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  1. Re:This isn't nearly as bad as the division bug on AMD Confirms CPU Bug Found By DragonFly BSD's Matt Dillon · · Score: 2

    He said he was trying to make, "the first MMORPG using Quick Basic."

    He didn't say he was trying to make, "the first MMORPG ever created, while also using Quick Basic."

  2. Re:Yes on Skilled Readers Recognize Words By Shape · · Score: 1

    "Begs the question" isn't meaningless filler, it's used incorrectly. http://begthequestion.info/

  3. Re:For a new Android user on New SMS Trojan Found In Android Markets · · Score: 2

    A good practice is to find an app in which you are interested, then review the permissions to verify they make sense.

    For instance, if you're downloading a new phonebook and the app asks for permission to your contacts, you can assume that it really needs it.
    If you're downloading a new tic-tac-toe game that asks for full permission to read your ingoing and outgoing calls, you should really question why it needs that.

    This isn't foolproof, but it is a really good place to start.

  4. Re:What...? on Putting Up With Consolitis · · Score: 1

    Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2 both do this.

  5. Re:Wow. on 200 Students Admit Cheating After Professor's Online Rant · · Score: 1

    My Chem 101 class at Nebraska photo copied every test. Oh, and they don't tell you that until after the regrade submission time for the first test is finished. I think my class dropped in size from 250 to 230 people after they submitted all the cheaters to student affairs.

    Most other profs simply wrote either the correct answer or simply what you did wrong in red.

  6. Re:Tall statement on New Programming Language Weaves Security Into Code · · Score: 1

    SELinux is/was intended for embedded applications and servers; things where the functionality is strictly defined. Using it on desktops, while indeed safer, was not the NSA's original intent. It is truly a nightmare to maintain on desktops when your installed packages are constantly changing.

  7. Re:Awesome.. on Gigabit Speeds At Home In the US · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You have to take into account the fact that North America is enormous compared to most other countries topping that list.

    It's not feasible to think places like the midwest with many many miles between towns can offer high speed to the people that live between said towns.

  8. Re:Everything You Need to Know About Niggers on Everything You Need To Know About USB 3.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey now, circular reasoning is sweet. It allows for all sorts of awesomeness. Without circular reasoning, we wouldn't have circular reasoning!

  9. Re:HHTG on Touchless Gesture User Interfaces · · Score: 1

    Haha, nice one.

    How would you propose to turn it on then?

  10. Re:Primates on Possible Treatment For Ebola · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Humans are animals. However, the term "animals" is generally used to describe all animals EXCEPT us. Rinse and repeat for your example.

  11. Re:Backdoors on Should Developers Have Access To Production? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think he meant malicious backdoors. I read that as backdoors to allow debugging/etc.

  12. Re:Lexmark on Linux on Lexmark Sues 24 Companies Over Toner-Cartridge Patents · · Score: 1

    Can you get me a copy of that OS? Sounds sexy.

  13. Re:Huh? on Foursquare-Style Checking In For Couch Potatoes · · Score: 1

    I really don't understand what your comment has to do with this post...

  14. Re:Long live to SUSE??? on Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cut my post too short.

    "SUSE maintainer Andrea Arcangeli provided a fix for the problem in September 2004, but for unknown reasons this fix was not included in the Linux kernel"

  15. Re:Long live to SUSE??? on Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You didn't even read the summary, let alone the article. Good work.

    From the article: 'As the linked article notes: "SUSE itself has the fix and SUSE Linux Enterprise 9, 10 and 11 as well as openSUSE 11.1 through 11.3 do not exhibit this vulnerability."'

  16. Re:dota on Valve Trademarks 'DOTA' · · Score: 1

    I found the same problem, by the way. I got a friend to try it, and he did ok as a few heroes. However, his problem was that he couldn't ever tell what an enemy was going to do to him. He ended up getting frustrated after a few games and never touched it again.

  17. Re:So serious on Can Twitter and Facebook Deal With Their Dead? · · Score: 1

    Recover your password.

  18. Clean on close on Browser Private Modes Not So Private After All · · Score: 1

    I use Firefox and have it set to clean up all history/cookies every time I close it. I wonder how much is left behind for me.

  19. Re:What the hell happened inside Google? on Google and Verizon In Talks To Prioritize Traffic (Updated) · · Score: 1

    That is awesome. Thanks for the lunch-break read.

  20. Hoping on Market Data Firm Spots the Tracks of Bizarre Robot Trading · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's probably someone programmed it to spam with lowball offers in hopes that some actually succeed. It wouldn't take very many successes for the buyer to make a profit.

  21. Re:Ridiculous. on Is StarCraft II Killing Graphics Cards? · · Score: 0

    Well, they didn't eliminate the people, just the work they had to do. So I was actually popular!

  22. Re:Ridiculous. on Is StarCraft II Killing Graphics Cards? · · Score: 0

    I worked at Sprint (the phone company) Headquarters as an intern. My team consisted of about 7-8 Spreadsheet engineers. I actually eliminated the need for 2 employees with a macro that took me 3 hours to write.

  23. Re:Atari vs. Commodore on Tribalism Is the Enemy Within, Says Shuttleworth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mod up mod up!

  24. Re:Remember kids on HDMI Labeling Requirements Promise a Stew of Confusion · · Score: 5, Funny

    I worked at Best Buy in highschool. We had an ongoing competition of: -Whenever someone was interested in a ps2, try to get them to buy an XBox. -Whenever someone was interested in an XBox, try to get them to buy a ps2. Good times.