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  1. Re:Age and quality. on Slashdot Turns 100,000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oddly enough in my old slashdot account even though I never commented and rarely used them I was handed 5 moderation points pretty much every week.

  2. Re:Age and quality. on Slashdot Turns 100,000 · · Score: 1

    The problem is the editors are still horrible. It is one thing to fuck up technology information, it is another when you butcher a health article by mentioning an amino acid that has nothing to do with the paper or study abstract. http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/12/06/060243/Reducing-One-Amino-Acid-Could-Increase-Lifespan

  3. Re:Not for teens anymore? on Judges Can't "Friend" Lawyers in Florida · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everyone is on Facebook. Even my mom and all of her friends. I only reluctantly signed up because all of my friends were on there. The reason I found it tolerable is because you don't really have to put much effort into it if you don't want to, and I don't post compromising information. Then an ex-girlfriend found me and sent me a six page email of her feelings and I realized what I had gotten myself into. Sometimes it is better to just disappear.

  4. Re:I see the other end of this problem rather ofte on Best Way To Clear Your Name Online? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Of course he is under no obligation. He is still an asshole for it though.

  5. Free on Five Top Publishers Plan Rival to Kindle Format · · Score: 1

    The only way this would work is if they offer the reader free to subscribers.

  6. Re:Take on AdBlock? on Google Chrome Extensions Are Now Available · · Score: 1

    Until I never have to deal again with another flash ad that forces me to turn down my volume as it insists on blasting me, you're just going to have to put up with the 10% of users that don't give a shit what ads you have on your website.

  7. Audiophiles on Not All iPods — Vinyl and Turntables Gain Sales · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Before the anti-audiophile crowd comes in screaming about how digital is a more accurate reproduction vinyls are typically mastered for their audience so they often are not compressed to maximum loudness that you hear in modern CDs so you actually have some dynamic range.

  8. Good on VMware's Dual OS Smartphone Virtualization Plan Firms Up · · Score: 1

    I can actually use this software. I was considering getting an Android phone but Epocrates doesn't make a version available for that.

  9. Tryptophan? on Reducing One Amino Acid Could Increase Lifespan · · Score: 2, Informative

    The summary mentions tryptophan but it isn't anywhere in the article. And I wonder if the decreased longevity is due to the excessive methionine itself or a result of its byproducts such as SAM and homocysteine.

  10. Re:Ooo... now contracts must not matter to EFF on Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service · · Score: 1

    Isn't that par for the course for nearly all software? Or does Ubuntu not have a "we're not responsible for anything" clause?

  11. Re:Simply unacceptable. on UK Pub Reportedly Fined For Illegal Wi-Fi Download · · Score: 1

    "It's time to reinforce the concept that I am responsible for my actions, and nobody else. "
    That concept died decades ago. Visit digg or reddit for a quick reminder.

  12. Re:Slow ads... on Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web? · · Score: 1

    Sounds ads are the main reason I stopped using Chrome. I don't mind the advertisements themselves but I cannot tolerate sound based ads. Apparently the developer version of Chrome has a working flashblock but 4.0.223.16 doesn't.

    In addition there has to be a solution between having to choose noscript (which makes the internet just plain annoying to use) and having a browser that is happy to do anything any website requests of it (e.g. flash cookies).

  13. Re:Angst and Drama? Try Hilarity on Arrington's CrunchPad Dies · · Score: 1

    It is relatively easy to invent things; it is another matter entirely to get enough people to care about it. I'm sure everyone here has thought up a patentable idea, the difference is the drive to do something with it.

  14. Re:Gonna be modded down but ... on Two Senators Call For ACTA Transparency · · Score: 1

    True but I don't understand how my comment is labeled troll but the two above, equally off-topic quotes are insightful when all I did was expand on them.

  15. Re:Gonna be modded down but ... on Two Senators Call For ACTA Transparency · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ron Paul may be a homophobic, racist, religious, evolution denying nutbag, but at least he isn't a globalist, corporatist, wiretapping immunity wishwashing, patriot-act handwaving, trillion dollar handouts for everyone nutbag. While it is nice to have a president whose morals and ideology matches your own, at this point I would be supremely happy to just have someone who isn't a scumbag willing sell out our rights or future for the highest dollar. Or perhaps it is me who is crazy and just doesn't see the big picture of how we can continue to spend money we do not have on a recession caused by us spending money we do not have.

