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  1. I can easily foresee this changing. Microsoft initially released two keyboards for their take on this idea, the Surface. One keyboard was entirely touch and pressure sensitive, and I despised it. I wound up buying a Surface Pro 2 for university at the time and got the type cover with it - it keeps all of that uniform thinness that the touch cover boasts, but provides actual tactile feedback as it has actual keys. Not great keys, mind you, but certainly better than nothing. I imagine Lenovo will cover their asses this way a bit - release an attachable tactile keyboard overlay or something of the sort to satiate people that type over 30 wpm and don't want to feel like they're typing on their phones all the time.

  2. A Brilliant Man on Doctor Who's Dalek Designer Dies At 84 · · Score: 1

    Mr. Cusick, you were brilliant man, and you shall live on forever in my nightmares. Rest in peace.

  3. Re:Backtrace him on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 1

    But how will you ever get to his drug boat?

  4. Could you imagine on Sony Announces the PS4 · · Score: 1

    a beowulf cluster of these?

  5. Re:AKA Google drives Bitcoin Into Mainstream use on Google Looks To Cut Funds To Illegal Sites · · Score: 1

    Why is this modded funny? It very clearly isn't a joke.

  6. "User Data Safe" on Facebook Employees' Laptops Compromised; User Data Believed Safe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that's the first time that the phrases "user data believed safe" and "Facebook" have been uttered in the same sentence.

  7. Obvious Oil Company Involvement on Elon Musk Lays Out His Evidence That NYT Tesla Test Drive Was Staged · · Score: 1

    Of course, I can't prove it until someone with the means to do so conducts a study on the reporter, but it's fairly obvious what's happening here. I see absolutely no other reason to write such a scathing and skewed review of a great car like the Model S. Not to mention that, according to TFA, the reporter tried to run the charge down when the car outperformed what the meters said it would do. I see now way that a big check with a fair deal of 0's was not involved in this.

  8. I imagine that this will incite a slew of creative and intelligent students dropping out of school. I certainly wouldn't put up with having my school suddenly flipping the switch and saying that everything I do belongs to them. As a musician and web designer, that would be an instant deal breaker - I would seek home education immediately, or go with one of the many more reasonable options online (such as Florida Virtual School).

  9. Why not Sublime Text? on Ask Slashdot: No-Install Programming At Work? · · Score: 1

    Sublime Text is an excellent programmer's text editor that I use daily. It has support for tons of languages (and variants on those), automatic indentation, bracket completion, quote completion, a "memory" feature (knows variables you've typed), extensions support, and even compiling features. It has a full portable version, with nothing cut out. I'd highly recommend it, as the trial is unlimited (and the license is cheap for a tool this high quality - only $60).

  10. I'm sorry to burst your bubble here on Chords To 1300 Songs Analyzed Statistically For Patterns · · Score: 1

    Just about every pop song for the past... eternity... has used the same pattern: I, V, vi, IV. It's hilarious how bad it's getting. For instance, look at the preview of Coldplay's "The Scientist" on MusicNotes. The original key is F Major, so we'll work off of that. We start off with a Dm chord, thusly iv (minor sixth). Transition into Bb Major, so we get IV (major fourth). Then down to F, so I, and finally to C, so V (major fifth). They just shifted the pattern two chords over.

  11. They made a movie about this... on Sequencing the Unborn · · Score: 2

    And it was called Gattaca.