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  1. disk cache on Revisiting How Much RAM Is Enough Today For Desktop Computing · · Score: 1

    with prevalence of SSD, disk cache is just adding latency to your I/O.

  2. dammit, Johnnie Cochran is going to be sooo pissed on CNN and CBC Sued For Pirating YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    I think it's like the Wookie defense, only with some actual merit.

    Dammit, for the n'th time, it's Chewbacca defense!

  3. once again demonstrating that... on Windows 10 Still Phones Home With Data In Spite of Privacy Settings · · Score: 2, Insightful

    there's nothing more expensive in life than free.
    never underestimate the creative ability of corporate amerika to extract profit out of free.

  4. They _ARE_ strangling on TPP Copyright Chapter Leaks: Website Blocking, New Criminal Rules On the Way · · Score: 5, Informative

    and considering the utter populace indifference, they will prevail.

  5. device not eligible on Samsung To Push Monthly Over-the-Air Security Updates For Android · · Score: 1

    Device released prior to not eligible for updates.

  6. Re:Record of Lodoss War on Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting a Film Franchise · · Score: 1

    RoLW also started out as a game. Remarkable what a script can do. (No, I would not call the D&D film adaptations as "scripted.")

  7. follow the money on DoD Ditches Open Source Medical Records System In $4.3B Contract · · Score: 4, Interesting

    follow the money and the answer is in front of you.

  8. but someone will pay... on In Windows 10, Ad-Free Solitaire Will Cost You $10 -- Every Year · · Score: 1, Interesting

    OS will be free, but IPv4 stack is licensed separately. Oh, and IPv6 is yet another separate distinct license. And you want share out your files and printer on your windows box to other computers/"smart" appliance on your lan? that's another distinct license. You want your games to work? Direct3D is a separate license too.

    I predict Win10 will be the most profitable OS for MS, ever.

  9. no no no, nuclear powered shark on Musk, Woz, Hawking, and Robotics/AI Experts Urge Ban On Autonomous Weapons · · Score: 1

    ... with laser.

  10. Re:So why? on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 1

    B) "Discipline", which would suggest that confidence and morale are down, which this change is not going to stem in any way.

    "Beating will continue until morale improves."

  11. It's evident that mgmt is running out of scapegoat on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 5, Insightful

    HP management is looking for scapegoat for their incompetence and has finally ran out of (other) scapegoats.

    A sure sign of a company in trouble is when assholes at the top begins to blame people at the bottom for all the failings. I expect to see a lot of people shorting HP soon..

  12. They'll think of something on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1

    They always do. Moving violation fines are now tacked on with so many other "fees" a formerly two hundred dollar ticket is now six...

  13. No, lawyers being lawyers... on Taking the Lawyers Out of the Loop · · Score: 1

    Lawyers being lawyers will just either buy a law the prohibits this (in direct or indirect ways) or just sue anyways. Remember that much of what's in the congressional chambers are lawyers.

  14. Re:two certainties in life... on Time Warner Cable Owes $229,500 To Woman It Would Not Stop Calling · · Score: 0

    purportedly payments for physical injuries are tax exempt. Are the pay out in your case are for physical injuries? The pay out in the robocall case is not.

  15. two certainties in life... on Time Warner Cable Owes $229,500 To Woman It Would Not Stop Calling · · Score: 0

    The plaintiff's 229k winning is 100% taxable as regular income. Most of us thinks in terms of how landsharks wins no matter which way the case swings, in practice IRS wins across the board.

  16. corrective action would be swift... on Time Warner Cable Owes $229,500 To Woman It Would Not Stop Calling · · Score: 1

    corrective action would be swift if you deduct that 229k off the CEO compensation.

  17. Re:Quantum HDD on Celebrating Workarounds, Kludges, and Hacks · · Score: 1

    My problem isn't that particular hack is considered an appropriate fix, but that the original problem was never root-caused. A properly configured ICE should be able to trap the problem, but instead a hack is put in place and victory declared.

  18. Quantum HDD on Celebrating Workarounds, Kludges, and Hacks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This I heard from a ex-Quantum coworker; purportedly the drive firmware was suffering from a memory corruption problem (several consecutive bytes keep getting overwritten in RAM.) The engineer tasked with fixing the problem shifts the code by the said number of bytes and declares victory. After that I never looked at HDD the same way again.

  19. Re:How many times? on Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the record labels, every passing thought of the melody or lyric constitutes an infringement. The only thing that's stopping them right now is their inability to read minds.

  20. which version? on Woz To Be Immortalized In Wax · · Score: 1

    I was going to ask it'll be the current version of early 80s version...

  21. and to this day... on FCC Nixes PayPal's Forced Robocalls Plan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... as PayPal fell under the banking regulations and played by a different set of rules... Just like working at a bank.

    And to this day PayPal continues to fight tooth and nail to have itself _NOT_ classified as a bank in the US to evade banking regulations.

  22. employees and officers forgot they're human first on FCC Nixes PayPal's Forced Robocalls Plan · · Score: 1

    Because PayPal is, and has always been, ran by assholes who don't give a shit about their users.

    I am incline to think it was started by assholes and that shaped the corporate culture into that of an asshole. So long after their departure, the company continue to act like assholes. At this point the only remedy is to nuke the company (with all hands) from orbit.

  23. Valve and HTC on Oculus Announces Partnership With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Considering that HTC stock recently tanked due to far-below-expectation earning number, there are rumors abound of a possible acquisition by ASUS. If this pans out, the entire venture might be dead on arrival.

  24. Remember... on Oculus Announces Partnership With Microsoft · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Recall what M$ is known for; Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.

  25. Re:Sexual misconduct charge on Why Is It a Crime For Dennis Hastert To Evade Government Scrutiny? · · Score: 1

    he was not charged with sexual misconduct is that the victim refuses to cooperate

    Well, pedophiles generally don't stop at just one victim or cease after a few years. There're probably many more victims out there.