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  1. Re:2015? on Motion Control To Lengthen Console Hardware Cycles · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, console graphics already look dated. Waiting until 2015 for the next version would be a big boost to PC gaming. NVIDIA and AMD sure aren't going to stop releasing graphics hardware, so people who want a modern gaming experience will have no choice but to go to the PC.

  2. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    What are you talking about? I went to a large state university with a well-funded "diversity program."

  3. Re:Used in fighter planes on Hydraulic Analog Computer From 1949 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... but not an ice storm.

  4. Re:Article summary: on Emergent AI In an Indie RTS Game · · Score: 1

    He should sell his technology to Valve. Last night in L4D I watched two NPC teammates casually walk into fire and burn to death. I think their AI could use some work.

  5. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    Discriminating based on sex is sexism. There's no spin in that statement. But you're a freaking gyroscope for trying to argue the opposite.

  6. Re:Democracy is the problem on Open Government Brainstorm Defies Wisdom of Crowds · · Score: 4, Informative

    Civilization declining? No way. It's getting better all the time. These are very groovy times. Try to look objectively at history. The amount of suck in life is decreasing at a fantastic rate.

  7. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    "I don't believe you about the tutoring"

    Well then get lost! There was a university-sponsored math tutoring program free to women only. There was no such program for men. That's a fact, and I'm sorry that you fear reality.

  8. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 1

    "Then the males you're referencing are dumb for not taking advantage of the tutors available."

    Please explain to me how you expect the males to take advantage of the tutoring program, which is available only to females. Costumes, perhaps?

  9. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Are you really using the male-as-breadwinner stereotype to claim the existence of anti-male sexism?"

    Stereotype? Breadwinner? What does that have to do with anything? No, the guys have to pay for school. The girls get scholarships. Hence the example of the guys having to work to pay for school. I'm sorry that wasn't clear to you. You seem like you have blinders on, so I doubt this message will get through to you, either.

  10. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Which means an academic environment absent of absent of sexism.

    The only sexism I've seen in academia is anti-male sexism. The boys get done with class, head to work to make money to pay tuition, then come home exhausted and try to figure out their homework before bed. The girls get done with class, have all evening to do the homework, and get their hands held through the hard problems by tutors whenever they have trouble.

    That's clear, direct sexism. I'm against sexism. Show me such sexism against males or females, and I'm against it. You endorse sexism. You make me sick. Male professors who give males As and females Fs for the same answer should be fired. The same is true for college administrators who give females money and help while giving males the finger. Fuck sexism, and fuck you.

  11. always? on Sotomayor's Position On Copyright Damages · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Would she favor high copyright damages against latino female file-sharers?

    (sorry, had to go there. you may now release the hounds.)

  12. Re:Another one bites the dust on The Myth of the Mathematics Gender Gap · · Score: 5, Interesting

    These days, women are intentionally given advantages over men, so it is NOT fair to say that women have proven equality with men.

    For example, my school had all sorts of scholarships available only to women (not men). It had free math tutoring for women (not men). It had many programs available only to women to help them academically and financially.

    If women want to display equality, they need to compete on equal ground.

  13. Re:Pros avoid having to use data recovery tools. on What Data Recovery Tools Do the Pros Use? · · Score: 1

    And middle-management tells pros "we don't have budget for backup systems!"

  14. in-house apps on Internet Explorer 6 Will Not Die · · Score: 5, Informative

    IT departments have no budgets right now. Testing all the in-house apps with IE8 would cost money. Even telling people to press the "render in IE6 mode" button would be quite expensive in terms of calls. So they're just blocking the update.

  15. escape on Making a Child Locating System · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My specification are: 1) a small unobtrusive device I can place on my daughter, 2) an application to pull up on any computer, a map with a dot indicating the real-time position of my child, 3) a handheld device with the equivalent information, 4) [optional] a secure web application/plug-in I can install on my own domain allowing me to track her from anyplace in the world, 5) a means of turning it all off, 6) a Linux based solution of the above.

    Wow. Perhaps she was trying to get away from you.

  16. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated on ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    Yes. Base two is useful in much of IT. Therefore, a prefix which applies to base 2 numbers is a good idea. The base 10 prefixes should not be used to refer base 2.

    This is your mistake.

  17. Re:There is always an easier solution... on University Gives Away iPhones To Curb Truancy · · Score: 1

    Even more frustrating is; grades are more about attendance than performance.

    I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to revoke your semicolon license.

  18. still? on L0phtCrack (v6) Rises Again · · Score: 1

    Is this still useful against modern implementations of active directory? I thought it used either kerberos or an improved version of NTLM these days.

  19. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated on ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but that's nonsense. A bit is a discrete unit. Bits are countable. Quantum physics doesn't enter into it. It's math. Just math.

  20. Re:scroll down on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1

    That's fascinating. I had no idea. Thanks for sharing, quack.

    Disclaimer: I am not a duck.

  21. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated on ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, since numerical prefixes are by definition quantitative...

  22. Re:Cyberlaw on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1

    Be quite, you cyber-whiner.

  23. Re:I feel nerd-emasculated on ASUS Designs Monster Dual-GTX285 4GB Graphics Card · · Score: 1

    The only fools were the ones who thought they could redefine kilo, mega, giga, etc.

  24. Re:redundant on Newspaper Execs Hold Secret Meeting To Discuss Paywalls · · Score: 1

    If a fact collecting service is misrecording the facts, its customers would cease doing business with it and move to a more reputable service.

  25. scroll down on Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor's Cyberlaw Record · · Score: 1, Troll

    Claiming you shouldn't be expected to read the parts of a contract you need to scroll to see is about like claiming you shouldn't be expected to read anything other than page 1 when reviewing a paper document.