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  1. Re:This is a joke on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    After reading your post, it becomes apparent why rules are made.

  2. Re:Abbreviations are not a problem... on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    To be fair, when was the last time you saw "et. al." used outside of a reference citation?

  3. Re:iPad is best of both on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    On the iPad [...] puts an apostrophe in "it's" even when it's wrong)

    Just fantastic. As if it wasn't hard enough for the layperson to get it wrong 100% of the time.

  4. Re:Word processor? on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered what those "two-thirds of an ellipsis" things were supposed to mean...

  5. Re:2. Duh. But... on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    How do you know you've been doing it for the last 20 years if you just noticed 6 months ago?

  6. Re:One Of The Best Things About Being A Mac User on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    A proper OS disk is something that you can use on any Apple or Dell of your choosing.

    A Snow Leopard disk is a proper OS package.

    Wait, am I missing something here? Apple now lets you install OS X on J Random x86 Dell Hardware?

  7. Re:Infuriating on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    Heck, Canonical will ship you a disc with Ubuntu on for free, so it can't be that pricy.

    You did see the article about how Canonical is running at a loss, right?

  8. Re:It's down to the cost of one disk? on The Recovery Disc Rip-Off · · Score: 1

    In my experience, the included Windows burning programs are prone to random failure, though. I use ImgBurn.

  9. Re:Stupid chargers on Hardware Hackers Reveal Apple's Charger Secrets · · Score: 1

    What if you only sleep 5 hours a night? I do. Granted, I don't have any Apple products, but still...

  10. Re:No We're Not on Tor Developer Detained At US Border, Pressed On Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    Hence the "at war IN Afghanistan" (not WITH). But yes, if Congress didn't declare it, it's not officially a war.

  11. Re:GPL Intellectual Theft on Linux Kernel 2.6.35 Released · · Score: 1

    I may reconsider if Linux switches its license to something a little more fair, such as Microsoft's "Shared Source"

    AAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA





    (Junk down here to avoid the all-caps filter)

  12. Re:Still no ZFS. on Linux Kernel 2.6.35 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Christian or Buddhist"? Kind of sounds like an odd dichotomy...

  13. Re:Windows 7 on Microsoft Tech Can Deblur Images Automatically · · Score: 1

    You might want to check whether what you're replying to is actually a bash before you post.

  14. Re:lol yea sure on Microsoft Tech Can Deblur Images Automatically · · Score: 1

    Does it run on HURD?

  15. Re:Obligatory xkcd on TI Calculator DRM Defeated · · Score: 1

    Because teachers will surely let you use your iPhone on a test...

  16. Re:why? on TI Calculator DRM Defeated · · Score: 1

    You could probably figure out what seed value a RAM reset produces and set it to that just before she checks...

  17. Re:why? on TI Calculator DRM Defeated · · Score: 1

    Good point: If you can't do it on a TI-83 (non-plus), chances are it's complicated enough that you really shouldn't be using a calculator to do it in the first place because you'll need to know how to do it yourself farther down the line. And since the original 83's don't have a user archive, they should be easier to clear. Of course, you can't buy them anymore... :-/

  18. Re:what on TI Calculator DRM Defeated · · Score: 1

    In the case of hacking the TI, the only logical reason I can think to do this is to cheat on exams. Otherwise one would have a real calculator, like the HP, which is way more fun.

    If schools require TI calculators, wouldn't it be much easier to just do fun things with the TI than to buy an additional HP calculator just for fun? Get a gameboy or something instead if you have money burning a hole in your pocket and you aren't going to use it to calculate. That being said, I've heard the TI programming community is much more active than HP's.

  19. Re:News flash! on Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions · · Score: 1

    Hey, it only took you three tries to make this post on-topic!

  20. "Undeniable"? Ha! on Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says · · Score: 1

    Cue the people who deny it anyway.

  21. Re:Unfortunately on Android Data Stealing App Downloaded By Millions · · Score: 1

    So basically, you just proved that the Apple app store sucks. Ergo no unified app service will ever be usable.

    Maybe it would be better if people didn't feel the need to buy a bazillion different apps. It's like the one-shot quiz apps on facebook: "Which ____ Are You?" "Ooh, ooh, I want to sign up for THIRTY-SEVEN of these!!!"

  22. Re:Hardly on Too Much Multiplayer In Today's Games? · · Score: 1

    The upcoming Medal of Honor actually has two completely different teams working for single player and multiplayer

    they even use different engines.

    So at what point do they actually become different games?

  23. Re:Ignorance on Survey Says Most iPhone Users Love AT&T · · Score: 1

    While it's true that ignorance is bliss, the users that think their system is perfect will be in for a rude shock when the first serious, financially-harmful malware hits their system. And I'm sure the same principle applies to a number of Linux users as well. But not all of us can be computer scientists :-)

  24. Re:Cloud storage on Study Finds 0.3% of BitTorrent Files Definitely Legal · · Score: 1

    Your argument has a certain kind of beautiful logic about it. But of course it would never stand up in a court of law.

    "Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it :)" - Linus Torvalds

  25. Re:Complex? Difficult? Since when? on Google Engineer Decries Complexity of Java, C++ · · Score: 1

    Illegal character in numeric field? Or maybe that's just the COBOL compiler I had to use...one would hope that a better environment would provide more than a single possible error message and a highlighted line the most horrid shade of dull maroon regardless of what you f**ked up. Not quite as fun as assembly, but getting there...