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  1. Re:meh on Samsung Reconsidering Android 4.0 On the Galaxy S · · Score: 1

    Early builds had insufficiently-fastened GPS antennae that mostly did not work.

  2. Re:Busy work on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Hmm, enforcing safety rather than running speed traps and DUI checkpoints... nah, couldn't work.

  3. Re:Another security theater excess... on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, start over. How the fuck does a rear-end collision in front of you cause a rear-end collision behind you? Either the buses could have stopped, regardless of the collision, or they could not have stopped, regardless of the collision.

  4. Re:Of course it isn't a joke on Genome of Controversial Arsenic Bacterium Sequenced · · Score: 1

    Don't forgot Sonic Hedgehog (SHH), an important protein used in development.

    Which ends up being an unfunny problem for doctors, that have to explain to a mom that her baby's congenital malformation is caused by a "Sonic Hedgehog Mutation": http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7074/full/439266d.html

    I think Shakespeare may have had a particular point about the meaning of names... hmm.

  5. Re:Faulty Reasoning on Does Outsourcing Programming Really Save Money? · · Score: 1

    What the hell does a suit represent other than a willingness to paper over personal faults with deceptive sleight of hand?

  6. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 2

    I doubt most sysadmins are dumb enough to care what a user installs in their home directory used solely by themselves.

  7. Re:They should be able to publish their research on Paper On Super Flu Strain May Be Banned From Publication · · Score: 1

    When they publish the antidote or cure.
    This scientist probably should be careful. There have been a lot of microbiologists/scientists that have been having accidents supposedly.

    [Citation needed]

  8. Re:600 acre-feet, WHAT? on The Myth of Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    Presumably it's a prismatic volume, six hundred acres of surface area and one foot of depth.

  9. Re:Don't worry on The Myth of Renewable Energy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There is a pretty awesome "new technology", and it was discovered a few thousand years ago -- it's called "humans not reproducing at a disgustingly unsustainable pace with the apparent goal of destroying the world as quickly as possible."

  10. Re:And it'll cost MORE next time because of it on OSHA App Costs Gov't $200k · · Score: 1

    Actually, I am also a government contractor, and I agree with the other guy, and not you. Doing your best to fulfill nebulous requirements is not the same as trying to weasel out of work. There is a lot of waste, but it's nowhere near in the locations that you seem to think it is.

  11. Re:Intel Softcores on Intel's Plans For X86 Android, Smartphones, and Tablets · · Score: 1

    It's not as if "x86" means much from an architectural standpoint. It is a choice in instruction set and is a good choice for new products given your (5) above -- what's got better payoff, making a new instruction set or reusing an existing one that is supported exceedingly well? Intel's 386 and AMD's 64-bit conventions are common ground for many wildly different CPU architectures.

  12. Re:No, they haven't on Has Apple Made Programmers Cool? · · Score: 1

    Those of us that can't stand CONSTANT talking all day feel exactly the same way about hearing your superfluous small talk.

  13. Re:No, they haven't on Has Apple Made Programmers Cool? · · Score: 1

    Developing as a distinct part of a group only has an advantage if others in the group actively take interest. I don't see any real truth to what you describe in my decade of professional experience so far.

  14. Re:Image quality issues on Qualcomm's Butterfly Wing Display Gets Nearer · · Score: 1

    Second, each subpixel can reflect only a particular colour (presumably they'll go for red, green and blue subpixels.) So if for a pixel all the subpixels are turned on, than means that 1/3 of the red light falling on the pixel will be reflected (i.e. from the red subpixel), 1/3 of the green light, and 1/3 of the blue light. This means that if we try to set the pixel as bright as possible (all subpixels on) we'll still only get a medium grey, not white.

    Why would you presume that over CMYK? You seem to generally be giving the impression that you think this is a display that "lights up", rather than occludes.

  15. Re:The Internet is based on C on The IOCCC Competition Is Back · · Score: 1

    So what non-Linux, non-FreeBSD Unix do you regularly use and target software for?

  16. Why is this [...] game so massively compelling? on A Cognitive Teardown of Angry Birds · · Score: 1

    Easy: casual gamers got bored of FarmVille.

  17. Re:POSEURS! on Anonymous Cancels Drug-Ring Attack · · Score: 1

    The United States created the drug cartel problem through the insanely costly and misguided prohibition/War On Drugs campaign waged over the last century. By all rights, yes, the US does have the responsibility to take care of it. They'd rather keep along the same path and just make it worse, though. Silly politicians!

  18. Re:Small, yes, but keep some perspective... on Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than · · Score: 1

    That's because you pulled in swathes of new .o files. Nothing to do with the language; all compiler and static runtime library granularity limitations.

  19. Re:Depends.... on How Can I Justify Using Red Hat When CentOS Exists? · · Score: 1

    Okay, now how about when no system packages changed?

  20. Re:old programming skills for new SoC+Card platfor on Your Tech Skills Have a Two Year Half-Life · · Score: 1

    The converse is true, that you don't understand large and highly-parallel applications until you develop them, as well.

  21. Re:What about languages? on Your Tech Skills Have a Two Year Half-Life · · Score: 2

    You can make a name for yourself outside of school in place of that set of credentials. You provide measurable experience and anyone worth interviewing with will not overlook that...

  22. Re:What about languages? on Your Tech Skills Have a Two Year Half-Life · · Score: 1

    Ada may be big in aerospace, but plain old C is huge. I, however, write my satellite ground system software in C++ or Java or Ruby where possible -- but a huge benefit is the breadth of available libraries, as well. Forcing NIH on yourself through language choice can suck. Then again, there's no guarantee your libraries are bug-free, either.

  23. Re:Compatibility on Fedora 16 Will Number UIDs From 1000 · · Score: 1

    It is absolutely trivial to fix. You pick the first free UID over when grabbing a UID for a new service. There is no reason to hardcode a UID, ever.

  24. Re:More trouble than that. on Fedora 16 Will Number UIDs From 1000 · · Score: 1

    Why the hell would you change a user's UID?

  25. Re:Maybe, but.. on Users Want Matte LCDs While Glossy Screens Dominate · · Score: 1

    You're only a victim of your own poor consumerist choices.