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  1. Re:Meaning of "won"... on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 1

    I might have missed the memo which enumerated all those thousands of mainstream games available for Linux starting day 1. Or the ability to use all Radeon-based GPUs at their full potential under Linux. Or SLI-/Crossfire-enabled video setups. Or the total lack of need to drop to terminal while using Linux on a day-to-day basis.

  2. Re:What's the point? on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 1

    I'm using delayed e-mail sending. 10 minutes by default for any e-mail, manual send date/time for some. That way, if I forget to add an attachment, I can go to outbox, edit the message and resend.

    E-mail recalling depends on server-side settings, an admin can set up the server to disallow that.

  3. Re:M$FT ON LINUX ! on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 1

    So... if I'm going to start drawing a sun on a piece of paper, I could say "If there's a sunrise, I won!" and be right. And smug about it.
    Fair enough, lemme get started immediately!

  4. Re:What's the point? on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 1

    Delayed e-mail sending. Proper display of embedded MS objects (excel tables, PPT slides, etc). Seamless integration with calendar (yes, I will attend this meeting, it automatically synchronizes with calendar from e-mail). Proper contact lists (with attributes), integrated with corporate DBs. Embedded HTML signatures.
    These are just off the top of my head.

  5. Re:M$FT ON LINUX ! on Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS · · Score: 1

    That's his personal opinion.
    Also, what does "I won" means? What would he win? being recognized? Already happened. A war? I didn't think there was a war going on (except within certain people's minds). Some competition? What was the competition about?

  6. Re:Probably won't happen soon on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    It usually backfires because the whole in which you stuck the detonator cap is the same the water will burst out of.

  7. Re:If this information is widely disseminated on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    I believer the main culprit was an eastern European country, but I can't remember which one.

    We Romanians must try harder, it looks like there's some Netherlanders who can't remember us :)

  8. Re:For all of you USA haters out there: on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who cares when were they built? If they're all built last year based on a design from the 50s, it's still the same crap, just shinier.

  9. Re:Please please please on The Quantum Experiment That Simulates a Time Machine · · Score: 1

    They can only tell you who WON the Superbowl, because everything will happen in the past anyway.

  10. Re:Can they do it with corporate code? on Anonymous No More: Your Coding Style Can Give You Away · · Score: 3, Insightful

    *raising hands slowly* Is there a problem, Coding Officer?

  11. Re:Too Much MS FUD on Windows 10 IE With Spartan Engine Performance Vs. Chrome and Firefox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    mimimi.
    Now seriously, I see an Apple-related article on a daily basis. I own no Apple devices, nor would I ever. Still, I ain't complaining, just move on to the next article.
    Might help you if you do the same in relation to Microsoft-related articles.

  12. Re:Terrible names on Windows 10: Charms Bar Removed, No Start Screen For Desktops · · Score: 2

    Slowly, they're closing in the gap from Linux naming conventions :)

  13. Re:Modula-3 FTW! on Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated? · · Score: 1

    Does it work when you think of shit as pudding?

  14. Re:Discussion is outdated on Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated? · · Score: 1

    I realized that usually count of bugs is proportional to lines of code multiplied by how many people work on the project, and bug fixing speed is inversely proportional to the same variable multiplication.

  15. Re:Modula-3 FTW! on Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated? · · Score: 1

    Oh no, not the VHS versus Betamax all over again!
    Pascal needed a paid license, C++ did not. It's as simple as that.

  16. Re:Modula-3 FTW! on Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated? · · Score: 2

    I'm a C beginner and I don't think curly brackets (not braces) are anything BUT readable.
    Pascal is easy for me, parsing HTML and XML are no problem, parentheses are fine, but when I try making heads and tails of curly brackets I fall flat on my face.

  17. Re:Middle wheel/button seems to work ok, no? on Ask Slashdot: Where Can You Get a Good 3-Button Mouse Today? · · Score: 1

    It's under warranty and doesn't bother me as much. Not to mention I absolutely suck at small hardware tinkering.
    My absolute favorite would be a scroll wheel barely poking above a middle button into which it would be embedded, allowing for button-type middle click as well as scrolling just by moving a finger up by a fraction of an inch.

  18. Re:Middle wheel/button seems to work ok, no? on Ask Slashdot: Where Can You Get a Good 3-Button Mouse Today? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not trying to flamebait, but this looks more like a "me, oldtimer, can't adapt" thing.
    Indeed, some mice have a harder to press mid-button/scroll wheel, but there are some which are easier to press. I have a G700S and the middle click requires greater finger pressure than I'd like, however I bought it because it features both step-by step scrolling and continuous, which is the feature I was looking for. At any rate, I remapped middle click to a side button too and retrained my muscle memory.

  19. Re:We can only hope... on Sid Meier's New Game Is About Starships · · Score: 1

    Next step: Endless Legend. Go try it, you'll likely be impressed.

  20. Unanswered questions on Microsoft Researchers Use Light Beams To Charge Smartphones · · Score: 2

    1. Would infrared work just as well?
    2. What happens if the phone orientation is incorrect? Light beam reaches its side or the phone lies face-up.
    3. What happens if multiple phones are detected?
    4. What happens if the phone is turned off?

  21. Re:No on Ask Slashdot: Can I Trust Android Rooting Tools? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Computer expert" is a broad, broad definition. Nobody's a "computer expert", except in their narrow field.
    So ease off with the smug. One might be an expert in their field and totally suck at another, both computer-related.

  22. Re: The average human being on Innocent Adults Are Easy To Convince They Committed a Serious Crime · · Score: 1

    There is not reason why a distribution in general should be normal, and many of them aren't.

    If they're nor large enough or random enough, yes.

  23. Re:The average human being on Innocent Adults Are Easy To Convince They Committed a Serious Crime · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter which frame of reference you use.
    Say you go absurd and link intelligence with weight. There's still gonna be an average, a median and 50% of the population lower / higher than that. And given the very large values (full Earth population, around 7B souls), there will be normal distribution simply because there are so many data points.

  24. Re:Being nice is why business is a clusterfsck on Linus On Diversity and Niceness In Open Source · · Score: 1

    IMO it's the same crap, only reworded.

  25. Re:Planets? on Analysis Suggests Solar System Contains Massive Trans-Neptunian Objects · · Score: 1

    Interesting point. Let's say a planet orbits the Sun once every 1000 years (Pluto's is almost 248 years). This means roughly 4.6 million planetary "years" from that planet's reference frame. Did Earth clear its orbital neighborhood in 4.6 million years? Probably not.