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  1. Can't trust the circles on Google Launches Google+ Social Network · · Score: 1

    Circles sound like a really great way to accidentally (by Google's fault or my own) to share info with the wrong people. No thanks.

  2. Can you really use a 2nd monitor? on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that most people who feel like they need multiple monitors really just need better window management. Unless you are able to actually look at two different monitors at once, the other will always be wasted. Becoming efficient with key-bindings for your WM is a much better way to get your workflow organized.

  3. Re:Even more reason.... on GNOME To Lose Minimize, Maximize Buttons · · Score: 1

    For ubuntu to drop Gnome for Unity.

    I thought the exact opposite. Gnome 3 and Unity see remarkably similar in what they deliver. It strikes me as odd that Ubuntu wants to strike off in their own direction after all the features and polish of Gnome, when the end products are going to be so functionally similar. To each his own, I suppose.

  4. Love it on Book Review: Arduino: a Quick-Start Guide · · Score: 1

    Got mine a few weeks ago. Have had a lot of fun just tinkering with the various inputs and outputs, but I think my first real project will be to make a music box with lights (and possibly motors) for my son. Should be fun!

  5. On the edge of my chair on Full Bladder Improves Decision Making · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My secret weapon in the music competitions of my youth was to forgo visiting the restroom until after the performance. I felt having to pee gave me the edge I needed.

  6. "no boon to American journalists." on Why WikiLeaks Is Unlike the Pentagon Papers · · Score: 1

    Since we are complaining about how bad Wikileaks supposedly is for journalism, let us critique the journalism in this piece. Basic facts first.

    The recent release of a torrent of State Department documents is typical.

    Wikileaks has released 1,947 cables in over a month. They have over 250,000, but they are deliberately releasing them slowly to ensure that they can be properly redacted to protect sources.

    But WikiLeaks offers no articles of its own, no context of any of the materials it discloses, and no analysis of them other than assertions in press releases or their equivalent.

    Wrong. I wonder if the author has ever actually visited the wikileaks website "cablegate" viewer. There is an "articles" section on the left side.

  7. Re:Death, huh? on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Taliban is responsible, directly and demonstrably, for a great many deaths, both in the US and abroad.

    I'd like to point out the propaganda success here. The Taliban is the former government of Afghanistan. They have never committed international aggression (though I'm sure they did some nasty stuff internally while in power). They are not responsible for deaths outside of Afghanistan. "al Qaeda" is not the same as "The Taliban."

  8. Re:Clinton wouldn't have pushed the button on US Presidential Nuclear Codes 'Lost For Months' · · Score: 0

    Ahmadinejad, as president of Iran, is not in control of the armed forces. He would not be the one with his hand on the button. Even if he was, what makes you think he want's to nuke Israel and the US? You've been watching too much CNN, I think.

  9. 727 home on Boeing 747 Recycled Into a Private Residence · · Score: 1

    Not far from where I live someone is living in a 727:

    Google map: http://ur1.ca/21vv0

  10. Re:Compete with Windows?! on Google's Chrome OS To Launch In Fall · · Score: 2, Insightful

    > Google will launch Chrome OS to compete with Microsoft Windows.

    Sorry, where does it say that they are aiming to compete with Windows, because it doesn't mention windows in TFA. They've never claimed to try and do that - they're targetting a completely different market. Chome OS is just a browser than boot up with no host operating system. Windows IS an entire operating system.

    If you want to talk about competition, you need to consider use cases, not technical implementation. Insofar as Windows users browse the internet, check email, and do word processing (which is a substantial chunk of users), Google Chrome OS is competing with Windows.

  11. Re:This isn't going to compete with Windows on Google's Chrome OS To Launch In Fall · · Score: 1

    Chrome OS *is* Linux.

  12. Version+.1 on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for 4.6.

  13. Helpdesk on Google PAC-MAN Cost 4.8M Person-Hours · · Score: 1

    We actually fielded several helpdesk calls that day because the game would start playing and making noise in the background. "Why is my computer making a siren noise?"

  14. IANAL on Can Employer Usurp Copyright On GPL-Derived Work? · · Score: 2, Informative

    This sort of question is exactly what the Software Freedom Law Center is for.

  15. Quality control on Hard Drives Shipping with Star Trek · · Score: 1

    This is just the latest example of hard drives coming pre-loaded with malware.

  16. Re:Forget Linux on Here Come the Linux iPad Clones · · Score: 5, Funny

    No Web browser

    No MP3 player

    No Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

    No keyboard

    Lame.

  17. Re:GPL on North Korea's Own OS, Red Star · · Score: 1

    You only have to disclose the source code to those to whom you are distributing the binaries. Therefore the firewall is irrelevant. ;-)

  18. Velocity on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    There's no way I'm going to let the government know my position, but I would not mind disclosing my velocity.

  19. Dvorak? on Nokia Releases Linux Handset · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Qwerty only? You insensitive clods!

  20. Re:Group keying and revocation... on Three Arrested For Conspiring To Violate the DMCA · · Score: 1

    So the hackers will need to out-DRM the DRMers.

  21. Re:Written Before Christianity Was PAGANIZED on British Library Puts Oldest Surviving Bible Online · · Score: 1

    It has no mention of a resurrection.

    False. You correctly note that Mark ends in Sinaiticus without the appearance of the resurrected Christ. However, it does end with the angel announcing that "he is risen." In other words, Mark does include an account of the resurrection. Moreover, all of the other gospels and Acts contain accounts of the resurrected Jesus, not to mention numerous references in the epistles. Saying that Codex Sinaiticus contains no resurrection is obvious and easily-refuted falsehood.

  22. Re:Would any country ever give up ALL their nukes? on US, Russia Reach Nuclear Arsenal Agreement · · Score: 1

    Probably not every country would do so, but South Africa did.

  23. Re:Skynet on Wired for War · · Score: 1

    Daughters are draftable now? Last I heard, only men were registered for selective service in the US.

  24. Re:Revolution on Sotomayor's Position On Copyright Damages · · Score: 1

    And replace them with an even more corrupt revolutionary regime? No thanks.

  25. If you don't like the requirements . . . on Draft Stem Cell Guidelines Threaten Research · · Score: 2, Insightful

    . . . come up with your own funding. It's not as though embryonic stem cell research is illegal.