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  1. still a problem on AMD Releases New Tonga GPU, Lowers 8-core CPU To $229 · · Score: 1

    That's nice. Too bad the single core performance on the 8 core still SUCKS. There's a reason it beats the i5...because it has 2x the cores. Back in Windows 7 where almost all tasks are single core, even those in the OS itself, I need fast single core performance. What AMD needs to invent is hardware core multiplexing. In other words, have 8 cores but represent them to the system as 1 core and handle the distributed processing in the firmware. That would crush Intel.

  2. WTF is he talking about? I heard and saw nightmares with ASUS but MSI boards have always installed Linux instantly. They barely support UEFI as an afterthought and you can turn it off pretty easily.

  3. Re:Unnecessary on Limiting the Teaching of the Scientific Process In Ohio · · Score: 1

    Yeah...except they state theory as absolute fact in the meantime. If they would keep in the back of their minds that certain things were still unproven theories and simply "likely" then they wouldn't look like such idiots in hindsight.

  4. Re:seriously on Islamic State "Laptop of Doom" Hints At Plots Including Bubonic Plague · · Score: 0

    Oh sure, before the Iraq war there was never any islamic extremists or terrorists.

  5. seriously on Islamic State "Laptop of Doom" Hints At Plots Including Bubonic Plague · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And yet the Obama "give a fuck-ometer" remains at zero. Good thing, America, he cares more about his legacy and ego and being famous for pulling out of Iraq than he does about security. We'll all remember that when half the world is dead.

  6. Scud storm incoming! on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Games To Have In Your Collection? · · Score: 1

    You just can't beat C&C Generals Zero Hour. It's the most fun RTS I've ever played. It doesn't stress you out like Starcraft II and is isn't thoroughly unintelligent like Tiberium Wars and isn't clunky like Red Alert 2.

  7. rerun on Death Valley's Sailing Stones Caught In the Act · · Score: 1

    This was also filmed with long term cameras and shown on the discovery and history channels by multiple people years and years and years ago.

  8. Unnecessary on Limiting the Teaching of the Scientific Process In Ohio · · Score: 1

    Science has a long history of being perpetually wrong. They said all matter was made of earth, wind, fire, and water or something like that because that's what they observed and logic pointed to it and it was somewhat provable. The same goes for the Earth being flat. The same goes for space being made of aether. The same goes for the sun going around the Earth. The same goes for turning lead into gold. The same goes for asbestos being safe. You name it, science was wrong about it but for all given cases, it was widely accepted as correct at the time.

    So as long as they preface the scientific curriculum with that, I think they're fine. Then 10 year from now when they disprove the existence of dark matter, they won't feel so bad. Science is just one long history of turning incorrect theories into facts for no reason and then disproving them.

  9. orly? on HP Recalls 6 Million Power Cables Over Fire Hazard · · Score: 1

    HP products melt and catch fire ALL THE TIME. How is this news? At my repair shop we have an average of 1 HP every 6 months light on fire.

  10. wrong on Why Do Humans Grow Up So Slowly? Blame the Brain · · Score: 1

    This article is incorrect, as everyone else said. Eating more sugar doesn't make you grow faster so it's wrong. If children grew any faster, their bones and joints wouldn't take the stress. My evidence is kids who grow too fast and have bone and joint problems (duh). Also, if they grew any faster, they were be even less coordinated due to limb length alterations and prone to accidental injury or death.

  11. the 4th possibility on $75K Prosthetic Arm Is Bricked When Paired iPod Is Stolen · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when Apple fanboys work anywhere.

  12. the cure for AIDS on 13-Year-Old Finds Fungus Deadly To AIDS Patients Growing On Trees · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yay, she found a cure for AIDS. Spread it around and kill them all so they can stop infecting people.

  13. idiot! on NSA Agents Leak Tor Bugs To Developers · · Score: 1

    "He suggests a massive company like Google or Facebook will eventually have to take up the task of making Tor scale up to millions of users."
    What the hell? Then he doesn't know how Tor works. If a large entity controls a ton of the entry and exit nodes, they can traffic match and identify users. The LAST thing we need is a giant entity ruining it by adding millions of servers.

  14. Re:Car Analogy on Google Wants To Test Driverless Cars In a Simulation · · Score: 2

    No idea what you mean but how about this: If a car leaves New York traveling 60 MPH and another card leaves from Vegas at 50MPH, how long does it take for Gloria Allred to show up after a Google car crashes into one of them?

  15. pointless scam on Google Wants To Test Driverless Cars In a Simulation · · Score: 1

    They're doing this so they can rig it. Human brains are amazing at adaptating, object indentification, and fast logical reasoning. Computers are horrible at that. Some humans are pretty awful drivers. So the computer would have to be better than a below average intelligence human. They're not even close. In a simulation, you just program the logic to react to only the logic that you programmed into the simulation. In other words, cheat.

  16. say it again on Latest Wikipedia Uproar Over 'Superprotection' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's almost like the idea of letting everyone edit something actually does in fact turn into a crooked, biased shitstorm and wikipedia was wrong and everyone else in the world was right.

  17. Re:I have an idea on Microsoft Lobby Denies the State of Chile Access To Free Software · · Score: 1

    Freudian typo :P We actually don't have a vault anymore; Microsoft took it.

  18. I have an idea on Microsoft Lobby Denies the State of Chile Access To Free Software · · Score: 2

    Instead of lobbying, lower your damn prices. At my US company we're sure as hell not paying $450 a seat for the corporate single license version with Access and Publisher. It's not my damn vault they lost billions on Windows 8 and the Xbone and need to make it elsewhere.

  19. missing the point completely on Dramatic Shifts In Manufacturing Costs Are Driving Companies To US, Mexico · · Score: 1

    Oh, they just found out it's more expensive? Good for them, except they should have figured out that waiting 4 weeks for your product to be replaced if you sell it all when it would be 3 days in the US loses you tons of money regardless of worker wages. You just cannot have your business rely on another business thousands of miles away. Don't even get me started on the level of fraud and quality issues. Chinese manufacturing costs A TON once you look past the surface. Everything should still be made in the US!

  20. This one is simple on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Wish You'd Known Starting Out As a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    I'm one of the most naturally talented programmers I've ever met. My code is extremely good. I won many competitions. I scored near perfectly on knowledge and practical exams with an IT staffing company and beat almost all their other employes. AND YET nobody will hire someone with two 2 year degrees. That would have been nice to know. I got a job as CIO of a medium sized company at 24 years old so it worked out but I would have had more options ignoring programming and just getting more server management, networking, and support training.

  21. Re:Wow on China Pulls Plug On Genetically Modified Rice and Corn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Isn't it obvious? The new GMO plants couldn't withstand the pollution in the air so it's not an effective use of research money.

  22. hehehe on Study: Seals Infected Early Americans With Tuberculosis · · Score: 1

    But seals are sooooo cute! You just have to pet them with that blubbery body and cute whiskers and big, black eyes.

  23. stupid! on New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices · · Score: 1

    HP makes the dead last lowest quality laptops. There is no other brand, including Acer, that beats them at failure rates and defect rates. Their support is nearly the lowest rated in the industry. So now they're going to make a "cheap" laptop? OH HELL NO!

  24. joke's on them on Hackers Steal Data Of 4.5 Million US Hospital Patients · · Score: 1

    Ha ha ha, I haven't been to the doctor in over 5 years. Joke's on you, bitches. Technically I worked at a hospital though.

  25. Re:trolls are a myth on Ask Slashdot: Would You Pay For Websites Without Trolls? · · Score: 1

    Or anyone posting anonymously