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  1. Re:IPAD vs Laptop on An Astronaut's View of Space Station Tech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Except most civilian GPS chips don't work above 60 or 80k feet or so and definitely not at orbital velocities. I assume this is so you can't put your Tomtom in a SCUD missile.

  2. Re:How to do better...(growth, civics, or obedienc on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    Education can have several goals in this descending order:

    * To help a person grow as a person

    * To help a person be a good citizen

    * To shape a person into someone elses' vision of a good consumer and good worker and, for a few, a good obedient professional with the "right" politics

    I don't find these categories helpful. The third simply informs the first and second.

  3. Re:What we do/don't need in Calculus. on How Much Math Do We Really Need? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think we should pull back on subjects like "standardized test preparation." We're taught to pass idiotic tests, so all we ever learn is idiocy.

    I think it might have helped if they increased the pace of your logic instruction.

  4. Re:Why Do People Still Care About Blizzard? on Julian Love, Lead Technical Artist for Diablo 3 · · Score: 1

    It also helps that Diablo 2 was a widely loved game and there hasn't been a worthy competitor in the same genre in the 10 years since its come out. No, Torchlight was not as good.

    Diablo II had too much running around outside. It turns out randomly generated fields aren't very exciting. For this reason alone, I like Torchlight better (and Diablo I, for that matter).

  5. Re:Self-publishing vs. editorial vetting on The Ease of Publishing an Ebook · · Score: 1

    Self-publishing works well for:
    * Authors with an established reputation in that genre
    * The rare person who can act as his own editor. Hint - if you think that's you, it isn't.
    * Anyone who isn't motivated by finances and who doesn't need the marketing services of a reputable publisher.

    Why is it assumed that self-published has to mean self- or non-edited?

  6. This is not a worm on New Email Worm Squirming Through Windows Users' Inboxes · · Score: 1

    It is a file that is linked in the spam message itself, with an .SCR extension (.SCR is a screen saver extension in win32, if I am not mistaken), though the text of the file reads as though it were a PDF. In Outlook, at least, downloading and executing the file immediately causes the user's outbox to fill with emails to all of his or her closest coworker friends. The emails have the subject "Here you have."

  7. Re:LINUX rounds numbers fine on Microsoft Losing Big To Apple On Campus · · Score: 1

    The MagSafe adapter has saved me from destroying my computer on a number of occasions

    Mac users must be some of the clumsiest people on earth because I've never wrecked a laptop because of the power cord, or come close.

  8. Re:Sad Day for Print on Barnes and Noble Bookstore Chain Put In Play · · Score: 1

    Nothing will let you cram reading into a busy schedule like an e-reader. It is much more compact and travel-ready than a large paperback, contains all the books you have purchased for it, and is far more comfortable to read than a paperback or hardback. Having purchased a Kindle, the only thing I really miss at this point is the smell of the paper and the ability to borrow, lend, and buy used copies of books. Hopefully competition will eventually force Amazon to implement some sort of borrowing or re-selling feature.

  9. Re:Let me tell you... on Barnes and Noble Bookstore Chain Put In Play · · Score: 1

    I bought a Kindle because I cannot conceive of Amazon going out of business or ceasing to support the product before it wears out or breaks.