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  1. Re:The old Chair-man is gone on Microsoft Kills Stack Ranking · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that Microsoft are XBoned?

  2. Re:Once again on Red Hat Wants to be a Dominant Force in the Cloud (Video) · · Score: 1

    Flash is not required nor needed to play standard H.264 video files.

  3. The old Chair-man is gone on Microsoft Kills Stack Ranking · · Score: 5, Informative

    Maybe Microsoft will be able to re-invent a better version of itself.

  4. Re:Once again on Red Hat Wants to be a Dominant Force in the Cloud (Video) · · Score: 1

    Even Adobe dropped development about the Flash plug-in, so I'm not sure why you're arguing about facts.

  5. Once again on Red Hat Wants to be a Dominant Force in the Cloud (Video) · · Score: 2

    There's no video showing up, only blank space. This is 2013 guys, Flash died years ago.

  6. Why those vegetables? on Desert Farming Experiment Yields Good Initial Results · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why were those vegetables chosen instead of others? Why not radishes, etc?

  7. Re:codecs on Netflix, Youtube Surpass 50% Mark of Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    AFAIK Netflix uses H.264 and offers three different quality settings in Canada.

  8. Re:As a side note about Steam... on Humble Bundle Launches Online Store For Games · · Score: 2

    The thing I hate about Steam is that the Steam client itself takes more time to load than World of Warcraft. This is on a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo Mac mini with 8GB of RAM, I don't know if Steam is like that on Windows and Linux.

  9. Re:Piracy makes more sense if stuff is worth money on MPAA Backs Anti-Piracy Curriculum For Elementary School Students · · Score: 1

    What about the remake of Star Wars: Episode IV? It's old footage sprinkled with new special effects, how would your system work on that? Also, I think there's been a "director's cut/final/definitive/etc" Blade Runner release every five years for over two or three decades now. If they already do it to make more money, do you really think they're not going to use that trick to lock their movies/etc forever?

    There would need to be provisions in place so that releasing a new shorter/longer/modified version would not affect the previous releases.

  10. Re:Good on them. on MPAA Backs Anti-Piracy Curriculum For Elementary School Students · · Score: 1

    Or every Canadian artist.

  11. A new Silk Road? on Head of Silk Road 2.0 Says It Will Be Back In Minutes If Shut Down · · Score: 1

    A new Silk Road went online and the value of bitcoins dipped nearly USD$50 around 24~48 hours ago. Is it related?

  12. Huh? I... I don't know that. Auuuuuuuugh!

  13. Sounds like a government-made thing on China's "Singles Day" Is the World's Biggest Online Shopping Blitz · · Score: 1

    Celebrate your celibacy, because there's too many of us already!

    Either that or it was made-up by a Chinese sex toy company.

  14. Re:When is American Thanksgiving? on China's "Singles Day" Is the World's Biggest Online Shopping Blitz · · Score: 1

    1. I understood the reference and I'm a french-speaking Canadian living in Québec.
    2. He gave you the Festivus keyword so that you could find more about the subject.
    3. Go watch Seinfeld right now.
    4. After you're done with Seinfeld, watch Corner Gas. It's kinda like the Canadian version of Seinfeld. Seinfeld was a show about nothing, Corner Gas is a show about nothing in the middle of nowhere.

  15. Re:When is American Thanksgiving? on China's "Singles Day" Is the World's Biggest Online Shopping Blitz · · Score: 1

    Canadians have free healthcare because they understand the true definition of the word socialism.
    Canadian banks didn't go bankrupt.
    Canada doesn't start wars with other countries.

    I'm pretty sure the metaphor is correct.

  16. As a Canadian on US Postal Service To Make Sunday Deliveries For Amazon · · Score: 1

    I think mail delivery on weekends is strange.

  17. Re:Nuclear disaster and... on Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Starts Generating Power · · Score: 1

    Or, since it's Japan, automatically add links to pregnant tentacle futanari furry porn hentai stuff websites?

    Sorry if I missed any fetiches.

  18. Metric vs Imperial on Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Starts Generating Power · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If my account is set to Canada, I should only see "A project to harness the power of the wind about 20 kilometers off the coast of Fukushima".

    If you wish to see "A project to harness the power of the wind about 12 miles off the coast of Fukushima", which frankly is a system designed for children, Slashdot should convert it for you according to your account settings.

    Isn't there a Web standard that should do all of this automatically anyway? If there isn't, why the fuck not? Discuss below.

  19. Re:Victims were alerted on GCHQ Created Spoofed LinkedIn and Slashdot Sites To Serve Malware · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They're watching what you're doing on your computer via their hidden cameras over there.

  20. Problems on Why Project Flare Might Just End the Console War · · Score: 1

    There's a few problems with that idea:
    1. monthly caps from ISPs
    2. latency
    3. bandwidth

  21. Simpsons did it! on Scientists Invent Urine-Powered Robots · · Score: 1

    Oh wait, it wasn't the Simpsons, it was Aachi & Ssipak.

  22. Re:In a hundred years... on Where Does America's Fear Come From? · · Score: 1
  23. Re:They are not a target. on Where Does America's Fear Come From? · · Score: 1

    We pity you and we're sorry about what you have become.

  24. Re:Was I the only one? on Square Is Discontinuing Monthly Pricing On February 1, 2014 · · Score: 1

    I thought this was about FF XI finally going free-to-play.

  25. Construction drones? on Construction Firm Balfour Beatty Considers Drone Workers · · Score: 1

    Aren't those things called "Boomers"?

    Anyone has the phone number for Nene? The older one with pink hairs not the young blonde one.