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  1. Re:Why? on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Phase 1: DRM-laden, 128Kbps music. Phase 2: DRM-free, 256kbps music. Phase 3: lossless music. But the RIAA is scared of Apple, so they insisted on a non-proprietary lossless format.

  2. Re:Why not... on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    Well, they're both lossless audio codecs. Oh, A comes before F, alphabetically. Is that objective enough?

  3. No on Apple's Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) Now Open Source · · Score: 1

    but it's still cool nonetheless.

  4. Re:what's the obsession with the latest version on Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment · · Score: 1

    Of course, software is just software, so for many of those items, developers could and did implement them without it being part of the core OS. Cloud storage (drop box, etc), third party ad networks, twitter integration, real time image processing, etc. So moving them into iOS means less work for developers and more consistency for users.

  5. Re:what's the obsession with the latest version on Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment · · Score: 2

    iOS 5: cloud storage, ARC, Storyboards, GLKit, Core Image, twitter, Core Bluetooth

    iOS 4.2: Printing, Air Play, Core MIDI

    iOS 4.1: Game Center

    iOS 4: multitasking, local notifications, event kit, Core Motion, Core Telephony, iAd, high res screen support, AV Foundation, Assets Library, Core Media, Core Video, Blocks, Grand Central Dispatch, Accelerate framework

    iOS 3.2: iPad changes, Core Text

    iOS 3.1: Video Editing

    iOS 3.0: cut/copy/paste, push notifications, accessory framework, in app purchase, game kit, maps api, Core Data, Message UI Framework, Open GL ES 2.0,

    That excludes all the updates and enhancements to the existing frameworks.

  6. Re:CSS and why I never bought into it on Opera's Haakon Wium Lie On CSS, Web Standards, and More · · Score: 1

    XSLT.

  7. awesome! on New York State Releases Sex Offender Facebook App · · Score: 1

    Can you use it to search for women sex offenders, ages 18-30?

  8. Re:Even worse in TFA. on Americas New CIO Wants To Disrupt Government and Make It a Startup · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't wait for the new TSA app that lets you upload pictures of your junk.

  9. Re:Why ignore US? on Nokia Unveils Its First Windows 7 Phone · · Score: 1
    In the beginning, when Congress passed laws involving deficit spending, part of the bill included authorization for the selling of bonds necessary to fund it.

    Later, Congress abrogated their rights and responsibilities and handed that job over to the treasury department, retaining a debt ceiling. As a result, buying shit and actually paying for shit are entirely divorced from each other.

    A recent study showed that people impulse buy more junk food when they use a credit card than when they use cash. Congress is no different (s/junk food/pork/). Same with student loans or home loans.

  10. Re:The cycle continues on Is Verizon Breaking FCC Regulations With Locked Bootloaders? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Nigger" doesn't necessarily refer to a black person. There are plenty of white niggers, for example. There may even be some asian niggers. And there's definitely a lot of mexican niggers. In a few years, there will probably be more mexican niggers than black niggers.

  11. can't believe they missed this one... on Analysis of Google Dart · · Score: 5, Funny
    0 == false // expected
    1 == false // wtf?

    Yeah, everything except for true evaluates to false.

  12. Re:Why not just wave your arm in the air... on Siri Envy? Iris Brings Some Voice-Assistant Features to Android · · Score: 1

    What happens when you tell it to call your wife? What happens when you tell it to remind you to buy milk when you leave work?

  13. attention editors: on Siri Envy? Iris Brings Some Voice-Assistant Features to Android · · Score: 1

    do you even north checking if things like links work?

  14. Re:Synology is nice on Entry-Level NAS Storage Servers Compared · · Score: 1

    My ARM based QNAP NAS runs debian and therefore most linux software. The only advantage an intel has in that regards is cases where the source code isn't available or that depends on specific intel features (virtual box, some of the virtualization kernel mods).

  15. one-page version on Entry-Level NAS Storage Servers Compared · · Score: 5, Informative
  16. Re:As a blackberry user, I don't need a crystal ba on RIM Unveils New OS Based On QNX · · Score: 1

    They could pull a microsoft and license their patents/software to Samsung, HTC, LG etc.

  17. Re:If it's not as closed as iOS/(locked down)Andro on RIM Unveils New OS Based On QNX · · Score: 1

    The source code for QNX used to be available under a view-only type license. It was interesting to look at, not just another unix clone. Around the time of the blackberry acquisition, the source got pulled (I don't recall if it was BB or QNX that pulled it), but that should tell you everything you want to know about them being open. [side note -- anybody have a backup copy of the code?]

  18. Re:Eh, Sonny? on "World's Most Relaxing Music" Composed · · Score: 2

    Why is death relaxing? I did a lot of research for my master's degree in relaxation studies. Turns out, it's quite simple. I'm sure you're aware from popular culture and ribauld humor that upon death, you shit and piss your pants. That's the key. Think about it: is there anything more relaxing than sitting on the toilet, drawers dropped, taking a nice fat shit? Nope. (Unless you're getting a blowjob and smoking a joint at the same time!).

  19. Re:Wha? on "World's Most Relaxing Music" Composed · · Score: 1

    It reminds me of pink floyd for the first minute or so. Then they go off in another direction and the instrumentation goes from relaxing to annoying.

  20. Re:Ha ha haa... Linux. on Linux Mint Will Adopt Gnome 3 · · Score: 1
    He's probably counting android. Not exactly "desktop". And for most of them, it's not "linux", it's "android".

    Linux fanbois laughed at the FSF's GNU/Linux campaign, will they start insisting on Linux/Android?

  21. Re:Installation on Mojolicious 2.0: Modern Perl For the Web · · Score: 1

    And where will it redirect when the DNS is poisoned or hacked?

  22. Re:Yet Another on Mojolicious 2.0: Modern Perl For the Web · · Score: 1

    Wow, let's run a perl script from a random website, site unseen. Even better, let's run it with root permissions. What could possibly go wrong?

  23. Re:Codesearch on Google Buzz Buzzing Away · · Score: 1

    Google code search was very useful. When you needed it, nothing could beat it. Too bad.

  24. Re:True geek on Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only difference between the 6502 and 6510 is i/o ports (which means DMA access to memory locations 0000 and 0001, as far as I understand it).

  25. Re:It just proves analyst are complete idiots on No PDFs, No Co-editing On Underwhelming Apple iCloud · · Score: 1

    Your problem with Apple is that you make up conversations that are 90% wrong?