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  1. Re:1366x768 on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    Because of small fonts. At least that's how it was with XP system fonts. And when you increased it's size, everything looks butt-ugly.

  2. Re:And yet. on Scientists Discover Link Between Trees and Electricity · · Score: 1

    Fast-growing trees drain nutrients but absorb little CO2, for example.

    It's a bit more complicated than that:

    "The study showed that when phosphorus or nitrogen -- which occur naturally in rain forest soils -- were added to forest plots in Costa Rica, they caused an increase in carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere by about 20 percent annually, said Cleveland. "

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060621084137.htm

    "On a global scale, long-term fluxes are approximately in balance, so that an undisturbed rainforest would have a small net impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels,[14]"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest

  3. Re:And yet. on Scientists Discover Link Between Trees and Electricity · · Score: 1

    Think McDonalds on every corner rather than Bob's Bugers, Carol's Cakes, or Fred the Fishmonger.

    Do you mean that non-hipsters shouldn't care?

  4. Re:Waiting for the other shoe to drop on Humble Bundle For Android 2 Goes Live · · Score: 1

    I don't think people outside of the US really care about Child's Play. (I don't. )

  5. Re:Waiting for the other shoe to drop on Humble Bundle For Android 2 Goes Live · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are quite a lot of them, here's a nice summary:
    http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/qtna1/upcoming_bundles/

    Indie Royale
    Indie Gala
    Indie Underdog pack
    Gamedev Bundle
    Indie Facekick

    I've bought a few of the Indie Royale packs, and there's always a game I never heard of that is pleasently surprising me. At the moment they're offering Hard Reset, which is quality wise an AAA game. In January they offered Nuclear Dawn, which is almost AAA quality. I bought both of these before they went on sale.

    Vertex Dispenser is a nice casual action/strategy game. If you like Darwinia, you'll like this too.

  6. Re:Cage Matches! on Detecting Chess Cheats Taxes Computers · · Score: 1
  7. Re:What's in a name? on Atari Wants To Reinvent Pong · · Score: 1

    Just like Commodore.

  8. Re:3 edu-sites already. on TED Education — Video Lessons For Students · · Score: 1

    MIT OCW material is of varying completeness for each subject.

    HR people will demand Bsc, no matter what. Also parents will keep pushing their children to college / student loan. (You can't just sit all day before your computer, blah, blah, blah.)

  9. Re:Crazy! on Belgian Rightsholders Group Wants To Charge Libraries For Reading Books To Kids · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's the link to relevant story: link

  10. Re:Crazy! on Belgian Rightsholders Group Wants To Charge Libraries For Reading Books To Kids · · Score: 5, Informative

    Didn't you get the memo? Even birdsongs are copyrighted.

  11. Re:Why success? Sometimes it's money. on Why New Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail · · Score: 1

    Java succeeded because Sun 1) gave it away, and 2) threw money at giving it away. Remember "applets"? Java was supposed to be the programming language of the Web.

    Sun threw even more money at it by supporting a lot of opensource projects. (They even made an opensource MMO engine in Java, Darkstar.)

    "Java was supposed to be the programming language of the Web." - Given that most enterprise applications have web interfaces, it's not a real miss. PHP became more popular because of cheaper hosting.

  12. Re:It's all about the tools on Why New Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail · · Score: 1

    It seems like a chicken-egg problem.

    It's only worth it, if the competing languages suck too much. But languages has gotten much better in the last two decades, so the bar has been raised pretty high.

  13. Re:Compatibility or conversion on Why New Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail · · Score: 1

    Just like C# or Javascript (ok, Javascript usually doesn't get compiled).

  14. Re:The problem is the length of the games on Can $60 Games Survive? · · Score: 1

    I don't like buying games that I play only once and then shit on the shelf.

    Sounds like a shitty game.

  15. Re:$60 games? Luxury! on Can $60 Games Survive? · · Score: 2

    The translation bit was lame,

    Maybe you forgot that Mad Max was redubbed for US release.

  16. Re:Nomad Planets = Space Vehicles for Aliens? on Nomad Planets: Stepping Stones To Interstellar Space? · · Score: 3, Funny

    We must stop the bug meteors!

  17. Re:Use forums instead on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is, I wouldn't have found GP's post if you don't bump. (When writing this he has score 0 and you have 5.) Thanks God for inline comments and bump.

  18. Re:The same old problem with non-lethal weapons on Journalist Gets Blasted By the Pentagon's Pain Ray — Twice · · Score: 1

    It's against the Hague convention to intentionally cripple/blind people.

  19. Re:Less Effective on Journalist Gets Blasted By the Pentagon's Pain Ray — Twice · · Score: 1

    Just be glad they don't use .22 rounds.

  20. Re:Corner reflector on Journalist Gets Blasted By the Pentagon's Pain Ray — Twice · · Score: 1

    Disco outfits and tinfoil hats back in style.

  21. Re:California on Coca-Cola and Pepsi Change Recipe To Avoid Cancer Warning · · Score: 1

    There was one study that showed that pure fructose IS a greater problem (because fructose doesnt cap insulin response the same way glucose does), but then the discussion was never ON pure fructose-- it has always been on HFCS which is most commonly 55/42 mix.

    That still means that sucrose/pure glucose is a better option from at least for less risk of diabetes. (Of course I don't know how that would influence obesity.) But a different insulin response is a pretty big deal.

  22. Re:True meaning of "Post-PC World" on 'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie · · Score: 1

    No, they want you to buy a gigantic Nokia phone.

  23. Re:In a world of mere content consumers, maybe.... on 'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie · · Score: 1

    I don't you should've taken those things literally.
    Having more storage space, memory and processor power however has its advantages and there will be always programs that can make use of that. Video editing is done now by the masses, and it needs beefy hardware. And it doesn't seem we've reached the end of the resolution wars.

  24. Re:Then you're doomed, but I dont think its true. on 'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie · · Score: 1

    Apple wasn't the first to the music player market with its iPod either. You're underestimating the brand image.

  25. Re:Human brains solve NP-Hard problems on Classic Nintendo Games Are NP-Hard · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the wiki page is about the way marketing people use it.