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  1. Hurricane Katrina and Andrew... on Americans Favor Moratorium On New Nuclear Reactors · · Score: 1

    The two most damaging hurricanes in the history of the US had very little effect on the nuclear plants directly in their path. Not every place in the US can experience a 9.0 quake and then a tsunami right after that.

  2. Itanium? on Oracle Claims Intel Is Looking To Sink the Itanic · · Score: 1

    What the heck is an Itanium?

  3. Re:Upgrades. on Air Force Supercomputer Made From PS3's · · Score: 2

    I would worry more about Sony lawyers. They have got to be salivating at the Air Force's bankroll and trying to come up with a reason to sue.

  4. All this app does is display the text: on Apple's App Store Accepts 'Gay Cure' App · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Stop using Apple products."

  5. A GPU by any other name would render as slowly on Graphics-Enabled CPUs To Take Off In 2011 · · Score: 1

    Integrated graphics is still integrated graphics. They are still slow, still useless for games (unless you are a self masochist), and still nothing impressive. Effort would be better placed in producing an open system and standards for coding to graphics to hardware directly instead of using flabbly cycle hogging API's. That's why pathetic hardware like the Xbox 360 can do so much with so little. Think of the days of DOS and Commodore 4K graphics demos.

  6. Re:If Microsoft suddenly did business like Apple.. on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    Those are not computers and Windows phone software isn't restricted to Kin hardware.

  7. If Microsoft suddenly did business like Apple... on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    You would see a shit storm of lawsuits falling like rain. Imagine having to buy your computer/phone directly from Microsoft. Imagine how many other companies would go out of business overnight. Yet this is the business model that Apple runs on. For some reason it's legal. Back in 1984 this was fine but this is not 1984.

  8. Rockets. on Glory Satellite Lost To Taurus XL Failure · · Score: 1

    They suck.

  9. Someone already made a cop with android TV show on Blade Runner Sequels and Prequels Happening · · Score: 1

    It was called Total Recall 2070, it came out in 1999. You can watch it on Hulu.

  10. What's the point of this story? on New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly' · · Score: 2, Informative

    It was made by people who are in a daze, overworked, and totally unskilled. Apple always overcharges for their hardware. There is no revelation here.

  11. Re:What about China? on Out of Egypt Censorship, US Tech Export Under Fire · · Score: 1

    No because China's human rights are nowhere near as bad as Egypt's. *cough* *cough*

  12. Re:Yes, as I've said many times.... on Why Linux Loses Out On Hardware Acceleration In Firefox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Until Linux kernel developers take hardware manufacturers seriously these problems are always going to occur. See what I did there? The lack of good drivers is mostly attributed to the open driver developers not having access to the information they need in order to make a proper driver. That's obviously because NVidia/ATI do not want to give out their secrets. Can you really blame them? Linux needs a HAL that allows binary drivers to be plugged in with no recompiling, same as Windows has always done. Till that happens Linux will always have these type of problems because of the kernel having a childlike neediness to have everything recompiled just especially for that specific system. Nobody wants to acknowledge the need for full featured HAL.

  13. Who cares? on Intel To Integrate DirectX 11 In Ivy Bridge Chips · · Score: 1

    It will still be too slow to use it for anything that is DirectX 11. Why do they even bother?

  14. Not a fighter. on First Pictures of Chinese Stealth Fighter · · Score: 1

    That thing looks more like a bomber than a fighter, it is very long and large. The intakes are extremely... tall. There are a few spots that look decidedly unstealthy and would not deflect radar at all.

  15. You are all fooled. on Recently Discovered Habitable World May Not Exist · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Give me a break. They found out we spotted their planet so they decided to cloak it. Cloaked planets are a common thing, ask any starship captain.

  16. Re:Can it sense emotions? on Intel CTO Says Future Phones Will Sense Your Mood · · Score: 1

    Will it show me calming pictures when I'm talking to yet another upset customer who thinks yelling at me will help? J/K LOL I quit that sucky job! :P

  17. Everyone ignores error reporting. on Many Hackers Accidentally Send Their Code To Microsoft · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the first things I do on a fresh install is turn off error reporting. It has always amazed me that I have never seen a corporate network turn it off. Everyday tons of proprietary information is transmitted to Microsoft in error reports.

  18. An insider says: on Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords · · Score: 2, Informative

    Comcast and AT&T have access to routers that they supplied as well. This isn't limited to Verizon.

  19. Re:Look for an option from your credit card compan on Alternatives To Paypal's Virtual Credit Card Service? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can vouch for the Citibank virtual numbers, I have been using it for years. It even works with recurring charges for up to 1 year. You specify the max amount to be drawn over the year. Amazon.com sometimes chokes up when using it but I have never had problems anywhere else.

  20. ironic on GNOME 3.0 Delayed Until March 2011 · · Score: 1

    I hope there are different operating "modes" for Gnome3 because that screenshot displays a huge waste of screen real estate. It also looks way too much like a cell phone interface. Ironic how a Linux GUI can get so obscenely dumbed down while the core is as difficult as ever to configure.

  21. i never player single player or multiplayer on Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games? · · Score: 1

    When it comes to FPS games I play thru single player once then I only use multiplayer. When it comes to strategy games I never use multiplayer because it's always boiled down to a rush for resources - which is boring.

  22. You can already do this. on Google Tests Multiple Account Login · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Use Firefox and create multiple profiles. You will have a window for each of your Gmail accounts. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles

  23. new reactors, miami florida on Nuclear Power Could See a Revival · · Score: 1, Informative

    They are already trying to add two new reactors to the Turkey Point nuclear plant south of Miami. http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/turkey-point.html

  24. I would put on Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek? · · Score: 0

    1+1=2 I'm not so good at math.

  25. Remember kids: on Steve Jobs Says PC Folks' World Is Slipping Away · · Score: 0

    Skeletor says use a Mac, because Apple must have the same market power as all PC OEM's plus Microsoft combined into one super monopoly. If you thought Microsoft was bad, hippies,... you ain't seen nothing yet.