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  1. Re:Linux Mint? Cinnamon? on Cinnamon 2.6: a Massive Update Loaded With Performance Improvements · · Score: 1

    Don't knock it till you've tried it.

  2. Re:Linux Mint? Cinnamon? on Cinnamon 2.6: a Massive Update Loaded With Performance Improvements · · Score: 1

    If you've ever had my lamb chops with brown sugar, cinnamon and ginger glaze covered with mint sauce, you'd know they go very well together!

  3. Re:Let's all hope on The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here · · Score: 2

    You must be new here.

  4. Let's all hope on The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here · · Score: -1

    Of course we'll also find out if this new pancreas will just have its beta-cells destroyed by the hosts' immune system the same way the original pancreas did...

  5. Re:The good thing is on Tor Connections To Hidden Services Could Be Easy To De-Anonymize · · Score: 2

    TOR is getting a lot more research attention now. That can only make it stronger in the long run.

    Right. By that logic civil liberties have never been stronger. I mean they've been studied since ancient times.

  6. Re:Seriously? on Crowdfunded, Solar-powered Spacecraft Goes Silent · · Score: 0

    Did they not run this thing on the ground for a few weeks?

    Why bother. It's fun doing stuff with other people's money. They'll just launch another kickstarter for LightSail II.

  7. Re:Fuck Dice.com!! on Android M Arrives In Q3: Native Fingerprint Support, Android Pay, 'Doze' Mode · · Score: 1

    No I have a story from 2013 where GIMP stopped using sourceforge, and announced it on their very own webpage. Download from sourceforge at your own risk, everyone knows it's utter shit.

  8. Re:Not sure why this article was written on Cloud Boom Drives Sales Boom For Physical Servers · · Score: 1

    It makes many have access to your data, too. Don't worry I'm sure the cloud provider will appropriately say "oops, sorry" if/when they get hacked.

  9. Re:Not sure why this article was written on Cloud Boom Drives Sales Boom For Physical Servers · · Score: 2

    but they likely have better reliability, better bandwidth, better backups, and better security than a "nontechnical" person could provide for themselves.

    Another one who doesn't bother to read terms of service.

  10. Re:Fuck Dice.com!! on Android M Arrives In Q3: Native Fingerprint Support, Android Pay, 'Doze' Mode · · Score: 1

    News since 2013...

  11. Re:Computers Kill Trees on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    It's actually a controversial subject and not everyone agrees. However I have the advantage of being able to measure my trees and measure the biomass that is being added per year on my farm. Feel free to come to my farm and bring your measuring tape and hypsometer.

  12. Re:Computers Kill Trees on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not actually true. As part owner of a tree farm we've looked into carbon credits, etc. CO2 sequestration is highest in the first few years of growth and then gradually tapers off. You probably get more CO2 sequestered in the first 20 years than the next 80.

  13. Re:HCF joke in 3...2...1... on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 3, Funny

    Problem is all the answers will be in board-feet.

  14. Subjective questions deserve subjective answers on How Much C++ Should You Know For an Entry-Level C++ Job? · · Score: 1

    Some individuals can sell themselves very well. That's why you find a lot of poorly qualified people with jobs they clearly don't deserve to have. Other people aren't too good at the whole job application process and convincing people they are the right one for the job. So they get passed over even if they have better actual skills. Seriously do you plan on hiring a candidate based on coding skill alone?

  15. Re:Great marketing on Volvo Self-Parking Car Hits People Because Owner Didn't Pay For Extra Feature · · Score: 1

    whereas security holes in Microsoft's products aren't

    That's what you think.

  16. Re:Mars One Plan on How To Die On Mars · · Score: 1

    People are talking about Mars One as if it was real! Even Star Citizen is more real than Mars One.

  17. Re:Blocking access on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    You know I don't REALLY kick puppies right? :)

  18. Re:Or.... on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 0

    Not to mention the fact that - who drinks tapwater nowadays?

  19. Re:Or.... on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    Yeah British women are all disgusting. Seriously there are plenty of Americans with bad teeth too.

  20. Re:Blocking access on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That promise also comes pre-broken, just so you don't have to worry about them breaking it.

  21. Re:Blocking access on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    They can block the proxies too. You try accessing Hulu through a proxy from outside the US, for example. All it takes is for someone to say "if you're using a proxy you obviously have something to hide and therefore must be evil".

  22. Re:48GB?! on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 1

    40GB should be enough for anybody. In fact since you complain, your ISP will probably lower it to 20GB.

  23. Re:GTA V on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 1

    Yeah Titanfall was about that size too - 50-odd GB if I remember.

  24. Re:GTA V on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 1

    It's one way to cut down on piracy.

  25. Not planned at all on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 0

    This couldn't be a marketing ploy to increase pledges for the next stretch goal(s) at all...