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  1. Re:In Soviet Russia... on Is Linux At the End of Its Life Cycle? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux reboots you.

  2. Objective C on Which Language To Learn? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Last I checked, being able to create apps with native hooks on the Mac platform is the hottest shit steaming right now.

  3. In Soviet Russia on With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall! · · Score: -1, Troll

    the wall is in computer.

  4. Re:Not a great implementation on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    By default, yes. Even so, when you decide how things should be split up, you still have to perform three tasks per letter. DOA. tap move to region, swirl one of two directions, stop in a quadrant. That versus press? Easy call. This has no chance.

  5. Re:They're Chinese on Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware · · Score: 1

    Oh what a shitstorm I started here in 5 words.

    For everyone that called it racist, the joke is on you. China are a nation of power who do not respect personal liberty. They live in an existence different than the western world; one of conforming or being branded a political heretic.

    I'm not joking about the idea that they have extra countrymen in China - that's fact. They have about 1,400,000,000 people, and as someone pointed out, their brightest 25% equal the USA's populace.

    There was a time in the Industrial Revolution of the Western World that people were expendable too. What we now see as unthinkable, go look at those nostalgic skyscraper shots with guys walking beams with no gear. Don't act like no one fell. We are just rich enough to care now... or more accurately, we are rich enough to sue massively when this happens, so we care for everyone differently.

    When someone dies in China, they move the next guy up.

  6. Re:Not a great implementation on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I have 10 fingers to do that with. Sometimes 26 letters each need a "button", touch or otherwise. There will be no "intermediate" input layout. We will go from qwerty to voice. All the rest is just .wma

  7. Re:Not a great implementation on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Awesome - you got the reference! :)

  8. Not a great implementation on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    The process assumes that a keyboard is less handy than a touch-rotate-touch-release. In short, this is doomed to fail because I must memorize things. It's probably easier for us to all learn Morse, and just have a deet da dee deet festival.

  9. They're Chinese on Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They have extras...

  10. Why it's shameful on How to Heartlessly Arbitrage Used Books With a PDA · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's shameful because it's kind of like collecting aluminum cans from public garbage. If you're willing to give your time for that little money, you have a lame existence.

  11. Socialism in Nowhere, Tennessee on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To every Tea Party type that thinks it was a shame, get over it. Fire protection is socialism. I WANT SOCIALISM. Let's fund these damned things, huh? Pay a fucking tax at the STATE level. And if they can't pay, let the STATE deal with it. Fire zones should be based on a municipality, but should be funded in the same way STATE POLICE are funded.

  12. Re:Money well spent? on New York To Spend $27.5 Million Uncapitalizing Street Signs · · Score: 1

    Headline grabbing. The signs have to be replaced over time anyhow. It's not the signs themselves that cost millions, but the people doing the work. All said, this money would probably be spent anyway, but now it's not in all caps.

  13. This is just the old "pump quarters" deal. Arcade in your home. You sure you like it?

  14. No, it is practical on Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Umm... how about Root Mean Square calculation? I use it all the time. I have to master audio and the funny thing is unlike Creed & Nickelback, I care about not just peaks, but overall sound. It can be done.

  15. Headline grabbing on Safety Commission To Rule On Safety of Rulers In Science Kits · · Score: 1

    If they're testing a ruler, fine. I can come up with a dangerous ruler. Maybe my ruler is lead-painted. I am entirely for dangerous shit in chemistry kits. But it's also fair to be 100% sure what goes in them.

  16. For one day on Giving the Blind Better Web Access · · Score: 1

    Just as an exercise, geeks, try running your computer without a monitor for no less than 4 hours. It is a lesson you won't soon forget.

  17. NachoLibreOffice on OpenOffice.org Declares Independence From Oracle, Becomes LibreOffice · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's obligatory... an office suite that wears stretchy pants... for fun. :)

  18. Laptops on The Ancient Computers Powering the Space Race · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Man, the article makes it sound like NASA is allergic to tech. There's no reason not to bring up kick ass laptops and other non-essential tech that runs hella fast. But don't fuck with what works. It's kept a lot of NASA problems from becoming NASA disasters. Hyperbole will get you nowhere fast.

  19. If vinyl sounds better... on CD Sales Continue To Plummet, Vinyl Records Soar · · Score: 1

    If vinyl sounds better than a digital copy, you're doing it wrong.
    Fact is, if you record at a nice high 96/24 digitally, and even if you dither down to a 44/16 CD level, it sounds pretty damned accurate.
    How you choose to rip into a data-compressed format is up to you.
    As for vinyl, the format is reliant on analog-touch playback. It has inherent white noise, and will eventually degrade. Shitty compact discs from shitty replicators aside, digital is still "forever". But if you want to claim vinyl sounds better than 128k mp3, go ahead. You're right.
    Just don't tell me that an m4a at a variable in the 300k range is anything but transparent.
    If you like a little white noise with your audio, that's your flavor. Fly your freak flag. I'll take purity myself, dry as you might think that is.

  20. Microwave Three Wolves... on Microwave Map of Entire Moon Revealed · · Score: 1

    If you Microwave a wolf, copy paste paste, and put this image in, you've got an astronomical t-shirt worthy of nerds everywhere.

  21. Re:Wait, what? The $ is in Nevada on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    No no... you don't get it. This is an EVASION of paying tax. They are going about manipulating state laws to bypass the regular payment of tax. And the reverse of your argument is just as useless; if the people paid ALL taxes, there's still less money to spend on businesses. How you choose to spread this distribution is very, very important though. In the end, just because Nevada offers a lax environment doesn't mean you shouldn't pay your state taxes. 60,000 people work for MSFT in WA State. As such, WA should collect some business tax since it is offering the infrastructure for those workers. Nevada, and it's several hundred, choose to rely on casino money. That's a choice, but circumventing WA is causing this mess. And then you unfairly put the burden on citizens of one state.

  22. Wait, what? The $ is in Nevada on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, Microsoft is paying ZERO Washington tax because of their puppet setup in Nevada. How about you go after that money before individual money. Why is everyone so allergic to taxing businesses? Business pays 1/7 the tax of individuals in this country, and that's flat wrong. It should be the reverse.

  23. Never about the books on Lawyer Smokes Pages From the Koran and Bible · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's always been the symbolism. I could wipe my ass with either book, and someone would get offended. It's just paper...
    The thing is, if people are willing to believe in the whacked out nonsense contained in either book, why would anyone ever believe people wouldn't get pissed about burning them?

  24. Less likely for rip off? on How Good Software Makes Us Stupid · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't a more standardized system leave some whim to experienced drivers, but mostly provide a more intelligent routing service? Besides, if the driver doesn't speak English, they're golden. Since it's London, that's likely anyhow...

  25. Hypocrisy on GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Pulling the ads is sensitive. Pulling the game at ONLY military outlets is wrong. If the game is "bad" enough to be pulled at military bases, where very mentally tough individuals reside, you sure as hell better not sell it to 14 year old suburban couch potatoes. They certainly will not be able to handle it. I do applaud them for pulling the advertising -- no need to waive it around inside bases.