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  1. Re:Different royalties are just the beginning on Pandora Shares Artist Payment Figures · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... The dollar amounts mentioned in the article sounded ridiculously large to me. This goes a long way towards explaining them.

    Reminds me of the Web future of Scott Westerfeld in "Extras".

  2. Re:because teaching is *that* easy on Teachers Write an Open Textbook In a Weekend Hackathon · · Score: 1

    Heartily agree.

    This is an interesting approach, but I think it can only be a first cut and will likely die unless there's some mechanism for continuous revision based on in-class experience.

  3. Re:Shower on Why It's Bad That Smartphones Have Banished Boredom · · Score: 1

    Do you use your left hand or right for those "useful ideas"?

  4. How big is a Hobbit, really? on New Hobbit Trailer Debuts · · Score: 1

    I mostly like Jackson's Ring series & this looks to be 'bout as good, but I've never gotten a consistent feel for the "actual" size of a Hobbit from the films.

    Anyone else?

  5. Re:Well you know... on How Big Pharma Hooked America On Legal Heroin · · Score: 1

    "very clear withdrawal symptoms ... difficulty focusing, increased appetite, weight gain, sleep disturbances ..."

    Gee, shouldn't symptoms of withdrawal be something other than symptoms of use?

  6. Of what is this "Internet Explorer" that you speak? This is not known among my people.

  7. Impressive list... on Yahoo Excludes BlackBerry From Employee Smartphone List · · Score: 1

    But is None an option?

  8. Re:Well that cinches it for me on Obama and Romney Respond To ScienceDebate.org Questionnaire · · Score: 1

    It's not "complete and utter bullshit".

    It's certainly more subtle than that, but an anomalous mayor of SLC doesn't disprove the proposition. Salt Lake has an unusually high proportion of 'gentiles', not typical of the rest of the state. The history of the state shows the intent and reality of Mormon control.

    It's an interesting culture, but should probably be placed in a bell jar to avoid contaminating the rest of the environment. A full-faith Saint believes Really Wacky Shit, much more so than your average christian.

  9. Re:It's a weasel word. on Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? · · Score: 2

    If "sex worker" is the PC euphemism for prostitute, what's "knowledge worker" the euphemism for?

  10. Re:You got to add a 'u' and silent 'e' on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    Uh, actually MautheS - not sure why the plural.

  11. Re:If your goal is to make games... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Jump Back Into Programming? · · Score: 1

    A big shout of support for the Unity3D option - your choice of 3 programming/scripting languages: JavaScript (sort of), C#, and Python. Free download & use until/unless you get commercial. The included Mono project development environment is a pretty nice IDE, especially for the price (zero$). For a textbook, I'd suggest "Holistic Game Development with Unity" by Penny de Byl. There's a lot of Unity books, but they mostly tend to be very cookbook-y. De Byl has a cookbook side, but makes a pretty good effort to give the why behind the recipes.

  12. Definition of 'climate' on Ask Dr. Bryan Killett About Climate Change and GRACE · · Score: 2

    how do you define 'climate' as opposed to 'weather'?

  13. All rise - fanboy in the court. on UK Judge: Galaxy Tab "Not Cool" Enough To Infringe iPad · · Score: 1

    Can you say Brit Twit 10 times real fast?

  14. Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras on Ask Slashdot: Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Just a plug for the Scott Westerfeld series. Perhaps a bit fluffy, & maybe directed more at girls (my 13 year old daughter introduced them to me), but I found them a lot more engaging than The Hunger Games and Extras is perhaps prescient about the future of the Web...