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  1. Re:I have to use this software at work on How Intuit Manages 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    Quickbooks works for the most part I guess, Point-of-Sale is Busch League...

    Ah, you nailed the problem: too much drinking on the job!

  2. Re:Bah. on How Intuit Manages 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 2

    Not really, given Jobs did all he could to undermine & destroy the Apple IIgs (Woz's creation) because it was outselling the unprofitable Macintosh (Jobs' baby), and decided that no more Apple II family systems would be released.

    You mean the IIgs that came out in September 1986, a year after Jobs left Apple? Man, you guys really don't even know the basic facts about Apple.

  3. Re:it seems to me rap music was the last "new soun on Study Finds New Pop Music Does All Sound the Same · · Score: 1

    What did Grunge do that the garage rock bands of the 60s didn't? Besides sell millions of records.

  4. Re:This is news? on Study Finds New Pop Music Does All Sound the Same · · Score: 1

    For example, here's some deep background from earlier this year.

    WTF is with the insane links to Wikipedia throughout that article? Does he really think that the average person reading that needs immediately accessible definitions for something as common as "disco", "independent musician", and "scientist" ?! Yeesh.

  5. Re:Don't bother on Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Why are you their computer support? Granted I help my Dad out here and there when he has some Windows problem, but 90% of the time it's just me poking around control panels or reasoning out the possible cause.

    The story submitter should keep his eyes on his own paper: what other people run is none of his business.

  6. Re:cool ... good that I use OS 10.5 on New Mac Trojan Installs Silently, No Password Required · · Score: 1

    Why would I need to work overtime on a Saturday to pay for a Mac? I've never had to in the past.

  7. Re:cool ... good that I use OS 10.5 on New Mac Trojan Installs Silently, No Password Required · · Score: 1

    I am Hipster Spartacus!

  8. Re:Dyslexic much? on Skydiver Leaps From 18 Miles Up In 'Space Jump' Practice · · Score: 1

    Somebody should tell them that breaking this record may lend them into troubles with RIAA (label: Rhino/Warner Bros)

    Pfft. Buncha latecomers

  9. Re:Probably a one-off case but... on Ask Slashdot - Careers In Computer Science That Keep You Physically Active? · · Score: 1

    Why don't the gyms have showers?

  10. Re:Lock the door when inside on Open Millions of Hotel Rooms With Arduino · · Score: 3, Funny

    We had a problem with a hotel safe once. When the tech guy came he popped the plastic keypad off to expose a serial port then hooked up his iPhone to it and opened the door. I wonder how secure that is...

    Lies! iPhones and iPads are for content consumption only, and cannot possibly used for real work.

  11. Re:Standard connectors? LOL you wish! on Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    FireWire licenses were a dollar a port when introduced. This later came down quite a lot. USB had no port charges because the system developers had to buy the controller chips from Intel, who didn't double-dip.

  12. Re:Was it taken out of context? on Gartner Analyst Retracts "Windows 8 Is Bad" Claim · · Score: 1

    You must be trolling.

  13. Re:Privacy Concerns Aside on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    Ever heard of Usenet?

  14. Re:Privacy Concerns Aside on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it could be narrowed down if they know what city you live in.

  15. Re:Nitrogen on Ask Slashdot: Storing Items In a Sealed Chest For 25 Years? · · Score: 1

    Or just don't buy shitty new media. PNY, seriously? Taiyo Yuden, man.

  16. Re:"How an individual voted"??? on 2.4 Million Ontario Voters' Private Info Compromised · · Score: 2

    Really, it's like a lot of information that's technically "publicly" available, but scattered among multiple incomplete sources. This leak compiles a lot of that public info into one easy to digest package.

    It's like how a lot of property ownership information was "publicly" available, but getting off your ass, down to City Hall, and filing the proper information requests. Once it hits the 'net, the effort needed to access that information en masse drops drastically. Then you can do nefarious things with it.

  17. Re:Wrong trend in two dimensions on Don't Super-Size My Smartphone! · · Score: 1

    Try a bumper or similar case to give it more grip around the edges, it really makes a big difference.

  18. Re:how 'bout some gun control... on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There would be shooting, but the shooter wouldn't have survived.

    Right. Because a crowded, dark, smoke-filled movie theater is the perfect place to test your marksmanship.

  19. Re:Shooting themselves in the foot. on Australian Consumer Group Wants Geo-IP Blocking Banned · · Score: 0

    Music distributors, are you listening? I want to buy music from an artist I like, but your distribution agreements with iTunes won't let me (legitimately) PURCHASE the music you supposedly want to sell (it's only available in Canada, I live in the USA).

    So go to Amazon.ca and buy the CD. Problem solved.

  20. Re:BS on The Decline of Fiction In Video Games · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you should just go back to playing Asteroids.

  21. Re:hey ronald... on McDonald's Denies Prof's Claim Staff Attacked Him For Wearing Digital Glasses · · Score: 2

    I've eaten McD about 5 times a week for the last decade.

    Why?

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

    Theater owners could start by offering reasonable prices. I don't know how that is in the US, but here in Europe you may have to pay up to 5 Euro for a bag of peanuts. Usually I bring my own stuff, but it's still insulting.

    Stop buying snacks at the movies, problem solved. I figured that out when I was 10.

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

    Go see a 7:00 show on a Wednesday evening on the 2nd or 3rd week of release. No one's there who doesn't want to just watch a movie. And you can get a crowd of friends all sitting together easier.

  24. Re:More like Peter was angry on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    Well, technically, it still doesnt work. The iphone is a content consumer device, not a content producer device.

    Guess all those companies writing content creation software somehow didn't get your memo.

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

    What TV programs are shot and displayed at 60 FRAMES per second? (Note: not fields)