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  1. Re:Mythril on 'Super Steel' Sought For Fusion Reactors · · Score: 1

    I think Adamanite is just the non-trademarked name of Mithril. Its like Champagne and Brut.

  2. Re:Schnaps is written with one 'p'. on Kidstoned Chewable Valium · · Score: 1

    Snaps is Danish and does not start with 'Sch' unless you have had too many.

  3. Re:WebKit text anti-aliasing? on Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print · · Score: 1

    What font anti-aliasing technology does WebKit (and by extension Google Chrome) use?

    Those of the underlying text-renderer. The text-renderer is _not_ part of WebKit, and Safari and Chrome are bound to use different ones. Though Chrome might end up using the same on OSX

  4. Re:This is not Chrome-specific. on Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print · · Score: 1

    I believe he used the term correctly, and said exactly what he meant. There is no real difference; only wordplay.

    Well, he was trying to make the difference sound small: "only a semantic change", but ended up being truthfull, since a semantic change is a complete different meaning only with the same name.

  5. Re:This is not Chrome-specific. on Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print · · Score: 1

    Well Chrome is based on WebKit which in turn is based on KHTML which is LGPL. Parts of Chrome might be BSD, the overall project will be LGPL.

  6. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 1

    Yes, that is _exactly_ what the Germans told us. It was just that no one believed them, just like no one believes the Russians. (except the UN-mandate which didn't have either, but your imagination probably thought up).

  7. Re:Here are a few job boards for Canada and UK. on Programming Jobs Abroad For a US Citizen? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I will strongly recommend both Sweden and Denmark. They both have very strong economies currently and very low unemployment. Denmark alone is missing thousands of IT professional to fill vacant positions. As for a choice between Denmark and Sweden; Denmark pays around 25% higher salaries but is 25% more expensive to live in, so evens out unless you are looking to save up. IT salaries for non-educated developers starts at 5000$/month, for a computer scientist they start around 7000$/month.

  8. Re:False advertising on iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK · · Score: 1

    The "world wide web" might be http and html, very likely yes, but Apple said Internet! The Internet is much bigger than just WWW.

    Tagged "badapple"

  9. Re:What is a continental hotel? on Best Western Loses Details On 8 Million Customers · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well for brits, Continental means European except British.

  10. Re:dumb people lose money, not freedom on Jail 'Greedy' Scam Victims, Says Nigerian Diplomat · · Score: 1

    But you forget these people are not just dumb enough to fall for the scam they are also: 1. Greedy, and 2. willing to commit what seems to be a crime to enrich themselves.

  11. Re:It may be the other way around on Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud · · Score: 1

    I find it more likely they forged her age up to 14, and then later up to 16. She hasn't reached puberty yet, and either that is due to medical postponement or she is really 12, and I find it unlikely even for China to postpone a girl's puberty for 6 years.

  12. Re:It's more convincing than... on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    No, the face was low quality and looked animated. The rest was pretty high quality. Try looking again, it is very obvious once you notice it.

  13. Uncanny mask on Leaping the Uncanny Valley · · Score: 1

    So gluing an weird uncanny mask on an actors face will be the future of animation?

  14. Re:European versions of FO1 and FO2 on Fallout 3 Edited Version To Hit Australian Shelves · · Score: 1

    Killing children was never an objective in the game, if you did it people hated you

    Except Bioshock, which people loved.

  15. Re:Contracts? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    True, but all that means is that the contract can be changed within the parameters of the contract, or changed so it is still in the spirit of the original contract. The issue at hand is whether they can change the scheme of billing; you now have to pay for incoming traffic. I would consider that a major change. It is certainly testable in court regardless of this contract.

  16. Re:Contracts? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 1

    If a contract is cancelled the part that covers the cancellation fees is cancelled as well. If courts in the US has ruled otherwise, I guess you are screwed.

  17. Re:Contracts? on Canadians File Class Actions Over Incoming SMS Fees · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Such a clause in a contract is natually invalid. You can not agree to unspecified or future terms, in a contract you only agree to specified a terms, and specifying unspecified terms is not magic loophole any court accepts.

  18. Re:It appears this story is bogus on NVidia Reportedly Will Exit Chipset Business · · Score: 1

    Well, they could get out of the the chipset business and license SLI to AMD and Intel increasing their market for multiple NVidia cards. AMD might be a little hesitant, but if Intel buys it, they would buy it too.

  19. Re:It means nothing! Nothing I tell you! on The Ridiculous LexisNexis Search that the Justice Department Used · · Score: 1

    You got conservative slightly wrong, since you assume the republicans have always been conservative. The republican started as a classic liberal party protecting both the freedom of enterprise and the freedom of people (e.g. the emancipation). The forerunner to the democratic party at the time was the conservative party. The democrats and the republicans later swapped political sides, but that was much later and shouldn't confuse your view of historical politics.

  20. Re:Fuel gauges also lie on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    No, the last 5-10% of the fuel guage is not shown at all. So the first half if 50% and the second half is only 40% with a secret 10% on empty.

  21. Re:I'll wait for the Fourth Generation on Ultra-Light Micro Air Vehicles · · Score: 1

    I know this sounds incredible, but it's actually possible to be in a shower with a girl in person without the aid of technology.

    As scientist we have to trust the experiment to test the theory, and having just performed the experiment, I can tell you, you are wrong!

  22. Re:!= The Septuagint on World's Oldest Bible Going Online · · Score: 1

    Well, the summery say it doesn't, but every single quote he prints as evidence say it does. I would say it is more likely that the quotes are correct than the inconsistent summery.

  23. Re:Same as always? on World's Oldest Bible Going Online · · Score: 1

    What makes you think there is a difference between protestant bibles and the catholic? As protestants we inherited the catholic bible and most of their theological traditions.

  24. Re:Damn graphic artists... on Vector Graphics Lead Wish List For Future Browsers · · Score: 1

    Browser don't use JSON. If web-application developers use JSON they are only converting back and forth to protect themselves from JavaScript injections.

  25. Re:Their initial name: Fakebook on Facebook Sues German Company, Claims Ripoff · · Score: 1

    Facebook is very US-centric. As a non-american you always end up with mental questions like: What highschool did I go too? Hmm, I didn't go to high-school, the high-school equivalent education I took, is halfway college-equivalent too. So what is college did you go too? Hmm, I didn't go to college I went straight to university... What did I major in? We don't have majors, what are they talking about?.. Minor? what the hell is a minor? The site sucks.