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  1. Re:Faster? on Linux 3.0 Will Be Faster Than 2.6.39 · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Install on Synaptic Dropped From Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should consult the login button.

  3. Re:Install on Synaptic Dropped From Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ironic but true. Just like MS preinstalling only IE. As long as you can use it to get Firefox or Chrome or whatever, then no big deal.

  4. Re:Interesting Points on A Generation of Software Patents Examined · · Score: 1

    not not false...I can use double negatives too.

    I believe, sir, that was a triple negative. Also, English questions phrased "is it not _?" usually are an assertion of _, so in this case the double negative doesn't actually double negate. It turns into an assertion of "unconstitutionality".

  5. I call bs on New Apple Multi-Touch Patent Is Too Broad · · Score: 1

    patent experts

    Patent law is basically "whatever bs you can get away with"; how can there be "experts" in that?

  6. Re:Is this an ad? on Android App Quality Pathetically Low Says Developer · · Score: 1

    Hint: all /. articles are ads these days

  7. Re:The future.... on Google Chrome To Have Real-Time Communications · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We noticed that your face was turned away during our advertisement. Let us play that again for you..."

  8. Couldn't they just... on Google Chrome To Have Real-Time Communications · · Score: 1

    ...use JavaScript for this sort of thing? Why the special need for "WebRTC"?

  9. Re:MS hate on Microsoft's SkyDrive Drops Silverlight · · Score: 1

    Have you noticed Silverlight hasn't even had the same security concerns and exploits as Flash?

    In fairness, the lack of "security concerns" in Silverlight compared to Flash in this case is rather similar to Linux's lack of "security concerns" compared to Windows. It's just not used nearly as much.

  10. Re:This is getting silly on Mozilla Ships Firefox 5, Meets Rapid-Release Plan · · Score: 1

    Version numbers in the teens may sound cool, but once we get into the 20s (like emacs 23?) the version number starts losing its novelty. At that point you definitely need either animals or desserts in your version names.

  11. Re:Walled garden on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 1

    Apologies for the confusion. "walled-garden", which often applies to Apple platforms, was not used to refer to iThings in this case, but rather, to Skype.

  12. Re:Walled garden on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 1

    Works for tons of apps that require you to connect to their special service in their special way. Hence my sarcastic "newsflash".

  13. Re:Walled garden on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 1

    This is what I was getting at. (Proprietary Skype protocol and all that)

  14. Walled garden on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 0, Troll

    Newsflash: walled-garden app forces users to do things their walled-garden way. Film at 11.

  15. Re:Won't last long on Defiance Combines TV Show and MMO · · Score: 1

    My thoughts exactly. This show sounds like a huge troll magnet.

  16. Re:Just look at the cleanups on History of Software Forks Favors LibreOffice · · Score: 4, Informative

    The project and software are commonly known as OpenOffice, but this term is trademarked both in the Netherlands, by a company co-founded by Wouter Hanegraaff, and also, independently, in the UK by Orange UK.

    OpenOffice.org

  17. This just in on IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer · · Score: 1, Redundant

    your mom did not invent the personal computer, either.

  18. Re:Are we positive... on Microsoft, Google, Twitter Debate HTML5 · · Score: 1

    Games will still be native

    Don't underestimate the number of zombies^H^H^H^H^H^H^H people that play FarmVille.

  19. Re:No news on Microsoft Brands WebGL a 'Harmful' Technology · · Score: 1

    Quirks mode is the worst idea ever. And yet my company's app *depends* on being run in quirks mode. [insert angry reddit eyes here]

  20. the headlines today... on Are 'Nudging Technologies' Ethical? · · Score: 0

    make me want to quit slashdot. Slow nerd news day.

  21. orly? on Microsoft, Google, Twitter Debate HTML5 · · Score: 1

    the move toward apps instead of websites is being driven less by technology than the imperative to make money.

    Genious conclusion! /sarcasm Really, though. True "technology" advances lead to interoperability, not mini walled gardens.

  22. Complete non-headline.. on 'Dead Media' Never Really Die · · Score: 1

    apparently nowadays common knowledge = slashdot headline.

  23. "tech behind social security" on IBM Turns 100 · · Score: 1

    So IBM invented the increment operator?

  24. Re:Uhm, wrong about LOTRO on Steam Now Offering Free-To-Play Games · · Score: 1

    Or if you have a job, you could work like 1hr overtime, as opposed to "working" 20 hours in game, to earn about the same amount. Unless you enjoy your in-game work and hate your irl work.

  25. Re:Methinks it be the script-kiddies on Is This the Golden Age of Hacking? · · Score: 1

    highly skilled IT staff

    Am I horrible if my first thought when I read this was "oxymoron"?