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  1. Re:A fault-tolerant chip? on Multicore Chips As 'Mini-Internets' · · Score: 2

    What are the chances you damage the chip without damaging enough of it to be rendered inoperable?

  2. Re:Correct on World Is Ignoring Most Important Lesson From Fukushima · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right. Everybody's percolating coffee machines wouldn't work. Death would be a welcome reprieve should this horrible reality come into being.

  3. Re:This seems terrifying on Supreme Court Approves Strip Searches For Any Arrestable Offense · · Score: 1

    I could be wrong, but I don't think jaywalking is an arrest-able offense all on its own.

    No, but resisting arrest is apparently.

  4. Re:Canada Here I Come on Supreme Court Approves Strip Searches For Any Arrestable Offense · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obviously, Canada is busy being on strike for more money.

  5. Re:Ambiguous Writing! on Blue Gecko is an 11 Year Old Remote Database Administration Startup (Video) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ppfttt, database design is easy. All you need is a table holding two text fields: your data and a description of what it is.

  6. Re:no ghosts on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 1

    What if it's in a while(ship.ghost){} loop?

    Or worse, while(ship.ghost=ship.total) {}? :p

  7. Re:How many of those where linux pc's again? None on Researchers Say Kelihos Gang Is Building New Botnet · · Score: 2

    People running Linux are also more educated.

    Isn't the front line of defense in security a vigilant and knowledgeable userbase, not the OS/kernel? Yeah, yeah, I know, it's a free-ponies-for-all pipe dream.

  8. Re:Hmm on Minecraft Creator Announces Space Sandbox Game Mars Effect · · Score: 2

    You may want to check the date. Keep in mind Notch's timezone, if you reside in the west.

  9. Re:Now go for another 4 million ... on Munich Has Saved €4M So Far After Switch To Linux · · Score: 1

    Hell, I'm sure you only need 64 MB . . .

    Though whatever emacs uses, I'm sure OO.org is an order of magnitude worse. :p

  10. Hm on Linux 3.3: Making a Dent In Bufferbloat? · · Score: 2

    Has there been widespread empirical analysis of bufferbloat? Particularly by device manufactures?

  11. Re:Well that was disappointing. on Mystery of Duqu Programming Language Solved · · Score: 1

    Would be even better if it was all done in javascript.

  12. Re:Mass production on South Korean Scientists Prepare To Clone Wooly Mammoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    *tusk* *tusk*
    No need to be condescending; the Koreans know what they're doing.

  13. Re:An easy solution on Why Making Facebook Private Won't Protect You · · Score: 1

    But you're also compromising the privacy of your friends' pages (without their permission), so it *is* a bit different. Your car doesn't have portals to all of your friends cars.

  14. Re:you are mistaken on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 1

    I would argue that if 32 bit (or maybe 64 bit) isn't enough, then you might want to be partitioning up your space anyways. Actually, if you're implementing more than rudimentary physics then it's a good idea to do anyways for optimization's sake.

  15. Re:seven courts on Man Convicted For Helping Thousands Steal Internet Access · · Score: 5, Funny

    Close, 1 Court ~ 0.1248859302 Libraries of Congress. The SI system never lines up nicely with the US's.

  16. Re:The offering to the user... on Startup Wants To Peek Through Your Home's Wired Cameras · · Score: 2

    What are you talking about? It's a perfect exchange. I get free stuff at the price of being watched for about half an hour. After that, it's safe to assume who ever is watching has already gouged out one eye and is busy working on the other.

  17. Currency? on Schmidt: Google Once Considered Issuing Currency · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for the Google national flag and anthem.

  18. Re:SPICE/Workbench on Schematics and Circuit Simulation In the Browser · · Score: 1

    It was roughly 4-6 years ago, and given the school's small size we could have had a really old version. Of course, really good software probably cost many multiples of my tuition. Complaints aside, the class (intro to digital circuits) was one of my all time favorites. I just used falstad's simulator when I wanted to really test something fun. :P

  19. Re:SPICE/Workbench on Schematics and Circuit Simulation In the Browser · · Score: 3, Informative

    I remember multisim, it's a great educational tool for learning patience. And for learning why one shouldn't release software with showstopper bugs.

  20. Re:Slashdot's silly double standard on Canada's Online Surveillance Bill: Section 34 "Opens Door To Big Brother" · · Score: 2

    Double standard? That's one of the dumbest things I've heard here (and that's saying something). Obviously there are many conflicting opinions here, some believe the former statement and some the latter. That's not double standard. Also, /. is an aggregate news site with many different article and comment posters; there's such a diverse group that there isn't a whole lot of consensus to be expected.

    I bloody swear, there are as many blokes complaining about whatever groupthink [x] is going on as the actual supporters for [x]
    [/rant]

  21. Re:Consider me fired. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chicken pox is a mere "nuisance" to most people, for some it can be dangerous.

  22. Re:This is bullshit on IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns · · Score: 1

    you're a conqueror. Steal it all . . .

  23. Re:Stopped using office suites entirely on LibreOffice Developer Community Increasingly Robust · · Score: 1

    Part of the memory footprint issue is because OO.o (maybe LO too? never checked) had some odd default configurations. Though it's been a while since I remembered the things you need to tweak to make it lighter. I moved to google docs and just use [microsoft | libre] office when I need more functionality, which is fairly rare now.

  24. Re:Sigh on 3,500 Year Old Florida Tree Dies of Natural Causes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I figured this is science/biology related, and - I know, it seems impossible - but there is nerd stuff out there that isn't just IT stuff.

  25. Re:Not on the disc on Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Meh, If you don't like it, don't buy it. Instead play something else; vote with your wallet. It's not like there's a shortage of games.