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  1. Re:Good? on AMD Layoffs Maul Marketing, PR Departments · · Score: 1

    I would mod you informative for your post, and funny for north korea.

    If I had the points.

  2. Starcraft! on Wikileaks Suspends Publishing Of Cables Due To "Financial Blockade" · · Score: 1

    Even the most robust, most de-centralized organization will fall against a good drop on their mineral line.

    kekekekekek

  3. Now you need better than 20/20 vision on Samsung Unveils New 10" Retina Display · · Score: 1

    To see all the detail on a screen just an arm's length away from you!

  4. Was it built by a guy named on New Heat Pump Will Last 10,000 Years · · Score: 2

    Goering?

    Oh wait...

  5. Re:How will this beat Google? on Apple To Beat Google On Cloud Music · · Score: 2

    > Apple Inc has completed work on an online music storage service and is set to launch it ahead of Google
    If you read the summary, It'll be by releasing first.

  6. QWOP on Physical Rehab Device Built From Wii Balance Boards · · Score: 1

    For those interested instead in a tool that makes learning to walk awkward and frustrating, there's always QWOP

  7. Re:You're forgetting about radiation on Forget Space Travel, It's Just a Dream · · Score: 1

    It'd eventually become less lethal when/if we start spending more time in space (or near nuclear reactors) to evolve against the increased radiation. Cockroaches and insects are surprisingly hardy against radiation. And there are certain earthworms that evolved to become arsenic resistant.

    It could be that our lack of exposure to radiation is what's preventing us from evolving biologically to become better-suited as a space-faring species.

  8. Papers, Please? on Interpol Wants a Global Identity Card System · · Score: 1

    In Soviet world, papers police you!

  9. Re:Specs on Intel Unveils 10-Core Xeon Processors · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Ok, what? on NESBot: Tool Assisted Speedrun On Real Hardware · · Score: 1

    You can do that by hand. I could back in the day, but only for some places like when I just barely miss a ledge and walljump back up.
    The trick is to hit Mario's foot on the 16th pixel of the block, and jump immediately after touching it.

    It's kinda the same for passing through (breakable) walls, except this time you hit mario's head on the upper block to cause his body to get bumped into the wall.

    It's easy as big mario, try for yourself on 4-2 near the start where there's a huge corridor with breakable blocks above you. Break two blocks in a line, then scroll the screen to the right until the area you broke is partially off-screen to the left. Jump into it while crouching, and if you do it right you'll get stuck in the wall, with the unbroken third block covering where your head would be. Release crouch, and this puts your head in the block, causing the hitbox detection to push you into the wall. You can walk throught he wall afterwards.

  11. Possibly Related on Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children · · Score: 1

    Yes this is a repost, and it's not quite the same as a pre-infection vaccine, but Dr. Goldacre has had to deal with the same BS from Mathias Rath attacking the use of antiretroviral drugs and instead proposing to treat HIV/AIDS with vitamins. There is a lot of crazy going on in the world.

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/23/some-bad-science-can-make-you-laugh-and-some-kills/

  12. DNF no longer = Did Not Finish? on Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed · · Score: 1

    Awww man! We'll not be able to use that racing acronym anymore.

  13. Re:Firefox = not very good for corporate. on Australian Government Denies Microsoft Bias In OOXML Choice · · Score: 1

    I meant when you're logged on as the same user into more than one session, FF won't start and quits with the "Firefox is already running but isn't responding" warning. It's not uncommon to have an administrator account logged on to the same machine using two different remote desktop sessions.

  14. Firefox = not very good for corporate. on Australian Government Denies Microsoft Bias In OOXML Choice · · Score: 2

    Didn't have an MSI installer or GPO support for years on end,
    has bad support for multiple instances (if you are running more than one session on the same machine, firefox won't even launch)
    can't administer settings remotely, or lock down settings pages based on user rights.

    Firefox is great browser, but it's very difficult to deploy and administer to a large corporate environment.
    The recently added MSI installer is a step in the right direction, but there's still some ways for Firefox to go before it can really break into corporate.

  15. Re:Soon, no more call centers on Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer Beats Humans · · Score: 1

    You forgot it's also probably a LOT more expensive than the average call center employee.

  16. Re:Screen Space on Apple May Remove the Home Button On the Next IPad · · Score: 1

    +1 on that!

    Home button functionality could easily be moved to a small button on the side, in case of crashed apps.

  17. Wait... on US Twitter Spying May Have Broken EU Privacy Law · · Score: 1

    So following someone on twitter is a violation of privacy law?

  18. Re:Good! on Catching Exam Cheats With a Spectrum Analyzer · · Score: 1

    > Catch more of them!

    Gotta catch 'em all!

  19. Re:Easier fix. on Catching Exam Cheats With a Spectrum Analyzer · · Score: 1

    I imagine they're more interested in catching the cheats, rather than preventing cheating.

  20. Big Difference... on Should Dolphins Be Treated As Non-Human Persons? · · Score: 1

    Pigs have been proven to be quite tasty.

  21. Re:CPU, HDD, WiFi - RAM doesn't matter on Samsung Develops Power-Sipping DDR4 Memory · · Score: 1

    If they decide the decreased power draw isn't as important, they could could increase performance significantly by running DDR4 at current DDR3 voltages.

  22. Re:PS2? on PS3 Root Key Found · · Score: 1

    The embedded chip was taken out after the first generation, but even second generation PS3s could run PS2 games in emulation mode.
    I guess the emulator just isn't installed on the newer models, but with the key hacked it might be possible to. Of course you'd still need to find the emulator somewhere...

  23. GJ, IBM! on IBM Files the Patent Troll Patent · · Score: 1

    If this finally gets the courts to see how broken the patent system is and force lawmakers to re-think or scrap the whole system it'll be a big win for all concerned.
    At this point, big players like MS, Apple, IBM and Intel may have realized the the risk of loss from patent trolls might be greater than any potential gains from licensing their technology.

  24. Why stop there? on Ubisoft's Draconian DRM Patched? · · Score: 1
  25. Gaming on RemoteFX (videos) on Thin Client, Or Fat Client? That Is the Question · · Score: 2