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  1. Re:it didn't on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 1

    There have been no less than 70 riots based on the content of this film. Here is a list of all of them:

    Exaggerate much? I see a lot of descriptions of people doing no more than exercising their First Amendment rights in that list.

  2. Re:Umm, I don't get it on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 1

    made stronger by the fact that the producer hid the true content of the film from the cast and crew until it was released

    It was also originally falsely publicised as being created by a Jewish Israeli director, which is further evidence that the intention of the film was incitement, not exercising of free speech.

  3. Re:How is it understood as anything but punishment on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 1

    You are not allowed to maintain aliases on probation.

    No, he was not allowed to use aliases on probation. Probation conditions are specific to the individual, and linked with the previous offending (fraud in his case).

  4. Re:Turning food into electricity... on Sugar Batteries Could Store 20% More Energy Than Li-Ions · · Score: 0

    Even if we went into full scale production of these and replaced Li-Ion batteries altogether, it wouldn't make an appreciable difference on the sugar market.

    And if these can be made from palm sugar instead of cane sugar, all we need to do is replace the world's remaining tropical rainforest with more palm plantations and all our supply problems are gone, right?

  5. Re:Water, or some other fluid? on Rover Finds Ancient Streambed On Martian Surface · · Score: 1

    Mercury would explain why the martians arranged those rocks to use as stepping stones to get across the stream. You wouldn't exactly want to get your feet wet in a pure mercury stream.

  6. Re:They're really playing for keeps, aren't they? on Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps · · Score: 1

    On any map of this area you look at, except Googles, 14th Street would be aligned horizontally (east to west) while 7th Avenue would be aligned vertically (north to south). Greenwich Ave would then run diagonally across a printed page, exactly as it does in real life. To show you what I mean, go to Google Maps and input the address, 100 West 14th Street New York New York.

    Notice how 14th Street does not run E/W but runs diagonally. Greenwich Ave runs closer to N/S than it does diagonally.

    I don't know what sort of maps you're looking at (not-to-scale tourist maps on the back of brochure's perhaps?) but every other map I've checked shows that area correctly with North at the top - just like Google.

  7. Re:They're really playing for keeps, aren't they? on Why Apple Replaced iOS Maps · · Score: 1

    You'd think Google could've gotten Apple to agree to ...

    Apparently you haven't noticed the pattern from the negotiations mentioned in the summary, and the negotiations that have preceded Apple v Samsung and all the other court cases Apple are involved in with their competitors. Apple refused is how Apple negotiates.

  8. Re:The formats being ditched are Office 97-2003 on Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats On Oct. 1 · · Score: 1

    Yeah, wrong stupid name for stupid interface change that noone wanted.

  9. Re:colour me uninpressed on Can Foursquare Data Predict Where You Live? · · Score: 2

    That implies that they can give a good guess at where users live in the future.

    Given that 78% of people will never move out of the town they were born in, they can probably do that with the same accuracy too.

  10. Re:only 78% accuracy? on Can Foursquare Data Predict Where You Live? · · Score: 2

    I was thinking that maybe 22% of foursquare users use the service only to show off the exotic far flung destinations they've been.

  11. Re:idiotic politically correct fears indeed on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 2

    They could get one of their companies to claim license fees for Linux installations - I'm sure they've got some copyrights or patents somewhere that could be dubiously applied to Linux. Lawyers would be falling over themselves to take that case all the way to the end for a share of the massive profits they'd get when the case was over. I'm surprised noone has tried this foolproof plan yet.

  12. Re:Could Work Out on Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats On Oct. 1 · · Score: 1

    2) Impress (the slideshow part of LibreOffice) is also going to need MASSIVE improvement before it will even be able to find the city that Powerpoint's ballpark is in. At the moment, you can't even use Impress for presentations with math equations...

    Math equations are TeX's ballbark, not Powerpoint's. Impress does seem like it's the unfinished work of a single person scratching an itch over a single weekend though. I tried to use it once with my son for his "create a presentation in powerpoint" homework; it crashed when we tried to create the third slide in the sequence, and we hadn't even added any graphics yet - it was just a few lines of English text on each slide. Compared with the rest of OpenOffice, it is a huge disappointment.

  13. Re:Gnome 3 Distro? on GNOME 3.6 Released · · Score: 2

    All these "remixes" are just changing the default. There is nothing stopping you from installing GNOME 3 on Ubuntu now (it is in the repositories), and selecting it before you log in (the selection is sticky by default).

