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  1. Re: And in other news... on Majority of Young American Adults Think Astrology Is a Science · · Score: 1

    Oh how cute, you said death panel. Also government benefits are stealing from your neighbours. TIL!

  2. Analogies on Wozniak Gets Personal On Innovation · · Score: 2

    From the summary: "People use technology more the less it feels like technology. 'The software gets more accepted when it works in human ways — meaning in noncomputer ways.'" Take a world where you have a pen, and then you have a typewriter come along. The uptake in typewriters may have been relatively slow, taking a few decades, never really displaced the pen in many uses. Now computers replacing typewriters - a little faster. Internet replacing non-internet sources of information - definitely happened much faster. But in all these cases it is using technology that feels more like technology. So I don't know what he means by working in non-computer ways.

  3. Re: Get a real mail account on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Misdirected Email? · · Score: 2

    I just started using microsoft's domain stuff on mine. Rather handy.

  4. Re: That's nice, but... on Tweets and Threats: Gangs Find New Home On the Net · · Score: 2

    Are you going to trust what she says?

  5. B.S. For funding on Researchers Develop "Narrative Authentication" System · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like useless bullshit produced to get funding dollars.

  6. Re:The corn starch? Gimme a break! on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 1

    Probably GMO free lard.

  7. Re:The corn starch? Gimme a break! on Cheerios To Go GMO-Free · · Score: 1

    They might. I went into a large grocery store in a near by city a few weeks ago and saw gluten free bread (expected), but also yeast free bread — and it was not flat bread. I am expecting them to come up with a bread free bread soon.

  8. Re: Time to appeal on US Federal Judge Rules NSA Data Collection Legal · · Score: 1, Funny

    What a nice conspiracy theory you have there.

  9. Re:misses to mention popular IDE on Developing Games On and For Linux/SteamOS · · Score: 2

    On another platform: yes.

  10. Re:states dont want to compete. on Italy Approves 'Google Tax' On Internet Companies · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perhaps companies that want to do business in country X end up paying taxes in country X instead of trying to scam their way out of it? Government is not free, and nor is it superfluous.

  11. Re:Hide the IE and MSO icons. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Secure Your Parents' PC? · · Score: 2

    Firefox is okay, but LibreOffice when compared to Office 2013 is a piece of shit. If she is still using Office 2003 or before, it might be viable, but 2007 and above - forget it. He doesn't want to change how she uses the computer.

  12. Write limits on Intel SSD Roadmap Points To 2TB Drives Arriving In 2014 · · Score: 0

    How many write limits does this have?

  13. Re: New buzzword? on Why Reactive Programming For Databases Is Awesome · · Score: 1

    Essentially yes. One is saying a fact, the other telling it to do something. A good example is quick sort in Haskell vs C. In the former, you say what the sorted list looks like. In the latter you tell it the operations to perform.

  14. Re:Top talent is always hard to find on Inside the War For Top Developer Talent · · Score: 1

    The people in charge of hiring at the big companies know some of the other recruiters and can actually fact check.

  15. Helathcare.gov? on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 2

    Time to grow up now.

  16. Re:adobe reader. on Google Makes Latest Chrome Build Open PDFs By Default · · Score: 2

    I don't think you understand what Adobe Reader is.

  17. For as little? on AMD's Radeon R9 290X Review · · Score: 1

    "fastest GPU available with its fastest r9 for as little as $550 each" Well, I am glad that they are available for as little as that.

  18. Re:GCC still has a long way to go... on GCC 4.9 To See Significant Upgrades In 2014 · · Score: 1

    It means he knows more about what he is talking about than most of the commenters here.

  19. Re:So what'll we do with half a trillion dollars? on Autonomous Cars Will Save Money and Lives · · Score: 1

    This sounds remarkably like arguing for the broken window fallacy. In this case we are talking about windows that don't have to be broken anymore.

  20. Re:WTF is a "meelion" on Kickstarter For Open Source GPU · · Score: 1

    After over ten years perusing this site, I have yet to form the opinion that editors edit the submissions in any way until there is a bunch of backlash from the comments about a minor transcription error. If there is a major error, it usually is not fixed.

  21. No, But Maybe. on Is HTML5 the Future of Book Authorship? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The obvious answer to this is no, by the law of headlines. However, taking a look at the material does lend itself to the possibility of a good workflow. My own concerns would be with going from LaTeX now — there is some stuff on offer that could be quite excellent once further developed and supported.

  22. Re:This reminds me of on With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs · · Score: 1

    Coasters. I even got a letter printed in the local paper suggesting this.

  23. Re:Allow me to reveal my plan for Tumblr use on Tumblr Follows Instagram - Reveals Plan For More Ads · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are many things about tumblr that are nice from the interface that is ideal way to present those things. But the ads will kill it. Somebody will reproduce it if it is that good, or forget it if alternatives come.

  24. Why? on The World's First CPU Liquid Cooler Using Nanofluids · · Score: 1

    What purpose would a 400W cooler serve? Shouldn't we be trying to keep the heat down in the cpus themselves?

  25. Re: The Romans found out about lead on NRA Launches Pro-Lead Website · · Score: 0

    Why hunt to begin with? It is not like it is necessary for the vast majority and for game hunters the pleasure in animal suffering.