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  1. 9000 Linux desktops isn't a measure of success. on Munich's Move To Linux Exceeds Target · · Score: 1

    So what? They installed Linux on a bunch of computers. The real test here is measuring productiveness of people using those computers. Are they still doing their jobs just as well as they were with Windows. That's the real reason why desktop Linux deployments fail. Anyone can install a Linux distro but not everyone can use it.

  2. Bone marrow stem cell vs Space Shuttle on World's Fastest Cells Raced On Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    It would take 365.88 years for the bone marrow stem cell to travel 1km. It would take 165,000 years for the Space Shuttle to travel to Alpha Centauri. Just thought that was interesting.

  3. Black Tech? on Is There an Institutional Bias Against Black Tech Entrepreneurs? · · Score: 1

    You mean like the B-2 and F-117?

  4. Did Nimoy do this because of a pending TOS reboot? on Spock Gives Up the Con · · Score: 0

    is Paramount trying to disassociate fans from the real original series characters and instead promote the new reboot of the original series? Why did he decide this would be his last? He could always do one a year instead of a busy schedule of touring. Seems odd to suddenly and totally call it quits.

  5. Re:Full browser? on 3D Helicopter View Added To Google Maps · · Score: 1

    Clearly a full browser is a browser that is full as opposed to one that is only partially full.

  6. Apple is a tech company? on IBM Unseats Microsoft As Second Most Valued Tech Company · · Score: 0

    All they make are fancy consumer oriented things. They don't qualify as a tech company anymore than Nintendo does.

  7. Re:NOT A joke... on Microsoft Security Products Flag Google Chrome As a Virus · · Score: 1

    I was just going to say that.

  8. cell phone style lockdowns on Australian Users Petitioning Against Windows 8 Secure Boot · · Score: 1

    That's the side advantage to this security feature. It's a win-win for Microsoft. The cell phone industry has already set a precedent that this is an acceptable practice.

  9. Re:Never considered the MMOs part of FF on Square Enix Admits Final Fantasy XIV Damaged Brand · · Score: 1

    Hey I played the original FF and I really liked FFIX which is based on the original FF take on classes. I would be happy to see a FFIX-2 actually.

  10. FFX killed it for me on Square Enix Admits Final Fantasy XIV Damaged Brand · · Score: 1

    I have played FF since the original on the NES, I really liked FFIX's take on the original character theme. FFX was so weird and boring though, I didn't like the story or the characters or the weird skill sphere thing. Then FFXI was a MMO and I'm not a fan of MMOs because I already have a job. Then I was too busy to even bother with FFXII, I still have a PS2 though, maybe I will give it a try as it looks like people like FFXII.

  11. Is this even legal? on EA's New User Agreement Bans Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    It seems that local, state, and federal law supersedes a mere EA user agreement. I mean, you can't make a legal contract that says you don't have legal rights.

  12. COD Black Ops embodies this article on FPS Benchmarks No More? New Methods Reveal Deeper GPU Issues · · Score: 1

    When Black Ops came out I was getting decent FPS but the stuttering made it unplayable. It seems that this game requires a CPU with an onboard memory controller *and* 3/4 available cores. If you don't meet both those requirements the engine will stutter just as this article describes. This was a problem for users of Core2 series CPU's, even Core2quads were inadequate. Activision refuses to acknowledge the severity of this problem to this day.

  13. Firefox + NoScript on Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice · · Score: 1

    I wonder what that IQ would be?

  14. FXAA is a better choice on Intel Details Handling Anti-Aliasing On CPUs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It can work on any DX9 GPU without dedicated support. http://hardocp.com/article/2011/07/18/nvidias_new_fxaa_antialiasing_technology/1

  15. *NEW* space programs to learn *NEW* things. on Understanding the Payoffs From Investing In Space Flight · · Score: 1

    You hit a point of diminishing returns after playing space trucker for so long. NASA needs to do some *NEW* programs with *NEW* mission objectives that benefit science.

  16. I wouldn't want to RMA that thing. on China Launching First Space Station Module In September · · Score: 1

    The shipping cost would be crazy.

  17. What would captain Picard say about on Turn Your iPad Into a Star Trek PADD · · Score: 1

    patent law?

  18. Thrusters? on Fusion Thrusters For Space Travel · · Score: 1

    Starfleet ships only use those during docking procedures.

  19. What about warrantless triangulation? on Supreme Court To Weigh In On Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    I hear it is pretty accurate now and very easy to do.

  20. How about making cigarettes illegal instead? on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not a high enough cancer rate to be illegal?

  21. Re:Did they add noscript yet? on Google Releases Chrome 12 · · Score: 1

    Oh btw forgot to mention you can store your profile anywhere you want too. Just edit C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles.ini
    [Profile2]
    Name=Mail
    IsRelative=0
    Path=c:\somepath\someprofilefolder\

  22. Re:Did they add noscript yet? on Google Releases Chrome 12 · · Score: 1

    You haven't heart of Firefox profiles have you? It harkens back to the days of Netscape Communicator. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles I use multiple profiles for Work/Home/Financial/Unsafe browsing

  23. Re:Did they add noscript yet? on Google Releases Chrome 12 · · Score: 1
    According to the creator of NoScript (Giorgio Maone) Chrome is incapable of running NoScript http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1676&sid=23a681ccbaa7d58b3c03c444af2de8f6&start=60

    At this moment one of the major obstacles is the multi-processing design choosen by Chromium, which forbids every kind of synchronous communication between chrome and content and therefore prevents critical configuration data (e.g. NoScript's whitelist) from being safely and reliably shared across the application. Other APIs, especially in the networking area, are missing as well. By comparison Electrolysis (E10s), the new multi-processing design choosen by future Firefox (and current Firefox Mobile betas) poses challenges, but they're not impossible ("code just needs to be written") and in fact NoScript is being adapted.

    NotScripts user interface is laggy and often misses domains. NotScripts does not have anywhere near the thorough level of protection that NoScript has.

  24. Re:How is this not anti-trust? on Microsoft Said To Limit Device Makers' Partners · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't ask me, Apple should have had the pants sued off of them a long time ago.

  25. Re:Additional evidence for collision event? on Discovery of Water In Moon May Alter Origin Theory · · Score: 1

    That's what I was thinking. Those rocks already had water in them back when they were on earth before they got sent into space to form the moon. I can't see a significant amount of water outside of rocks getting transferred from earth to the moon. What would happen to water when shot out into space like that and put into a field of open debris? Wouldn't any water outside of rocks get swept away in the solar winds?