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  1. looks like the alternative is -ix on ZDNet Proclaims "Windows: It's Over" · · Score: 2

    Unix on the Mac, Linux on all the Android devices. for decades, folks have said that Unix is very user-friendly, it is just particular about who it chooses as friends. appears the old fox has got some fancy duds and moves, and gotten out of Ma Bell's basement at last.

  2. Silverlight greatness lock-in on Netflix Wants To Go HTML5, But Not Without DRM · · Score: 1

    Silverlight does not work on anything except Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

    DRM screws all legitimate customers to (temporarily) frustrate a few bad eggs. also bad. and also tends to only be provided to the software giants who pay big and patent everything.

  3. looks like backhoes to me on Book Review: The Death of the Internet · · Score: 1

    it ain't hoes, it's backhoes.

  4. anybody with an iThingie can tell you that on Memory Effect Discovered In Lithium-Ion Batteries · · Score: 0

    and I wish you didn't have to hack your way in to replace them.

  5. the V2s had inertial navigation on DARPA Develops Non-GPS Navigation Chip · · Score: 1

    no patent, sorry

  6. back in the day, we had something like that on DARPA Develops Non-GPS Navigation Chip · · Score: 0

    hard to remember that far back, but I think we called 'em "maps" and you could roll them up or fold them and carry a lot of them in a small space. no electricity, no radio, no gigabits, and they worked everywhere. if DARPA would like to send be a hundred pounds of $100 bills, I would take some time to consult on this in my spare time.

  7. better: the judge places the case on ice on Judge Slams Apple-Motorola Suit As 'Business Strategy' · · Score: 2

    a judge can reassign his caseload however he wants until retirement in many jurisdictions, and in all of them if the head of judicial assignments also thinks it's noise. it is far more common to dismiss for frivolity or abuse of the system. but then the t1t vs. tat lawsuits pop up somewhere else. if a Federal judge ices the case, it's not going to bite anybody.

  8. screw that. train Americans. on Zuckerberg Lobbies For More Liberal Immigration Policies · · Score: 1

    importing contractors is just a tool to dump responsibility and skim money out of the company now. let somebody else mend fences later.

    let somebody else fix the economy later.

    let somebody else stop the food riots in the US later.

    oh, geez, nobody else cares???

  9. "the typical man-hour myth" on Where Will Apple Get Flash Memory Now? · · Score: 1

    it's not how many resources you can put into a task, it's getting the RIGHT resources...

  10. the old AMD plants are closed or underutilized on Where Will Apple Get Flash Memory Now? · · Score: 1

    and with enough crackling, fresh, green US of America freakin' M.O.N.E.Y, obstacles melt quickly.

  11. if it looks like a shell company, and acts... on US Gov't Blocks Sales To Russian Supercomputer Maker · · Score: 1

    gotcha, caught 'ya, General Ivan

  12. not theory. fact. on Windows 8 Killing PC Sales · · Score: 1

    the only reason you would want to upgrade to something so fast you can't measure the clock is all the protection software and encryption that your average business PC is saddled with.

  13. this is why Apple has a huge cash stash on Where Will Apple Get Flash Memory Now? · · Score: 2

    need a fab? buy a fab. update it. make a screaming pile of flash memory. undercut the market price while supplying all their own.

    oh, and One More Thing... we remember who our friends are, and they get a discount.

  14. astounding that defaults are not tougher on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I mean, how hard is it to ship new devices with something tougher than admin and 1234?

  15. coincidentally, dumber patent lawyers submitting on Study Suggests Patent Office Lowered Standards To Cope With Backlog · · Score: 1

    with broader claims. now you CAN have the salad dressing that is also a shampoo! and a lift bridge! and a three-finger-salute sidewipe!

  16. QUICK FIX: amend TOS to prohibit congresscritters on New CFAA Could Subject Teens To Jail For Reading Online News · · Score: 1

    and other legal types like justices, sworn officers, etc.

    as soon as the jails fill up with them, and you find out everybody else in the courtroom is guilty under examination, this gets fixed quickly.

  17. with the $3299 price, it's very Bolexy ;) on Digital Bolex Gives You a Classic Film Look in a Digital Package (Video) · · Score: 2

    the HR-16 always seemed a little top-heavy to me, but then Canon came along with the Scoopic-16 and Sound-Scoopic to make the Bolex seem balanced.

    crank? on a digicam? man, it better telescope and fold back.

    and I notice they're pushing Switar lenses. some things never change ;)

  18. does this mean HP needs a scammer to run it? on HP Not Giving Up On Autonomy · · Score: 2

    so they allege. this would mean they need a crook to resuscitate the numbers. watch out guys, your phones are tapped and they're reading your emails now. and it's not just the board this time...

  19. so call it "Shit University" and keep going on Brown vs. Startup Over a Sandwich · · Score: 1

    and then if Brown decides their name is "shit" and sues, it can be tossed out because the university's high rollers made the association themselves.

  20. ahhh, now I can divide by zero on Erlang Getting Too-Big-To-Fail Process Flag · · Score: 1

    and I don't have to have error checking on my compilers any more. time to get back into programming!

  21. this is a first! on New Director Chosen At Fermilab · · Score: 1

    after searching for unusual sub-quark particles for years, apparently Fermilab has created enough of them to assemble a director that is unknown, strange, and charming, all at the same time. we may suppose this to be the neutron referred to by Dr. Rutherford in his Bakerian Lecture.

  22. so how many Bitcoin do I get for my flooz? on Bitcoin Currency Surpasses 20 National Currencies In Total Value · · Score: 1

    because when it comes down to it, the value is the same, as it is for the toy money I made as a kid. there is no backing, and who's behind it?

  23. uh, maybe Da ISH doesn't love Dearest Leader? on North Korea Halts 3G Internet Access After One Month · · Score: 1

    there really is no other answer, except that maybe real information can be found on Da ISH if you look long and hard enough. Nut Korea mismanagement is deathly allergic to information.

  24. so, that is a vote of confidence in Michael Dell on Dell Confirms and Details Rival Bids From Blackstone and Icahn · · Score: 1

    NOT. Dude, you're getting a signal here.

  25. so is the FCC going to pay my bill? on Google Fiber Expands To Olathe, Kansas · · Score: 1

    then I'll order it now, during the lunch break.