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  1. Re:open standard yes, open source no. on Mozilla Considers H264 After WebM Fails To Gain Traction · · Score: 1

    I think H.264 will be pretty outdated in 2023.
    HEVC is supposed to be twice as good as H.264.
    I won't be surprised if HEVC's successor is created before 2023.

  2. Re:Sony? on 30 Blu-ray Discs In a 1.5TB MiniDisc-Like Cassette · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to bother listing the numerous ways they've fucked over their customers over the last decade (at least)

    Actually, if anyone has a link listing those, I'd be interested.
    Putting rootkits on CDs isn't a sufficient reason to boycott, for some people I know. (They don't buy music)

  3. Re:Anti-Gay? on EA Defends Itself Against Thousands of Anti-Gay Letters · · Score: 1

    tinfoil hatz bitcoins russian reversals lulz the cloud trollz ftfy obligatory xkcd whoosh pedants PROFIT!

    I just noticed that your signature is the perfect summary of Slashdot comments :)

  4. The *other* definition of "gay" on EA Defends Itself Against Thousands of Anti-Gay Letters · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they also receive a lot of messages like "Mass Effect 3 was gay", or "EA is gay", but that has nothing to do with sexual orientation :)

    Gay: (slang, pejorative) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid.

  5. Re:It's more than just global warming gas on Climate Change To Drive Weather Disasters, Say UN Experts · · Score: 1

    The other one got eaten, obviously.

  6. Re:Woe Be The Day Cash Becomes Illegal on Sweden Moving Towards Cashless Economy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apparently, the main problem with your tokens is that you can't pay a fraction of a token.

  7. Re:Short answer... on Ask Slashdot: Any Smart Phones Made Under Worker-Friendly Conditions? · · Score: 1

    I don't get it.

    If there is a shortage of employees, then:
    - how can employees have enough time to get a second job?
    - why would employees need to get a second job? (A shortage of employees would drive salaries up, as opposed to massive unemployment, which tends to drive salaries down).

  8. Re:Head's hurting on Photographing Police: Deletion Is Not Forever · · Score: 2

    OK, OK, here I am.
    See, I'm not resisting.
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Excuse me, officer, what was I arrested for, again?

  9. Re:who's paying for it? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    I wonder who these people who can afford French petrol and diesel prices, but can't afford $4 are.

    As a comparison:
    Americans are complaining about gas nearing $4 per gallon.
    Here in France (as well as other European countries), it costs over $8 per gallon. (Over €1.60/L. Please note that, as a civilized country, we use the metric system.)

  10. Re:who's paying for it? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    5 * 365 = 1825

    He was implying that you have to use it everyday, which is not what the law requires. (You will need to have 1 working breathalyser at all times).

  11. Re:The 100% claim is essentially correct on The Himalayas and Nearby Peaks Have Lost No Ice In Past 10 Years, Study Shows · · Score: 2

    He wrote

    recorded history

    You wrote

    Phanerozoic spanning the past 600 million years

    Not exactly the same time frame...

  12. Re:The answer appears to be a yes. on Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite? · · Score: 1

    This one? Very likely.

  13. Re:clipperz on Ask Slashdot: Changing Passwords For the New Year? · · Score: 1

    Yes, online password managers might be the solution for those times the OP is "at other computers".

  14. Re:Origin experience, horrible bugs on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 1

    I thought SWTOR didn't use Origin?

    I don't like EA either, but considering they own so many franchises and game studios, I don't see them dying anytime soon.

  15. Re:MMO on a console on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 1

    Playing a FPS without a mouse... I still find it painful.

  16. Re:Irking on Star Wars: the Old Republic Launches · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Do you really have to play games as soon as they're out?

    You could buy them a year (or 2 years) later, when they cost $15.

    It's just a matter of preference. For the same amount of money, would you rather play 1 game all year long, or 10 different games?

  17. Re:LOL on Hard Drive Makers Slash Warranties · · Score: 1

    I know it's anecdotal, but I bought a Maxtor HDD in late 2007.

    It lasted about 6 months.

  18. Re:She protests too much on Baker Has to Make 102,000 Cupcakes For Grouponers · · Score: 1

    I bet they were selling like cupcakes.
    Oh wait...

  19. Re:You must feel so proud of yourself... on OpenSUSE 12.1 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, there's this repository ("Tumbleweed" they call it) that basically turns OpenSUSE into a rolling release distro.
    It's optional, though, and not enabled by default.

  20. Re:Doesn't it use Ubuntus repos? on Linux Mint: the New Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's based on debian testing, rather than unstable.
    A rolling release makes sense. What annoyed me the most in Ubuntu was the big upgrade every 6 months. (Takes at least an hour, makes major changes every time).

  21. Re:No (fission) Nukes on Spontaneous Fission In Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 · · Score: 1

    Maybe his point was that, most active reactors are generation 2 reactors, and there aren't any working thorium reactors (AFAIK).
    The industry doesn't work that way.

  22. Re:Cancer screenings are wrong on Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening · · Score: 1
    You might have a point, but what are those

    "illnesses" that magically popped into existence in the past 20 years

    ?

  23. Re:Chrome also runs as root on Bug Opens Chrome to Easy Remote Code Execution · · Score: 2

    Not on Windows
    You get UAC popups in Firefox because it is installed in %ProgramFiles%
    You don't get UAC popups with Chrome because it is installed in %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\

    Chrome doesn't have any administrative privileges.

  24. Re:Boy, it's great being a taxpayer in America. on $529M DOE Loan Spawns $97K Made-in-Finland Cars · · Score: 1

    I may be wrong, but since it is a loan guarantee, I would say no taxpayer's money has been spent on this. Yet.

  25. Re:Allow! on Nanomaterial May Allow Devices to Rewire Themselves · · Score: 1
    For those who don't get it, the title of this story was originally

    Nanomaterial May Alloy Devices to Rewire Themselves

    and was later edited to

    Nanomaterial May Allow Devices to Rewire Themselves