearly 150 years before we expect to reach {Warp Speed} 10.0.

    And then, Delta Quadrant here we come!

  11. Re:All this assumes super cold beer is desirable on Condensation On Your Beer != Good · · Score: 2, Funny

    But there is an easy solution to this problem: mist the outside of your beer glass with cold water.

    Seriously? Sure, and assuming a spherical cow....

  12. Re:Production-ready at version 5.3? on OpenBSD 5.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the version numbers are actually logarithmic. Thus, version 1.0 is actually released as version 0 and by the time version 5.3 is released, well, you do the math ... it's completely stable.

  13. Re:Meh on High End Graphics Cards Tested At 4K Resolutions · · Score: 1

    Would I give up a kidney to get 4k in my house? No. Do I want to see other people spend a ton of their money on it to move the technology forward and bring down the cost so maybe someday I can afford it? Hell yeah!

  14. Re:All of worlds music just for $26 million on iTunes Store Turns 10 · · Score: 2

    No. As a non-mathematician, but someone who is pretty good at simple arithmetic, you could invest that $26,000,000 and if you could get a 5% return, that's $1.3M per year, or $25k per week.
    For that, I could have a string quartet at my house every night, a pretty decent rock band live every weekend, or if I was busy for a week or two I could buy a new car instead.
    And still leave $26M to my kids.

  15. Re:It's beautiful if you get a chance to see it... on Aurora Borealis Likely To Be Visible In Southern NY and PA Tonight · · Score: 2

    I went to college in Houghton, MI (way up north) and on the night of March 13th, 1989 we were walking back to our dorm from a parking lot and the auroras were so insane I couldn't even believe what I was seeing. They covered the entire northern half of the sky, with greens, reds, and violets rippling through them. I've never seen anything like it before or since but I consider myself very lucky to have been coming back from the bar at that particular time on that particular night. I'm still in Michigan, but after a quick check right now we currently have bubkus.

  16. Re:How did they come to that anyhow? on Mystery Meteorite May Not Be From Mercury After All · · Score: 2

    I think they check the composition and based on the types and quantities of minerals that are present, they can get an idea of what temperature environment the parent asteroid was formed in and hence its approximate distance from the sun. I'm sure they're not guessing based on color.

  17. Cut off the node to spite the face on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 2

    Going subsciption only would turn them from one of the 'Big 4' networks to just another cable channel, like TNT or Discovery. I can't believe that this would be good for their ratings or advertising revenue. I guess they could try to demand premium pricing, like ESPN, but they might not have as much luck with that as they think.

    I fail to see why these companies don't have a problem blasting their signal free out into the ether for anyone to receive, but the instant you try to blast it free into the internet for anyone to see, suddenly all the executives start lawyering up.

  18. Re:Google on OpenWLANMap: Free WLAN-Based GPS Replacement · · Score: 1

    No, this is voluntary.

  19. Re:Don't be evil on Google Asks Federal Judge To Challenge National Security Letters · · Score: 2

    Good for them. It's more like don't be evil ... and challenge evil when you see it. Now, if we can just get them to not support CISPA....

  20. Re:Max Length on SpaceX: Lessons Learned Developing Software For Space Vehicles · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Second this.

  21. Typo in summary on West Virginia Won't Release Broadband Report Because It Is 'Embarrassing' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Replace the word 'embarassing' with 'incriminating'.

  22. Re:funny thing is on Galaxy S 4 Dominates In Early Benchmark Testing · · Score: 5, Informative

    The faster Samsung processor used in the international versions didn't work with the 4G LTE that we have in the States.

  23. Re:Unintended consequences on Berkeley Scientists Plan To 'Jurassic Park' Some Extinct Pigeons Back To Life · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sure there are a lot of Canadian geese of many varieties that live on farms in Canada, but I suspect you mean to use the Canada Goose for your example.

  24. This is a real problem. on Cablevision Suing Viacom Over Cable Bundling · · Score: 2

    Do you have any idea how many people pay for ESPN (the most expensive cable channel) that never watch ESPN? Why? (Hint: It's owned by Disney.)

  25. Re:Nothing To Worry About on Six of Hanford's Nuclear Waste Tanks Leaking Badly · · Score: 1

    I really like the way you think... however, I would modify your proposal to include a provision that ensures someone who is elected to the House for 2 years and then either doesn't run again or is beaten is not exempted. Also, require immediate family members to participate in the walking tour as well. (Of, course, make sure full protective gear is provided. I'm not cruel.)