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  1. Re:I'm an American... on US Reneges On SWIFT Agreement · · Score: 1

    like people in general even

  2. Re:I'm an American... on US Reneges On SWIFT Agreement · · Score: 1

    I bet a majority (perhaps slim though) of Americans would agree, but that it just isn't particularly important issue to them in general, which means it doesn't matter in the end.

  3. Re:This is good on Japan Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth's Axis · · Score: 1

    If tge earth stopped rotating, a day would be infinity years long in my oppinion.

  4. Re:200-line patch on Linux 2.6.38 Released · · Score: 1

    I should clarify that i mean user accounts, not users of the OS.

  5. Re:200-line patch on Linux 2.6.38 Released · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't BeOS lack things that one expects from an OS though, like users?

  6. Re:Safari on Katamari Hack For Chrome (and Compatible Browsers) · · Score: 2

    You have just upped the quality of my work days to come significantly.

  7. Re:Again? on 41% of Facebook Users Willing To Divulge Personal Info · · Score: 2

    My name is 100% unique in this country (and likely the world), anybody who has my name has that info. I hardly feel concern.

    There was a time almost every phone number and address was public (white pages), a birthday is hardly secret knowledge too, and really who the fuck cares about an e-mail address.

    None of these things are meaningful.

  8. Re:linux windows but windows gnome on Miguel de Icaza On Usability and Openness · · Score: 1

    Agreed,

    I love Gnome's look with two thin panels. Stuff to see in the top-right, launch top-left, and stuff to click regularly on the bottom.

    The newest KDE 4 is usable though (no crashes, compositing is smooth, Notifications are only slightly annoying), and I love having two folders on my desktop.

    Also, a pretty big fan of the fuzzy clock, but that's not really a KDE specific thing I don't think.

  9. Re:Windows is popular because it works. on Miguel de Icaza On Usability and Openness · · Score: 1

    Like Debian 10 years ago.

  10. Re:Anyone know... on iPad 2 Forces Samsung To Reevaluate Galaxy Tab · · Score: 1

    Apple has the advantage of a lot of vertical integration too.

    Best Buy etc don't need their cut.

  11. Re:Well no shit on Piracy In Developing Countries Driven By High Prices · · Score: 0

    They tried to do that (e.g. DVD region codes).

  12. Re:Good on Taiwanese OEMs Consider ARM Products For Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    It's about ignoring the old way, and using SSE.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X87

  13. Re:subsidization? on Ariz. Team Seeks Fossil-Fuel Cost Parity, Using Solar Energy Concentrators · · Score: 1

    China appears to have plenty of money to subsidize our subsidies (low interest credit), which leads me to believe they could subsidize their own energy too.

  14. Re:Old School on Reminiscing Old School Linux · · Score: 1

    Unless you logged out, you lost your mods

  15. Re:Really? on Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread · · Score: 1

    yeah, it was quite nice of them.

    Especially since the it was stuck on 1.5, which meant no navigation.

    If it even hit 1.6 it probably wouldn't have been an issue (though 2.1 was becoming a requirement more and more), but stuck needing to pay for a navigation app was a real pain. The thread about it at Motorola's forums had over 1,000,000 views.

  16. Re:Actually they are on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 1

    I think in the US you need to demonstrate consumer harm from the monopoly.

    In the EU competitor harm is all that needs to be shown.

    Generally, less competitors can be seen as harming consumers.

  17. Re:Excellent! on Bing Becomes No.2 Search Engine at 4.37% · · Score: 1

    I think i had a box to pick from the last time is installed chrome.

    Considering thats where i do most of my searches, that would be much more relevant. it's also similar to what MS has to do.

  18. Re:Progress on Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread · · Score: 1

    I can name 4 things I can do on my phone that your computer couldn't do.

    Most of those things can't be done because no one wants to write the software for it.

    Though, if I wanted those things, I'd install Debian on the phone.

  19. Re:Really? on Google's Nexus S, A Look At Gingerbread · · Score: 1

    Cliq XT had a similar issue, but it was 1.5

    Fortunately TMO hooked people up with G2's or MyTouch 4Gs if they called.

  20. Re:Almost worth it on Intel Completes McAfee Acquisition · · Score: 1

    300k/year output per an employee is pretty good.

    Especially since they are primarily software (I would guess).

    Doesn't sound like a terrible buy at all.

    8% annual return on investment isn't swell, but ain't bad (500 million profit for McAfee in 2010). Even the slightest amount of synergy could make it look like a really smart move.

  21. Re:Naive Question on Will the LHC Smash Supersymmetry? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bet it was more along the lines of "A Leyden jar that works more than once", or "Zombies!"

  22. Re:Can this be real? on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure most states go with splitting everything acquired since marriage.

    So as long as you both earn similar it ain't much money.

  23. Re:Am I reading this correctly? on Apple Asks Security Experts To Examine OS X Lion · · Score: 1

    I do remember reading that the exploit one year was cross platform, but that getting it to do the business was easier in OS X, than in Windows (Vista I think).

  24. Re:Am I reading this correctly? on Apple Asks Security Experts To Examine OS X Lion · · Score: 1

    Does default Ubuntu have any open ports?

    I don't think it does.

  25. Re:It's Called 'Experience'! on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    It's (sell and lease) like a colateralized interest only loan you can back out of.

    A bad idea to do such to pay bonuses.

    It is a good idea for a functional company with a cash-flow issue though. It also was a way for the parent company to pull some proceeds out of the asset, slightly devaluing it. The purchaser then can pay less, and has more flexibility perhaps.

    It's also a good plan for a company that may go bankrupt, as they have less assets, and therefor less they need to pay out in a restructuring.