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  1. Re:Smart move, on Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's quite likely the Surface Pro 2 inventory is rather limited.
    That's probably what triggered the whole story with the better processor, Intel probably ran out of the regular one (For some mysterious reason, the only difference is a higher maxmimum clock - the price was the same last time I checked).

  2. Re:I Predict on Microsoft Ships Surface Pro 2 Tablets With Wrong, Slower Processor · · Score: 1

    Why do you care about the camera on a tablet? Especially on something like the Surface Pro, which is more an Ultrabook than a tablet.

  3. Re:Don't blame others for user error. on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 2

    As he said: Stupid in a car without gears.

  4. Re:Indicator on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 1

    How about a Locutus-style laser pointer?

  5. Re:A lense cover on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 1

    Nothing a hidden mic wouldn't do.

  6. Re:Nope on One Billion Android Devices Open To Privilege Escalation · · Score: 1

    To be honest, "Ballmer having lunch" sounds like a very entertaining film.

  7. Re:Nevertheless, I do thank MS for pointing it out on One Billion Android Devices Open To Privilege Escalation · · Score: 0

    Certainly kinder than discreetly e-mailing their findings to every shady source of malware they know of. With so many years of experience, I'm sure they have a list.

  8. Re:Type I and Type II errors? on Computer Spots Fakers Better Than People Do · · Score: 1

    I always hated how both types of error were given the incredible opaque designations of "Type I" and "Type I"...

  9. Re:In 3 .. 2 .. 1 on Computer Spots Fakers Better Than People Do · · Score: 2

    But, but... The referee's humanity is part of the game! It's not right to question his judgement with gadgets!

  10. Re:We've learned nothing? on It Was the Worst Industrial Disaster In US History, and We Learned Nothing · · Score: 1

    I stand corrected then. Still, disregarding the soviet general disregard for safety, my point stands.

  11. Re:I've been using Eclipse since before it was Ecl on Google Android Studio Vs. Eclipse: Which Fits Your Needs? · · Score: 1

    Care to elaborate? My (very limited) experience is only with desktop programming, but I'd like to know what the problem with Android (or any other mobile platform) development is.

  12. Re:We've learned nothing? on It Was the Worst Industrial Disaster In US History, and We Learned Nothing · · Score: 1

    And hippies complain about nuclear waste. Last time I checked, no nuclear waste ever caused an accident worthy of a single-paragraph story, much less something like this...

  13. Re:Not even close to the worst. on It Was the Worst Industrial Disaster In US History, and We Learned Nothing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nothing that nuclear power can't fix with a much lower impact.

  14. Re:We need a US base in the Ukraine on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 2

    Let's see:

    Vote is held under an occupying force with a vested interest in a certain result? Check.
    Vote was not subject to scrutiny by international observers? Check.
    Vote was hastily organized? Check.
    Vote has wildly implausible result typical of a rigged vote? Check. (Doesn't stand alone, but reinforces the rest)
    Voting irregularities were observed despite the major restrictions? Check.
    Reporters were scared away and even beaten? Check.
    Major surge in propaganda, including the restriction of non-russian media by replacing it with russian media? Check.

    Care to tell me why I should consider this referendum more credible than a North Korean election?

  15. Re:We need a US base in the Ukraine on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 1

    [Citation needed]

  16. Re:Spies get shot on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Not very easy, considering the amount of Russian soldiers operating out of proper uniform in the Ukraine.

  17. Re:A simple request. on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 2

    I've yet to see any evidence.

    A phony referendum under Russian military occupation with blatant fraud does not count. No democratic vote results in 90+ percent.

  18. Re:Just natural selection weeding out the stupid on St. Patrick's Day, March Madness, and Steve Jobs' Liver · · Score: 2

    "Sometimes" is a bit too often for my taste.

    Now, if we could open a "Drunk Car Racing Track", I'd be all for it.

  19. Re:Some context from a hardware perspective. on Shuttleworth Wants To Get Rid of Proprietary Firmware · · Score: 1

    I believe it's nearly all phones, if not all of them.

  20. Re:Possesion on Shuttleworth Wants To Get Rid of Proprietary Firmware · · Score: 0

    And how does Stallman expect me to acquire the blood I need to produce the copy of the license I must distribute?

    If there's something worse than vendor lock-in, it's Free Software preacher lock-in.

  21. The new "X on the internet". on Medicine Delivered By Flying Drones · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems that these days, adding "with drones." to any old headline makes it newsworthy.

  22. Re:ISO 8601 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    At least what you call the European style can be deciphered in the absence of the American style.

    And how the hell do you come up with two fields in the right position?

    ISO 8601: 2014-03-15
    American: 03/15/2014
    European: 15/03/2014

    Is see that American style has exactly zero overlap with ISO 8601, while the European style has one.

    And one final thing: under ISO 8601, you must only drop precision. This means, you can say 2014-03, but you can't say 03-15. While I could think of a few situation where this is a limitation, I have never run into any of them. You don't write 00004853 when you want a number around 98764853, you write 98760000, so why should dates be any different?

  23. Lack of users? on Mozilla Scraps Firefox For Windows 8, Citing Low Adoption of Metro · · Score: 1

    It's a bit stupid to complain that there aren't any users if there hasn't been a release yet.

  24. Re:ISO 8601 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    That one really bugs me too. Currency is a unit, units are to be placed after the least significant digit.

  25. Re:ISO 8601 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    That's far less horrible, though. At least the meaning isn't hard to decipher.