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  1. Re: Looks UGLY on Windows 10: Charms Bar Removed, No Start Screen For Desktops · · Score: 1

    So you want the GPU to start tuning television channels over the web?

    Actually streaming video is one of the few things that I do that actually uses my GPU...

  2. Re: Looks UGLY on Windows 10: Charms Bar Removed, No Start Screen For Desktops · · Score: 2

    Looks better than Win8 but nowhere near Win7 or even Vista.
    I would say Windows 8 looks like something designed in a communist country but even the North Koreans know enough to rip off MacOS!
    Bring back Aereo! Since I'm not a gamer my GPU is suffering from severe boredom.
    I hope WindowBlinds is ported to 10 quickly. That and a start menu replacement is the only way I can stand windows 8!

  3. Re:Some movies skip DVD and go straight to BD on UHD Spec Stomps on Current Blu-ray Spec, But Will Consumers Notice? · · Score: 2

    Movies have already started to skip DVD. Ishtar, for example, is on Blu-ray but not DVD. You'll notice the difference between Blu-ray and no movie at all unless perhaps you're deafblind.

    Do you have any examples of this other than one of the biggest bombs Hollywood ever made? It probably was never released on DVD due to dismal VHS sales.

  4. Re:I have an even better idea on Government Recommends Cars With Smarter Brakes · · Score: 1

    That's like confusing the right to bare arms with the right to obtain nuclear weapons.

    It should be noted that we DO have a right to wear short-sleeved shirts (weather permitting), and that it has little or nothing to do with the Right to Bear Arms....

    We have a right to bear arms? What would I do with a bear arm? Doesn't the bear need it more than I do?

  5. Re: Good news on Disney Turned Down George Lucas's Star Wars Scripts · · Score: 2

    Kill Jar-Jar: Vols 1&2

  6. Re: Absolutely fair.. on Apple Agrees To Chinese Security Audits of Its Products · · Score: 1

    By 'users' I'm sure they actually mean the communst party elite...

  7. Re:No way! on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 1

    Show me an unbiased politician, and I'll show you a politician who will care more about the bribes than the issue.

    Show me an unbiased politician, and I'll show you a politician who hasn't received a reasonable offer yet.

  8. Re: Cinder Rella at 12:01 am on Microsoft Reveals Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Cool! I can carve it up this Halloween and use it as a Jack o lantern

  9. Re: We'll get paid a risk premium now, right? on Regular Exercise Not Enough To Make Up For Sitting All Day · · Score: 1

    Off that is true then Perl programmers will live forever!
    note to self: cancel gym membership and get back in to perl coding.

  10. Re:SPARTA COMMUNISTS AND MOHAMMEDICS on Innocent Adults Are Easy To Convince They Committed a Serious Crime · · Score: 0

    At the core of the problem is the Spartian Belief that "there should be an overbearing power to eliminate all problems"

    from Urban Dictionary: Spartian (spar-shen) A cross breed of Martians a Spartans.

    So, a mutant cross between Gerard Butler and Marvin the Martian?

  11. Re: I still think Pluto is a planet on Analysis Suggests Solar System Contains Massive Trans-Neptunian Objects · · Score: 1

    Troll planets would be nice.

    No thanks, we have enough lurking on the Internet. We don't need whole planets of them.

  12. Re:Hellooooo is anybody home? on Silicon Valley Security Experts Give 'Blackhat' a Thumbs-Up; Do You? · · Score: 1

    For a while there were zero comments and a little box that said "This discussion has been archived." Of course, the little box was partially unreadable because of the broken css, but you get my point.

    As for the movie, if it's as "accurate" as Argo, then it's two thumbs down.

    Hollywood is unable to present an accurate portrayal of actors, directors, and screenwriters let alone hackers.
    The question is not if it is accurate (Chris Hemsworth as a hacker? Get real. Any accuracy in this film is almost certainly accidental.) but if it is an entertaining film.

  13. Re:is "superversive" a word? on Washington DC's Public Library Will Teach People How To Avoid the NSA · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wikipedia thinks that "Subversion refers to an attempt to transform the established social order and its structures of power, authority, and hierarchy. ".

    I thought Subversion was a Revision Control System akin to Git and CVS.

  14. Re: Agent Smith was Right on Ancient Viruses Altered Human Brains · · Score: 2

    I for one welcome Hugo Weaving as our new Agent Overlord!

  15. Re: Translation pls. on Inside North Korea's Naenara Browser · · Score: 1

    My name is John Gilgamesh you insensitive clods.

  16. Re: Can they do it? on BlackBerry's Survival Plan: the Internet of Things · · Score: 1

    I hear that was a rejected idea for the Ant-Man movie.

  17. Re: Can they do it? on BlackBerry's Survival Plan: the Internet of Things · · Score: 1

    Under Balmer it was "Let's make a half assed copy of whatever Apple was doing a year ago".

  18. Re:Conform or be expelled on HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A HOA is upfront about the fact that they don't want a TARDIS in your driveway? I doubt it.

    This may be the reason why so few Doctor Who episodes are set in the States...

  19. Re:Thanks, assholes on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 1

    Detroit is the US city with the highest murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate of 45 per 100,000 people.

    DC is not even in the top ten US cities.

    DC has the highest crime rate however, but most of the crimes are committed at the capitol building or the White House.

  20. Re:Clickbait on "Disco Clam" Lights Up To Scare Predators Away · · Score: 1

    Never seen a disco clam. I do recall a few disco beavers, back in the day...

    My guess is that Disco Clam is a character on Spongebob Squarepants.

  21. The filters, oil and disposal cost me more than paying some one to do it.

    Really? In my city, there is free kerbside pickup of used oil and filters. For the same price as the paying someone else to do it, I can used the best quality synthetic oil and the best quality filters.

    Even if they don't most places that do oil changes accept oil for recycling free of charge.

  22. Re: Metallica had a movie, too on Box Office 2014: Moviegoing Hits Two-Decade Low · · Score: 1

    Easy: Since Metalica started suing their fans back in the Napster days I haven't been able to stand them. Back then I might have brought a ticket. Today I wouldn't even download them for free.

  23. Ozzies? on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 1

    Do you mean the Black Sabbath singer or the character on the 60s TV sitcom?

  24. Re: WHY GOD WHY on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 1

    Or a return to the bad old days of "Best viewed with $browser" plastered over web pages.

  25. Re: WHY GOD WHY on Microsoft Is Building a New Browser As Part of Its Windows 10 Push · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Worse than Microsoft? Off the top of my head: Oracle, Symantec, CA, SAP.