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  1. Does calling a method really count as 2 lines? on Wolfram Language Demo Impresses · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All I see there is calling some method to do something complicated. It's not 2 lines of code of the actual meat is hidden somewhere.

  2. Venezuela thinks it is Madagascar on Internet Shutdown Adds To Venezuela's Woes · · Score: 2

    Only Madagascar can shut down everything

  3. I call bullshit on Windows 8 Metro: The Good Kind of Market Segmentation? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To really understand metro, you have to watch the development videos at microsoft virtual academy website.

    Somehow their UI designers came up with this ridicilous notion that your apps don't need any "distract" menus or system icons and it should only display content. Content is the king they say, none of those resizing bars or window icons or anything. This is the main reason why metro apps look like that.

    It's like someone designed a car and said.. "you don't doors once you're in the car all you need is the road". To that I say "getting in and out a car shouldn't be an un-intuitive mess dumbass"

  4. Didn't they sell out to Microsoft? on Nokia Turns To Android To Regain Share In Emerging Markets · · Score: 1

    I thought Nokia sold its devices division to Microsoft. Also they already have their low end Asha platform

  5. Doomed on Satya Nadella Named Microsoft CEO · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hate Ballmer all you want but that dude knew how to make money.

  6. Are we gonna compare every service pack to vista? on Windows 8.1 Passes Windows Vista In Market Share · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Aren't windows 8 and 8.1 the same thing?

  7. Only 1.2 mil? on RAF Fighter Flies On Printed Parts · · Score: 1

    Doesn't seem like much over 4 years. I suspect it's running at loss at least 2 of those 4 years.

  8. Smart move on Congressman Accepts BitCoin For His US Senate Run · · Score: 1

    Since nobody wants to part with their bitcoin, he will be funding his campaign with fiat currency while reaping the benefits of being to the first to accept bitcoin. It's a win win

  9. Windows Phone already competing on low end on Nokia Still Experimenting With Android Smartphone · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The summary is incorrect. Low end windows phone are far more competitive with Android on the low end spectrum that high end. If anything, they would be making competing high end Android phones (which again seems completely unlikely).

  10. Re:Porsche should be sued on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you operate a vehicle in an unsafe way (including speeding) then it's your own damn fault. If you want Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson is a master of exaggeration. He called the 19'inch wheels on a mercedes AMG "the size of neptune".

  11. Re:because on Why People Are So Bad At Picking Passwords · · Score: 2

    I ended up using something similar. I just have a bunch of memorized passwords using a very simple 3 keyed format

    like "AB#" "EF#" "I#K"

    This way whenever I need a new password to add to my list I write anything that pops into my head on a note. for example..

    J92bd3Yp4. "J92" "bd3" "Yp4". write it down, use it for a week until it's memorized and it's done. I have about 6 passwords in this format completely memorized and cycle them everywhere.

  12. Everyone wants something for free on Open Source In the Datacenter: It Was Never About Innovation · · Score: 1

    Why pay when you can have it fo free?

  13. Re:incoherent arguments throughout on Why Bitcoin Is Doomed To Fail, In One Economist's Eyes · · Score: 1

    His strongest point is point #3, beautifully illustrated by the fool who 4 years ago thought bitcoin was worthless and threw out his harddrive, and today is dumpster diving because he believes it's worth 4.7 million (in actual currency).

  14. Re:30 fires, 12 on customer owned cars out of 150k on With Burning Teslas In the News Ford Recalls Almost 140,000 Escapes · · Score: 1

    RTFA. Ford is not recalling all vehicles. it is recalling the 2013 Ford Escape.

  15. Bias goggles on With Burning Teslas In the News Ford Recalls Almost 140,000 Escapes · · Score: 1

    From TFA, "9,469 Escape are being re-recalled. There have been no fires."

    Ford is recalling the 2013 escape. no fires, there might be potential fires it's a voluntary recall.

    Telsa has had 3 fires, no voluntary recalls, won't even admit there's a problem.

    That's why Tesla get shit in the news. Take of your bias goggles.

  16. Re:Definitely not your normal car company on Musk Lashes Back Over Tesla Fire Controversy · · Score: 1

    we have requested that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conduct a full investigation as ... if something is discovered that would result in a material improvement in occupant fire safety, we will immediately apply that change to new cars and offer it as a free retrofit to all existing cars

    Wow, not running from a recall as is usual, but actively inviting one.

    You don't need NHTSA to start a recall. Most car companies do recalls without having a NHTSA investigation

  17. They could stop the hurting on Alfred Poor Says HDTV Manufacturers are Hurting (Video) · · Score: 1

    by not creating products nobody wants

  18. Re:The MATH the Media on Man In Tesla Model S Fire Explains What Happened · · Score: 1

    It's not a math game. You don't want to be one of the 3 whose car catches fire or dies in a fire. What if you get out but your kids can't? If there's a design issue Telsa should fix it. End of story.

  19. No way to make a good movie out of that book on Movie Review: Ender's Game · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ender's Game is all about being in Ender's world, you are in his head you experience things the way he see and experiences it. That's why the ending of the book was shockingly good.

    However this is difficult to translate into a movie especially with the Captain American/Iron Man style they chose to make it in.

  20. Just pay like everyone else on Bribe Devs To Improve Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    When my toilet gets blocked, I pay a plumber. if you need shit fixed pay a software developer. what's the point of this bribe stuff?

  21. Re:Might be legal on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And the reason why it won't is because

    "(a) does not apply to the following equipment when installed in a vehicle:"

    Google glass is not installed in the vehicle.

  22. Captcha is a security system? on CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System · · Score: 1

    Security to who? More like an annoyance

  23. Re:Could cycles be made safer? on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    it's not safe because there are lot of bad cyclists.

  24. Slashdot: 5 days behind on Blackberry BBM App and Suspicious Google Play Ratings · · Score: 0, Troll

    Old news for nerds?

  25. Re:A shot at other OS, computer *and* device maker on Apple Announces iPad Air · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's not really useful since you can't install it on any machine.. only apple machines that cost a lot