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  1. Re:Where are the games? on Microsoft Unveils Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Games will be discussed at E3 which is in a couple of weeks

  2. Re: Fraud is fraud on Video Poker Firmware Bug Yields Big Money, Federal Charges · · Score: 1

    Let's say this is a snack dispensing machine. You accidentally discover that if you bump the machine in a particular location, food drops without you putting any money in. You do this repeatedly. Has a crime occurred?

  3. Re:Patent-encumbered standards are stupid on ITU Approves H.264 Video Standard Successor H.265 · · Score: 1

    The standard IS open in that during definition of it anyone (paying to be a member) can contribute, provide feedback, and vote. If you meant free as in beer, they could have required that, but then none of the corporations that did the R&D would have participated and we'd have many "standards" and not just one.

  4. Re:Simply put.. on How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or a computer who looks like a human...

  5. Re:So Proud of Gun Ownership on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 1

    If all teachers had guns, they would be targeted first. Columbine had security guards w/ guns.

  6. Re:Truly a 1st world problem on FCC Chief Urges FAA To Ease Airplane Electronics Ban · · Score: 1

    If that was truly the reason, then people would not be allowed to read books/magazines or simply take a nap.

  7. Re:APPLE STILL MAKES 90% OF SMARTPHONE CASH !! on Android Hits 73% of Global Smartphone Market · · Score: 1

    Doesn't significant profit indicate that their products are priced correctly?

  8. Re:Looks like ACA (Obamacare) is with us to stay. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 2

    The Republicans filibustered everything. Their number one goal was to prevent Obama from getting a second term.

  9. Re:Looks like ACA (Obamacare) is with us to stay. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 1

    It did look strange when CNN called Ohio a win or Obama when the numbers showed Romney ahead. What they did is inlude projections from to be reported counties based on historical voting record.

  10. Re:If AMD Dies... on Is Qualcomm the New AMD? · · Score: 2

    Some people will laugh at this idea, but cloud computing is a viable alternative.

  11. Re:Why is this news? on Microsoft Working On "Surface 2" Tablet · · Score: 1

    How is marketing involved in an employment ad for an engineer?

  12. Re:Get ready on 12 Dead, 50 Injured at The Dark Knight Rises Showing In Colorado · · Score: 2

    More likely he went in dressed normally and left the door open for himself. Got geared up. Went back in.

  13. Re:Who is the troll? on Insights Into Google Compute Engine · · Score: 1

    With Google's current pricing they will likely lose money until the achieve enough regular income to cover the costs of acquiring hardware, powering them, and supporting them. I don't know how many customers it'll take before Google breaks even and starts making a profit, but it's probably not a small number. So even though Google has a plan to monetize this, there's no guarantee they'll make a profit (otherwise Google App Engine would be expanding), and no guarantee they'll keep dumping money in an unprofitable side business. Given their track record, I may try them out for some capacity while keeping most of it in EC2 or Azure.

  14. Resolution vs aspect ratio on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    16:9 is not better than 16:10 for side by side given the same horizontal resolution, it's worse.

  15. Not about the tablet on Meet The Man Who Designed a Tablet Computer 15 Years Before the iPad · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple is not making any claims on patents on the general idea of a tablet. They asserting design patents on specific design elements. If this guy's tablet invention shows prior art to Apple's designs patents, then those patents should be invalidated. Repeating the "rectangle with a screen" rhetoric is more akin to religion than science.

  16. Re:big touch screens on The Windows 8 Power Struggle: Metro Vs Desktop · · Score: 1

    It's easier to clean a screen than a keyboard or mouse

  17. Re:Way to be racist slashdot... on Google Patents Caching MLK Day Search Results · · Score: 1

    Who's racist now? Blank Man was played by Damon Wayans, not Chris Rock.

  18. Re:The good, the bad, and ugly on RIM Struggles Continue · · Score: 1

    RIM shipped 500k Playbooks, not sold

  19. Android on RIM Struggles Continue · · Score: 1

    Google bought Android. They didn't write it themselves.

  20. Re:Compatible? on Intel To Build Next Gen Processor For iOS Devices · · Score: 3

    This is about using Intel as a fab producing Apple's A5 chips, not Apple switching to an Intel based chip

  21. Re:New Benchmark on The Problem With the Top500 Supercomputer List · · Score: 1

    How do you know that ie9 doesn't handle this correctly?

  22. Power and cooling costs on ARM Readies Cores For 64-Bit Computing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    In large datacenters, power and cooling costs have become a significant part of the TCO. For smaller server rooms x86 compatibility is probably more important.

  23. Re:Write to the manufacturer on Where Do I Go Now That Oracle Owns OpenOffice.org? · · Score: 1

    CTO: it'll cost about $2000 per employee to retrain all our employees due to cost of trainers and time off for training. In addition, we nned to spend more money to convert our archived documents.
    CEO: don't forget to include the cost in changing how we work with our suppliers and partners
    GM: rofl, exec3 you stupid

  24. Or because he owns lots of MSFT stock? on Paul Allen Files Patent Suit Against Apple, Google, Yahoo, Others · · Score: 1

    You do realize that Paul Allen still owns a reported 138 million shares of MSFT?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_allen#Microsoft

  25. Software always ships with bugs on How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The reality is that all software ships with bugs. Some known and some unknown. Typically it depends on how easy it is for the customer to find, what is the impact to the customer, cost to fix, and risk of regression. Given that software is typically patched after shipping, it means even more bugs get shipped rather than slipping the ship date.