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  1. Re:Unfortunately, More to Come on Facebook Is a Plague That'll Burn Out In a Few Years, Says Study · · Score: 1

    In theory yes, but Facebook is at least an order of magnitude more pervasive than anything that came before it.

    For Facebook to disappear into full obscurity, a majority of platforms currently associated with Facebook need to be seperated. Phones, various online accounts, consoles, appliances...

    I have no doubt it will fade into obscurity, eventually. I am curious as to how exactly it will happen, though.

  2. Re:New laws on Ukrainian Protesters Receive Mass Text Message Ordering Them To Disperse · · Score: 1

    I've seen more incredible(-y reckless) stunts from that part of the world to dismiss your comment as a mere joke.

  3. Re:Translation... on Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access · · Score: 2

    Huh, TFS conveniently left that out. In that case, I can't really understand a reaction more extreme than "D'oh!", since it gives people more than enough time to plan ahead.

  4. Re:Translation... on Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access · · Score: 2

    They sure won't be upgrading to paid customers now, though. Not after being cut off within a day.

  5. Re:Good page on debunking the "pause" on Global-Warming Skepticism Hits 6-Year High · · Score: 1

    In other words, it changes nothing.

  6. Re:Good page on debunking the "pause" on Global-Warming Skepticism Hits 6-Year High · · Score: 1

    How useful, a paper which comes to no insightful conclusion. Assuming the summary you present is right, all they say is "uh, yeah, it hasn't been warming as much. Still, we can't conclude that this is significant in any way."

  7. Re:In terms of CPU hours on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    Good luck finding a modern OS that actually idles instead of just invoking a higher sleep state on the processor.

  8. Re:For Windows users on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    There is no such code in keyboards. All that happens is that the OS never forwards this particular combination of keys to any piece of code that may be running.

  9. Re:Bios code? on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but modern OSes rarely do anything through the BIOS.

  10. Re:And Blame!... on World-First Working Eukaryotic Cell Made From Plastic · · Score: 1

    Silicone != Silicon

  11. Re:Flash Back on Wikimedia Community Debates H.264 Support On Wikipedia Sites. · · Score: 1

    After having my life turned upside down by the revelation (well, at least the part of my life that deals with pronouncing file format extensions) and a short adaptation period, I now say "Jiff", as stupid as it sounds (It's Graphics, not Jraphics).

    As for PNG, how else would you pronounce it if not "Pee En Gee"?

  12. WHY??? on Adobe Adds 3D Printer Support To Photoshop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whose brilliant idea was it to add something that has nothing to do with photoshop?

    2D image editing and 3D modeling are two completely seperate things that share almost nothing. I'd be surprised if they shared anything beyond the basic interface.

  13. Re:great news for nerds! on Adobe Adds 3D Printer Support To Photoshop · · Score: 1

    I see what you did there...

  14. Re:Good riddance on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ethanol? What unintended consequences? It did exactly what it was supposed to do:

    Drive up corn prices artificially.

  15. Re:Metro on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 0

    Don't be an idiot. If Metro is there but you don't have to use it, there's nothing to complain about. Metro is very good for tablets, so it's definitely not disappearing.

    Yes, I do want it completely removed from my desktop (that includes the old start menu and the network selection), but I quite like it on my tablet.

  16. Re:Killer app? on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    - The end of support, like XP is about to experience
    - Support for newer hardware (not a problem with 7 yet, same should go for Vista, if not for artificial limitations)
    - Progressive improvements that don't get backported (Windows 8's file transfer system comes to mind)
    - Whatever real new features each version has (Vista: Completely reworked security model and driver models, 7: Nothing much beyond progressive improvements and fixing Vista, 8: Metro and associated stuff, 9: Same as 7, hopefully fixing 8.)

  17. Re:Coffeine on Experiment Shows Caffeine Boosts Long Term Memory · · Score: 1

    What an enlightened comment.

  18. Re:Why not in English? on Kazakh Professor Claims Solution of Another Millennium Prize Problem · · Score: 1

    I think it's common for such papers that aren't written directly in English to only be translated after their original version has been released

  19. Re:Why not in English? on Kazakh Professor Claims Solution of Another Millennium Prize Problem · · Score: 1

    The mere fact that you wrote this post in English answers that question.

  20. Re:Why not just multiple monitors. on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 1

    I'm not even talking about HDMI. HDMI and monitors don't mix.

    DisplayPort 1.2 has enough bandwidth for 60Hz 4K. However, monitors supporting that, until very recently (not sure if any of the new ones are already available for purchase) had the aforementioned dual controllers. Of course it's due to bandwidth limitations, but it's internal bandwidth, not external.

    DP 1.2 supports multipel streams per channel, thought of as a way to conveniently drive several monitors off one cable (by daisy-chaining or using hubs). This feature was repurposed to allow easy use of dual controllers, avoiding complicated setups like two cables to drive one monitor.
    It seems there are several workarounds to get two controllers to seamlessly drive one screen, but they should all boil down to "Which half of the monitor is driven by this stream?". From there, it should be easy to not work around the limitation and have the monitor driven like it's two seperate monitors, one for each stream.

  21. Re:Why not just multiple monitors. on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 1

    Well, natively, many 4K monitors these days are actually two monitors, from the controllers' point of view (for some reason, 4K panel controllers weren't viable until recently, so two were used), so it shouldn't be too hard to have Windows and the driver ignore the fact that it's a single screen.

  22. Re:39" display for workstations? on 4K Is For Programmers · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, those of us with anything larger than 1366x768 have to put up with unused space just about everywhere on the internet. It's crazy.

  23. Re:unladen swallows on First Recorded Observation of Freshwater Fish Preying On Birds In Flight · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do not worry. Those in charge of sacking those in charge of writing the article have been sacked and thrown into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.

    If you wish, an alternate article is available, done at great expense by a mid-90s web designer, which is backed by a soothing mexican tune.

  24. Re:Many eyes... on 23-Year-Old X11 Server Security Vulnerability Discovered · · Score: 1

    It'd be interesting to compare the source for Linux and the NT kernel.

    Bureaucracy vs. a very irritable Finn.

  25. Re:What do you expect? on David Pogue and Yahoo's "Normals" Problem · · Score: 4, Funny

    Uses my whole 27" screen? Check.

    Shows more than it would on a phone? No.

    Is it usable? No.

    Does it have any noteworthy content? Not any that I saw before my eyes started hurting and I closed the tab.