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  1. Re:3000:1 contrast ratio on Dell Launches New UltraSharp 3008WFP 30-Inch LCD · · Score: 1

    Since contrast is measured black to white, there wouldn't be a difference with dynamic on or off.

  2. Re:Why bother with the Crave article at all? on Reverse Engineer Finds Kindle's Hidden Features · · Score: 1

    This is a problem with the "Blogosphere" in general. The vast majority (not all but certainly most) just echo news from other sources, or worse other blogs. Hey hypocrite, you seem to be a big enough fan of "Slashdot", a site which rakes in ad revenue doing the same exact thing.
  3. Re:30 in LCD monitor? on Dell Launches New UltraSharp 3008WFP 30-Inch LCD · · Score: 1

    There is a major resolution difference, even if you have a 1080p set.

  4. Re:Deployment on MS To Push Silverlight Via Redesigned Microsoft.com · · Score: 1

    Never heard of activex?

  5. Re:Pretty light on detail on Molten Salt-Based Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    Salts contain a metal ions, but aren't themselves (since they aren't elements) metals.

  6. Re:Pretty light on detail on Molten Salt-Based Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    A typical highly conductive metal will vaporize and build up intense pressure at a much lower temperature than a salt will.

  7. Re:Ideas don't have to be free... on Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution · · Score: 1

    +5 insightful? Since inflation is geometrically progressive, they *could* keep paying it forever under his scheme.

  8. Re:Not remotely GPS-like.. on iPhone 1.1.3 Update Confirmed, Breaks Apps and Unlocks · · Score: 1

    not with the iphone you won't.

  9. Re:Good visualizers for Windows or Linux? on A Peek At the Origin of PS3's New Visualizer · · Score: 1

    Someone wake me up when hardware can do this.

  10. Re:In number? on A Peek At the Origin of PS3's New Visualizer · · Score: 1

    proved you can get ps3 and 360 to match visual for visual Huh? Of course you can do that, just adjust your game to pander to the lowest common denominator. You can do that for basically any two systems you choose. Do xbox1 games on the 360 prove the two systems are equivalent?
  11. Re:abandonment of sovereignty? on WTO Awards Caribbean Country Right to Ignore US Copyright · · Score: 1

    Bullshit; Americans have no moral opposition against sugar in the sugar vs. HF corn syrup battle, and yet we are allowed huge tariffs on it.

  12. Re:It's just a freakin' reservation system on Apple Patents 'Buy Stuff Wirelessly, Skip Lines' Tech · · Score: 1

    Not only that, today you can pull out your iphone, open a browser, pay for movie tickets, then walk right up and skip the line. All done wirelessly, just like this patent. In-fact, I did it yesterday. How is this patentable again?

  13. Re:Unintentionally, ... on Information Overload Predicted Problem of the Year for 2008 · · Score: 1

    Hey screw off Darfur! Problem of the year? Information overload!

  14. Re:incorrect underlying assumption on 'Mind Doping' Becoming More Common · · Score: 1

    The numbers involved in all of those also make your definition of success statistically insignificant.

  15. Re:The Intelligence Game on Researchers Simulate Building Block of Rat's Brain · · Score: 1

    Thanks armchair science policy guru. If you think that you can simulate a million neurons on a desktop, you are vastly ignorant of the computational complexity involved. But I'm sure you know more than these researchers and we should put you in charge of funding.

  16. Re:At what point... on Researchers Simulate Building Block of Rat's Brain · · Score: 1

    Never heard of a merger?

  17. Re:A long way off yet on Researchers Simulate Building Block of Rat's Brain · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm pretty sure he was making casual reference to this.

  18. Re:Dell Already dose this. on Should Apple Give Back Replaced Disks? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But the guy in the story was paying, *out of warrantee*. Or did I read it wrong?

  19. Re:Good and bad news on GNU Octave 3.0 Released After 11 Years · · Score: 1

    First I hope you are using and editor which can essentially treat spaces as tabs =). You bring up a decent issue, if you are getting out of multiple blocks it is hard to know how many indention levels you need to escape, but the same issue exists with "end"'s or any other scheme, you don't know how many you need to get to the place you want to be without remembering or going back and looking. And since python doesn't require "end"'s or closing braces, you typically have such a better use of vertical space that you don't have to scroll.

  20. Re:So what on Retail Store Scalping Wii Consoles on eBay · · Score: 1

    Actually you are wrong, it wasn't the price they could advertise at that was dictated, but the actual selling price.

  21. Re:Well, if they ever become competitive to Matlab on GNU Octave 3.0 Released After 11 Years · · Score: 1

    You can just skip the upgrade and buy a new seat, which wouldn't be anywhere near 15k.

  22. Re:Good and bad news on GNU Octave 3.0 Released After 11 Years · · Score: 1, Informative

    Huh? Python doesn't demand anything of your indention of parameter lists, anything in any kinds of braces (parameter lists are in parenthesis in Python) is complete free form.

  23. Re:So what on Retail Store Scalping Wii Consoles on eBay · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The record companies tried to stop Best Buy from selling CDs at a loss and they ended up convicted of price fixing.

  24. Re:A little late but.. on The Finest Moments in 2007 Gaming · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Red flag, the 360 doesn't support 1080p.

  25. Re:Owner of both Kindle and Sony Reader on Which eBook Reader is the Best? · · Score: 1

    Flash storage is typically rated for ~10 years. I still have a book from my great-great-great grandmother. Guess what medium it isn't stored on?