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  1. Re: Yes on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 1

    A paper map and compass don't tell you where you are.

  2. Re:If you put this on the Eiffel Tower on Scientists Are Developing the World's Biggest Wind Turbine With 656-Ft. Long Blades (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    You would build it from one blade to the other.

  3. Re:39 digits on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    God uses octuple precision, you insensitive clod.

  4. Re:M_PI on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    If you're worried about the memory bandwidth to load pi, you're either an embedded developer, and not on an x86, or quite possibly just a pain in the ass to be around.

    Or you're somebody trying to maximize the number of floating point operations involving PI.

  5. Re:All physical constants are known much less accu on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Rydberg constant is known to 14 decimal places, but I don't think it's very relevant for NASA calculations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  6. Re:Not so simple on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 2

    You imagine NASA has that problem for their numerical orbital solutions? no they don't.

    I imagine that they do. Everybody who does complex floating point jobs has this problem. I also imagine that they've solved it.

  7. Re:15decimal places - how convenient ... on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    I guess the computer format came first, and then NASA said: "yeah, that's good enough".

  8. Re:Yes it's too much on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 1

    Not limiting enough that you couldn't lose money to a hacker. For instance, it could spend money in the google play store without your permission.

  9. Re:Yes it's too much on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 1

    If you have enough time to read while you sit, you should eat more fiber.

  10. Re:Powerlines, chimneys, now big wind turbines on Scientists Are Developing the World's Biggest Wind Turbine With 656-Ft. Long Blades (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    We can paint the turbines green, and paint the hub like a flower head. Would that help ?

  11. Re:Yes it's too much on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 1

    It's not an e-reader, it's an Android tablet with an e-ink display.

  12. Re: This is why America needs President Trump on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    There doesn't always have to a be a "no good choice" there can be a "choice that is the lesser of all evils."

    Good. Keep telling yourself that, citizen.

  13. Re:The Great Equalization Begins on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The heart of the problem is that a market inefficiency exists, and only a few people that benefit from that inefficiency (the overpaid US worker) wants that inefficiency to be protected.

  14. Re:Yes it's too much on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 1

    So why does your Android device suddenly stop working if you don't install an update again?

    You may have a well known security problem which is only fixed in newer versions.

  15. Re: This is why America needs President Trump on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As if disliking one of the candidates must automatically mean you support one of the others. Truth is that there's no good choice.

  16. No color on Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    13 inches is nice for reading PDFs and technical documentation, but for a lot of those documents you need full color. So I'd rather get a regular tablet.

  17. Re:The Great Equalization Begins on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not hard to understand the proper fix..

    So, what's the proper fix ?

  18. Re:Unions have major problems too on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Work smart means let other people do the work for you, while you practice your golf swing, and get their money.

  19. Re:The Great Equalization Begins on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My job was outsourced 10 years ago, and I even trained my replacements. Then I started my own company, and that's where I still am, making more money than ever before.

  20. Re:The Great Equalization Begins on Laid-Off Abbott IT Workers Won't Have To Train Their Replacements (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Think not in terms of what you deserve, but in terms of what you want, and what you can get.

  21. I figure they use multiple smaller spools. The cable has repeaters in it anyway, so that's a good splice point.

  22. Re:Give an inch and they take a foot on Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    More than you might want to think.

    I want to think it's 100%, but I do think it's much lower.

  23. Re: Give an inch and they take a foot on Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I, for one, appreciate that you took the time to write your thoughtful response on a real typewriter. Very classy.

  24. Re:What's the problem? on Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft lost it when it had Steve Ballmer do the developers dance.

  25. Re:Give an inch and they take a foot on Sexism Is Still a Thing At Microsoft's GDC Party (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Very few people are interested in scantily clad men.