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  1. Mandatory SMBC... on Cool-Factor Predicted To Spur Energy Conservation · · Score: 3, Interesting
  2. Re:Scaled down photos on Facebook Blocks KDE Photo App, Deletes Users' Pics · · Score: 1, Funny

    Use Picasa, it's not made by a wannabe evil, world dominating organisation.

    Wow, did you manage to keep a straight face while writing that?

  3. Re:Real Geeks? on Are Fake Geeks Dooming Real Ones? · · Score: 1

    As amazing as it may seem to us computer nerds, human languages evolve. And words get new meanings, which are no more fake than the original meaning. Just more recent.

  4. Re:Pressure from the Telcos on Google Boots Transdroid From Android Market · · Score: 1

    Transdroid wasn't a BT client for phones, it allowed you to remotely manage a BT client.

    Why use the past tense? An Android application booted from the official store is not dead, you can still install it from somewhere else. This is not iOS.

  5. Re:Faster? on Linux 3.0 Will Be Faster Than 2.6.39 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, the subject of the news is the kernel, not the rest of the OS.

  6. Re:AMP? on Microsoft Demos C++ AMP At AMD Developers Summit · · Score: 1

    They are sufficiently well established so that there is no need to define them before using them. And they don't collide with anything else.

    Unlike AMP.

  7. Re:Poor summary on Google Incrementally Dropping Support For Older Browsers · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't make sense to discriminate there.

    It would make so little sense that it probably didn't even occur to the summary author that it could be interpreted that way.

  8. Re:Flash on Rapid Browser Development Challenges Web Developers · · Score: 1, Funny

    So for you, iOS doesn't matter?

  9. Re:Inspiring and selfless on Senior Citizens Lining Up to Tackle Fukushima · · Score: 1

    I wonder if there is a population here in the States that would be willing to take a compelling risk like this.

    Provided that they intend to keep exposure within reasonable limits (which appears to be the case) then smoking, working in a coal mine, or just having an unhealthy diet would all qualify.

    I think smoking and unhealthy diet are generally seen as a reasonable trade-off between immediate pleasure and long-term effects. Most of the time unconsciously, moreover. So they're not really relevant here, unless you consider cleaning up Fukushima an immediate pleasure.

    As for coal miners, more often than not they don't do it by choice.

  10. Re:If Linux kernels had microsoft names on Linus Renames 2.6.40 Kernel To Linux 3.0, Announces Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    What, you mean "Sneaky Weasel" is not appealing for suits? What a letdown.

  11. DRM's place? on PC Gaming Alliance's New President Talks DRM, System Requirements · · Score: 1

    it's really hard to divine where DRM solutions fit into this equation in the future.

    I'll help you on this one. Nowhere.

  12. Re:OrgMode on How Do You Manage the Information In Your Life? · · Score: 1

    I use org-mode to maintain a few todo lists and take notes in class, and I know I only use a small fraction of its capabilities. It is indeed a powerful tool.

  13. Re:May be Flamebait, but it's true. on How Do You Manage the Information In Your Life? · · Score: 1

    If you don't want to be flamebait, you should be more specific. What kind of software do you use?

  14. Native 3D on Hobbit Film Finally Gets Green Light, To Be Shot in 3-D · · Score: 1

    At least it will be *shot* in 3D, not postprocessed into 3D. It has a chance not to look like crap.

  15. Re:ed is too fancy on Word Processors — One Writer's Further Retreat · · Score: 1

    No need for external programs such as cat, you can do it all within zsh.

    $ >story.txt <<EOF

  16. Re:In the meantime, we in the USA... on Chinese High-Speed Train Sets New World Record · · Score: 1

    So, by extension of your reasoning going to the moon and NASA's activities have been profitable for the USA? The last time I checked, NASA was seeking government permission to profit from its activities.

    Dude, your argument falls apart!

    It was profitable for the country's image. Damn, I didn't think I'd have to tell someone about the Cold War here on slashdot.

  17. Re:Carte blanche on In France, Hadopi Reporting Begins, With (Only) 10,000 IP Addresses Per Day · · Score: 1

    Is that true under Napoleonic Law? I always thought that in France it was "guilty until proven innocent".

    Thank God you've always thought wrong. What kind of democracy would that be... Oh, wait. The one we're starting to be thanks to Hadopi and likes.

  18. Re:Carte blanche on In France, Hadopi Reporting Begins, With (Only) 10,000 IP Addresses Per Day · · Score: 1

    Not really. There's general public and general public. And clearly, those who burn cars during protests -- actually, those who protest at all -- are not those who know the dangerousness of such laws. We won't see anyone in the streets to protest against Hadopi anytime soon.

  19. Re:Oh, the Pirate Party on Swedish Pirate Party Fails To Enter Parliament · · Score: 1

    C'mon, you're on slashdot. "News for nerds", it says.

  20. Re:Yeah! on Deleting Certain Gene Makes Mice Smarter · · Score: 1

    They're already smarter than us anyway. Aren't they, Douglas?

  21. Re:Just what we need on Why Twitter's T.co Is a Game Changer · · Score: 1

    Seriously guys, I don't know who your connections are, and what their mental age is, but personally I haven't seen any shortened goatse-alike for ages.

  22. Re:Be radical. on Google Wave and the Difficulty of Radical Change · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Would Wave have been so unused if you could read your normal POP3 mail in it and intercommunicate with traditional IM systems?

    This is the real deal. Wave was too far away from everything we know, and had too few links with the rest of the world. People accept radical novelties when they can blend in with what they are used to.

  23. Re:So... on Owning Virtual Worlds For Fun and Profit · · Score: 1

    So...we were just told that with every new application comes a new series of security flaws? That's what keeps the industry running!

    Yup, and that's what keeps /. talking.

  24. Re:Sounds... wrong on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 2, Informative

    I hate all caps.

    Then use bold.

  25. Re:Torrents can be both legal and illegal at once on Major Flaws Found In Recent BitTorrent Study · · Score: 1

    In this regard, everything on BitTorrent is legal.