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  1. Re:Lameness on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 0

    Rest in piece, you run yourself to the ground, for the rest of us?

  2. Not really on Using a Supercomputer To Predict Revolutions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's much easier to look for spikes or what your data looks like *after* an important event has taken place, than to actually predict them. I'm sure that even if I look at my computer logs on a significant date, there's most likely something there that I would class as interesting or out of the ordinary, in hindsight, too...

  3. Who needs native code? on River Trail — Intel's Parallel JavaScript · · Score: 5, Funny

    CPUs

  4. Re:Apple cares only about profit on Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage · · Score: 0

    Sorry but no, not all corporations are like that. In fact, there are many corporations that put environmental and social responsibilities first. And also no to your second argument, voting with your wallet actually does work. I don't know if you're an Apple consumer or just naive, but these are facts.

  5. Sun on Oracle Ordered To Lower Damages Claim On Google · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And THAT is the answer to the question "why did Google not buy Sun". It is cheaper to just some nickels and dimes now. And I guess they didn't need Solaris.

  6. First post! on Google Blocks co.cc From Search Results · · Score: 1

    Wasn't this posted a few days ago?

  7. Re:They're spending a lot of money on this? on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 1

    Sorry but I think parent talks a load of bull. How can it be modded interesting? The guy is talking about modeling and analysis but not about any facts/evidence of success about its predictive nature. In other words, he merely said that you can do more with more computing power. Sorry but... isn't that obvious?

  8. Re:Say waht you will about MS on Bill Gates On Energy · · Score: 1

    Putting all of it in one tank is not practical. Surely we could have multiple tanks. And you are assuming that the entire energy grid is powered by wind power. Plus efficiencies could be made by the time it all got to that point.

  9. Re:Danger, Will Robinson! on Jailbreakme 3.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Because I wasn't referring to backups, just noticed that he has a bunch of Apple kit. Cranky much?

  10. Re:Danger, Will Robinson! on Jailbreakme 3.0 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ouch, this must be a bit of a pain. Maybe a good opportunity to try something outside the walled garden for a change? :)

  11. Re:You know... that might not be a bad idea... on America: Like It Or Unfriend It · · Score: 1

    I hated it when they made us memorize dates too. But guess what, we were much more capable of doing that back then than we are now. So I still remember certain important dates to this day. Whether they come handy in anything else than suffixing them to passwords, I don't know... :P

  12. Isn't this a valid question? on Jailbreakme 3.0 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why don't you buy hardware that you can actually own? You know, so that you're not afraid that Apple will lock you out of your own hardware.

  13. Re:You know... that might not be a bad idea... on America: Like It Or Unfriend It · · Score: 3

    Actually it is very depressing that THIS is how you get children to be interested in your history. I blame the parents.

  14. Re:Pay for devs on Why Are There So Few Honeycomb Apps? · · Score: 1

    I think that's what Microsoft is sort of doing, but is it really working for them?

  15. Re:What summary leaves out ... on Office 365: Suffer 18 Days' Outage, Still Pay Half Price · · Score: 1

    Uhm isn't 17.999... days still about 18 days? The summary said 18 days of downtime, still pay 50%. That's a pretty accurate summary when using my kind of rounding.

  16. fun {Send X} {Port.sendRecv Server.port X} on Announcing Ozma: Extending Scala With Oz Concurrency · · Score: 1

    I don't like Ozma, it takes the fun out of functions :P

  17. Lamest question I've ever seen on Slashdot. on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Title says it all.

  18. Re:Not a fan boy, but... on A Deep-Dive Look At Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 · · Score: 0

    You made a mistake. You bought an expensive Android tablet. You should have looked at devices half or a third of the cost, such as Nook Color. It is great for most things such as web browsing and gaming. For the things it's not, you tend to not mind for a device of that cost.

  19. Presumptious much?? on Skype Protocol Has Been Reverse Engineered · · Score: 1

    Microsoft did not threaten any Kinect hackers when they reversed that protocol...

  20. Let me be the first to foresee... on Apple Announces iCloud and iWork For iOS · · Score: 1

    "iCloud... When it is down, that is actually a feature."

  21. Assertive much? on Why IT Needs To Change for Gen Z · · Score: 2

    Well, while I'm in charge, they can bring them alright but they can't plug them or use them for anything work related. Won't there be a capacity for company issued devices in five years time?

  22. The point being? on Explosion At Foxconn Factory Kills 2, Injures 16 · · Score: 1

    I think the interest in publishing these stories stems from the contrast between the death and hardship suffered on the workers' side, as opposed to the blatant enjoyment and consumerism of using non-essential things like iPads, portraying a sort of class gap intending to elicit feelings of guilt. I have a rooted Android tablet (nook color); therefore I am entitled to feel good, twice!

  23. Re:Oh no! my disc replication plant!! on RIAA-Backed Warrantless Search Bill In California · · Score: 1

    I wonder how the summary somehow left out that these warrentless searches are of commercial disc replication plants.

    Haven't we seen all these rights given somehow used in the wrong contexts? Such as the spying of people by government officers for petty reasons?

  24. Re:I don't get it on Miguel De Icaza Forms New Mono Company: Xamarin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Java isn't native to Linux. But I get what you were trying to say.

  25. Re:Good news? on Miguel De Icaza Forms New Mono Company: Xamarin · · Score: 1

    I don't think they will be GPL and LGPL? The MonoTouch and MonoDroid clones will be commercial offerings following a similar closed philosophy according to Miguel de Icaza (see www.tirania.org/blog)