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  1. Re:Err... on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the math lesson, but I do understand the definitions ;)

    The difference between 262,144 "actual" and 16.2 million via dithering is the crux of the lawsuit in TFA.

  2. Re:Err... on Apple Sued Over 'Lacking' Macbook Display · · Score: 1

    6-bit LCD panels are VERY common, especially those advertised as having especially low response times. Usually if there is any way to tell, it is because they're listed as displaying 16.2 million colors (vs 16.7 million for an 8-bit panel).

  3. Re:Sarbanes-Oxley? on Valve Has No Plans to Charge For Downloadables · · Score: 3, Funny

    You obviously don't live in the U.S., do you? "Patently ridiculous" is generally the first tipoff that a bill will make it through Congress with flying colors... :)

  4. Re:HP (for Windows) servers , Dell desktops/laptop on Dell or HP for Small Business? · · Score: 1

    Notice how I said HP for servers, and not Dell. There was a reason for that.

  5. HP (for Windows) servers , Dell desktops/laptops on Dell or HP for Small Business? · · Score: 1

    Make sure you spend the extra ~$100 for gold support (= US based and empowered to actually get shit done) from Dell.

  6. Re:I get fingerprinted just for being here on How Far Should a Job Screening Go? · · Score: 1

    You citizens have it so easy .. you are just born here. I have had to prove that I deserve to be here (and so far they think I can stay)

    Waaah...you were born somewhere too, I'm sure. Something tells me Americans wouldn't have the easiest time packing up and reporting for work, wherever that is...

  7. Re:I'm Sure This Will Be Popular on For Democrats, Florida Primary May Not Count · · Score: 1

    Nice troll, but Florida knew exactly what the party's rules were on primaries that don't correspond to their desired schedule. This is a self-righteous publicity stunt, and I hope FL gets called out for it.

  8. Why, you ask? on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's because, at the end of the day, both computer hardware and software are generally troublesome pieces of shit.

  9. Good thing you can't mask your IP address on This is How We Catch You Downloading · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or these guys would be SOL.

    Oh, wait...

  10. Re:ooh! on Dyson Preparing a Roomba Killer? · · Score: 1

    One of our cats has a great "get out of my way, or I'll split you open" look. That's about the only alternate, though.

  11. Re:FYI on New Horizons Photographs Earth Sized Storm · · Score: 1

    I think 238,110 (American) football fields per fortnight is a lot more intuitive, personally.

  12. Meager adoption on (Almost) All You Need To Know About IPv6 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The reason, in a word and three letters:

    Widespread NAT

  13. I love the smell of Slashvertisement in the mornin on First Retail Water-Cooled DDR2 Memory Tested · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is has been done for awhile. Yes, perhaps not DDR2 and memory/waterblock made by the same company, but in my mind, that's the least newsworthy part of this whole endeavor. Nothing to see here (except an OCZ ad), move along...

  14. Re:Oh yeah, another nail in the coffin on FAA May Ditch Vista For Linux · · Score: 1

    I am the only one who is nervous about that??

    No. No you are not. :|

  15. Re:Ugh on When a CGI Script is the Most Elegant Solution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    None of those are problems with web apps, they're problems with the decisions the companies made in developing said web apps.

  16. Re:What does XML have to do with it? on California Joins Open Document Bandwagon · · Score: 1

    "Great choice", yes, no arguments there; "The one single choice as laid down by legislation", no.

  17. Re:Wtf? Why "XML-based", specifically? on California Joins Open Document Bandwagon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why do lawmakers always have to over-specify things until the purpose of the law is lost?

    Job security. If they wrote clear, concise, and sharply targeted bills, we wouldn't need to keep electing a fresh crop to fix the mess left by the last one.

  18. What does XML have to do with it? on California Joins Open Document Bandwagon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As long as the format meets criteria 1-4, I don't see why it's necessary to specify that it must be XML-based. Keep it simple, and all that...

  19. Re:No harmful effects on Bacteria To Protect Against Quakes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And kudzu!

  20. Re:Really, communication costs money. on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 1

    They'd have to print ten times the instructions to get people using a computer and checking email...

  21. O RLY? on Google Apps Premier Edition Launches, Widely Used · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Production workers and retail employees for instance. 48% of all employees actually don't even have an email address. That's because the cost of hardware, software and maintenance has made it prohibitively expensive to provide email to employees.

    Or maybe, just maybe, 48% of all employees don't need email to get their jobs done. I know, it sounds heretical, but let's be honest, does K-Fed really need email to operate that McDonald's cash register? Nah, I didn't think so either.

  22. Re:Welcome to Canada! on Canadian Border Tightens Due to Info Sharing · · Score: 2, Funny

    Border. It's a fucking "border". And I here I was thinking Americans had a monopoly on bad schools.

  23. Re:Lower temp == higher failure rates on Google Releases Paper on Disk Reliability · · Score: 1

    But did the lower temperature actually cause the failures? Such a counterintuitive conclusion seems like it'd be worth some further examination...I can turn off some fans in my cases and get the drives back up into the 40-45C range pretty quickly if need be!

  24. Re:Oblivion on Why Computer RPGs Waste Your Time · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or enjoyed it a little less, as the case may be. What's the point of advancement if everything else advances at the exact same rate?

  25. NOT the trash! on California Proposes to Ban Incandescent Lightbulbs · · Score: 1

    CFLs contain mercury...we definitely dont want those in the landfill! Actually, a great thing to come out of legislated move to CFL might be a proper recycling program for spent bulbs...