  14. Re:The formats being ditched are Office 97-2003 on Google Docs Ditching Old Microsoft Export Formats On Oct. 1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What do upgrades to Office get you except the latest shiny icons and a lighter wallet? For crying out loud, it's office software!

    The *ahem* awesome bar. 'Nuff said.

  15. Re:Ask Mark Twain about calling a thing by its nam on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 1

    Didn't hurt Mark Twain's reputation much.

    Yes, but that is not an equivalent situation to what TFS proposes. You'd have to ask whether Mark Twain being outspoken about matters outside the world of fiction reflects badly on the literary community that he is an icon of. This is even more ridiculous than suggesting that stating obvious facts hurts his personal reputation.

  16. Re:ORLY? on Fast-Food Logos Burned Into Pleasure Center of Children's Brains · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Compare logos of providers of "non-healthy" food to some healthy food - vegetables, fruits - then you'll have something to talk about, but I bet you'll find no difference.

    To find no difference, you'd need to compare them with logos of healthy food that comes with cheap plastic toys and a playground. I find my children quickly stopped asking to go to McDonalds when I started buying them a cheeseburger, chips and orange juice from the a-la-carte menu for taking out, instead of a "Happy Meal" and eating in and letting them use the playground there.

  17. Re:That was a shock on Adobe Releases New Openly Licensed Coding Font · · Score: 2

    Well, the standard is pretty much the Microsoft-Apple TrueType (designed as a competing standard to Adobe PostScript fonts).

    The 90's called, and they want their vector font formats back. The modern standard is OpenType, which is a merger of Truetype and Adobe's Postscript formats with additional standardized features to handle complex layout as found in the Sanskrit derived scripts of South and South East Asia.

  18. Re:Load contracts on Microsoft Pollutes To Avoid Fines · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, after RTFA, the real problem seems to be that Microsoft spent too long running off its emergency diesel generators - 100 times as long as its neighbour Yahoo (which was also fined for underestimation of use, and paid up without resorting to these sort of tactics). And it seems that Microsoft did not waste $70k worth of power, they threatened to do so, and even started to do so to make it clear that they were prepared to carry the threat out, but the utility settled for reducing the fine to $60k, and Microsoft called off the wastage.

  19. Re:Load contracts on Microsoft Pollutes To Avoid Fines · · Score: 1

    The problem is in the contract. It seems it has a preferential rate for prearranged usage, and if MS does not meet that usage, they have to pay back the full standard cost of the electricity used (the "fine") over the contract's term. The problem is that MS was so close to meeting their usage that the "fine" became more than the cost of the extra electricity to meet the contract. The contract should have been written such that this scenario does not arise - the "fine" should be standard rate or top-up payment to the amount of minimum agreed consumption, whichever is lower. Then MS could just pay a $70k "fine", and the utility still has the $70k worth of discounted generation capacity to sell elsewhere.

  20. Re:Get your head out of your ass on Ask Slashdot: How To Ask College To Change Intro To Computing? · · Score: 2

    The original poster said he is doing an Associate Degree. So yes, it is a trade school.

  21. Re:Why not use tools that help do it? on Ask Slashdot: Should Developers Install Their Software Themselves? · · Score: 1

    This question was not directed as consumer application. It is direct at Enterprise applications. InstallShield just won't do it.

    Why not?

    This points to a problem amongst "enterprise" developers. The reason situations like this article arise is that enterprise developers frequently do not put effort into making their software into a polished product. This includes skipping such crucial things as:

    1. Product Documentation.
    2. Installation packaging and documentation.
    3. An attractive and usable user interface
  22. Re:It's what happens... on Apple Wants Another $707 Million From Samsung · · Score: 1

    The transcripts of jury selection released with Samsung's motion for retrial reveal that there were at least three patent holders on the jury.

  23. Re:Squeezed for cash? on Apple Wants Another $707 Million From Samsung · · Score: 1

    If I were the CEO of Samsung I would leave the market to Apple.

    I think there might be a very good reason why you are not the CEO of Samsung, or any other company for that matter.

  24. Re:Squeezed for cash? on Apple Wants Another $707 Million From Samsung · · Score: 1

    Why global scale? The patents and design patents are only valid in the US. Courts elsewhere have mostly found against Apple.

  25. Re:Data on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    There are number of competing mapping companies out there

    A very small number, perhaps 2 and a half worth considering for a global mapping and navigation product - I only count Google as a half, because they are still reliant on other suppliers for some of their data, meaning they don't have complete freedom to license it to you for all purposes (turn by turn navigation for example). Of those, Google and Nokia are Apple's direct competition in the smartphone industry, so Tom Tom makes the most sense for them.