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  1. More than 400 bugs were eliminated? on Windows Replacement? ReactOS 0.3.16 Gets Themes, CSRSS Rewrite, and More · · Score: 0

    More like, "More than 400 bugs were created due to poor programming, but, now we took the time to fix them, whilst creating a few more no doubt".

    As a programmer, i see the word "bug" as a direct indication of poor programming. When i create bugs in my code, its an insult to my own work and i cant sleep until its resolved, even if this means rethinking the logic completely.

    There seems to be a large gap between software with a few bugs, and those with endless amounts.
    If my software was unstable, buggy and i just left them like these guys, i wouldn't really call myself a programmer.

    Poor logic and lack of knowledge are usually what allows for 400+ bugs.
    If this is trying to get publicity for ReactOS, its only achieved awareness of poor programming and lack of acceptable internal testing.

  2. Whats key here is Evidence. on Cops With Google Glass: Horrible Idea, Or Good One? · · Score: 1

    Obtaining evidence.
    If that involves an incident with professional conduct, its still evidence and can be verified.

    every aspect of an officer's shift could prove a powerful incentive to behave in a courteous and professional manner.

    Or, would it prove a more powerful incentive to make people respect cops. Especially as their now being recorded with potential evidence?

  3. Slashdot should apply! on Mozilla Launches $300,000 Gigabit Community Fund · · Score: 1

    for people to build open source applications that take advantage of super-fast fiber connections

    Slashdot, you should apply for this.
    Not only will you get between $5,000 and $30,000. Your beta site would be able to abuse all that "high speed fibre" with non-sense whitespace, videos and pictures!

    All you need now is a "supercomputer" fund, so that all you users can upgrade their PC's to run beta.slashdot, at the same speed as classic.slashdot.
    bloatware.slashdot wouldnt go a miss either, you'd pull in alot of youth with this one...

    Ps, fuck beta.

  4. more than 10 miles (17 km) per year on Greenland's Fastest Glacier Sets New Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Slow news day ./?

  5. Re:Great help for faceblind people on Through a Face Scanner Darkly · · Score: 1

    I'd mod you a troll if I could. No offence, but, do you have a severe brain damage? You surely can't read, have unrealistic ideas, is offensive and have no empathy. Fuck off.

    So.
    You walking around taking pictures of everyone, sending them to a database and obtaining private data on everyone isn't offensive?

    But if someone asks you to admit only your faults (post it note), instead of obtaining everyones private data, its offensive?
    Good to know your happy to milk from others private life, yet deny your own issues!

  6. Re:Great help for faceblind people on Through a Face Scanner Darkly · · Score: 1

    I am slightly face blind. I meet you today, I don't recognize you tomorrow. I recognize people I know well, but not if I haven't seen them for a long time. I have developed a skill to keep talking to someone until I find out who they are. I frequently recognize people by their voice. This thing would be a great help to me.

    No offence, but, for you to remember someone's name, the whole worlds privacy has to go to shit pot?

    Why don't you wear a post-it-note on your forehead saying "i cant remember names"?
    The same reason the whole world doesn't want some twat walking around with google glass, invading everyones privacy just for their benefit.

    I forget names, people forget names. This is a normal feature of the human brain, if you don't talk to someone for a while, your brain moves on.
    We generally "apologise" and laugh about it. It doesn't require the whole world to suffer.

  7. Wheres LXDE in your research?
    In terms of performance and usability, its the only "classic" UI out of your list.

    Unless the new "classic" is slow performance and bloated interfaces?

  8. FastTracker / Reason / Live on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 1

    If you want to make music without spending a penny: FastTracker
    Honestly though, "back in the day" lol :)

    Just stick with Windows 7, unless you are moving into top end commercial pro-production (eg: Tv/Film), you wont need Logic and a Mac.

    If you want everything all included in one simple program: Propellerhead Reason.
    Used by Prodigy.
    Run it, use it. Everything is included with the product.

    If you want the next best thing to Logic: Ableton live.
    Used by Deadmau5
    Vst compatible with clear interface. This is my personal preference.
    You'll probably want Massive/Nexus and Izone5 VSTs, but for everything else, Ableton has great inbuilt plugins.

  9. CloudDrive, maybe? on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 2

    I'am no marketing expert, but why not milk the hell out of the "cloud"?
    MS were the main culprits in creating this buzzword, yet, they wont use it?

    Welcome to Tech Support in 2014:
    user = I've lost my data!
    support = Where did you store it?
    user = Its in the clouds
    support = I see, is it currently raining?
    user = Yep
    support = You'll need to grab a bucket, and try and collect all those data droplets
    user = Got it, Your a genius!

  10. Speed != Good internet on Google Fiber Launches In Provo — and Here's What It Feels Like · · Score: 1

    As with all ISPs, speed means shit:
    - Whats the contention ratio, compared to other ISPs in the area?
    - How many hops to your favourite website, vs other ISP's?
    - How stable is your ping, vs other ISPs?
    - When the service becomes more populated, how much impact will this have on your connection?

