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  1. Re:Backpedaling much? on GNOME 3 To Support a "Classic" Mode, of Sorts · · Score: 1

    Point is that the BeOS interface was much better than the alternatives at the time, an OS built from the kernel up with the desktop in mind, but mostly nobody used it for various reasons. I linked haiku because it tries to replicate that environment, at least on the first version.

  2. Backpedaling much? on GNOME 3 To Support a "Classic" Mode, of Sorts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm guessing the exodus of users scared the hell out of them. What's the point of a "superior" desktop experience that nobody will use?

  3. Re:What Is To Be Gained? on Mozilla Makes Prototype of Firefox OS Available · · Score: 1

    I found the memory problems with Firefox disappeared in version ten.

    I've found that there's always someone who claims this on every version released, ever since it started having memory management issues, with some useful entry in about:config that magically never solves the problem, at least for all people.

  4. New phones on Mozilla Makes Prototype of Firefox OS Available · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're waiting for manufacturers to ship smartphones with 16GB of RAM before release.

  5. Re:But how does it sound? on GIF Becomes Word of the Year 2012 · · Score: 1

    GNU/Linux

  6. Re:VisualEditor? on How Can Wikipedia's Visual Editor Top Other Word Processors? · · Score: 1

    'sup dawg, we heard you like dependencies...

  7. Re:hm on WordPress To Accept Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Oh but of course it's not the same, Bitcoin is by far technologically superior. It natively deactivates the standard international trading methods that generate ridiculous amounts of revenue for banks and financial institutions, while providing encryption and ease of use. The only conflict I see is with companies like Western Union, who make quite a business of transferring money between locations and businesses.

  8. Re:Countermeasures Deployed on AdTrap Aims To Block All Internet Advertising In Hardware · · Score: 1

    Blocking facebook? What are you, a sociopath?

  9. Re:Yet another reason NOT to visit the UK on In UK, Twitter, Facebook Rants Land Some In Jail · · Score: 2

    Not to shit in your corn flakes but Brits are about as obese as Americans.

  10. Re:Microsoft Internet Explorer on IE 10 Almost Finished For Windows 7 With Final Preview · · Score: 0

    "There is no better way to install our botne^H^H^H^H^HBrowser" - Erick Schmidt

  11. Re:Next Valve Game on Gabe Newell Confirms Source 2 Engine · · Score: 1

    "Portal is Narbacular Drop" in true only in the same sense that, say, "HL1 is Doom" is true.

    Yet Doom and Half Life were not developed by the same team, I understand it's not the same case with Gearbox because they're not owned by valve. Opposing force was an amazing game that not many people played, so it's a shame to see it abandoned like that.

  12. PAE on Ask Slashdot: Best 32-Bit Windows System In 2012? · · Score: 1

    That is not going to magically make all applications utilize more than 4GB of memory, they still have to support PAE. Besides, the link you posted does link to another list of Windows versions that support it, only with a different command line switch.

  13. Re:Is this supposed to be humorous? on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    Can barely wait for Warcraft 4: PetZ

  14. Re:Well... on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 1

    Now 4chan makes perfect sense.

  15. Wrong approach? on Ask Slashdot: How To Catch Photoshop Plagiarism? · · Score: 1

    I know this probably isn't the answer that you're looking for, but nothing constructive can be taught in photoshop if the expected final result is intended to be exactly the same. Students should be encouraged to use the techniques taught in the image creation process, but not replicate it pixel-perfect.

  16. Windows 7 on Microsoft Makes Direct X 11.1 a Windows 8 Exclusive · · Score: 1

    The systems are fairly similar so there's probably going to be a way to install DirectX 11.1 on Windows 7, just like you could install version 10 on Windows XP with some patching.

  17. Re:Next Valve Game on Gabe Newell Confirms Source 2 Engine · · Score: 1

    Well, Portal is developed by Valve in the sense CounterStrike was developed by Valve: they hired the team that developed Narbacular Drop.

  18. Re:Next Valve Game on Gabe Newell Confirms Source 2 Engine · · Score: 2

    I fully expect the two divergent plots to merge. Keeping in mind that (spoiler):

    Yeah, that's what we said about Half Life: Opposing Force, and apparently now it never officially happened.

  19. Re:It's about time on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    I heard the detection rate is killer.

  20. Re:Hamill? on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 1

    This is what 90's kids actually believe.

  21. Re:Star Wars changed Hollywood on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 1

    Are iphone analogies the new car analogies? And no, Star Wars came up with the concept of movie merchandizing and licensing. The concept did not exist before that film. That's quite a bigger deal than designing a new cellphone with fart apps.

  22. Re:Really? on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 1

    I take the opportunity to directly blame Netscape for Firefox's memory leaks.

  23. Oh no! on Critical Vulnerabilities In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, CryEngine 3 · · Score: 1, Funny

    If there only was a way to remedy this problem, a "patch" if you will.

  24. Re:Purse Phone on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 1

    make the iPhone look pretty darn crappy by comparison.

    Technically, yes. The point of the iPhone is also the industrial designed involved in its production, which is still gorgeous. I think that's what people still go for when they pick it. To think of it, this applies to all of apple's products.

  25. Peter Jackson is mai waifu on New Dinosaur Named After the Eye of Sauron · · Score: 1

    which included the eerie looking eye socket which resembles the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings movies.

    Tolkien reportedly spinning in his grave at the moment.