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  1. Filter classes... on Why the Widening Gender Gap In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it directly corresponds to this; (http://agonist.org/20081012/american_culture_derails_girl_math_whizzes_study_finds) in conjunction with filter courses and other prerequisites of those particular degrees.

  2. Re:Drumset on Guitar Hero World Tour Equipment Problems, Subscription Possibilities? · · Score: 1

    Would those be by any means better than the add on module that ION recommends for Drum Rocker, shown here. www.americanmusical.com

  3. Aggression and Mental Disorders on Video Games Linked To Child Aggression · · Score: 1

    Every year or so someone puts out yet another study on the correlation between violence and video games. Most of these studies are flawed in one way or another. However a few years back one study was put out that found the correlation between violence and video games was particular not with average children, but those suffering from certain disorders. I can't cite the reference however; has anyone else seen this?

  4. Re:Isn't that normal? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    I had no idea anyone else had the same ideas themselves, but duplication of concept is inevitable. On the good side, I now have another author to read.

  5. Re:Isn't that normal? on Linux Kernel Surpasses 10 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    If perhaps Asimov's three laws of robotics were practical to implement in any device possessing conscious thought; recognizing and preventing infractions themselves require another device of at least equal capability, or a additional dimensions of complexity within the original device.

    It is also highly unlikely that hardware-implemented and data-driven logic and alone would be significant enough to produce an emergent consciousness.

  6. Re:Isn't There an Iron Maiden Song For This? on Windows 7 To Be Called ... Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.0 weren't consumer OSs?

  7. I fear... on DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    what would happen to people who have implanted rfid chips.... (not that they currently check for this)

  8. Re:Get what you pay for on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 1

    ... and Hewlett Packard; ...

    That explains why my dv9000 laptop had an incomplete dsdt then...

  9. Re:group for NT,Me,95,98,etc. that just errors out on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 1

    You can indeed do this already, however the Microsoft DSDT response is not more likely to be accurate or complete either. There is in fact some likelihood that it could be more incomplete due to software based hardware drivers that run within windows taking the place of what used to be in bios.

  10. This is not an isolated problem... on MoBo Manufacturer Foxconn Refuses To Support Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    Poorly designed, or incomplete bios implementations are not the exception. They are in fact a fairly common occurrence. The DSDT table being missing, incomplete, or just wrong is so common in fact, that a number of solutions exist.

    See here: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php

  11. Re:Some of those examples on Best and Worst Coding Standards? · · Score: 1

    Its because of this.

    #Some comments go here.
    if (foo) {

          do_something();
    } # maybe here.

    # more comments go here.
    else {

          do_something_else();

    }# maybe here

  12. I bet... on Meet the Laptop You Will (Won't?) Use In 2015 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that Felix Schmidberger looks at his fingers while he types.

  13. Re:No. on Cutting-Edge AI Projects? · · Score: 1

    Not so much depleted as driven away. However, this administration is coming to an end soon. Maybe then.

  14. No. on Cutting-Edge AI Projects? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe you're working on a project like that and want to talk it up? Not under this administration.
  15. Re:Jerry Yang did the right thing on Microsoft Offered $40 a Share For Yahoo · · Score: 1

    I'm sure everyone here realizes that Yahoo is a BSD shop. How many of those people are actually going to stay, knowing that the platform they work on now will eventually be replaced with some release of windows server? How many of those people find themselves ethically obligated not to work for a convicted monopolist? I would expect a huge turnover of their Unix people, especially those who have done primarily Unix their entire career. I'm certain Carl's proxy fight itself is causing a similar problem in itself, and may eventually cause Yahoo a pretty penny in recruiting replacements if they survive.

  16. Re:Sophisticated Buyers on Upgrade Trick Still Present In Vista SP1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    People constantly bashed on the Yugo and Chevrolet's Vega. It wasn't that they didn't go down the road perfectly for some people. It wasn't that they suited some people's need just fine, it was that they were unsafe and got people killed. Its true! Vista killed my dog!
  17. Screw them all. on What Programming Languages Should You Learn Next? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Write your own language... it's certainly more educational.

  18. XP performance? on Intel Skulltrail Benchmark and Analysis · · Score: 1

    So, how well does this run XP? Since I'm certainly not even considering
    switching until at least Windows 7...

  19. Re:1637 called, they want their idea back. on Scientist Suggests We Explore 'Universe is a VR Simulation' Theory · · Score: 1

    "Hey, if the universe was a simulation, it would explain why everything tastes like chicken!


    Thats Odd. I could have sworn everything tasted like Tastee Wheat.
  20. License them! on Couple Busted For Shining Laser At Helicopter · · Score: 1

    If something that can be had by the general public is dangerous if misused, it only makes sense to require a license for them. You know, like cars, ham radios, and guns. If they had been properly informed as to the consequences of shining the laser into the sky, I doubt this would have happened unless there was some kind of malicious intent.

  21. If carpal tunnel syndrome had anything to do... on Does Computer Use Actually Cause Carpal Tunnel? · · Score: 1

    with keyboarding, my forearms would have already fallen off.

  22. Re:Well that's the beauty of Linux... on Fork the Linux Kernel? · · Score: 1

    Except that you may have some difficulty getting all of the drivers to work as your fork deviates from the main stream more and more every release.

  23. Re:People like their OS preinstalled. on Hewlett-Packard Brings Linux To Select Desktops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And despite all of that certification, they still ship their laptops with microsoft compiled DSDT tables that don't meet the ACPI spec.

  24. Root user... on iPhone Root Password Hacked in Three Days · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps this would be somewhat alarming if there was a root
    user enabled in OS X to begin with.

  25. Re:Question for any Americans reading Slashdot. on White House E-mail Scandal Widens · · Score: 1

    Now you see the power of the 24 hour American Propaganda Machine. Literally brainwashing both the liberal and conservative public; telling them not only who to love, but who to hate, telling them what is the truth and what is false, misdirecting their attention to what they should think is more important. They cannot help but be swayed to the will of the machine; when a lie becomes more popular than the truth, people want to believe the lie.