  16. Re:At least SplashTop is reasonable on Microsoft, Other Rivals Slam Google Chrome OS · · Score: 1

    The problem is a computer fast enough to browse the internet with flash without major hickups is fast enough to runs tons of modern software too.

  17. Re:windows marketplace on Some Claim Android App Store Worse Than iPhone's · · Score: 1

    I like windows mobile 6.5, it is actually stable and fast IMO. What I despise is the UI, they actually took a step backwards compared to 6.0. However, after killing palm, like with IE they went stagnant, and now have to deal with a dead OS overshadowed by nearly anything else. If they would have "windows 7ened" their mobile OS in time for the win7 launch their mobile OS future might not be so dim. What I like about win mobile is the wide and open (compared to apple) variety of aps, I can install whatever browser or media player I want.

  18. Re:of-course not on Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    If there is one thing Microsoft loves more than anything else it is money. While the code may not be open source, students in universities can view it and the code could be pirated/released ala windows 2000. And if a backdoor to the NSA was found shit would hit the fan.

  19. Re:There goes that escape hatch... on New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks · · Score: 1

    If the warnings are anything like cable tv this will happen, repeated every 10 minutes:

    SEVERE WEATHER WARNING! SEVERE WEATHER WARNING! SEVERE WEATHER WARNING!
    IF YOU LIVE IN THE BUMFUCK OF NOWHERE THERE IS A 5% CHANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. YOU MAY WANT TO USE AN UMBRELLA.

  20. Re:It does depend on the recording on Can We Really Tell Lossless From MP3? · · Score: 1

    Death or speed metal in anything other than FLAC or 256+kbps MP3s is unlistenable (more so than usual). The hihat hits become a wash and the cymbals sound like shit. 128kbps is fine for classical or pop.

    When I'm in my car I listen to mp3s with "mp3 boost" compression and normalization, as I don't like adjusting the volume (try listening to Epitaph by King Crimson in the car, there is too much dynamic range). When I'm sitting in front of my computer I listen to mp3s or FLAC hooked up to an e-mu 0404 and alesis mk2 monitors. So all together my sound system costs ~$500, I have a good signal path, good digital converters and have no need for "audiophile gear". And yes I've done ABA sound comparisons and I can tell the difference, but then again I can hear CRT monitors and the "mosquito noise" sounds.

    I want to get a record player soon, not because it has magical properties over digital, but because records are often mastered for their audience and not compressed to unbearable levels like current CDs.

  21. Re:Money in the future on Become Your Own Heir After Being Frozen · · Score: 1
  22. Re:Rources on Malware Can Download Child Porn To Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Clearly you have never been to Russia where these websites are likely owned by the mob and wouldn't take kindly to US government. Sure, we can send in the big guns, but do you think Russia would be o.k. with that?

  23. Re:A Step Into the Dark Ages on Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House · · Score: 1

    I don't want my money paying for abortions because I believe it is murder, and I am neither Republican nor part of the Religious Right.

    Right now I believe women should have to the right to them (on a state based level) because I understand the consequences of making it illegal (back alley abortions being one of them) but by no means should I have to pay for what I believe to be an act of murder. And yes I do believe the same thing for most wars or "engagements", but obviously I have little choice in the matter.

  24. Re:Don't forget ... privacy destroying on Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House · · Score: 1

    As a doctor I find the opposite. I understand your concern about insurance companies and hell, if I could have it my way the insurance companies wouldn't even exist. But the amount of frustration I have on a daily basis in just dealing with records drives not just me but I'm sure a significant amount of doctors crazy. Here is a typical scenario: a new patient comes to me a with a problem that they have seen other people for but have not gotten satisfactory results. However, they are hazy on the names of medications and tests. I don't want to waste anyone's time or money so before I do anything I need to read those records. Hopefully the patient remembers what doctor or clinic they saw (a certain percentage can't) so we can send a records request. If this is from a hospital this could take weeks, or from a typical clinic I will have to send over multiple requests before I'm sent something back. All the while I'm twiddling my thumbs instead of helping the patient. I'm not sure a universal records system would be a panacea but the system we have sucks.

    Please, everyone, when you see a new doctor, bring your medications, lab results (you should request copies and keep this information anyways), and your previous records.

  25. Re:Smoking on Google Betas Chrome 4, Touts 30% Speed Boost · · Score: 1

    Yah I screwed up. I never look at the address I just click a button.