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  1. Re:Bit more info on Software Patents Not So Abstract When the Lawsuits Hit Home · · Score: 2

    Most native speakers would have to look polysemous up.

  2. Re:well... on US Puts Tariff On Chinese Solar Panels · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You forget about the technological development issue. The Chinese government subsidizing their panels, means that Chinese research into solar panel technology will increase. If the US and EU do nothing, then interest in the US and EU developing solar panel technology will decrease, and we will be at the mercy of China for suitable panels and China can then raise prices. See what's happening with rare earth minerals. That's bad enough and there isn't as much technology involved.

  3. Max Headroom? on New Samsung TV Watches You Watching It · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What about Max Headroom?

  4. Since he already has a degree, he should have most of the courses for a Computer Information Sciences Associate's degree out of the way so he could focus on the computer ones. Many of the classes have you walking away with a cert. I tested out of a class by studying on my own and passing the cert test.

  5. Re:it doesnt matter really on Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony? · · Score: 1

    I never got "that feeling of awe", but then I have Asperger's. I find this arguing over semantics entertaining though. Does that man that people are toys, because that would explain a lot.

  6. Why so rigid? on Ask Slashdot: Getting Feedback On Programming? · · Score: 1

    The professors work for the university. If the dean tells them to help[ with non-academic projects, they should be willing to help. At least that's how it works in many workplaces.

  7. Re:The mobile phone networks on AT&T Clarifies Data Limitations On "Unlimited" Data Plans · · Score: 2

    Do you have any idea how much people actually use and want to use with their current devices? You may as well have said "X only works because no one is using it to download an infinite amount of data in an infinitesimal amount of time." for all the sense that what you did say means. Unlimited on the other hand, does not work, and can only work when the networks are upgraded to handle the amount of data the users want to use at the speeds they contracted for. The gall of AT&T for thinking they can abuse the English language by using the term "unlimited" without actually meaning it, and for thinking they have monopolistic ability to dictate prices to users instead of participating an a marketplace where others are offering similar, better contracts.

  8. Re:I Think It's Humorously Appropriate on RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair" · · Score: 1

    Fox News has been taking advantage of their broadcast credibility to press their case.. I can't find the clip, but they had a segment where they called copyright infringement "theft" and generally illustrated which camp they were in.

  9. Re:Thanks to DRM, I stole your FIRST POST on Thanks to DRM, Some Ubisoft Games Won't Work Next Week · · Score: 1

    What I don't understand is how it was supposed to be abundantly clear that it wasn't a cookbook of recipes to serve _to_ mankind.

  10. Re:My guess on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    Nah, I figure that if Newt loses, he might actually gain an appreciation of what improper copyright laws do to people. Might, that is.

  11. Re:My take on it. on Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling · · Score: 1

    Except, when you buy a car, you have to keep filling it with petrol, and it gets depleted. If you get the add on pack, you don't have to buy any more to get use out of what you have, and if you sell the disc you now have an add on pack that's useless to you. whereas if you really wanted to you could take the petrol out of the car and put it into another car, and it would be useful.

  12. Re:DLC.....so what?? on Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling · · Score: 1

    I don't get it... How is lowering the resale value a "prize", again?

  13. "rewarding people for helping us!" on Anger With Game Content Lock Spurs Reaction From Studio Head Curt Shilling · · Score: 1

    Right, so lowering the resale value of the disk is "rewarding people for helping us!" Does that make sense to anyone?

  14. Immediately? on New Research Shows Cognitive Decline Begins At 45 · · Score: 2

    "Disturbingly enough, even the youngest participants started declining immediately."
    I'd say studies show that participating in studies causes decline.

  15. Higher gas taxes does what? on Why Fuel Efficiency Advances Haven't Translated To Better Gas Mileage · · Score: 1

    How does higher gas taxes actually help us? So we use less of the stuff. And we want that because? If you bother to reply, please bother to explain why such and such is really a bad thing and just not"Oh noes, we're giving money to people who for some reason or another hate us" or "Oh noes if we don't tax it we're going to run out of the stuff". We'll find other fuels, and how much of a brick wall are we going to hit come what may? Pollution presents an interesting problem, but how big a factor is it really. Has anybody taken a honest look at the issue instead of hitting shallow paydirt and then running around screaming the sky is falling?

  16. Re:It's 2D (ok, maybe 2 and 1/2D) at best on Makers Keep Flogging 3D TV, Viewers Keep Shrugging · · Score: 1

    It's fun watching shows that display a rendered screen of some type and as the camera pans around it, it's real 3d. Watch some ReBoot episodes, or in the movie Toys with Robin Williams check out the weapons and "Select Scenario" text on the screens of the games the children are playing to see what I mean.

  17. Re:Please no on China's Alibaba Interested In Buying Yahoo · · Score: 1

    But just try buying anything on Alibaba Express. You won''t get it.

  18. Re:Can someone explain on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    No, not borrowed, invested. If a company uses money invested in it to pay off initial investors it's called a Ponzi scheme.

  19. Re:Can someone explain on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    If we were to put those people unemployed to work we would be able to produce and consume much more than we do now, so how is it that we can't afford to consume again?

  20. Re:probably should have been lowered anyway on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    They don't need to raise more money than it takes to pay down the debt as it comes due. What's the longest term held debt?

  21. Re:probably should have been lowered anyway on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    And when was that exactly?

  22. Re:probably should have been lowered anyway on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    No, that money wasn't going to pay off the debt. The debt has been consistently there and the money had been going not to the debt but to rich people who hoarded it or invested overseas.

  23. Re:Mod parent up. on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 1

    Prove that the dollar weakness is due to the Fed printing money. Sure it SOUNDS like common sense, but where's the proof. The dollar weakness could be due to the increase in the price of oil which is due to rampant speculation.

  24. Re:Doubling the value! on Netflix Announces Streaming Only Plans and Higher Prices for DVDs · · Score: 1

    No, the streaming service is still the same price as it has been for quite awhile. Only the DVD service price went up.

  25. Re:Punish Trolls on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1