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  1. Re:Silly AMD on AMD Releases UVD Engine Source Code · · Score: 1

    There is all the difference in the world between doing "every thing we asked for" and doing it after the hardware is so obsolete that no one uses it any more.

  2. Re:"do one thing, and do it well" on KDE Releases Plasmate 1.0, A Plasma Workspaces SDK · · Score: 2

    I agree that a gui doesn't fit the description but a gui can be made up of components that do.

  3. Re:users? on NetBSD To Support Kernel Development In Lua Scripting · · Score: 1

    My take is if you are having a hard time learning C how are you ever going to understand the kernel? But as long as Linus's Linux kernel tree doesn't do this I wish these guys the best.

  4. Re:Court of corporate sponsored corruption on Australian Federal Court Rules For Patent Over Breast Cancer Gene · · Score: 1

    Does this mean my wife can sue if she has cancer caused by this gene?

  5. Re:Christians, physicians and hospitals on Missouri Legislation Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sounds like you are describing evolution.

  6. No thanks on AMD Next-Gen Graphics May Slip To End of 2013 · · Score: 0

    I have a Southern Island card that will likely never have a usable open source graphics driver so I am never buying AMD again. I can get way better video from Intel Integrated graphics and those nice Intel open source drivers than I can from a 6 core AMD proc with a SI card. I am done with AMD.

  7. Re:Definition of a cap on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    Of course the fact that the citizens have been paying taxes to make the country suitable for business to locate in to begin with is completely unimportant right?

  8. Re:Definition of a cap on Senators Seek H-1B Cap That Can Reach 300,000 · · Score: 1

    How about non-repayable loans?

  9. Proof on Death Valley Dethrones Impostor As Hottest Place On Earth · · Score: 1

    Well here is proof enough that history is indeed written by the victor.

    Got a reading that doesn't tell the right story? Just delete it. That is how they do in the new world of climatology. First they vanish the Mideveal Warming Period and now this.

  10. Awesome on DARPA Wants Wireless Devices That Can Blast Through the Noise · · Score: 1

    I was wondering how the terrorists were going to trigger their IEDs when the growlers were flying over head. DARPA to the rescue.

  11. Re:Dammit on Linux Nukes 386 Support · · Score: 1

    Heck even my high end Asus P5 board maxed out at 512M of RAM. Shame to since it was faster than some of my later machines until it started swapping.

  12. Re:So, who is partying on Thorium Fuel Has Proliferation Risk · · Score: 1

    Please don't give this more credit than it deserves. But I have seen other stories saying the same thing from long before this story. But no one is ever on the record.

    Story

  13. Are you serious? on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    Censorship has been happening at all levels since the begging of time. You really need to have have a look at the documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" to see how ludicrous any complaint against Youtube is. Basically the church gets a veto on all moves that are show in the US.

  14. Re:Great on Mesa Finally An OpenGL Implementation (On Intel Hardware) · · Score: 1

    Intel has been doing a lot of really great work on the open source video front. I wish we could say the same for AMD and NVidia but we just can't.

  15. Re:Build Fortified Embassies Outside Cities on EVE Online CSM and Diplomat Killed in Libyan Consulate Attacks · · Score: 2

    Yes building castles in foreign countries sends entirely the right message. It is certain to dispel the belief that the US is an occupation power.

  16. Re:They're thieves and war criminals on EVE Online CSM and Diplomat Killed in Libyan Consulate Attacks · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The result of his actions were entirely predictable. They were mean spirited and intended to provoke this response as is his calling Islam a cancer. Yet the person is not held responsible in any way, shape or form for their actions even though they lead directly to deaths. . While I respect free speech you can't shout fire in a theatre for good reasons. Why isn't this person being held to the same level of responsibility?

  17. Re:Batshit Crazy! on EVE Online CSM and Diplomat Killed in Libyan Consulate Attacks · · Score: 0

    Some one mod this up.

  18. Not so fast on Election Tech: In Canada, They Actually Count the Votes · · Score: 1

    Before any one pats us on the back. The Conservative government of Canada is looking to move Canada to internet voting. What could go wrong?

  19. Who says it needs fixing. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I have been using a Linux desktop exclusively for almost as long as they have been around. Mostly KDE in my case. The things that need really changing aren't at the desk top level. Flash doesn't work of course but the solution isn't to get flash support. It is to get others to abandon a proprietary solution masquerading as an internet standard. The open source video drivers from AMD and NVidia suck rhinos but the solution isn't to capitulate to a closed source world of blobs.

    Beyond that the Linux desktop just works and I am a LOT more productive using it.

  20. Re:Wha? on Cash-Poor Sharp Mortgages Display Factories · · Score: 1

    Every body built out their production for the HDTV migration. Now that it is over demand is down. 3D was supposed to be the great saviour but not so much. Turns out people want to match movies on 4" screens and you can get a lot of those out of a 120" sheet. There was also that little tsunami thing as well.

  21. Not that it will help on Internet Standards Groups Unite Behind Open Processes · · Score: 1

    But maybe some one could send a copy to ISO and let them know how it is done.

  22. Re:Sure... Now that it's no longer relevant... on Office To Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at Last) · · Score: 1

    Yet every one wants you to send them documents a word95 format.

  23. Re:It will save them* on Office To Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at Last) · · Score: 1

    Which is what you would have with ODF especially after Microsoft said they would implemented it as part of one of their antitrust suits. But then they produced a broken implementation of ODF in office proving once again that the legal system really doesn't involve them.

  24. Re:It will save them* on Office To Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at Last) · · Score: 1

    Or that it will actually work when you try to open the saved file.

  25. Re:Doubtful. on Office To Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at Last) · · Score: 2

    It is Microsoft's standard method of corporate operation. Does that help? Bottom line is OOXML was aborted at birth and you would need to be insane to adopt it.