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  1. 50 years from now ... on Go For It On Fourth Down? Ask Coach Watson · · Score: 2

    The robots will be laughing at the robot faction that claims there were once biological beings on the planet.

  2. Re:should also installed the video driver for high on Upgrading From Windows 1.0 To Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    It's documented in the urban dictionary, which makes it valid English, since English is not a dead language. Of course, that probably invalidates the urban dictionary definition, which leads to a confusing bit of circular logic.
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=should%20of

  3. Re:Let me ask a "stupid" question on No P = NP Proof After All · · Score: 1

    I just wish we could have meept back. He put BadAnalogyGuy to shame.

  4. Re:Let me ask a "stupid" question on No P = NP Proof After All · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why you got modded troll.
    Here's a simple answer: if p = np, curing cancer gets done in short order afterward. If p != np, we can focus our cancer curing energies on other strategies.
    If you want to understand why that's the case, it requires significantly more in-depth knowledge of both computer science and current efforts at curing cancer.

  5. Re:Light output is terrible for CFLs and LEDs on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    The LEDs are improving by leaps and bounds, if your LED light wasn't made in the last year there's no comparison with today's quality.

  6. Re:What about heatballs? on Activists Seek Repeal of Ban On Incandescent Bulbs · · Score: 1

    Hardly, they produce all kinds of waste light. Very inefficient heating elements.

  7. Re:they've abandoned the market on Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    If there is a group more easily manipulated by those with social skills than sci-fi nerds I can hardly imagine it.

  8. Re:Bills to Pay on Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Hence the name change.

  9. they've abandoned the market on Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    The good news, of course, is that there is clearly an audience for actual sci-fi. Someone WILL decide that they'd like to take that audience and make money selling their eyeballs to advertisers. The audience tends to have a lot of disposable income, too, which makes them a prime target for certain sellers. So rest assured, this problem will fix itself.

  10. Re:Not in theory on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 3, Funny

    There is an easily distinguishable heft and comfort difference when you whip someone with expensive fiber optic, and don't let anyone tell you differently.

  11. Re:Damn on Apple in Talks to Improve Sound Quality of Music Downloads · · Score: 1

    I think you meant to be funny, but seriously, why do you choose to subsidize his music habits? Opt out already.

  12. Re:Bullshit statement (do they think we're stupid? on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 1
  13. Re:A better policy.... on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 1

    How did the boss get the job without turning over his facebook username and password?

  14. Re:Flashlight under a rock on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Democracy is the worst possible political system. Except for all the others."

  15. Re:Why need the password on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 1

    I didn't say any of that. Try a little reading comprehension.

  16. Re:Why need the password on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 2

    Yes, in fact, they do sell your information to advertisers.

  17. Re:Nice Excuse on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 1

    Thinking is for the ruling class, peasant. Do what you're told.

  18. Re:Why need the password on Employer Facebook Password Requests Suspended · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Only friends and advertisers that facebook sell you to. Remember, at facebook, your information is the product.

  19. Re:Just because the "best days" are in the past.. on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think my post pretty clearly indicated that there are many situations where flash is not an acceptable solution. Nor would external flash be acceptable for any but a small handful of situations (once you have to carry around the bulk of an external flash, you may as well buy and carry a dslr instead, and then you don't have to use the flash in many of those same situations). What I (and large numbers of people) are looking for is an easy, pull it out of your pocket solution that will get good image quality without an annoying flash. Forced to choose between IQ and pocket-ability, we mostly own one of each, and are dissatisfied with both.

  20. Re:Just because the "best days" are in the past.. on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    The flash on every PAS I've seen is utter crap. So yeah, every situation in which you'd use flash would be better served by a larger sensor, which is not to mention every situation in which flash is annoying, disapproved of, or forbidden.

  21. Re:Just because the "best days" are in the past.. on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    Think low light performance. Most PAS cameras are fundamentally unsuited to the task most people use them for.

  22. Re:In the snow, uphill both ways... on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 2

    I'd have to disagree. I know how to search. My results from Google have been steadily headed downhill over the last two years.
    Yes, the result I want is still in there. But no, it's not usually on the first page of results any more.

  23. Re:Just because the "best days" are in the past.. on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    Your comment is generally spot on, though Rorschach is completely discredited at this point, not just for someone who's 'trained in evaluating the test'.

  24. Re:Just because the "best days" are in the past.. on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    The problem with the dSLR is that lots of people have discovered that the image quality on PAS cameras is crap. The DSLR has the larger sensor that makes pictures better, but then you have this maze of buttons. But no one will make a PAS with a huge sensor, which is why you have novices buying 3k dslrs looking for the auto mode.

  25. Re:so... on Chrome 10 Beta Boosts JavaScript Speed By 64% · · Score: 2

    Have we gotten so lazy we're not even reading summaries?

    I gave up about halfway through there but I can tell you without a doubt that we have not gotten so lazy we're not evenly weighing the pros and cons of our decisions.