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  1. Re:Why buy a Window's device... on Windows 8 ARM Will Not Support Legacy Software · · Score: 1

    http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOnWindows

    Working on it apparently

    This page is about trying to get Wine to run in Windows. Many Wine DLLs can be cross-compiled with MinGW already, but Wine itself doesn't work yet.

    Why would we want to get Wine running in Windows? Newer versions of Windows fail to support old applications that are still supported by Wine. So Wine for Windows would supply useful backward compatibility for users.

  2. Re:Let the guy come here... on Judge Orders Former San Francisco Admin Terry Childs To Pay $1.5M · · Score: 1

    The large hole you find in your bank account is usually notice enough.

  3. Re:Take that Terry Childs on Judge Orders Former San Francisco Admin Terry Childs To Pay $1.5M · · Score: 1

    The point is you cant get rid of the judgment with a bankruptcy.

    He will be paying that off for the rest of his life. (I haven't paid enough attention to decide if he should or shouldn't be held responsible.)

  4. Re:If you don't believe him... on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    No its there see I found it...

    Congress shall make no law disrespecting an establishment of incorporation, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging it's freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the corporation peaceably to assemble vast amounts of wealth, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

  5. Re:stupid on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    You did not answer my question, and if you like I can pull up plenty of examples that shows Orly Taits is batshit crazy. Not just on the birther stuff.

    Just answer one thing.. How did she explain away the birth announcements in the Hawaii newspapers.

    Seriously, how did she explain away the birth announcements.

  6. Re:stupid on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    Your definition of reasonable and mine are different apparently.

    Exactly why do you believe it was reasonable to ever assume that he was not born in the country? I mean I dismiss Orly Tatiz out of hand because shes batshit crazy. What exactly has she ever said that lent her ANY credibility.

  7. Re:Corruption on FCC Commissioner Leaves To Become Lobbyist · · Score: 1

    Fine, lets ban lobbyists.

  8. Re:Some parts of the Bible Belt are stricter on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 1

    Visit a Southern Baptist church if you want to meet people who hate booze.

  9. Re:Buy it yep on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 1

    Thats awesome... frat girls that supply the booze.

  10. Re:This is incredibly offtopic, but... on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    So because it works for you it works for everyone?

    Wow, you've never worked helpdesk have you.

    Fuck off troll.

  11. Re:A big victory... on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 1

    I was pointing out that the culture is extremely different then the rest of the country.

    Are you saying its not?

  12. Re:Some parts of the Bible Belt are stricter on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 1

    I was thinking states, but yes some counties are dry. I should have worded that better.

    Last I heard Jack Daniels is made in a dry county.
    A dry county is different from an almost dry state. You can cross the county line and go get booze. In Utah there is only 36 places in the entire state where you can purchase anything harder then a 3.2% beer.

  13. Re:but couldn't they just... on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 1

    With defamation there has to be lying involved.

    If you tell the truth about the corporation, then no they cannot sue you for defamation. Or they could, but as long as you didn't go bankrupt in the process you'd win.

  14. Re:A big victory... on Activists May Use Their Targets' Trademarks · · Score: 5, Informative

    The culture is extremely different. You could make a plausible case that the state was founded as a theocracy, and that those roots are still very much there.

    Just note the state's rules on alcohol.

    The state has no open-door saloons. Full liquor service is available only to dues-paying members of "private" social clubs or at the 470 restaurants with liquor stocks they cannot advertise, display or even mention unless a customer asks first.

    The state's 121 taverns can pour only "light" beer, or 3.2 percent alcohol, and no other alcoholic drinks. No membership is required at taverns. Grocery stores can sell only light beer, too.

    Wine, hard liquor and heavy beer can be purchased at 36 state-run liquor stores - if you can find them. Typically they are tucked away in warehouse districts and off major thoroughfares.

    A quota limits the number of private clubs to one per 7,000 Utah residents, or 295 clubs concentrated primarily in Salt Lake County and Park City. Minimum club dues by law are $12 a year, though visitors can buy a two-week membership for $5. Or visitors can ask the guy on the next barstool to sponsor them as guests.

    I grew up in the bible belt and WE weren't even that strict.

  15. Re:The trouble... on Apple Discusses iOS Privacy Issues Before Congress · · Score: 1

    Really/ I haven't seen one in months. I saw an iPad the other day though.

  16. Re:This is incredibly offtopic, but... on Google Launching Music Service Without Labels · · Score: 1

    I cannot use my mouse in the text boxes, when I click it takes me to the top of the page.
    I cannot see the moderation on comments until at least plus 4. So -1 thru 3 says nothing beside the comment unless its been modded up and then down.
    It takes about a week and a half to preview the comments. (Quad core, 8 gb ram, and 12mbps down on the net verified in multiple ways. I have also tried many different browsers and other computers, oses, and internet connections... Its not my end)
    The QOTD at the bottom of the page got stuck on some quote mocking linux users for a month and a half.
    Etc.

    THE COMMENTS DO NOT WORK.

    Dont get me wrong, I love slashdot. It probably does have the best commenting system available. I still have enough issues that I cannot say it works.

  17. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    Oh for Christ sake.

    Frankly I don't care what license its under, just trying to help you understand why people use viral.
    Fucking A man.. CHILL OUT.

  18. Re:money on Who Owns Your Social Identity? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would like to buy the username Anonymous Coward.

  19. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    They call it viral because of the way it spreads, not because of the way it harms what its spreading to.

  20. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    We will switch to metric when you can standardize the spelling of meter (metre).

  21. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    ...news commentary... ...big dicks in the news... ...more pen1ses...

    FOX NEWS!!

  22. Re:Not bad. on Ubuntu Aims For 200 Million Users In Four Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    How much did it cost to make the 50 dollar game?
    How much did it cost to make the 2 dollar game?

    You have scale issues.

    A very interesting report on Eurogamer.net, informed partly by a recent interview on Maxitmag.co.uk, reveals that Half-Life 2's development has cost developer Valve upwards of $40 million to-date - a gigantic figure where videogame development is concerned.

    http://www.play.tm/news/3217/half-life-2-costs-40-million-to-date/

    . According to Carmel, World of Goo has been built with a budget of just $10,000 dollars, all of which comes from personal savings.

    http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/02/the-world-of-goo-became-one-of-the-indie-hits-of-2008/

    NOTE: World of goo was an actual Humble Bundle game.

    At 2 dollars a pop World of Goo needs 5,000 customers to break even.
    At 50 dollars a pop HL2 needs 800,000 customers to break even.

  23. Re:If I had a car... on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    I'll agree AC could have worded the comment better.

  24. Re:Hmm on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thats so cute... you actually trust them.

    The device malfunctioned.
    The logs were lost.
    The logs get tampered with.
    Etc.

    They cant loose a case, it doesn't matter if the wrong person gets put away as long as the win to loss ratio is high enough to make that run for governor.

  25. Re:If I had a car... on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 2

    If there is no reason to search me why do it?
    If there is no reason to track me then why do it?

    If I am a suspect, then please feel free to get a warrant. Otherwise fuck off.
    Your comment was the worst I read today.