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  1. Re:One big difference: discounts. on Doing the Math On the New MacBook · · Score: 1

    This cuts both ways, though; the resale value of a Mac holds better than a PC.

  2. Re:Y'all live in Texas? on Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I didn't read the linked blagh

    Heh. How about "blahg" or "blah-g"? Even better emphasizes their essential nature.

  3. Re:Hey! That's my MacBook on TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property · · Score: 1

    I read that as "We will admit to no more than 300 TSA employees allowing themselves to be found out so far."

  4. Re:I smell BS on B&W TV Generation Has Monochrome Dreams · · Score: 2, Funny

    The truth, of course, is that before the 1950s, the world itself was in Black and White.

    You think that's bad; a few decades before that the world was silent (sometimes having music in the background).

  5. Re:What the programmer had to say about the car... on Tesla Motors Shaken Up, Laying Off · · Score: 1

    That's my objection, since some might consider the number of gallons of gasoline as a measure of pollution, or how much it affects a country's oil usage. It it's really about cost, and you want a familiar measure, state it in miles per $CURRENT_GASOLINE_PRICE_PER_GALLON, which would apparently be 140 miles per $3.

  6. Theater to test theater? on Schneier, Journalist Poke Holes In TSA Policies · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How does Schneier putting on theater test whether they can detect a real terrorist? This is like those experiments where the researchers set up shocks or some such for the monkeys, they provide bogus explanations for the monkeys' behavior that totally excludes the fact that there were researchers behind the scenes doing things, which the monkeys were aware of.

  7. Re:Treat the IRS Like a Bank on IRS Rolls Out Risky Tax Processing Systems · · Score: 1

    I think you forgot the step where you divide how much you made... ...by a value less than 1.

  8. Re:What the programmer had to say about the car... on Tesla Motors Shaken Up, Laying Off · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's crazy-fast. It handles like a jet fighter. It gets the equivalent of about 140 mpg. It has no gears. It requires almost no maintenance.e It's gorgeous. It's whisper-quiet. And, in Seattle, runs off hydro power.

    So it gets 140 miles per gallon of water? I'm confused. I thought it was electric. What meaning does MPG have for an electric car?

  9. Re:my rationale: on Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf Endorses Obama · · Score: 1

    Well, I'll give you credit for having some sort of reason. I tried writing without capitalized sentences for a while but found it harder to read, as the capital provides a visual marker for sentence boundaries.

  10. Re:Instant on UI on Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows · · Score: 2, Funny

    Close; the instant-on feature allows you a myriad of options, including a) continuing to boot into windows (2 minutes), or b) turn off computer. This will take a few years to implement, though.

  11. Re:Well, that depends.... on Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant · · Score: 1

    'Looks good in Internet Explorer and doesn't seem to crash Firefox or Opera' is not a standard.

    Calm down, it takes up to a week for your bribe^H^H^H^H^Hcheck to be delivered and processed by ISO.

  12. Re:i am voting for barack obama on Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf Endorses Obama · · Score: 1

    While we're on the topic of failures, you have utterly failed to capitalize the first word of each of your sentences, failed to end most with a period, and made every sentence a separate paragraph. Mere pedantry? Your message would be more readable if you followed common rules.

  13. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    That's an indirect effect.

  14. Re:but his "campfire" sessions are just meetings on Jason Fried On Focus and Avoiding Interruptions · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Oh yes, and making dumb statements like

    It's really hard to change that organization if you don't have the power to change it

    doesn't make him sound like he knows what he's talking about - either

    Are you kidding? It sounds like he has a good grasp of basic logic. Based on that statement alone, I'd feel confident consulting him for questions like "If it's raining and I'm outside without cover, will I get wet?" and "If my front door is locked and I don't have the key and nobody's home, can I get in?"

  15. Pulled out of thin air, makes sense on Windows 7 To Be Called ... Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    As much wonderful sense as this makes on first glance, it seems as if Microsoft's marketing teams pulled this number out of thin air

    So basically, they pulled this number out of their heads?

  16. Re:woohoo! on Repairing Genetic Mutations With Lasers? · · Score: 1

    Notice how this is about repairing mere mutations (different = BAD), rather than defects?

  17. Re:Turn down the volume on Study Links Personal Music Players To Hearing Loss · · Score: 1

    Big difference, though, since hearing loss won't affect your health directly in any other way.

  18. Re:Other helpful practices: smart braking on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    This tactic can be quite entertaining if, for example, an impatient bozo in a SUV comes up behind you while you're coasting, honks, pulls around you and speeds ahead only to stop at the light, and then you smoke him as you coast through the light just as it turns green.

    Hehe ain't that the truth, though unfortunately going through the light just as it turns green can be unsafe if one of those all-too-common idiots who go through red lights is present.

  19. Re:Error messages that crop up in the near future. on Microsoft Quietly Previews PC Advisor Repair Tool · · Score: 1
    Continuing...

    Windows Excessive Alerts: "Many alerts were just displayed. Would you like to reduce the number of them in the future? [Reduce] [No Change]"

    Windows Common Response: "You chose the same response to the last several alerts. Would you like to make this the default in the future? [Default] [No Change]"

    Microsoft Emotion Manager: "You have mostly denied suggested actions. Please take a break and calm down. [Accept]"

  20. Re:There's even a programming language for this on FCC Report Supports Use of White Spaces For Wireless · · Score: 4, Funny

    Only AND? Do OR and XOR already have girlfriends?

  21. There's even a programming language for this on FCC Report Supports Use of White Spaces For Wireless · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's already a whitespace programming language that would go perfect with this proposal!

  22. Re:Not just spam... trolling spam on Map of Web Content By Perspective · · Score: 1

    But hey, they managed to keep spelling and grammar mistakes to a minimum, so I guess that's something.

    They? I thought it was only one person.

  23. Re:Why should everything bring a profit? on Lessig's "In Defense of Piracy" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bad example, since you cited a physical resource. If I use it, someone else can't. Not so with information.

  24. Re:Standardization on 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies · · Score: 1

    Or at the very least, allow these to be used as a base. So example.com has a privacy policy that is the terms of standard policy A + a few additional items.

  25. Re:Solution: Standardized policies on 20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies · · Score: 1

    Like with software licenses, you don't bother to read the GPL for each time you install software that uses that license.

    Since when does merely installing GPL software bind the user to anything? Maybe you meant "...you don't bother to re-read the GPL each time you distribute modifications to software that uses it."