    For people like me, who play online games, low latency and stability is everything. A 100TB connection means nothing if a 5mbit connection with 1:1 ratio can provide a smoother, more stable internet.

    I suppose i'am lucky. I've had the chance in my past career to use a 1:1 10mbit leased line at midnight to see what true internet really is. My 80mbit/40mbit BT infinity doesnt even come close to it.

    It might be a year or two before Google's internet starts to show its suffocation on the network, but it will. And when it does, that advertised speed wont mean shit :)

  11. 2014 = Let Java die. on Ask Slashdot: It's 2014 -- Which New Technologies Should I Learn? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Its time to let Java/Python/Ruby die.
    In a world of energy efficiency, its time you pulled your weight.

    Think of the end users performance, think of the energy it costs to run your application.
    Learn C++ instead. Stop being a selfish "wannabe". Make the world a better place.

    Java = var lookatme = 640000000;
    C++ = unsigned long lookatme = 640000000;

    It really isn't that hard guys...

  12. Ignorant to their own research on Who Makes the Best Hard Disk Drives? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    After all this research, Backblaze still pick the highest failing drive.

    "What Drives Is Backblaze Buying Now?
    We are focusing on 4TB drives for new pods. For these, our current favorite is the Seagate Desktop HDD.15 (ST4000DM000)"

    So what was the point in this advert again?

  13. Re:12) How does the Internet work? on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Thing is, given that the interviewer was Akami, that's a pretty reasonable question.

    Appears my answer regarding the clouds is still reasonable.

    (Google search)
    Akamai: Cloud Services, Enterprise, Mobile, Security Solutions
    uk.akamai.com/
    As the leading cloud platform for media and content delivery, application performance, and Web security, we enable any experience on any device.

  14. Re:A Better Explaination At Anandtech on AMD Considered GDDR5 For Kaveri, Might Release Eight-Core Variant · · Score: 1

    Cheers for the better article.
    It wasn't just me who thought the author of the hothardware article didnt have a clue?

  15. Re:Since i am a Greek... on In Greece, 10 Months In Prison For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page · · Score: 2

    Why the hell does /. show me 100+ comments of "USA this, USA that" before i get to a post that actually discusses THE STORY?

  16. 12) How does the Internet work? on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 2

    The clouds talk to each other though the use of touch.
    We receive the data via a stream of electricity in thunderstorms.

    Its all in the cloud, so simple, everyones happy.

  17. How To Play Quake III Correctly......... on How To Play Quake III On iPad · · Score: 1

    Turn your toy iPad off, put it down.

    Turn your PC on, Goto http://www.quakelive.com/ (or install from a DVD-ROM of Q3, yes, it exists!)
    Use a mouse + keyboard, AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE PLAYED 10+ years ago.
    Admire one of the greatest game of all time, and, the best game engine ever created.

    Once your done, put your iPad back on.
    Enjoy all the buggy games made with Unity + Java by a 16 year old kid.

  18. Re:What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    Best post i've seen for a long time on Slashdot.
    If i could +1, i would with honour.

  19. Re:The future of the human race on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of cars available now with legal HUDs, no training required. Your arguement doesn't work.

    (b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway with any object so placed or suspended in or upon the vehicle so as to obstruct the driver's clear view through the front windshield.
    346.88(3)(c)
    http://statutes.laws.com/wisconsin/346/346.88

    (2) A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle that obstructs or reduces the driver’s clear view through the windshield or side windows.
    http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm

  20. Re:Like 100 years ago... on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't that like saying a pilot is distracted by having his HUD turned on?

    Pilots are trained to use Huds.
    A google glass user assumes they are trained, because their ego is bigger than anyone around them.

  21. The future of the human race on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just look at this page:
    https://plus.google.com/+CeciliaAbadie/posts

    That right there is the future of the human race.
    A self obsessed, attention seeking, ignorant person who thinks she can drive with a HUD. Maybe she can, but until she has trained in the army to use HUD's whilst driving, take the bloody thing off, for once, think of other people!

    This single woman has basically enabled the world to drive with google glass. All those future accidents, waiting to happen, are on you Cecilia.

  22. Re:Bad Headline on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 3, Informative
  23. Kickstarter + Reasearch Data on Revolutionary Scuba Mask Creates Breathable Oxygen Underwater On Its Own · · Score: 1

    "- It extracts oxygen under water through a filter in the form of fine threads with holes smaller than water molecules."
    "- The micro battery is a next-generation technology with a size 30 times smaller than current battery that can quickly charge 1,000 times faster.”

    *cough, bullshit*

    Why not go the extra mile, create a Kickstarter!
    We can then use that data to calculate how many rich retards (with some accuracy) exist on planet Earth today. Everyones a winner!

  24. Re:Sweet. on EA Caves: SimCity Offline Mode Coming · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Most pirates stay away from dogshit.

  25. Hello Officer on British Spies To Be Allowed To Break Speed Limit · · Score: 1

    "You cant arrest me, i am spy and work for MI6.
    Now, upload my picture on the net and lets tell the whole world."

    Cant wait to see how this will work.