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  1. Re:Oh Great on JavaScript For the Rest of Us · · Score: 1

    Exactly. This is only good for making write-only code more prevalent.

  2. Re:Free? on Dell To Offer Ubuntu Laptops Again · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are you a moron?

  3. Re:Not Different Enough on Jolla Confirms MeeGo App Store Is Coming · · Score: 0

    And your proof of more sales comes from where? Your butt?

  4. Re:The bad news we've all been dreading on Jolla Confirms MeeGo App Store Is Coming · · Score: 2

    He's saying that since the average consumer cannot hack the Linux kernel or flash their own device that their focus is going to be on making the phone user friendly rather than one focused on Linux hackers.

  5. Re:Why fork? on Debian Derivative Optimized for the Raspbery Pi Released · · Score: 1

    As long as they are compiled for ARMv6, probably.

  6. Re:Why fork? on Debian Derivative Optimized for the Raspbery Pi Released · · Score: 2

    Or you just take regular snapshots of the testing branch and merge your changes?

  7. Re:They have become what they fought... on Thomas Drake: You're Automatically Suspicious Until Proven Otherwise · · Score: 1

    Christians used it when they took prayer out of school, did you know that (search for 26 similarities between America and Nazi Germany)?

    Which is hilarious since the lawsuits brought about in the 60s over school prayer and mandatory pledge of allegiance were mostly from members of minority Christian sects and those who were not Protestants. But those facts don't play very well among the mdern-day ACLU haters.

  8. Re:Saves nothing, really. on AT&T Introducing Verizon-Style Shared Data Plans · · Score: 1

    $56 x 12 does not equal $300... Your poor arithmetic skills is far more shocking than his $56/month phone bill.

  9. Re:Oy on AT&T Introducing Verizon-Style Shared Data Plans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    None of need 2GB of data a month - we could easily share that. But, the new plan actually costs significantly more.

    Because you were naive enough to think these plans were to save you money rather than make the telecoms more money?

  10. Re:Go for it on Firefox OS Will Win Big With Developers - Mozilla · · Score: 2

    2. Chrome is supported by commercial interests. I do not trust.

    You mean the same "commercial interests" that make up 90% of Mozilla's revenue?

  11. Re:Should be able to use a offline computer at lea on Even Silicon Valley's Prison Inmates Have Their Own Startup Incubator · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is probably among the most reputable links to be found.

  12. Re:High frame rate on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or most people over 35 can spot when they are being sold gimmicks at ridiculous markup?

  13. Re:Enough with the gimmicks. on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and? They are two different mediums. Why wouldn't you expect there to be different expectations?

  14. Re:Uncanny valley on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    Then you need your eyes checked. That mode blasts any and all noise away and subsequently makes everyone look like wax figures and most fine detail is wiped away.

  15. Re:That will never change on New 'Reloaded Edition' of Alien Arena Open Source FPS Released · · Score: 1

    Sure it can. Urban Terror did it as well. It just takes buying a license from id.

  16. Re:Only smart phones? on Cell Phones: Tracking Devices That Happen To Make Calls · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Unless the FCC knew 9/11 was going to happen in advance your theory is wrong since that article was from August of 2001 and the FCC was deliberating for many months prior. But you would have known that if you'd read the link.

  17. Re:Mad, but not bad. on RMS Responds To NPR File-Sharer's Blog · · Score: 1

    No, it is stupid. It's extremely stupid. The makers of Kazaa did not mistreat this person. She got a free program that gave her access to download tons of free music. If that is considered "mistreatment" then RMS clearly has no notion of what real mistreatment is. This is the epitome of a first-world problem.

  18. Re:Mad, but not bad. on RMS Responds To NPR File-Sharer's Blog · · Score: 1, Insightful

    People attack RMS because routinely he says stupid shit like:

    Kazaa mistreated you (and all its users) by requiring you to run a non-free program on your computer.

    Yeah, because the makers of Kazaa giving away for free a program that she voluntarily decided to use that gave her access to tons of free music is totally mistreatment.

  19. He must be joking... on RMS Responds To NPR File-Sharer's Blog · · Score: 1, Interesting

    You did make a mistake when you chose Kazaa as the method of sharing. Kazaa mistreated you (and all its users) by requiring you to run a non-free program on your computer. ...

    Hahaha, what? And people wonder why most people think RMS is a loon when he writes shit like this? Yes, Kazaa "mistreated her" by her voluntarily deciding to download, install and use the program without any coercion from the makers of the program. One can only hope she won't be scarred for life from that heinous act.

  20. Re:An US judge favors an US company on Judge Rules iDevice Speaker Docks Don't Infringe On Bose Patent · · Score: 1

    Great. What does that have to do with the case at hand? The case was about Bose suing other companies.

  21. Re:Not a computer? on Judge Rules iDevice Speaker Docks Don't Infringe On Bose Patent · · Score: 1

    See a few comments above. You got trolled by a bad summary. The judgment had to do with the placement of the DAC not with them not being a computer.

  22. Re:What's the issue? on Windows 8 Mail Leaves Users Pining For the Desktop — or Even Their Phones · · Score: 1

    How much do you expect them to change in 3 weeks? Or did you miss the fact that RTM was the first week of August?

  23. Re:So you are telling me on Windows 8 Mail Leaves Users Pining For the Desktop — or Even Their Phones · · Score: 2

    You would have a point if the RTM date for Windows 8 wasn't is in 3 weeks.

  24. Re:No one needs QWERTY on Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    It'll be very hard to make large players in the marked switch over, just read the outcries about Win8 going to lose the Start button.

    And for good reason. If your changes don't end up actually providing the user enough benefit to recoup all the time they spend relearning then they are obviously going to be unhappy. Just because a UI/HIG "designer" needs to justify their employment by breaking things they think is "old" is not a valid reason to disrupt the normal workflow of users.

  25. Re:Niggling flaws? on A Fresh Look At Multi-Screen PC Gaming · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow you must be pretty old when a term that is 500 years old is considered "new" to you.