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  1. Which is funny considering Adam Lanza while he attended public school briefly as an elementary student and for a short time in high school, he was primarily either in catholic school or home schooled.

  2. I guess he can go to work for Electronic Arts on Microsoft Game Director Adam Orth Resigns Following Xbox Comments · · Score: 1

    They apparently love asshats like him especially with Simcity

  3. Microsoft isnt as stupid as Electronic Arts on Microsoft Apologizes For Cavalier 'Always-Online' DRM Tweets · · Score: 1

    Admittedly that is a low threshold to cross.

  4. Given that Linux is still in use... on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 1

    The length of time it took to write it needs to be put in perspective.

  5. Re:the more things change... on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 1

    Atari was outselling both IBM and Apple in 1982, right before the C-64 came out.

    http://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/4/

  6. Of course the numbers are wrong on Rare Docs Show How Apple Created Apple II DOS · · Score: 1

    http://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/4/
    http://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/5/

    The commodore 64 vastly outsold the Apple II after 1982 and the Atari 400/800 and the TRS-80 outsold the Apple II before 1982

  7. Never underestimate the appeal of cheap junk on Gartner Says 3D Printers Will Cost Less Than $2,000 By 2016 · · Score: 1

    When 3d printers can custom make kitsch of all sorts in minutes at a local store, it is a revolution. Then its not just junk its YOUR personal junk :)

  8. Re:Cinnamon on GNOME 3.8 Released Featuring New "Classic" Mode · · Score: 4, Informative

    I used Mint 14.1 and I found the alternate but included MATE interface to be far more stable than cinnamon.

  9. We dont need to do this on 'Energy Beet' Power Is Coming To America · · Score: 4, Interesting

    End sugar import quotas we could buy all the sugar cane we needed for ethanol from carribean nations and have better coca-cola to boot.

  10. Theres nothing wrong with opinion on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 0

    As long as its labeled opinion. Fox'es problem is they mix and blur fact,opinion and ideology to promote their aims.

  11. keyword based ads is not a privacy invasion on Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On · · Score: 1

    As long as the individual information is not shared with anyone.

  12. reducing the cost of refined titanium by 90% on New Technology Produces Cheaper Tantalum and Titanium · · Score: 1

    Would be almost the start of a titanium revolution in industry. It would reduce the cost of everything from boat propellers to aircraft to bicycles.

  13. Sweden would prove your point on Islamists In Bangladesh Demand Murder of More Bloggers · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oh wait it doesnt. Maybe Norway...nope. Okay how about Denmark? Nah.

    Surely ultraviolent costa rica...wait they dont have an army nor much violence to speak of.

    There are oodles of peaceful left of center social democratic governments that have been stable and democratic for decades.

  14. So? on Woz Says iPhone Features Are 'Behind' · · Score: 1

    How many iphone 3's are still out there?

    Whats interesting about android 2.3 numbers is that new phones are still being sold with 2.3 on them. Why? because a new unlocked phone that has 2.3
    sells for as little as $40-50. That may not be a big thought for you but in other countries they just dont have $200 to spend on the latest model. Most android apps will run on 2.3 just fine.

  15. Not really on How Proxied Torrents Could End ISP Subpoenas · · Score: 1

    According to Holle he was drunk and thought his friends were joking and apparently had lent his car
    to them dozens of times. The felony murder rule never really made sense. Murder under common law "the taking of a human life with malice aforethought.
    Even a drunk driver has some reckless intent. Its such a convoluted logic that most other common law jurisdictions have repealed the felony murder rule.
    Canada and the UK no longer have that rule and the model penal code doesnt have it.

  16. GM finally gets it on OnStar Gives Volt Owners What They Want: Their Data, In the Cloud · · Score: 4, Interesting

    enviromental friendliness...who cares
    saving the earth...yeah whatever
    nerd bragging rights and a leaderboard with a technocar----yeah baby. ;-)

  17. Mint 14 does include support for AMD Trinity APUs on The Release Candidate For Linux Mint 14 "Nadia" Is Out · · Score: 1

    Which while being a little late is still nice.

  18. Sharps market cap is about $3 billion. on Sharp Warns That It Might Collapse · · Score: 1

    Apple has easily 10 times that in cash on hand and a quarterly profit of 8 billion. If Apple wanted Sharp, the only thing blocking it would be japanese or american regulators. In reality a middle company like Foxconn or one of apples other suppliers would make a better fit.

  19. Trayvon could have called the cops on Judge Rules Defense Can Use Trayvon Martin Tweets · · Score: 1

    Zimmerman could have been charged with harassment and or stalking

  20. Re:Blame the victim much on Judge Rules Defense Can Use Trayvon Martin Tweets · · Score: 2

    Actually thats not true. This is the part of the florida stand your ground law that deals with provocation. The problem is not that the stand your ground law has no clause on provocation. The problem is section 2 (a) and (b) have such big loopholes that they are meaningless. The right limit to this law would be to prohibit aggressors from claiming protection under stand your ground...period. Someone who is defending themselves after provoking a fight can still use a traditional claim of self-defense and make their case to a jury.

    776.041Use of force by aggressor.—
    The justification described in the preceding sections of this chapter is not available to a person who:
    (1)Is attempting to commit, committing, or escaping after the commission of, a forcible felony; or
    (2)Initially provokes the use of force against himself or herself, unless:
    (a)Such force is so great that the person reasonably believes that he or she is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that he or she has exhausted every reasonable means to escape such danger other than the use of force which is likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the assailant; or
    (b)In good faith, the person withdraws from physical contact with the assailant and indicates clearly to the assailant that he or she desires to withdraw and terminate the use of force, but the assailant continues or resumes the use of force.

  21. Re:The problem isn't the medium - it's the title on Newsweek To Go Digital-Only In 2013 · · Score: 1

    The economist is an example of a magazine that is expensive but worth it...proving that people will pay for solid information. The economist circulation has actually risen 50% in the last 12 years.

  22. Re:47% lie stated often enough is still a lie on Indian Minister Says Telecom Companies Should Only Charge For Data · · Score: 1

    About 50 million people which is 1/6 of the population, many of these people will never apply for it because they already
    have cheap pre-paid cell phone plans that provide much more talk time or don't want a cell phone because they can get
    a landline with free local calls for $10-15 a month.

  23. 47% lie stated often enough is still a lie on Indian Minister Says Telecom Companies Should Only Charge For Data · · Score: 4, Informative

    The program he's talking about in fact serves about 12 million people which is about 4% of the population not 47%.

    http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/story/2012-06-01/low-income-lifeline-plan/55315532/1

  24. Not true on Notch Won't Certify Minecraft For Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    You can switch steam to offline mode and play all your offline games without contacting steam ever again if thats how you really want it.

    https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-AGCB-2555
    "Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play - this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games."

  25. Nouveau doesnt support CUDA on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 1

    If it supported Opencl that would be a start.